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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-03-20

GENERAL gRECKIaRIDGE's VISIT re
ieFRaSKFoRr-A SERENADE AND 4~SPEEoH
General John @. aBrcckinridge was sere!
naded on Saturday night, at the residence
TofgCoIona Ssoddafdg Johnston, bynenbert
!, or the Legislature and Icitizens irrespec!
tive Of party The General said :x f 10
& "Fsilow- citizens, When L came to
frankfort TO. day II; Ras not with any sex-
speetation Hhatever Of, receiving this warm
and friendly seeept ton. Indeed, Z thought
that it1Was understood among my friends
that, for reasons that / know they appre7
gciste, I particularly desired that nowhere
should I be received with more than an in
formal expression ofs kindly regard. = - & Is =
81 have been delighted to talk with my
friends Of earlier days, toward whom my
heart grows warmer as receive on every
hand such kind greetings and unmistakable
assurances of their regard. thank you
with all the sincerity. and feryor Of an
earnest and grateful heart for this kind
expression and friendly greeting. Indeed.
i feel that there is q kindred feeling among
us-a spiritual bond Of affection that has
welled up in warm and generous, boaons,
and given expression to itself in this your
visit. I shall say no more now than this !;
There is point in life which is marked
and made dear to us all blythe realization
Of some bright dream or fond hope; and
to me this reunion, which has drawn from
the, people Of Kentucky "a people whom !
shall always love- these expressions of
warm and tender emotions, has been inf
nitely the hsppiest moment Of my life-a
rounion which L hope will continue while
this poor life may endure" so,.aA ~
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CONFLICT OF STATE AND NATIONAL
CprRrs IN IowA.-In 1860 J Edgar Thomp-
con, Of Pennsylvania, obtained Judgments
In the United States cotirt for the northern
district of Illinois for SO 900 against the
supervisors of Lee county, Iowa. The SUI
preme Court of that State issued an in
junction restraining the supervisors from
lsvyipg tex to satisfy the Judgment, On
the ground that the law authorizing the
issue of the bonds, upon the coupons of
which the judgments were obtained j was
unconstitutional, Notwithstanding it had
been several times before decided entirely
constitutional by both the State and Federal
courts. Last July Judge Drummond, Of
the Northern district Of Illinois, issued an
alternative, and, upon its being disobeyed,
in October peremptory, naandamus to the
Board of Supervisors to at once levy the
tax. This being disobeyed, he, in Janu-
arv, ordered an attachment for con-
tempt to issue. On the I'd instant the
United States deputy marshal for Iowa ar
rested the Board, but ne was Immediately
served with writ of hdbeaS corpus re-
curing him to produce the bodies Of the
Board before Judge Beck, of the, Supreme
Court Of Iowa. The marshal refused, OF
course, to obey; whereupon motion was
made by the counsel of the Board to en-
power the sheriff to forcibly take them from
the custody of the marshal. This motion !,
after two days argument, was granted
so the United States marshal was forced to
make return that he was unable to enforce
the writ Of attachment. Judge Beck takes
the ground that after judgment all proceed
ings in Judge Drummond's court we're null.
Unless the latter shall use force superior
to that which the tupreme Court Of Iowa
can command, the decisions and orders of
the highest courts of the United States
must stand completely nulli6ed until the
case can be taken to the Supreme Court
on a writ of error, the decision re-
7ersed, and procedendo sent back to the
Supreme Court of Iowa, when Judge Beck
says it will be obeyed.-Ca;cago Journal,
March 10th.
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THE MURpEnERs OF GENERAL HIND
MAN. Memphis, March l7.-Yesterday o
prisoner in the Helena, Arkansas, jsil over
heard two negroes discussing the assassina-
ton Of General Hindnan, and informed the
jailor, who, with the marshal, took one Of
them out, and after charging him with the
crime, the latter confessed to being one Of
nine negroes who had formed conspiracy
to burn the town Of Helena to avenge the
hanging of negro last September for rape.
Three Of the party had gone to Hindman's
house for the purpose Of burning it, he
having prosecuted the negro who was hung.
One of the number, seeing Hindman sitting
al a window, levelled musket at him and
fred, killing him. The others, becoming
frightened, fled, and abandoned the plot TO
burn the town. Five of the nine have been
arrested and are in Jail.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS TRLEGRAMs.


