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FROM BALTIMORE.
The Judges, MnEistrates, md other Officers
Charged with PecuIatiOn- md Gross Frauds
The City Hail Commissioners.

The Judges, MnEistrates, and other Officers
Charged with REGULATIONS and Gross Frauds
The City Hall Commissioners.
Special Despatch 10 The EUening Telegraph
BALTIMORE, Sept. 28.--Serious charges have
been presented to our City Council against all
the Court Judges, etc, together with other
officers, including magistrates, of frauds terri
bic extravaganza, peculations, malfeasance in
Office, squandering public money, betraying
confidence, etc, and asking q speeding investi-
cation. Sheriff Davis is also included in the
above charges.
1t is now believed that the City Council will
pass resolutions asking the new City Hall Build
ing Committee to resign, but they will refuse to
do so.
A heavy frost occurred in the country last
night.
The Baltimore Produce Market.
BALTIMORE, Sept. 2S.-Cotton dull and nominay
2SG2S%c Flour dull and prices favor buyers Howard
street superfne, s6@6'25; do. extra, s6'25@725 do
family s750@S50; City Mills superine s6(s6,5O; do
extra, S6'25@75O; do. family, ss91025; Western su-
pertlne s6@625; do extra, s62596I5; do. family, 81
@l75 Wheat dun and heavy; choice red, 81 5O@1'55;
fair to good, S140@146. Corn dull; white, 81 2761
1'30; yellow, S119@122. Oats dull at 5516tc. Rye,
S11O@1'20. Mess Pork firm at $33@33'50 Bacon ac-
tive rib sides, 20@20c. clear do, 2O2{621c. shoul-
ders, 17@171c.; hams 240925c. Lard quiet at 1917
@2Oc. Whisky in fair demand at S119@i'2O
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FROM THE WEST.
Terrific Powder Explosion.
anlfal fn HIha lInIa1r,.e.aah

DeSpdtch 10 Ihe EDenafy Ietegrdph
XENIA, Ohio, Sept. 2S.-The coming and glaze
works of the Miami Powder Company, containing
alarge amount of powder, exploded with terrific
force yesterday afternoon, killing one man,
named Thurston, and nearly destroying six or
more other mills belonging to the company,
and almost blowing down several dwellings also
belonging to the company. The damage will
reach about $50 900. The shock was felt quite
severely IN this city, five miles from the mills.
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three o'clock induced better feeling In the period of
no atest decline off to ll7S The closing prices
ere follows United States sixes lO6 GlO7:
90 skies 1881 registered 1laSi2O do do coupon iiSx
49, H9 hyetwentes, regstered May and November,
cn,, Iss 90 DO coupon 1852, do 12I122; do do
iSo DO do Do 90, do do COUPON 1856 1890
n9 go, oo coupon, 1866, do I18iCsiIs; do do coupen
40 % 90 do do, coupon, s68 do Iis0SiisS
10819(d109." i0oHe9rS' no. no.. coupons
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SECOND EDITION
LATEST By TEEHGRAPTE.

A Terrific Powder Explosion in Ohio
Frauds and Peculations by the Bal
timore Magistrates-Earth-
quakes in the Sandwich
Islands-The Yerger
Conspiracy in
the South.
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ARRIVED THIS MORNING.


