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The national Republican., 1868-12-31
WAsHINGTEooS, hin vuou ALEXANDRIA.
CHANGE OF TINE.

TAKE EFFECT MONDAY, DEC. 81, 1865.
On and After MONDAY Dec: g.s 1893. .yd
run between Washington and Alexandra as fol.
lows;
THROUGH MAIL rRAIEs.
Leave Washington, from Baltimore and Ohio
Depot, 80 a. IN. ido. for Manassas and Harrison
Leave Alexandria, from corner OF Duke and
Henry streets tfrom Manassas rAilroad) 2;T D. m !,
do. from Lynchburg, 6p IN.
The national Republican., 1868-12-31

THERIyER FRosr,-The Potomac 10 covered
with broken Ice, which does not Interfere ms
terially with the steamers but, with one ex.
ception, there has not been any stir among the
sailing vessels for a week past. A schooner,
laden with three hundred bushels OF prime
oysters, was towed up to Riley's wharf on
Tuesday evening.
The national Republican., 1868-12-31

JUST RECEIVED for gentlemen new goods In
new styles OF Overcoats, ready. made, for 40
and go, Garments for gentlemen made to
order expeditiously and In superior style at
Strangers are required to make deposits on
ordered work,
The national Republican., 1868-12-31
A ALExASDRIA. ] s.,gpSSYYSS hSYgPpSYYSS AND HAMPsnlRI
MskSHa1sslEsSt!
DE0INNIN0 OJTORER Iaa

DEUINNINU UUTUBER ], 1868,
Leave AlexAndTia daily. except Sunday, at Q a.
N N and P: m. for LeesbqrG Leave Leesburs for
Connecting at Leesburg with Psaeock's Line Of
arst.elass Coaches, which leave Lessburg on
ton. Pnreellyills. sniekersyille, Berryyille,
Winchester on Mondays. Wednesday, and Fri.
Leave Leesburg for Middleburr on Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays, on the arrival Of The
Middleburg at 5 p. IN.
Leaves Middlebufg Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sat
urdayst alta. m, and arrives At Lessburg at u
m. and tper railroadl ArIiyes at Alexandria at
more The same day.
Prom and after June s, the coaches will run daily
from Winchester to GsRon Springs.
The national Republican., 1868-12-31
LOCAL PASSENGER TRAINS

sS- Trains leaving B.itinors and Ohio Depot st
10 u, n., connect with Orange, AlexAndria and
Manassas Passenger Trains AZ 81. Asaph Junction,
for all pplnIs on the line Of thot road between Ma
nAssss Junction and HsrTisOnbuIg.
Trans leaving st. ASsph and King streets at 2:25
p, N. conuect at 81, Asaph Junction with train
from Manassas aud HaITisonburg at 2;x9 d, m,
arriving at Baltimore and Ohio Depot at D. IN.
and In time for ., M, train f9I Baltimore,
y. A, TBVEN6, 0enl sup't
W. J. PHELPS. 0enl manager. dee3)-tf
The national Republican., 1868-12-31

ELRE.-At $50 o'clock yesterday morning,
Omcefs callahan ana Grant discovered the two
story frame house on the corner Of sixth and
street north, owned by Mrs. Wiesner, and
occupied by George Lamb, on tire The house
~ Mnnu lurnltuTe was damaged to the extent of
E,OVD MI Lamb has an insurance of a, 500
Ihe IRE originated from stove Ia the kitchen.
The national Republican., 1868-12-31

TEMPERANCE ANNIvgRsARY.-By reference
TO our advertising columns 1t will be seen that
the Washington Temperance Society will cele-
brAte Its third anniversary, at Odd Fellows
Hall, Seventh street, Tomorrow, Friday night
Interesting addresses will he delivered by
form, aud an opportunity will be given of
1lgning The pledge. The first OF the year is a
good time TO commence life Of total Absti-
nenCe,
The national Republican., 1868-12-31

