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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-04-16

4 woman in Cleveland, on Friday Of last
week, put some shavings into the stove. Lit
them with match, and then foollshly
poured coal oil on the burning shsyinge
The result was that the fire ran at once into
the can, and an explosion followed wMch
sounded like cannon, and set the whole
room on ire in an instant, the very paper
on the walls and the window curtains being
instantly enveloped in flames. The poor
woman ran screaming into the street, ana
rolledi in the dust. The other occupants OF
the tenement-house ran out after her and
one woman broke her leg in the hurry TO
escape. Men on the street took OIL their
coats and threw them round the woman,
but it took five minutes to extinguish the
tire. Her clothes were torn of, -four was
thrown on her face, and water was dashed
over her body, and as soon as possible she
vas taken into the house. She was literally
burned TO crisp, and the Games even ate
into her flesh, penetrating her mouth and
nostrils, and burned her lungs, so that she
avowed before she died that she was on fire
inside. She kept repeating, How foolish
was How careless was! Now sup
pose / must die" She died at s O'Clock the
same evening.
In Nebraska on Thursday the Indians cut
Il strnger on ! bridge near Antelope, and
threw fourteen cars of the track. The train
hands fed, and the Indians plundered the
cars,
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Domestic Markets-(BY TnLzsaArHl,;

NEW YORK, April IS iHaon. Hour qgsst sad
steady. Wheat quiet and unchanged, CSrno Q
shade flrmer. Pork armer; mess, sss. LsfdGniss,
sa.io for strained. Freights dull. ~. 80 80.
Erentng.ZBelng Good Friday The Ccttoa,
a 9ssa os.nse wheat Gns . sG
winter red and. amber. western, Sl.as8sl.ss.y
Corn active and 2 shade drmer; new mix.
ed western, $1.o7@sl.lo. Beef quiet nsw
plain mess, s1o@1s; new extra, ileSl7i: Pork
1sgiss @ Wis sessesiy 50 arm sss
Groceries firm and steady. Naval Stores quie4.
Tallow nominal at s1sl. 'Frefghts 20 Liverpool:
Cotton, per steamer, ;per sal, ~ .s;5y 3st@S''
BALTIMORE. April 1s. Flour firm family So
tive and unclaimed. Wheat firm; z prime g
&I.os yellow, sl.os. Oats, &c. Rys, e1.ex. Pro
visions firm ind unchanged. Whisky more arm
CINcINNATI. Apsil ls.-Corn In good dsnnsu6
ut s4GQeoc. Whiskey dull at ss6ls7c. Pork 1Im at
&C. Lard Lard lsc. Bacon arm shoulders late.;
LoU1svrLLE, April l5.-Flour and Grain nm
changed. Provisions quiet. Pork, &1e. HaeOn-
Shoulders, l2c. clesr sides, lsic. @Whiskeys 81
LOUISVILLE, Aprtl Is: Tobacco Sales IN
leaf ss0sss. : = ~ Il So q re
CINCINNATI April ls.--Tobacco firm sish liftIs
oering sales l46 hogsbeads ut previous rates.
ST. LOUIS, April ls.-Tobacco steady and IN
changed. +, ..-....E E.ft d, Efsf.tf %
AUGUSTA. April 1s.-Cotton quiet nut arm !.
| sales, ZIG bales receipts, a7s bales; middhgs,
20l@l21c. ~ y. GiR. % ~ n,
NEW ORLEANS April is.--Cotton steady as
22c sales $50 bales receipts ,ssl halos. re-.
posts.To LiyerpooI o. sS2 S., bales I gsenss q
stoct. 167. 7s4 bales. s.-'-.t - r-s !osJ -
New York sight, 4 premium. s---.~.~,...e~-:;.
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From the Kansas City (SIissourn Times.
Washington College.