steamship Norman, Boggs, 48 hours from Boston, with
mose ana passengers to Henry Winsor Co. on South
Shosl, saw one large shp,rigged and one igrgged
steamship bound yesterday all the eet before re-
ported at the Breakwater, going TO sea-
steamship Whirwnd, Sherman, 80 hours from Proyi.
dence, with mdse. to d. S. Stetson 4 Co.
steamer Decatur Webb, lS hours from Baltimore, with
Steamer Anthracite, Green, "a hours from New York
with mdse. to w. M. Baird a Co.
Steamer Frank Pierce "a hours from New York, with
mdse TO w. NJ. Baird & 90.
Steamer Bristol, Wallace "a hours from New York
with mdse. to w. p. Clyde 90.
Br barque Queen Victoria Lnders SO days from Liver.
pool, with mdse to L. Westergaard 4 90.
mas, with sugar and molasses to E A. Souder & Co.
sShr Ida u Bearse days from Boston, with bar iron
sohr Adde Ryerson, Houghton days from salem with
Schr Jas. Nj. Flanagan, Shaw 10 days from Gardiner.
with ice to Knickerbocker Ice Co. 80
Schr nnie Tibbetts Nash, days from Gardiner WIN
schr A. M Adrdge. Fisher, days from Boston, in ball
schr Q. r Stickney, Mathis from Boston Balu
Schr L; M. Reed, Steelman, from .tnn bos'on
hchr Almra Wooley, King. from boy{o"
Sohr Problem. Marshall from Norfolk.
Tug Hudson, Nicholson, from Baltimore with tow Of
tow Hs e SBS@%EsoVS BSHgss tS Yi5GTd ods Co. "'n
MEMORANDA
inst for ST. Mary o. Ga, 20 load for Philadelphia.
Schrs /, W. Birdsall Trbble, and James NJ BAyIes,
Arnold hence al Providence a6th inst S''
Schr Josephine, Phinney hence, at New London 2lth
ssr haqnis WsstbrOOk. LttleiOhn, at New York ssth
ipss sshr" War EaSs for Fa River; NJ A. orapma, "a,
Providsnce Wm II. Thorne and Reading RI Nn "a tor
New HAvsD, al tr0m Phiadslphs. passed Hell GAS SSH
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Steamshlp fanlta Brooks, New York. John II. Oil.
Steamer beSyerly, fierce New York; ". P. Clyde Co.
Br: brig Cuban, Holmes london q. q. Van Horn
Eng BTiG Mechanic e Dysr bath George Repper
Tug Thomas jefferson, Allen Baltimore with tovy of
barRes, w. p. Clyde 4 90. w "" vi
Tug Chesapeake, Merrhew Havred Grace with toy oI
barges, w. p. Clyde IL Co Wv VI
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PORT OF PHILADELPHIA. &. ... SEPTEMBER ~.
CLEARED THIS MORNING

STATE THERMOMETER THE EVENING rEIEGR APE
OFFICE.
7 A. M...".....4Sl IL A. NJ. -. .6oIsP M. 40
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FIRST EDITION
J. O h E n.

Washburn, our Paraguayan Minis
ter, Let's Out upon the Butcher
The List of His Infamies-
Brutal Murders-He
Flogs His Sister
until Almost
Lifeless.
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the summers lastly the Falls of Niagara, and
California. This would certainly be very pretty
tour, and with imperial comforts little fatigue
need to be apprehended. But it is never pru
dent for the heir-presumptive of throne to put
between his person and his crown fifteen hun
dred leagues of salt water; and that is why we do
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-02-20
The New Bank RilL.

The bill which passed tho House of Repre-
sentatives on Thursday has q very I'M
portant featurc-that of q redistribution
of the national bank currency. Should it
pass the Senate, the southern States will be
entitled to large increase Of banking
capital; which il so much needs.
Capitalists will certainly avail themselves
of its privileges, as and no additional our
rency will be allowed for banking in those
localities which have already received their
quota, their only field must be those States
which have not received theirs.
Bankers will find the South safe place
for their business. The staples Of this Sec
ton are money-producing articles and the
general prosperity rapidly improves as the
amount Of their production is increased
Besides, the South has seen ita worst day,
while the North has pecupiary reverse
An store
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Ccck-Fighting.

