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Latest News from Washington.
Congressional,

WAsHIEGToS, January 15.-Scaae.-Sevc.
ral petitions We're presented asking consti-
tutlonal amendment excluding persons adj
dicted to liquor from Federal offices.
Mr.. Sherman reported House bill repeating
the duty on coal and salt, with amendments,
with the request that it be printed and re-
committed.
A discussion developed the fact that the
amendments involved the entire revision of
the tariff, and which Mr.. Trumbull asserted
were Intended to defeat the measure this ses-
sion. The bill was finally reCommitted.
Mr., Logan occupied the balance OF the
day.
Mr.. Wilson. from the Committee on Mill
tary Affairs, reported without amendment
the bill authorizing the postponement for q
time not exceeding five Years the enforced
collection Of the purchase money due for the
Government real estate at Harper's Ferry,
sold under authority CT the act OF December
IL, 1868.
H0use.-The Louisiana Investigation Com
mittce was announced as follows Messrs.
Schofeld, Smith of New York, McCrary,
VOORHEES,, and Marshall.
The bill for tile relief Of the CHICAGO
sufferers. allowing contributions TO be en-
tered duty free, vas passed, and q drawbacks
allowed upon contributions already imported
The same applies TO material actually used ii
rebuilding burned cdiGces.
The Louisiana FmbrogI:o.
WAsHISGroN, January 1G.-The following
dispatch was sent yesterday to Governor
Warmoth in regard to Louisiana affairs:
80 HIS ErceNency q. C. TIarmoth, Gouerno,
Of Louisiana, Neic Ooleans:
" Si,-The President has referred to M
your dispatch Of this date, representing thai
the Legislature Of tie State has asked tc
have the military forces of the United State.
placed atty your disposal to preserve the publ,
peace, &c. There is Il contest as to the legalit,
of the election Of the Lieutenant-Goy ernor
and also as to the existence of the lower
branch Of the Legislature, dispatches
having been received here from two persons
each claiming to be the Speaker thereof, and
the President does not feel that he would be
justified in deciding those questions at til,
time md under existing circumstances. IIt
is unwilling to interfere in State matters with
tho military power Of the Government eX.
cept in q clear case Of legal right and over.
ruling necessity.
every respectfully, your obedient servant,
"GEoRGE ii. WILLIAMS,
"AttOrney-Gen eral."
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Balloon Ascension.--Darin Feafs-..A
Thrilling Scene.

