The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-03-11


reached across his friends shoulder and with q
pen.kife cut Cothran's throat across, separating
the jugular vein. Cothran lived only few
minutes. Rossel was committed to Jail. Goth
ran was an industrious man and the father o
large family. The people of Holly Sprir g
were greatly excited at the Occurrences ant
meetings were called to put down the Grocer,
shops.
LARGE CARGo.-The Savannah Courier
says that the British ship Fitzgerald cleared Al
thatpo on the 7th for Liverpool with 3,94A
bales of Upland Cotton, $50 bales Sea Islands
ED 49. .l34 feet pitch pine lumber valued al
1921 ,0Sl. The cargo is one Of the largest, il
not the largest ever cleared at that port.
A MURDERER EscApED.-A man named
Robert c. Webb, confined in the Ouac hita,
La, parish Jail on the charge of having mur.
dered his wife, made his escape on the Goth
ult. The murder was committed in the pa.
rish of Norehouse, on Christmas day. The
Register says that the accused was worth be-.
tween $4,000 and $780, 900, most of which was
in cash, and that money probably procured
him the means of escape.
e The steamer Arabia sailed from Now
York for Liverpool ON Wednesday, taking out
$2l5,00e in specie.
MELANCHOLY END OF DaUNKARD Geo.
Kelsey, of Afford, farmer of some considera.
BILE property, was sent to the Jail at Lenox on
NJ L. k,~ l. k@..
common drunkarc; he was found dead in his
cell on the morning after his cnmmirtal, from
the bursting OF blood vessel.
An AERIAL LoCOMorIvE.-The stock of a
company, which has been recently organised
in New Orleans by Mons. Petin, for the con.
structoD of an aerial mschine, is eagerly
taken By capitalists of that city. Mons. P has
given full explanation of his design, and has
exhibited model which exhibits great pro.
mise that "there's something in H." 1t is only
wanting to hit upon some plan to enable man
to traverse thin air, to complete the mechani-
cal triumphs ofthe 18th century.
Roosevelt Cleveland, Young man twenty
one years Of age, was killed. by being kicked
by horse, at Loskport, N. Y, on the 22d ult.
Florida has white population of less than
States. yet ST. Augustine is the oldest town in
the United States, having been founded in
1864, and the "City ofKey West," is the most
popul0us town in the State, and ia the south
ernmost settlement in the United States.
PENSION vs.. MArRIMoSY.-In the Senate
of the United States on Saturday, a pension
was granted to Betsey Norton, q widow of
ninety -odd years, "to continue for life unless
Il IN ehAro
mind herp's and q's when the young fellows
are about.
The house Of Mr.. Stogner, living near Hal
ley's Ferry, in Richmond county, IN. c. was
consumed by FIRE on the night of the 1i9h ult.
imo, together with Mr.. Stognor, his wife. and
their two children. The house was of logs,
and v hen discovered was falling in. The re.
mains of the unfortunate family were found to.
gether after the house was consumed.
Should poultry breeders continue increas.
ing the size of their stock at the present rate,
the housekeeper will have occasionally to
ton we shall have chicken outlets aRd capon
steaks /; and as to the merry thought, it will be.
come so heavy, rs TO be no joke.
MEMPHIS LIGHTED WITH GAs.-The City
of Memphis was, for the first time, lighted
with gas on the 22d ult. The two leading
thoroug ghfares, the Appeal says, presented lines
of lights very enlivening to the believers in the
"manifest destiny" of that growing city. Gas
was also introduced into most Of the business
houses, hotels, restaurants and many private
residences.
CHARTERS NOT CoNTRACTs.-TheS Supreme
Court of Ohio have at length decided that Char.
ters to Banks (and OF course to all other pri.
vate companiesI are not contracts, and may be
repealed like any other law, at the pleasure of
the Legislature! Chief Justice BARLEY has
reviewed the decisions of the Supreme Court
ofthe United States on the subject Of Charters,
and declares them, and all similar business in
the highest Courts of the other States, to be
founded on mistaken notions of the tassi
A credulous peasant went TO the clergyman
of his parish, and tod him, with symptoms o.
great CONSERVATION, thathe had seen a ghost
"Where did you see il ~
please your reverence, by the church, right up
against the wall sees the ghost"
AIN what shape did il appear2"
"FOr the world like great donkey"
$50 home and hold your tongue" replied
the clergyman, "you are timid creature and
have been frightened at your own shadow"
OAoE Of UtINCQtty OCCufteO
between Benjamin F. Martin and Jerem
Martin, on the 21st ultimo, fva or six miles
south of Gallatin, in Copiah county, Miss, in
which the latter received stab in the breast
1t was at first supposed the case would termi
nate fatally; but subsequent report states that
the party stabbed will recover. Both gentle.
men were highly respected citizens, and are
relatives.
UNION BANK BoNDs.-The report that chsp-
cellor Scott had given bis decision upon the
Constituiionalty of the Bonds issued hy the
State Of Mississippi, on account OF the Union
Bank, has been confirmed. The decision ap-
pears at length in the Flag OF the Union iast
Friday. We learn that the Attorney General
has, in behalf of the State, appealed from this
decision 10 the High Court OF Errors and Ap.
peals.-katchez Courier.
SINGULAR occuRaRNGs AND DEATH.-Mr.
pstchin. reading in Oswego county. New York, re-
centIv rerurued from California was engaged in
melting soaa gold dust 10 cruclbe over The stove
vhsn the room became filed with tbs fumes of the
auicksiyer used Ia the operation, and BY ipha.ins
Il ia mas.bsrs Of the family, eight In number be
canse sick. They we're found IN this condition by
nsis hbor. Ons of the children, boy shous Is
yeers of sss, died % Tsssdsy.