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SNow.-The people in this vicinity were
surprised to wake up on Sunday morning
last, the 18th of April, and find the ground
covered with snow, and more falling. 1t
continued to fall fast till about half-past l
O'Clock P. NJ, and attained the depth Of
about four or FIVE inches.
1t looked right strange to see the peach
and cherry blossoms and spring flowers
peeping out from under four inches Of snow.
It was sight we don't remember ever to
have seen before.
1t turned cold in the evening, and Sun
day night ice about one-fourth of an inch
thick was formed. All the most forward
fruit is killed, but we don't think the later
kinds are injured at all.-CharlottesviHs
Chronicle.
Snow commenced falling here on satur-
day night last, and continued till about
o'clock P. NJ. Sunday. If the ground had
not been 60 wet and warm the snow would
have been about fifteen inches deep
StaNnton Spectator.
Sunday was as disagreeable day as any
that occurred during the past winter.
Though in the middle Of the second spring
month, it would have done well for De-
cember day. There was mingled fall of
snow, rain, and hail, and the temperature
was anything but pleasant.-Lynchburs
Virginian.
Snow fell at the White Sulphur on Sun
day to the depth of four inches. 1t was
followed by rain in the evening.
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into his body-one lodging in his right leg
and the other in the groin. Still carrying
her revolver in her hand, she passed back
through the crowd, who did not move 8
finger to bar her passage. Along the porch,
through the bar-room, and back TO the par
lor, she walked without showing 0 trace OF
emotion or nervousness.
In the dressiDg-room che resumed her
riding habit, and again mounting her horse,
gallopped back towards her home, and had
gone considerable distance from the vii
lage before any one thought Of following
her. MIR. Jarrett rode after her, and join
ing her about mile from Jarrettsville, she
asked him if McComas was dead. He re-
piled yes; when she said, 81 told him
what was going to do" She exhibited no
signs Of regret, and was apparently as COM
posed as if she had Just finished the most
ordinary action. On Sunday she rode to
Belair and gave herself up to the authori-
ties. Miss Cairns is about thirty, and Nc
Comas was thirty-eeven years Of age. Both
the parties belonged to respectable fami-
lies, and held foremost position in the So
cial life of the county. McComas is sup
posed to have been killed by the first shot,
and the last two shots were probably fired
into his dead body. Some time since Mics
Cairns brought suit against McComas for
breach Of promise and seduction, but the
case has not yet come to trial. The affair
has, al matter of course, created consi-
derable excitement in the neighborhood In
which it occurred. baltimore Sun, 18th.
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ssoCIATED PRESS TELEGRAsIs.
VARIOUS ITEMS.

VARIOUS ITEMS.
WASHINGTON, April 13.-The Senate to-.
day rejected the Alabama claims treaty by
vote Of 81 to /.
The President sent in the following nomi-
nations to-day:
Alderman for attorney Of Georgia Lip
pard, marshal for Western Texas ; Pack
ard, marshal for Louisiana William How
ard, minister to China, displacing J. Ross
Browne; E. 8. Parker, commissioner of
Indian affairs s.. s. Fisher, Of Ohio, COM
missioner of patents Thomas H. Nelson,
Of Ohio, minister to Mexico Charles N.
Riotte, of Texas, minister to Costa RIGA !:
and J. A. Shelton, Of Louisiana, consul at
the City Of Mexico.
assessors Underwood, second Louisi-
ana district; Ennemoser, third Louisiana
Hawkins, seventh Tennessee; Wattles, third
Tennessee; Longley, third Texas; Lacy,
fifth Virginia Morton, third Alabama.
CoNectors.-Salter, eighth Tennessee dis
trict; Preston, first Mississippi; Lyman,
ninth Texas.
Collectors of Cttstoms.-spencer, at st.
Mary's, Florida.
.-Enos Hopkins, Nashville
Cleveland, Shelbyville, Tenn. Arnold, AL
bany, Ga; Cunning, Atlenta, Ga.
Among the combinations by the Senate
to-day were those of Motley, Minister to
England, and jay, Minister to Austria.
Durant and Durell of Louisiana, Marvin
of Florida, Paschall Of Texas, John A. Hill,
and Brown of Georgia, and Underwood OF
Virginia, are among the applicants for the
Supreme Judgeship under the new law.