; The fashion of cock6ghting is extending.
A grand meeting has just taken place at
Norfolk, where main was fought on Thurs-
day between Virginia and North Carolina.
The birds are said to have been very fine,
and to have exhibited great degree OF
muck and activity. The fighting was splen-
did. Only one of the combatants showed a
want of courage, and he turned tail and
proved to be very feet Of foot. Ten matches
were fought, and the result was drawn
battle-virginia five and North Carolina
five. .-. ..- :,
This revival Of what is called cruel
snort will afford texts for few sharp
pulpit homilies, probably without etfeo.
for when q eport like this sets in it will
have its day, no matter what is said against
it. A veteran Vrginian expresses himself
highly delighted at the demonstration. he
gives his observation as to the effect upon
society of the sport and the eating of game
chickens eggs. In illustration, he relates
an anecdote, now many years old: Once
upon time breeder of game chickens,
living in the peninsula not far from
Williamsburg, introduced breed of I'M
common excellence, and most industriously
distributed his stock until the whole re-
gion was full Of them. Cock-fghting be-
came the rage, and the epidemic manifested
itself in the increased punctiliousneas of
men. Besides, they ate the game chickens
eggs, which inspired them with the gameSt
pluck. The result was, every body stood on
their rights, and resentment was aroused
by the slightest cause. Duels became COM
mon, and in few years the community had
fought itself into degree of decorun and
chivalrous grace and courtesy which was
wonderful to behold.
With this illustration our friend declares
his faith in game chickens and eggs, and
he expresses his infinite delight at the re-
newal Of the ancient sport of cock fighting,
concltding with the remark that it revived
his hope of the Republic, of which he had
despaired!
A cMrious "Reminiscences and unique
theory
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PNEUMATIC DISPATCH. "A Pneumatic
Dispatch Company has been organized in
New York, which is industriously. engaged
ct this time in opening tunnel under the
city Of New York from the corner Of Broad
Way and Murray street down Broadway to
the post-ofhce. The tunnel is not made by
removing the earth, but by 9 tube which is
forced inte the earth and forms an opening,
which Ia Immediately lined with brick to
prevent cav;pg in. This tunnel is for the
purpose Of transmitting messages, parcels,
and letters. The principle is the rapid
movement Of body through the tube by
having on one side vacuum and on the
other the pressure Of the air. This forces
the body---the vessel containing the things
TO De conveyed towards the vacuum, and
from the pressure Of atmosphere. The tun-
mel progresses at the rate Of ten inches
per day. It is expected to be grea. ac-
consmodasion end very profitable enter
rTIse.
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"a a candidate for Clerk Of the House, and
hopes to commend himself to ultra mem
bers by his zeal to prolong the disabilities
OF his own people, whom he no doubt
sstyiss . rebels" Mr.. MCKEE is only pur-
susing the strategy of the army of Office
hunting adventurers, who are ever seeking
to commend themselves by heaping scandal
and imputation on others. They essay to
rise not by their own merits, but the de-
merits of others. So we see them con-
stantly engaged in tale-bearing and defama-
ton. Az the war of blood is over, and the
passions it engendered are subsiding, the
miserable occupation Of these men will
soon be gone, and they will, fortunately for
themselves, pass to the realms of insignih-
canoe.
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Tinkering with Disabilities.


