g5BSBS5B?w? m m m mmm mm* mm* ilidimoml gwptclt. SATl'RPAY DECEMBER 30, 1871. HUttl WASHINGTON. v -?:iblican Xiiltounl Convention. inwiiov, December 28. li seems to i thai the N Kcpublican Con v, i.l he hold in Philadelphia. The nent ir. lavor of Philadelphia has nit' in advance of the meeting of the vo Committee by correspondence iority of its roenWrs. 11a I it not t i:o lire the Convention would no Ime met at Chicago. It I:; urged tho claims of St. Louis and Cincin i hoy L.t\ uot vuftlcieut hotel ao* j v ,i. lalioits. i iw Xvu Attornc.v-ticnorrt!. William*. Mr. Akennan's ?ucce??sor, 1 t tlie full power ot the Govern* ?u!d I)o put forth to punish tho law that infest portions of the southern Ho will himself devote speeial atten i> branch of tho Law Department, nuotuuvs his intention to go as far i ,w will lot him in bringing the perpc outrages to- justice. In this he will s;.?u;ined by the President. Xeic '}V>iC. Scrvioo Riilctt. i- i hi- intention of the President to re i it all tho rules of the civil service :->ion relating to appointments shall be i ;stb r Tuesday next, and continue in il l Congress sinll enact legislation modifying, or ignoring them. It is i they are not retroactive, and ?.'.?re not apply to the largo clerical t t tl partments, oxc< pt in tho ease ?..'lion trom the jwesont grades. .i5ic.T*s l>ork U?jsnnil Vnin Trlckfc Soenro \cj^ro 1 .quality. n >u correspondent of the 3Tew World >ays that Senator .Sumner is ext'-mive pn parati?ns to secure the action of tii" Senate alter the recess negi-.v-t juality amendment to tho Among other tilings, it isuu-j I i i.'i adtlressed letters to the lead- j -."-''fx in the several States, urging them i i:. h-gat; -ns her* to lobby the amend rc iTrrli tho >enate. He also proposes n ,.:o s go to Grant and make him !J-? imiueme with his friends in the v >r the lull under pain of for-j _ :r\.>te t the next, presidential elee- irnut v.iii depend almost entirely giv vote for whatever support he ...in iii'' South, Sumner thinks he will j j aii? I least the temptation to ?ro ji.tity, though he does not ..--If believe in it. George T. Down-j l.o oyster. i:n>, is to head the raid i {v at, a? well ns the negro-equality lit* Iiii.4 Uii'O adv had several inter- j iiii Sumne r, at which other leading s v, ere present. Frederick Douglass, d, ret uses to take any pail in the new ...i. l i:e is consequently tlie subject I i vituperation on tiio part of Stunner I .1 as^oeiHtes. Dougiass publishes a v c \iy pajx-r hen*, whieh i> the organ of the w-. ;:;ut an iuV.it will be made to break] .i i;- eub-eription li>t and its iulluonce. everything else faiis Sumner lias aj ir.e whieh Uo thiuks will work. All ,;."ir.it<. wi; h a number of liberal lte like Sohurz, favor universal am s; miner propo.-e? that if the*J)eino-j vote lor Jii' negro-equality amend ?an i his friemls will vote for univei-sai i i-, <*r course, will be u hist r,e e-i Sumner has hitherto been against ?y ev. ry description. But rather j i ",.e his j t measure he will yield a :he more readily as he understaudrf opjioj-eil to univers:d amnesty. .iiU'.cr oiatiis W?-Vciin#fti>:? Trouly? :l)y JJoiirlltuItlcrjs Charg-cd ttUl) iis \ry. .Mas.--., December 2S. Gcne addiv.1 e;l some ])eopIe to iii the fiit?'nan* church on our liah a fleeted by tho treaty ol Vh^ron. j i ha?t but one explanr.Linn of the -:->:jiiigt^-n, and that is that there I i an owr weening l<-r of war i V.;i.l;ine they thought it w an A.dministration incisure, and '(iloiy j all< I.-j.dr must he said to it and nobody but a poor uufortuuate representative in Con i* ti id not like to see lils?*4ii?f-s a law giving it ef- Therefore it was that he was agitating i inatlcr. "The tn-uty," lie said, 44Lstoj c'ljjio up in thr? j>resent session of Congress, d vo iur as in mc lies 1 j>roiK)se to opjiose ;.iiV laws whicli will cany these fishery into fi". ct." This will not abrogate or aside any ko two hours, and was lis i.