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The New York herald., 1868-05-16
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David Brewster's Views.

VICE CHANCEILoR's COURT, LONDON, May Mr.
W. M. James, Q. c., commenced his reply In the case
of Lyon vs. Home at the sitting OF the court this
morning. After the great length TO which the argu.
ment had been extended and the "thrashing out' or
details to which the evidence nad Deen sueected ms
abstain from repeating his regret at the offensive
charge against the paintir that the defendant
and afiidavit That charge had been made sti
more offensive by the manner In which II had been
dwe upon BY OF the counsel VINO wee artSyed
foundation false, lying and MALIGNANT, and was dis
credited by every fact in the case The deep atiec-
ton with which the plaintiff cherished the memory
of her departed husband, the terms in which she
always spoke OF him In her letters dspr2ved it the
defendant's own expressions, especially m nus letter
could In no other way show my esteem ana respect
for you; felt that was taking upon myself sol
emn undertaking In the sight OF God aud man when
I called you by the sacred name OF mother'--dis-
prove 1t, and II remained unsupported by one single
little OF evidence II was most % ,ou s,anuer @ anu
that II the repuse Of that feeling which induced
her months before this suit was instituted to fabr
cate these charges against the defendant was
SANDER most foul and most unnatural. The
whole case set up by the defendant was
pregnant Win contradic.ons ase anere aunded Mere
and to them attention would be called. The derend-
ant ac0s a young man, an ddrenturer, dcc0fuing 10
his o,cn sh0cing ere7cistng no trade on procession
and ,citb no means rhaterer Qr UrtnJ erceDt this
singular gr or phtcb ne claimed To 0e "a possession
II was, indeed made matter OF boast inat ne never
powers Ii was quite clear however, that 1t was 10
the possession OF this peculiar gift that he owed any
position, rank or means Of livelihood that ne en-
joyed. The account Of this gift, as given by the
defendant himself, was by no means clear or intelli-
gibe. The learned counsel then proceeded TO read
various passages from Mr.. Homes book, incidents
In my Life" and In particular the.story OF the writ.
ing by the supposed spirit Of the word Immortality
with one ''m" only, which Home said surprised me
at first, but recoected that the deceased, whom
knew well, was constantly versed In black letter
writing, which makes elisions In that way,'
no A.. nf IN m
ing of deaf child in Paris page sly; his elevation
two or three inches above the chair IN which ne
was sitting page 1915 his mysterious recognition OF
hs future wife (p 126 the suspension or tables, ike
Mahomets coiiin between Heaven and earth (p.
l5l aud the playing by the spirlt-ouchcd accordion
Of "our beautiful English tune, Home, sweet
Home in a most finished style" lp 1871, &C. lie
could not up his opinion OF Mr.. Homes spiritual
claims In more apt language than that which was
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-12-09

JUDGES IN THE FAR WEsT.-Dickens' g
AL the Year Round has the following {:
There is in Idaho Territory a judge who is
well known as "Alec Smith" woman
brought suit in his court for divorce, and
had the discernment to select particular
friend of her own, who stood well with the
judge, as her attorney. One morning the
judge called up the case, and addressing
himself to the attorney for the complain
ant, said: "Mr. H., don't think people
Dug hit to be compelled to live together when
they don't want to, and will decree
divorce in this case" Mr.. ii. bowed
blandly. Thereupon the judge, turning to
another attorney whom he took to be coun-
sci for the defendant, said: Mr.. NJ, l
suppose you have no objection to the de-
cree ?" Mr.. Nj. nodded assent. But the
attorney for the defendant was another Mr..
NJ, not then in court. Presently he came
in, and finding that his client had been
divorced without hearing, began to remon-
strate. Alec listened q moment, then inter
rupted, saying Mr.. NJ, it is too late. The
court has pronounced the decree Of divorce,
and the parties are no longer man and wife :;
but if you want to argue the case rig ht bad,
the court can marry them over again, and
give you crack at It,"
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Washington News.

