Richmond Dispatch from Richmond, Virginia • 1

NO. 29. RICHMOND. FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 3, 1871. THE DISPATCH BYCOWARPIN dc ELLYSON CASH? INV A1UARLY I The OAILV DI8FATCH is delivered to BUbwiri.

rirTURx csxtr per week, payable to tiie I currlcr weekly. Mailed at per annum; for ilx -sc. per month for a shorter period. I The SK Ml WXrCKLY DlSi'ATCH at $4 per at imm or for six inor.ihF. The DISJ'ATCH at per anttuw.

1) A FF I.E. will he a RAF-A-s, I FI.K tor HKOWX MAliK, five years old, oTH'of thf flllCSl 111 til city. Hi A ALTON'S, No. 2 west Broad on SATVKIIAY. the -Jt or February, at o'clock at nlcht.

All who tuvc klven In names are requested to attend. fo 4 i A I A S( A DE A LL i I Til A I A MAN FRCH 0 1 HMOMV 1 HA 1.1- ill IX place VIRGINIA HALL on KlflRT al o'clock. t- max obtained at on Main hi ca 0 It L. VVapner'A, corner and Hro.nl ef M. May, Houjeofj l.

kMtes. No tickets til bo sold nt door. i v.r. WiXKKu Baltimore. win hero and Mond.iv.

A. Maude's, opposite the i may lie procured of fo 2- K.SAM tin. piiiur rin klips, I the rorri.AK author and mxger. will pive A 1 A It 1 SO at BROAD-STREET MKTHOMST CHURCH on EVEN I NO. FEBRUARY 3, 1571, at 'I O'CLOCK.

v.ITH AMERICAN will ho used. NET l'ROCFEDS FOR C.IRIVnAN Children, To be had at the 'oK- t-re- am! Kx change and Ford'; 1 TI; pin ljf? -Itijc previous tin- day of tin- -Inpitin will be luriii-h- with rewl siats without charpc. Ja AS i S. no FINK in FINK HUGGY, Two TOF lit One FIRST-RATE FAMil.Y CAR K1A.GE. -ale v.

low. Apply l5io.id st-oct, between 4lh and 5th. ja lw ICE COMPANY, KICHMOND, Jan. 28. 1971.

WANTED. CAST AND WROUGHT RAF IKON, in (-mull 'Mivcrcdut our works for which cash will be paid. TKFD2G A COM A Y. ANTED. AKK PERSONS TO KNOW i hey borrow money oil diamonds, au-i watches.

I jewelry, silver Wan-. A- on ilu most ac'-'ommoilitiUK terms. Alibusinttfe trnnsaetlnns strictly contiot'Utlal S. INsTOt K'S Loan Ollli'e, N'o. 17 ltth street, be.woen Main and ed on SATFKDAYtf.

Ja 3-lin FOB SALE RENT. T70R RENT, that desiruble DWELK-tfa, JC I NG-H' on 13Ui street, bt twi-enSliii tirHecand Rroa-l, coiiiaui'iis: ten rooms. In ja- feet order. I'o-sesslon t'lven iai'ucdiately. Applv WILSON WILLIAMS, fe 3-1 Corner of l'Hth and (irace 1 IENT.

A YERY DE-II TX HLK JL KRICK HOL'S on the cus side Bjjg of ftti strei-t. second door from M. All In ilior inili repair. can had in a lew D. KACHO.

3-3 Re-il T. THA VERY DESK JL BKICK HOUSE, situate I the wi-t id- li'Ui street. l.e'^li aim possession cati be had by the 15th perhaps. E. 0.

I. Hetl "state A pent. tin- TEnE3IENT I soiitli Hank, between mil and Im'i fe'il io eont iinii fr fourieeu r. t.m I- crii wintened. Xc.

(Jas, water, ari'i bath room. S-lon at onee. IV l-tit -J. A pent. (ju.MS FoR Over my II No.

ll-lo Main sireet. four GOOD ioms. .11 F. H. STARKE.

rroRAceo FACTORY FOR 1 li Rl NT 1" -R NT, a ii-'i I ICTi limit i i iv on the CJ'e-ajirake and Oil i. rill road I'm k- Mail depot. This factory wjs' uilt in 1" T. audit, in.nlii buildlnp 1-24 by CO, three and a hrt It -t' ph. with a by AO.

tw-o stories latin -d and nlastered. and another shed hiuh, with well and pump, by which water can be thrown to any parti tue I liis a verv bicatton lor any kind of lol.areo as a larpe and tine e.r has been i it i-an be boiu-ht b-w priee-. Tii.s biiildl'tp Is tunted for a larpe ftir- i i iiinar fa? lory, Mel raw sumac can t.e i-oacii- i'Cie in any v. la Lodlv N. HARRIS A Cent.

1 KK ESTATE I'lUVATK HA SALE. PRIYATEKY." SEVENTYsKVKN A( t'i- LA. NO, sifuated ill the fiinty of Hanover, within of a mile of the hesapeake and Ohio rail oad, au-1 in two miles of Heaver Dam In pot. improvements m-oi a pood dwelling, kitchen, siiiokti-hou tore-ii iii barn, stable, and otfier conveniences. lo K.

KACIl-J, Real Estat- A pent. Tf OR SALE Wean'tfa. auth'irlz-jil to sell that very neat hi HOl'SB oil tin- north side ol Cary -ir? it, between Adams and Fomdic-e, containing ii rooms, kitchen, 111, and everything for a omplete small house. Tlits place ha- been put in thorough repair viii y. and now commands a handsome rent.

Lot flet to an alley. IllLL Real Agents, fe S-rtt No. 1108 tin street. LE OF LARGE AND VADUABLE REAL KsTATfc By virtue of a decree of the ''Ircult Court of Mecklenburg couiiiy, at the. October term thereof, 1870.

in ihe Milt oi" Boswell vs. Venable. 1 shall on WKONK5DAY. the 1-t day of March. sell upon premises.

at tiu'dic auction, the laud known as the 1 1 A i CI1EK TRACT. This tract Hps in Charlotte county, adjoining the lands of Richard Russet, and others. and contains THREE Ill'sTm I) an THIRTY aCKh S. The improvements consist a good and all necessary out houses lu a good state of preserv alloii. This Js also very good, and auapted to ir tl crops of this section.