Lovers Of the marvellous and sensational
in our midst were fully gratifed yesterday
afternoon. Many of our readers doubtless
remember thrilling description of Donald
sons balloon ascension at Reading, Penn., OH
the S0th of August last. His feats on that
occasion were so maryeIlously daring that it
required a great stretch Of the Imagination
to believe it possible for mere man to eX-
hibit such wonderful skill and to possess so
much nerve. .,g.z~. y sgs,r.spy-
The fame of Donaldson had preceded him
long ere lis arrival in our midst. His feats
on the tight rope here were rcgardedas un-
approachable by any other professor Of the
"tght rope art" But Donaldson was mot
contented with the applause he had already
gained. He wished to convince our people
that the account of his daring feats ut Read
lug was not overdrawn. And well did he
succeed in doing so.
The hour fixed for the ascension was
O'Clock. Long before that hour arrived peo|
pie began to assemble in the vicinity Of the
gashouse--from lot in front Of which the
ascension was to take place. AT O'Clock a
very large crowd had gathered together. A
limited number of persons, comprising re-
personalities of the press and few others,
were admitted inside the enclosure where the
balloon was being inflated with gas. - -
Shortly after o'clock the ;sronaltt n,i-
nounoed his preparations completed, and the
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WASHINGTON AID RICHMOND RAILRoAp.-
We passed over some fifteen miles Of this
new road or the construction train ye 'terday.
The track from Alexandria to Colchester is
laid and is being rapidly ballasted. 1t is a
splendid piece Of road, and passes through n
fine farming region. At Colchester bridge
is being built over the Occoquan, resting on
piers seventy feet above the water, so rs 10
enable vessels to pass under il to Occoq,lan.
This bridge is fine structure, and will be
completed i'll about six weeks, if the weather
Is at all favorable.
The track will be ready through to Guam
tico by the middle Of April or first of May.
Then we shall have direct communication by
rail with Washington. 1t will make great
change in our relations with the business
world when we get into the c,ls after break-
FIST and be in New York in the evening. 1t
is understood that the time between Wash
ington and Richmond will be inside of four
hourS.-!Sate Journal.
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s = .4Es. :
We do not think that many in Washington
would deny TINT return to specie payments
at the present time would be oppefttrne and
advantageous. Congress seems to he well
convinced upon that question. But before
members agree how. it ought to be effected.
there seems q good probability OF the cues.
ton solving itself. Judging from present
and past appearances, we certainly haye more
faith In the natural course of events than in
the wisdom Of legislators in this problem. It
was not financial wisdom or knowledge of
political science which allowed the once ey-
IRENE depreciation of our currency, and it Is
not yet apparent that q return to specie pay
ment VIII be due to such q cause either,
Members of Congress do net take sufi-
GENTLY broad view OF tile question and its
bearings to give practical solution. They
run needlessly against the national legal-ten-
ders on the one hand, and forget the value
OF tull development Of trade on the other.
Reduce the expenditures of the Government.
remove the burdens which now lepress il.
dustry, and more will be done to raise the
public credit and to restore gold and silver
currency than can be accomplished by any
other scheme which the ingenuity of Con-
gress can devise. Our circumstances are no
parallel to those of England after the long
wars which ended with Wellington's ytctorv
at Waterloo. 1t Is too much the fashion to
attempt the comparison, but there is none,
although it Is not necessary for us to enume-
rate the differences here. The reference leads
TO erroneous differences, and should be left
out of consideration.
We have to deal with facts and circun,.
stances Is they are, and these are not only
different but also more favorable than any to
be found in history where large deprecia-
ton has been the result of political disturb
ance. We need no complicated invention Of
politicians to meet the case. All we need is
bold and stateSrnanlike action Of Congress
and the Executive in dealing with plain sub
iects of legislation. Members of Congress
may be we'll assured that they are on the
wrong truck when they refuse to take off re-
strictions from trade and try only to invent
q plan for abolishing srecnbacks. Green.
backs are no impeachment to q resumption Of
specie payment; taxes are. The former
represent the credit Of the country, the
latter its necessities; and these last may
not be, and we fear are not, measured by the
wisdom of the Federal legislature. National
bank notes stand in q very different relation,
and we can find no excuse for the opinion
which prevails III some quarters that Con-
gress ought to pass law defining the action
of the national banks in the redemption of
those issues. But it is not necessary. A
iudicious revision of the tariff Is of the first
Importance. If Congress will adopt states
manlike and liberal policy in this direction,
and legislate generally in the national i'll
tercst, insisting at the same time upon strict
honesty and economy III the Departments,
specie payment will be resumed without any
special enactment.
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NeH York Items.

NEW YORK, January 1e.-It has been
showing here to-day, with the wind from
the east
\ dispatch from the fu West reports that
Alexis killed buffalo on Sunday which
fact has been cabled by Alexis to the Car.
The settlement of the New Orleans trou-
bles is said to have advanced the State secu-
rites ten per cent.
The World states that leading officer 4
the Cuban army, who was sent by the Cuban
Republic as ambassador to England, where he
had been successful in obtaining the friendly
action of the British Government, arrived
here and left for Washington last evening,
accompanied by General MacAIahon. lie
will have interviews with the President, and
urge the early action Of the United States in
the recognition of the Cuban Republic.
A regular highway robbery occurred in
Brooklyn last night, making six persons gar.
roted and robbed within the past six days.
G.iS. Snead, Of London, claims that the
proposed purchase of the cables by England
and the United States will reduce tue toll ono
shilling per word. 2
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Telcgraphic Summary.

4 bill has been introduced in the New
York Legislature whereby the previous for
nation or expression of opinion ceases to
disqualifv juror.
Judge james Hanna, Of Terre Haute, Ind,
is dead.
Dexter T. Mills has been fined, at Boston,
81 900 for smuggling.
\ kerosene explosion at Cairo, ILL.,, burned
three negro houses. A negro woman was
burned to death and three children are miss
ing.
Several cases of smallpox have appeared
in Salt Lake City, and spread Of the disease
is apprehendcd.
The Gentle papers of Utah urge concen
tl1,ted action against the admission OF tina
Territory a. q State.
William b. Allison has been elected United
States senator By the Iowa Legislature by {
strict party vote.
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LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.
England.