We give list OF the citizens of Kansas
CITY who have already subscribed to the
endowment of the Missouri Professorship
of Applied Chemistry in Washington Col
lege, Virginia, General Il. E. Lee presl-
dent.)
These are some of our most worthy and
substantial citizens, and the liberal manner
in which they have responded to this cause
is an indication of the prompt and liberal
support it will receive in other portions OF
the State sa.e
E. II. Hickman, $3.50; Meade Woodson,
$3.50; Warwick Hough, $3.50; Thomas &.
Mastin, $3.50; j. w. Reid, $50; 4. b.
Nelson, $3.50 j. G. Russell, $3.50 a. 1.
Litehfeld, $3.50; n. Holmes, $3.50 j: ".
Wood, $3.50 E. T. Nicholson, $3.50 WI
liam Douglas, $3.50; S. .: Vaughan, $Soo
S25; George W. Briant (Westport), $3.50
R. e.. Wilson, $3.50; Thomas H. Swope,
$3.50; Mrs. n. A. Troost, $3.50.
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A RAILROAD CAsE.-In the Superior
Court, in the case Of Ash Levy against the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company to
recover damages laid at 10000 for injuries
sustained from On accident to passenger
car resulting from the breaking Of wheel
while passing from Grafton, Va, to Cum
berland, Nd, and also for the alleged loss
at the time ola wallet containing 81 200, the
jury yesterday returned verdict for the
defendant, The court instructed the jury
that If the accident was Of character
which no exercise of care and foresight
consistent with the railroad system could
prevent the company could not be held re-
sponsible. Sun.
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A number of negroes have left Burkeville
for the South this week. .
Dom Piatt says that Underwood is q
cross between the goose and the spread
eagle.
A desperate encounter took place Wed.
nesday night on Ridge avenue, Philadelphia,
burglary. The officer fired, wounding him.
Two pistols were wrenched from the burg
lar before he could fire, and then he succeed.
ed in escaping. .-.
The Exchange Hotel, with furniture, &C.,
in Franklin, Pa, was totally destroyed by
fire on wednesday nights Loss, s125, 900 to
$3.50, 900; insurance, $4,000. Many sur
rounding buildings were damaged, and the
whole town in that vicinity stampeded,
causing much additional loss in moving fur
niture and goods.
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Financial and Connsrslal.
6raaa and flour MaraGse. "a,
CoaN And FLouR EKGHANeAtg
> RICHMoNp. VA, April ls, isfA I

6rAtR and flour Market as9I
CoaN And FLouR ExotIANeH,tas
,sa; ~ RICHMOND, VA, April ls, fsf1 ~
( 54 81 oTFERrNoSs -,s5s,.ssss 4. n
: Wasat;mWnits: z bgshais. BED, 90 bssaeas
zoe bushels. ats.s.s' ~ ~ u Js5tefSlt
. 09ts.-7s bushels. gSs- 81 - ~ ps ~
SALES. .sts - ~, !.
Wbsdt.-Whfte, none. Red, 100 oushen .ye!J.
good at 91.a7I 81 bushels fair nc ti3e; nS bu1helS
Inferior ut tf.l23-tctai, 2ee bushels.S =,
C6rn.--W hife, $50 bushels very GOOD az %. t16u
Mixed, 200 bushels damp at el-total 3ee ousq6se,
RE-rxnrB1rED. ssf Sss+5tjf'e
None. 'fTTtst5 76Zs; EostY sasgll x9ss
REMARxs.--Oferings OF nh kndso krain scrI1
light. Wheat arm. Demand for corn aetiSs. aud.
prices advancing. The demand for Corn fMssias;
quite brisk. Oats duh. e'is<St ~ oh - III
Offerings on the corresponding date Of iast Joae:
were b.t.3 EP'l - sl.s7's-s @Esa Ssaa ,sJ;ssss
Wheat.-white. Ils bushels. Rsd, 10 bushelE.:.a
/. Corn.--Whita 800 bushels. Yellow, la bgsec9s
straw-colored, lso bushels. Mixed, 40 bEscetA
+ OGts.-9a3 bushels. $500. :
Rye.--1oo bushels. ~ = 1917. 80.
The prices on that day wsre ~ follows: II ssesai
Wheat.-white. very good, Ss.so. Red, prina
$3.50. .gta- 49,. 49, ..,.<a
CSC. straw-colored, on private ternA Ma1sc.
very good S6c. 2 est ~ II tfs,li ~ - stils,
Oats.-yery good. sc. SOS F,fs
Rue Prime, eL4o. -, :. -. 49,
Fio,sr.-virgtnia Country, wholesaies caRefs'
fine, $s.a5 Extra. Ss:2s gamiiys eis.7as rntsIg
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1. SWIFT Jvrr1as John HrsanAa,k philAs
delphia So0spad, assaulted On Old gentle
man named Marsh Tuesday mornsrg
about 3 O'clock at the corner Of Primes
aud Greene streets, New York. beat him
severely, and stole his watch. Brennan
was captured iniIne diately, and on Wednes-
day he was sentenced by Judge Bedford TO
fifteen years and six months In the State
prison. He is probably picking rock already
at sing;sing, rsgretting bis strange nisap-
tice. When such, sentence rs that Is
sprung on man within thirty-six hours 1t
IL APT to have q salutary effect on his
"pals," who literally know not what 8 day
may bring forth.-Herad.
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Some forty or fifty young men about
town, who are out Of employment, have
balna and Chattanooga railroad at S1.75 per
fredericksburg Ledger.
Kills said at Caroline court on Monday,
in speech, that he opposed bankrupt laws
because lawyers charged so much for
making man bankrupt that he had rather
pay his MISUNDERSTANDING Meas.
Robert G.. Steptoe, Esq, a resident of
Wythe county, died yesterday morning at
the residence OF his brother, Thomas Step
toe, Esq, in Bedford, at the advanced age
of seyenty-nine years.-Lyachbury Nc,cS.
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WASHINGTON NEWS.
of the Richmond Dispatch.