There was full and long Cabinet meet
ing to-day.
The nominations sent into the Senate by
the President to-day fill column of q
newspaper.
DR.. Luke Blackburn is here.
1t is understood the President will take
no action regarding the elections in Vir-
GINA, Mississippi, and Texas, until the
nominations are completed.
The President has nominated Silas A
Hudson (colored), Of Iowa, Minister tc
Guatemala,
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John S. Carlile's good luck is attributed
to the fact that he served in the Senate
with Secretary Fish in days gone by; and
out of this fact Mr.. Garlic succeeded in
making capital.
Rev. DR.. Bittlo, President Of Roanoke
College, Virginia, has accepted an invita-
ton to address the graduating class of the
Philadelphia Lutheran Theological Semi
nary on the 18th Of May.
The Pennsylvania Legislature is con-
vulsed with the 6 lemon joke" A mem
Der emptied the contents Of an inkstand
into the acrid fruit with which an honora-
BILE gentleman was refreshing his voice
during long speech.
A western city, with view Of avoiding
the expense of building sidewalks, buys
cavalry boots for people who, have to Walk
about.
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TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
LATEST NEWS Fnon THE.cAPTrAL
'Ec1AL TELEGRAMs TO THE DISPATCH.
WASHINGTON, April Is, 1869.

SPECIAL TELEGRAMs TO THE DISPATCH.
WASHINGTON, April Is, 1869.
FOREIGN APPOINTMENTS.
The Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, at
their meeting to-day, had under considera-
ton the foreign appointments sent to the
Senate yesterday. Mr.. Sumner was au-
thorized to report Motley to England, and
Jay to Austria.
THE ALABAMA CLAIMS TREATY.
Mr.. Sumner made his great speech to-day
on the Alabama claims treaty and % soon
as he had finished, o motion was made that
the injunction of secrecy be removed in
order that the speech be made public. The
debate on this question lasted for upward
of two hours, and the motion was finally
adopted. The other speeches on the ques-
ton are not to be made public.
NOMINATIONS.
Among the nominations sent to the Sc
nate to-day was the name of son Of Mrs.
Ann H. Stephens, the authoress, for the
consulship at Leeds. This young gentle
man has until lately been clerk in the
Post-Ofice Department, but was dismissed
short time since by Postmaster-General
Creswell.
Among the nominations sent in yester-
day were some half dozen ladies for post
Offices, and this seems to have inspired the
office hunters of that sex with renewed
hope, and they have been unusually active
to-day in pushing their claims at the White
House and Capitol.
THE REPORTED CUBAN EXPEDt-
TIONS.
The Navy Department received dis
patches this morning from Admiral Hoff,
of the Atlantic squadron, who was ordered
some time since to the mouth Of the South
Pass to intercept revolutionary expeditions
alleged to be fitting out in that vicinity for
the achievements of Cuban patriots. Ad
miral Hof states that he has been unable
to discover or hear Of any such expeditions,
and his belief is that there is no founda-
ton for the statements. He has, accord
ingly, returned to his station off Cuba.
Senators were kept pretty busy to-day,
during executive session, in answering the
calls Of their friends" included among
whom we're number of females.
WALLACE.
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The HOMICIDE IN HARTFORD CoUNTY.--A
brief special dispatch in yesterdays Sun
announced the killing of Nicholas McComas,
at Jarrettsville, in Hartford county, by Miss
Martha j. Cairns, o young lady whom it is
alleged he had seduced. Some additional
accounts have since been received. 1t is
alleged that McComas seduced Miss Cairns
over year ago, under promise of marriage,
and in January last child was born,
which is living at the present time. Miss
Cairns frequently inportuned MoComas to
fulfil his promise of marrying her, but by
equiyocations and excuses he evaded her
requests until she felt towards him feel
ing Of utter hatred and determination to
ayenge her injuries. On Saturday eve
ming he had ridden into JarrettsVille for
the purpose Of attending muster cf mi
litia company, of which he was member,
and at the time of the affair was in the yard
of the tavern. Miss Cairns followed him to
Jarrettsville, and on arriving at tbs tavern
dismoupted from her horse, fastened him
securely, and passing into the psrlor re-
moved her riding skirt, hat, and ether arti-
Giles that might retard her movements. Leav-
ing the apartment with Colts revolver in
hand, she walked through the bar-room,
which was full Of men, and stepped out
upon back porch, which overlooked the
yard where McCcmas was. Here she took
deliberate aim at him, and fred, he being
some ten psces from her. The bullet struck
him in the breast, and as he reeled toward
the pillars of the porch she fired two more
shots, neither Of which took effect. He
c,aspei the pillars and endeavored to sus-
tain himself, but, weakened by the rapid
flow of bleod, his strength failed, and he fell
to the ground. Miss Cairns walked d.
