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The national Republican., 1869-01-04

NO iN9uEHT.-On Friday afternoon. DR., Bent
PoH moricm examination Of the remains OF the
SsoIofed infant found near Browns wharf, on
friday morning last, and not deeming II heces.
sAFy there was no inquest held
The national Republican., 1869-01-04

ORPHANS COURT. ,
District Of Columbia, Washfno oton eSanfv. to ,oit
10 the case OF CLEAEsT W, BENNETT, admins.
traitor OF CoRSRLIgs CuRrIs, deceased. the admin.
istIstor AFORESAID has, with The appreciation Of the
appointed sATURDKT. the sd day Of JanSsPy,E'
d, 1883, for the Anal settlement and distribution
assets In hand, as far as the same have been col.
lected and turned into money! when and where all
the eredtO aud heirs of said deceased are notified
they may otherwise by law be excluded from all
benefit In said deceased Is estate provided copy
" SPSS ws's sS nS &c
Test JAS. R. o,BEIRNg,
deeS .Th3w. Register Of Wills.
THIS. Is TO GIVE NOTICE THAT THE SUB.
of washi stOn County, in the District OF Columbia,
w i: fEsEIek. late q %a;6iaston county % B. g =
SAID decsassd are hereby Wasnea to sasS, tss tSs
same with the vouchers thereof to the subscriber,
may Otherwise by law be excluded from ali ben.
dlven under my hand this 10Th day Of peeember,
1865 X. II, BURR,
de22.wS' Administrator.
THIS is TO GIVE NOTICE THAT THE SUB.
! scriber has obtained from the 0rphansT Court
q 5i4I sls II AZ psi:Ss
ssid deceased are hereby wafnsa 70 sSiRi ssSiSt
scrber, on oT before the 22d day Of December next,
lhey may otherwise by law be excluded from all
dement's OF the said estate
1893
ELIZABETH l.. OATES, her Z mark.
49,. Administutrix.
JANIS @. EDWARDS,
Deputy Register Of Wills. dsc9S-Mst
The national Republican., 1869-01-04

RELIGIOUS SERVICES IN THE JAIL.-The in
terest anifested on the part of the prisoner,
In the city jail in the religious exercises he ID
there every Sunday at half past two O'Clock
day were conducted by Gen. o. o. Howard
wm. @. Finney, Rev. Mr.. Williamson ant
others; The friends of this good cause woult
be glad to have more assistance In the future
The national Republican., 1869-01-04

AssAULTING MS WIVE.-Yesterday OfIlceF
MoSweeney, Of the Eighth precinct, arrested
a man living near the WallAch school house
named ID. W. Bates, charged with committing
an assault on his wife, He was takeu before
Justice Lynch, who fined him - and held him
to bail to keep the peace towards his better
half 1t was ascertained afterwards that Ac-
cused was only endeavoring to enforce one of
time been Persistently declining to grant
The national Republican., 1869-01-04

FIREs.-Between nine and ten o'clock on
Saturday forenoon, a tire broke out In the
roof OF the Hibernis Fire Company,s quar-.
tiers, corner Of Nineteenth street and Pennsyl.
vaniA avenue. The alarm was sounded from
box No. Is, and the hremen appeared quickly
but their services were not required.
Between eleven and twelve O'Clock OF the
same day one Of the chimneys of the White
House took fire, but no damage resulted.
The national Republican., 1869-01-04

PREAEuIN0 At MEMORIAL Cm,rgL.-ycs.
tefiAS memorial chapel, corner 0l Fout,ecnth
Tor the hrst time Rev, ii, l., BAughcr, OF In
diana, filled the pulpit at II a, m, and Rev. N
HAiehuhe; -, u, presid'nt OF Pcnnsylvnnia
10 the evening at 1880 O'Clock This Mission ia
a branch OF St, Paulis Lutheran church, and
its erection is due principally to the noble and
has now associated with him Rev, II. L, Gross.
man.
The national Republican., 1869-01-04