WASHINGTON, March l9.-The Recon
struction Committee to-day resolved to take
no action on the bill for the removal Of
State officers, and also on the report Of
Chairman Paine on affairs in Mississippi.
The committee disapprove of General
Stoneman's recommendation for extending
the time thirty days for Office holders. !
The Election Committee has done no
thing.
The Senate to-day in executive session
confirmed Miss Lizzie Van Lew as postnis-
tress Of Richmond, Va. /
The President has nominated William Fl,
Richardson, of Massachusetts, Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury.
was exceedingly interesting. Carl Schurz
said he was not one of those who awaited
themselves of every possible occasion to fly
into paroxysms Of adulation over the Presi-
dent.
The military guard ct the White House
has been withdrawn.
Secretary Boutwell, declares his inten.
tion to sell gold publicly, and never at pri-
vate sale, and also believes that he has
power to invest the surplus gold in bonds
and thinks it will do. He says the customs
receipts are increasing.
The Postmaster General revokes from the
31st instant all commissions of special post
Office agents except those paid and assigned
to special duty.
The McArdle case was argued to-day il
the Supreme Court, and the decision re-
served. ...
E. Lerocbe, the Haytien Minister, has
arrived here.
President Grant has signed the bill era
sing the word ''white from the laws Of the
District of Columbia. The negroes in the
District have all rights, including those Of
holding Office and serving on juries.
The President to-day received the Span.
ish Minister Roberti. Speeches were ex,
changed, and hopes Of the continuance Of
friendly feelings between the two nations
were expressed.
The vote in the Reconstruction Commit.
tee whether President Grant or the consti'
tutional convention should appoint pro.
visional governor of Mississippi stood
For Grant, four Democrats and Mr.. Farms
worth and for the convention, the balance
of the committee. e
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TEE NEW ATLANTIC CABLE.-The first
instalment of the French Atlantic cable,
one hundred and twenty-five miles in
length, which will be slowed in the fore
tank of the Great Eastern, has arrived at
Sheerness in the hulk Iris. The testing
room for the use Of the electricians is to be
placed on the upper deck, and its constitute
tion is in forward state. a sufficient
length of the core of the cable Ito be used
for testing purposes) has been supplied on
board, and workmen are busily engaged
fixing it ready for connection with the in
struments. 1t is expected that the whole
of the work on this side Of the channel will
be completed by June next, and that the
Great Ees.ern will be ready to sail from
sheerness for Brest (the port Of departure
from thu French COAST some time during
the same month. We understand that the
command of the Great Eastern has been
given to Captain Halpin, who was first
officer under Captain Sir James Anderson
while laying the ls65-'66 Anglo-American
cable 1, ,l..,. -
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CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN MAINE.-The
Lewiston Journal, in speaking Of the work
done by the Legislature of Maine at its re-
cent session, says: g--...s ....
"Capital punishment is made peremp-
tory, although the bill for the same was
modified before it finally passed. AS the
law now stands, it is imperative upon the
Governor to issue his warrant Of the expl-
rstion of 9 year for the execution of pri-
soners under sentence Of death, or to COM
mute their sentence with the consent of the
Council. A complete record of all capital
trials is to be laid before the Governor and
Council, in order that they may be able to
form an intelligent opinion Of the expe-
disncy Of committing the sentence"
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TERRIBLE SHOOTING AFFRAY-THREE
MEN KILLED.-Cairo, March lS.-As the
steamer Belle Of Memphis landed at OAR
rell's landing three men-all named OAR
rell-got on board, armed with rifles, but
not looking in any way suspicious. They
told the captain to land at Island No. 10,
as another party wished to come on board
there. AS the boat landed at Island No.; 10
three men by the name of Lane appeared
on the bank, and one came on board with
his wife. As he started up stairs he Was
shot dead by the Darrells, who then ran
back to the cabin deck and shot the two
Lanes dead, who were standing on shore.
The Darrells then went ashore, and called
TO the captain to take good care of Mrs
Lane, ss she had been respectfully raised.
The cause of the difficulty is unknown.