rectly up to him, and, standing over him,
fired the two last shots from her revolver
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FROM THE PLAINs.-St. Louis, April H..
About five hundred troops of the Twentieth
United States infantry arrived here yester-
day from Baton Rouge, bound for St. Paul.
a Helena (Montana) dispatch says ad-
vices from Fort Ellis state that Oh the 9Th o
party of ten Indians stole the cattle and
horses from q rancho on Dry creek. A party
of fifteen or twenty citizens and four
mounted soldiers. from Fort Ellis, pursued,
overlook, and killed nine of them. Private
Carbley was killed, and two soldiers and
one citizen were wounded. 1t Is reported
that the Kaw Indians have burned their
treaty with the Government, end WILL 60 on
the war-path.
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SUPPOSED MURDER. - Rnghamton, N.
J., April l2.-This morning Warren
Blanchard was found dead in his house in
this city. The usual inmates, consisting Of
his wife and two girls, had fled. All the
doors and windows Of the house were fss-
tened from the inside, except one, from
which the women and girls escaped.
Blanchard's head was found on brass ket-
tie, and bore the marks Of a pistol-ball.
The neighbors heard disturbance yes
terday morning and the report of pistol,
when man ran out of the house and the
noise ceased. As the house was classed as
dsorderly, no attention was paid to the pro-
ceeding. The women before leaving wash
ed away all traces of blood, and there were
no indications Of the manner in which the
deed was performed.
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Passes have been given to all members Of
Congress over the Union Pacific and Cen
trail Pacific railroads, good for one year.
As Marshall O. Roberts was passing
through the New York custom-house on Sa-
turday some adroit thief relieved him Of
his watch, chain, and pocket book.
Commissioner Delano has decided that
any dealer who converts plug tobacco into
smoking tobacco in any manner, and keeps
the same for sale, thereby becomes manu-
facturer, and must take out o manutac-
tuler's license. r....t.a.
The Indian Bureau is virtually abolished
as an executive branch of the Interior De-
partment by the conference bill passed by
Congress. 1t provides that none OF the
treaties negotiated since June, 1867,
shall be ratified, and places the control Of
a sum of 100000 in the hands Of the
President, to be used as he sees tit in set
Ting all difficulties now existing between
the Government and the sayages.
President Grant has, on account Of the
press Of official duties, declined an invita-
tion TO attend the Odd Fellows celebration
in Philadelphia on the Goth instant. Vice
President Colfax, who is prominent mem
Der of the Order, declines because ne has
accepted an invitation from the Order to
participate in the celebration at lndianapo-
lis, Ind, on the same day. -.
Negotiations have been in progress here
for some time with different parties with
view to change in the management OF the
cid National InteMgencer, but it is now
understood that nothing definite has been
concluded, and the paper will continue
under the old proprietors. Senator Sprague
was one of those who had some squirting
that way, but he finally came TO the concla'
sion that it was better to let newspapers
Alone Washington Lsttr-Baltimore Sun.
Mr.. Garrett intends to equip the Point of
Rocks road to the end that cars may run
out to Silver Spring early in June.
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Acou1rTAL OF PRIVATE BREwsTER.-It
will be remembered that Lieutenant Casey,
Of the Fourth artillery, was killed on the
si,h ultimo at Fort Washington by the dis
charge Of guu in the hands of Private c..
W. Brewster while on parade. Brewster has
since been tried by court martial and &C
quilted, It having been proven that the
shooting was accidental. 1t appears that
he loaned his gun to comrade the day
before the accident, and when returned to
him he was ignorant of its being loaded,
and his regret st the occurrence has been
50 great as to almost produce insanity
National Intellgeacer.