CLOSING YEAR SERVICE has been anno unced,
with the sacrament OF the L0rds Supper. this
evening, at half past seven O'Clock, At the Ne.
mortal chapel, corner OF Fourteenth and N
invited all who would appropriately close the
The national Republican., 1868-12-31

"a New PoLICE LANA meeting of a con.
In ttec Of police commissioners was held a
po headquarters last evening Tor the puI-
pose OF preparing new Metropolitan pole,
bill, % Include, among other things, a provis
ion giving the police board exclusive Jurisdic.
tiun In the matter Of licenses for keeping
hotels, restaurants, sample-rooms, AZ, and
Increasing generally the power OF the board -
The above, taken from an evening cOtempOr.
AIRY Of yesterday, is Incorrect In every paftic
ulaT excepting the simple statement that " a
NEE Ing OF committee Of police commission
eFs was held At police headquarters last even
ing" The committee wac engaged ln TcylsIn
and consolidating the laws Of CUngrrss affect
ing that department. but not u word was NJ
tered concerning "the matter of licenses "a,
keeping hotels, restaurants, sample. rooms"
The national Republican., 1868-12-31

CANTERBURY standing the
inclemency OF the weather, there was another
large audience at Canterbury Hall last night
and all were highly delighted with the enter.
tainment. The French Can Can Is a very In.
terestlng performance, but II Is not the only
feature OF interest, for there are other pef-
foFmances that are well worth the amount Of
money invested In ticket. Mr.. Fltzsmmons
has done his hest to please his patrons, ard he
has succeeded to q charm,
The national Republican., 1868-12-31

,FouND'-rhe French prAyer.book, valued at
~, lost ~ one OF the + street cars by Mr.,
was offered, has been found and returned Ia
the owner, ~
The national Republican., 1868-12-31

Coal SALES IN NEw York elegraphIc
reports Of the Scranton coal sales at New
York city yesterday are as follows: 10000
tons lump, " 81 4 to tt.76i 900 tons steam
boat, tt57l4 to tis0i 1900 tons CRATE, " 65 to
The national Republican., 1868-12-31

THE HOWARD UEIvERsITY LAW DyPApr.
MEST 10 about to take W Its studies, and a
large number Of fstudents viii enter Tor o0iT,e
OF Instruction.
The national Republican., 1868-12-31

LADIES' should call and see the Embroidered
Nipper at Princes Stamping and FIuting
Looms, 322 street, between Tenth and Elev-
eLth streets. Only place In town to do Steam
FlutinR.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-12-29

SHARP TRANSACTION IN HORSE TRADE.
Quite recently business man who could
talk horse very learnedly, and who thought
he was pretty well informed on the subject
of horsefesh, swapped small white for q
fine cream-colored horse by paying such
I" boot" as he thought gave him ga real
bargain" Shortly afterward he met a
man with beautiful, glossy. coal-black
horse, who was willing to swap for the
cream for an amount of boot named. Our
business man accepted the offer very rea-
Oily, paid the required boot, and took pos
session of the glossy coal-black. Very soon,
however, the coal-black began to grow
rusty, and in spite of great care in the way
of currying and washing, the rusty tint in
creased in rustiness, when, upon making
"a scientific examination" the glossy coal
black was found to have been simply an
other manifestation Of the remarkable pro-
gress the country is making in the fine art
of hair-dyeing, and especially horse hair
dyeing. Our business mans new coal-black
horse turned out to be his original white
one, which he had snapped for the cream
color.-Providence Journal.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-12-29

