Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1846-06-26
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PARkDEs MEXICAN wAR.--Capt.in Fi,xhn,.h .,
,se sssm,hp mississippi OF Peesaeoia, secssdng the
men and one million Of dollars with which he intends 40
take the field In person and prosecute war
Mannioes house. Payment Of aud dividends ali
Kinds arc suspended including tho British alOtmen
from the products Of the mines"
Col BkLKSAr.-Col. Bclknap. who commanded the 9Th
Infantry In the late victories IL the Lieut. Belknsp NH,
at the scrte OF Fort Erc during tho last war;
himself by lighting hand to hand aud refused eater the
saed por nnh every one Ut his command had
him. lie then escaped by cutting down the soldier "a bo
pinned him to the wall with bayonet!
snow STORM Ar NEw YoRK.-On Saturday morning
June ao'h says the Journal Of Commerce. the city wss
visited oy storm, or more properly squa. from north
west and on the north side Of the city the
were refreshed BY fall Of Tor minute, Over
coats were not uncomfortable.
Fires burnt brightly in paflors ,s well ma !, Li,.,,
yes,cdsya rather unusual occurrence after the middle
OF June. But the wind Esst-a cold, cloudy raw
rainy aud gusy day-such often have in November
me thermometer this morning, low 81 degrees
and those ncondcate persons who sported their
garments IN tho street,, looked exceedingly b,uo-Bo,
Ton Journal, June %.
AsRHAL OF lSDlAss-The Cincinnati Commercial. Of
me zoh inst, says that ON the previous evening from
orleans ID incans chiefs aud warriors. from II dic en-,
uibes IN care OF COL NJ j. Lewis aud Others arrived Al
that city. on their way to Washington. ID. c.
rRE AUGUsr IsTkREsr The Pennsylvani.n .,v..
for some time II has been believed that IN, August in
teest could not DO paid; but happy TO state tb.
ing TO TIE pomPti'ade OF the several counties in the pay
increased from .anr
to the cIerions Of the State
IreasureT--here is every probability that In. sei
annual 'ns'aluen OF the State interest will be punctuay
and fully paid"
CucAoo PAINTER IN Lo,pox-a NJ u,
Brooks, young artist from Chicsgo ILL., il attr,e,ing
good deal OF attention in London by his paintings Tine
Comptroller OF the city employed him To paint n nina,,,,
OF hmsei' giving him $50 which was striking a like
ne that Persian Prince requested permission IA carr, IL
to Persia. and Mr Brooks OF course engaged IN pain
ano'hcr Since then several others been ordered
mus painter from twelve year old city goes TO the lar,
Res' metropolis OF Europe, and orders for Asia
NEW ARTICLES OF PRoDUcE.-The ST. Louis New Era
states ma new article OF produce has made its appear
ance IN The commerce of that city The steamboat Domain
brought from Schuyler county. Illinois, one hundred and
nineteen barrels OF Broom Seed Ii is intended n, no
re-shpped tor Pisbug and from there il will be taken IN
celebrated stock farm IN the interior OF Pennsylvania In
oe used as an experiment in fattening cattle.
FATAL AFPkAV.-We understand that n rencon,re look
place on Saturday evening" 18th in Lebanon XIV he
tween two young men, citizens Of that place bv m. n,
OF Thomas Chandler and Thomas Elder Flu, 81 -,
Chandler three shots from revolving pistol wbon, AZ
iect. Chandler stabbed Elder with knife causing hi,
ueath Immediately. The parties engaged in this ne,n
fotrh (Ry) Register.
TIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS REwARp-On the evening of the
Ih Of May the dwelling house o Abbott Lawrence ESQ
of Boston, was entered and robbed sundry articles
which were gold watch, chain and seal amethyst ,enI
gold pencil case and n silver pencil case A ,swn,J -,
"o hundred dollars viii be paid for the recovery of the
watch and double their value for the return Of the sc,
anu and three hundred dollars for the appfo
hen'ion and conviction of the burglar or burglars
a SLAVE ABDUCTION CASE BRooKLYS N V
here Is quite flare among the BROOKLYN colocd nc
pie at asupposed abduction of muatto girl residing in
That CITY, She came from the South slave and mn
away II is said, aud OF the hotels in N Yoyk
IS waiter She was persuaded 90 To BROOKLYN and
Vas closely kept for while the house of eolored 90
named seiPio, from which she very myseriously dsap
peared and who Is charged with having delivered her up
ler owner and sent her South obtain the reward offered
or her recovery Scpio IN his Defence says that the girl
VAS sent from the South here by her owner who emsn
Pated her. and that voluntarily and contrary to his wishes
me again returned to the South The affair, unless salts
aetOriy explained by him. likely to bring ubon him h
vengeance OF the enraged eoored people, who are busy
engaged in investigating il. 1851"