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LINN SAIEs-To Moves Dive and Emmett

LAND SALEs-To Noyes Dye and Emmett
E. Rollins, ESQ.,, of West Windfeld, N. Y,
Ira Turney's farm, in Spotsylvania county,
Of $50 acres, for $500 $4,000 cash; ba-
lance on time. Two hundred acres, part OF
Battaile's farm, near Guiney's station. The
ssClover Green " farm, containing $50 acres,
in spotsylvania county, twenty miles from
Fredericksburg, to George B. Dyer, of Madi-
son county, N. Y. for 81 ,0o0-Sl, 500 cash
balance in one and two years. A farm be-
longing to George E. Chancellor, in Spot
sylvania county, ten miles from Fredericks-
burg, containing 800 acres, without i'm
proYements, to John and William Kennedy,
Of Beaver county, Pa, for s2,2OO-sl, 200
cash balance on time.-FFeaericksbaTg
Mans =
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THE GREAT sUNIy ERsITY CHAMPION Boar
RAcE-OxFoRD AGAINST CAMBRIDGE-7OS-
roaD WINs.-Lorsdon, March 1.-THE an
nual contest for the championship between
the Oxford and Cambridge Universities
aight-oared boat crews took place this af-
ternoon at 4 O'Clock, and resulted in 8 vic
tory for Oxford by four lengths. The race,
over distance Of about FIVE miles, from
Putney down the river Thames, was rowed
in twenty minutes and six and o half Sc
conds.
The extreme length Of each boat was
ffty.six feet four inches. The Oxford boat
was two feet two inches wide; the Gam
bridge boat half an inoh narrower; and
both we're built rather fstter on the floor
than usual. p. GT X -
The betting had been in favor of-oxford'
and the interest was SO great that thousands
lined the banks of the river. The timely
measures taken by the Government pre-
vented great ooncourse Of people from
accommodating on the bridges, and the race
passed off without accident.
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PROCLAMATION OF THE CAPTAIN-GEN-
ERAL OF CUBA TAXATION CHANGES. -
Havana, March lS.-Captain-General
Dulce has issued proclamation making
important changes in taxation. Direct
taxes ON plantations, cattle, and country
real estate, and the war tax recently i'm
posed on merchants and tradesmen, are re-
duoed fifty per cent, and no Government
contribution payable within the last quar-
ter of the fiscal year Of 1859 will be col
lected to compensate the Treasury for the
loss of revenue incurred by these reduc
TONS
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We hear that quite number Of sigma
lures have been obtained in Frederieks-
burg to the call for 8 new deal Of the Re-
publican pack. Numbers who could never
have been induced to lend their aid to Wells
&, Co.., in Richmond; Couse, stearns & Co.,
in Fredericksburg; or Crockett (negro) and
Tukey, in Caroline !; are giving in their adj
hesion to this "new movement."--frede-
riclesbrg Herald. S =, go, 80 ,i..
The next public debt statement will show
the precise condition of the Treasury books
ut the close of business on the 3lst instant,
instead of being withheld for several days,
as formerly, to await returns from New
York and other important points. This is
O radical and important change, and 1t Is
thought it will commend itself to business
men generally - Washington Republican.
Miss Susan ]. Willesey, postmistress at
Jackson Station, near Erie, Penn, has been
held to answer q charge Of robbing the
mails. "A monsy-letter containing fifteen
dollars had been opened and FIVE dollars
abstrsoted. In the mailbag containing the
letter which had been robbed was found
Miss Willesey's pass-book, with her grocer.
st. Louis, March 1s.-Captain Static, an
ex-C Confederate officer, died suddenly at the
Planters House in this city. He was g
member of the Virginia Legislature when
the secession ordinance passed.
Which wasn't passed by the Legisla-
ture.] q4s,..,. ..,.
The Winchester Times says that General
Malone "is like John W. Garrett. Neither
of them has any more politics than the
steam engines on. their railroads"
The sheriff Of Alexandris will continue
to collect taxes " because that ID unfinished
business ~ H
Mr.. Charles O,Conor has been elected
president Of the New York Law Institute.
in the place of James 7. Brady, deceased
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-03-20

While the resolution extending the terms
Of Virginia officers thirty days was up in
the House on Thursday Beast Butler read
a telegram from q carpet-bag office holder
in Virginia protesting against the passage
of the Senate bill, and declaring it to be a
simple device of the enemies Of recon
struction. The vote in the Reconstruction
Committee in favor Of the resolution was
q TO 3-two members Of the committee, be-
ing absent, Those voting for it were Messrs.
Farnsworth, Beaman, Poland, Beck, Wood.
w GOD ward, : and Morgan. Those voting
against it were Messrs. Butler. Paine. end
Whitemore. ,ai a n 2aa ai.
But now the resolution is deal. 81
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Domestic Markets-rBr TKnEaRApH1.