THAT MILLION OF DOLLARS IT MOBILE.
The Treasury agent who telegraphed to Mr..
McCulloch that he was on the trail of O
million Of dollars is, says the Mobile Re
giSter, William Jones, who will be we'll re-
membered as On individual residing in Mo-
bile who eloped to the Federal lines and
afterwards piloted Commodore Farragut's
feet into Mobile bay. Not content with
that exploit, he has consented to give us
the benefit Of his valuable citizenship again,
and has been spending his time in seeing
how he can make little black-mail money,
and at the same time celebrate his loilty''
by nosing out something to the injury of
some Of his fellow-citizens. This spy has
taken it into his head that there is million
Of dollars in gold in one of the Mobile
banks which toas Confederate money
therefore is Federal money. We heard Of
his capers some days ago, and how he had
set watch on these respectable banks, and
was trying to rope some decent people into
his "loil" speeulations.. If the telegraph
is to believed, ne has imposed on the Secre-
tary of the Treasury. IF the latter officer
is very gullible, Mr.. Jones will lead him
into ridiculous snarl. AS for the gold
million, it is all in Mr.. Jones's eyes. Con-
sidering the antecedents Of this enterpri
sing citizen, we would suppose that his pro-
per role here would be to "let us have
peace" shadiness suits his case. They
do say he is aiming to be General Grants
collector of the port, Mobile-an appoint
ment eminently I" fit to be made" seeing
that he does not know how to write read
able letter.
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A GREAT SALT .MINE.-A correspondent

A GREAT SALT 1MINE.-A correspondent
at Cracow, writing on the LIST, says: s.
"The famous salt mine of Wieliczka, ten
miles from Cracow, which brings net
revenue to the Austrian Government Of up
ward of 100000 forms (t600,0 00), is
threatened with total destruction by a
stream of water which made its appearance
on the 10th of last month while the work
men were digging in one of the lower shafts
in search of potash. The mine contains 8
subterranean village of about thousand
inhabitants, who are in imminent danger of
losing their only source of living. ALL the
means hitherto adopted of preventing the
water from inundating the mine have been
unsuccessful; it flows at the rate Of one hum
dred and twenty cubic feet minute, and
has already almost filed the lower passages,
rapidly dissolying the salt with which 1t
comes in contact. A Government engineer
has arrived from Vienna, and channel is
being built under his directions for con-
ining the water and leading it out of the
mine; but it is feared that the salt columns
which support the transverse shafts will be
undermined before the work can be COM
pleted. These passages are 80 numerous
that it is said their total length is equal to the
distance from Cracow to Vienna and back,
and contain extensive stables and provision
magazines, decorated with statues of salt,
which are illuminated on festive occasions.
The mine is said to have been discovered
by shepherd named Wielicz in 1850. lt
came into the possession of Austria In
I772-at the first partition OF Poland"
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-12-29

LyScH Law IN ILLINoIs.-St. Louis, De-
cember 27.-On Saturday, near Jonesboro',
Union county, H., three men on horses call
ed al the house of Captain B. Franklin.
One Of them wanted to trade for valu-
able horse. Captain Franklin refused to
trade, and the men rode off. In The af-
ternoon one OF them came back, took the
Captains horse and left his own. Captain
Franklin followed and overlook the men,
and demanded his horse, when the one
having the horse fired three times, one ball
hitting and killing the Captain almost in
s'antly. The neighborhood was aroused,
and pursued and arrested the men, and
placed them under guard at the magis,
trateS. At night the house was surrounded
by company of armed men, who took the
murderer and hanged him to tree near By.
The others proved to be only road acqualnt-
ances, and were released. Captain Frank
lin was much esteemed in this city.
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ny the At.anstc eoh1e.

e LoEpoE, December 27.--The Oriental
question absorbs attention. That confer
ence will be held is not absolutely certain,
and, if held, sinister results are predicted.
1t is said that the Sublime Porte declines to
yield the independence or make sale Of
Crete, or to transfer that island to Egypt, or
any other Of the necessary bases for COM
promise.
Lord Clarendon, as was to be expected
adheres to the old policy of England in re-
gard to Turkey.
Napoleon and the Emperor of Austria are
undecided in their views, while it is thought
Prussia leans towards those of Russia. 1t
is certain that the Greeks count little on
direct aid from Russia, but much on insur-
rections on the part of their own country
men in Turkey.
The Cretans seem quiet and Indifferent.
manifesto from Garibaldi tells them that
tine proclamation Of Spain as republic will
be the watchword for o new movement on
Rome, and expects them to be in readiness
for the evelt.
MADRID, December 27.-semi- official
journals say Spain will not even consider
the subject Of the sale of Cuba to the United
States. Additional troops have sailed for
Cuba.
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The Pork Market.