Correspondence Oh TIC hiCHulOnu DiSpalcn.
WASHINGTON, April IA.
The old story that Hoar and Fish win re-
tire from the Cabinet ut an early day keeps
in existence, and actually has believers.
Whatever may happen at some time in the
future to verify this speculation is Of course
for the future 10 explain, but it may be as
serted positively that there is not the least
official authority now, nor has there been
at any time since the present Administra-
ton came into power, for any Of the diff
ferent stories that have been started about
Cabinet reconstruction. Grant is per-
fectly well suited with the Cabinef-much
better than the leaders Of the party which
elected him, and has never intimated word
cur they will in al probability be voluntary
on the part of the Cabinet officers. This
Cabinet is the happieSt family that could be
Imagined. stormy discussions" at their
meetings are unheard of. The delibera-
,ions are tame in the extreme. Until these
occur it hardly looks plausible that any " re-
construction" is intended. Now, all this is
not intended to assert that nobody will re-
sign; because il is within the range OF pos
sibilty that they may ALL resign; but the
REPORTS based upon imagined differences of
ouinion between the President and the Sec
retarv of State, or the Attorncy-Gcneral,o or
any other Cabinet officer, which are now
going the rounds, may certainly be set down
as decidedly premature.
The appointment Of Judge Fisher as
United States attorney for this district,
while il has been limited at for some time,
occasions much surprise and comment,
md is only another evidence of the fact
that Presidents can be very ungrateful if
they please. Darlington was an earnest
"stumper" in Pennsylvania for Grant, and
the idea of being tossed overheard after all
his efforts in the scale Of the Grant victory
In Pennsylvania must strike him as not
particularly friendly. Mr.. Darlington was
appointed district attorney here after the
resignation Of Judge Ould.
The particular friends of the funding bill
have but little hope Of its passage by the
House although, if the discussion rests
for while, ii may go through i'll the last
DAYS Of the session. Should it not pass, its
friends think the result will be that in
several districts men holding different 1inan-
cial views from number Of the members of
the present House will be sent in their
places to tho next Congress.
The Republican party in tins city seems
hopelessly divided, and elimination and
recrimination Is the order of the day.
TIaOE.
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Fatal Accidents.

