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SHOCKING RAILROAD ACCIDENT.-Canan-
daigua, N. Y, March 4.--The train which
left Elmira yesterday morning was disabled
when near Gorham station. The passen-
gers, thirty in number, were transferred
to the baggage car, which, with one loco
motive, proceeded on its way. When near
Hopeweil station the baggage car jumped
from the track, and the passengers were
overturned into one end of the car, and
nearly all seriously injured. The car
stove was broken, and, with its mass of
living Goals, fell upon the already suffer
ing passengers, sbockingly burning several
of their number. The following is list
of the sufferers: Sarah Overshire, Helen
Lewis, the wife and child of Thomas
Philips, Lyman S. Briggs, Andrew Horton,
P. Conklin, Joel Eggleston, Michael WEIGH,
Dennis German, and Thomas Phillips.
The persons named are all seriously
burned. Mrs. Overshire, Mrs. Lewis, and
the infant child of 81. 0. Lewis, were
fatally injured. q. o. Lewis sustained
a fracture of the forearm. John Campbell
had his shoulder dislocated.
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More ELEcTloSs IN New YoRK.-Fss
siu, ~. T., March 4.-The result of tn.
town election In this placeis Democratic
victory and splendid Democratic gain
The whole Democratic ticket i. elected by
an average majority of LA. Our gain OF
supervisor is nearly 200.
Port Jruis, N. r., March AT thu
municipal election held here yesterday
the whole Democratic ticket was elected
by an average majority Of so. Last fall the
Republican majority was Z.
Nesoburg, N. Y, March 4.-The Repub
lican majority in the election here is only
80. Last fall it was l43. The Democratic
gain is, therefore, Ill.
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A SCATHING IDENTIFICATION OF OLD
Ben WADE.-The National Intelligence,
says: The spectacle presented yesterday
by Senator Wade is one of the most me
lancholy and amazing Of which human
experience affords example. Knowing by
that uuerring process of reason which cur
dies thousand issues into one-the real
one-that the matter to result from the
proposed trial is simply and inevitably
which one Of two men shall be President
that senator being one of them-he arose
and deliberately walked forward to offer
himself as President. Before a gazing
world an American bred man did that act.
The hiss of scorn and the blast Of shame
ought to come up from all mankind. His
relation to the trial is precisely that, and
as personal as that, of the accused. The
alternative is wholly between the two men.
One shall be President and the other shall
not. The judgment cannot be less than
this. 1t cannot be more. On that judg-
ment the accused has no voice. His
inevitable alternate demands voice.
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DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AND Loss OF LIFE IN
RocKBRIDGE.-Last Saturday Mr.. Thomas
Miller's house was destroyed, also all of the
adjacent out-buildings. A young man
named Cade, Of Botetourt, had stopped
there the evening before in company with
his sister and her two children. While
the fire was raging the young man sue
ceeded in making his escape from the
house, but not finding his sister, be re-
turned in the house in quest Of her, and
was lost in the attempt. The sister, how
ever, had placed her children upon the
roof of porch under her window, and
then getting out herself, succeeded in
saving both them and herself. The young
man persisted in the flames in his noble at
tempt to save his sister and her children.
A negro woman also was consumed in the
flames. Mr.. Miller's loss is about $4,000.
Lexington Gazette.
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From the Baltimore Sun.
Baltimore Annual COME renee of
the Methodist Episcopal Church
Smith,

Second Day.-This body met at the Gen.
trail Methodist Episcopal church, west
Lexington street; Bishop Doggett in the
chair.
Communications were received from A.
81. Radford, agent of the Southern M. E.
Church publishing house at Nashville,
Tenn, showing a favorable condition OF
affairs, and recommending that the publ
cation of the Conference minutes be given
TO the publishing-house.
The net profits of the publishing house
during the past fiscal year amounted to
Sl6,37457; the Christian Advocate, edited
by DR.. Thomas 0. Summers, has been no
bly, sustained, netting a profit during the
year Of $4,000, with subscription list in
creasipg. The Sunday School paper
called the Visitor has proved success,
circulating now $4,000 copies, and SUBJ
scribers increasing weekly. The entire
value of all the property of the book con-
Germ and publishing house at Nashville,
including buildings, presses, type, etc., is
put down at Sill ,597.03. The communi
cations were referred to the appropriate
committees.
Presiding Elders W. S. Baird, of the
Winchester district; EzraF. Busey, of the
Rockingham district; Dabney Ball, Of Roa-
noke district; j. Hoffman Waugh, of the
Lewisburg district, and John G. Dice. of
South Branch district, gave interesting
accounts of the ministerial labors in their
various Jurisdictions, in all Of which the
progress of the good work is gratifying
The characters of all the ministers called
were passed.