The Cincinnati Gazette of Tuesday morning
urges farmers TO sell their hogs. It says:
"Do not stand on the order Of selling, but
sell at once. Do not kill pork for home use,
but sell The last hog. In addition, turn In
every pig that can be fatted by the middle OF
March, and pour in the corn. Hogs may not
be as high in March as they are now, but they
will be high enough to pay good price for
corn. 1t used TO be considered that barrslot
-four and one hundred pounds OF pork should
bring about the same money. Now the price
Of one hundred pounds of pork will buy two
barrels of -four There Is something wrong
here. We have had moderate crop OF wheat
and an immense crop Of corn. Therefore II
would seem pork is TOO high or wheat is TOO
low. This point we shall not undertake 10
discuss; but it is undoubtedly good time to
sci! hogs. Hogs are now selling at full twenty
FIVE dollars per head, net. The packing at the
West, it is estimated, will reach three million
head. This, at twenty dollars per head, which
is fair average, would reach 500 ,00o, 900. This
will be mainly circulated In five States. It will
will go far toward helping the people ont OF
debt. Sell your hogs, then, farmers, and pay
your debts. This would make money easy.
and then there would be a better market and
better prices for other farm products"
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-12-29
ARBITRARY ARRESTS DURING THE WAR.

ARBITRARY ARRESTS DURING THE WAR;
On Thursday last, in the United States
court in session in Covington, q case was
decided involving a very important princi-
ple. The case was that Of r. Nj. Carlisle
Us. VI. Hightower, suit for damages for
false imprisonment. In the terrible days
Of 1864, when bayonets ruled Kentucky,
R. NJ. Carlisle, well-known citizen of Ken
ton county, quiet, just, and law-ablding
man, well advanced in years, was arrested
bv \ SQUAD of soldiers at J is home, hurried
III TO louisville, there confined IN filthy
military prison, and only released finally
upop the payment of 81 900. The verdict
was for the defendant, and based, in &C
Cordance with the instructions of the court,
upon the fact that Hightower, IL making
the arrest, acted under instructions from
General Burbridge, his superior, then IN
command Of Kentucky. Had General Bur
bridge been made a party to the suit, we
suppose he could have produced an order
FROM General Somebody, his superior,
or from Secretary Stanton or Secretary
Seward And so there is no practical re-
dress in our courts for SO grievous an out
rage as that put upon Mr.. R. M. Carlisle.
Ii will be recollected, says the CovIngton
Journal. that a number Of prominent clti-
zens Of kenton county were arrested at the
same tine, and in the same way, with Mr..
Carlisle. There is good ground for the be-
lief that the list Of names was made out
here in Covington to crafty party malice,
and sent to General Burbridge, who there
upon ordered the arrests. After these gen.
t!emen we're placed in the military prison
at Louisville the affair was turned into
money making business. At first, hints
were thrown out that the prisoners could
release themselves by paying certain sum
of money; and then the open, shameless
proposition was directly made by military
officers in command. Nearly all the prl-
soners did pay out. Of course the Govern,
ment never got cent Of this money; and
the citizens Of Kentucky who were the VIC
tins Of this malice, this false imprisonment,
and this robbery, can get no redress
LouiSui!le Courier Journal, 2Sth.
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A HYMENIAL RoMANoE.-At Columbia,
Tenn, recently, a marriage was solemnized
with which is connected a singularly TO
mantle story. The bride, who belongs to
one of the most aristocratic families Of
Maury county, married, not long before the
war broke ont, a gentleman who was, it is
said, more the choice Of her family and
friends than her own. Two years after
wards she procured divorce, and was
united to a gentleman who was spoken Of
as her &c first love-" About a year ago the
second husband met with an accident which
caused his death. Friday she was again
married to her first husband, after legal
separation of seven or eight years.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-12-29

