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The Late EarthC uake.

The letters from Lima give minute details
o: the terrible effects of the recent earth
quake on the Pacific coast. We have pub
lshed the most important Of them. One
letter mentions that twenty valuable silver
mines in the interior Of Peru were COM
pletely sunk, "the earth opening and huge
watcr-epouts coming up" At Cohija the
loss Of life was slight. II was built on Il
bluff fifty feet above the sea. The houses
tottered and tumbled over into the ocean,
while the inhabitants fed to the high hills
close ct hand, and escaped.
Bands of thieves, as is always the case
when calamities involving destruction OF
property occur in communities, were roam
ing about the villages and country resi-
denccs, searching the ruins, picking up
everything valuable they could find, and
even robbing the bodies of the dead. \
curious illustration Of their greed and
readiness to pocket valuable articles, and
gulp down everything edible and drinEable
| that falls in their way, is mentioned. a
box of ssrsaparilla washed ashore from
some ship, and they drank every bottle OF
it, taking it to be q beverage for ordinary
use. Whether It was the compound of old
| Dr.. JACOB TOWNSEND, or the young Town
| SEND, is not stated but one or the ether
had better institute inquiry as to the effects
of this box. 1t might turn out to THEN
advantage. 1t could not, however, convert
the thieves to honest men. The TOWNSEND,
quacks could hardly invent cure for that ;
it would be out of thoir line.
The most original statement Of all Is
gathered by letter writer OF Lima from
General FITZPATRICK, our Minister to Chill,
who had arrived ut Lima on mis- way home,
and who had brought reports of the effects
of tho earthquake az far down az the State
10 which he was accredited. lie stated thai
on the south side of the ruined city o.
africa, "as the earth opened and yaWned
there came up tiue hundred 1n,anmies, wh'
"stood in long lines facing the sea-" TIL
writer calls them " mummics,' though h.
afterwards calls them skeletons. The hide
BUSINESS Of the array would be equally de
cided with the one as the other. The mar
rator says that each of the skeletons wa
entire, the hands doubled up and supporting
the chin, the knees drawn up, and the fee
/ supporting the fleshless frame. This was thu
manner of burial Of the aborigines. Th'
place where this uncarthiug OF the skele
i. tons occurred was an old cemetery, and tn,
, skeletons are doubtless the remains of TIT
{ lncas and Indians. The writer well may
/ say: GAS the ground recedcd, what {
"ghastly spectacle, amid the throes of al
earthquake, was the coming up again tt
earth of these long-buried skeleton re
r "mains |" 1t was sort of mockery b.
the dead of the living, this sudden appear
ance Of FIVE hundred skeletons in the mds
of the calamity, glazing with their sight
e less orbs upon the scenes Of horror and de-
i spair amongst the living! What com
: mentary upon man!
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The Confederacy and Andersonville.

The Buffalo Commercial! Advertiser Il
generally we'll bchaved paper-lntellIgent'
and fair for Republican paper. we con-
fess our surprise at its inexact statement o.
the meaning of the charge made IN th'
letter Of Judge GUILD against General
GRAAT-a Charge made also by General
BUTLER, and based on plain and undenia-
bic facts. The charge vas simply that
General GRANT stopped the exchange o,
priscncrs, and forbid the reception Of the
Audcrsonyille prisoners, whom our Govern
ment had offered to give up to the United
States authorities without an equivalent
The Commercial! asserts that the charge
WAS that General GRANT was responsible
for atrocities which were perpetrated
:" upon Union prisoners by the rebel au-
I" thoritics during the war" General
GRANT was responsible for their detention
at Andersonville. Their treatment wat
not his directly; but had no not for
hidden their reception when the Con-
tedcrate Government offered to surrender
them they might have been sent home TO be
taken care of by their friends. The WORD
atrocities" is inapplicable to their treat
mcnt, and is therefore falsely applied. The
Consederacy did its best to feed and lodg,
the Andersonville prisoners. 1t informed
the Federal Government of its inability t
take care OF them, and offered them W
without an equivalent. Its humane offe,
was not epen noticed. In what respect il
there any horrible wickcdness' OF
enorulity" in this, and how can the W ORD
atrocious" be applied TO it The Com.
nercial is guilty Of the injustice Of blind
partisanry in its language.
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The WceLly Dispatch.

