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THE Fair-The Fair.

Everybody wants q fair. We are all
farmer and merchants countryman and
citizen-dying for it. We know Mr.. NEW
TON wants it; only, knocked about as we
all are, he cannot see how it is to be done.
Let him confer with the people of this
city and the young farmers, and he will
find out.
Mr.. NEwToN and his co-laborers last
year met by public notice in this city.
But they discarded all practical, all classic
teaching, in really "having nothing to go
upon" They had nothing but themselves
before them-without meaning any re1ec-
ton upon them, an entertainment dry
enough If they had gotten up something
demonstrative, to excite interest or I'm
part satisfaction-fne horses, fine cattle,
ane pbughs, or even fine pigs ana cnick-
ens-that would have been something
tangible something to excite interest ana
! reflection, Had. they had a big dinner OF
barbecue, that would have been a where
w;tbal to maintain resolution and BACK
bone in a great cause. The ancient
| Creeks recognized the Importance OF an
abundance of food and strong drink to sus-
tain all great excitement, whether OF grief
or 10Y. Our Confeds had not the MEANS
| probably, for the big feast. But the ancient
Greeks set them another example. When
| thew met to sustain and foster the Warllke
| public spirit, they did not rest content with
drv debate-the driest thing on earth-but
| they had their games, in which, before
| the assembled nation, was developed the
grand prowess of a race which cultivated
| the art Of war. These games were the
grand schools in which were taught ana
cherished the art and spirit that became
the glory of. Greece, and secured for her
enduring renown.
Our fairs and shows of stock, and the re-
suits of skill and industry, are to the ex-
| allied pursuit of the farmer what the games
| were to the warrior. They foster the pub
lie spirit for agriculture. They stimulate
efforts at improvement and excellence
| and thus we have neutrality-suspicious.
thrift, and comfort promoted, and the
country beautifed and improved, its popu-
IatioD increased, and the general wealth
and sourc Of the State multiplied
benefits more solid, blessings more salu-
tary, than any that flow from the art OF
war.
Let US, then, hope that the respected
gentlemen of the Society will, under the
same feeling which impelled them to call
a meeting last year for a "talk," deter
| mine upon another this year which will
have something to 60 upon-at which there
shall be both demonstration and action, al
though in a different line, as much so as
at the Pythian games, where the competi-
tors entered the ring and decided the
question of excellence before the public
gaze. Give US the fair. 1t will be nobly
sustained, and give new spirit and echt to
the farmers life.
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schoneId Yields to the Pres


uv,norAprERs FIRST MILITARY DISTRICT,
STATE OF VIRGINIA.,
RICHMOND, Va, March 80, 1858.
General Orders No. 80.
|. By an order issued from these mead,
ouarters Oh the I'd day of April, 1861. al
elections for State, county, and municipa,
officers in Virginia having been suspended
until the registration prescribed by act o.
Congress should be completed, ano ~
having been found expedient to continue
said suspension of elections, whereby GER
tain elective offices have become vacant
by expiration of terms of SERVICE, anu
some of the officers whose terms have ex-
pired being ineligible for reelection, ap-
nointments will be made by the command
ing General, as soon as suitable persons
car be selected, to fill all such vacancies.
2. Military commissioners will report,
without unnecessary delay, the names OF
all elective officers whose legal terms nave
expired, stating whether such officers are
eligible for reelection and If ineligible,
thew will also forward the names OF suit
able persons to fill the vacancies, accom-
panied with satisfactory evidence OF cha
racter and qualifications. Petitions from
citizens registered ~voters) for the ap-
pointment of any person to office will IN
like manner be forwarded by the military
commissioners, with endorsement as to
character and qualifications.
3, All officers will continue to act after
the expiration Of their official terms. as
required by existing laws, until their sue
cessors are qualified.
By command of Brevet Major-Genera
Schoield. S. F. CHALF1N,
Assistant Adjutant-G General.
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REPORT OF THE
BOARD OF HEALTH
UPON
LEVY ON THE BRAIN
For the Week ending March "a, 1868.