TK'-ms ti vo ptv the costs of su't and expenses of sale, and the iialance on a credit oi 2, 3 and i ye irs, the purchaser to execute bonus, with app on personal security, for the deferred cai rying interest irouithedav oi sab- bin should prefer, one-third cash and the b-ilance as aforesaid vrit bout security. In ettner event the to be retained until the whole ol the ut hase money is paid. "I hi- being the third iline this "property has been ottered, the sale will In- final. Possession Riven imni' atelv. JOHN W.

SPEXCER. fe Commissioner. VALUABLE cottage residence, WITH eight AMI SIX I'V-T AGUES or FA It LA NO. HOI II ON Til NORTH HUl'ol- 1 1 1 i NEAR T1IE STKKN CITY LIMiTS, FOR SA! OK LEASE At the of ecu tors of the late Sainiu I P. Mdclu II.

I ir-r fur sale, or rent, the forego hi tr real tite. Suniiy-alde has four rooms, kitchen, stable, ami biirn an excellent orchard, -ndelvht of li LA' The MXTi-TWo At RRS xdjoln ihe resldtnce cf I'r. Health- and are wed suited lor farming 1th' place will lie sold on very accommodating or rented or kastd to tenants ri asonahl prices. Immediate given. A pply to W.

JHD1X. te Heal Est ite Auctioneer. If OR SALE OK EXCHANGE FOR I clly property, TWO FA RMS In New Kent county, one In Orange county, and two lu king: and Queen county, Va. Apply to F. NEWBURN, 1 No.

1016 street. ANUS IN LARGE i A NO S.M QUANTlTIKf. I have in hand; for sale LAX OS In almost very section oi ti.e fctute. a uuuiber of estates', with splendid Inprove? inenUi and desirahi located. "GEORuE M.

ORE WRY, 1014 Mam street. OR SALE, A LA ROE I HU'LOl nearly new, uz fevt Ion? -it1 ffiui i and four ru.s hlidi, built cf th? very best and put up In the most substantial untuucr. Also, 'FUAMlC fiFi-ICi. attached. Hire stories and wtll flu shed.

lso. "iji iii.icK, Ii jj, adapted l'rriphor warehouse, a taf.ory, on ijjc river, a few miles below! i tri ti" nd. can adlly taken down and d. ii tiy cn letso'icble and for lino han the cost ol fioui whlcti l1 I ii Jt. Apply to f.

'J'. 1 NSTON, -u 205, Richuioud O. SHIFP15G. LMJR HI.E.-CURRIE& The -tall lug schr. KM EL! r.

McLAlN, CKOWKLL, the -rjrer portion ol her engaged, Imvc 'ju'ck dbpateh. luilance of freigLt, to ma of 18th and Gary If OR NEW The Old, 1 1 minion hteumshlp ode-wheel uteaiushlp ISAAC vvil! leave her whart Rocketts on February at 12 o'clock M. Freight revived mull 11 o'clock A. M. tare, 9l'i; steerage, round-trip tlekoW, $20.

freight or vxtHaiie, uptdy to JOHN W. WYATT. Agent, lei-it No. Governor bireel. Richmond jjjisptclt FRIDAY FEBRUARY 3, 1871.

THE CIRCULATION OF THE DISPATCH LARGER THAN THE COMBINED CIRCULATION OF ALL THE OTHER DAILY NEWSPAPERS OF THE CITY. fCojnmunlCAtCil.l ANOTHER EFFECT, And a crushing one to the manufacturing interests of Virginia, will inevitably follow the introduction of the monopolizing Pennsylvania company and its parasitical Union and Empire Transportation Companies, whose immense dividends are taken from the pockets of individual shippers. Philadelphia is the Mecca of the Pennsylvania company? the goal for which it runs. To build up and maintain the factories of Philadelphia, by which its immense population is sustained and is being so rapidly increased, the Pennsylvania company will take from and through Virginia the raw material now forked by our own manufacturers and place it in the hands of Philadelphia operatives. "What a blow to the tobacco manufacturers of Richmond, Danville.

Lynchburg, Petersburg, and others along the lines of our railroads when through rates (favoring Philadelphia) on leaf tobacco and overwhelming odds of Philadelphia competition is brought against them. Our manufactured tobacco now finds remunerative markets in Philadelphia and the western cities, and thousands of our poor people find employment in its preparation. How will it fare with them when the raw material is carried to Philadelphia to be prepared lor those markets? Make the figures. Count the cost, people ot Virginia, before it is too late. Fredericksburg, Petersburg, Richmond, and Charlottesville, have their manufactories ol' cotton and woollen fabrics.

Hundreds ot working people are supported in comfort by them. Are they to be deprived of the means of earning their bread, in order that Philadelphia manufacturers may be secured against competition Pittsburg, in Pennsylvania, 35G miles from Philadelphia, oilers her evidence the Pennsylvania Company, with its Union and Empire Transportation "Wrong," and i Philadelphia mission, lias ruined her milling interests. Jier millers cannot buy grain at their veiy doors and sell their Hour in Philadelphia as cheaply as Philadelphia millers can aflford the Hour made from wheat purchased in Chicago. All rail to Philadelphia from Richmond will be less than SoG miles, and we shall be more in the power of our giant competitor. Our splendid mills will be forced to limit their operations, and many operatives turned away to seek in vain for other employment here.