-ned ;o with cbje attention, and fre^iuently :;_i i>Iuuucd. _ H MT.it. Mn I k r rsroNsi itt lity.? The Supreme oui't of ivtin>yivania ins alHrmed the judg ment ol a lowi r court in the case ol JIcMas j 'S i.e lVnn>-yivanialfciilroad Comjumy, Knt M Krv Ovr.n Ay Juued Br t nt: Cars IfVl* .runyton, JJct., December 28.? George W. Iiiiss, from lirookj* n, employed as a farm- li:ind ne-ar 3Jiddlete Wolf Jiowe was consecrated this mom ing in St. J. uke's church as bishop of the new central diocese of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Pennsylvania. Uiihop Stevens ollicfated, with a large number of assistants. An irumeiise crowd wa? prt?ent> tilling the church to over/lowing. liCttor from Prtcpfibn*R. ConrwqxHidttice of the Itichmoud Dispatch. Petersburg, Va., December 20. A petition put in ovulation hero to-day requesting the Common Council not to make any appointment of a public cotton-weigher necnml the names of nearly all the promi nent cotton dealers of the city. The pream ble rcci'.e* this reason or.lv That the peti tioner? sec no reason for such an officer. The rrr?i>osition is therefore likely to be defeated, tt is Mid that not more than three eotton buver* favor the appointment of a public weigher; and the opponents of the proposed ordinance deny tliat the country people wish it to l>c adopted. The stables of William Ituflin, near Bnt tcrworth's bridge were destroyed last night by an Incendiary fire. Loss not ascertained. There was no alarm o*f fire sounded, and the house burned down quietly without an en gine or fireman rallying to arrest the flames. The escape of the negro David Saunders alias TIam from the city jafl yesterday was a verv daring and difficult exploit. He was sent for water, not to a pump outbid? the jail, as stated, but to one within the jail en closure. Assisted by a piece of old bed stead and a pile of coal in the corner of the jail-vard, Ham scaled a wall twenty-five feet high, walked on glass and nails along the wall in full sight of the court-house and court green, jumped down, and disappeared. The jailor was out in pursuit of him yester day, and at one time captured him, but the Ivoy ran away, the pistol of the sherirl snapped, and nothing further has been heard <>f the pursuit, which is, however, mean while hotly urged. A singular point of law is involved in the prosecution of this negro, who is charged with I -miking into the hous* of one Mrs. Bridget McDivitt. He has oucc been tried on that charge aud acquitted. Meantime it was de veloped tliat the only evidence adduced that Mrs. McDivitt had evor been divorced from her husband was her own statement, which was insufficient. The negro was therefore arrested ou the charge of breaking into -Mr. McDivitt-s house. If he can prove from the record that the McDiritts have been divorced he h a free man otherwise he must undergo another trial, with the chances against him. From the 1st of September (the beginning of the cotton year) up to date the receipt^ of cotton at this port have amounted to If J, 502 bales, against 19,121 hales for the correspond ing period of last year. The stock on hand is 4,010 bales; shipment*, 210 bales. During the current week receipts have been very heavy, amounting to 1,431 bales, against S20 for tiit- same i>eriod last year. The total receipts of tobacco from October let (the beginning of the tobacco year) till the present time are 1,525 hogsheads total inspections, 1,177 hogshead*. Absolutely no thing is doing in the tobacco business this week not a hogshead has been opened du ring t he week. There was a meeting to-day of the Board of Overseers of the Poor, but nothing out side the regular routine business was done. The late secretary of the Board, Major Clark, is said to have carpet-bagged away from here for part' unknown. In a fight here a few days ago one of our negro couneihnen, John Chissel, was severely beaten by a white man, and begged