NEW YORK, April 14.--The steam-tug
VIM. Wells exploded to-day. Out Of five
persons aboard four were killed. All hands
were asleep, and the engineer had forgot
ten to turn of the steam.
The schooner Emily, from Boston for
Matanzas, lost four of her crew overheard.
a high seq prevented their rescue.
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Gnfee NAVAL 0se Win tEe 5Iank VI
captain, three NTH the rank of commander,
three with the rank Of lisutenant-eon1-
mander, and four with the. rank, Of Hau-
tenant, four chaplains with the rank oS
captain, seven with the rank of commander,
and not more than seven with the rank OF
Gsutennnt-commander; three professors
of mathematics with the rank Of captain,
four with the rank OF commander, and four
with the rank Of lieutenant; two civil en-
gineers with the rank Of captain, two with
the rank Of commander, and four with the
rank Of Northumberland Officers
of staff who have served faithfully forty-ive
years shall rank with commodores, and II
retired at the age of sixty-two years
shall, after having been forty years
in service, rank as commodore when re-
tired, and If retired for causes incident to
the service before arriving at the Of sixty.
two years shall rank as on the active list;
the Office of solicitor and naval judge
advocate to be continued and establish
ed; commanding officers shall take pre-
cedence of all staff officers under their
command, and no staff officer In vir-
tue of. his rank shall exercise command
or authority in the line of the navy or in
any staff corps except the staff corps to
which he belongs; in all naval courts Of
inquiry and boards of various kinds sitting
for the trial of officers or any other purpose
the line and staff take precedence accord
ing to rank.
Messrs. schofeld, Stevens, and Archer,
were appointed committee to perfect the
bill.
The Duty on Canadian Wheat.
Representative Churchill, of New York,
appeared before the Ways and Means Com
mittee and made an argument in favor of
reducing the duty ON Canadian wheat to
ten cents per bushel. He says the people
in bis locality and in the wheat-growing dis
tricts desire to secure the best Canadian
wheat to mix with their own, and thereby
improve the article. It is understood the
committee does not think it advisable to
make the reduction at the present time.
The Howard Investigation.
Two witnesses were examined to-day by
the committee on the Howard investigation
with reference to the buildings attached to
the Howard University in this city. What
was known before was proven to-day
namely, that the buildings were composed
Of worthless patent brick, In the sale OIL
which number of the officers of the Freed.
mems Bureau were interested.
WALLACE.
Special telegram to the Dispatch.
WASHINGTON, April Is, 1870.
The following is an abstract Of the re-
ports showing the condition Of the national
banks of the State of Virginia at the close
of business on the oath day OF March, 1870
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SUITS FOR DAMAGEs.-Suits have been en-
tered in the city court by R. Emmett Jones,
ESQ.,, attorney for the families Of James w.
Duncan and Adj Pindan, against Messrs.
Stirling d Ahrens, proprietors of the Ches-
apeake sugar refinery, to recover damages
for the killing of Messrs. Duncan and Pin
dali by the explosion of the boiler Of defen-
dants, occasioned, as is alleged, by want of
proper care, &c.-Bdltim0re Sun.
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VIRGINIA Posi- OFFICEs.-New offices are
established at Corners Mills. Floyd county,
and William n. Conner appointed postmas-
ter, on route Shawsvillc to Simpsons; Etna
Mills, King W lillian county. 4. j. Mellow
I'll postmaster, special from Hanover Court
house Buck Shoal, Halifax county, James
r. Tuck postmaster, will be supplied by
special service.
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SUPPOSED Loss OF THE SHIP CREST OF TIE
WAVE AND ALL ON BoAHD.-At Cobb's
Island and Wreck Island, just outside the
Capes Of the Chesapeake, portions of q
wreck have come ashore, which indicate the
loss OF the ship "Crest of the Wave" and
all on board. That which came ashore had
the name of the ship upon it q burgee was
also picked up, and three dead bodies, sup
posed to be those of the captain, steward
wearing apparel was also found-Balttmore
S7in
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The Fe.,faus and Canada.

