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Richmond Prices.Current.

THURSDAY, December "a. 1858.
There being no change in the prices OF most Of
the articles embraced In our market quotations.
we this week omit al except the following, which
show slight variation since our last:
Bacon.-Shoulders, lSc. ribbed sides. la
rfc.; clear ribbed sides, lIi@lsc.; Virginia hog
round l7c.; Virginia hams, 22G2Sc. canvassed
hams 2Oc.; plain hams, l9c.
Bucktohedt Flour.-4Gl+ic. y b.
Beef-slaughtered 5Qysc. q b.
Furs.-Mink, 80 80 outer, So red fox. 75c gray
fox, 4Oc. raccoon &c. muskrat, 2ec. rabbit
23c.
FiSh.-Herrlngs: Halifax, se.759s7 q barrel !;
North Carolina sn "a barrel Tor No. L IS
for No. 2 and % q half-barrel for No. roe her
barrcls) *I9G$ No. lin barrelsI SIC oG$ls 50
No. Nn kilsl, g. 7sQ$a; No. (in kitsl, g. 5@
Feed:-0ats, eoG6?c: U bushel. stipstuh from
the mill, zoe. u bushel. BrowEstuf, from the MILL
CSC. U bushel. Wheat bran, Csc. Corn bran, 2sc.
'n RaySTmotby. 81 foas.l5: clover ssc @sl.
Ldrd.-Prime, barrels and tierces, Isle. In
half barrels, .9c.; In kegs, 2oc. country TGllsc.
Potatoes.-Irlsh, CSC. Gal - bushel sweet, 75c.
0Sl q bushel.
Peds.-Sl 5O9sl.75 n bushel.!
Poultry.-Iurkeys, ?cc. Y H.; chickens, nc. U H..
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THE LEGaL-TENpER CLAusE.--A lette,
to the Tribune contains the important an.
nouncement that the legal-tender clause,
which originated with Thaddeus Stevens
was carried through Congress against the
most active efforts of Mr.. Chief Justice
Chase when Secretary of the Treasury
who, while the bill was pending in the
House, addressed long communication to
the chairman of the Committee of Ways
and Means, arguing the unconstitutionalisy
of the measure, although war then existed
Ne,o York Commercial.
We imagine that this statement is not OK.
actly true; but that the law was passed
only after Mr.. Chase had overcome his OBJ.
jections and Withdrawn his opposition to it.
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4 BENEVOLENT GOVERNMENTAL the
+calauarcrs Of the Frcedmen's Bureau in
Winchester on Monday last were gathered
groups of ablc-bodied negro men and
women, perfectly hale and hearty, to whom
were issued out large supplies OF clothing,
blankets, cotton, &C., without money and
without price," Seeing this, an old gentle.
man, a veteran of the war of 1872, who to-
l.y hears honorable wounds received in
t.htiug for the best government the world
ever saw" went forward and asked for g
Goa; TO cover his shivering body. He was
~; off with n promise of one should there
be any over after the colored man aud bro
Their was supplied.
Bully for the Government - Winchester
TTyeS
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PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT
A NJ N f S 7 Y .

