Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1853-04-06

fair enclosure for our !. ordering gaze
w ais bailt In Heaven by His eternal hands
holy Temple meet for prayer and praise.
Death strikes our prison to the dust--we hy-
We pass the stern horizon but to die.
APP OINTMENT OF CADETs.-The following ap
pointment of Cadets to the Military Academy-to
take effect the first day of June next--have beer
made: Virginia Thomas G. Baylor. 1st district
Richard K. Meade, Jr., I'd; Ellison Cortin, 18th
Richard Murphy, 10th; VIM. S. Parran, 18th; Will
liam T. Smith, 18th; John F. Magruder Of Vir-
ginia, has been appointed cadet at large.
A SAD AccIDENT.-We regret to learn that q
most painful and severe accident happened to a
son of W. Roy Mason, ESQ.,, of King George coun-
ty, on Wednesday last 1t appears that the little
fellow, only II years of age, had jumped up be-
hind vehicle a servant was driving from the sta
BILE, when his leg became entangled in one Of tho
wheels, which made one two revolutions before
he was discovered. The bones up to and above
the knees were broken and protruded through the
skin in most shocking and manged condition.
Amputation was resOrted to, which the youth is
said to have borne with heroic resolution, and at
last accounts it was thought he would survive the
accident. The deepest sympathies of the friends .
of the family, who are numerous, have been excl
ted by this unfortunate affair.
REV. RoBT. L. DABNEY, of Augusta county, Va,
was, on Wednesday last, unanimously elected Pro
fessor Of Church History and Poty, in the Union
the death OF the Rev. Samuel E. Graham, D. d.
Mr.. Dabney is the second Professor of this nsti-
tuition who is an Alumnus of the University of
Virginia.
INSPECTIONS of Guano and Ground Plaster all
1858:
Peruvian Guano-ssNumber 1,-1 ,21Oa (short)
tons.
Peruvian Guano-s'No 2''-Damaged and con-
demned, $50 bags.
Ground Plaster-145t (short) tons.
JNo. N. POWELL, Inspector.
Coal TRADE AT ALExANDRIA.-The Alexandria
Canal Company have concluded a lease of their
Goal Wharf and adjoining land upon the river at
that port, to the Cumberland Coal and Iron Com
pany, for the term of 81 years. This coal compa-
ny is now building one hundred boats, which are
IN an advanced state, and will soon be busiy en-
gagged in the carriage of coal upon the Alexandria
canal to this wharf, where it will be received on
board the fleet of steam and sail vessels which the
company is now building for its transportation.
In addition to this company, the Frostburg, Al
leghany, and Borden Mining companies, and the
Farker Vein company, are all actively engaged in
extending their Accommodations for a largely in
creased business at that port.
In view OF the above, we may confidently state,
that the quantity of coal shipped from that port,
will very soon reach 100000 tons per annum.
PRINCE DE JolNvuLn thinks it necessary to con-
tradict the Dauphin humbug in Putnam's Maya
s'ns' which he does in the following public letter
on the facts of WILLIAMS alleged interview with
him:
cit is very true that in voyage which he made
to the United States, towards the end of the
year 1841, the Prince, finding himself at Macki-
nae, met on board the steamboat passenger whose
face he thinks he recognizes in the portrait given
in the Monthly Magazine, but whose name had en-
trey escaped his memory.
sThe passenger seemed well informed concern
ing the history of N orth America during the last
century. He related many anecdotes and inter-
esting particulars concerning the French, who took
part and distinguished themselves in these events
Hismother, he said was Indian woman of the Iro
guols tribe faithful allies Of the French He added
that on his fathers side, his origin was French,
and went so far as to cite name which the Prince
abstains from repeating. 1t was by this means
that he had come in possession of so many details
curious to hear. One of the most interesting Of
these recitals was that which he gave of the last
moments of the Marquis of Montcalm, who died
in the arms of an Iroquois, who was his relative,
and to whom the great captain had left his sword
These details could not fail wildly to interest the
Prince, whose voyage to Mackinac, Green Bay, and
the Upper Mississippi, had for its object to retrace
the glorious path of the French, who had first
opened to civilization these fine countries. The
Prince asked Mr.. Williams, since such was the
name OF his interlocutor, to send to him, in the
procure, and which could throw light upon the
history of French establishments in North Ameri-
ca. On his side, Mr.. Williams, who did not appear
less curious to understand thoroughly this same
history, asked the Prince to transmit to him all
the documents which related to it, and which could
be found in the archives of the French Govern
ment.
s'On his arrival at Green Bay, the Prince was
detained during half day, by the difficulty of pro-
curing the number of horses necessary for the jour
ney which he was about to undertake. MIR. Will
liams pressed him earnestly to accompany him to
settlement of Iroquois Indians, established near
Green Bay, among whom, he said, were still many
who remembered their Eastern fathers, and who
would receive with delight the son of the Great
Chief of France. The Prince declined this offer,
and pursued his journey.
sSince then, some letters have been exchanged
between Mr.. Williams and the persons attached to
the Prince, on the subject of the documents in
question. Thus the letter of NJ Tochard, cited in
the article of the Monthly Magazine must be au-
thentic. Mr.. Williams could also equally have
produced one which remember to have written to
him upon the same subject.
'sBut there ends all which the article contains OF
truth concerning the relations of the Prince with
Mr. Williams. All the rest, all which treats of the
revelations which the Prince made to Mr.. Will
liams, of the mystery of his birth, all which con-
Germs the pretended parsonage of Louis XVII, is
from one end to the other, work of the imagna-
ton, fable woven wholesaler speculation upon
he public credulity."