IRIsH PATRIOTS FAMILIES RELIEP AssO.
CIATI0S.-At the meeting of tlis Organiza.
tiOn at Carroll Hall, yesterday, II. Clay PIeuss
tlon with an exhibition OF stefeobcoplc dis.
solving views Illustrative OF Bible history,
scenes Of foreign travel, fine statuary, and
amusing comic views for the benefit OF the
association, This generous offer was favor
ably cntertained, but In consequence of the
slim attendance, Its consideration was post
p0ned until next sunday afternoon at o'clock,
| when special meeting will be held at Car
| ceptcd
The monthly report Of the treasurer, ID. A.
! n,usshhh' WAS road, and showed n very nat
tIlmg tAn'H' Of the financial affairs Of the
AHHovthtlOn. bWtcTs Tor the ensuing HIx
months will be elected at the meetiny rcst
! sunday. ''"b "oN'
The national Republican., 1869-01-04

GRAND LARoENY.-A colored man, named
John Williams, went to the house OF James
Dabney, on Thirteenth street south, about a
Odd Fellow In good standing, Mr.. Dabney in.
vited him to remain at his house. Williams
remained with Dabney nearly a week, and on
Monday night last departed, taking with him
the trunk and clothing of his host, valued at
$50. Information was lodged at headq quarters,
and on Saturday night Detectives Clarvoe
and Bigley arrested Williams, who had hear
Ing before Major Richards yesterday, and was
committed to jail. The stolen property was
recovered, and turned over to the owner.
The national Republican., 1869-01-04

Married Persons, OF Young Mon contemplating
staais dsbilIy, ssfSeLmi.iss, Al; ,gssdiiy egrsa.
man. and confidently rely upon his sfiii q. q phyi.
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INDUSTRIAL.

Robert E. Lee has written very hand
some letter on Peabody's death.
James Mace, the English pugilist, has &C.
cepted chaleng from Tom Allen.
S. G. Dougherty is fellow who lost
100000 in one day on Erie and then pru-
IDENTITY died.
Speaking of Admiral Stewart, the Scran-
ton Democrat says that she was the oldest
naval officer in the army"
The Augusta Constitutional calls Beecher
'the sanity corporosity of Ossawattomie
Browns ordinance officer"
Westminster, VT, with a population of
100 persons, takes twelve hundred daily,
weekly, and monthly periodicals.
Gen. Ames, the military commander of
Mississippi, is native of Maine, a graduate
of West Point in 1861, and unmarried.
Susan B. Anthony nursed baby the
other day in the cars, in manner which
brought tear, to every eye, the baby's in
cluded.
There have been two thousand five hun
dred new buildings erected in Chicago dur
ing the past year at an expense of $10,000,-
0O0
A man in Chester county, Pa, has been
fined for allowing obnoxious weeds to grow
on his farm; to the damage of his neigh
bors.
Sugar, making is about over in Louisiana.
The yield has been generally small, in some
instances barely realizing more than half
crop.
The tide of emigration from the South to
Arkansas and Texas through Memphis is
constantly increasing. The most go to
Texas.
Loose cattle about the railroad station in
Houston, Texas, eat more cotton than their
heads are worth. A few days ago number
of bales of cotton were eaten perfectly hol-
low.
The Berlin (Wisconsin) Courant estimates
the shipments of wheat from that section in
October at nearly $4,000 bushels There
were seven hundred and seven thousand
pounds of freight received.
A Duluth correspondent of the st. Pau
Pioneer says: "Whcn 1 came here last
spring an Indian trail was used as road and
sidewalk, and five or six houses comprised
the town. Now, sidewalks, elegant resi-
dences, and first-class stores greet you or
every corner. The telegraph carriers ust
the pulsations of Paris and New York, and
the hills resound and re-echo the whistle Of
the locomotive"
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Deaths.