domestic marRetS-lSY TELEGRAPH.
New YORK, March ls.-Eoon.-Stocks unset
tied; Governments declining. Money active
at per cent. Sterling. 1851. Gold, l3i4
5-2o's, 80, lleA. North Carolina SIS, old,
80 ; new, 57'l. Virginia 6s, coupons, t6H
new, COZ. Tennessee coupons, So new 653s
Flour less active but unchanged Wheat
dull and lc. lower. Corn dull and shade
lower. Pork steady; new mess, S32. 26@
1927. Lard-Steam dull; barrels, 1910.
Cotton quiet at 1910. Rosin steady at 81. 400
$50 Turpentne firm at Size.
Erening more active; sales 2, 500
bales at 2SAG2Shc. Flour unchanged. Wheat
l@2c. lower. Corn &c. lower. Mess pork,
1872. Lard heavy; kettle, l9hc. Sugar active.
Money active at per cent. Sterling, un-
changed. Gold, 13l. 5-2o's, 80, ll8S. South
ern securities dull.
BALTIMORE, March le.-Cotton dull ut CSC.
Flour fairly active. Neutrality-suspicious.
red, 81. 5O@$l s.. Corn duh and lower white,
SO@s3c. yellow, s2@s3c. Oats dull at 6606sc.
Provisions firm. Whiskey dull at 95c. Viz
ginia 6's, old, 56. ..s.....
CIScISyAr1, March 10 Pork dull at S32.
Bacon nominally unchanged, with no sales.
Lard dull at l9c. as..r
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PRESIDENT, JOHNSON IN CHARLoTTEs-
VILE AND ,LYNeHBUgG. "A committee Of
students from the University Of Virginia
met President Johnson st Keswick Depot
yesterday, and returned with him to Char
lettesville. Upon his arrival at that place
q dense concourse of citizens had assem-
bledto greet him, to whom he was intro
duced by Mr., c.. H.McKinney.r The Pre-
sident addressed the crowd for about fifteen
minutes in words Of earnest patriotism and
devotion to constitutional liberty, which
thrilled the entire concourse, and which
were listened to with the deepest attention
and greeted with the most enthusiastic ap-
plause. - y. ~ 1..l7latta r2:c.> .,stt.t
At Lynchburg a banquet was held.
Speeches we're made by the President and
by Messrs. Morgan, Gregory, Yancey, Belts,
and Blackford.--Ly1achburg Ne,os. gn'.t
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The overseers of Harvard College have
nominated Charles W. Eliot for president
Of the University, and will submit bis cleo
tion to future meeting Of the corporation:
He, is son o. Hon. Samuel a. Eliot, and
at present Is Professor of Technology in
thet institution, and is thirty eight years
olda He was stroke-oar Of the first boats
c.er Of Harvard, and represents the
"Ynng America" element among gradu-
stes IND friends OF the college.
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FaEtrE Az sEsu srsuf parsoS--DAn1sa
ATrExrT or CoHrICrs TO EscApE.-syino
Sing, March L. Two serious outbreak
we're made by consicts at this prison to.
day. Tho frst occurred besween) 8 AID /
o'clock this morning. Thomas Forrest, one
OF the night Keepers, proceeded "a calls
1928, and 81, snd unlocked them. 1ettiu ,
opt nonsicts Decker, Lockwood, Mullreyi
Muller, and John Burns, to take thsn;
to the mess.roon to get breakfast for
other Seonyicts. Soon after leaving the
cells, and when passing through the chapel,
TWO OF the convicts seized and struck For
rest and gagged him, and passed on to the
mess-roorn, where Edwin Graf, night guard,
was stationed. -
They seized and gagged him, and all Eve
made their escape from the roof: When
Craft was found ne was dead and lying on
his face, having been strangled by the gagl
An alarm was given and every, effort made
to capture the escaped convicts. Burns and
Mullrey were captured in barn at larry
town. The injuries Of Forrest were slight,
the convicts eeeming to have taken care not
to hurt him. He was, hoRevers seized, gag1
ged, and his hands and feet tied. a2 -
About ! o'clock this afternoon another
attempt was made by another squad of com
victs TO escape, which was more desperate
than the first. At that hour three convicts
approached the guard on Middle Dock,
saying they had pass they wished to show
him. He advanced without his arms, when
they Immediately rushed on him with huge
knives. He ran for his musket, but was
soon caught and overpowered, though not
hurt. ,G ,#, ss 90 .. ,l-1 - 81.