The hundreds of men and thousands ol Women and children dependent for their bread upon the Nail Works and the various machine works of Richmond, will bewail the short-sighted policy which compels them to seek that bread elsewhere. For the convenience of travellers we need the all-rail line to Washington. It is now being rapidly constructed for a portion of the way by the much-abused Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad Company, and the missing link can be supplied without additional legislation, there being already ample authority given. lie do not need parallel lines, one of which will belong to this Pennsylvania company, whose heaven is Philadelphia, and whose profits are the Union andEmpire Transportation Companies. The ruined harbors and railroads of Virginia, her closed factories and suffering poor, will testify to the folly of all rail to Philadelphia, controlled for its whole length by a Pennsylvania company.

I Philosopher's Stone Found at the Breckinridge (Caldwell county, Mr. John Goodman, while clearing a piece of land on the Chester farm, three miles northeast of town, had occasion to out clown large elm tree, and in chopping on the body of the tree, some twenty feet I'rorn the butt, he broke his axe against a hard substance imbedded near the centre ot the log, which, on taking out, proved to be a stone. The stone weighs two pounds, and is what geologists call lithographic limestone? a very rare stone in this section of country. This most interesting object of antiquarian inquiry on close inspection seems to have been inscribed with antique alphabetic characters similar to those that have been discovered in mounds on the Ohio and in other localities in the West. These hieroglyphical stones are in the ancient rock alphabet used by the Pclasgi and other early barbaric races.

The tree, judging from the concentric rings, is 400 years old. During the siege ot Paris several sons of' the wealthiest citizens were shot for deser- tion in the presence of the enemy. Not a single one of them could obtain a pardon, i although it was permitted, as a favor to the sou of a general who was killed in the present war, that his execution should be private. Skinflint? who gives nothing to street buttoned his pockets 011 being approached by a soldier, and said My 1 dear fellow, 1 never can repay the debt 1 owe you? the debt we all owe you for your I noble self-sacrifice Money can't do it It i is of no use trying Special Legislation -Restricted. In consequence of the State constitutional restrictions upon special legislation, the hicago Times says that bills in the Illinois Legislature can be counted by tens now where they would formerly have counted; by i hundreds.

Legislative Election. Philadelphia, i Feb. A special election was held to-day 1 in the 17th legislative district to supply tbe vacancy caused by the death of Joseph A. Campbell (Democaat), and resulted in the election of Mr. C.

Howard Griffin (Kepubcan) by 15G majority. Dwelling Gen. Capron, Commissioner of Agriculture in has received a telegram from one of his sons in Illinois stating 'that his (Gen. resi- deuce had been burned to the ground, and i that his youngest sou was terribly, if not fatally, burned. Death of a Distinguished A dispatch from New York announces the death in that city Wednesday of the Eev.

T. 11. Skinner, D. of the Presbyterian Church, aged seventy-eight years. The llichmond Dispatch copies from the Atlanta Index a report of Gen.

Pendleton's lecture, delivered recently in this city, and reported in full rorthe Chronicle and Sentinel, from which paper the Index man got his August a (Ga.) Chronicle. A child of a German named Eager, at Carthage, Ohio, died from morphine on Tuesday. Each parent charges the other with compelling the child to take it. Charles McDermott, a coachman, was burned to death In a stable which was destroyed by lire in Philadelphia, Tuesday night. ft Drove of Hogs Under Nnow-Drin.

Tlic snow-storm which prevailed in the West lust week waa quite as severe as its predecessor. Jn Milwaukee the snow was drifted in some localities to an immense depth. The misfortunes occasioned thereby to a large drove of hogs near one of the Milwaukee depots are very amasingly described by the Milwaukee Wisconsin in the following narrative "A drove of eight hundred swine, which arrived by railroad on Friday, for some reason were turned into a private pen near the stock-yards, and placed in charge of an Irishman named Michael Finley, pending the final deposition of them. Finlev'sdreams last night were much vexed with visions of the swine that had been entrusted to him being entirely overwhelmed by the masses of snow which he knew must be heaping up in the yard. At two o'clock this morning one ot the terrific gusts above described smote the four corners of his shanty like a great peal of he savs.

He sprang out of bed, pulled in the stove-pipe, and thrust his arm out of the hole it occupied, and thrust it right into a snow-bank. 'Och, by the howly he roars out to his old woman, 'get out of that now, and don't lie snoring i here any longer by my sowl there's come on such a morning as niver blew from the heavens "Opening the door the snow fell in upon the floor from the very top of the doorway down in a solid mass, and they were perfectly satisfied that the hogs must seen to. Finley instantly floundered to three neighboring huts within two or three rods, in the course of an hour, and aroused the men. All agreed they must reach the filthy baists as soon as possible and extricate them from smotheration. Hut the pen was half a mile distant, and great preparations must be made, So, after prayers and invocations and breakfast, four ol' them stuffed their pockets with boiled potatoes and fried pork, and shook whiskey in their boots to keep their feet warm, and then drank it, and sewed their clothes about them with cordage and sail needles, and tied down their felt hats, and each taking a staff they set out two hours before dawn.

Daybreak came before they reached the railroad track, three hundred yards distant; still the white storm was so thick they could not see each other, and kept together with dilliculty, having often to hold their heads between their knees to recover breath. They went in single lile, taking the lead by turns. Two lost their head-gear, and Finley himself fell over the precipice of the railroad dug-way through thirty-one feet of snow the others, avoiding his'steps, came upon the track, unawares, directly in front of the immense two-story and a half snowplow of the railway company, driven by an indefinite number of locomotives, and were all three turned over in the mass of snow it turned, like so many grub-worms, by the plow-share, down the embankment, their lens still sticking upward out of the billow ot snow. Finlev crept out through a tunnel melted by the warmth generated from thrashing his arms, and finally all turned up at the at 8X o'clock this morning, where they immediately set to digging, and soon discovered that the hogs had stampeded. the foregoing accounts may vary from responsible statements from first parties (which, in the haste to colleet facts for the day's paper, it is impossible to collect clearly and completely), certain it was that the whole herd of eight hundred swine, ot all sexes and conditions, had broken through under the snow, and by the numerous holes visible in the wall of snow on the north of the pen, toward the Menomonee marsh, when that boundary of the pen was shoveled out, it was evident that under the aforecaid incredible depth of ten to fifteen feet of snow, and dispersed over a hundred acres or mre, those hogs were burrowing and rooting about, unconcerned.