Scientific men, by laundering expert
ment with coal tar and fragments of
slate, which for long time were both
nuisance, have discovered that when the
Vermont sheet slate is ground to fine
powder end mingled with coal tar, In def
mite proportions, the plastic material will
reconstruct in short period of time and
form slate which is as susceptible of as tine
a polish as schoolboy's slate. The Legis-
lature Of the State of New York Instituted
q thorough investigation of this subject last
winter touching the adaptation of this plas-
tic for covering the roofs of public build
ings and decks of any kind Of boat and
that body were so thoroughly satisfied of its
excellence as durable roofing material
and more than as cheap again as the best of
tin-that an act was passed legalizing the
use of what was termed "plastic slate +" for
roofing purposes in ali the cities and vii
lagos of the State, even "Within the limits
of fire districts" where the municipal or
corporation authorities had passed On ordi-
nance to allow no building to be covered
with combustible material. Strange as it
may appear, after the coal tar, which is
highly infammable, has united with the
slate -four fire may be kindled directly
on the roof of building, and the roofing
will not burn any sooner than the Vermont
slate eE8
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-12-29

A PLUCKY PEoPLE.-For genuine pluck,
heroism, and self-sacrifce, commend US to
Lopez and his Paraguayan followers. Num-
boring one million, all told, they have been
fighting against " triple alliance" repre-
senting eleven millions OF people, for five
years and now, at the end Of that time,
they are enabled to inhict severe drub-
bling on their antagonists. Viletta is a
natural stronghold, situated on the left
bank Of the Paraguay river a few miles
below Aeuncion, the capital. To this po-
sition Lopez retreated Oh abandoning HUI
malta. Caxias followed, and for some time
we have been receiving premonitions of q
combined assault which was to finish Lo-
PEI and put an end TO the war. lntelli-
gence now reaches US that the assault was
made on the 18th of November. The at
tack was desperate and saDguinary, but
the result differed from that anticipated.
The Allies were rolled back in confusion
and slaughter, losing, according to their
own accounts, 1900 killed and wounded,
or proportion of one to thirteen for
Caxias's entire army. 1t is safe to assume,
Judging from the character Of their past
reports, that the Allied losses were double
this number.
The Allies have met with defeat or re-
verse every time they have attacked Lopez
FIR the past few years. One would think
this last disaster, together with the cry Of
peace put up by the people, would dissuade
the Brazilian authorities from longer con-
tinuing the war. There is, however, not
much probability that such will be the case.
Meanwhile we may rest assured that Lopez
will hasten to make his peace with the
United States by yielding whatever expla-
nations and Preparations may be demanded
by the American fleet which has assembled
the Paraguay.-Ne,o York Commercial.
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FOREIGN NEWS.
ASPECT OF THE EASTERN


THREATENING ASPECT OF THE EASTERN
QUESTION.
LONDON, December 28.-The Eastern
question is more threatening, and confer
ence of the great Powers is not absolutely
certain. The Porte declines yielding any
of the points necessary as the basis OF COM
promise.
Second Dispatch.
LONDON, December 29.-The Times and
Standard editorially condemn conference
as useless.
BRUSSELS, December 28.-The h.depen-
dencs Beige says the prospects of confer
ence are reassuring.
ATHENS, December 2S.-On Thursday
the foreign minister of Greece officially de-
clared the Government ready to make any
sacrifice for the maintenance of its rights
and independence.
VIENNA, December 29.-The Sultan will
decline adherence to the conference if the
terms Of his Cretan ultim alum are mooted.
FRANCE.
PARIS, December 28.-The French Corps
Legislatif will assemble January 18th.
ING OF FILIBUsTERS-GovERN TROOPS
BEsIEGED AT VARIOUS POINTS.
HAVANA, December 29.-The revolu-
tionists have destroyed the light at Lucre-
tia channel, thereby endangering naViga-
ton to Bahamer.
1t is reported that eight hundred flibus-
tiers landed at Cochona on December 10th.
1t is reported that 1900 Government
troops at Santiago are surrounded by $1,000
insurgents. General Latorre sailed for
there Friday with troops.
Several jars of strychnine were found
among the baggage of the insurgents cap
tured at Morau.
Six hundred Government troops are
closely besieged at Manzanilla, where, in
consequence of bad food, the cholera had
appeared.
The last accounts of the result Of the
battle at Morau are conflicting.
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Domestic Markets.