WASHINGTON, December ga ttorney-
General Evarts has assigned his assistants
as follows: J. Hubley Ashton to the Su-
preme Court and s. L. Dickey to the Court
of Claims.
There was full Cabinet meeting to-day.
The Senate is in caucus for the reorgani-
cation of the committees.
The Supreme Court was occupied to-day
hearing q number of cases involving the
constitutionality of the legal-tender act and
its applicability to trusts and contracts
made before its passage. The argument
will probably occupy two days or more.
The revenue receipts to-day were $685.
900.
A memorial was presented in Congress
to-day from the members Of the Georgia
Legislature protesting against the manner
of organizing the Provisional Government
of Georgia, and the subsequent action of
the Legislature, wherein the following &C.
ours
"Your morialists also respectfully cub
nit to the decision of Congress whether the
constitutional amendment has been adopted
by the Legislature Of Georgia, and whether
further legislation is not necessary before
the State can legally resume her status as a
State in the Union, entitled to all the pri-
vileges of a loyal State. Your memorial
lists press these facts in behalf of them
selves and over 65O,00O loyal citizens of
Georgia, and trust their appeal will not be
in vain" The memorial is signed by Ben
jamin Cowley, President of the Senate, and
fifteen other senators, and J. E. Bryant, j.
II. Caldwell, and forty-four members of the
House, including the expelled members"
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-12-09

The Alexandria Gazette has condensed
Grant SANDY Little.
George Peabody has made another dona-
ton Of 100000 to the poor Of London.
A Washington letter says that Wash,
burne, of Illinois, is now hardly on speak
ing terms with Grant. We don't credit the
report.
In the Senate, Monday, Mr.. Wilson pre-.
sented a petition from Virginia for con.
tinuance of the Freedmen's Bureau which
was tabled.
Rev. Robert Selden, of Cincinnati, Ell
route for home after q visit to Brandy Sta
ton, Va, bought some "gold" from negro
in the streets of Washington which proved
to be epeilmark, and had to go back tC
Brandy Station for more money.
Large quantities of counterfeit green
backs have been put in circulation recently
in Southwest Missouri. On Wednesday
Perry Randolph, a heavy operator, was ar
rested in Kansas City with $4,000 Of the
false paper on his person.
The Southwest reports the following large
shipments of produce from Christiansburg
depot during November: Coal, $4,000
pounds; cattle, 1900 pounds produce,
1913 ,493 pounds-making an aggregate OF
1929 ,493 pounds.
The Postmaster General designates Gull
pepper Courthouse, Va, as separating
office, and allows the postmaster, A. Law
renee, at the rate of $500 year for cleri-
cal assistance from 1st of October, 1868.
At Lynchburg, Va, the pay Of James
Kelley, local agent, is increased from s4OO
to 5000 per annum.
No man, nor any body Of men, have au-
thority to enter into any arrangement
whereby the Alexandria Constitution, with
or without negro suffrage, shall be substi-
tuted for that now before the people of Viz
GINA for ratification or rejection. We are
aware that such a scheme is being can
vassed in high quarters, but we trust II
will be promptly repudiated.-LynchburS
NeaoS Colonel Withers editor).
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-12-09

MULLER's ORPHAN Housewife Rev.
John A. Broaddus, ID, has recently drawn
public attention to the enterprise of Mr..
Muller. Mr.. Broaddus is not prepared to
believe that it is miraculously supported.
In late lecture in New York city, the
Rev. Mr.. Van Meter said that while in
England he visited Mr.. Muller's orphan
houses in Bristol, and found everything
distressingly orderly. Visitors are march
ed through on certain days and at certain
hours e6 silently and as solemnly as flu
neral procession. The absence of carpets,
pictures, and instruments of music: the
downcast look Of the children as they, with
rttrimmed hair, sat dressed in their de-
testable dingy blue uniforms of check or
calico, and the unnatural precision and
lifelessness with which they went through
their manipulations, were painful to wit
ness. The boys are liberated from the
place after they are fourteen years old by
being bound out but the girls are not so
fortunate. They are kept until they are
seventeen, and then doomed to the position
of servants, irrespective Of their taste or
talents. He regarded this as unwise and
unjust, and would have them Immediately
placed in carefully selected Christian fami-
lies as members ef them, and have them
treated like other children.
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Tho Presidents Message