The attempt to hunt them out would have been hopeless but for the help of a shepherd-dog belonging to the Caledonian club, which was procured from the city about an hour before noon on the Prairie du Chien express. Seeing the men's perplexity, he began snufliiig about on the top of the snow, and presently scratching, giving a quick, low bark. Digging at this spot, tney found a hog. And so the dog has led thein from that time, bounding eagerly from one place to another much faster than they could dig the creatures out, sornetimes having twenty or thirty holes marked beforehand. In this way over one huhdred and ninety hogs have been excavated up to o'clock 'this afternoon, and a large additional force of men are probably added before this.

In every case the swine are alive and warm, though half suffocated. On being taken out they bound swiftly away, but soon fall helpless, overcome by the change of atmosphere. A few of them died instantly. Eighteen were found in one place, and were exhausted enough to be driven slowly, so that they reached the pen without tainting. These, by the way, with the men driving them, crossed the' river unawares on the hard-packed snow." One ok titk Beauties of the Franking Privilege.

Tlie Chicago Tribune bus the following The auctioneer of the future, who shall be disposing ol great men's autographs to the highest bidder, will not find" those of certain members of the 41st Congress to command a very high price, the reason being the superabundance in which they will be fuund attached to all manner of articles sent through the United States mails. For we do not believe that the Hon. Lewis McKenzie, M. of Virginia, pays due attention to the intrinsic value of nis autograph, else he would not have lie red it so freely (by way of frank) to the publications of a Washington bookseller named Boyd, which is in every respect a private enterprise, and in nowise a publ document. The Hon.

Mr. McKenzie's method of disseminating his autograph is as follows: Men of business throughout the country receive a circular trom Boyd describing a book which lie publishes, and offering to forward the same, mailed free," on receipt of live dollars. Those who remit the desired currency receive the book, the wrapper of which is duly superscribed, and bears also the following legend Pub. Doc. Frek.

L. McKenzie, M. U. For this service, which saves Mr. Boyd an outlay of forty cents on each book for postage, the Hon.

Mr. McKenzie ought to receive at least thirty-tive cents per volume franked, which sum, we insist, is not the price which the autograph of a high-minded and upright member of Congress ought to bring, unless some allowance is also made to the honorable gentlemen by the Postal Keform Committee for thus cogently illustrating the beauties ol the tranking system. A Mercenary Lover Philadelphi a boasts a young man, named II. W. Plitzch, who turns his fascinating manners to good account: He is quite prepossessing in appearance, and is a good talker.

He visits lager-beer saloons where girls are in the habit of waiting on the customers. He makes love to a girl, and finally makes an engagement to man her. Then he draws out to be a hundred-dollar bill and gives it to his lady-love to keep until they get married, at the same time getting a loan of $5 or $10. The bill turns out to be bogus, and the lover does not put in an appearance again. This game was attempted in the neighborhood of 8th and Vine streets on Saturday, and the swindler was arrested.

lie was held in bail for a further hearing. j. A married lady in Des Moines has invented a 'snore consumer," which muffles the noise and conveys it by a tube to the ear of the oiTender. There is a man in Central Kentucky who knows a man in that section that takes the Louisville Courier' Cincinnati Commercial. Hlofralnr Story of Marriage That Didn't Come Off.

the Baltimore correspondence of the Petersburg The handsomest young lady of all the handsome young ladies which this city justly boasts became the affianced of a prominent South street merchant. Last Thursday week had been fixed upon for the nu ptials. The bride'? trosscau had been prepared, the wedding feast arranged for, and cards of invitation widely distributed. On the morning of the day foxed upon for the wedding the bride had a singular Eresentiment, that there was some ill a rewing. Strange enough, as night approached her worst apprehensions were realized.

Just as she was moving towards her chamber to don the bridal robes, a note was handed her from the gentleman stating that in consequence of sudden and severe "nervous prostration he would be unable to fulfill his promise, and that the nuptials must be deferred. The shock was sudden and powerful, and the disappointment and chagrin overwhelming, but there was uo help for it on the part of the lady, and she was compelled to accept what seemed to be the inexorable decree of fate. In a day or two a message was forwarded that the gentleman was rapidly convalescing, and would be pleased to have the ceremony performed on Thursday. In the meantime, the young lady hatt heard from a source which sue could not discredit that the "nervous prostration" had been, brought about by the free use of alcoholic drinks. Her mind was at oDce subjected to a wonderful change, and she determined that she would never become the wife of a man addicted to strong drink.

But she kept her own counsels, and not until the night had arrived, the company assembled, and the intended bride and groom confronted one another in the presence of many witnesses, did she make known her intentions. Upon being asked by the officiating minister "if she would take this man for her husband, to love, honor, and obey" him, she responded, with an emphatic 4 'No," and quietly withdrawing from her pocket all the correspondence which had passed between them, and several pieces of valuable jewelry, she handed them to the astounded "groom expectant," and hastily withdrew to another room. No amount of persuasion could induce her to reverse her decision, and although much of Baltimore's beauty and chivalry had gathered there, the sound of revelry was not heard, nor did any of the gay company chase the hours with flying leet, but all quietly dispersed and repaired to their respective homes. This event has been literally the talk of the city ever since. A Famous There is a capital story? and, if old, it is, like Christmas, none the worse for that? of a certain eastern potentate who happened to have several foreign ambassadors at his court during Christmas.