The three eenvists, now joined by others,
made irish for the sloop Exchange, which
was lying at the dock with lumber. 2!0n
reaching the sloop, being provided with
arms which they had seized from the guard
house, they ordered the men OFF the vessel
and attempted to jump on board. By this
time the alarm had spresd and fresh guards
came up. A rapid firing Of ndskets began,
some twenty shots in oil being fired. The
convicts being unable to get the vessel away
from the dock, and seeing they were over
powered, succumbed, Sid were taken back
to prison. v41r5- o,fw =lal 4.-A-rr
= James McCauley was shot three times in
the body, and will probably not recover.
A convict named Allen was also badly
hurt. Timothy Donovan, Daniel O'Connel,
Edward Moainn, Donnelly, and Miller,
we're slightly injured. The two who are
dangerously injured we're recently sent
here for twenty years from New York city.
An inquest is now being held over the body
of Craft. The call for help was responded
to Immediately by hundreds of men, armed
with all sorts Of weapons, and the excite
ment was great. This afternoon all is
quiet, and will probably remain so through
the night. None of the guards OF officers
of the prison were hurt at the afternoon
trouble,
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FATAL EXPLOSION IN PENNsYLvASIA.-
TytusviNe, Pa, March lS.-This afternoon
the powder magazine and torpedo factory
situated on Church run about two miles
north of this place exploded, killing three
men and fatally injuring Colonel P. David
son, the proprietor of the works.
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ALExANDPri, LoUDoUN AND HAMPSHIRE
RA1LEoAD.-On Thursday the committee
appointed at the late conference Of the di-
,reotors of the Loudoun and Hampshire
railroad with the citizens of Washington
and Georgetown--also the committee Of
fifteen appointed at the meeting of citizens
of the District convened at the City Hall
in November last to seek relief from the
exactions of the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road monopoly-met together, and, after
conference, resolved to ask Congress to al
low Washington to subscribe q million Of
dollars and Georgetown two hundred thou
sand dollars to the stock of the above rail-
road company. ..... .......
With these liberal subscriptions the road
ought to soon reach the coal fields Of Hamp-
shire.
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MINISTER FROM THE CUBAN PROVISIONAL
GOVERNMENT TO UNITED STATEs.-Neu
York, March l9.-S.nor M. Lemus has ar
rived here, fully empowered by President
Cespedez, as Minister from the Provisional
Government of Cuba. He goes to Wash
ington to seek recognition for the reyolu-
tionary government. IS
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ST.. PATsIcK's DAY IN CALIFORNIA
TERRIBLE GUNPowDER ACCIDENT San
Francisco, March l7.-St. Patrick's day
was celebrated by civic and military pro-
cessions and banquets. While firing sa-
lutte last night on board the steamship
Chrysopolis a keg Of powder exploded,
wounding eighteen or twenty persons.
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CHARGES OF CRUELTY AND INCAPAC1TY
AGAINST PACIFIC RAILROAD OFFICIALS
Chicago, March ls.-Fifty passengers from
California and Nevada over the Union Pc
cifc railroad publish letter this morning,
in which they complain bitterly of the
treatment they received from the managers
of the road while on their journey. ~
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NATIONAL BANK FA1LURE.-The First
National Bank Of Rockford, H., has failed,
and the Comptroller Of the Currency has
appointed q receiver to wiad up its affairs.
The capital of this bank is only $4,000,
and it's liabilities ere limited.
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Foreign Markets-EBY TgLBaRApHI.

Foreign Marksts-tBY. TELBaRApHI
LONDON, March 1a.-N0on-Co 93i6
United States bonds, 81. Turpentine, s2s. Sd.
LIVERPOOL, March l9.-Noon.-Cottonq quiet
uplands, I'D; Orleans, l2Ad. estimated sales,
5000 bales Sales for the week. 81, 600 bales, in
Guiding 1000 for export and 5000 for specula-
tor. Stock, 264, 900 bales, including 1885,
American; stock afoat, s6S,ooo, of which
los, 600 are American. #.'
LIVERPOOL, March l9.-Afernoon.- Yarns
and fabrics Mt Manchesterare quiet and firm
Corn dull. Provisions quiet. Red western
wheat, SIS. Sd. Flour, 23s.
HAvRE, March l9.-Cotton opens dull; on
the spot, l4hf.