The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-02-22


question whether Piiisburg should, by the
better Legislation of Pennsylvania, chouseiWes
srn Virginia all-together.
The important bearing of these two facts must
now be obvious. lIftrue, eyjusfied chsngs
OF Virginia policy. If false, they constitute a
fraudulent misrepresentation, and an impos ton
on the Legislature, that vitiates the charter
The companyEi1 that ease have cheated ths
Legislature into bargain, which is not NOR.
ally binding.
[coScLUsIoN To-MoRRow.l
SHocKIsG SUIcrDE.-Early on the morning
Of the 31st ult, the body OF Mr.. Walter
Mitchell was found stretched upon the ground
in Little Rock, Ark, with the blade of bowie
knife sticking almost to the handle in his left
breast. The jury rendered verdict of sui
eide. The following notes were found, writ
ten by himself on sheet of paper in his
room. The first is addressed to his little
daughter, now at school in New York.
my dear Josephine. be a good girl-the
last good bye from Your affectionate Pa.
.,., w. MITCHELL"
"lf(Il am killed, i, will be by my own
nand. w. k:ITCHELL.
Little Rock, Both January, 1s5s."
A~i6Ve any cuctDie9.
w. MITCHELL"
AT the top Of the same half sheet. the follow.
ing part OF sentence was written by him, and
then partially wiped out before the ink had
dried:-"I have tried to act honorablv but the
citizens Of Little Rock would not all" He
was native of Steuben county, N. Y, and
merchant of good standing in Little Rock
He is supposed to have been suffering from
mental arrangement.
THE ALLEGED PERJURY IN THE FORREST
DIVORCE CAsE.-The case of VIM. Nj. Doty,
charged with perjury, is going on slowly in
the Court of Sessions in New York, and from
present appearances will occupy as long Pc
riod as the celebrated divorce case, in which
his perjury is alleged TO have been perpstrat-
ed. Mr. Edwin Forres, was under examina
tion the greater part of Friday, and distinctly y
swore that he was not on board boat on the
North river any month during the year to
which Mr.. Doiy testified, except that he might
have been passenger as far as the village Of
Yonkers.
AN AFFRAY.-On Friday night last, (says
the Darlington, 8. c., Flag Of the 18th instantly
Wright Gatlin, was committed to our Jail for
stabbing Jesse Gilbert in brawl few days
before. 1t is thought that Gilbert will not live.
if he is alive yet the physician attending him
thinks his lungs were cut with the knife used
by Gatlin.
SUMMARY ExECuTIoN.-A Bangor paper
states that an ordinance has been introduced
inte the councils of that city "for daguerreo-
typing and hanging up all past, present, and
future Mayors in the Alderman's room."
u The DanvilIe papers state that negro,
who is supposed to be insane, cut his throat
with razor in the jail of Pittsylvania county
few days ago. He missed the jugular vein,
but has several times torn open the wound,
rendering his recovery doubtful. This negro
was once condemned TO death in Danville, out
the sentence was eommuted to transportation.
He escaped, however, and returned to Pitt
sylvania, where he vas committed to jeil as
runaway.
n The Charlottesville Advocate has
changed hands. v. E. Shepherd, ESQ., has re-
tired from it's editorial control. and is succeed
ed by John l.. Cochran, Esq, of CharIottes-
vile.
T Mr.. John Swepston, soldier of the
Revolution, died in franklin county. Va, on
the 2ist Of January, in the 92d year of his age.
He was native of King and Queen. He en-
listed as a private, at the age of IL. in COM
pahy under Col. Temple. Gains division, and
was in the battle of White Palms.. and also at
the capture of Stony Point under the gallant
Wayne.SHe was buried with military honors,
which were concluded with the firing of l3
rounds over the grave.
q On Saturday afternoon, says the Peters
burg Express, gust ofwind passed over the
the Gas Works in this city, with such violence
as to raise the Gasometer (weighing ~ tonsj
completely out of its place, and lodged one
side upon the edge Of the sistern.
BISHOP OF NORTH CARoLIEA.-The Will
ningion Journal hints at the probability that
Dr.. Hawks will be appointed to the position
left vacant by Bishop Ives, and says-"We
should think that this would be popular Sc
lection. DR.. Hawks, although located in New
York, was born in North Carolina, and seems
to have always retained warm interest in the
prosperity of his native State. II is uneces.
sary to add that he enjoys high reputation for
talents and.piety."
u The Mobile Evening News. speaking Of
the late defalcation in the post afiice Of that
city, says, 1--WE would advise people to with
hold their opinions from bias in any quarter,
while there is the remotest possibility ofexpla-
nations consistent with the honesty OF ell con-
nected with the Postoffice."
IMPORTANT MEDICAL DIscoEyRY.-A0 0u
ban correspondent of lhe Raleigh Standard
says
DIR. Finley, an Englishipractitioner,ofle fleag e.
perience in Cuba, and . graduate OF Paris, has
discovered in the course Of bis practice 10 ca
ses of smallpox, thar vaccine virus, after hav-
ing once passed through the negro's system be-
comes useless as q prophy tactic to the white
race. This fact may 10 sofne degree explain
the rapid extension and fatality Of that disease
whenever il visits that Island. Dr. Cartwright,
an eminent physician of New Orleans. who has
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