CHICAGO, April 15.-The Fenian Con-
gress is in session here. 1t is intimated that
It favors an immediate raid on Canada.
An excited discussion is progressing on
the question.
Second Dispatch. 81
MONTREAL, April 15.--The volunteers
continue to arrive. There Is nothing new
respecting the Fenian movements. Every
thing is quiet on the border.
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PROPOSALS.

OFFICE LOWER APPoMATTox CoMPANY,l
PETERSBURG, April Is, 1870.
THE SUBSCRIBER WILL RECEIVE
Il PROPOSALS up to the 2sth instantto BU1LD
ONE OR MORE PONTOONS, of large size, with
double railroad tracks in them, 10 land the mate
rial dredged from the river.
fee H. d. BIRD,
an 15-1ot Chief Engineer.
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FURNITURE AND MATTRESS
4, WA REROOMS.-Up stairs. opposite the
post office, Main street. yon Will find In two O.:
varied assortment Of PARLOR, CHAMBER, and
DINING-ROoM .FURNITURE in the State o.
and Spring BEDS made to order In any style de
sired. Our stock of Chamber Furniture being
very large complete suits can be purchased at our
establishment from $35 to 5000. We have reduced
the prices Of all our goods and We are now selling
about as low as we did fifteen years ago.
nituTe To examine our assortment before buying.
we have goods to suit all parlies-the rich or the
moor HARDWOOD Il RITTER,
opposite the post-ofdce. Main street,
de1s Richmond, Va.
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MANUFACTURE OF PRINTED FABRICS
LosoeN, April 1.-THE Hamilton corpora
ton stopped their works for the manufac-
ture Of printed fabrics on Monday last for
two weeks. The accumulation of goods i'll
the hands of their selling agents is given as
4 he raaS0n. 80. '
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.Opp-FELLows' THANKsGIvrSG.-E.D.
zFarnsworth, Grand Sire Of the Grand Lodge
Of the Order Of Odd-Fellows in the United
States, has issued his proclamation setting
apart Tuesday the 26th instant as Gay
Of Thanksgiving by the Order for general
blessings
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TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRoRs.-The Dispatch
excuses its printers invention Of impeni-
tentiality" for "impartiality" by quoting
our devils printing, in our absence from
town, +" impoverished for "improyised."
Well, the best newspapers the Dispatch
and Nc1rs) will make mistakes, and we
think impenitentiality and empower
ished" are very "well-meaning" Words
FreaericEsbIrq Ners.
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Destructive Fire.

