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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-01-04

SENATOR EpMUNps'S BILL TO RECON
sTRvrT RECONSTRUCTED GEoRG1A.-Sena-
tor Eimunis is preparing his views
in support Of his bill to call together
tIgain the Constitutional Convention Of
Georgia snd do reconstruction q second
time. His bill is a corollary of one
BY Pomeroy, previously offered, repeating
the aci 0: admission Of Georgia, and with
Mr.. ~E!munds's, has as yet received noreport
from the Judiciary Committee. ANY state
ment Of the sentiment OF that committee
upon the Georgia case is speculation. The
light they have had to 90 by thus far has
been that she'd by Bullock, the Governor,
and By tie three negroes who represent the
grievances Of the expelled colored legisla
tors. These have suggested for retaliation
the entire recasting OF the State. From the
e2rncstIess with which Senator Sherman
presses the admission Of Joshua Hill, sena-
tor elect from Georgia, under the present
Constitution, he may be counted upon as
a~gains, all the disorganizing measures yet
proposed. 1t is believed that many of the
senator's agree with Mr.. Sherman, though it
Is beyond doubt that some notice towards the
recognition OF colored men as eligible to
Office in the State will be taken, OF a kind
net yet apparent World.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-01-04

PROBABLE FATAL AFFRAY.--We learn
from a gentleman from Bristol that an af-
fray occurred in that town on Wednesday
last which will probably prove fatal to one
of the parties engaged, desperate named
Hoover. Hoover is said to be one of the
most notorious, desperate characters in
East Tennessee {; was some time since driven
from Bristol on account of numerous out
RACES perpetrated by him, and went to Car
ter county. From there he returned to
Bristol a short time since, bringing with
him a man Of as desperate character as
himself. On Wednesday, Hoover and his
companion started in search of q man
named John Booker, towards whom they
had some grudge, with the avowed inten-
ton of whipping him. Booker heard OF
the threats made against him, and tried TO
keep out of the way of his pursuers, but
was finally o7ertaken in q bar-room, when
a fight commenced, during which Booker
seized an axe and inflicted such terrible
wounds on Hoover that it is believed he
cannot possibly live. The cause Of the
grudge between the parties is said to have
been on account Of politics, Booker having
been a Confederate soldier, and Hoover
having served in the Federal army
Luuchburq NelpS.
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Il ABE SAhEEl-bAI 1LOHD EStE6SS IN bOhA
pA-ORre1N OF THE ~soUABBLE BETWEEN
REED AND acknowledgements Reed, Of
Florida, " at the earnest request Of leading
oolored men " in Jacksonville, as Q 9learn,
from the. florida Union, addressed . public
meeting in his v defence last Monday.
In his speech, Governor Reed accounts for
the amilk in the c~ocoanut" Of the Florida
impeachment in part as follows:
"The Legislature had authorized the
issue Of bonds to the amount Of $500, 900,
and they were anxious to control these
bonds. Gleason went TO Washington and
arranged the following programme with a
party there This party was to take all the
bonds at seventy cents; CT rather, they
were to be pledged to him in advance at
that price. Then he "a to buy up State
scrip at fifty or sixty cents, or as low as he
could get it, and pay for the bonds in this
scrip. In this way he would actually get
the bonds at about thirty cents on the
dollar, making m immense profit out
Of the transaction !; and Gleason proposed
to me that the bonds should be disposed
Of in this way, and that the profits should
De divided between us. I refused to sane
ton sucn q ROBBERY upon the people and
so l must be removed, in order to enable
Gleason to get the bonds under his W
control, to dispose of for the profit Of the
ring. And how had I offended Senator
Osborn ! had refused to make appoint
ments at his dictation, and 60 allow him to
control the State, regardless of my W
Judgment but worse than this, I had
blocked one of mis- schemes for plumber.
Senator Osborn proposed to me that we
should obtain from the United States Co.
vernment the grant Of o large tract of land
at Pensacola for the State, and that I should
then influence the Survy or-General 80
that this land might be e" at a mere no.
minal price to Senator O. orn. I refused
to countenance this scheme ; and 80 I must
be removed, that o more plant tool might
take my place, and the ring might plumber
to it's hearts content.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-01-04