like a dog (luring the performance. it has been raining hero a little to-day. Kobin Ai>air. Srrposr.n MrppFrn.? On yesterday morn ing our community was vastly excited by the report tliat a most foul and bloody murder had been committed within a few days past in the heart of the city. We deem it neither necessary nor proper to j;ive any clue as to how the police got upon the track of the supposed awful crime, but will give what are said to be the main facts of the case so far as they ought to be published at present. It u suited that the victim, a negro man, an entire stranger here, and whoso name we have been unable to obtain, came to Lynch burg about a week ago from the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad, where he had been work in"" nearly a year, and that he had about tflS.j iuhis possesion. On last Friday night he attended a negro ball at the low den of a dance-house kept by Fayette ^rvell, ane ?rro on Jefferson street between Muth and Tenth, After remaining there some tune and taking several thinks of the poison dis tributed there undur the name of whiskey, it was proposed to take a game ot cards. I lie stranger, Xon'ell, Lewis asliiugton, and another negro (whose name we have but think it best not to publish), adjourned to the basement of the brick lumber-house close by, which stands open and unoccupied, and looks -is though it were u most fitting place foi I such a deed of blood, lki'e it U statu that i the. man was murdered, his throat being euu 1 His body was concealed there amongst t.ic i rubbish 'during the next day, and on Satur i d-iv night it was thrown into the canal, upon i which a door in the basement open-* directly. Thi ?c arc the leading points which have reached us. Captain Hardwh-ke, the duel of police, verv properly and promptly deter mined to make a fall investigation of the sub ject, and accordingly Favette ^orvell was arretted vesterday mid lodged mjail. Lewis Washington, another of the parties unpli c ited. was already in jail, under punishment for assaulting an officer a few days ago. I he other part v concerned is supposed to ha\ e lied the city, as ho has not been visible for some days past. \n attempt was to have been made to drag the canal for the body yesterday, but although Idle negro men by the score were hanging about the spot, not one of them could be induced, even bv the pn'iiuseof food nnv, to undertake the task, 1 he watei ill bo drawn oil* the level at an carlv hour this morning, and a thorough search made for the alleged victim of the lus?t ot money and crime. This reported horror may prove untr ue, or, if committed, all traces may have been effaced. But whether true w m?, tho case merits and will receive the^ most thorough examination .?LynchOury A "Chatham" Sold.? We bear that the con tract for the sale of Chatham was concluded vesterday with Mr. Oliver V.aNon.ot AN il ihuisport, Pa., for 824,000. It contains a bo i 503 acres, and the residence u extensive, built j in the old English uiylQ.?Predcrickiibui g News. Going South.? Our citizens generally will regret to learn that our townsman Mr. A. 1\ A bull proposes to remove from our midst at an early day. Mr. A bell lias Ions? been iden tified with our community, and his loss will be keenly felt. Wo congratulate the south ern city "to which he is to remove on the ac cession of so worthy a citizen.? Charlottes ville Chronicle. Found Dead.? An unknown negro man was found dead on yesterday morning on the Orange railroad about five miles this side of Charlottesville, near the farm of .Mr. Kilby. There were no marks of violence about his jK-rson, and the supposition is that he was frozen to death, most probably whilst under the influence of liquor,? Lynchburg News. More Civil Rigiitb in Sorrn Carolina. Mr. E. W. "Warren, manager of the Pil grim panorama, has been arrested at Co lumbia, S. C., uuder a warrant issued at the instance of Congressman It, B. Elliott, charging a violation of the civil rights bill in refusing to allow the State Congressman's wife and other colored females to occupy seats among the whites. He was held to bad in $2,000. The sable Congressman declines ajl compromises, and should the case go to trial it is thought that there will be some rich developments in regard to the general status ot the aggrieved Madam Elliott. The pano rama men evince a determination to tight the issue. Warning Sjgnals to Ships at Sea. Mr. 