WASHINGTON, December 24.-The follow
ing is President Johnson's amnesty procla-
nation
ga PROCLAMATION.
"Whereas the President of the United
States has heretofore set forth several pro-
Carnations Offering amnesty and pardon
to persons who had been or were concerned
in the late rebellion against the lawful au-
thority of the United States, which procla-
nations were severally issued on the Sth
day of December, 1868, the 18th day of
March, 1864, on the goth day of
May, 1865, on the It'll day of Sep
TENDER, 1867, and on the 4th day of
July in the preseat year; and whereas the
authority of the Federal Government hav-
ing been reGstablished in all the States and
Territories within the jurisdiction of the
United States, it is believed that such pru-
Dental reservations and exceptions as at
the dates of said several proclamations were
deemed necessary and proper may now be
wisely and justly relinquished, and that
universal amnesty and pardon for par
ticipation in said rebellion extended to all
who have borne any part therein will tend
to secure permanent peace, order, and pros
perity, throughout the land, and to renew
and fully restore confidence and fraternal
feeling among the whole people and their
respect for and attachment to the National
Government designed by its patriotic found
ers for general good:
"Now therefore be it known that |, An
DREW JOHNSON, President Of the United
States, by virtue of the power and authority
in me vested by the Constitution, and in
the name of the sovereign people of the
United States, do hereby proclaim and de-
clare, Internationally and withousreserva-
ton, to all and to every person who directly
or indirectly participated in the insurrec-
ton or rebellion, a full pardon and amnesty
for the offence Of treason against the United
States, or of adhering to their enemies
during the late civil war, with restoration
Of all rights, privileges, and immunities
under the Constitution and the laws which
have been made in pursuance thereof.
"In testimony whereof, l have signed
these presents with my name, and caused
the seal of the United States to be here
unto affixed.
"Done at the city of Washington the 25th
day Of December, in the year of our Lord
1868, and of the independence of the
United States Of America the ninety-third.
"ANDREw JOHNSON"
"By the President:
W. II. Separd, Secretary of State"
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INTERESTING FxPERIMENT.-Some man
proposes to manufacture silk from the ORR
ginal vegetable fibre of the mulberry tree,
without waiting for its slow transmission
through foliage into vermicular intestines
and cocooned rollings and infinite spin
nings. The bark Of the young saplings is
taken off. dissolved, and all but the fibre
disintegrated. This is then refined, washed,
dried, aud combed for mechanical spin
ming. The fibrous silk thus made is said
to be fine, soft, about five inches in length,
Of regular thickness, good color, and con-
siderable lustre. The process has been
patented, and cur wide-awake California
friends are at work preparing to 60 into it
on large scale. 1t is as yet only an expe-
riment, but is certainly most interesting
one.-Neao York Times.
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o,,7rry OF ToBAcCo FACroR1Es-THE
r,r, BoARr OF TRADE.-St. Louis,
CS,...nr,hrr 23.--Several tobacco factories in
,,,I.o rountv, Illinois, were seized few days
So violations Of the revenue laws.
~ ~ D. Champlin, the president of the Mis-
,:,.;rn; Valley National Telegraph Com
s, vAose headquarters are here, pub
,.. , q card this morning denying the state"
- I. tbs. the Board of Trade of st. Paul,
,t:r have repudisted their subscription
:, ,br company on the ground of misrepre-
'..,.olion. Mr.. Champlin also states that
y. line IS = permanent fixture, and in sue
...ss,l nDcrqtion.
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LIFE Insurance CAsE-IMroRTANT DE-
m,,oy.-Nsl0 Torh, December 23.-The
Sipremc Court in general term, in the case
n william y. Robinson rs. The Iuterna-
;;ona! Life Assurance Company Of London
tie suit being brought on policy Of in
.g7ance to one Macmurdo, issued in Rich
moad in lS45), Judge Daniels delivered his
ar;u;on that the defendants compliance
With the statutes of New York relating to
AGENCIES of foreign companies did not change
,soir status as an English company, and
,set the relations between The assured and
Tho defendants were those Of neutrals, espe-
,;ally since belligerent rights had been
conceded 10 the formers Government by the
Government of the latter. The judgment
Of the lower court was affirmed.
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TO TAXPAYERS.