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Mr.. HENRY s. FooTE DENoUNCEs En-
PRESIDENT JoHNsoN.-Nashvils, April H..
Henry s. Foote replies in the Press and
Times this morning to q portion Of ex-Pre-
sident Johnson's speech, in which he as
sumes that johnson charged him with in
gratitude, and denies the charge, and AYERS
that he owes nothing to the forbearance
and generosity of Johnson, who, he alleges,
with Mr.. Seward, treated him unkindly and
cruelty.
He denounces Johnson as seditionist, to
whom the people of Tennessee are in
debted for their Acknowledgement. He
charges him with usurpation and tyranny,
and admonishes the people Of the southern
States not to be controlled by him, but to
accept the legislation of Congress and the
confidence of General Grant, who, he as
sures them, is their friend, and desires to
restore them to prosperity and good 60
yernment.
He also charges that Johnson was OPP
posed to negro suffrage and political
equality, and refers to Johnson's interview
with Fred. Douglass in which he said there
would be q war Of races.
Ex-President Johnson is still in Nash
Vile, having abandoned his trip to Europe,
preferring to devote his time and energies
to the disfranchised in the South. lie will
speak in all the southern States. He leaves
for Memphis Monday.
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COMMERCIAL.
Grain and FlouF Markets.
Coax AID FLOUR ExcHAy5B,s
RrounoHD, VA, April Is, 1859.


RrcunoHp, VA, April Is, 1859.
oP7EgIsss.
Wheot.-White, none. Red, none.
Hrn-White. 1874 bushels. Straw. colored, 30
bushels. Yellow, 81 bushels. Mixed, oo'
bushels.
Odts.-eeo bushels.
Rys.-None.
Uhsat-None, of course.
Corn.-White, go bushels prime at ssc. ia
bnshels very good at SIC. Straw colored, 30
bushels very good at SIC. Yellow, 50 bushels
at SIC. Mixed, 600 bushels very good at s3c.
O1ts-48O bushels good 1t &C.; IS bushels
damp ut Soc. so bushels damaged at &c.,, 81
bushels at 6oc.-total, 632 bushels.
Rg-ExHIBITED.
C5rn.-Mixed, 600 bushels.
Odts.-54s bushels.
REMARKs.-O offerings of Corn On Change to-
day, l,oss bushels. of which 600 bushels were
re-exhibited; market active, and ell sold. at
the opening prime white sold for &c., but at
the close, so bushels very good mixed were
taken ut s5c. Oats quite dull and lc. lower.
Nothing done in Wheat or Rye.
Baltimore, Did.
In Baltimore on the 18th instant offerings Of
Wheat 3,l2o bushels; sales of choice Virginia
Valley red at SO 20 to SO 81 (only $50 bushels at
the latter price,, choice Maryland at q to
1905, Pennsylvania. sl.7o to s1.75 Offerings
of Corn, $3.50 bushels white and loo yellow
market improved several cents on white, with
sales at So to s5c., yellow, SIS to SEC. Osts more
active; heavy western in lots, 75c.; heavy
Maryland, 72c. Rye sold at AS.
New York.
In New York on the 18th instant, Wheat dull
and declining; sales, $4,000 bushels; sales OF
white California at 81 60 to 81 IS, and 81 III foI
No. spring, delivered. Corn dull and decli-
ming sales, $4,000 bushels, ut ST to ssc fol
new mixed western chiefly ut 81 to sSc., and
sSc. for old mixed western. Rye quiet; sales
at 81 40 for State, and 1875 for western. Bar
leg dull. oats dull at 76bc. for western in
store, and rs to 7Sbc. for railroad oats.
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Who Mrs. HILL WAs.-From the re-
Gently published statement concerning Mrs.
Twitchell and Mrs. Hill, her murdered
mother, it is evident that the latter was q
Miss Mary Wirts, or Wertz, who many
years agc-resided on Pennsylvania avenue
about or very near where jackson Hall
now stands. Her mother kept nominal
congressional clearinghouse there. Miss
Mary, whom the writer remembers we'll
from her early womanhood, was regarded
as the most beautiful woman in Washing
ton. 1t was said before her mother moved
TO Cincinnati that little girl being brought
up by the family was Mary's child, by
Lemuel Sawyer, who long represented a
North Carolina district in Congress. en-
tertained at the time very little doubt of
the fact.-Doug. Wa!lach.