The season was not held in that country as in ours nevertheless, it was a period ol festivity, and the sovereign invited all the ambassadors to dine with him and being of a pleasant turn of mind, bis requested that each of the ambassadors should send to his chief cook a recipe for some special or favorite dish of his own country. The English ambassador, after dismissing the thought of roast beef as something sure to be spoiled, as the peculiar art of "roasting" was not understood in that country? settled upon a Christmas plum-pudding for his special dish. Accordingly, as soon as he had taxed his memory to the utmost- from boyhood sent in his list of ingredients for the best possible pudding of that unrivalled class. Flour, water, suet, butter, raisins (stoned), and currants (well and large quantities of candied orange, lime, citron, and lemon peel; cinnamon, cloves, and carrawav seeds sugar, salt almonds, both blanched and burnt in sugar two inches of minccd-up vauilla, two glasses of old rum, six glasses of brandy, a thimbleful of noyeau, a quarter of a pound of preserved ginger, a handful of dried apricots, a few tamarinds, a tumbler of bottled porter, and three smoked sprats, boned and pounded? the sprats, of course, to be first scraped and their heads and tails cut off. He thought there was nothing else.

Few ambassadors, his Excellency flattered himself, would have remembered so many things. Some housewives might even dispute one or two of the ingredients, as not in accordance with their experience? the bottled stout, for instance; but this our ambassador? it must be admitted? had learnt in Germany. Well, his Excellency described the several quantities of all the ingredients as well as he could guess, and how they should be mixed, and how many hours the pudding should boil? all night, in fact, to prevent it from getting burnt, smoky, or receiving injury. On' the" appointed day, after all the other ambassadors' dishes had been presented and duly appreciated bv the guests, let the reader judge of our British ambassador's dismay when he saw his national plum-pudding brought in not steaming upon a great embossed silver salver, but all swashing about in a huge soup tureen. His Excellency had forgotten the pudding-cloth Once a Week.

Salting tee Messrs. Editors In your to-day's issue 1 notice that Trippe offered a resolution before the first branch of the City Council (which was adopted) prohibiting the use of salt on sidewalks for removing snow and ice. The resolution was admirable, and conld only have been more so had it extended to the' malting of the lines of the city cars. An objection to the practice far greater than all others ol, perhaps, a visionary character, is the practical fact that pedestrians their boots saturated with this saline mixture, and in consequence of the hydrometic character of salt, there is no subsequent dryness. Go out in weather the least under foot, and the consequence is wet or damp feet, the soles having been thoroughly salted and in the best possible condition for absorbing every drop of water exposed to them.

This evaporation of a cold saline mixture is unquestionably a most prolific source of catarrh, and in some cases, perhaps, conducive even to such frave diseases as pleurisy and pneumonia, is to be hoped, therefore, that the practice will be abandoned, to the material comfort of the multitude, even at the risk of imposing more trouble in the snow and ice. In the northern cities it ha3 been discontinued. 1 remain, respectfully, M. D. Baltimore, Jan.

27, tSun. What an Arkest in New York Means. A Boston man, who has evidently had experience, writes as follows An arrest has but one result in New York. You are held to bail, no matter what the charge is or who makes it. The affair gets into the papers under a paragraph headed Swindler," or some such pleasant and attractive announcement.

Your friends all see it and believe it. Procuring bail, besides, is no easy matter, with an otlicer trotting round at your heels. People don't like to leave their business on such thankless tasks, and after exposing your position uselessly to three or four of your friends, you are lucky if vou find one good-natured enough to relieve you. There is a taint put on you that is hardly ever wiped off, and although your discharge follows upon the first hearing, the evils resulting to an innocent person arc greater than if he was really guilty. In New York especially, where one never takes the trouble to ascertain details or learn particulars, one conclusion onlv follows: Who is Mr.

Braddou?" or What do you know about Braddon?" is asked by someone. Saw he was arrested the other day," is the reply or, Came to me to get bail last week. Arrested on some charge or other." And the party goes on reading bis paper with entire nonchalance, as if that was ail there was of you. Jay Cooke has just endowed a thirty thousand dollar professorship in Gambler College, and named Rev. Dr.

Bronson, Episcopal minister, Mansfield, Ohio, as the man to fill the chair. AUCTION SALES THIS DAY. On all public or private unlet of Real Estate made between the 1st of Januarj and the 1st of July the pur chaser pays the taxes for the present year; but on all sales between the first day of July and the last day of December the seller pays them. THOS. W.

KEESEE will sell at 10 A. M. a lot of silver-plated ware, cutlery, watclr materials, Ac. W. GODDIN will sell at 4 P.

M. a framed tenement at the north corner of Duval and St. James streets. LEE GODDIN will sell at 12 M. the brick etore and dwelling on the north side of Main, between 13th and 14th streets.

DAVID B. PARK EH, U. S. will sell at 11 A. M.

the effects of Jas. H. Woodcock, bankrupt, consisting of mules, horses, coalcarts, COOK LAUGHTON will sell at 10 A. M. furniture, glassware, etc.

LOCAL FISH CULTURE. INTERESTING REPORT ON THE SUBJECT. The Committee on the Chesapeake and its Tributaries will to-day present on interesting report to the House of Delegates on the important subject of fish culture, or the artificial breeding of fish. The report states that the annual upward migration of fish i has been entirely stopped in many of our most important rivers by the building of dams, which entirely obstruct their passage, and the accumulation of mud above the dams is rapidly destroying such fish as are not migratory in their habits. The neues- I sary consequence is that the day is not far 1 distant when we may certainly look forward to an almost total depletion of this cheap and formerly abundant source of subsistence in the fresh water streams of the State-? a calamity all the more deplorable from the fact that it will be chiefly felt by the poorer classes.

To cite a notable instance within the memory of men now living, James river from its mouth to the confluence of the Jackson aud Cowpasture vielded each returning spring to the people living near its banks an abundant supply of fresh shad of the most delicious variety and yet to-day, by reason of the dams of the James River and Kanawha Canal, not a single one of these fish is caught above tidewater in that stream. The committee are deeply impressed with the importance, nay, the urgent necessity, of adopting some adequate measure for remedying: this widespread and severelyfelt evil. They would suggest the double remedy of providing for the upward passage of the migratory fish, such as the shad, the bass, and the eel, by fish-wavs over the dams, and the replenishing of all the freshwater streams of the State by the artificial propagation of fish, and depositing in them varieties of fresh-water fish obtained from other and more favored streams. From the light thrown upon this subject by the many reports published by experienced and well-informed gentlemen in Europe, and in the States north of us, who have made this subject their study, the committee feel convinced that our many mountain streams, rivers, and bays, can be filled at a very small expense with the choicest varieties of fish, thereby greatly reducing the cost of living, and adhering to the comforts of all classes of our people. Mr.