ALMOST A DOUBLE MURDEn In KENTUCKY.
A most horrible and atrocious murder was
committed last night OF ClaysviIe, in Har-
rison county, and one Of the most reapect-
able citizens Of an adjoining county WIS
severely, if not mortally, wounded.
/ have been unable to CLEAN the partlcu-
lars of the affair, and can therefore only
send you a brief summary. An lnto1i,
Gated person by the name Of Morrison mad
a.dificulty with Judge Duncan Harding, OF
Robertson county. The Judge, wishing to
avoid a personal collision at the time, at
tempted to leave the room in which they
were, when Morrison drew . heavy knlfe
and plunged it into Harding's back, pro-
ducing, probably, q mortal wound.
Just at that instant Edward Jackson, q
descendant Of one Of the oldest families IN
the county, opened the door Of the room, and
without a word being spoken, or an IN
stant's warming, Morrison placed q pistol TO
Jackson's forehead and fred, the shot scat.
tering his brains in every direction, and, Of
course, killing him instantly. During the
excitement Of the moment Morrison escaped,
and ell plans to capture him have proved
unsuccessful.-Cynthiana, KY, December
26,) correspondence OF the Cincinnati En-
0iirer.
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How GEORGIA IS TO BE TREATED.-lt is
probable that a compromise measure in the
nature Of a national legislative exposition
OF the meaning Of certain articles and
clauses of the Georgia constitution will be
passed by Congress. This act will in effect
declare that by the true intent and mean
lpg of that fundamental instrument negroes
h2ce the right to hold and enjoy all offices
Of profit and honor in the State, and that
this right shall be enforced by the Cover
nor with the power of his negro militia,
aided, if necessary, by the bayonets of the
Federal Government. AS old Mr.. Hill and
all the State officers were elected before the
negro legislators were expelled, and as the
election Of the present delegation in the
House could not be affected by their expul-
sion, there will be less need of stirring uI
thing8-especially IS the other senator is
Of Democratic persuasion, and easily dis
posed of q Ia Senator Thomas, of your
State. So I predict that Georgia will moi
be e-reconstructed.- Washington Letter IA
baltimore Gu.ette.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-01-04

THE ALLEGED SLAUGHTER OF FRIENDLY
INDIANS BY GENERAL CUsTER.-A Mr..
Boudinot, representative of the Cherokee
and Chickasaw nations of Indians, is in
town, and has submitted a statement to
Commissioner Taylor that several Indians
of those tribes who were soldiers in the
Union army during the rebellion were
slaughtered by General Custer in his recent
raid on the camp where 30 great destruction
was INDUCED. He asks examination of
these facts, and states that the Indians he
represents are opposed to the transfer of
the Indian Bureau to the War Department,
and in favor of its erection into q separate
Department. World. q
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-01-04

DEATH OF DIR. JOHN MoNRoE.-We are
called on to the death of DR.. John
Monroe, of spencerville, Allea county,
Ohio, on Friday the 18th ultimo. The
Doctor was born in Culpeper county, Va,
in 1916, and was consequently in his fifty
second year at his death. DR.. Monroe was
twice elected to the Legislature from this
county, being elected in 1861 and again in
1868. he was also previously four years
auditor of Putnam county, Ohio, and held
several other positions which we are unable
to state. In all the positions he has oecu-
pied he acquitted himself with unquestion-
able ability. He was an ardent and sin
cere Democrat of the Old Virginia school,
whose political and legislative course was
without blemish and above ercproach.-
AAen County Democrat.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-01-04