New YoRK, December 2S.-Noon. Money ac-
tive 1T per cent. Sterling, lo9h. Gold. l34A
Governments firm and advancing; 6-2o's, ~
llOh North Carolina 6's, 6iA; new, GIN
Virginia 6's, ex. coupons, SO; new, t6h. Ten
nessee 6s, ex. coupons, 69A; new, So
Flour and wheat dull and declining. Corn
lc lower. Mess pork declining at $3.50 Lard
declining; steam, l7s9lS%c. Cotton quiet
45Hc. Rosin moderately active; strained
common, SO 35 bid, 80. 40 asked. Freights quiet.
Eue,,ing Cotton closed shade flfner !;
sales 2, 100 bales 1T 25926Hc., closing At the
outside figure. Flour slightly favors buyers
Wheat dull and nominally lower. Corn
heavy white southern, ST. .026$1 .o3; yellow,
Slo7. Pork dropping. Lard shade easier !;
kettle, l7lll74c. Whiskey quiet. Rice dull !;
Carolina, Sk@9c. Orleans molasses, 76gsOc.
Turpentine, 45H@46c. Rosin, $2:35gS7 90.
Freights flrmer cotton, per steam, AQ5-l6..
Money stringent at per cent: with COM
mission added. Sterling dull at 1927: cold,
l34T@l35. Governments active; 5-2Os, '62,
nl@ilk. State bonds in good demand
Tennessee 6's, old, 7oA new, 69Q7o. lIeor-
gia 6s, SlA. Louisiana leyee bonds, 6oH.
coupons, 90. North Carolina 6's, new, 81 bid
63 asked. Flour and wheat extremely dull.
Corn firm white, S5lps7c. yellow, S7@SSc.
Oats dull at 63G6Sc. Provisions unchanged.
LOUISVILLE, December 2s-Superfine -four,
IS So Corn iS@e5c. Pork, $2S. Lard, lSc.
Bacon-Clear sides, IKE. for packed. Raw
whiskey, 81.
WILMINGTON, N. g., December 2s.-Spirt.s
turpentine, 42c. Rosin steady; strained and
No. ., $3.50; crude turpentine, $20s3 Tar,
So. Cotton, 23c.
CHARLESTON, December 2S.--Cotton stiff;
sales, 1875 bales receipts, 2,7ls bales; exports,
coastwise, 700 bales.
AUGUSTA, December 2S.-Cotton active and
prices firmer; middlings, 23@23Ac.; sales
1884 bales; receipts, l,437 bales.
SAVANNAH, December .2s.-Cotton firm and
in good demand; middlings, 24Q24Ac.; re-
ceipts for two days, 1904 bales.
Weather mild; wind northwest.
MOBILE, December 2S.-Cotton closed firm
ut 237sc for middlings; sales, 1000 bales; re-
ceipts, 1858 bales; exports, 1.2s5 bales.
NEW ORLEANS. December 2s.-Cotton sitter
middlings, 2Sh@23Ac.; sales, 5000 bales; re-
ceipts, ISL bales exports, 4, 100 bales. Gold
1861. New York sight, Nc. discount. Sugar
active and firmer; common, 949Ac.; prime
l2H@I2%c yellow clarified, l2h@l2Ac. Mo
lasses active and firm; common, oi@60c
prime, 64966c. choice, 6s070c.