We have to report a very great increase OF
cases, the number during the past week hay
ing reached three thousand three hundred and
sixty three. The usual mode of treatment,
however, proved successful in effecting speedy
cures of oil, with the exception of seventeen
extremely obstinate cases, who, having failed
to provide themselves with the proper reme-
dies, 1t Is feared are still suffering. To them
we would say go ere 1t is too late to LEVY
BROTHERS, and promptly secure n supply OF
PilIow-case Cotton, az inches wide, at 2oc.;
Bleached Cotton, full yard wide, at ZINC;
Calicoes at 10, l2h, and l6 Csc;
Domestic bingham 1T l2hc., worth l6 Csc;
Shepherds Plaid, for dresses, at l2Hc., worth
zoe. per yard;
Spring Delaines at 12Hc. per yard;
Mohair Skirting, Il yard wide, at &c., worth
75c.;
Hemstitched Handkerchiefs 1T 80 and 37hc.,
worth 90 and 60c.
Irish Linen at S7hc. per yard, worth 50c.;
Superfine Irish Linen at 75c., worth 81;
Shirt Bosoms at l2Ec., worth 2oc.
Wristbands made of superfine Linen at Zoe. q
Table Cloths, two yards long, at 81, worth
sl.50;
Embroidered Handkerchief ut &c.;
Crochet Edge, twelve yards in a piece. for
&c, worth &c. per yard;
Daisy or Dimity Frilling at soc. apiece, worth
from il to $3.50;
Frlnged Napkins at 81 % per dozen, worth 81
Large Napkins at 81. so per dozen, worth SO. so
Infants Robes, elegantly embroidered, at
$3.50, would be cheap at S.; ,
Embroidered Bands at 5Oc.-S1.25, $l.G0, and
So, for the double band;
Dimity Bands at 10, 1914, Is, 90, and 25c.;
Heavy Laces, for trimming pillow-cases, at
6A and SIC. per yard-just half the regu-
lar price;
Lace Collars, new styles, at 25, so, and Toe.
Black Lace Wells at 25c., worth 75c.;
Checked Muslins at 16 2-3, 90, and 25c.;
Fine swiss Muslin At 40 and 0Oc., worth 60
and 75c.
Superfine French Soft-inished Cambria, X
yards wide, at &C.,, worth 76c.;
Russia Diaper, warranted all linen,. at ~
apiece, worth IS;
Cotton Diaper, a superior article. al $50
apiece, worth 81;
Bed Tick at l2&c.;
Shifting Stripes at 12hc.;
Flannels of all kinds very cheap;
Marseilles Quilts, all sizes and qualities.
These rem edies are warranted to cure, be-
ing all fresh and as represented.
Remember that this particular malady can
be successfully treated only at
LEVY BROTHERS.,
1917 Main street,
NH % nearly opposite the market-house.
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H9 POUDRETTE.-T FARMERS and
PLANTERS this article is recommended as the
best FERTILIZER known for corn, cotton,
tobacco, and vegetables. 1t is more extern
sively used in Europe and Asia than all others
combined, and is extensively used in the
northern States. Made from the night soil,
dead animals, and offal, from the city of Rich
mond, properly deodoriZed and made inodor-
Gus, and believed to be equal, if not superior,
to any made in the United States. Packed in
strong barrels, and sold TT only TWENTY
DOLLARS per ton delivered in any part of
the city loihout ertra charge.
ANIMAL COMPOST,
q superior article for ToP-DREssISa wheat,
clover, and grasses, and 4 permanent i'm
proven of the land.
Send for q circular Address
VINCENT BARGAMIN,
corner Tenth street and basin bank,
NH 3-3m Richmond, Va.
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Order about the Offices.

General ScHorrELD's order, published
bv us this morning, will throw open a large
number of Offices to the Radical party, who
are hupgering and thirsting after them.
Power is not generally allowed to re-
nose nassiyely in mems hands. When the
South was divided into districts, and mill
tary commanders appointed over them, the
rejecting man could readily foresee that,
sooner o later, all the authority conferred
upon them would be exerted for the al
vancement Of the policy under which they
were placed in command. Those officers
differed widely in their views-some were
greatly less harsh and moro wise in the
administration of their powers than others
We have always accorded, and Justly too
to General ScHoFIELp the credit of being
the fairest and most c~onsiderate OF them
all. But the question Of what shall be
done with the South and its people is mo-
to be left altogether with the commanders
As Mr.. JOHNSON and General GRANT both
at one time checked the (then so regard,
ed) excuses of some commanders, the
party necessity equally now demands thai
a slow or reluctant administration shall be
spurred up, in order to keeps with the
requirements Of the hour.
AS the signs from Washington indicate
the rapid approach of the day when the
whole power and patronage ofthe Govern
ment will be in Radical hands, we must
expect q moro decisive and summary ad-
ministration of the military government Of
the districts-indeed, that the sequel Of
their organization shall be logically and
completely developed.
AS we should not be surprised, WI
should be prepared for the events now
as We believe, rapidly to take place. It'll
true men are in Office, and will be put into
office, who would be unanimously rejected
by the white people of the community
and in that respect we are no better OF
than the Poles, whose rulers are sent by
Russia to tax them and Cypress them with
exactions and humiliations of every kind
but we should look upon the present as a
period of such wrong and injustice that it
cannot possibly long endure. We should
pray for its rapid progress and culmina,
ton, because it will thus all the sooner
terminate.
The Offices are needed to feed and clothe
the part isans of the dominant party, and
must be had for that purpose. The Go.
vernment at Washington will demand
them and take them throughout the South
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Insurance Companies.


MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COM
ll PANY OF NEW YORK-ANNUAL
INCOME, $40, OOo, OoO-CASH ASSETS YEAR
ENDING FEBRUARY /, 1865, OVER
1926, 900, 600 -NUMEER OF POLICIES IS-
SUED DURING THE YEAR, 10, 64O-NUM-
Der OF POLICIES IN FORCE FEBRU-
AIRY /, 1865, 81, 3S4.-The "MUTUAL LIFE"
is now by far the wealthiest company in the
world. It is conducted on the only principle
which time and experience has proved to be
ultimately safe and trustworthy. Its assets
are not invested in fancy stocks or personal
securities, but IN bonds and mortgages on real
estate, being first lien. on same, and thus
placed beyond the reach of any con tingency.
The company, being purely mutual, divides
its whole profits annually among the assured,
and this dividend can be used in payment of
premiums or to purchase additional insurance,
at the option OF the policy-holder.
D. N. WALKER & CO., Agents,
10l4 Main street.
DR.. J. B. MoCAw, Medical Examiner.
NH d
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The ALLEGED ABDUCTION OF NEGROES.

THE ALLEGED ABDUCTION OF NEGROES.
A paragraph appeared in this paper yes
terday, copied from the New Orleans Re-
publican (Radical), giving an account of
the arrival of two vessels at M~atanzas, o
port of the island of Cuba, with about
twenty freedmen, who had engaged to go
to Key West, and that as they had been
carried to Matanzas instead, it was "pre-
sumed (" the whites who owned the vessels
intended to sell them as slaves. These
whites bore southern names, and one of
them civilian ALLEN is alleged to be
from this city. The news comes through
a suspicious channel, and in a roundabout
way. 1t may be true. If so, our south
ern people are becoming more rapidly i'm
bued with the cunning and money-making
shifts of the far North than we had sup
posed possible. They must have been
fascinated by studying the rich results OF
the slave trade or the seas conducted by
the Puritans in the latter part of the last
century and beginning of the present. We
never heard that a southern man engaged
in abducting and selling negroes except
LAMAR, of the Wanderer, who, just before
the war, on the question of the right to
carry on the trade at sea, with the spirit of
a fanatic, attempted to conduct it in def
ance of law in which ne lost his vessel,
and possibly all he had.
While we fear new moralities and CON-
mercial ethics have been introduced rather
rapidly, we trust it may turn out that this
tale is another fabrication out Of whole
olnHh --
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Per Diem in the Convention.

The statement, or rather confession, OF
Mr.. CLEMENTS in the Convention on Mon
day plainly developed the fact that Gene
raj GRANT had come to the conclusion that
that body ought not to be tolerated longer
than the 9th of April; which conclusion is
a further intimation that they nave stayed
here a great deal longer than they should
have done, and that they have most out
r~ageously wasted the money of q PROSTATE
and impoverished people. General GRANT
gave the mercenary body another hard hit
In saying to them that he had heard that
some of their body would stay here as long
as they could draw their eight dollars per
diem, Most true. But to what an extent
of proaigacy must this body have carried
their proceedings when such a rebuke Is
plainly and bluntly administered to them
by the Radical candidate for the Presi-
dency?
The money committee, according to Mr..
CLEMENTS, had an offer of money at 7 per
cent. until the LIST Of August, or 6 per cent.
if the certificates of debt on which the
loan should be made were signed by Gene
raj ScHoF1ELD and Mr.. Auditor TAYLOR.
This plan the committee did not like, and
they boldly proposed to suspend the July
interest on the State debt that they might
get their per diem. So that, after outraging
the sense of justice Of their own party by
an unreasonably long session, they propose
to rob the widow and the orphan by taking
from them the only resource on earth for
procuring food and raiment! What mon
strous wrong is too enormous for these IN
principled men2 They are O BODY OF In
competent mercenary white i~nterlopers'
the yultures of camps who remained after
the war, and ignorant negroes. The people
of Virginia must be taxed in q manner
thew never have been for the expenses Of
their noblest ~deliberative assemblies to
pay the cost of the work of destruction,
and the bread must be taken out OF the
mouths of hundreds of helpless women and
children whose homes have been made
desoiate by war to pay the cost of the desc
Grafton of the capitol by this abomlnable
farce of q de%liberative body!
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/ The resolutions of the New Jersey Ls-
gsslature which the House of Representa-
nves on Monday refused with sc much
indignation to receive are the same we
published some time since. They contain:
the best exposition of Radical rascality
and hypocrisy with whichths country has
been favored,
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ave ask by what right shall the Fede-
raj patronage be welded against the Re-
publican party?' To which party did the
people, in their last choice Of President,
accord it? On what principle of morals
or of political ethics shall that party now
be compelled to bear up against that
patronage with which the people entrusted
it 2"-Nep York Tribune.
This is the law and the prophets" of
Radicalism. Who doubts that Mr. JOHN
SON has to " ,oak, Spanish Z"
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IS WALL STREET, OFFICE No. g.,
NEW YORK, March IS, 1868.