The number OF tho WEEKLY issued to-day con-
tain, full accounts OF the great earthquake In South
America-Intercstins history OF esr,hquakes-1n-
;D-cs,,nc foreign news per NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
nova rr.u, the southern States and Washington
The sun rs a motive pnwer-The instalment OF
procc sor Maury professor of the Military In
s;itutc-Iicms interesting 10 sgricuturists-ihc
Agricultural fairs in the Sta e--The pomologlcai
and horticultural society their proceedings nc
Tennessee troubles, orders OF the Department ~
Washington Political news and party views "
the recent clcct ons-';eneral news-F iais On
The current topics-Thc improvements o! cam" '
ard rail across the great Virginia Inc 10 INC 90.
rlyer-Co, rcspondcncc dom sic sho1cc.s .i''
all n.rts OF the grain stats les
Accurate and full reports of the markets-ln'cTcs'-
ing miscellany AID poetry.
1he WEEKLY DISPATCH has an immense circu-
,,tor IN TIE country trading with this city and in
many sections where our trade ought TO 10 In
,rc.sc5 IL would he valuable IS an advertising
medium - our merchants
Price at the counter. five cents Cor single c7plcs ;
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COURT ORDERS.


VIRGINIA, TO WHAT Rules held in
v the Clerk ) Office of the ircuit Court for IN,
county of Halifax Oh Tie iirss Monday ia ptem-
ser. ls6- -
W ain /. D"el~- lialnllli
ag ,inSt
Rich Ri H. Owen James \. Owen. Oliver I'd
wards aud Nj cry his wife, - FL is AMI Pink,
his wife, tudora owen IN infamtl the unkl!o II
husband OF Washington VII IAN Mary Nv II,
and his said IL, The unknown children Of Johi
. H,llihu' ton Jam Holloway, and other uu.
known children Of VI ,rt II Holloway.
Defendants.
I: CIIASCEHY.
The object Of this suit II for sale Of the land,
Of Frances Halliburton, deceased, and Il diviSi II
al the proceeds al the StlGr amongst the neat Of
kin Of III said Frances raj burton.
II appearing by ali Iavt ulcd III I all Of the said
defendants are nuii-rcs dents al the state t t.
ginil 1t IS ordered thtt they aprctr mere Within
Que moatn after due publ CT ion at th. order ana
d what is nccc sary L. prot CT their interest H.
This suit. AMI that copy Of this or'icr be pub
tished nee week iur -four ccssivc t, ks In IL
Richm md Dispatch H. wSpipcr publish, d In th
tatr. ana an turr copy pOstei III the front door 81
the courl-hou Of this county on the first day %
tit next Ounty curt.
y copy-Tcstc:
IA MES MEDLEY Jr., Clerk.
FLOCRHOY i LEIGH, p. q. ST. l3-lawsw
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PETERSBURG LETTER.
Correspondence OF the Richmond D!sraici
Hastings Court-F irgiaians in TeroS-7hs
James Family.

PETERSBURG, September II, 1868.
The Hastings Court commenced It's term
to-day with a heavy criminal docket, as
usual. The number Of felony cases Is clgh'
or ten, and of misdemcanor tWenty-ouc.
During the morning session one man was
sentenced 10 the penitentiary Tor i've years,
and another is undergoing trial Tor arson
this afternoon. Doubtless when the court
is over number will be sentenced to I'M
prisonment in Wardwell's institution, and
q greater number to confinement IN the city
jail.
If will be interesting to the numerous
friends as we'll as relatives OF Mr.. Henry
lanes. formerly Of Richmond, but now OF
Texas, to learn that his three sons have
been appointed professors in the Texas Mill
tary Institute. These gentlemen are gra-
duates, one of the University Of Virginia,
and the other two Of the Military Institute
at Lexington; Major John G. James re-
cciving the appointment OF superlntenden
and professor Of mathematics and civil en-
| rineerinc, Major Charles A. james that OF
professor of ancient languages, and Cap
tain F. w. James Of natural ami expert
mental philosophy.
These arc all young men, the oldest being
about twenty seven years Of age. They
are descendants of an old Virginia family,
the progeuitor being Il citizen of Hanover
county, and successive branches Of the
family settling in Richmond, Petersburg,
and other places, and enjoying the highest
social positions in every community. Ii Is
with u natural pride that we see our sons
elevated to places Of honor in other States,
however much we may have lost by their re-
moval. But so it has always been. What has
been our loss has been the gain OF our sister
States and reviewing the course OF domcs-
tic immigration since the close Of the ReVo-
luton, il is not too much to say that Ameri-
can civilization is more indebted to Virginia
for the rapid and wonderful progress II has
made within the present century than 70
any other population whatever. From her
fruitful womb the western, southwestern,
and portion of the northwestern States,
have been largely peopled. Everywhere
her children have proved themselves to be
men of enterprise, subduing the wider
ness, and moulding public opinion by their
force OF character. Doubtless geographical
causes exercise an influence on both the
physical and intellectual development,
and Virginia may be indebted to her posi-
ton in the heart Of the temperate zone for
much of the eminence she has achieved. Ii
this be true, we may reasonably conclude
that her race of great mon will never die
| out, y.
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Mr.. Reverdy Johnson and the Radicals

