The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-08-12
THE DAILY DISPATCH
Oa1s and Ruds,

= : The Pit,sburgh Union has three men in that
Office that ran set L 900 ems each, soid matter,
IN ten hours, andone who will set l6, 600 10 the
same length OF time, for wager f4500.
u.s.. Thrasher. ESQ.,. formerly of Havana,
aiaressed the Granite Club at Concord, N. H.,
on Friday evening.
Daniel Rogers, the father of the three chill
arsn burned TO death in Boston, died at the
Hospital on Thursday evening from burns re-
ceived IN attempting TO save them
Col. Liuleberry Mason, one Of the first SET
aiers Of southwest Missouri, died in berry
connfv recently. He was cousin OF Hon.
John Y. Mason, ofVirginia.
The Charlotte and South Carolina Railroad
II now completed and the cars running across
the Catawba liver.
distressing To misunderstanding TO the
action of Judge Crosby. says the Lowell
Mass. News, the cost Of getting tight" in
Lowell under the new liquor law, Is three dol
lars more than under the old.
DIR. Andrew Mcfarland, superintendent of
lie New Hampshire Asylum for the insane, at
Concord, has resigned his post, which he has
ably retained from the commencement of the
institution.
II is said that since the burning Of the Henry
Clay the daily receipts of the Hudson River
Railroad Company have been increased to 81.
500.
The RICE CRoP.-The Savannah News of
Tuesday says that in conseq uence of the fire.
quent rains during the season, the rice crops on
,he Savannah river are backward, and that lit
tie, If any, harvesting will commence before
the first ofSeptember. The crop, it is thought,
Will not be more than an average one.
ARREST FOR MURDER.-Jos. Dodge, Henry
Smith and Samuel Smith have been arrested
n ST. Louis, charged with killing three In
dams on the plains. And another man was ar
rested at Independence on the same charge,
and made confession duplicating the others.
CHEAP TRAvELisG.-The Panama Herald
states that in consequence OF the competition
between the steamers Golden Gate and Win
field Scott, on their last trip TO San Francisco,
many passengers were taken at $25 each. A
voyage Of 1000 miles for $25 and found.
A man charged with robbng gentleman in
Baltimore Of 5000, was arrested in P.ttsbuTg
on Friday, on the authority of Geographic
despatch sent to the Mayor ofthat city. sum
of money was found on his person, but not the
whole amount alleged to have been stolen. On
reaching the prison he made a violent assault
upon the officer with dagger.
Hoe STATISTICS IN KENTUCKY.-The Lou
isyille Journal has received returns of the NUNS
Der of hogs in twelve counties, in addition to
the statement published. The number now
exceeds one million, anu returns from some
counties are yet TO he made.
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.-We learn from
friend thai Mr.. VIM. o. Folk, the agent and ac-
ting postmaster at Pomaria, was killed on the
GreenvIe Railroad on Thursday morning.
Dir. Folk was going up The road on business,
when some of the freight cars of the train be-
came detached, and ran down the road TOW ards
Pomaria. He got eff the train and proceeded
90 foot up the road, expecting the train to stop
when il should overtake him. When it ap.
preached, the engineer Stacked his speed, and
in attempting to get on the car, whilst it was
in motion, he was precipitated on the track, and
instantly killed. lie was most amabe and
excellent young man in the bloom of youth
and the company, by this sad accident have
lost the services of most efficient officer
South CarOtinian.
HAPPY OLD AGE -True piety makes old
age Contented, cheerful and happy. Not long
since l visited an old man of more then four
score years. Trusting in God, he was locking
forward with joy TO rest that remains; ready to
depart, yet waiting with patience his appoint
ed time. He went with me to a sick neighbor,
TO whom he said, "A contented mind and sub
missye will are worth more 10 us then all the