The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-11-25

ork Express some interesting news from ST.
Domingo. 1t appears by letters from that il.
land that there were some very alarming re-
ports there respecting an expedition from the
United States for the purpose of hostile inya.
sion.
The rumor, says the eco del Ezama," came
oy way OF Turks Island, but the Editor does
no. give It any credit. II was reported thata
sasPcious American steamer had been seen
on fuerto Plate, which bore away. on the ao,
Pearance OF a British frigate,
ne same Journal INDUCES in a rbansod;-
cal dehance OF the Yankee filibus,eros a,d
teiis them' substantially, that if thew think
they can establish themselves in San Do,
m'ngo, to come on and make the attsmpt- a,
their peril! p' a.
We may ado, that the Governmsn, ,.k;n.
the alarm, has issued proclamation bav;ns
special reference to the defences of the coun.
try IN anticipation OF an invasion. The Gov.
eminent also advertise for fresh supply of
muskets and other munitions of war.
COMMERCIAL CoNvEsTIoN-The Board Of
Trade of Baltimore have issued circular.
which we annex, relative to the CommsreaI
Convention which is to be held in that civ n.
the 18th of December.
BALTIMORE, Nov. 90,
Under the auspices of the Board of Trad.
Commercial Convention will be held in ths
city OF Baltimore, on the 18th of December
next.
The object of this Convention is 10 stimu.
late the commercial progress of the Southern
and Western States in their direct intersourse
with Europe, and in regard also to their inter.
nal trade.
The most powerful and distinguished infa.
ences Will be in attendance, embracing not
| only the West but also the rice, sugar, tobas-
| co and cotton interests Of the South.
y The steamboat Francis Skddy, while
on her passage up the Hudson last Saturday
| night ran into the steamer Baltic. Both
boats were damaged, and one man, hand en-
one of the boats, is missing, supposed to be
drowned.
| The PRINCEToN.-The Baltimore Patrist
states that this vessel, now at Norfolk, will
not be able to proceed to sea, as her boilers
have both been condemned by Chief Engin.
eers Sewall and Williamson.
HoRRIBLE.-We have heretofore noticed
the explosion ofa locomotive on the Syracuse
and Utica railroad, last Sunday. Later ae-
was blown into the air, and fell about $50 feet
distant. Most of the clothes were tom fron
his body, and he was terribly scalded: Ii is
supp osed that he died Instantly. The report
OF The explosion was heard a great distance
Fragments OF the locomotive were thrown
hundreds of feet, and houses on either side Of
the road were damaged.
GEN. PIERsE.-We find in the Philadelphia
Ledger the following copy of letter from Gen.
Pierce to the Democratic Committee Of Ar
rangements in Philadelphia:
| CONCORD, N. H., Nov. l8, 1859.
GENTLEMEN-In reply to your kind letter Of
| the 10Th inst, would state that do not ex-
pect TO leave New England for the South be-
fore the first of February.
Accept my thanks, gentlemen, and believe
me, very truly yours, FRANK. FIERCE
CoMpLImEsTARY DINNER TO EDMUND RgF-
FIN, E,a.-The Officers and Directors Of the
South Carolina Institute closed week Of ar.
dueus and unremi,ting exertions on Saturday
evening with a complimentary dinner to Ed
mund Ruffiu, Esq, Of Virginia, at the Charles
ton Hotel.
/
| ~ Itis stated that Bishop Soule will sail
from Wilmington for Liberia in few days, tor
the purpose Of attending a conference OF the
Methodist Episcopal Church there, and ordaiR-
ing candidates for the ministry.
x The dwelling of Mr. Dougherty, in
Weymart. Pa, was destroyed by fire on SatuI-
| day night, and Mr.. Dougherty and his mother
persisted in the flames.
rJ. Fl. b. Latrobe, Esq, Of Baltimore,
has been mentioned in the Washington Union,
| a. a suitable personfor the Presidency Of the
American Colonization Society, in place of
the late Henry Clay.
The PRgsIDEsr's MEssAGE.-The Repub-
| lie is authorized to state that the Presidents
| Message will be transmitted this year by spe-
ciaI messengers to the principal points OF the
| Union, in the same manner az was pursued
last year.
Curious SlGHr.-A few miles from Bos-
| ton, this morning, curious sight was seen,
being a drove of turkeys, not driven. but led
| or Goa xed by a man with basket OF cora
| He occa sionally threw out handful, and the
| turkeys marched after, not rejecting on the
| many hungry appeites they were destined 70
satisfy on Thanksgiving. There were $50 N
| the drove, and they came in that novel manner
all the way from the northern part Of Vermont,
where live turkeys are worth from 8 TO 10 cts.
per pound.-Joxrxal 1914.
| MARRIED IL PaIsos.-On Saturday last
a prisoner confined in I. jail at Bergen, N.
j., was united in marriage to young woman
named Ellen McClusky-lhe ceremonies be-
| ing performed by a Roman Catholic clergy
man. The prisoners in Jail were witnesses
with others, 10 the wedding. He had beef
confined in Jail on the charge of faithlessnese