r,s message covers the following points
- The conclusions thereon:
"''I 80 That the southern States remain
..s,ratcd in industry, their resources cut
= roodly portion of their popula-
H", a;srranchised, their constitutional
INV u.;r;,cres denied through congressional en-
ssrtmcnt, and the most OF them remaining
'njrr military rnle.
Sscond.- the report Of the
c..rctarv Of the Treasury, and endorsing
~ Vows for return to specie payments
%r,1oh reduced expenditures, raised taxa
FAN; law, and . gradual contraction Of the pa
,.r circulation, with suggestions for legisla-
Ian FOR one currency only, aud that ma
t;opsl hanks should have their powers re-
s;r;cted.
TIira.-That our foreign affairs are in a
favorable condition. The Negotiations with
Great Britain regarding the Alabama
Claims $50 calledl have not reached on end.
Certain portions of the proposed protocol of
arbitration were not approved by this CO.
yrrnment, and have been returned to Minis
Tor Johnson. The resignation of the British
Ministry is regarded as only a temporary
hindrance. Many Of the details relative to
these claims it is not deemed proper to COM
muuicate in the message. Offers of arbi-
tration between Paraguay and Brazil have
been declined, and the course Of Paraguay
is commented on, though there is an absence
If official detail about the late outrage Of
Lopez. The Government has made new
treaties for protection Of naturalized citi-
7cus abroad. It has recognized the new
Provisional Junta in Spain as de .fdcto
government, but has received no formally
accredited Minister from the same. Affairs
with Mexico are satisfactory. Arrange
ments for a mixed commission to settle the
claims of Americans in that country are in
progress. The Government has failed so
far in its negotiations for the purchase of o
that the French are trying TO get the Bay
of SANTANA from the Dominican Govern
ment.
frauds on the revenue, which must be cor
rected or the revenue will fail and the ma
ton be involved in ruin. The message
calls for strong legislation on the subject,
and urges the repeal Of the civil tenure act,
which is regarded as hindrance to the
removal Of corrupt officials.
FJfh.-The President refers to the IN
dian troubles and the views of the Peace
Commission, and fears that the military
establishment expenditures will be largely
increased on the plains.
SirM.-He favors the withdrawal Of the
troops from the southern States, and the
reduction Of the army, and gives reSunf
Of the operations OF the land and pension
system.
/, is not pretended that the message dis
cusses the above points in the order named
or in the language given; but the general
tenor of the document will prove to be cor
rect.-B0St0n Herald.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-12-09

One of the most remarkable deposits of
petroleum is in the region of the Caucasus
mountains. The oil springs have been
known and the oil collected there (by
skimming) for ages. On the eastern shore
of the Caspian 10000 such wells, all of
them quite shallow, are now skinned. The
wells are often quite close to each other,
and new one does not affect the produc-
tiveness of another near it. One sunk in
1868 BY the very side of another, which
had for centuries produced 3,4OO pounds
per day, yielded 10000 pounds per day
without affecting in the least the other. The
American method has lately been intro
duced, and flowing wells have burst forth
from depth of $50 feet, which have, until
controlled, maintained a jet from forty to
sixty feet high. 1t is calculated that
10 ,O0O, 900 pounds are annually produced
in the Caucasus region, while 100000
pounds of paraffine are now made from
asphaltum.
Circumstances alter cases-Particuiarly
reduced circumstances.
How to make hats last-Makc everything
else first.
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Domestic Markets.