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ENFFEMARY.

TOLLEGE INFlRMARY,
" CORNER MARSHALL AND COLLEGE
STREETS, bICHEOND, VA.
AL cases requiring medical surgical aid ad-
ui.ted except the insane and those labortng under
contagious disorders.
Charges Invariably In advanceh Including board,
medical attendance, and medicines:
Large wards, per week, %.
Private rooms per week, 80 to $40.
A small additional fee Is charged for surgical
operations.
Charity cases from the city are received on per-
mits from members OF the committee OF the City
Council for the relief OF the poor, and seamen on
permits from Lhe custom-house.
For further Information, or admission, apply ST
the infirmary to ISAIAH Il. WHITE, h. D.,
in N-,m Medical superintendent.
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NEGRO KILLED.-The negroes at Lees
Vile, Campbell county, celebrated the sur
render on Friday last. They had ropes
stretched aronnd the tables, and sentinels
with loaded pistols to keep out intruders.
One Of the party, however, got over or
crept under rope, when sentinel fired on
aud killed him. The negroes Immediately
took the murderer in charge, brought him
to the courthouse and lodged him in Jail
So much for niger celebrations.-Lyach-
burg Yirgialian of yesterday.
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MUSlTIoSs or WAR FOR CUBA.-Neao
YORK;, April l2.-It is reported that fast
sailing propeller left here few days since,
with guns and war materials, and about one
hundred and thirty men, in aid of the Gu
ban rcvolutionists.
II is intimated that strong expedition
in aid of the Cuban revolutionists has set
sail from a southern port under the COM
nand Of distinguished American officer.
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ITALIAN MINISTER TO WASHINGTON
Florence, April l2.-Bertinatti, the Italian
Minister to Constantinople, goes to Wash
ington in the same capacity. Barbalona
succeeds Bertinatti at Constantinople. Ca
dorna has been appointed Minister to Lon
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FARMS IN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Will
son, of the General Land Office, has just
received returns showing that during the
past month l57 farms, embracing 1881
acres, were added to the productive area of
the State Of Alabama under the operation
of the homestead laws, which required &C
tual residence upon and cultivation of the
tracts.
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INTERNAL REVENUE DETECTIvEs.-Com
missioner Delano, Of the internal revenue,
has issued the following order: "That oil
"a COMMISSIONS of internal revenue detectives
anpointed prior to March 10, 1869, which
40 not by their terms expire previous to
the 3Oth day of April instant, shall termi-
mate on the said 3Jth Of April"
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EXECUTION OF A MURDERER SHOCKING
SCgSE.-Haljar, n s, april l0.-During
the execution Of Dewey, who was convicted
Of murder at Charlottetown, Prince Ed
wards Island, the rope broke twice. The
third time, he was hauled up by the sheriff
and his assistants. He had previously
spoken for three quarters of an honr with
great feeling and composure. The horrible
scene was witnessed by about two thousand
reonle
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ZINE FURNITURE, &c.-H. A. AT
a KINSON & SON have On hand and will con-
tinue TO keep very fine assortment Of CABINET
FURNITURE Of their own make, Of fine ROSE
WOOD. WALNUT, &C, which they will warraLt,
and will sell at prices as low or lower than be
had In northern cities or anywhere else. We only
ask the pub ic to call aud examine for themse YES
In verify Of This statement before sending their
money from home, thereby helping to sustain thu
families of our workingmen 1t home instead OF
contributing TO support asylums for that purpose.
Of CUFFINS, with the latest improved 81 niA L..
Lie BURIAL CASE, which is perfectly be- utt-
full and secure. Boxing and Repairing Furniture
done at short notice. Hair and shuck Mattresses
DON'T forget the small yet well-flled house On
Governor street. No. 100, Richmond, Va.
NH ls-3m II. A. ATKINSON & SON.
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srAars.-As the words Of the statute are
for sums exceeding twenty dollars, we take
il that no stamp is necessary unless the re-
ceips is for sum over and above that
o,onunt.- Baltimore Sun.