NOTICE TO TAX-PAYERS.-In COM
~ pliance with an ordinance Of the city OF
Richmond We will attend ut the Office OF the City
Collector, at the City Hall, from A. NJ TO p. M.
receive the remaining half of the CITY TAXES.
deductinr ten per cent. thereon from those who
paid one-half in June.
EDMUND WINNIE, G. G. B.,
by JULIUS A. HOBSoN, d. G. G. 2.
n. B.-Those persons who have not paid any
portion Of their bills viii please call during the
same time and pay the amount Of their taxes, rs
we will have no opportunity OF calling on them
before advertising their property for Sale, which
will add twenty per cent. llf not SOLO, Those who
have not paid their personal tax by that tile mus,
expect To have their goods levied on as soon We
get out OF the Office we are required to settle our
entire account In February.
We would call particular attention of the tax
payers of the newly incorporated territory, as the
propcrsy Is so perfectly described that 1t Is I'm
possible that the Collector can find It.
EDMUND WINNIE, Collector,
de Aim by JULIUS A. HoBsON, d. 9.
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TO certain NJ. C.'s General Grant has
expressed himself in favor Of the COM
&yHccmert OF the session Of the Forty fret
.'asrvss on March 4th, as now established
q law, and he has also expressed himself
very decidedly in opposition to the grant
.nz Ct any more lands or bonds TO new Pa
el@c railroads, or to new branches Of exist
Ing roads.
Inc Supreme Court Of Tennessee has just
-e'ldcd that persons coming to Tennessee
ron other States and selling goods by sam
PIE caaLot be taxed except as other mer-
caaDts. Under this ruling they will have
pay one per cent. on the invoice cost,
where purchased, of all goods brought by
them into the State. Heretofore they have
Faled paying taxes.
Inc latter part of last week, near Ores
,SeH, Weakly county, Tenn, negro woman
4ag hole near her cabin, placed her two
"1'Iaren II Ii. then lighted large fire and
actually burned them up. She was subse-
5-"nll arrested, and when asked why che
2Amltted the horrid deed, said her chill
1FeH would not obey her, and SO she con-
Caiet 10 kill them.-C Cincinnati CONNER
Mtssr5. Edward Town and James Carroll
nave , been appointed storekeepers Of inter
-' revenue for the sixth district Of Vr-
sna. Charles II. Willetts has been ap-
H.'I'ed assistant assessor vice Mr.. Strad-
''4g resigned.
N the case in New York of the United
mates against about 10000 worth Of pro-
tsfSyy found at the rectifying establishment
n watson Curry, the jury in the United
S@'es district court on Wednesday rem
''re9 verdict for the Government.
an ar Charles f. Lloyd, proprietor of the
rrS!e Hotel restaurant in Leesburg, died
Try suddenly in that place yesterday.
''&andria Gazette, 23d.
, frank P. Blair, ST., called On Hons. John
a. baldwin and John Le,cher, Of Virginia,
" Tue Metropolitan, Thursday.-Forney.
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A citizen of Burlington, VT, has invent
ed a clock that runs by electricity, and
never requires winding. 1t has only three
wheels, no weights or springs, and it is
claimed that it has little friction, is not
affected by heat, cold, dampness, or Earring.
A single clock and battery can be connected
with any number of dials and indicators
in the same building, or even along the
whole line of railway.
A well-known humorist figures in one Of
our exchanges as " Mary Twain" What q
difference one letter makes.
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THE PROPOSED CONNECTION OF LAKES
AND RIVERS IN THE NORTHWEST, &C.-Neao
Hauen, Conn.,, December 23.-At the last
meeting of the Connecticut Scientific AGA
denny, in this city, General S. Roberts,
United States army, brought forward plan
of the great national undertaking about to
be introduced to the public by the Chicago
Board of Trade. 1t is q plan to connect
the head waters of the Upper Mississippi,
Illinois, and Ohio rivers with the waters OF
Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, and Lake
Erie, and leveeing the Mississippi from
Cairo TO its mouth.
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New MOTIVE POWER FOR STREET CARS
We are delighted to learn that the ma
chinery necessary for the practical appli-
cation Of compressed air to cur street cars
is being rapidly completed, and that the
day is not far distant when we shall be
whirled through the streets at az rapid a
rate 90 the Common Council will permit
without being troubled with the reflection
that poor mule is Juggling his life away at
the vehicle.
Velocipedes will be at discount in New
Orleans when compressed air moves our
oars.-Neso Orleans Picayune.
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Foreign Markets.

LONDON, December 24.-Noon. -Consols, 92a
United States bonds quiet ut 74's.
LIVERPOOL, December 24.-Noon. - Cotton
quiet: estimated sales, 1900 bales. Sales for
the week, $1,000 bales, Of which 5000 We're
for export and II 200 for speculation. Stock,
$50, 900 bales, of which $4,000 are American.
afternoon. -Cotton-Afloat, $4,000 bales, in
Guiding ll5, 600 bales Of American. Lard heavy
at COS. 3D. Turpentine, 26s. Cd.
HAvRy. December 24.-Cotton-On the spot,
1885,; atloat, l2lHf.
LIVERPOOL, December 24.-Erenfng Cotton
quiet and steady; sales, 10000 bales. Yarns
and fabrics steady.
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! ALAsKA.-We have seef numerous de-
scriptions of our newly-acquired possess
| sions in the extreme Northwest but none
50 graphic, quaint, and pungent as the fol-
lowing, extracted from private letter Of
an officer in the United States service who
spent several months cruising along the
| coast Of Alaska last summer:
wonder what Seward bought Russian
! America for? If / owned a niger, and
should catch him up there Of his own free
will, would certainly either sell him or let
him stay there.
The scenery was very grand and wild
| too much 80, think, to be enjoyed. You
90 hundreds of miles through inland
passages not wider in many places than
| the Hudson river, with great mountains
rising right out of the water, and lifting
their heads in the region Of perpetual
SHOWS, where no white man has ever been,
| and where no sensible man will ever go.
The whole coast is fringed with network
of such waters, enclosing archipelago after
archipelago of islands, from one mile to
fifty miles long. did not know, nor did
anybody aboard our ship know, whether we
got a sight of the main land or not during
the entire voyage.
The Coast Survey is good institution,
and has done great service to the science of
geography, and it is possible that it may
have been in the scheme of Providence to
give it perpetual lease of life; certainly
If it is ever extended over that wilderness
of waters the officers engaged upon it may
exclaim GA thousand years are as one
day" in such an undertaking.
This is one good thing. There is another.
The timber on the globe is not exhausted.
There are enough cedar trees on many of
the islands up there to make the telegraph
poles for line around the globe. Say the
line is $4,000 miles long and we want forty
poles per mile, and we would require one
million poles. Why, sir, you would not miss
that number.
l certainly saw enough timber last Au-
gust, just sailing along among the islands,
10 build all the railroads and telegraph
lines now on the globe, and half dozen
lines OF each clear around it besides. What
there may be in the interior don't know.
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SALES.
shells oats, &c., measure.
low middling cotton, 49,
Domestic Markets.