DIVISION Of MEMBERSHIPS is a sipgu-
lar and interesting movement. The upper
peninsula of Michigan comprises seven
counties, including the rich mineral tracts
o. ontonagon, Marquette, and Keeweenaw
Point and containing in 1860 3 population
OF twenty-fv i've thousand. It is three hun
ased and twenty miles long by one hundred
ana eighty broad, in round numbers, and
1s separated from Lower Michigan by the
straits Of Mackinaw. This Peninsula would
ssem, therefore, well fitted for the forma-
non OF a future State, aud as the inhabi.
tants appear almost unanimously in favor
OF such a change, it is very likely the mat
Ter will IN time be accomplished.
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THE Missouri SENAToRsHIP-CoMBINA-
TIoN AGAINST CARL Washington
December 3l.-The advices from Missouri
to-day confirm the report that all the other
Radical candidates for the ensuing sena-
torship have united for any man who can
beat Carl Schurz. Into this combination
Senator Drake has thrown himself with
great energy. In the Missouri Legislature
there are about one hundred and eighteen
Radicals, all told. The caucus, it is be-
lieved, cannot show more than forty-fve
votes for Schurz, and as many more for Ben
Loan, the rest being likely to be scattered be-
tween Benjamin, Fletcher, and Henderson.
The latter is the second choice of the Loan
men. The Democrats believe that a mode
rate man can be elected by the balance Of
power they hold. The opposition to schurz
by Drake is q new thing in the affair, and
it is believed to be conclusive of the chances
of Schurz, and favorable to Loan.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-01-04

A FIGHT WITH KNIvEs.-Eyery reader
Of the city papers knows by this time who
Owen Hines and Julia Burns are. The nu-
merous fights they have had-the immune
rable convictions of Owen for yagrancy-
the large sums paid on his account by Ju-
lathe frequent stays Of execution, &c.
are matters of local history. Owen and
Julia are husband and wife, and he acts as
barkeeper in her den, on Green street,
called the "Dew Drop Inn" They both
indulge in mean whiskey, and when under
its influence are as desperate as red In
dams. On Thursday night Owen was "un-
der the influence" and getting desperate,
he used his knife in cutting to pieces Jul
lia's furs and Sunday clothes. Julia did
not relish this conduct, and to drown her
sorrow drank deeply Of the intoxicating
bowl. The -evels Of the Dew Drop Inn
were kept up all night, and both the land
lady and the barkeeper were pretty full.
At 81 O'Clock in the morning they be-
came unmanageable, and thirsted for
blood. Julia was boiling over with rage,
and Owen was like q striped hyena, walk
ing up and down, Disappearing at a fearful
rate. They simultaneously attacked each
others with knives and chairs, clearing the
room Of spectators, and having the field to
themselves. Julia handled her knife with
the skill of a scalp-hunter, stabbing and
gashing Owen numerically. She thrust
the blade Of her knife through one Of his
cheeks, and then plunging it into his neck,
~endeavored to cutShis head off but failing
in that, tried to sever his leg, and made q
deep incision in his thigh. Owen was not
idle. With a chair he knocked her down,
and then taking his knife out, CIT q terrible
cash in her head. She struggled despe-
rately, but was overpowered, thrown upon
the floor, and her face was beaten and
pounded until it was q mass of blood. They
fought until both were pretty well exhaust
ed by the loss of blood, and then other par
ties interfered and separated them. The
police were called in, and the amiable eou-
pie were taken to the Third District police
station, and DIR. Seymour was sent for to
dress their wounds. It is predicted that.if
one of the parties is not hanged there will
be q double murder in the Dew Drop Inn
before another Christmas.-S. Louis De-
mocrat, December %.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-01-04

The JEwJsHs SABBATH-AgCAsE FOR THE
CouBTs.-The case Of David Conan and
William II. Fryce, the two men charged
with selling liquor on Sundays, came up at
Roxbury, Massachusetts,, on Tuesday. The
facts of the Gaze are these: Cohan, being q
Jes, claims that he has . right to, and ad-
mits that he does, keep open his store on
Sundays. He defends himself by saying
that the Jewish Sabbath begins ut sunset
on Friday, and ends at the same time on
Saturday, and that after that hour on
Saturday, and all day Sunday, he transacts
business as usual. The charge of selling
liquor was abandoned this morning, and
another charge, tina. Of keeping open the
store on Sundays, was preferred against
Gohan only. Judge Wheelock delivered
the following decision:
SIN my opinion, our statute, by the
seventh day of the week, means nothing
more or less, as we reckon civil time, than
Saturday, from midnight to midnight. And
as this defendant kept open his shop for
the purpose of, and did transact, his usual
secular business on the seventh day of the
week Saturday, he does not come within
the exception Of the statute, and could not
keep open his shop for the purpose Of trans
acting secular business on the Lords Day,
rs alleged in this complaint. He must
therefore be adjudged guilty, and I impose a
penalty of ten dollars and costs"
The defendant appealed, and was held
over in 800. The case excited the greatest
interest in court, especially among mem
bers Of the Jewish fraternity, alsrge num-
Der of whom were present r7o1rr
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TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
NEWS FROM THE CAPITAL.