Died, in Orange county, on the 18th of Octo.
Der, WILLIAM DUsKIN, in the SOth year of his
age. He was devoted christian and a bright
and exemplary member of the Baptist church for
forty years.
DIED, in Rockingham county, on the Goth ult.,
MARCUS C. HoLDERLY
DIED, in Halifax county. N. c., on the 18th
inst, CHARLIE, son of Charles and Judith A.
Elenor, in the 14th year of his age ~
DIED, at Rocky Point, New Hanover CO., on
the 18th ult., Mrs. Catharine, wife Of Sterling
Allen. rf..,t .tissrs...,, 80. o.. i
DIED, in Ruterfordton, or the morning Of
the It'll inst, Mrs MARTHA wife of r. A. Wal
lace H'Ni ff fn..h 1u
DIED, in Wilmington, on the 10th inst, MARY
SILVA, aged 81.
DIED, at the RESIDENCE of his father in For
sythc county. N. C., on the eth ult, A. L.
GAMBLE. 1i'9t as itii lii'.i .
Where he was raised, the, companions of his
early life and all who knew him, honored and
loved him sincerely for his many excellencies,
and especially for the putty and gentleness
his character. He died in hope of peace and
happiness s. G. H.
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Railroad Meeting at Dobson.

Pursuant to the recommendation of q
public meeting held at Mount Airy, which
appointed delegates and other citizens of
the county of Surry, at Dobson, a public
meeting was announced to take place in the
Court House at 10 o'clock, ON Tuesday, 10th
of November A very large crowd Assem-.
bled from all parts of the County.
John Banner being appointed chairman,
and A. G. Hampton, Secretary. go.
The Honorable J. NJ Cloud, being called
on, explained the object of the meeting in
a favorable and impressive speech. When
on motion, the chairman appointed the fol-
lowing named gentlemen, to prepare bust
ness tor the consideration of the meeting
to-wit:
I. F. Graves, l. c. Gilmer, ]. ]. McMickle,
r. R. Galloway, H. N Wolf, John Hamlin,
M. Y. Folgee, T. ]. Williams, Vestal Hutch
ins, Samuel Scott, II. M. Waugh, A. C. Cock
erham, James Abells, DIR. N A. Wolff and
Joseph Hollinswortll. ...
After announcement of the committee the
meeting adjourned tor half an hour.
At the appointed time the meeting reas
sembled, when the committee reported the
following resolutions:
l. ResoLCod, That we respectfully suggest
to the President and Directors of the North
Western North Carolina Railroad the pro-
pricty of memoralizing the Legislature to
amend their charter so as to authorize the
location of the Mount Airy branch of the
said road through the county of Yadkin, if
under all the circumstances that route shall
be deemed best
2. That we suggest, if it meets the appro-
val of the citizens of Yadkin, Wilkes, and
the other counties directly interested in this
matter, and the President and Directors OF
the Northwestern North Carolina Rail-
road, that the charter of the Yadkin Valley
branch of the said road be so amended as to
remove the restrictions which require the
said road to be located at any particular
point along the line of the road
8. That We suggest that the charter of the
| Plaster Banks and Salt Works Railroad be
so amended as to remove the restrictions
which require that said road be located at
any designated point along the line Of the
Railroad between the terminal points
The resolutions were discussed by Messrs
Joseph Dobson, Men. Waugh. and j. l.
Macy, after which they were adopted al
most unanimously.
| On motion the Secretary was requested tc
furnish copies of the proceedings of the
meeting for publication in the Sentinel and
STANDARD at Raleigh; the Sentinel at Win
ston and Old North State at Salisbury.
JOHN BANNER, Chairman.
H. c. HAMPTON, Secretary. A..
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MISCELLANEOUS.