The following were continued in su.
pernumerary relation: W. D. Rippetoe,
Rockingham district; J. F. Beane and E
G. Jamison, Roanoke district; Chu Hank
Lewisburg district, and Henry Hoffman,
South Branch district. Rev. David Harri.
was granted location.
Adjourned until Friday morning.
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WADE TO RtsIGN IF NEcEssARY.-A
Radical senator remarked at private din
ner party last evening that there was no
doubt Mr.. Chase now had the whole game
in his own hands if he chose to control it,
and that serious apprehensions were en-
tertained by the impeachers lest he should
defeat their purposes when success is al
most within their grasp. 1t is said that
Wade is to disarm opposition to himself In
some measure by agreeing to resign his po-
sition as presiding officer of the Senate if
bis vote should become necessary to con-
vict Mr.. johnson, and leave the Presiden-
tial honors to descend to the Hon. Schuyler
Colfax, Speaker of the House of Repre-.
sentatives. 1t is believed this compromise
will be accepted by those opposed to Wade
and thus remove what is at present sup.
posed to be dangerous if not serious i'm
pediment to impeachment. The question
was asked if Speaker Cofax had been no.
titled of such programme, and the reply
was, "Oh, yes; he is building strong hopes
upon it," Thus We go. Who can tell
what day may bring forth ?-Battimore
Tizehe.
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From Washington.

WASHINGTON, March 6.-Reverdy john
son alone of the senators was sworn on
the Bible. He had one brought in for the
purpose. The other senator's simply held
up their hands.
It is stated that the President said last
night that General Hancock would not be
relieved.
The statement of the national debt for
the month of February shows decrease
of the debt, less cash in the Treasury, of
$7,5OO,OOO. The coin in the Treasury is
slO6, 10000; currency, s21,750,0OO.
The revenue receipts to-day were $780,
900.
The Cabinet session to-day was very
short. All the members were present ex-
cept the Secretary Of War.
The House passed bill to-day modify
ing the iron-clad oath for persons from
whom political disabilities have been re-
moved by act of Congress.
In consequence of the absence Of Judge
Chase, the McArdle case has been con-
tinued till Monday.
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ARREST, RESCUE, AND RECApTCRE.-

ARREST, RESCUE, AND Rehabilitation
siderable excitement was produced ir
Hampton on Tuesday last in consequence
of the sheriff Selling boat for taxes due
by negro. The negro was exceedingly
belligereDt, and made such threats as led
to an effort to arrest him. This the sheriff
was unable to do in consequence of a large
crowd Of negroes who defied him. The
military was sent for, and the negro ar.
rested and lodged in Jail. But the next
day "Wednesday the negroes collected 10
force and liberated the prisoner. The mill
tary were again called, the prisoner recap
tured, and is now in the Hampton prison
The presence of the military was necessary
for some time afterwards to quiet the mul
titude Of negroes who had collected
NorfOlE Day Book.
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Domestic Markets.

NEW York, March 6-Noon.-F Flour 5G
l0c. better. Corn 1G2c. better. Wheat
quiet and very firm. Pork dull at S24.85.
Lard heavy at l5@16c. Cotton dull aud
dropping at Csc. Freights dull. Turpen-
tine quiet at 70375c. Rosin steady
strained common, $3.50. Gold, l4lh.
Euening.-Cotton opened dull and 8
shade lower, and closed more steady, un-
der better Liverpool advices; sales of
1000 bales at 24G25c., closing at Csc.
Flour lO6l5c. better, and more doing
southern, s9.6OGsl4 Is. Wheat lac.
better. Corn active; white southern, Sl.20
QSl.25; yellow, Sl3O. Pork lower; new
mess, $24 go old, 1923 80. Lard lower at
l4T9l53dc. Turpentine, 7219@73c. Ro-
sin, So .25gS7. Freights quiet; cotton per
steam, &c.
Five-twenties, '62, coupons, l1o1a. Geor-
gia rs, s334. Virginia 6's, So. North
Carolina 6's, 63a64. Gold, l4l1s. Ster-
ling dull at 1922.
BALTIMORE, March 6.-Cotton firm al
Csc. Flour firm good superfine in de.
mand. Wheat firm. Corn firmer white,
sl.l2Gsl.13; yellow, sl.l49sl.l6. Oats
dull at 78dS0c. Rye scarce and in good
demand atSl.75@$l.7S. Provisions steady
CINCINNATI, March 6.-Flour firm and
in fair demand. Corn firm at S4@85c
Provisions quiet and unchanged.
