The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-11-13
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TIE DAILY DISPATCH
RICHMOND FLouR.-The following ez,1.e.
from letter dated San Francisco. October
Ia, will interest the commercial men NJ orr /
city:
BY the arrival of the steamer Sea Bird fro,,
aown the coast, we learn that the shin Gensy.
oI a Boston, via Richmond, with 4,50O barrels
uouf, ,h &c, on board, is at anchor IL miles off,
hs.S hue doiden Gate, having broken her rndder
Iu, w;u >, ano is waiting for a pilot. This -four
I'm no doubt command $33 DER barrel. This
very opportune arrival as onr m,,k., ne
in fan. .1 nour Is almost entirely exhausted.
.n .ac', mere Is not weeks sunnIv of Aorr
.u 'he o'ale' independent of thar per (;enev,-
.re owners OF which are cure TO make a ara6s
Sa Q, a. ieas1 s2o per barrel, say $4,000 On he
IHE NEW CAEISET-The following in.
list Of the members of Gen. Pierce's Cah;..,
which is going the rounds of the papers. OF
course thsse things are all surmise, yet we coz
slider it proper to place them on record:
Heo. NJ. Dallas, OF Pennsy ylvania, to be Sec
| retary of State.
Wm: L: Marcy, of New York, Secretary Of
Ab'm "; venable, of North Carolina, See.
| retary of War.
Gen. Joseph Lane, ofIndiana, Secretary Of
the Interior
Cave johnson, of Tenn, Secretary Of the
Navy.
Geo. s. Houston, of Ala, Postmaster Gen
Isaac E. Holmes. of California, Attorney
General.
TIE BosToN MIsER.-According to the
Boston Bee, the newspaper world has been
hoa1ed with regard to John Crofts Coffield,
the Boston miser, who was said to have left
| some 100000 concealed in old boots about
his premises. The amount of his property, ie
Is stated, will not exceed $4,000, the prinei-
pal OF which is secured for the benefit Of his
grand-nephews and nieces.
MURDER.-The Washington papers record
the murder of an elderly gentleman named
Rezin Pumphrey, residing about four miles
from that city. He was attacked BY man
| named John Long, who struck him on The
head with stone, fracturing his skull 80
dreadfully that he died the next day.
RATHER FIsHr.-The Augusta Cons.itu.
tionalist says it has received the following
letter bearing the signature of a gentleman
well known to the editor. but whether 10
wrote it or not is doubtful. Barleny is GER
tanly an astonishing old lady, and if the as-
count given of her cotton picking is correct
she is hard 10 beat:
LoNGsTREET Oct. Is, 1852.
DEAR SrR-I have on my plantation a ne
| gro woman named Barleny who is known to be
one hundred and twenty,eight years Of sge
has cut new set Of teeth, and 10 Stout
| Yesterday she picked out in thirteen hours
| seven hundred and twenty three pounds Of
| cotton, with the assistance of small boy -
| move her basket and trash the cotton. II any
of our farmers can beat Barleny, / should like
| to hear from them.
II The Democrats Of Washington had Q
grand demonstration on Thursday night, il
honor of the recent victory. Col. Fornsv
delivered an address, after which processioa
moved through the principal streets, amid ths
booming of cannon and q display Of fss- j..
works. --.-f-
METHoDIsM.-Here 10 q paragraph whick
we find in the papers. We cannot vouch foe
its correctness.
A new order of Methodists, composed Of
preachers and people formerly belonging to the
Methodist Episcopal Church. is coming up in
Virginia. They adhere to Methodist doctrines,
but adopt the Congregational form Of govern
ment. They object to the government Of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, because it pos
sesses not the element OF republican form a
government.
= The Concord, N. H., Reporter "has i.
the best authority for saying that Gen. Pierce
has no intention to take up his residence 10
Portsmouth or any other place lthan Concord
until he removes to the white house at Wasi-
ington."
v Nathaniel Dearborn, we'll known e.
grayer and author, died in South Reading.
Mass, on the 7th inst. Hon. myron Lawreaee.
another dsting guished citizen Of Massachusetts,
died few days since. Hon. David Henshaw,
of Leicester, Mass, lies at the point of death.
y Sontag's first coaeert 10 Boston vas
attended by an immense audience.
T. The mail steamship Niagara sailed
from Boston for Liverpool on the 10TH
The custom house record contains no ships
ment ofspecie.
g Kunkle's Nightingaies are performisg
to crowded houses in Charleston.
u The news boys Of New York have
reduced the price Of "Sslt River tickets' -
one cent-probably the result Of compeitisa:
There is no rhyme, tis said, 10 montk. H
Here's one which he may read who rxs'A.
KsickerbockeS.
And it's enough to make him grss n.
Tiega Clipper.
" A life Insurance company has been
established in Havana-a desirable institutioa
g. a. L.