One of the latest fashions for ladies is
small leather belt worn about the waist,
to which is attached a small shopping
bag.
Sealskin waistcoats are very much sought
after this winter, and In consequence the
price of fur skin has advanced more than
25 per cent.
Seven companies of infantry are now in
the barracks at Omaha. The report that
troops were to be forwarded to Utah is un-
true, as no trouble is apprehended there.
A poor fellow in San Francisco, unable
to get work, wrote note stating that he
was going to make application for place
as firemen to the devil" and took arsenic.
Enjoy the blessings of this day, if God
sends them, and the evils bear patiently and
swectly. For this day only is ours; we are
dead to yesterday, and are not born to-mor-
row. ~
Il will have order ~ shouted the captain
of II schooner to his refractory cook "If
you don't cook the dinner, Ill-do it N.Y.
self. l will have discipline on board this
ere vessel"
A barber drowned himself off Westminis-
ter bridge the other day, leaving note,
which said: II have suffered from liver
complaint for 40 years.. Can you wonder
am not godly man p
Two rival bellies met at ball. g-.
"How well you look under candle light p
exclaimed one, with stress on the candle.
"And how charming you look in the dark,
answered the other. rH-
Worship founded on the vastness of crea
ton, on great spaces and large numbers,
measures not the greatness of God, but the
narrowness ofhuman vision and the feeble
ness of human bodies
The "Alexandria limp is the latest eccen
tricity of fashion. 1t is produced by wear
ing very high heeled boot on one foot. ant
a flat heeled boot on the other. The youn,
lady waddles about like goose.
A charming girl of Boston, is about es
tablishing female barber shop. Tel
sylphs are being put through a tuitonar
course of lather for the opening. A swee
shave will cost twenty-five cents, and sc
raphic Champion so cents.
A Pacific slope editor had the impudenc
to say that man named Smith broke dow
telegraphic poles. He was waited upon b.
all the Smiths within fifty miles, and TOLD
to retract his assertion or point out the
Smith alluded to. r I. rs
"Why don't you get married?" said
| young lady the other day to u bachelor friend
II have been trying for the last ten years t.
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CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

Carmichael was stabbed to death by his
brother-in-law, VIM. Crawford, in Scranton,
Pa, on Tuesday.
A San Francisco youth ate SO much the
other day that he couldn't breathe, and thus
stranglcd to death.
Joseph Fisher, of Keysport, Pa, fell face
downward into mudhole, while drunk,
on Wednesday last, and was smothered to
death.
An English steamer, while raising an an
Choir in the harbor of Vera Cruz snapped
the anchor chain, and three sailors were kill
ed and seven wounded.
Jane Galloway shot and instantly killed
his partner, Michael Conn, in 176 William
street, Federal Hill, Baltimore, yesterday,
because he had slandered his wife.
The rotary bleatcher in the paper mill of
Mr.. Black at Marseilles Illinois, exploded on
Monday, entirely demolishing the building,
and killing two and wounding 10 women
and seven men.
An Indiana man, of an enquiring turn of
mind, put one end of gun barrel into the
fire, and looked down the muzzle to see if it
was loaded. A coroner's jury decided that
it was.
A man named James Gould was suffoca-
ted IN New York last Thursday, by pulling
his hat so tightly over his face that he could
not get it off, An inquest was held and a
verdict rendered in accordance with the
facts.
A man at Mitchell, Ind, who had law
suit decided against him, came up with the
Judge nicely. He got drunk and laid down
on the railroad track, and the cars kindly
reversed the decision by cutting him up into
hash.
VIM. Hurd got drunk at Sonoma, CAL,
last week, and spoke to his friend VIM. Hud-
son thus: Il wish, Will, you would cut my
throat" Will. Immediately borrowed a
knife and accommodated his friend, who was
buried next day. go
The Blackfcct Indians, who are very nu-
mcrous in Montana Territory, have left their
reservation, organized war parties, and rob
bling and numbering the white people and
evidently need little vigorous attention
from Phil. Sheridan.
At Philadelphia, on Friday afternoon
Thomas Hastin, residing on Shines street
struck his wife in the head with Ratchet
and then cut his throat. while laboring un.
der temporary fit of insanity. Hastin is
in critical condition.
While the relatives of W. H. Woodward
job printer at ST. Louis, were celebrating his
tin wedding, at his residence Friday even
ing, an infant child of married sister was
smothered in cradle, it is supposed, by one
of the guests laying his overeoat on it, unin.
| tentonally.
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Indiana Divorce-How They are OBJ
fained