Mr.. Reverdy Johnson and the Radicals.
The Radicals we're not exactly clear in
the propriety of approving Mr.. REvERpT
J0HNSuNs nomination, and London COR
respondent of the Tribune says 81 hope
Mr.. SUMNER and other Radicals who
voted for the confirmation of Mr.. Re-
vERDY JOHNSON begin to understand the
mischief they did" The writer COM
plains bitterly of MIR. JouSsoN's course OF
Sheffield, charges him with consorting with
rebel sympathizers in fraternizing with
Lord WHARNCLIFFE and Mr.. RoEBuCK, and
seems to enjoy the rebuff he received at the
hands of the latter. The writer says:
He (Mr. Johnson) there met two men
whose names America has cause to detest.
One was Lord Wkarnclitfe, during the war
president Of what was called the Southern
Association-an organization of blockade
runners and Anglo-rebel pirates and Mr..
Reverdy johnson tells Us that the name of
Lord Wharnclitfe ought to be dear to Anne
ricans under any circumstances On the
other hand of the American Minister was
Mr.. Roebuck, the most interruptions and
unrelenting enemy Of America in all Eng
land"
The writer says Mr.. JOHNSON went two
hundred miles to the cutters dinner to
take by the hand Mr.. RoEBUcK, "whose
"anger against America he strives to de-
"precate by humiliating entreaties." But
g Mr.. RoEsUok refused to be oonoiliated
"by the prostr.tion of the ambassador Of
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ENGLAND and America.

The American Minister to England makes
great mistake in endeavoring to spread
the impression in England that the people
of this country covet an alliance with Great
Britain for any purpose, and no idea could
be more ridiculous than that such an ALI
ance could be for the preservation of lib
ertyl Alliances of great nations never
have any such purpose, and no two coun-
tries would be less likely to entertain it as
the basis of an alliance than England and
the United States.
There never has been demonstration of any
cordial, mutual friendship between the two
countries. The subjects of dispute between
them have been of periodical occurrence
from '7G to this day, and when they were
settled it could DO barely said that they
we're settled without war. The Congress of
late has been always offensive and bellicose
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LEXINGTON. Va, September lG, 1868.

LEXINGTON, VA, September lG, 1868.
General Lee returned home last Thurs
day, and our town has seemed to brighten
by his presence. The hustle upon our
streets, and the increased activity in every
department of business from the market
man to the merchant, plainly indicate that
the sessions of our schools are beginning.
The Institute has already present two hun
dred and fifty cadets, fifty more are
under appointment, and applications are
still coming in. The career Of this
institution must, under its efficient man
agement, continue to be upward and
onward. 1t is understood that the dis
cipline this year will be more rigid than
ever before. The guns for the corps have
been purchased and shipped, and are daily
expected. There has been some excitement
among the cadets growing out of an effort
to abolish the system of worrying new
cadets-putting them through the "rat
manual" rs it is called. Many of the
third classmen opposed the change on the
ground that they had just served their ap-
premiership, and it was not fair to deprive
them OF the privilege of inficting the same
upon tho new "rats y" but the first class
men, and most Of the second classmen, were
warmly in favor Of abolishing the whole
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thing, and il was decided to do so oy uo
cided majority. The " rats were =. - be M
not permitted to vote. 80 theIe - .bo V;r.
more maltreatment OF "rass IA
GINA Military Institute. ,;,h o,ens
The prospects of the college, Will Ill,
it's session next Thursday, are ueo.uy
bright. There are fifty more stuoe ,i A tba
here than this time last year, anu oil VI tn
indications point to much larger nulh1 ml
than last session. The professors gehei"ii5
have returned to their posts. .,,o
Judge Shelley is now holding nj heio ~.
foil term of his Circuit Court: Inc c eou.
has been engaged in the trial OF E E"I.
Griffin (negro) for shooting young i s., In
Brockenbrough in May last. 1t VIII DC
remembered that the affair grew out OF
refusal of the negro to give the sidewalk to
Young Brockenbrough and his mother,
and that this refusal was supposeu
to be caused by an incendlary sPeecn
made by the Bureau agent-Mr. Doug
az Frazar-several days before. Captain
David Moore represented the Common
wealth. and Ex-Governor Letcher the pri-
soner. Governor Letcher made one OF ME
ablest speeches, in the course OF when ne
skinned the Bureau agent for his lhcen,
diary teachings and malign influence, ano
urged that it was hard for this poor neslI
TO be punished, while Frazar, the 1 T
criminal, went unwhipped of justice. The
Jury found the prisoner guilty OF "unia",
ful shooting" and sentenced him to t"c
years in the penitentiary. Governor
Letcher at once moved for new trial, ano
the court has taken the motion under CON
sidcration.
By the way, we must ask the public gen
orally to fclicitate our community that We
have at last gotten rid of Frazar as well a'
Wagner. Cur town paper this morning
we'll expressed the general feeling II 'ns
following paragraph
"Wc congratulate our people on the lac
that Frazar, the Freedman's Bureau man
formerly commandment Of negro troops anc
n disgusting animal generally, has left
Also, that his friend and companion, Lieu
tenant Wagner, military commissioner, ha:
been ordered to, it is to be hoped, more
congcnial quarters. We pity any people
who arc to be supervised by any SIGH"
Captain Mahon, our new commandHnt, i
making q fine impression upon the commu
nifty, and seems disposed to deal fairly witt
our people. The troops continue 10 behave
with great propriety. LEXINGTON.
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When we get Through!

