As he lives in Boston, it is to be assumed that he already believes in the other place." The editor of the Philadelphia Sentinel is not exactly a spring poet, but he got dangerously near the line when he milled off the following: "The prettiest and most beautiful season of the year, the time when the birds, the flowers and the budding trees bring us cheer. Is also a sight that marks the mile post of years in our lives, and as each spring approaches our hearts and minds should be turned to higher things. Happy, hopeful, each mile post is a happy, hopeful, each mile post is a joyous one." The Lynchburg Advance, having no home games to report, discusses baseball as it is now played as follows: "What a difference there is on a few miles! Baltimore will not patronize the International baseball games because the Monumental City can't have the real major stripe. In Richmond they are tickled to death with the International brand, so much so that the scores of the other leagues are classified by one paper as "Minor leagues." Here in Dyrichburg even the hive wires have to go out of town to get a game."

News of Fifty Years Ago (From the Richmond Dispatch, May 12, 1864.) It is undoubtedly true that preparations are now being made for the trial of Jefferson Davis in the United States Court, now in session in Norfolk. The grand jury charged the other day by Underwood, the United States district court, with conspiracy to defraud the government of the United States.  Judge will probably find an indictment against Mr. Davis, charging treason. But, notwithstanding this, Mr. Davis will not be brought to trial now unless the President should issue a proclamation withdrawing martial law from Virginia. Chief Justice Chase will adhere to his oft-repeated determination not to try criminal cause in a State where martial law prevails.
The board of directors of the Union Bank of Richmond yesterday elected Isaac Davenport. 