'Theodore F, Townsend, observer in charge of the signal office at Ca]>e May City, N. J., liau submitted to the central office in Wash ington o plan by which ships at sea within sight of laud, from ten miles south of Cape Henlopen to New York city, may be warned of approaching danger from bis office by the use oi General Myer's system of signals, which are to be repeated from light-houses and ?ift>6avittg stations along the coast. Sol. Smith Bussell, who travelled with and made iaces for the Berger family of Swiss Bell-Ringers, wag baptized recently In the Episcopal church at Canton, 3diss? and he J fnr fhfl ministry. Orion? A for Roar?r.,? On the 8th instant the famous Tlchborne trial now progressing in London, involving the estates of the Tlchborne baronetcy and the identity of the present claimant as tbe "Io?t heir," Roger Tiehborne, developed its latest sensational ifhose. For seveml days previously. F. .1. Baijent hart been under a vigorous exami nation, giving testimony favorable to the claimant, and winning for himself such de signations as ''the indomitable Uaijent.' ele. On the lltli the cross-examination of Baijcnt was brought to a close. First the following letter from him to Mr. Rouss, one of the counsel in the case, written hi Apn., 18C8, was read: My Dear Sir.? We reached ncre last night a little after Co* clock, having lett Liverpool at 11:3a. Our trip was a decided success, though we sadly missed your helping hand. We readied Liverpool at 11 o'clock on Tues day night When we reached Crewe Sir Roger began to show signs of evident fatigue, which made me anxious to be at the jour ney's end. We saw Father Guy next niorn inir, and then I went with him and Sir Roger to call on my old friend Father Cooper, who afterwards dined with us. fa ther Ralph Cooper recognized Sir Roger, and has given a splendid affidavit. It is the be>t fish we have booked? (laughter;? and was worth the journey alone. This Father Cooper is as big as Sir Roger (laughter) and tiller? a most kind and presentable man. and a well-known personage, a distinguished character, and a great friend to all the opposition known to all oi them quite well, in fact. Thcv arc all dear friends of his. [Laughter.] He came out most nobly, and has greatly added to my pi t vious estima tion of him. When he signed hi* aGidavit he said to rao and the two lawyers present, one of whom was a well-known Catholic lawyer: ?I have never sigiwl by name with greater pain, as all his opponents are dear friends ol mine, and by thin act 1 ktainl i;: opposition to them; yet I do it most cheerfully." I also got good affidavits from tin* trunipct-majoi and his wife, and from Sergi'ai.f-Abijor Ham let and Father Guy. On Tiiiu-why we went to Preston, but Mr. Segnr Is Lj tuiiid a man. However, I have got'a 1 titer iroin him which answers all the purpose. Loi!i myself and Sir Roger caught violent cold. 1 did not finish the affidavits till ii o'clock on Friday night, and I was anxious t) --ir Rogci home by day, so as to avoiding:;! travelling, for he was so unwell on Frida} ui^'ht that a doctor was sent for to see Liui. SPAT BETWEEN Jl'I-GH A.\'I> CCUN35L. During the examination fonn led upon this letter occurred this scene, wLifh shows once more how strongly the Juuge is biased against the plaintiif The Attorney-General here suggested to Mr. Hawkins to proceed with l:?o erosa-ex aminaticn on another point, when Mr. Seageaut Ballantine, tpeaking In an un dertone, said: ill". Attorney, the Lord Chiei Justice is cross-examining the witness. The Lord Chief Justice: I beg, Brother Ballantine, you won't make such an observa tion as that. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine: Well, my Lord, it is made, and I cannot retract it. The Lord Chief Justicc: It is most impro per on your part. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine: Permit me for one moment. The Attorney-General made an observation loud enough, apparently, to reach the witness, on which 1 made an obser vation, not quite intending ir should reach your Lordship's ears. I am not in a condi tion conscienti iu^Iy to withdraw it. A certain letter written bv^ t.'ie butcher, Arthur Orion, to his sl-ter, Mis. Jury, was alter wards produced in court, it was found to be remarkably similar in many rcspccts to the letters written by the plaintiil. Mr,. pa j ->nt f aid that tl is was not i'ie letter of which he had taken a tracing," but that lie had seen it before, 'Alien his examination went ?>n thus: r Mr. Hawkins: The letter dated 31st of March, and commences, ?D?vr Sister, I came back from the South/' ana it concludes, "I remain your alleriion de brother, Arthur Orion and underneath the signature there were some words, your Lordship will see. 1 wish your Lordship to have t'.us description in the letter. Ti e Lord Chief Justice i.rnu this letter (which Mrs. Jury was asked f:>r, and said she had not, and which Mr. Holmes now produced,) there is the endorsement, "be longs to Mrs. J my; the iar-t letter re ceived bv her from Arthur Orion supposed date l8or>." Mr. Hawkins (to the witness): Do you ol serve anv rimilarify 1 etwee n the writing and that of the plaintiff? Answer: Yes; a slight similarity; there is always a sunihnity hilhe writing ol' persons who are slightly ctlu ratod. o. Did you when you first saw it think that there" was a strong similarity? A. 1 might, have dov.e, 1 cannot say; i never m nn letters of Rotrer Tich borne saw any hlero ?rlvpliics like those under the signature ol Arthur Orion; in the "Ready Reckoner produced by the plaintiff there arc written bv him the initials R. 'J', under that there are marks like letter (tm* handed to the jury for inspection, and com pared bv them with Arthur Orion s letter.) Mr. Hawkins read a letter oi the witness to' Mr. Rous, d ited the 2'Jth of March, lbG!J, in which lie said The object of the oppo sition has been to make the people in Aus tralia believe that he is Orion, and consc ouentlv to produce confusion, oiu at all events* thev run too closely together to be comfortable. That letter i' very awkward, and I should like to e:e i!. -Jr. Iu.vstone savs if it is not Sir Roger's writing it is mar vellous in Its resemblance. Arthur Orion is enough to take one's breatn away. AO a, bail not Mr. lukstone toid jou t.iis. It seems so. 4i c Mr. Hawkins read another letter of the witness to Mr. Rous, dated April S, lSbD, and asked him after tliat whether tho setter oi Ort on's had not puzzled him V Witnew i eo Tcscmmrmcc to lib writing. 1 cannot sav whether 1 told ttie plaiutiff it was exactly ii.ee h i>, and l be lleved it was his. 1 cannot say I did not. I have now compared Arthur Orton 3 letter with letters of Roger Tiehborne A1 tie capital letters fcre diilerent in one to the otliei except the "D." Q. 1 wish to ask a question reference to the use of the little and large 4 X s. Tho nlaintitf writes My dear Cousing Kate? 1 am very sorry i am not able _ to eome and s?H! vou before i go. My head is so bad that not fit to come; and Arthur OrKm wrote from Torquay, "1 take this oppoi tu nitv of wring. These few hues, i hope, w ill tind you quite well, as it leaves me the >anie. i little thought i should not be on tin the than this, or l," and so on Is there a mix ture of large and small m both let A l'irce I begins tlie letter, and then litSe?iV' follow. Have you ever found