When We pass through the prcscn
cloor-when VIC traverse the dark fores
in which We now grope, filed with monster
in human form-what a grand time there
will be FOR Old Virginia Radical recon
struction is death to confidence, poison tt
enterprise, and plague to all the Interests
Of the community. 1t must have Its enc
here in Virginia, as it will in our sistel
States; but it will die here first. Thai
dead. confidence will be restored, enterprise
will be lifted up out of the grave and
brought to life, industry will be encou-
ragged, Icace rccs,ablished, and content
mcnt and joy take the place of discomfort
and misery.
Millions Of dollars intended for invest
ment in Virginia only await this suspicious
moment. There is no country which at this
time is so widely rcputcd as field for en-
tcr,lsc as Virginia. Her mineral riches,
fertile lands, watcr-power, and gentle ana
genial climate, have excited the admiration
Of the people in this country and abroad.
There will be two-fold influx of men anu
capital, and the State will take new start
on her new destiny TO power and prosperity
yhc moment the present uncertainty Is dis
peI1el Richmond will be the centre OF the
projects and enterprises in the line OF manu-
racturirg-it will be the centre from which
will ralia;e the speculation5 in real estate
aud schemes for improvement. Her river
sho,cs Will become alive with industry.
TIE vii, be dotted with factories, and
It gi.lt her horizon will be illumined
with the hcaming fires of q hundred FORCES.
these manufactures will bring their thou
sand. 0" operatives 10 swell our population
an,l increase the demand for all the means
O: subsistence, increase the demand FOR
houses, and enhance the value Of lands.
This is 10 fancy picture. l; is pro-
,hccy based on facts. The best-informed
and most practical of northern manutac-
turcrs, from their knowledge Of the re-
sources Of Virginia and her extensive ad-
van;ages for manufacturing, especially al
this locality, have predicted this. One o.
Tie greatest iroa-mongers Of Pennsylvania
said few weeks since that Richmond was
the most eligible spot for manufacturing IL
-" ;::;"., sd there were millions of dol
lars ready to come down here for invest
Inent as soon as the political status Of the
STE was settled.
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A spEc1AES.-General SToNEMAS mas
ordered. as We have before stated, THAI
the meeting-houscs in Virginia claimed ~
both the Methodist Episcopal and the Me-
thodist Episcopal Church South shall be
occupied on alternate Sundays by the two
churches. Neusville meeting house, in Lou
doun county, is one of them. There are
III members. Of these, los prefer the
southern, and six the northern church.
General SroSENaN's order gives TO the Elk
every other Sunday.
This, too, is one of the houscs which our
new Constitution would turn over entirely
to the six. Comment upon such conduct
and such al administration is useless.
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Buffers REJECTIoS.-1n conversation n
gentleman yesterday remarked that BUT
LgR lost the nomination for reelection to
Congress in his district by not "planking
down" spoons enough. This idea was in
dignsntly repudiated by another gentle
man, who expressed the belief that But
LEn's constituents were go heartily dis
gusted with him that all the spoons at his
command could not have secured him the
nomination. We give both views of the
case in justice to both BUTLER and his con-
stituents! 1t is probable that he did his
duty, and no man will doubt that they did
theirs
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..,o cornt, -yhich he hates. He replied
"by speech Il of his old rancor." Inc
,o,ter.writer. be still more severe, goes
on to soy that Ir. JOHNSON was never re-
markable at ome for his practice OF inc
"more eleva Christian virtues. on MS
passage he seems to have occupied his
9TH 8 perusal of the New les.a-
"ment. It's doctrines probably struck MIN
uos novel and his curiosity to see no"
"they would work in actual lie lea nini
&c TO make m experiment in England. BE-
g ing smitten by Mr.. RoEBUck on one
g cheek, he turns to him the other'
Poor reward, indeed, for the vote Mr.. JOHN
son gave for Radical reconstruction anu mo
advice to the South to bow down and receive
tho woke Poor compensation for his tears
of grief at separating from the hsu'''i
Senate and for his anti-slavery olscouio'
to English lords, oil the more gra'e'ui u
fsns,;cal cars for coming from q man VINO
r.nrcsonted former slaveholding commu-
nity, amongst whom he was nurtured ana
from whom he received ell the honors ever
bestowed upon him, save this MISSION LOT
which he is so unfit.
Mr.. JOHNSON is unfortunate. Ii he ooes
MT nIease the Radicals he cannot be SAID
to please the Conservatives. Tous o0NNhh
would be as acceptable. He could not have
made a moro radically orthodox discourse
m slavery than Mr.. JOHNSON did: and we
really believe he would have done more
credit to his country than the present Min
lister by q proper reserve on other topics.
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VIRGINIA lNVENIlUN.-Wc ha