WILMINGTON, N. c., March 6.-Spirit'
turpentine closed firm at &c. Rosin'
steady; strained, $3.50; low No. /, 50
| Cotton 23c. Tar firm at $3.50.
CHARLESTON, March 6.-Cotton declined
1a@1c.; sales, 500 bales; middlings, 221L:
@23c.
AUGUSTA, March Cotton firm; sales
$50 bales; receipts, 42O bales; middlipgs
23g2311sc.
SAVANNAH, March 6.-Cotton very quiet
with little offering, and prices nominal
sales only 33 bales; middling, nominally
25c.; receipts, AGO bales.
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Foreign Markets.

LONDON, March 6-Noon.- Consols, $50
931s. United States bonds, II s..
LONDON, March 6-EUening. -Securities
steady.
LIVERPOOL, March 6-Noon.-Cotton
quiet and unchanged estimated sales,
10000 bales sales for the week, $1,000
bales, of which $4,000 were for export and
$1,000 fer speculation /; stock, $4,000
bales, including 10000 American. Bread
stuffs firm. Other articles steady. after
noon.- Cotton irregular, but not quotably
changed; the total amount atloat for
Liverpool is 100000 bales, including
$4,000 American. Breadstuffs firm. Pro-
visions higher. Beef, ll3s. cd. Pork, 76s.
Sd. Lard, sos. Tallow, 43s. I'd.
LIVERPOOL, March 6-Euening-Cotton
closed irregular; quotations are about
97sd. for middling uplands on the spot,
and 95aa93zd. to arrive; Orleans, lO1sd.
sales, 10000 bales. Breadstuffs firmer ;
corn, Ais. Cd. Lard, sos. Cd. Naval stores
heavy.
PARIS, March 6.-The bullion in the
Bank of France has increased 5000, OOOf.
FRANKFORT, March 6.-United States
bonds, IS.
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NEGRO INToLERANcE.-A negro named
Younger made Democratic speech al
Fredericksburg the other day. The ne.
groes showed considerable bitterness o.
feeling towards Younger, and followed him
Exchange Hotel corner, Younger being
escorted by delegation of whites. The
negroes followed him, and pelted him with
stones, striking and injuring one young
white man quite severely.
Next day tuesday,, Younger left on
the Richmond train. A large delegation
of negroes were at the cars, and it was
feared some damage would be done him
but the night police turned out in force
and no violence was attempted, the blacks
merely hallooing and making noise as the
cars left.-Ledger.
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CHEF JUSTICE CHAsE's LETTER.-The
Senate committee called special meet
ing this "wednesday evening, and con-
sidered the letter from the Chief Justice.
The members unanimously agreed to ad-
here to their view of the case, and re-
solved to consider Mr.. Conkling's speech
as proper reply to Chief Justice Chase.
They are clearly of the opinion that the
Senate has the right to frame its own rules
and regulations, and that the only autho-
rity vested in the Chief Justice is that of
presiding officer, and that he has not the
legal right TO decide any of the questions
involved. In all the impeachment trials
in England, which are the presidents to
govern this case, the Lord High Steward
never had a right to vote unless when he
was member of the House Of Lords.
The Senate, therefore, holds that the Chief
Justice cannot have any voice in deciding
any question which may be raised on this
trial Washington dispatch to the Ne,o
York Tribune.
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GENERAL GRANTS FATHER TELLS HOW
he Cor HIS NAAE.-When the question
arose after his birth what he should be
called, his mother and one of his sunts
proposed Albert, for Albert Gallstin !;
another aunt proposed Theodore ms
grandfather proposed Hiram, because ne
Thought that was handsome name. HIS
neutrality-suspicious. by courtesy
that is, his mothers step-mother-Was q
great student of history, and had an en-
thusiastic admiration for the ancient com
mander Ulysses; and she urged that Inc
babe should be named Ulysses. second
ed that, and he was christenso hiram
Ulysses; but he was always called 6y the
latter name, which he himself preferred
when he got old enough to know about
it. But Mr.. Hamer, knowing Mrs. Grants
name was Simpson, and that We mad son On
| named Simpson, somehow got the matter
| q little mixed in making the nomination.
and sent the name in, Ulysses 5. Grant
instead of Hiram Ulysses Grant. my soI
| tried in vain, afterwards, to get it SCI rign,l
by the authorities and suppose ne
now content with bis name as 1t stands
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New HAMPSHIRE. - Concord, N. IT..