New YORK, December S.-Noon.-Stock
market feverish. Money easy at 6@7 per
cent. Exchange 1921. Gold, 1855. 52O's,
so, coupons, 1l1L; '64, lO71a rs, lOS ;
new, 1903; '67, llO5a. 1O-4O's, registered,
1903 ID; coupons, 1861. North Carolina
6's, Sc; new, 60; Virginia 6's, ex-coupons,
SIS !; new, 5715 Tennessee 6's, ex-cou pons,
So ID new, 672l.
Flour 5@lOc. better. Wheat 1@2c. bet
ter. Corn shade frmer. Mess pork no
minal at s25 .5O@s25.75. Steam lard quiet ;
in barrels, l5149l556c. Cotton steady at
24L@24hc. Turpentine lower at rs 11a946c.
Rosin dropping at S2.359$2. 40 for strained
common. Freights quiet.
Evening firmer and more active
sales 1920 bales at "a &c. Flour and wheat
steady at the noon advance. Corn frmer
new white southern, SLIP. Provisions firm
and unchanged. Sugar irmer. Other gro
ceries quiet. Turpentine, 45R@46ac.
Freights quiet.
Governments closed steady; 5-20's, '62,
1103. Tennessee 6's, 6819; new, 67A
Virginia 6's, new, 571a. North Carolina
6's, new, So. Louisiana 6's, 64967. Money
in better demand and nominally unchanged;
at per cent; discounts dull at 100 per
cent. Sterling stronger at 1898. Gold
closed dull at 1851 $-the lowest price of the
day.
BALTIMORE, December S.-Virginia 6's
old, inscribed, II bid, 4S asked old coupons
5516@56; new, 571a@5S. Breadstutfs
grain, and provisions materially unchanged
CINCINNATI, December S.-Flour and
corn dull and unchanged. Mess pork, S24
but held $24.50. Lard-Kettle held at Is 4;
@15Lc. with no buyer Clear bacon sides
in good demand at 151a@16c.
LOUISVILLE, December s.-Mess pork
S25. Lard, Is @l515c. Bacon-Bulk shout
ders, 9h@9sac.; clear sides, 1324@14c
Whiskey firm at 9Sc. @$l.
WILMINGTON, N. c., December S.-Spirits
turpentine weak at 42c. Rosin dull al
$1.SOG$4.75. Tar, $2.l0. Cotton, Il 80
CHARLESTON, December S.-Cotton opened
quiet and closed firmer; middlings, 223c.
sales, 400 sales receipts, l,452 bales; ex'
ports, coastwise, ], 1898 bales.
AUGUSTA, December s. Cotton more
active middlings, &c. sales, 55S bales
receipts, $50 bales.
SAVANNAH, December S.-Cotton closed
quiet middlipgs, &c.. sales, 700 bales
receipts, 1882.
MOBILE, December S.-Cotton firm mid
dlings, 23H@2234c.; sales, 1000 bales
receipts, 1857 bales.
NEW ORLEANS, December S.-Cotton &c
better; middlings, 1899; sales, SIX
bales; receipts, 1921 bales. Gold, 1851
New York sight, 3s@1a discount. suga'
| firm common, S1ac. prime, 1l11a9llMc.
clarified, 12l89l2lIc. Molasses firm com
mon, 4sc. strictly prime, $4,000.
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TNHE WATT PLOW.