We have heard of case that occurred
not many years ago in this county. A wild
ow woman held property which she might
transfer while she remained single, but
which, according to her husbands will, she
could not dispose of if she married again,
and in, the course of time she desired to
transfer the property left by her first hus-
band. This, of course, she could not do,
the provisions of her first husbands will in
hibiting her. Here was quandary. A
lawyer of this city was consulted. He
'set things up for the wife and her hus
band.
She went home, told her husband what
advice the lawyer had given her, and he
thought it 'just the very thing" And what
reader, do you SUI pose that advice was
Simply this
The husband and wife were to quarrel and
fight every day, and this was to be done in
the presence of the children of the wife
who were well-grown, and they were made
to believe the quarrelling and fighting were
genuine, instead of fcigncd. The programme
was carried out to the letter, and then the
husband applied for divorce. He sets
forth "incompatibility" in his complaint
the wife admitted it, and the children swore
to it. Judge Bicknell granted the divorce
The same day she transferred the property
as she desired TO do, the next day the di
vsrced couple were remarked Such is one
of the phases of the divorce practice.-Neu
ALany (Ind) Commercial
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MARKETS.
New Observation-Disclosures

New York-Liverpool- Baltimore-Wil-
mingt0n-Cincnnati.
WILMINGTON, Dec. 1S.-Spirits Turpentine
dull at 40. Rosin dull Crude Turpentine un-
changed. Tar shade lower at % to s205. Cot.
ton quiet. .r
NEW YORK, Dec 1s.-Cotton dull and un.
changed. Sales of 1000 bales at Is for upands.
Flour unchanged. Wheat quiet and very firm
Corn unchanged. Whskey lower-sales of $50
bbls Western at IS to si.OS, closing at 95 Pork
heavy and lower at sS1.75 to $3.50; new mess
sS2.25 to $3.50 Lard quiet and heavy-kettle
10 to 194- Naval Stores dull. ..s "a q. .
The bank statement is unfavonble. The loss
of the legal reserve nearly one million and half
Sterling s34 to sST. Gold 201S to 2O%. Gov.
ernments heavy. Sixty two's 10 to 1875. South.
ems steady. Georgia Skies 49, Stocks closed
firm.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 1S.-Cotton steady at IS.
Flour quiet. Wheat firmer ut IS to 40. Corn
firmer. Provisions dull, nothing doing N. C.'s
old 2SL bid
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Marriages.

Married, in the city of Richmond, Va, on the
18th of December, by Rev. DR.. Hoge, Mr.. A. D.
TAYLOR, of Raleigh, N. c., to Miss ANNIE "
MCFARLAND of Richmond.
Married, at the residence of the brides father
by Rev. Solomon Apple, on Tuesday night last,
Mr.. LoFTIN B. SCoTr, of Person county, to Miss
BETTE SMITH
Married, in Wilmington, December 18th, 1859,
by Rev. J. C. Hiden, Mr.. GEORGE SLOAN to Miss
HANNAH L. MITCHELL, daughter of B. F. Mitch.
ell, Esq, all of Wilmington.
Married, in Townsville, N. c., on Tuesday
evening, December 14th, by Rev. B. Craven, D.
D., Rev. Jos. L. Keen, of Wilmington, to Miss
GEORGIA Hogan, of Townsville, NC
Married in Milton, on Thursday Dec 9th, by
j. L. Staten, Esq, Mr. JAS. A. HALL to Miss
AMERICA SMITH, all OF Pittsylvania county, Va,
and were married on the banks OF Dan river
Married in Caswell county, on Tuesday Dec.
18th, by Rev. S. G. Mason, Mr. THos. L. LEA to
Miss SALLIE KING.
Married in Charlotte, on Tuesday, Captain A.
BUHwELL to Miss ELLA JENKINS
Also, on the same day, Mr.. BURT CASTOR to
Miss MARY E. ALLISON.
Married in Person county, at the residence of
the brides father, on the 9th day of December,
1869, by the Rev. J. E Montague, Mr. JOHN L.
FINCH, of Hillsboro. N. c., to Miss MATTE D.
D. daughter of John j. Ellison, Esq.
Married in Hillsboro, on Wednesday last,
Captain WOOSTER, o. Wilmington, to Miss SUE
NASH, daughter of Henry K. Nash, Esq.
Married in Wilmington, on the sth of Decem.
Der, by the Rev. H. L. Singleton, Captain A. A.
MosELEY to Mrs. EMMA NIXON.
Married in Wilmington, on Monday night, OF
the residence of the officiating magistrate, by
William H. Merrick, j. P, Mr.. CHARLES Nc.
MILAN to Miss GULLY ANN LUCUs. r
MARRIED, near this city, at the residence oil
the BRIDES father, on the 9th inst, by Rev. VIM
E. Pell, Mr.. JOHN C. UrLEY to Miss BETTE AN
DREws, daughter of Mr.. R. NJ. Andrews.
MARRIED, in Yadkin county, on the 2sth ult.
by B. G. Myers, Esq, Mr.. HENRY FLEMING tc
Miss Lou A. yEsTAL, daughter Of Daniel Vestal
| Esq. .-.... ...... -..
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FOREIGN.