New York, December 24.-Noon. Stocks
strong. Money active at per cent, with
commission added. Exchange, lo9sS. Gold,
l3sh sos, '62, ITO. North Carolina es,
66A asked; new, 81. Virginia 6's, ex-coupons,
50; new, 81. Tennessee 6's, ex-coupons, 6sA ;
new, IS.
Flour dull and dropping. Wheat quiet and
unchanged Corn 40lc better. Pork dull
new, S27.75. Lard dull; steams l74l7Ac.
Cotton steady at25c.
Eusging -Cetton quiet and steady; sales
1000 bales AZ 25c. Flour quiet without decided
change; superfine State and western, 70. 9oG
&c IS; southern duh and unchanged. Wheat
unchanged, Corn lc. better with more doing
new white southern, Sl.0SGsl.os. Pork quiet
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The BRIDGE TO BRooKLYN.-On Monday
evening the Com ! Council of Brooklyn
voted to subscribe, on behalf of the city,
for s., 900 900 out of the S5,000,000 Of the
capital stock of the company which has
undertaken to build suspension bridge
over the East river between New York and
Brooklyn. Ito successful completion will
be witnessed at no distant day.
The new bridge will start on this side
from a point near the registers office, in
the City Hall park, and will strike the
other side of the East river at the corner of
Sands and Washington streets. Its largest
span, or reach, viii be 1900 feet, which is
nearly GOO feet longer than that Of tho
bridge over the Ohio river at Cincinnati,
and nearly 500 feet longer than hat Ct tho
Niagara Falls bridge. It's total length Til
be a little over mile, and its TTidth eighty
feet, admitting of the passage Of 2o0,0oN
persons daily.-Neeo York SIR.
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FOREIGN NEWS.

tsEEIEs
ATHENS, December 24.-Thc Greek Co.
vernment demands the approval from the
Chambers for 100000, 900 drachmas and On
extraordinary levy of troops.
The National Guard has been modified,
and Paris and Patros fortified.
LONDON, December z4.-The plan of con-
ference Of the great Powers originated with
Russia, backed by Prussia, and is favored
by Austria and Italy. The effort to settle
the Eastern question without bloodshed will
undoubtedly be successful.
SOUTH AMERICA-THE WAR.
PARIS, December 24.-The Monite,er' s
Paraguayan advioes say that Lopez will
seek reconciliation with the United States
and continue his energetic resistance to the
movements Of the allied army.
FRANCE.
PARIS, December 24.-Napoleon has re-
ceiVed Alozoaga as ambassador from Spain.
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As IMPORTANT DECISIoN.-It will be re-
memberei that at the last term Of the cir
cult court for this county an important
.g;,-Icmoved from the circuit court OF
C'arke-was heard before Judge Thomas,
and FULLY and ably argued by counsel on
10th sides. The suit was brought in the
name Of Bowers Us. Mccormick for the pos
session of tract of land in Clarke county
valued at $50 600, the title to which had
quietly rested with It's present owners for
more than fifty years. The case has just
asoa disposed Of by the Judge in vacation,
who decides in favor Of the defendants by
the dismissal of the compliments bill
with costs.-LeeS51wg Mirror.
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DlSTuLEEY FORFEITED To THE Co
..g<vyNr. Boston, December pa jury
:, the United States district court to day
rrrlcrcd verdict for the Government
.~a;gst disti)lery in South Boston carried
m bv the Suffolk Lead Works, of which
samuel W. Ward is treasurer, FORGETTING 10
fe Government the entire property of the
r.rls. valued ut about $3.50, 000-the bond
r,aai-ed by law not having been given to
IL ..,''srr1-
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DHsSOLUTEONs. &c.