Seth one of the fish commissioners appointed under the laws of NewYork, anu perhaps better informed on this subject than any man in this country, says Expend one-thousandth the part of the sum spent in tilling the land in tilling the waters, and fish may be sold in our markets at two cents per pound." And again he says I do not hesitate to say, that at the present time an acre of water can be made to pay far more than an acre of land." The evidence furnished by the reports of the commissioners in the "various States that have taken the subject in hand, all concur in the statement that the streams heretofore without good fish have been replenished, under this system, with the best varieties and in great "Whilst in England, France, and other countries of Europe, as well as in our own northern States, the subject of fish culture aud the replenishing of depleted streams, has received the attention commensurate with its importance, the people of Virginia, with but few exceptions, have slept on in most unblissful ignorance of the fact that their fresh-water streams have been gradually losing inhabitants, and of the no less important fact that there is a cheap and easv mode of counteracting the evil. Many of the States appreciating the importance of the subject, have appointee! commissions of fisheries, and are constructing fish ways over impassable dams. The New England States, by concerted legislation, have a joint commission, which, it is paid, gives hope of a speedy restoration of shad and salmon to their streams, from which they have been expelled. Your committee, therefore, would respectfully recommend that a small sura be appropriated and placed in the hands of the Governor of the Commonwealth, who shall be authorized to appoint two suitable commissioners to carry out, under his instructions, this important measure. Meeting of the Horticultural and Pomological At a meeting of the Virginia Horticultural and Pomological Society yesterday afternoon, the President stated "that under instructions from the Executive Committee he had invited the American Pomological Society to hold its next annual meeting in this city.

That society had accepted the invitation, and, by letters recently received from, its officers, they have indicated the 6th, 7th, and Sth of September next as the days on which the exhibition would be held. He also stated that, from what he had heard, twenty-seven States would, be represented. Exhibitors would be here not only from tne Middle aud Northern States, but from Texas and California, whose fruits and wines had recently come so prominently into notoriety. The irginia Horticultural and Pomological Society resolved to have their exhibition at the same time, and appointed a committee to prepare a list of premiums and awards. This society will take entire charge of the exhibition, receiving all the fees, entrance, and paying all the premiums.

The number of persons coming here with fruits, vegetables, and flowers, from other and distant States, will make thisone of the most interesting exhibitions which we have ever had in Richmond. Candlemas Day and the Yesterday was the festival of the purification of St. Mary the Virgin, or Candlemas day. It was devoutly observed by all good Catholics. "We refer to it, however, for the purpose of calling attention to an old Scottish superstition in regard to the weather.

Many a farmer in Scotland anxiously looks upon Candlemas day, and is elevated or depressed as the weather may be propitious or otherwise If Candlemas (Jay be fair and bright, Winter will have another flignt But it Candlemas day beclouds and raliu Winter is gone, and will not come again." According to thiB doggerel, our winter Is over, for yesterday was certainly clouds and The meteorological observer at Baltimore telegraphs a "probable change to cold weather ajid snow within 36 hours if not, then clear weather will set in from the northwest." Kexpino a Disorderly Seventeen men and women were before the Police Court yesterday on the charge of keeping a disorderly house on the north side of tbe basin. Their names were Lucius Johnson, Francis Morris, John Branch, Thomas Branch, Warner Alien, Lewis Burgess, Wm. Jones, James Branch, Kodney Alartin, Anthonv Bellow, Lily Williams, Lucy Hamilton, ISila Jones, Alary Ford, Ella i Carter, Mary Carter, Edward Smith, and Chas. They were all acquitted except Johnson, who was sent on tor dictment, Chancxry Cottkt op Judge K. The following cases were disposed of yesterday Craddock, vs.

Craddock, See. Decree confirming report of commissioner, and directing the sale of two lots in Richmond and a tract of land in Chesterfield county. Wise Howard, p. q. W.

H. Anderson vs. Clara L. Anderson and others. Decree directing special commissioner to convey to Peter H.

Woolfolk two lots purchased by him, he having paid the purchase money in lull. James Alfred Jones, p. q. Cautborn and others vs. Cauthorn.

Decree directing distribution of the fund. Coke, p. q. Francis T.Isbell vs. Thomas Barham, Decree confirming report of commissioner and directing the sale of the real estate on Broad street, in the bill and prQceedings mentioned.

Cannon Courtney for plaintiffs Gri8Wold Griswold for defendants. Sacbed The world-renowned Philip Phillips, known as the "Singing Pilgrim," will give what he calls an evening of sacred song" at the Broad-street Methodist Church of this city on Friday evening of this week, February 3d, commencing at a quarter before 8 o'clock. The public rarely have a richer treat in store than that to which we invite attention in this brief notice. Philip Phillips is, beyond all doubt, if we may credit the press of this country and of Great Britian, the greatest singer of "sacred song" now living. The effect of his singing is said by those who have heard him to be marvellous? some-, times melting a whole crowd into teal's by the touching pathos of his voice and verse.

His power is said to he wonderful. Hear him by all means. The proceeds of this concert are to be applied by the Sunday schools of Broad-street and Centenary Methodist Churches to a benevolent object. Tickets may be found at the bookstores of the city and at the door. The Minstrels Last It seems strange that La Rue's excellent company do not meet with better patronage than they have had since their sojourn in Richmond.