CLEVELAND, OHIO, April 15.-Three thou
sand inhabitants Of wooden buildings In
Indria were burnt out to- day. AS the town
was off the railroad no help could be sent.
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JERSEY CITY, N. j., April 15.-The ma
jority for O'Neill for Mayor Of the city. Is
{, 1880. The Board of Aldermen stands :
IL; Democrats, 81. Il % y
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ENGLAkU.
LONDON, April 14.-Merry's bay FLY Is
the favorite for the Derby races. Seven to
one against the field.
Grants sailed from this city for Louisville In
the steamer on Wednesday.
FRANCE. }-'
PARIS, April 15.-There was meeting OF
the party Of the Left in the Corps Leeis-
latif and the radical journalists Last night 70
take action in regard to the ple0iscisum.
Gambetta, Jules Fayre, segron, HelaIn,
i. Picard, and many other members Of the
Corns were present. sixty-two provincial
and fourteen Paris journals were repre-
sented. After an informal discussion It was
decided to vote negatively on the plebis.
citum. and to circulate manifestoes against
the object of the plebiscitum. -
The official journal contains decree
nominating N. Segris as Minister OIL
Finance, replacing NJ. Buffet, and charging
NJ. Emile Olivier with the Secretaryship Of
Foreign Affairs dd interim, in place OF
Count Daru and Maurice Richards.
The Rappel newspaper publishes . Gis-
patch to-day from La Creuzot announcing
that the strike Is ended there for the time
being.
MADRID, April 15.-Selor Olozaga has
been appointed President Of the Council o.
State.
The Barcelona insurgents are receiving
unusually severe sentences.
In the Cortes, yesterday, General Firm
indicated that a certain time would be as-
lowed In which the clergy must take the
MADRID, lprI 15.-The Spanish clergy
nersIst in their refusal to swear allegiance
to the Constitution. Though the time IN
which they are required TO take the oath 10
short, they have shown no disposition 70
yield. t@F'a s +. .s,s y
Five men have been executed at BARGE
lona for robbery and assassination corr
mitted last month. ~, - ~ zs. 81
VIENNA, April D.--The new Ministry
have issued mauifesto of their policy. They
say they viii endesyor to smooth dmc Sa
ties and soften asperstes, but wnnou. .. ge.
parting from the constst utio1al way @ W.
fating the Imperial rights. Ire aove a,,t
ment will identify itself with the na;s ~
for national development on EGO esssas1 ~ ~
common rights and liberty. .s,
HoaH. s3ss
RosE.. April 16.-Yesterday cersa us
nrn,her ~ tie fathers abstained from 81,
sistinc at the meeting Of the Eennaenical
To,,nsi, when tho vote on she schoiue
aea!nst hcterodoxy Was taken; u.usa,s ~ q
cSmpanied their votes WIFI declaIas as.s ~
their disapproval OF the manner ~ WHICH,
the scheme had been disc sssd:
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GERMAN EMrGRArIoN.-The Bremen emil
grafton commissioners report that In the
last thirty-eight years 1,I49,22 german =
emigrants sailed from that port Ior tnls
country. r
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The hearing of the case of the Petersburg
officials has been postponed until the regu.:
lar term of the Circuit Court oft United
States, In Richmond, In May.
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FURNITURE, Go.
STOCK OF FURNITURE.
s T A c Y s

STA
are receiving an IMMENSE STOCK, bought at
GOLD RATES, and are determined not to be
undcrsold BY any house IN the country.
Examine before you buy.
NH IL 1903 AND 1910 MAIN STREET.
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REPORTED DUEL.-A report was atloat on
the streets Yesterday Of duel between the
editor of Il Petersburg paper and gentle
man of the same profession in Norfolk. The
casus bell was said to he an intimation made
by the former that the course Of the latter
in regard to consolidation had been infiu-
enced Ivy Baltimore gold. The papers of
these cities have nothing to say of any such
difficulty, and the report, we trust, is with
out foundation in tact.-Lyachburg Reput-
Icun
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VI 1IIS DI9II7Nl
Court 0fficcrS-C0rrcct

have just seen the gentleman alluded to
rs the attorney in an article in the Dispatch
of the 18th. I had been informed that if re-
moved by any county Judge he would "test
''i Injustice. / regret to say, was done this
gentleman. While, with other lawyers, he
does not believe the act to be constitutional,
he docs not intend to test it by resisting the
appointment of another, if the appointment
is made. LEIGH.
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DlsABILITIEs.-In the United States Sem
atr. Wednesday, MIR: Johnston presented
The petitions Of !. NJ. Mccall, Jonas Hud-
die, Obed. Funk. q. B. Wallace, and Z. G.
Davidson, of Virginia, praying the removal
Of their political disabilities, which were re-
ferred to the Select Committee on the Re-
moyal Of Political Disabilities.
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A MYSTERIOUS INCIDEST.-One day last
week young lady from one of the South
side counties arrived here by the cars, and
stopped two days at the Burkevillc Hotel.
We are informed that she represented that
she was in search Of employment that she
hid no friends; that her mother died when
she was only four years of age: and that her
father was killed in the late war. She also
represented to our informant that she had
been living with widow lady in -
county that she was very cruel to her,
and on several occasions locked her up in Il
room alone because she refused to marry
wealthy old bachelor in the neighborhood.
The young ladv's story enlisted great
deal of sympathy here, and every attention
and kindness We're extended her. We would
add, for the information of any Of her
tleman near Meherrin depot, and is, we
learn, being we'll cared for.-BurkeciHe
Times.