1t is confidently believed in Madrid
that President Grant intends to seize Gu
ba
All the conditions of the Sultan's ultima
tum have been accepted by the Khedive of
Egypt.
Several cities of France were illuminated
in honor of the opening of the Ecumenical
Council. r....
A majority of French and many German
bishops will resist declaration of Papal in
fallibility.
Lord Clarendon will soon reopen negotia-
ton with the United States for the settle
ment of the Alabama claims.
Alexander of Russia has conferred the
Grand Cross of St. George on the King Of
Prussia in token of the cordial relations be-
tween the countries.
Mr. Burlingame, the Chief OF the Chinese
Embassy, has received information that the
treaty made by him with the United States
has been ratified by the Chinese Govern
ment
Traupman, the Pantin murderer, is trying
new trick by endeavoring to bewilder the
Partisan authorities by making the most ex-
traordinary and irrcconcilable confessions of
guilt.
Forcade's recent speech in the French
Corps Legislatiff is commended by the semi
official journals, which state that the con-
templated change in the Ministry cannot
now take place.
The Anti-Papal Congress in Naples yes
terday had a very large representation of
Italian delegates. Garribaldi, Victor HUI
go and other leading radicals sent letters of
excuse for non attendance.
In the Spanish Cortes lately, it was init.
mated by the Minister of State that Spain
would be protected at all hazards against
Council hostile to her interests.
Letters have fallen into the hands of the
Spanish authorities at Havana, in which
General Goicourla demands from the resi-
dents of Havana sums of money varying
from $4,000 to $4,000, to be sent in care Of
the American Consul at Nassau.
The Museum of the Louvre in Paris has
just bought group in ivory representing
Venus bound by Cupid, for the sum Of
$1,000. 1t was originally presented by
Louis XIV to the Chinese Ambassador, and
was taken by soldier at the sack of the
Sumer Palace, who sold it for $40.
The King of Prussia, by special decree,
has ordered that hereafter the birthday of
Martin Luther, the great German reformer-
the 10th of November shall be considered
and celebrated as thanksgiving day, by
all the Pro scstant Churches of the Prussian
monarchy
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LATEST BY TELEGRAPH.
WASHINGTON.
Congressional.

OOu6ACocAV8oAs p
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1S.-Senate adjourned OF
halfpast one O'Clock after passing the Georgia
bill. Vote stood 40 to o. The only changes
made are the adoption Of the 18th amendment as
preliminary to restoration, and the retention OF
seats by those who CLAIM that they served the
Confederacy under duress. -..-....
The title of the bill was amended to "pro-
mote" instead Of perfect the reconstruction Of
Georgia." Thus the arguments showed the
giving further license to Congress in controlling
Georgia's action rs State. - 9Gnj s
The Reconstruction Committee is hearing an
immense amount Of evidence regarding local
politics and the conduct of the Virginia Judi,
ciary. There is no prospect Of any definite &C.
ton to-day. .tll. -. $500. -.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1S.-Banking and Currency
Committee send Sub Committee to New York
to investigate the gold panic. 7a-, t-
The impeachment of Judge Trigg, of Tennes-
see, is probably for alleged Partially against the
Government.
Reconstruction Committee postponed the Vir.
ginia matter until after recess.
House considers the Georgia case Monday. No
donbt it be rushed through under the previous
question. r#