A GENERAL MEETING OF STOCK
HOLDERS OF WESTHAM IRON COM
PANY will be held at SIS Wall street, room 8,
on TUESDAY, April q, 1853, at u NJ, to
ratify the acts of the COMMITTEES appoin ted
June 25, 1857; TO confirm action referred to in
circular issued by Directors of Dover Com
pany February 26, 1858 and in general, to-
transact any business which may be neces-
sary under the Code Of Virginia in accepting
a. charter Of incorporation, if deemed expe-
dent or otherwise.
FREDERICK II. WOLCOTT,
NH 2O--lm President.
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Political CHURcHEs.-The telegram an
noupced for yesterdays papers that the Me-
thodist Conference at Boston had approved
Of impeachment, snd eulogized General
GRANT and Secretary STANTON. The
Methodist churches there have driven from
their affairs (f they have any every man
who is not ultra Radical, and therefore
they are all of one opinion. No wonder
that they consider it as much their duty to
dabbls In politics as to attend to the u
sells and injunctions Of Him who declared
that his kingdom was not of this world.
ii is not wonderful that a people should be
carried astray under the blind guidance
of hypocritical partisan preachers
We should be happy if this sort Of thing
could be confined entirely to New Eng
land. But every trick and continuance has
been resorted TO to ~subjugate the South
as well to the rule of these preachers as
to the military authority. They have,
through a perjured judiciary and the bayo-
net, robbed southern Christians of their
churches !; and not long ago, under an allie
CATION that the preachers and worshippers
In The South were disloyal, appeals were
made TO the North, backed by a Governors
certificate, TO contribute freely to build
churches for ioyalists, and to sustain
preachers who preached according to the
reconstruction acts-i. e., assuming that
our churches and preachers were partisan
they urged that as treason why our north
ern fsllow-citizens should give money to
establish Radical puYtisan churches in the
South. The assumption was q fraud, sad1t
vas trunnped up to commit an outrage by
introducing political churches and parsons
where they have been unknown. ~
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BEAST Buffers speech on the trial of

BEAST Buffers speech on the trial OF
impeachment is neither interesting nor
able. 1t is not worthy Of q column OF
room, much less of the twelve or fourteen
which it would occupy in our paper. we
do not see that be made q new or striking
remark, or offered any other or better rea-
IONS for convicting the President thar
those heretofore advanced by FoRNEY ana
such like cattle.
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DICHMOND BANKING AND INSU-
LII RANCE COMPANY.-The regular an
nual meeting of the stockholders of the Rich
mond Banking and Insurance Company will
be held at the office of the p on WE'D
ENESDAY the first day of April next at II
o'clock NJ. JOHN (. @. POTTS,
NH 2l-td Secretary.
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WD

On the oath March, at the residence of his
grandfather, Thomas Bass, Esq, in Chester
field county, Va, THOMAS HENRY, infant
son of Thomas w. and Laura r. Bass, aged
one month and twenty-five days.
Petersburg papers please copy.
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Meetings.