anvthing of the kind in Rogers letters? A. I have not seen it myself, but I have heaid 01 o" You know the letters produced at the meeting of the 12th of February and denied l,v the plaintiff, but afienvards acta ted by him in the box to be l;is? A. i lyiow them; but 1 have never comi?red them. There is the same peculiarity m tuese letters as to the little i's" and large -IV' In one of the letters? that of the 7tli of January, 18G7 the word received iu more place3 than 01O.lf,In Arthur Orton's letter firom Torqiwy to Miss Loder^ the word is also spelt rc ^QdIn the'lS to Mr. Stephens written from Gravesend, which the vlamtui has now admitted to be his, the word re^na/ tJ_ spelt in the same way i A. m lettu* of the plaintiff of the 5th of February, 18G7, to Ladv Tichbome, the word is si>elt re ceved" in three diilerent places. The Lord Chief Justice I have asked Mr. Davis for some of the plaintiff s earlier k ttjrs, and I see in two of the *23d ol January, liwo, and the 24th of July, i860, the word is also 8PMr. Hawkins Here is a printedbookm which there are memoranda, said by the plaintiff to have teen written by Arthur Orton, The word ^received" is spelt there Q?CAJid?littlt'and big "l's" are mixed? A. Yes He say 8: This day.1 received a letter from Donald MacDomld jrnth the seal broken. And again "I, Arthur Orton, here make a vow onthifl book iOttiuffbit i? ?oU Bible mid flesh l *S~*:.>&2 THREAT*, of all Nos. aud qualities, has arrived (a pre.it deal more cspected daily), which I will sell for lu*s than New York fi rices. A call from ail llshfcr men and de;ders In SEINE-THREAD Is solicited. L. L ICHTEN STEIN, Importer of Se I n e-Th rmd and dealer in Seine-T\v 1 nes, Ropes, Cotton Yarns, JLc., 1705 and 1707 Franklin strtfi!, between SeTcntcenth and Elghtoenth. de 19-3m Q^nn REWARD.? A reward of FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS will be paid for the apprehension and convlctf on of the Incendiary who llred the com and plaster mill of D. W. Moore, on south side of the Dock, on the night of the 2ith Instant. FIREMEN'S FUND INSTTRANCBftCOMPANY. PETERSBURG SAVINGS INSURANCE COMPANY, VIRGINIA FIRE ANDfplWINE INSURANCE COMPANY. 4 Kb* York, December 29.?Money closed at 7 per cent. cnrrcncy to gold. Sterling, 9j. Gold, 108| to 109. Governments nctive and Rdvanccd to 1 'C2's, 109|. States inactive Tennessee's, 02; new, G3f. Virginia'*, m new, 55. Louisiana's, 60 new, 60. Levee's, 02 8's, 72. Alabama'*, 92 T,\ G2. Qeor- 1 gia's, 70; 7's, 70. North Carolina's, Si nth new and second-hand. Come and see U3. |oc 'Jl SLOAT ADDINGTON. IXSOtASCE COMPANIES. Albemarle insurance COMPANY, CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. 'ESTABLISHED 1851. Assets S200,000. This company does a GEN ER AL BANKING AND INSURANCE BUSINESS: $100,0 PAID. Tnis old and well-known company continues to 1mU? FIRE POLICIES on the nio*t favorable terms. X. H. MASSIE, President. B. H.MAGKUDER. Vice-President. JOHN WOOD. Jit., Secretary. It. 9. MORGAN, Assistant Secretary. Agent for Richmond, Va., John II. Mon'tagci;. de 20-eod7t ?J^OliTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMTANY OF LONDON AND EDINBURGH, G. B. Capital, $io,ooo,oott In gold Invested In tho United States over $l,5i)J,W)o; deposited with Treasurer of Virginia, $50,000 In United States bonds. Having been appointed agents to the above-named company, we are prepared to issue Its policies against loss or damage by fire on buildings, merchandise, an 1 personal property of all kinds, on tlic most liberal terms. Losses equitably adlustc-d and promptly paid. D. N. WALKER CO., oc 7 Nc. 1014 Main rtreet. KEST AC RAM'S. TOM GRIFFIN'S NEW EAT X IXG SALOON, comer Main *nd SU S? Fourteenth streets, over the banklng-^^B^^^. house of Isaacs, Taylor W illlams, r wh ere can be found the very best OtYSTEKS, GAME, MEATS, Ac., furnished In the old snd well-known way of TOM Glcli'FJN. Cooking done for private