TO-PARTNERSHIP TEAMING BUSI-
" NESs.-The undersigned have this day
formed co partnership under the name and style
Of STOERS 4 SON. Having purchased at Mr.. b.
we are prepared 20 do haui lag for our friends and
The public generally Our Office will be at Hessrs
lcytou Il CaTeys, corner Thirteenth and Cary
streets. ALGERNUN y. STORRS,
GERVAS SIORRS.
N. B.-We have secured the services Of compe-
tent assistants who have had many years. expert
ence I'm The business. de 23-e DIV
SPECIAL NOTICE. have this day
~ withdrawn from the firm OF GEORGE l. HER
AING CO., but will remain In the employment
OF the house, where shall be glad to see my old
patrons and friends and the public generally.
F. w. CHAMBERLAYNE.
December 18 1883. de l9-lw
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ARREsT OF SAMUEL BowLEs IN THE FISK
Lm.L SuT.-Samuel Bowles, Esq, the
;riacjpal editor Of the Springfield (Mass.)
RnifcGR, and who has been a guest at
The Fifth Avenue Hotel for the past few
days, while conversing with friend last
ovsri1, III the main hall OF the hotel, was
arTr0lcbel by two men, one Of whom
r...y4 behind Mr.. Bowles, and, suddenly
farming, seized that gentleman, and holding
Gi- tightly IN his grasp, pressed him for
ward 10 the street, in which violence he
vas aided by his associate, who in the
mean time produced crumpled paper,
;arust il in the face Of Mr.. Bowles, and
sl;l j; was aa order Of arrest issued by
Judge McCunn. AS the party reached the
sidewalk Mr.. Bowlcs was literally carried
= his kiiaappers 10 q carriage, which they
.al in waiting convenient, into which he
was thrust, followed by his assailants, and
the carriage was then driven to the Ludlow
street jail, and Mr.. Bowlcs vas therein
,aesrcslaiei. The order Of arrest was OBJ
ujagl at the instance Of ]. K. Hubert, the
counsel for James Fisk. Jr., of Erie fame,
AMI obtained SO secretly that no friend Of
III. Bowles Was aware Of such document
teng in existence. The service OF it was
ena!ly coyertly accomplished, go that nei-
iatr Mr.. Bowles nor his friends could pre-
vent the outrage. The news of the daS-
iarllg act soon spread, and in short time
many friends Of Mr.. Bowles-among them
Hr. Ha!stcal, OF the Cincinnati Commercial,
and lir. Dana, Of the !Sun,-called at the
1ui'ow-s'reet jail, but were not permitted
:, have ~ interview with him. Later in
The night, however, Mr.. Bowlcs succeeded
IN sending letter 10 bis wife, informing
her Of his situation, and promising to make
himself as comfortable as possible for the
night. To-day the necessary bail for the
release Of Mr.. Bowles will be furnished,
although the amount is set down at $50 900.
-}s, York Tribune, 23d.
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its decision.

FIREs.-Louisuiue, KY, December 23.-
A fire last night in Charlottesville, Mont
gomery county, Ind, destroyed six stores,
four saloons, and four dwelling-houses.
Loss, $25 900; partially insured.
The magnificent four-story marble-front
building in Evansville occupied by Sontag
s. Co. was burned last Monday night.
Loss, 100000. The building was valued
at $25 900, and was insured for $4,000.
The stock was valued at from $4,000 to
$4,000, and was insured for $4,000.
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Richmond Tobacco Market.

hILHMUNDI DtCtIIDC Ibo6.
There hiss been very little activity in the to-
bacco market the past week, and no change in
prices. Transactions for the past week: al
hogsheads, IS tierces, and Is boxes. Wequote ::
LugS.-Dark, sound, and good weights, $40
$40; sun cured do, as 10 quality, $7.50@Sl0.5oi
bright, common 10 medium, S5llSl2.5O; fancy,
for smoking, $l50S30
LeG5.-Dark working, common to good, 500
Sl4, fine and wrapping, Sl4. 500Sl750. Sun.
cured, common to medium, Sic. 5Og3l+; good
to fine, Sl5@$2o. Yellow wrappers, common
to medium, $2O@S35; good to extra tancy), $40
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The Arkansas Troubles.

LITTLE Rock, ARK, December 24.-Re-
fugees from the militia continue to arrive
here. The reported investigation ordered
by General Grant causes widespread re-
joicing. Martial law has been withdrawn
from Little Rock and q portion Of La
fayette.
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LEE ON GRANT.--1He have heard that our
own great chieftain, when some one spoke
disparagingly of General Grants abilities
in his presence, shrugged his shoulders,
and said, CAT oil events, he seems to ac-
complish whatever he undertakes. % Char
lotteSuiUe Chronicle.