VIRGINIA INVENIlUN.-We has,
y now on exhibition at No. II, on FouT;eent
,trcst opposite the Exchange Hotel. the new al
'auabe machine known as
,RSALL'S COCkLE. GARLlCK. and SI
SEPARATOR,
the only machine known that can perfectly sep"
ate cookie from wheat without regard to the 5iI
Il the cookie. In this machine the new principi,
If ADJ sSION, As applied to machinery Of tn
class. is strkingly and successfully demonstrated
n. SIS men Of Richmond generally who feel IN
crested IN the agricultural development OF GU
state TO call AID ste for themselves.
We are now Offering for sale COUNTY andGITl
lights In the States OF Virginia and West VII
snia and win be glad 10 See any gentlemen ir"n
he country who may he visiting the city.
Communications must he addressed To Us al
harlottesvillr. VA. or TO Captain 7. c. Morton
Exchange Hotel, Richmond, Va
iy SIN MINOR & PETTOS.
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LETTER FROM LEXINGTON.
Correspondence OF the Richmond Dispatch.

Opening of our Schools-Fine Prospects,
44bo!iShing the Rat Manual" in the Vir-
qinia Military Mstitute-Circuit Court
Trial OF Cesar Griffin (negro) for the
Shooting Of Young Brockenbroetgh-De
parture OF the Bureau Man--Good Con-
duct of our Present COmmandant.
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Correspondence or the Richmond Dispatch
Religious E0.Tia Council
CroyS. DC.


DAyyiLLE, VA, September 1G, 1865.
There has now been going on at the Me
thodiet church in this place for several
weeks past one of the greatest rcviTalS oi
religion ever known in this community. The
altar is crowded every night with penitents.
4 large number has already been converted.
Rev. W. w. Bennett, of your city, preached
twice last Sabbath-mornins and evening
to very large congregations. His sermons
were very impressive. The work Is still!
going on. Eminent ministers have be III
written for, and are soon expected.
There is but little tobacco coming i'll nj
present, the old crop having been nearly
all sold. There will he but few sales un I'll
the new begins TO come in.
We are still without n Town Council
Cannot General Stone;nan give us enough 10
form a quorum understand several ap-
plications have been made.
understand that Il live Yankee" was
in our town night before last, and made a
speech TO large number OF freedmen IN an
old shop near the old Methodist church, III
which he told them that if they did not
vote for. Grant and Cofax they would Ill he
put back into slavery. He took down Il
great many names, ard promised to send
them books explaining the whole matter
He wound up by handing around the hat to
get q sufficient quantity OF grcenbacks to
take him 10 the next place.
Business of MI kinds IS quite dull liz thl~
place. The crop OF corn in the adjoining
counties is said to very good.
Yours, X.