The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-04-26
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The Panama papers contain no local peu.
ofinterest. sSa' ArWs
The steamship United States lefi New York
on the 10Th alt, quarter past 3 p. M.. ard
arrived at Navy Bay on the Sd inst. At half.
past l0 A. M.. havrng completed the pussage
~ seven days and nineteen houYs-being he
shortest passage TO tina, port or Chagres on rs.
cord.
The United was the frs, independent s,ea,a-
er that landed passengers at the railroad, and
hereafter all steamers will land at that point
instead OF Chagres. Sixteen and half niles
faiiroad are completed, and in about
IN ,. week ttiiee miles more will be- added
wnlcn viii reach Buena Vista The time oc-
- i.s ON lne road in transporting passengers
80 present terminus IS one hour aud q half
river from Chagres. 'ae
| no ours 90 not run as fast as was intended
~ aIcouht OF the working trains ON The ro,d
s,. "n'ch Ia me course OF short time. when he
with. -" VIC uesprbsed
| The fare on the road is five dollars, and ,uo
dollars by boals to Gorgona W.
| The usual fare from Chagres to Co,ro,.
was IRON SIX TO tensdollars, and from one ana
one and Ealf~to two dollars boet h;,e e.
| landing from steamer, with at least small
chance ofbeing drowned.
Two wharyes are now completed for The ae
cohihooauon OIL steamers and ether vessels and
TWO more are soon TO be constructed for the
American and British lines of mail steamers
Ihe demolition of Chagres has already com.
menced, and the wharves at Aspinwau are
| hiled With materials ofbuildipgs removed from
| that place.
| The island is about one mile square, or $40
| acres; there are at present six hotels, aud the
foundation OF another is prepared.
| The MIME RJEJr-Tha foIlo..:x, =: -
tfacted from the Exeter lEng,) Gazette. 1t is
certainly pretty tall shot, and If true, proves
the superiority of the MIME rife over all others
for long distance.
/ On Friday last gentleman, being mem.
Der of the South Devon Rifle Corps, was al
Inrf, practising in orler to test new
rife sent to him for that purpose by trades
man man OF Exeter. He fired one shot at mark
oUU yards Distant the mark was situated half
way up steep hill tPolehilll on the Devon
estate, The hill being 100 feet high. The bull
LET struck against piece of rock, glanced
over the hill, and at distance of 30 feet per-
pendicular descent on the opposite side struck
woman totally out ofsighi of the marksman, i,
, ms the hill actually intervened between them
1t inflicted Il flesh wound in the thigh. end the
, gentleman, learning the extraordinary fact.
directed every attention TO be paid To the suf-
ferer. who has expressed herself thoroughly
satisfied with the handsome treatment she has
received. The distance has been measured
under the superintendent of Mr.. John Drew,
of Powdefham, and it was found that from the
spot where the shot was fired to the place
where the woman stood was 1886 yards, ac-
tually more Than three quarters of mile
3 The Palace of the Conyerteti, at the foot OF
the Vatican, is being fitted up for the training
and instruction of such Protestant cergymen
2 as may wish, on their conversion, to take or
ders in the Catholic Church. The Pope has
taken on himself from his privy purse, to de-
fray the expense Of these pupils for the priest.
q hood.
1t has been recently discovered that, 70,
some time past, an infamous traffic has beer
carried on between Paris and London, to sup
ply certain houses of an Infamous character
in London with young women from France
and vice versa. The French police have iu us
made some fragrant discoveries in regard tf
I the atrocious system.
A physician of Prague has just died rea
] "maftyr of science" He had been in the ha
bit of taking strong doses OF poison, aftel
Swallowing an antidote, in order 10 note tha
effects. On the 23d ult. he took so large
J quantity of morphine that all the efforts o
} some medical friends present at the exhibition
could not save him.
Messrs. Welch and lie Grand Smiths eques
TRAN troupe, performing at the Theatre Roy
al, Glasgow, had been further siregthaned by
the engagement of Mr.. Hiram Franklin, an
other American wonder. Young Hernandez
and MIR. Eaton Stone are ass members of th.
same corps.
An English paper. noticing the news by th.
ASIA, says, "there had been very little actor
OF legislative interest in the United States
senate but the 'actiop' of isticuffs continu.
ed to be as rife and disgraceful as ever
4 Somebody says: "He is a wise man-wht
.sn AFRAID TO wear old clothes until he is able
to pay for new
The king of ofWurtemburg hA presented Pro
| fessor Morse, with a vaJusbIa aola r,sdsi q,