The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-04-23

win ms assistants, were first taken to Fort
oloson anc put in the guard. d.house, and then
ma!cned down on foot to Van Buren to await
g 1he Eccotebian has been introduced
into the shanghai business and will likeIv
bring that tall fewl little lower in the mar.
ket. One is in operation in Philadslphia-,he
eggs are placed by bushels in the machine and
in due time out walk the fea,herless voune.
like Pandora, crying that they have no ma and
no pa. With the help Of the chicken raiser
they soon know how 10 take care of them.
selves.
RIVAL RAIN PRoDUcERs.-Two men, A. J.
Davis and Daniel Vaughan, are disputiag in
the Northern papers about their schemes for
producing rain! Vaughan charges Davis with
stealing his thunder"-or rather his rain.-
The quarrel is funny; but shows that they
have much greater skill in producing words
than rain.
u The Legislature of Massachusetts,,
upon hearing of the death of Vice President
King, adopted appropriate resolutions and ad-
jouned the days sess ion.
GooD PRICES FOR SToCKs.-The Charles
ton Courier announces the sale of tpo hundred
shares of South Carolina Railroad Stock at
par, as an investment by an insurance compa.
ny Of that city. This is highly encouraging
to railroads. The same paper states sales of
the stock of the Bank of South Carolina at
$l2l, and of the Bank of the State at $110.-
Banks and railroads are well managed in the
Palmetto State.
q In consequence of a strike for higher
wages among the miners and laborers in the
Cumberland district, the coal business has
been entirely arrested, and mus, so remain un-
til the difficulty is adjusted. Wrong time of
the yenr for strikes in mines.
THE JoHNsoNs HAVE Ir.-The town of
Lynn, Mass, was organized on the 9th inst,
by the choice Of WIN. F. Johnson, Dexter
Stetson and Artemus Murdock, selectmen ;
Washington H. Johnson, Welcome w. John.
son, and John @. Hammond, school commit.
tee; Welcome w. Johnson treasurer, and col.
lector. Five constables were chosen. The
town is one of the smallest in the Bay State,
containing only about thirty votes.
q The law Of the last legislature of New
York, which puts on end to the vocation of
Peter Funk, it is supposed, will bring down the
price of pinch.beck watches and bogus jewel.
ry, as that any body may sport them in gay
profusion. ..-. ....
FATAL AFFRAY.-On the 4th inst, an al.
tercation occurred between Felix M. Jones and
Benz. F. Willett, members Of the Mercer Uni.
versity at Pen6eld, Ga, wherein the former
received pistol wound that proved fatal in "a
hours. -
SAD AND SINGULAR AFFAIR.-Mrs. Chas,
Whitney, who had been for few days atom.
ping at Rntzers Hotel, was so frightened by
the severe thunder and Lightning on Thursday
Iast as to be struck speechless and almost io.
sensible. At last accounts she was 40 better.
we learn that she has sometime in her life
been struck with lightning. She is wife of
Prof. Whitney, who lectured before the Ly.
ceum last winter.-PouShkeePsie zelegraph.
SWEEPING STREETS AT NlGHr.-The CITY
authorities OF Philadelphia, in contracting for
cleaning the public thoroughfares for this sea.
son, have stipulated that the streets shall be
swept at nighE
"GoT BITE."-A night or two ago some.
body entered the stable of Mr.. Cyrus Pierce.
near Pawtucket Falls, in search of pIunder.-
There was dog in the stable, and the two
had controversy, in which the human speci.
men came of second best. The result in the
morning was summed up in the dogs favor. as
follows: item, one coat tail; item, one human
huger.-LoweH Amer.
The proposition TO undermine and otherwise
improve Faneuil Hall, Boston, has been ve-
toed by the Common Council of thai civ.
mr. Joel Seaverns, appointed postmaster
at Jamaica Plains, Mass, on the I3th inst.
committed suicide the next day.
Owing to the rise in brandy, in New York,
the bar.keepers are about ''exalting their hornH
to shillin' value.
There is a rich editor in New Hampshire,-
he made his money by practicing the strict.
test economy. He always writes his edito.
nails oa slate.-Bostos Mail.
The eating.house men of Boston, have in. |
creased the prices Of their viands. We pro-
sume, IN consequence, there must be some ex-
,itement in the department of the Interior.
A Syracuse paper says thousands Of acres
81 the lands which Gerrit Smith distributed
'mong poor black and white laborers, has
'een advertised to be sold for taxes.
The inhabitants Of Bangkok, Siam, tame
'oung rats. and feed and pet them till they At.
ain great size, when they repay this kind
reatment BY ridding the houses Of I'll vermin
{ their own race.