A ELLINGTON MUTUAL LIFE IN
n SURANCE COMPANY OF TIR-
GINIA.-The annual meeting of the Airing
ton Mutual Life Insurance Company of Tir-
ginia will be held at its office, 1914 Main street,
on WEDNESDAY the 18th instant, at S
o'clock p. NJ. Policy holders whose annual
emium amounts to $lo0 or over are enti-
tied to vote either in person or by proxy.
d. j. HARTSOOK,
an l-WF&M2w Secretary
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GDeCjGL Notices.


MERCHANT TAILOR,
GOO MAJ, srREEr, OPPOSITE SPoTswooD HOTEL,
hos racei we'd an excellent assortment =.
CLOTHS, CAsSIMEREs, CoAT1NGS' ana
vESTINGS. for his spring trade, and VIII
during the season receive oil the noVeiIeS
iunor,sd or manufactured in this country as
t.st os introduced. Gall and examine the
- mp Ism
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EXTRACT op DECREE.
COMMISSIONERS OFpICR,

RICHMOND, March 10, lSsS.
Notice Is hereby given. that | have ap.
poin ted my office, in the city OF Richmond, as
the place, and the sth day OF April, lSos, a, L
o'clock NJ, as the time, for taking the account,
above ordered On or before which day Al!
persons having claims against the estate O..
Martin Arnold, deceased, will present and
prove them before me, under pain OF being eI.
Guided from all demand on the said executors,
as prescribed by the said decree:
JAMES PLEASANTS.
NH l-W4w Commissioner
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ap l-WF&M2w

A TTENTION "A GENERAL MEET
N ING of the COMMITTEES Of the GER
MAN CONSERVATIVE CLUB will be held
on THURSDAY EVENING, April I'd, 1865,
at 8 o'clock, at Monticello Hall, Broad street.
Every member from the Ward Committees is
urgently requested to be present, rs business
of great Importance will come up. BY order
of the President.
CHARLES PFLUGFELDER,
an l-2t Secretary.
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MARRIED,

On the 9th of March, ut the Monumental
church, by the Rev. MI. Woodbridge, Mr.. g..
BURTON to BELLA, daughter of the late
John Jones. No cards.
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TREAsuRgR'sO OFFICE, RIcHxosD AND
PETERSBURG RAILROAD COMPANY,
RICHMOND, Va, March 7, 1865.
NoTICE.-A meeting of the stockhold-
IN ers of this Company will be held at the
office Of the Company, No. all Main street.
(up stairs between Ninth and Tenth streets,
on WEDNESDAY the Sth day Of April NEXT
at IL o'clock NJ for the purpose of considering
what action shall bs taken in reference To stock
sequestered and sold by the Confederate au-
thorities. NJ. W. WARRINGTON
mn It'd Treasurer.
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OpPIcE Up THE Dover COMPANY,
SIS WALL STREET, OFFICE No. 8,
Nrm Ynpx AIarch lie 1esp

. VAIL bIHEEI, OTFIOh 4NU. 81 r
NEW YoRK, March Is, 1868.
A GENERAL MEETING OF STOCK
N HOLDERS of the DOVER COMPANY
will be holden at the office Of the mpany in
the city Of New York, TUESDAY, April 81,
1865, at ~ NJ, to take into consideration the
expediency of reducing the capital stock of
the company, to ratify the acts of the Direc-
tors in relation to the subjects mentioned In g.
printed circular issued TO the stockholders
February 2s, 1865, and TO tran sact any other
business which may be deemed expedient.
LESLIE CHASE,
NH 2o-lm Secretary and Treasurer.
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The Mississippi Convention will not adj
jourp until the impeachment trial ceases.
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DIEDMONT LIFE INSURANCE
i COMPANY OF vIRGINIA.-W. C.
CARRINGTON, President; DR.. c.. HENRY
PERROW, NJ. d., Medical Adviser; j. J.
HOPKIN, Secretary. This company issues
policies on all popular plans, including Gre
turn premium" plans; on some of these
plans after one cash payment, on others after
too. It's policies are non FORGETTING.
The success of the PIEDMONT is unprece-
dented. During the first five months of its
organization it has issued a larger number of
policies than any other companyi In the United
States during the same period of it's existence.
The PIEDMONT Is a great success. Its
responsibility is unquestioned, its terms are
liberal, its rates low, and Its management
is in the hands OF men of as high integrity
and as fine business ability as any in the
State. Finally, it is a HOME INSTITUTION.
RICHMOND AGENCY,
Office lol5 Main street. nearly opposite post.
Office. Il. G.. DESHIELDS. Agent.
DR.. I. R. PAGE, Medical Adviser.
NH 1I-2m