Last night there was a slim attendance to witness their amusing and entertaining performances. With a change in the programme, each and every one of the troupe showed to better advantage than they have done on any previous ight. The "Statue clog" of Laughlin and Murray brought down the house, and well it might, for, of all the clog-dancers 'we have had, they certainly take the palm. Billy Reeve, too, in his Shakspearian Revival" and "Turn Him Out" excelled himself. Indeed, it would not be fair to forget Ricardo, who is really the man of the company, but his voice is already so otorious that it is unnecessary to make further mention ol him.

We would only say in conclusion, that the Richmond people have not had such a chance for entertainment and innocent fun in a long while. A meeting of the sub-committee on reapportionment was held yesterday evening, when both plans heretofore submitted were discussed, but no definite action taken, and the whole subject finally committed to two ol' the subcommittee, who it is understood will report a compromise, whereby the Senate will retain its present number of members, but the House be reduced to about one hundred. List of Unmailable Letters Remaining in the Richmond Post-Office Febiuary'2, Miss Kate Moore, Harvey fc Williams, Miss M. Harrison, W. Snelings, A.

Thompson, II. Hungerford, E. S. tYrcher, Anna M. Hubard, W.

II. Godsey, M. Kuhn, Misses Bcnedick, Richmond VVm. Price, Dover Mines, Mrs. A.

M. Barn, Portsmouth, Va. Philip Scott, New York, N. W. M.Harris; Rev.

J. C. Barley Miss Bettie Miller. Pythian Past Grand Chancellors Bohannan and Vaughan returned to Richmond yesterday, having organized a Lodge of K. P.

in Danville on "Wednesday night. The meeting for institution was held at Odd Fellows' Hall. The officers of the new Lodge are: John W. Childress. V.

J. P. Raines, W. Wm. Thornley, V.

J. Mac R. J. L. Pairo, F.

Jas. Raines, Banker. It starts with every prospect of success. Harper's Weekly for this week is beautifully illustrated, and has besides a very fine map of Paris and its environs, showing the lines of fortifications, of the contending armies. The above is to hand from Ellyson Taylor, news-dealers, No.

1116 Main street. Decision in the Chahoon The Supreme Court of Appeals will to-day, at 11 o'clock, deliver its decision in the case of Chahoon vs. Commonwealth, and in the case of Sands vs. Commonwealth. The court meets at the Sycamore (Disciples) Church.

Harper's and Leslie's Weeklies and "Appleton's Journal received from Taylor, llltf Main street, Appleton's containing two well-executed views of the Natural Bridge. Doctors will Differ. Messrs. Editors The prominence given in several of your late numbers to the action of some of our medical brethren in regard to the establishment of a Board of Examiners would seem to indicate that it was a matter of vital importance not of course to the gentlemen so prominent in this movement, but to the people who have lived and suffered so long without that protecting aegis. The wonder is that the people whose lives have so long been jeoparded by uneducated practitioners should have become so little excited as to their danger, and show so little sympathy with their friends, the doctors, whose unselfish interest in the protection of their lives" have led them to urge this matter upon the Legislature.

Strange infatuation on the part of the people Just think of the fact, that hitherto so many thousands of valuable lives (Virginia's greatest and best) have been imperiled at the very threshold of their exist-' ence because our mothers and our grandmothers would trust themselves to uneducated old women in accouchment. But this thing must be stopped (so says the law as proposed by the doctors), and no one but an educated accoucheur (fee $10) be allowed to minister to the suffering patient. Seriously, Messrs. Editors, as a medical man, for inysulf and many of my medical brethren, I (lesire to record my dissent from the legislation proposed as impracticable, inexpedient, ana sumptuary iu its character, demoralizing in the espionage it would establish, and entirely unnecessary for the protection of an honorable profession or an intelligent people. It cannot hinder any man from selling his medicine at any price he chooses and (a la striped pig) giving his advice gratis, as is done by our own apothecaries daily.

It cannot stop the sale ol quack medicines, which reach a thousandfold more people the living quack does. Nor must it forbid to the poor, who are unable to meet the physicians' fee, the old midwife in the hour of extremity. It impose a tax on young doctors, whose diploma it ignores, and who are proverbially not full-handed. And for all this I see no compensating benefit save only to the gentlemen who will compose the Board of Examiners, who will of course get theii fees. Vis Medicatkix," have received another letter from physician of Richmond to the same effect as the above, but being unaccompanied by the name ol the writer, it cannot be published.) The Philip Phillips The spacious edifice of lb? Methodist Episcopal Church vras crowded last night with the finest audience ever collected In Knoxfille, to listen to the singing of Mr.

Puiiop Phillips. The vast audience speli-bouud from the opening to the closo ot the exercises by Mr. Phillips's wonderful gift of melody, and there were but few of the throng who listened to him unmoved by his music. The community aw greatly indebted li the rnent of we affair for great treat presented to them last and JJvraUU THE DISPATCH. TERMS OT ADVERTmiNcT; I square, one tattrffos ff two insertions 4 OaetQUaTt, ttfW twelve Oac square, one Month One square, three LATB Aa.ro READ? RESOLUTION OF 014 from ftiof (N.T.)Pa(lff Tints: At meeting of ttie session of atwet Pxcsbyterlan ChorcS were adopted, and ordered to be entered upon the mlntrtes Whereas we hate learned that jtfr.

Alios Tltf, D. at Richmond, Va. Therefore belt Bewlvtd, That while we sorrow that we (hall nor hare the benefit ofhS Hi counsel, nor the inspiring thy of his loving heart, nor bear ihianfoicflnr of his rich and rare experience in divine wo yet bless God tbitws were for so long a time elated with him, and for the tender and changeless interest he manifested in the spiritual welfare of this church. Resolved, That In hit Godly lift, hit serene and beautiful old age. and his peaceful death, we hare the most abundant assurance that his is the those who die in the Lord." Thatwe ten dor Iy cherish his memory, and strive to follow where he led, and prar that may atuin to similar of character or spirit.

rSl Thai f.e 10 C. if. 411(1 j318 and Mr. Charles B. in the 2r onr beloved "father blM.6dJH>MOf TPm.