March 3.-The situation appears to be
hopeful in the highest degree. The lead.
ing Democrats unanimously anticipate q
victory. They are putting their money
heavily against Hartman, and from such 8
rapid survey as I have been enabled to
make, do not see any reason to doubt
the correctness of their calculations. Their
latest estimate gives the Democratic can
didate majority of 1874 upon total OF
900 votes. The Radicals talk of polling
a vote offs, 500; upon which, of course, they
claim very large maiority.-CorreSpond-
ence of the Ne,o York. World.
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ANOTHER MURDER BY NEGRO.-A
negro named Rumbo, another named Por-
ter, and two other negro men, were en-
gagged in Tightening wood from the swamp
through Vests ditch to the canal, and
getting into quarrel about whose fault ii
was that their mutual property-a shanty
in the swamp-burned down, this fellow
Rumbo became so violently heated with
passion that be picked up an axe lying
near and struck Porter dead; after which
he inflicted several severe injuries upon
the other two negro men on board the
lighter. -Norfolk Journal.
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FIVE ITEMS FROM THE ORANGE VIRGIL
NIAN.-High Price.-Mr. Seldom Jones, of
this county, has sold his fine riding horse
to millionaire of Richmond for the sum
of $4l0.
T" Millionaire =" is good
A Frenchman who has been buying
largely of land in and around Gordonsville,
intends, it is said, to purchase twelve thou
sand acres-whether for colony or for
his own use was not stated.
The Glory Of Orange.-Grant's father
used to teach school in this county, in the
family of -.
The Shame Of Culpeper.- Edwin NJ. Stan.
ton was born at Stevensburg, in the county
of Culpeper.
The wheat hereabouts has been good
deal injured by the late thaw and freeze.
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GENERAL WASHINGTON AGE.-A very
old man who saw General Washington, and
describes him as tall, dignifed-appear.
ing person, with dark or tanned COM
plexion, has something to say in the New.
port Mercury with regard to real age o.
the great Father of his Country. Wash.
ington, he says, was born on the 18th day
of February, 1882, old style-l35 years
ago. Eleven days were omitted from the
British calendar in 1852, and Washing
toms birthday was celebrated thereafter
on the ed of February. At the time Of
Washington's birth the beginning of the
year in Great Britain and her colonies was
on the 25th of March, but an act was
passed in the twenty fourth year OF the
reign of King George II. that the lst day
of January, which, in the old style, would
have been 1751, Z" shall be reckoned and
deemed to be the 1st day of our Lord, 1852
consequently the period of time between the
last day of December, ISL, and the 25tt
of March following was entirely stricken
out from the British calendar. Washing.
ton, therefore, had no birthday in Febru-
airy, 1851, for there was no month Of
February, 1851, in the British history. On
his birthday, therefore, in 1852 NEW style)
he did not become twenty years OF age
but only nineteen, and from the day OF
his birth, in 1892 fold style), to this pre-
sent February, 1868, are only l35 years.
Baltimore Sun.
We saw some years ago in public hal
in Fredericksburg an inscription stating
that "George Washington was born Feb
ruary II, 1882" And the fact, We pre-.
sumo, is generally well known. Those
who are familiar with Carlyle's Life Of
Cromwell cannot we'll forget that ne CON
stantly reminds his readers of the change
above mentioned in the time OF the com
mencement of the year, though ne does
not, we believe, state when it was made
IF, however, we call to mind that the
words September, October, Nouemoer' ane
December, indicate that these were once
counted as the seventh, eighth, ninth, ane
tenth months of the year, we shall neeo
nothing else to enable US to keep right q
to old dates between the LIST OF Januar!
and the 25th of March.
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VIRGINIA GRADUATES OF THE Medical
DEPARTMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MARY
LAND, IN BALTIMoRE.-L. Alexander, W.
L. Beckham, Philip W. Boyd, George Il
Carpenter, Henry Day, John W. Farmer.
Edward W. Finch, William V. Giddings,
Gilbert G. Greenway, G. Dickson Hoge.
William NJ. King, Theodore b. Lauck.
Cyrus Mccormick, J. A. Norman, James
D. Moncure president of the class), Viii.
liam J. Newbill, J. Barbour Newman.
Knox Thompson, Pembroke A. Thomson,
N. Anderson Ware, and T. Clayton Will
liams, all of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. in num-
her.
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Rrnr,, New Orleans.

NEW ORLEANS, March 6.-William
Baker. who was removed from the Office
of street commissioner, and George D..