The New York Times is quite tired OF the
tinkering with disabilities In Congress- by
which q general principle is neglected ana
Injustice done to largo numbers OF persons.
The Tines strikes o. the root o. the e'li
thus: "Ths rule laid down is that re-
"lief shall be granted to those VINO prove
"themselves loyal in their relations 70 the
"new order Of things. In practice, how
aever. It embraces only those who make
Themselves conspicuous, or In come man
"ner obtain the good opinion of Repuoii-
"cau officials or congressman. The many
nwho pursue their avocations in quiet, and
"have neither tho disposition to seek nor
sathe chance to earn the endorsement OF
nlocal committees, are left under the cloud.
nTbe inferior material which comes to the
"sureace obtains the benefit Of remedial
"legislation the patient, unobtrusiVe
merit which remains out Of sight CONT
"nues 10 suffer the harsh penalties Of the
"1av."
This is oil true. The eystem is full OF
evil. On one hand, the small bodies OF ma
tives and adventurers from other States who
can take the oath are interested in dlml-
pishipg the number Of persons eligible 10
Office, and are, therefore, ever besleging
Congress- with ISLANDERS Of persons who are
named for clemency. This subjects the
law-makipg body Of the nation to me de-
gredation Of listening to the tale bearing
kaayes who are voluntary Witnesses against
their fellow. men for the corruptest motives.
Among these witnesses are all sorts OF peo-
Mo. We saw the Committee on Reconstruc c.
ton listen for some time to the rambling
story Of an old negro msn who showed thal
he was ignorant, malicious, and 8 very
great liar. 1t was q scene TO be remem-
bered. It occurred az time when the ma
lion demanded relief from serious evils by
wise legislation, the tables of Congress
groansd under the weight Of business, and
the session was more than half gone. 1t
was strange, and it showed thOt there was
great deal Of wrong,
On the other hand, the test Of " loyalty
Is but bride to Hypocrisy. 1t is test
which excludes the beet, the truest, ana
the most experienced men-men who' from
the day LEE surrendered at Appomatto2,
were as much to be trusted as any IN the
United States. They are the men whose
services the country needs, and they are
the men whom this bad system excludes
from the public service.
Mr.. MCKENZIE was right when he told
the Reconstruction Committee that the true
way to prosperity, harmony, wise admins
tration Of public affairs, and "peace
everywhere, was at once to restore to the
people their rights.
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DowS ON THE REBEL.-Old acnersl
DUFF GREEN is great on " currency" and
thinking he had q panacea, as he always
has thought, for every money-evil, he ad-
dressed his views to member of Congress-
O. sepGtor-who moved to print them !;
whereupcn Mr.. CONFESS, the rampant sena-
tor from California, impetuously declared
that "the question is whether we shall
"print at the public expense the advice Of
" q notorious rebel in regard to the manage"
"ment of our finances" etc. This ended
the matter, and the poor old "Cebel's -
Ms. was rejected. This is hard On the
aged man. They might have refused to
print without abusing him. He has been
a man of consequence in hia day, and he
is very near the end Of his earthly jour
ney. The brutality of party feeling is in
spired very much after the manner Of the
rage of the beast of prey-by the presence
of its food. Office and the emolument
thereof fills the politician with intolerance
and turbulence.
There must be in time great change Of
manners amongst the NJ. C.'s. This per-
sistent offensiveness in all illusions to
southern people must cease to be the
fashion. Necessarily it dies out upon the
return of peace, and those most reluctant
to discontinue the denunciatory style will
find it quite inconUenierat, at day not re-
mote, when social and political intercourse
| between the sections is more intimate.
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ABOUT TO TRY Tin France, in all
criminal prosecutions the accused is ex-
amined-his evidence being received for
what it may be worth, as explanatory or
corroboratory Of other evidence. 1t has
been found to be useful sometimes to the
ends of justice. The New York Legisla-
,ture has under consideration law to per-
NIT criminals on trial to testify in this
manner, answering only such questions as
the counsel may acquiesce in. The New
York Times says,
'sIn the States where this plan has been
tried it has been found to work we'll. 1t
frequently aids in the administration CT
Justice, ard often enables the court tc clear
up obscure points without delay or trouble.
We have heard Of no bad consequences
from it, and We believe it is regarded with
favor by the bench in general"
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A LITTLE MORE FUN ABOUT THE MILL
'rxRY.-The war being over, the military
are getting to be considered supernumerary.
The philanthropists are disposed to ridicule
them. 30 are those who we're without
military success in the war. BUTLER be-
longs to this class. So he is interested IN ae-
grading military men. He takes Adlutant-
General THOMAS as the butt Of his ridicule'
and talks Of him thus:
General Lorenzo Thomas, AdJutant-
General Of the Army, had forty-s,x years
longevity rations, amounting TO 1884 per
annum. He got longevity rations simply
because he wag old. Old age was honora-
BILE, but in the army 1t was voracious.
Laughter General Thomas's duty for the
past two years had been the inspector Of
graveyards-nothing clse. except when he
was Secretary of War I'D interim. Laugh
teri For that service he got two cents
mile for every mile he travelled. He had
nothing to do but inspect graveyards, and
every mile he travelled added to his pay.
1t would be found that the Government had
paid for his valuable services-inspecting
cemeteries-twelve or thirteen thousand
dollars for the past year. He had made
more profits than any other undertaken IN
the whole country. [Laughter.l Mr.. But
Ter proceeded to refer to the fact that there
was now in the service Brigadier-Gen-
eral of Marines, who, he supposed, went on
horseback and belonged to the horse ma
rines. [Laughter.l What were the ma,
rines for To have 3 company here and
there aboard ship. The original intent OF
marines was, in the old British service,
when crews were impressed, to have m
armed force to keep order"
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General Grant and the Party.

Colonel FoRNEY in his latest "occa-
sional letter repeats his assertion SO fire.
quently made that General GRANT is en-
tirely in harmony with the Republican
party and means to stick to it. This per-
sistent self-assurance is like the timid man
In the forest in consultation with him
self discrediting all ideas Of danger either
from wild beasts or robbers, yet jumping
several feet at every stick that cracks un-
der his weight. The Colonel says:
at is evident that the American people
arc preparing to give General Grant a
hearty God-blessipg when he enters upon
the duties of the Presidency. 1t Is also
evident that no part of this sentiment
springs from the hope of doubtful course
on his part, or from an expected difference
between him and his party. Perhaps no.
thing was ever better understood than that
the new President is and intends to remain
In thorough accord with Republican prin-
ciples and the Republican organization. On
this point he Is as outspoken as he is reti-
cent about his own deeds. Here, Of least,
there is nothing to explain or disclose"
This is indeed gay and fest1Ve." AS q
happy commentary, we copy from the Gin
cinnati Commercial! the following:
EVERYTHING LovELY.-The serene hap
piness that fills the souls Of politicians who
publish newspapers primarily in the into
rest Of the Republican party, since General
Grants brief but significant utterances at
the capital, is cheerful omen Of the peace
that it is to fall upon the nation like a sum-
mer calm. The fact that he has never 30
much as mentioned party since the day of
his nomination that since his election he
he's not taken any of the great lights Of Re-
pubicanism into his confidence; that he
has not 80 much as consulted one Of them
touching the composition Of his Cabinet !;
but, on the contrary, has announced his
purpose to make no changes in office except
Dor the good Of the service, none Of these
things affect the profound confidence or dis
turb the deep repose which these politicians
profess to feel and to have in the President
elect.'
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JUDGE BAKER.-The Norfolk Journal
gives the following brief notice Of Judge
BAKER, who has recently been removed
from the Circuit Court Of the Norfolk Dis
trict =:
"Judge Baker was appointed in April,
1884, to the position from which he has
just been removed by one of Virginia's
brightest intellects and purest statesmen,
Little.on Waller Tazewell, then her Cover
nor.
AFTER the Judiciary was made elective,
Judge Baker was successfully reelected By
the people without opposition, and was con-
tinued in his Office up to the present time.
"Four-score years have whitened the
head Of this venerable Judge, whose life
he's been ever pure, and whose ermine has
been unsullied."
This will be good paragraph for the
future history Of these strange times.
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One WAY TO R1sE.-Mr. MCKEE, Of
Kentucky ULTRA Radical), during the dis
cussion of the bill removing disabilities
from number Of persons in the South,
moved to strike out all the names of per-
sons resident in his OWN State. This was at
first considered mere piece of malignity,
and could not be sustained in the House.
It has leaked out, however, that Mr.. MCKEE
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TgEEE'ENGS.