Having seen in the Wig and Dispatch an adj
vertisement witch the following heading
"staike's Dixie Pillow took the first premium In
the blowing match at the Border Agricultural Fair
OF Virginia and North Carolina ut Danvile over
all the plOws IN USE under the most favorable
circumstances-being worked by negro man who
had never before seen pillow, whilst other plows
were run by an expert plowman, who had travelled
more than one hundred miles that these pows might
have the advantage Of his skill" =
piows we would cali lie attention Of farmers to
| the following letters , ,o,o
Nessrs. Watt e. Knight:
tientiemen,-You ask in q letter dated Noyem-
Der sls the rzsul, Of trial Hetwes in your
now endeavor to give it: We first worked both
plows In loamy, rich land, with &C. er Of weeds
and fallen dried and green clover ana .lm OF IN
thing much better than the Dixie, y and pulyer-
lied the land The Dixie did not. Neither pillow
choked. III,
Ne then tried both In stiff rich clay soil. with
u very heavy cover OF wire-grass kn.e high, and
broom sedge waist high, interlnlxed with lunnlnB
brsrs. In this soil and condition Of growth your
pillow turned in AL vegetation completely, without
choking, and stil doing the work IN very
be any comparison between the woi ( done by your
pillow and the "Dixie.''
our plowmen vastly prefer the "NaU Llo"-
We shall keep yours and return his.
Very respectfully, yours, ,.
D. T. Monroe,
y @I 3. a ar GlstS
mr. p r Anderson and Mr.. Thomas Archer. OF
chesterfield, and Messrs. Chllhr"y ana oIhers' u
Henrico.
FALLS PLASTATIoN, ADJOINING MANCHESTER
CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, VA. {
December 3. 1883. }
Hessrs Watt d KnigH:
Gentlemen. Having had fair opportunity Of
testing the merits OF the w att piow IN turl-iano
trod0en for ten (le years, do not hesitate 10 lVc
IL preference over all Others for ease OF running
and efficiency of work. 1t cuts more evenly ana pull
verizes and overlaps more thoroughly tnah any
nIow have ever used Very respectfully,
WILLIAM Z. BOISsEAU,
Manager for DR.. +. Marx.
The above trial by MIR. Boisseau for Dr; Marx
made after working MI a niows we're each
ike those worked by the Messrs. Gills ana morton,
and =. e ,rarrupt the same results IN epe7y 6Hlitdr
fiaL or will refund the money paid ior our pIows'
ALBANY, GA, December !, 1858.
Nessrs. Watt Knight:
Gents,-1he fourteen plows have come 10 hana.
Sev wore ordered for one Of my neigh oors ana as
aLSyy ~ he COMES TO town will forward you Inc
money / am fearful we shall need more POLLS
and side pieces. You will therefore seao us VIII
out delay four hundred t$oel points ana Two
2VO) side pieces Please give thl' your iunie1i"'e
Your piows give entire satisfaction Lam f sa.iS
Ged it is ,he best pillow yet invented In iac''
do not believe 1t can be improved on: ,oor ma
PHI ase send the points and side pieces as SOON &C
practicable. Respectfully, yours o,wrrr
we add the above testimonial just received from
a planting firm In Georgia. who hays IN rse 1i'o
Gus p'o" PloW Manufacturing,
ds9 Richmond, Va
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ri, r8x-pAvEmS.

NOTICE TO TAX-PAYERS-Iu com.
Y plisnce with an ordinance of the city OF
Richmond we will attend NJ the Office OF tha City
Collector, at the City Hall. from A. NJ. to p. NJ.
from The 18th 70 she 3lst OF December inclusive 10
rereiye the remaining half Of the CITY TAXES,
teductine ten per. cent. thereon from those who
paid one-half In June:
by JULIUS A. HoBscH, ID. G. g. e.
E.B.-Those persons who have not paid any
portion OF their bills will please call during the
we win have no opportunity OF calling on them
before advertising their property for sale. which
will add twenty per cent. Of not sodl. 1nose Mno
have not pa Id their personal by that time must
expect to have their goods levied on rs soon Is we
get out Of the office as we required to settle our
entire account 10 February.
payers OF the newly-Ineorporated territory as the
property Is perfectly described that 1t Is Inn
possible tina: the Collector can find IL.
EDMUND WINsIE, Collector,
de Elm by JuLIUs A. HonsoN, ID. G.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-12-09