Special telegram to the Dispatch.
WASHINGTON, January 2, 1862
TRsAldbama Observation-Disclosures
'..gi il'f San Juan Troubles.
Mail dispatches from England by the
last steamer, from Reverdy Johnson, de-
clare that he still has the utmost conf
dence in the almost immediate settlement
Of the Alabama claims negotiations. He is
Of the opinion that the President viii be
able to send the protocol to the Senate for
ratification by the middle or the last of
January at the farthest, and at the same
time communicate the other treaties rela-
ting to the question Of naturalization and
the settlement Of the San Juan tro ubles.
Cabinet Meeting.
The usual Cabinet meeting, postponed
from yesterday on account Of the holiday,
took place to-day, but no business Of any
noticeable account took place, although
every member was in attendance. i
The Corrupt Revenue 0ficers-The Press-
dent aoN Nominate others to fill their
Places.
When the Senate reSssembles it is un-
derstood that the President will send in the
names of nominees for every internal reve-
nue. place against whose present occupants
charges of corruption have been made. He
will probably select good men, without re-
gard to politics, and thereby test the sense
of the Senate on his desire to break up the
fraudulent revenue rings. WALLACE.
Associated Press telegram.
WASHINGTON, January 1.-The weather
continues very bad.
The Secretary of War orders General
Gillem, commanding the fourth military
district, and General Reynolds, lately COM
handing the fifth district, to report here.
The custom receipts from December 26th
to January I'd were $2,471, 900.
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e. A. Pollard declines to prosecute the
Wises, one Of whom shot him some time
since in Baltimore. The States attorney
for Baltimore county has received o letter
from Mr.. Pollard, in which he refuses to
appear there against them. The reason for
this action is that the Wises condemn and
denounce the manner in which his brother
was killed by Grant.-Beltimore american
The Irish Presbyterian Church is in deep
sorrow at the loss of the Rev. Henry Cooke,
D. D., LII. D., who died on December 18th
1868, at Belfast, in the eighty-frst year OF
his age. BE was q most remarkable man,
and as preacher and orator ne was without
q parallel in the Church.
The French Minister at Washington was
recently robbed Of q gold watch and seve-
raj medals Of honor which had been pre-
sented to him by the Emperor of France,
The thief climbed up o lightning-rod and
entered o window of the upper story.
Hon. John T. Hoffman, the new Governor
OF New York, and Mr.. Fox, the new Mayor
Of Philadelphia, were i~naugurated on the
LIST.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-01-04

THE NEGROES AND Mr.. DAvIs.-At q
meeting held in Washington city on Thurs
day evening the following was adopted:
"Whereas ne do not desire the blood Of
our brother and whereas no good would
now come from the hanging of Jefferson
Davis; and whereas all is well that ends
we'll (the country having been relieved of
the curse Of slavery !; and whereas we be-
Iieve that it would be q saving Of the pub
lie funds, we, the colored citizens Of this
District, stood ready to recommend the dis
continuance of the farce known as the JEFF.
Davis trial, and that he and Andrew john
son be set at liberty at the earliest praeti-
cable moment, with a mark upon them,
least any one finding them should slay
them; but we have been fanked by the
late amnesty proclamation Of the Presi-
dent"
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-01-04

LAND SALES IN LoUDoUN.-On Tuesday,
the farm of Adam NJ. Householder, de-
ceased, containing 100 acres, to John Or
Wearing for $40 per acre. On the same
day, the farm belonging to Sanbower's heirs
to Thomas. Sanbower for ST. per acre-the
tract contained 1861 acres. The farm
called the "home farm" of John George,
deceased, for $62.5O per acre-the tract
contained lO2 acres also, l57 acres at $50
per acre-Rosanns George purchaser. On
Wednesday last, q part Of the farm OF Gen
eral Robert L. Wright, deceased, containing
1874 acres, to Colonel R. L. Baker for sSl.z5
per acre. Also, las acres, known as the
"White Farm to Mr.. A. c. Trundle for
$50 per acre.-Leesburg Washingtonian.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-01-04