MOND GYMNAeIUM.-Open
y every MONDAY, THURSDAY. and SkTUR-
DAY. Tor boys. from to O'Clock 2. M: and
mUESNt Y, THURSDAY, and SATURDAY, for
Young men, from TO II 7. n. The exerciCes nrc
Conducted regularly by thoroughly competent
teacher. For tickets, apply 10
FRANK u. HILL.
Secretary and Treasurer, 1903 Main street.
10 13-3L
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renort of the charge of Judge Underwood
vcsterdav in the case OF Mrs. Stevens Us.
The Fredericksburg Railroad Company, IN
the United States Circuit Court, which we
must believe as at present advised (for it was
delivered in the absence Of our reporterl !;
and we certainly hope is distorted, bitterly
partisan, and untrue. The masked lrreie-
yancy of what is imputed to Judge Under
wood to the question at issue, SO well as the
standing political grudge of the ConSerya-
tive press against him, strengthen our be-
lief above expressed. "-E"en'"g JonT"aS'
18th.
What does the editor of the Journal
mean? Does he pretend to be surprised at
the charge of UNDERWOOD in the STEVENS
case, after the Infamous charge of the same
man at the first court no held in this city,
after the war 1t can be but pretence.
Then, is it that By this affectation that paper
undertakes TO yebuke UNDERWOOD through
the Dispatch The trick IS too transpa-
rent.
The report of UNDERwooD's Irrelevant,
malignant, and false speech from the hlgn
position which he disgraces was Only de-
fective in not being as strong as the origi"
nal. II YES strictly true as far as it went.
If the Journal is offended ut the speech on
account of any respect for decorum and
decency which it may feel, it does that
paper credit; but it is a pity that 1t de-
prived itself of the need due to 30 proper
q sentiment by affecting to think that IN
pERwooD was incapable Of making such a
speech!
1t is to be deyoutly wished that this dis
gushing Judge will not deliver great many
more charges. He is losthed BY the whole
Federal bench, and Congress, it is under
stood, would gladly get rid of him.
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g'I the morning Of the 10th instant, at Oakland,
her residence, III the county Of Hanover, in the
eigraty-1irst year Of her age, Mes. JUDITH Ngi-
son. widow Of Captain Thomas Nelson and
daughter Of General Nelson, signer OF the Decla-
ration Of independence.
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ENFARMARY.

COLLEGE INFIRMARY,
" CORNER MARSHALL AMP COLLEGE
STREETS RICHMOND, VA.
al cases requiring medical OF surgical aid ad-
ruited eycep. The Insane anc those laboEt2S cncet
CONTAGIOUS disorders
Charges Invariably IL adYapcel, Including board,
medical attendance. and medicines
Large wards, per week. IS.
Private rooms, per week, $40 TO go.
4 small additional fee - charged for surgical
operations.
Charity cases from the city are received on per-
mits nom members OF the committee Of the city
Council for the relief OF The poor, and seamea on
permits from The cuaton-hs use.
For further Information, or admission, spp!y ~
the iniirrnary TO fSAIAI II. WHITE, n II,
IL lL-gm AeGisSi superintendent.
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MARRIED..
6EElo.

On the 18th instant, by Rev. G. ". Petherbridge,
Mr. JAMGS i. CHlTTENDES and Miss MANY
W. LKBI: both Of Henrlco.