The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-08-10
THE DAILY DISPATCH


7en. Ward, OF Westcl,ester, is spoken OF M
che Democratic candidate for Governor Of New
York.
The Woman's Rights Convention held las
year at Worcester, is TO meet again this year
Syracuse, on the 9Th Of September.
The voters Of Elizabeth City county, Va by
majority of go, have decided in favor Of ths
continuance Of the free school system.
A new bunk, called the Farmers Bank o
Virginia, has just gone into operation at Lewis
burg, Va.
The hay crop of Connecticut is so poor thai
in some parts there is hardly hay enough 10
pay for moving.
A fight occurred in Aberdeen, Miss, on the
2lst utt., between Dir. Joseph Hunt and man
named Briggs, in which the former was killed
An attempt was made TO murder Sir Robert
Peel, by some hired pugilists, on the day OF the
North Warwickshire nomination IN England.
The corn crop OF Berkeley county, Va, now
promises to be as large, if not the largest ever
produced 10 the county.
Mr., VIM. Simpson, of Lawrence county,
Ind, on the 2lst uit, Graded ten acres and a
half of oats in ten hours.
II is said that the only strict teetotaler among
the four candidates for Governor of Maine, is
Mr. Chandler, the anti Maine law candidate.
Rober, H. Griffin, Esq, has been appointed
Clerk of the U. S. District Court at Savannah
L.B. White has been elected City Marshal
of Louisville, Ky.
Gov. Ujhazy passed through st. Louis on
the Both ult., on his return from Texas.
The Merchants Exchange at Cleveland,
Ohio, has been sold for $34,2
The Virginia State Temperance Convention
met at Stanton on the 9TH inst. Gen. John n.
Cooke, of Fluvana was chosen TO preside.
DR.. HubbiI, in the Eclectic Journal of me;
dicine, states that a decoct on of cleavers,
(galum aparine,) if applied to the face, and
infusions of it drank, removes freckles from
the skin.
A , ilan named Hoke, who poisoned his wife
q short time since at Baskerville, KY, and
then ran off with his servant girl, is now in
prison. having been traced ont in his retreat.
There is a letter addressed to "modesty,"
living in the Baltimore post office, and there
being no claimant for il IN that city, tie post
master has advertised il.
Miss Agnes Dick, aged 13 years, died in
Baltimore on Wednesday morning, from the
effects of injuries received, by the explosion of
a canphene lamp.
Emile Prudent, the celebrated French pian-
ist, who ranks among the first in Europe, is
coming TO This country with Madame Sontag.
She will also be accompanied by good tenor
and barytone singers.
Many young lady can chatter in French or
Italian, thrum the piano, and paint little, yet
be ignorant of housekeeping, and not know
how even to make loaf of bread, roast piece
ofmeat, or make palatable soup. Melancholy
truth.
Ethelwood, Bishop of Winchester, in King
Edgar's time, sold the gold and silver vessels
belonging 10 the church, 10 relieve the poor,
during famine. saying There is no reason
that the senseless temples of God should
abound in riches, while his living temples are
perishing with hunger"
Gen. Hinton, the Ohio mail robber, who
escaped from Jail. went to California, and
thence to some other place, where it was re
ported he was drowned, is, according to a cor
respondent of the Cleveland Pnindealer, keep.
ing a very good hotel in Portland Oregon,
under the name of Gordon.
Mr.. Bushnell, whom report has married to
Catherine Hayes, is only welded to her purse,
not her person; as he unfortunately, for the
credbility of the rumor, has an impeachment to
its fulflment in the possession of one wife, and
the laws of the country are somewhat strict in
combining man in matrimony to the singular
number.