families. Boarder# taken at low prices. I law and Pickled Oysters, Game. Ac., fnrnWied at short notice. TOM GRIFFIN, de 30-3t* corner Fourteenth and Main streets. SON', on Twelfth street near Main, where you can get everything usually kept In a firet-claae restaurant. do K-t?IanJtt 1 RARE OPPORTUNITY OFFERED TO THE LADIES OP RICHMOND. Having dccidcd to soon discontinue the REPAIRING OP LACES In this city, I will, for a reasonable remuneration, take tn, from tlw 1st of January, 1872, until the month of July following, a limited number of LA DIES for the purpose of teaching them how to do up and mend and repair their own LACES. Mrs. J. M. GRANGER, LOOK! LOOK! Come one. come nil to the old-estab lished RESTAURANT of J. T. JOHN de!7 G21 Broad street Vhat business wdstrMMMfted'on ChMgct not worth rt>i>oftIng. There Is HtOe or no coining !n,acdthi?U ?tufl to U* being boUtey***** during which there is but little work done byfet employee* of formers. The ?m?H quantity of ?s? ??~s sold to-day lndl?t? no changeJU) Agpffy rPsftlofc of prime ycUow soty for ?2c. fx s ^cbagco Fxchagf 3..^, .Nothing whatever wv done at the Tobacco Hx change except that toemLcw filgned a Congress for a reduction hi tl? tctacco tnx,an."i trade doing during tha week thau ever before for an Sual period of time, but It may be averred with 'i not feel sure the requisite cifcrt will' be uiade to life* spire compliance with the wishes of the trade as ex pressed at the late Con ventlonnud elsewhere; but we feel sure that with energetic exertion the necessary legislation would be printed. Commissioner Douglas, we are Informed, dec lines to replv directly to tlte communications that have b*eti sent to him regart Ing a continuance of the existing bonded warehouse svstcm by the dealers In manufactured tobacco, electing, instead, to refer those interesWd to his remarks In the late annual report ot the Revenue hureau, which, be it observed, contains not a soli tary word of reference to the reasons which Impel Its author to prefer Its abolition. The Com mis- aioner, says one. In culMtanco, who luw well con sidered the whole tiuestlou, well knows that our home trade has been almost entirely broken up, and that the only wny to revive It Is to force every pound of manufacture.! tobaceo Into bonded ware houses, He also knows that all the Illicit t raffia there la In tobaccos Is due tc> the connivance of irre- *4 sponsible manufacturers, and, therefore, IT deiilrona' of fostering and protecting the hojjeat portion off the trade, he should seek to suppress unlawful jprac-_ v ttces by the only means timt are or can hema Jo'^ cirective; Hint Is, by coutioulug and extending wic-e; house fivcllltles. Now. there is a point that may very 4 well be briefly touched upon right here. So far as Is known no manufaetnrer h.w? iiwnor can ttc mate- t riallv injured In hts business by the warehousing system, while it Is a patent fact that many, very m-iny, are much benefited thereby; and it Id equally patent that If the svstem be abolished the entire mer? cantile Interest would suffer Irreparable lniury. What worthy motive, (hen, can l?c aligned for seeking the change? It Is InsutHdent, as anoflset to the lntn Itable greatlnnn tliat will wwue, to urge that fraudulent proditctlou and sale can the better bo broken up, because this Is not certain, nor even pro- bable; and beside*. l>v extending tha bondedt?wre? houses to sections of ihe country where illegal prac- tlces prevail, such practices can be prevented, ren- dc red impossible, as Oiey are whore warehouses now one. if it bo In Uie lal *MH.U IIUI'VVIUIVI W?v; HJIV4V nai pi e.xlst, and this without harming any ou? leinnrred that to check Illicit operaflous iii uwiai ter way would cost utorc than tnc object h worth, It may be answered, and emphatically answered* tb?t tl-.e oliject to 1? trained Is not alone tue suppression oCl a i?rcel of scoundrels, but the saving-ox a whole branch of ailloiuil Industry? ;i large, lulluent, gauT ous, honorable branch of Industry. Surely u> accom plish this cannot coat too much, cost what it may, Congress cannot go far astray if the question is cot- sidered by It from this point of view. Smoking.? The smoking trade Is neither duller nor yet more active than when last referred to. Dealers complain more of the suspense they are left In bym t knowing what future legislation Is going to do to or for them than of the ha.