A RICH MAN.-The Rothschild who died
lately in France is found to have left an
estate of about four hundred millions of
dollars. His family is consequently in easy
circumstances. In this country he would
have passed for a rich man. All classes of
people seem to have mourned his death, and
his body was followed to the grave by about
Eve thousand people-chiefy the poor OF
the neighborhood in which he lived. He is
said to have been very charitable, and was
universally beloved, which speaks much
more in praise of his character than does
the enormous wealth he had accumulated
Ne,r York. Times.
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HonnrnLn MuRnxR.--ou the night Of No.,

~ HonRInLE MURnER.--0n the night of Mo-
vember II. Howard A. Cleveland, young
man about twenty-five years Of age, visited
his friend Warren George, at East 0rr;ng-
ton, Me-, for the purpose Of passing the
night. Some time during the night Cleve.
land arose and cut Georges throat from ear
to ear, nearly severing his head from his
body. His mother, an old lady seventy
years of age, then helped him to conceal the
body in the cellar after which they robbed
the house and fed. The murder has but
recently been discovered, and has created
great sensation from its brutal nature.
The old lady was arrested few days since,
and yoang Cleveland was apprehended in
Boston on Friday night.-Neio York Times.
[Can't the Tribune, or the Times, or
some other paper, give US lecture upon
the Estate of society" in Maine n
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We learn that land agent has been per-
tls'eht!y employed all this week in con-
dlctlng land buyers through the counties
o. Greene, Madison, and Orange-has made
Saleot twofarms near BarbouTTYille, Orange
county, Va, one containing 26l acres, and
The other 100 acres, belonging to James u.
Rogers. Of Georgia. and bought by j.. b.
Douglas at fifteen dollars per acre, and is
now with e party Of Valley men in Gull
Peger county. Charlottesville Chronicle.
George W. Fahnestock, lost on the steam
boat United States with his daughter, was
Inc well.kuown druggist of Philadelphia.
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taken M, and the House adopted GAO to s5)

the following resolution:
RESOLVED, That the paper be returned
to the presiding officers of both houses of the
Oregon Legislature, the same being scan
dalous, impertinent, and indecorous."
Mr.. Butler introduced bill restoring the
control of Indian affairs to the War Depart
ment which was passed-116 to 35.
Mr.. Robinson spoke in favor of active
measures to relieve the Fenian prisoners in
Great Britain for words and deeds uttered
and done in America.
In the passage of the Oregon resolution
there we're cries from the Democratic side
that Oregon was sovereign State, but they
were disregarded.
Adjourned.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-12-09

Tn Friday last speeches in favor of sub
Scrlptions by the county and town to the
stock Of the Valley Railroad Company we're
made in the courthouse of this place by
Iolonel NJ. G. Hartman; David Ful,z, ESQ.,;
thomas j. Niche, Esq. Jacob Baylor,
Ae4.; Captain James Bumgardner; Colo
mel George Baylor, and Major FL. NJ. Bell.
6Iaanton Spectator.
IA formidable array, truly. The next
day the county voted $500, 900 and the town
3lUO,O 900 to the road.l
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-12-09

CHURCH BURNT. - The Presbyterian
church al cambridge, East Tennessee, was
totally destroyed by fire at an early hour
on Saturday morning, supposed to have
been caused by the explosion of one of the
lamps, which had not been entirely extin-
gQished the night previous. Several other
houses caught from the burning building,
but were fortunately saved from destruc-
uon.-Lpch5eug Republican.
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LYNcHBCRG AND DASvILLE RAILROAD
Mr. Garrett spoke hopefully of the pros
poets Of the road, regarding its construc-
ton as q consummation to be realized at no
distant day.-DQnui!Le Register.
Mr.. Garrett has the money, and can
tu!!Q the road if be will
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The Gale.

WASHINGTON, December Sit is blowing
gale here.
LONDON, Eng, December S.-There was
heavy gale throughout England Sunday and
Monday. Many marine disasters arc tele-
graphed. The shippingin the harbors suf-
fered. Many houses were Frustrated.
The bark North Briton, from Quebec for
Southampton, was wrecked, and six Of her
crew lost.