The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-10-14

SHIP DESTROYED BY LIGHrNING.-By the
Franklin we have accounts II the total destruc-
zion OF the ship Maise, OF Queenstown. on the
80 of August, while off the Island of Malta
The vessel was struck by lightning, which
passed down her rnainmast, and striking TIE
hui, separated it into tw pieces, fore and aft.
The crew, fourteen in number and two pas
sengers, all persisted, except the captain, Who
ciung to floating spar until he was rescued
by Maltese coasng vessel, seventeen hours
afler the disaster.
NAvAL-The steam rigate Powhatan, we
learn. has been ordered forthwith to proceed to
Havana. instead Of the Medlierranean.-
I ldge Conckiin. cur minister to Mexico, takes
nsssace in her TO Cuba, where she will remain
for the present. The Po"hatan has 90 officers,
p; Petty officers and seameG, IS marines; to-
to, 90,
The squadron 10. Japan will rendezvous at
Annapolis, whence they proceed so soon as the
Princeton is ready. 1t is said that the L. ;.
steamer Mississippi, instead Ct going TO Hava-
na has been ordered round to Annapolis, to
join the Princeton, and the expedition thence
sill proceed 10 Japan with the ileghanv.-
Tae line OF battle ship Vermont will join them
n the Spring.
VIRGINIA LAND WARKASTs-NY. Stuar',
Secretary Of Tie Inferior, gives notice to the
holders Of Virginia land warrants that they
viii be filed in tie or .er Of their reception, but
5lat Il scrip can b issued OF rules and regU-
cations be prescribed until the necessary &C
;ion shall have been taken by the Legislature
= Virginia, and officially communicated 10 his
Department. 0uthurising the governor Of tina;
State 10 execute the act OF accomplishment re,
GuiIad bv the second section Of the act q Con
cress. The g0vtraer, under present circum-
stances, does not feel himself authorised to
execute the oct without further legislation.
SMALL NUTEs.-Tne butchers OF Washing,
aGn have published card discountenancing
.lc3;gidual notes. Tie Washington Republic
says the circulation Of tie Bark OF the Union
f'!s rot far from seventy thousand dollars;
from six to ten thousand OF which, ii is est
mated, is held in Washington by various :ndi-
9lduals. A legGE gentleman of Washington
has gone to Virginia to taae possession CT as-
aets of the bank in tbs; ) tate for the benefit Of
the cieditors'
.8 Died, in Ba:ls,own, kentucky, on the
Both of September, Mrs. Sarah B. Mills, at
the age OF SO. She was born in Charleston,
South Carolina, an! went 10 Kentucky at Il
I.uie when the pers q sIe wilderness, which
ste traversed on horseback, were so great
that she was one OF a company Of several hun
dred persons, among whom were sixty fight
ang nen, under tie command of her disti:-
guished relative, Major, afterwards General
John Adair.
valuable servant man, in Peters
burg, belonging to John Just.ss. fell from q
wiGdow last Monday night and was so much
Try ured thai his recovery is hopeless.
~ On the night OF the 9th instant, while
resunectionisi i'll Cincinnati was engaged
an dGsintering a corpse, he was shot dead.
p suit has been commenced in New
! OK by The American Print Works against
e1-mayor Lawrence, 10 recover some $4,000
damages, Tor losses sustained by them by
blowing up Their warehouses during the great
fire OF 1889.
e The Roanoke, On her last trp, brought
ca about eighty IEishmec, engaged TO " on Oh
fiae railroad between Weldon ami CASTOR.
RESULT CT JEALoUsY--A blind man !. n.
1oik, named Daniel O'Brien, being i-a!cu.
al t u!un named Henry Mallory. seizaG It MS
Eot on Sunday me- 1T aad fired IL, tie load TAX
ing effect IN Malony's SIDE. Ihe pistol. when
:tSt1l'z exploded, snocaiu2iE manyi.n2 the rglt
Aauu Of y B.!rn. The affair occurred ii The
Rouse Of The latter, ana had he have mad his
eye siEht MaicHy would nave been Killed; Us
re merely fred at rsndom.
Iii London, jh,re are about ) 90 policemen
on duty al ngtt, and about 1900 all dav -
Dut!ng the night they never ceuse pa.rU!bc
The Whole lime the, are on duty, being for
e}idden even TO sill down.
no TIE PUBLEU AT LAkGE,-!Jai,n
Il Bank Notes VIII not be taken tor Clp,niny,-
1aose who have Suffered by the great panic can aoY
st.l2steie themselves by PURCHASING. gieai bargains
~ ). d GHODMAAS,
NO Ia Main st-e,t OPP 0site Egsie Square.
Owing II re great LalIIc II. the moury mar
ner he +s G--"iit2 tie great e. bargaips Ia order
l. Increase his Lies l. very large amount, he i,
We! satisfied win ye.y ensi per cent cgst -
fis st2ck Is large and vatcl il Is unnr c-ssary II
say any thing In cCmmeudati II OF his STOCK, 90 Ms
ctothlng has the yeiy highest r. u.aGion.
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