England.
LcSpoS,. January 16.-In the Tichborne
case the counsel for the defence promise to
introduce letters showing that the real Sir
Roger Tichborne was refined gentleman.
Madame Radcliffe will swear that the
claimant told falsehood regarding her.
LONDON, January Unpublished statistics
slow that 10000 emigrants left Germany
during Last year, nearly all going to the
United states.
The parliamentary election is in progress
in Kerry. Intense excitement prevails, and
violent scenes are apprehended. The con-
stabuary has been strengthened and every
step taken to prevent riot.
France.
PARIS. january 16.-The press Of I'LL the
large towns Of France oppose the importa-'
ton tax on raw materials.
THEIRS, in u speech, characterized the trea-
ties of 1860 as fatal to the interests OF France
as well as detestable and intolerable.
The Red Republicans are becoming active
Id Lyons, ind the authorities are exercising
unusual vigilance.
In the Assembly to-day the discussion
upon the proposed taxation Of raw materials
was continued, but no action was taken.
The hostility to the imposition of the tax is
spreading throughout the country, and depu-
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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND
d "a FFSkp nhkr sEcgt c9c nEHSE e
CONS, DRAWS, CARTS, &C.
Passed January sth, 1872. ea.5 Y
Re i, ordained. That section twelve Of chapter
thirvsix of the city ordinances be amended aud re-
ordained SO as 10 read rs follows.
l2. The load for eiuge carts shall not exceed ono
thousand five hundred pounds, and their width OF
tires shall not be less than two Inches The load Tor
sn ase a adaS I've or hSnssa
tires shall not be less than two Inches Theioad ior
double carts, drays- or trucks shail Eat exceed hres
be less than two inches. Three or four-horse
wagons or trucks shall curry Load noS
exceeding iyc thousand pounds ana te a wi HsI3
inches. Wagons and trucks carrying load e1-
ceedng i've thousand pounds ana NOT e1ceeaIls ai1
thousand pounds, shalt have tires not less than two
and half inches wide. Railroad cars, unless moved
upon permanent or shifting tracks, shall pass oyer
the streets upon eight Wheels with fiat tires not less
not less then ten Inches vide: Proridcd. That the
Tredc9ar Iron Works Company shalt DO allowed to
day Of January lS7a on streets Of the city, subject
to the following conditions: For every eight;
eae dour for every W
cents Ard IT shall be the duty OF the Trecegar Com.
pany to report to the Auditor OF the city, between
the first and tenth days OF the months OF January,
April July, and October, the number OF such cars,
rcspccvely so hauled and to pay into the treasury
Of the city the sums due for the same; and COM
plIancc with this ordinance from the first day OF Jan:
ary instant shall release the said company from al
amounts due for repairs of streets Under the iormer
ordinance Portable engines exceeding ten thousand
pounds shall be moved on four wheels with tires
not less than six inches wide. Locomotive and sta.
tonaIy engines and heavy ordinance. exceeding
i've tons, shall, be moved on four wheels ls
having tires not less than six tncnes VIDE; my
be transported upon wheels having tires correspond
ing In breadth the weight Of the piece of machinery
or article III the ratio specified for cars engines OF
ordinance. The owner rf any cart dray, truck, or
wagon, and the manufacturer or transporter Oh any
cars engines, machinery, or other article, VINO snan
fail to comply with the restrictions Imposed by THIS
chapter SHALL for every such offence be lined not Ices
than ten nor more than twenty dollars. Nothing IA
others living In the country coming Into the city
with produce or fuel" 49,
T., LIT City Clerk.
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tatiens are daily wing at Versailles to pro-
test against the measure.
outstanding Che efforts of the French
authorities TO prevent the assassination Of
German soldiers In the occupied depart
ments, these otit1ages still continue. Another
case Is Just reported, md the German mill
tary commander ms demanded the surrender
of the assassin, and the French are searching
for him.
The French ladies' residing in the ynricus
European capitals have opened bazars for the
purpose Of collecting money to assist III pay
inc off the German war indemnity.
The sale Of the, Constitution and Gnulois
newspapers has been forbidden BY the Minis
ter of the Interior. .
A violent meeting has been held at Mar
settles in opposition to the tax on raw mate
rial.
Austria.
TIESHA, January 1G.-Herr Won Pretis has
been appointed Minister of Finance in the
new Cabinet.
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on the Tuesday after the second Monday OF
April and October: and at Abingdon on the
Tuesday after the fourth Monday of May and
October tt, So
Mr.. Harris, of Virginia, offered bin to
change the time Of holding the terms of the
Circuit Court and District Courts of the
Western district of Virginia. Passed.
Tobacco.
III the House Of Representatives ut Wash
ington, on Monday, was presented BY Sfr.
Duke, Of Virginia, bill IN relation to the tax
of sixteen cents per pound on manufactured
tobacco. RetcrTedto Ways and Means Com
n,ittcc.
Importers and dealers in wines, spirits,
&c, are memorializing tho Ways and Means
Committee for consolidation Of their taxes
into one, to be collected at distilIeries and
bonded warehouses, SO rs to cave annoyance
and penalties for neglect, oversight, &c. The
committee will hereafter hear delegations
publicly.
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Death of Professor aaassie.