J5T. Sherman, Clerk. O. B. 8., O.

B. A Urge lot of O. B. 8. Just received and for sale low by E.

B. Bpencjc 1 8oh? Call early at 1300 Main street. The Fancy Mask Ball of the Gesangvercin Virginia, we would Judge from the arrangements already made, will be one of the gracdert affairs of the kind ever gotten up in the city. Those wishlng to participate in the ball must apply to some member of the society to procure a ticket for them, as only a limited number will be sold, and only to those who come well recommended. The ball will take place on the Joth of February, at Assembly Hall.

Remember, the carnival on skates comes off the night of February 14th, at the Bating Blnk. Open-Back Shirts for sale low by E. B. A SOX. Behold how good and how beautiful it is to see the sun shine after a week's obscurity to see our sidewalks again crowded with ladles, our merchants1 faces beaming with Joy, and Levy Brothers' store again crowded with those who had been reading their last advertisement and longing for some of the bargains advertised.

They fouudthelr expectations more than realized, for the advertisements but half told of the many bargains that were being offered. The advertisements of Levy Brothers' are reliable. Tbey never advertise any article that will not come up to representation Hence their advertisement will serve as a guide for even those who do not make their purchares at their store. We call the attention of our customers to Messrr. W.

D. Blair A brand of Select" Whiskey a pure, mild, and excellent spirit for family use and medicinal purposes. Price, $2.60 per gal ion. Job We call the atteutlon of chants, clerks of courts, sheriffs, lawyers, railroad, steamship and canal officers and agents, and all others having orders for printing, to the facilities i ffered at the Dispatch Printing Establishment for the prompt and faithful execution of all kinds ol' Job Printing. We can furnish at short notice Cards, Bill-Heads, Letter-Heads, Programmes, Ball Tickets, Blanks, Pamphlets, Tags, Hund-Bllls, Catalogues, Bills of Fare, ShowBJIis, Checks, Drafts, Ac.

Satisfaction guaranteed. Don't fall to go to the skating Rink this afternoon. All dentrlflcee had their drawbacks until the salubrious Bark of the Soap Tree wa brought from the Chilian valleys to perfect the I fragrant Sozodout, the most wholesome, reliable, and delightful article for the teeth that a brush was ever dipped into. Spalding's Glue" always up to the sticking point. Go to the Rink to-day at i o'clock.

Dr. Sage' Catarrh Remedy Is no patent medicine humbug gotten up to dupe the Ignorant and credulous, but Is a pcrfect Bpcciflc for nasal catarrh, "cold In the head," and kindred diseases. The proprietor, R. V. Pierce, M.

of BuHalo, N. oilers $500 for a case he cannot cure. Sold by druggists, or sent by mall for sixty cents. A pamphlet free. Skating Risk open this (Friday) afternoon.

A system op voting by the audience at the Skating Rink assemblies for the favorite skater will lake place at every night assembly, and the one getting the largest number of votes at the end of the week will receive a free admission to the rluk for one week and a badge of honor. This I system will be commenced next week. All Periodicals at publishers' prices at A Taylor's news depot, next to Dispatch office. An elegant picture of Lee and Jackson, mounted in a beautiful vase, Is now offered for sale at the Dollar store, 83? Main street. Go early see them, or they will all be sold.

The Lee Vases, bilver-Platcd Castors (five bottles), Breakfast and Dinner Knives, Table and Teaspoons, Wax Dolls, and Pictures, together with an elegant assortment of Jewelry suitable for ladles and gent's wear, are well worthy of note. Mfl Main street, under Campbell's photograph gallery. Valentines, wholesale and retail, at Ellyson A Taylor's, Ills Main School-Books at Ellyson a Taylor's, Main street. All the latest novels at KLLYSON A TAYLOR'S I 1113 Main street. MECTIMCH.

rriHE ME3IBERS OF HIKES ING, at 11 o'clock, for work. Candidates for will be in attendance promptly. Members of sister lodges are fraternally Invited to be preucnt. By ordsr of the W. C.

WM. J. BIDDICK, Acting B. 8. orFicr Old Doxikiox Ihoh A n'ailJ Won us Richmond.

VaM Jan. 31, ISTL THE annual meeting of the JLsharkholders of this company will be at their office on MONDAY, February Oth, at 12 M. R. IS. BLAN KINSHIP, fe Commercial Agent.

WOOD ASP COAL. OAL, COKE, AND "Best all sizes, lower still. Beat BITUMINOUS COAL, ftom 93 to Best SOFT LUMP COKE at Headquarters for STEAM KINDLING. COOKING, and CORD WOOD. Office, 1U1 Main street, and 17th and Docksts.

Ja eodttn J. B. WATK1NS WOOD FOR SALE AT CHESAPEAKE A OH lO RAILROAD A and PINE "WOOD, at $5. Go fur oak. for pine, i DELIVERED in any part of the city.

Tenca 1 Cash. fe B. 8. BUTLEB. I am now mining a superior article of BITUMINOUS coal for manufacturers and domestic purposes.

1 now offer for sale at the following low prices. SOFT HARD LUMP 4 HAIL SMITHS' COAi. II? Orders received at the Springfield auil Docp-Ruu Coal Company's yard, sth street, ne? the Canal, or P. box 117. Ja W-Im D.

T. 10AL FOR BKOTBBBfi FRANKLIN EGG AND STOVE COALS, wlilch cannot excelled in quality; MIDLOTHIAN, CLOVJSB HILL LUMP and HAIL also, u's; yAS corner 17th and Dock WATKINB A BROTHER JLl HAVJC OPSH an OFTICK lor the said of thtlr KlNi bar varieties or WOO! drugstore of WOOD tk drug store of Wood streets. Factory, sosth side ual street, between Wtii and Uth? A XINB H. W. Watarxa.

Agent. KHlliil, LOHBJEBitYj on 17th street,.