DIVISION OF TENNEssEE.-Brownlow, OF
Tennessee, in his annual message to the
Legislature, at its January session, will
advocate The division Of the State. East
Tennessee is said to be united on this ques,
ton in demanding a separation from the
middle and western portions Of the State.
The Governor is also an editor, and in his
Knoxville Wing thus foreshadows the new
movement East Tennessee will all be a
NM for the separation. We will accept,
700, the terms. We are ready TO go empty
handed. Middle and West Tennessee may
nave their railroads, public buildings,
'nrnplkes, and only their proportion Of the
state debt. East Tennessee will assume
hers, and ask no more.,'.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-01-04
Steamboat COIIfsiOn-Arrests In
Texas by the Military.

NEW ORLEANS, January 2.-The steam
boat A. G.. Brown collided with the Bremen
steamship Teutonia between the city and
the mouth of the Mississippi on Wednesday,
and soon turned bottom up. Everybody on
board and the boats papers were saved.
The Teutonia was uninjured and passed IN.
A dispatch from Jefferson, Texas, reports
the arrest by the military Of Colonel Il. P
Crump, DR.. Marshall, B. T. Thompson, r,
V. McGill, ex-chief of police, and two freed
men, upon charges not known. Many
others are said to be spotted for arrest.
Generals Babcock and Porter, of General
Grants staff, are here.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-01-04
w Negro TroubIe i'm Georgia,

SAVANNAH, GA, January AFFAIRS in
Ogeechee are without change for the bet
ter. The negroes, still in large bodies, arm
ed, are driving off the whites and plumber
ing the houses and farms of everything
valuable. No demonstration has yet been
made against them. The matter is under
consideration, and an anxious desire is felt
to quell the instruction without bloodshed.
Definite steps will probably be taken to-
morrow or Monday.
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COMMISSIONERS SALE OF NINETY

~ THREE ACRES OF WOOD Lam NEAR
Yy virtue OF a decree Of the circuit court for the
city Of Richmond pronounced on on the s'6 9u Say OF
and Gret,er.n the undersigned, q special commits
sioner thereby appointed for the purpose, Will sell
az public auction, In front OF Hanover courthouse,
court.day, the TRACT OF LAND containing
about ninety-three acres situated near ktlby's
mill and very near the railroad. being the same
MI. Whiting. and adjoining the farm Of Colonel
w. e. VIM and others.
expenses or sale and to discharge q judgment
for Sleo with interest from the 9th day OF August
ISea, till paid, as well as TO pay the taxes now due
upon said property and the costs OF the suits : as
TO the residue, one-half payable at six months aud
other half 81 twelve months, purchaser giving his
negotiable notes. we'll endorsed. for the credit In.
stalments. and title TO the property 10 be retained
until q deed Is directed by the court.
WILLIAM JOSIAH LEAKE.
Special Commissioner.
Ia It'd B. +. T1NSLEY, Auctloneer.
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Conviction Of TMitchelH.

PHILADELPHIA, January 1.-The jury in
the case of TEitchell, tried for the murder
of Mrs. Hill, his mother-in-law, brought in
a verdict this morning of "guilty of muir
der in the first degree" The trial has ex-
cited great interest, both on account of the
tragic manner of Mrs. HIPS death, and the
wealth and responsibility of all the parties.
TwitchelI's wife is now to be tried for the
nffence.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-01-04

JEFF. DAVIS FOR SECRETARY OF WAR
General Grant to-day received g. letter
earnestly advising him, as a measure Of
peace, harmony, and Cancellation, to appoint
Jefferson Davis as Secretary of War. It is
understood that General Grant declines to
accede to the request !; which may be con-
sidered as the first reliable information
concerning the ~Cabinet.-WaShington COR
r~espondence Neao York Times.