Field appointed by General Hancock, was
re1nstated by an order from General H.
yesterday, issued "by direction of Gene
raj Grant"
The Democratic State Convention last
night appointed B. F. Jonas, James Nc
Ciosky, and Duncan S. Cage, delegates to
the National Democratic Convention, and
General James B. Steedman as delegate
from the State OF large.
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Special Correspondence of Baltimore Gazette.
More Radical Perplexiiies - Under
woods Decision TN the ImbOdeD
Mactsamus Case

More Radical Perplexisies - Under
Mardamus Case.
WASHINGTON, March 5.-The Jacobin
leaders here have received considerable
uddenda to their perplexities through the
bungling efforts Of Judge Underwood, Of
Virginia, to explain Radicalism and recon.
cile it with facts which are patent aud in.
disputable. Underwood's decision in the
case Of the manddmus sued out by Gene.
raj Imboden has been furnished the Radi-
cal members of Congress by the Judge
himself, who, no doubt, supposed he had
acted we'll his part; but, unfortunately for
bis party, he was not in position which
justified his saying much. After proving
apparently to his own satisfaction that
the relations of Virginia to the Federal
Union had been broken, and that she was
not State within the Union, Underwood
was asked how it was that he habitually
franked all his letters as "United States
Senator from Virginia "a fact within the
personal knowledge Of hundreds of peo-
pie here-and particularly within the
knowledge Of the Radical postmaster OF
this city, whose attention has several
times been called to it. This was knotty
question, and one which tho Judge failed
to answer to the entire satisfaction Of the
Radicals here, TO whom he has sent his re.
ply. They express intense indignation
that ne should thus embarrass the party
by his officiousness. To Justify the fraud
he is daily perpetrating on the Post. Office
Department he declares that "a form Of
loyal government in Virginia had been
fully recognized by the National Execu-
tive, and admitted by the United States
Congress, and yet, at the same time, ne
enforces by his decision law of Con-
gress which says: Whereas no legal
of Virginia." etc. This Federal Judge
adds that while these questions the does
not say what questions) remain undecided,
the officers elected under the Alexandria
Constitution, including himselfas United
States senator, have right to their places,
and that he is entitled to the Thanking priv
lege. This assertion is not only made in
face Of the fact that he holds commission
as Judge of the United States District
Court, but made by him while presiding
upon the bench. Such shameless etfrontery
is exceedingly annoying to the wire work
ers here, only because it complexities their
difficulties and adds so much dead weight
to the load they are already carrying.
Sumner said this evening that few Un-
derwoOds would be milestone about the
neck of any party sufficient to sink it.
They seem to award him the merit Of being
villain enough to claim high position in
bis party, but they say his vllainy is more
than counterbalanced by his rash stupidity,
and that he has given them more trouble
than all the rebels in Virginia. Such is
the opinion of Wilson, Edmunds, and Nor
gan, and several other Radical senators
have intimated an entire acquiescence.
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FROM CALIFORNIA. = San Francisco,
March 4.-Goyernor Haight sent in mes
sage to-day in which he declines to for
ward the resolutions endorsing the action
of Congress on the impeachment of the
President on the ground that it would i'm
properly influence the judgment Of the
Senate sitting asa court. The resolutions
Of the Assembly expressing sympathy for
the President are not liable to the same
objection, or he would not have transmit
ted them. The message was sustained by
the casting vote Of the Lieutenant
Governor.
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Adjourned until Friday morning.

PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL ASSISTANT BISHOP
OF VIKGIN1A.-It will be gratifying to the
members of the Protestant Episcopal
Church of the State to learn that the Rev
DR.. Whittle, of Louisville, Kentucky, has
determined to accept the Office Of Assistant
Bishop of Virginia. 1t has been proposed
By Bishop Johns, if agreeable to the pre-
siding bishop and others concerned, that
the consecration take place on Thursday,
April SOth, in St. Paul's church, Alexan.
dria. So says the Alexandria Gazette.
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PERSONAL ENcoUNTER.-Early this morn.
ing a report reached us of a personal
encounter last night between two parties,
on the avenue near the capitol, one OF
whom is said to have been an ex-rebel
general. Our informant states that the
affair grew out of an argument on impeach-
ment, and that the ex-general was badly
eaten.-Foraeu.
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DESTRUCTIVE FIREs.-Cleuelaad, Ohio.
March 5.-The oil refinery Of West, Lake,
Hutcbins s. Co., was burned at 10 O'Clock
last night. Loss, 100000; partly insured,
Chicago, March 5.-The high school
building at Fon-du Lac was destroyed by
fire last night, with all the books, fixtures,
SC. Loss, $4,000 insured for $4,000.