-kwartness or buyers, thos gh t on the latter account there is ample giound for ac cusative comment, though we know vew'well tbe r;iut Baetijioue, December 29.? Cotton quiet and firm; middlings, I9]c.; stock, 2,623 bales; sales l'vr the week, 1,G32 bale^ i Domestic Markets? [Dy TELEOnxHT.] New Youk, December ro.? Cotton "quiet Bale's, 837 teiles; uplands. 20c.; Orleans, Jojo. Hour? i^uUiern, dull and drooping; coiumou to fair exlr JSSd.6Uifi-ii7.25; good to chtucc.. $7.4J?l??.&. W'hliki y heavy at 93e. Wheat -Winter red w&/Whi; ^L5?|j.?l.!9. Corn inactive nnd nnchnn# d. "Rice* quiet atnii^Sic. I'oik unsettled: now, ??U~'0^?jr>, Hecf steady. Lard firmer; kettle, flit'.' Turpentine llrm. Kosiii dull. Tallow steady. Freights' heavy! B.VLTtMonE, December 23.? Flour quiet and ilrrhr Wheat doll and tniohnugcd. Corn qnlet and cnuxo white, ?9^7lc. yellow, ?6^7ie. Pork itrm. ii'tcvu; quiet; shoulders, 7ie. Laru steady. Whiskey, Virginia old, 45 bid; coupons old.?<5bfd; Con solidated, ?(i? bid, asked. Heat Virginia's, Jt bid. North Carolina's, so bid; new, 12 bid; special tax, 12 hid. fe BOOTS, SHOES, Ac. TUST RECEIVED, A SPLm*J>II>a_K, Hue of GENTS' HANIi-8KWKD|i^ 1) OUBL K-SOL E IJOOTS and GAiIEliS.??, Also, B mines', style. l..w. dcW _ 1303 Malo atrcet. Something new foe the*^ LADIES AT A. M. HARRIES. Just recclrcd. tbo HARGOU8 BOOT, the likRd? Bomest style over Introduced in this city; WHJXS KID BUTTON BOOTS and every style of W HITE SLIPPERS.' I make- it a specialty; In getting op BOOTS. and SLIPPERS for bulb and briden. Have .always, oa liaod a fnil assortment of SHOE TIttMMlNOS to matcli drcsscj. .-??v*--'} IhuKtsoiue KUSSIA LEATH ER BUTTONBOOI 3 foe &2.St>; and ercry styie of. BOOT auu SHOA^ wliicli I Will sell at tho Iowe?t prices. A. M. HARRIS, rvJ 203 Broad street, next door to. the do 2!> corner of Third street. TUST DECEIVED, Ladies' White*!!* ft Kid Button Boots; l^adlm* French KlnHSmL Button Boot*: Ladies' French Button JTooUf?^ and BalmoruJs, saw-tccth stitch; "Misses1 Button Boots and lialioorab of smu* style#; G no 29 JOHN C.PAOR ^l TOHN H. BOSCH EN fcON, U 60> BROAD STREET,! LLENRY C. BOS CHEN, I 421 BRO^VD-STHlSW, MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS 1ST ROOTS AND SHOES, tJJ _ will consoli'titc in January, 1S7?. We fWt! offfer until then our large* stock or BfM>Tfi and SHOES r* AT AND BELOW (X)ST, t sA to reduce Uie mm hy tiutt time. We will maiic ftttra large deduction to parties buying to large quantl tlea. i:- BO S*8tt' CQgglSMOy MERCHASTO. TORN ^r^VTATT, GE37ERSX SH3P 1J PING and C05! MISSION MERCUAJPF, Ko. 3 Governor strat, Khsianosid, Va., (post-oiEcc box 13,) agent for the Old Dominion Steamship Compa ny, ror New York; Icman Line, ftr jlftcrtoo); Anchor Line, for Glasgow; .Natlona'. Line, for Ll'r 3u?MK AXP CEXJESt.' T 1MB, LIME, LIME The Lime mtttr 1~J farturcd bv us In Botetourt JMUMXt ta?F?/w WILSON OR liOCKYlLLE LlMETwill bereaf% be put upon the market under the Eauac of INDIAN ROCK LIME. Orders for which may 1m loft at car onto, Ko. MM Dock '^yfrtmher 2VlS7t.,i gOSIETinXG QTttTE NEW; APPRECIATED BV^ADTES GENEKALLY, HAYING We are prepared to have made 6i tte i proved maiM^'X aoy daserltffcm.ot f rHILI)B^TCLuTHl^G?^?A TL E3! KN^S, anl CK n.DHKS-S TJ!?3K,*??F**K to order at ^neat no (ice, sad ftwuraaict sdk&c tiOBr i ,:tl An Important eeyf^^^ JtfUSf done bv parties to thls^ wh?>are l mint, atttf we Ktv uw t)K- workahai) be depo hy thowjf tent and dcscffinfpf V -