Special telegram TO the Dispatch.
LEXINGTON, Va, January IL, 1S72.-Colo-
mel james w. aassie, Professor of Mathe-
matics in the Virginia Military Institute,
died last night at ? o'clock aged forty.fye
years. ,a
Colonel Massie has been suffering intensely
ever since 1862 from disease contracted at the
capture of Fort Donelson, where so great
was his exposure and fatigue that he was
prostrated for weeks, and never entirely re.
covering. At that time he was lieutenant.
colonel in command of the Fifty-f rst yirgi
nia regiment.
Colonel Massic as mathematician ranked
descrredly high, and as teacher he had few,
If any, Supporters. All duty ut the Institute
is suspended.
The funeral will take place tomorrow af.
ternoon.
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VIRGINIA NEWS.
Letter from Petersburg.
Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.

Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.
PETERSBURG. January 1G. 1872.
The difficulty between Colonel Cameron
aud Mr.. StlIttz was brought TO a close last
night in a manner which shall be briefly mar
rated Nr. Stu,iz. as intimatcd in my letter
of Yesterday, refused to make the apology
which was expected Of linn at the play last
night, in the fuIfment of the pledge alleged
to have been given in his interview with
Colonel Cameron Friday night. Alter the
performance, therefore, Colonel Cameron
went up 10 Jarrctt's Hotel, accompanied by
some few friends, and asked for Mr.. Stuttz.
Immediately upon the appearance OF the lat
ter, Colonel Cameron reminded him OF the
engagement to apologize, which had not been
complied with. and then said he had come
for the purpose OF calling him (Stuttz) liar.
Mr.. Stuttz said he had not lied, and could
had no more to say, and cared to hear no
more from him. And so it ended, and the
curtain falls.
4 sale of real estate was made here to-day
bv W. l.. Watkins. commissioner, which
shcws that property is not by any means on
the decline here, and that the city itself has
not sunk into the miro. A small brick tene-
| ment Oh Old Market square. occupied by D..
Rahilv as n grocery store, sold for 81, 015, and
was bought, moreover, by member OF the
police force, Mr.. Thomas Wulch. In what
other town are your private policemen able
to make such large Investments
At the County Court Of DinWiddic last
Monday public meeting of citizens was
held in the Interests of immigration. Mr.
William F. Doyle presided and K. c. Shell
acted as secretary. The meeting adopted n
resolution for the appointment Of q commit
tee Of fifteen citizens to mature and report O
plan for the organization Of an immigration
society. The committee will he composed OF
| the most prominent citizens of the county.
George Owens (negro) was at'raigned be-
| fore the Mayor this morning for stealing to-
| bacco worth So from the factory of Il. C.
Jones, md was sent OH to be indicted. Two
other negroes, Frank Lightfoot and Ambrose
Morrison. Were tried for receiving the said
tobacco knowing it TO be stolen. There was
no evidence against them, aud besides they
turned States evidence against Owens. and
so, Of course. We're discharged. They wcr,
at once re;irrcSted, however, by United
States Deputy Marshal Gallagher for dealing
In tobacco without stamps, and are now in
Jail.
! Rev. ". +. Hatcher will deliver ut Me.
cfanicS' Hall OH Thursday, 18th instant, hi
popular lecture on the "Modrrn Dance"
Mr.. \. +. Stewart has made Il donation o.
clothing to the destitute children Of the Epis
copal Orphan Asylum.
Goldfish to-day. RoBlS AUAIR.
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TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
view York steeE and money Marked.

View York steeE and Money Market.
new YORK, January 16.-atoney rates 5
to per cent. TIE supply of money is
rapidly increasing here. Prime discounts, I
to 10. Exchange dull at Q! to o.. Gold,
1851 to 1887. Governments dull but steady
ISIS, 115i; '65s, lit; new, 11oa; 1925, ITO;
'6fs, 11os; 'G7's, 1115; 'G5's, 11f9 10-4o's,
1929. States very strong; Tennessee's, e52;
new, Cog. Virginia's, Sc; new, 81. Louisl-
ana's, 90; new, 80. Levee's, 90; s's, 10.
Alabama's, 90; 5's, 90. Georgia's, 70; rs,
SO. North Cardinals, 80; new, 1e. South
Cardinals, 4s; new, 25i.
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At St. Paul, Mimi, John Beaver, who has
to her house on Saturday night and m,r-
dered her literally cutting her head to
pieces.
A fire at Yashiwars, Japan, lately, de-
stroyed four hundred houses, and eighty wo-
men were burned or drowned IN the sur
rounding ditch.
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Captain Silas Brent, in II recent lecture,
delivered in st. Louis, termed "Thc. Their
mometric Gateways to the Pole" made the
startling assertion that TO reduce Northern
Europe to Il frozen wilderness we have only
to'nake big enough cutting in the isthmus
of Panama to send the surplus equatorial
current of the Atlantic into the Pacific, ill.,
stead of having it diverted, as now, to the
shores of Europe. We could do this, the
lecturer said, for the small sum of three hum
dred thousand millions OF dollars; and by
thus freezing Europe up we shall be pre-
vented from sending M apology to Germany
for furnishing France with munitions OF war
during the late struggle, while, at the same
time, it would relieve our minds from all
anxious forebodngs US to the course Gcrlnn-
ny intends to pursue if we persist in refusing
to apologize when we are officially asked to
do Washington Patriot. 49,
lCaptain Brent's silly theory was exploded
months ago. See the Galdry.]
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Destructive Fires.

ToLEDo, Ono, January 16.-The round
house of the Lake Shore and Michigan rail-
road, with six locomotives, were burned last
night. Loss, 100000.
READING, PA, January 1G.-Half square
on Fifth street, from Pennsylvania street to
the city buildings, has been burned. Loss,
$3.50. 900.
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Officers or West Virginia Convention
and Legislature. De.
Special telegram to the DIspatc

= SP"1EHI VItgIHH 70 me UIspatch.
HUNTINGTON, January 16.-The Constitu-
tlcnal Convention and Legislature of West
virginia met at Charleston to-day. Officers
were elected rs follows: Conrcntion-Sam-
uel Price, Of Greenbrier, president; G. j.
Bucher, Of Lewis, clerk. Senatc-C. A..
operry, OF Greenbrier, president; j. S. Mil
Ter, of Cabell, clerk. House of DELEGATES
Dr. A. +. Summers, of Kanawha, speaker;
). Bernard Peyton, of Greenbrier, clerk.
The extension Of the Chesapeake and Ohio
railroad Is being pushed forward rapidly,
the tack being completed to Brownstown,
some ten miles east of Charleston.
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Mis-. PRISCILLA Misunderstanding Mrs.
Miller, whose "sad fate" excited so much
sympathy in Richmond few days ago, the
Charleston Courier says:
"Every now and then we hear Of this poor
woman turning up in some city and exciting
the comniiscration of its generous inbabit-
ants. She is hboring under m alteration Of
the mind, and should be placed in some asy-
lIInD
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The Wharton Trial.

AsSApoLrs, january 1G.-The evidence, i'll
rebuttal, was continued to-day in regard to
which discussion arose, which it being
deemed improper for the jury to hear they
were ordered to retire.
At the conclusion of the discussion the
jury was recalled, and the evidence was con-
cluded, when the arguments were COM
menced.
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COMMERCIAL.
COIN MD FLOUR EXCHANGED
- Kicn,toSn. Y a.. JanuarS ia, i572. g.

80 CoTsN1 MD FLorR EXCHANGED
rs S~ KicnNosp, Ta.. January 10. is72. 1S:5sssss
s3s OFFERINGS, 80 j. 80 3.ss,,.sg
s IS sass ss Rss 9ssss
gATs----ia bushels. J.
Fl kTE.-2 bushels. 49, $3.50 i 80
MRM.-iss bushels.
~ s. SALES. ~ 81
.,WHEAr--White, s.4 bushels Mt S,.75 for choice,
l.nL Lcf PRIME. Rcd. ze bushels ut private terrns
1oT prime. Sl.e5 for very gcof
ConS.-Wh .te, I,icf bushels at sac for very good,
e3cfor gocd &c Tor common Old. Mixed 42t aiish-
els at &c. Tor good, sc. for common.
RYE.--e bushels mt &c. - * I,
aIEAL-Il2 bushels white country boited At 5ec. Isl
REEXHlBITED. - s5s.9st
OAre.-sco bushels. ~. sI,si. Isl. .ssl.es
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General Hens.
From Utah,

OGDEN, Utah, January 1G.-A delegation
of prominent Mormons passed east to-day for
Washington, where they go to urge the I'D
mission Of Utah into the Union and en-
deayor to have the prosecution against Brig
ham Young and others stopped. The Gen
tiles are aroused, and will protest against It..