The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-05-25

oiuO VI uiiiis ubu DCAiuu CuiiAC thC
dowry borne on mems heads. 1t was contain.
ed IN twenty or thirty houses, arranged so as
ire Of all.
one NJ. Duchesne has been driving about Pa.
Go ~ ,a gauoy wagon, and with band of mu.
se, 'aSing out teeth. He stops in some fire..
duensed place, collects a crowd by means of
.ue :. lhoai' and then invites the afflicted to
apply al once tor extraction and relief M.
~ .soon on tne side OF the wagon reads thus.-
0ooo francs if miss tooth" zach annI;.
Jan' Ia mounts on the seat with NJ. Duchesne who
eemanos the coin before proceeding. The
nnauoJ .ien inclined backwards, the mouth
opened, the tweeZers inserted and the ,ootb
| snatched from its CORY bed. 1t ia held nm in
the ar tor an instant for the admiration n ,ha
| multitude, and at each extraction the drnn
gives bang of triumph. 1"N'
On Sunday, the Sth instant. q man r.roa
Lennon, employed in Hutchinson g. Co.
| livery stable in Baton Rouge, La, stabbed Mr,
GeoFge Shropshire with pocket knife, the
blow taking effect in the liver. At last ac.
| counts, Mr.. Shropshire was lying in critical
| condition, though hopes were entertained Of
his recovery. Lennon has been admitted TO
bail in the sum of 500, with two sureties of
500 each.
MANN DIsGUIsE.-Last summer (re-
puted) female was going the rounds, instruct
ing ladies in the art of cutting dresses, Sc,
hailing from the North, we believe. We uE-
derstand that this person recently died in one
OF the upper counties, when the discovery was
made that the cutter of ladies' garments was a
man in dsguse-one who had donned the pet
tlcoats for some unexplained reason, and passed
Tor female until after death.-FrederickSb
Herald.
HAIL SToRM-We learn from the Fairfax
News that a destructive hail storm passed
over the south eastern section Of that county
on Weinesdayaast. Itcommenced some miles
below OccGquan, and extending in north
east direction, passed into Maryland, where it
was also very destructive.
IDoLATRY.-The Chinese Company, before
they would decide to perform last Friday night
at Niblos, tossed up their wooden God, Josh.
theaas nr tails) to learn whether thew could do
so with lmpunlty. josh me IGaded dice
came down favorably. The Celestials saw,
that he has been very propitious, ever since
leaving California. The invocation took place
Immediately.
ENGLISH BEGGlNG.-We copy the following
extract from an advertisement in the London
Times, as a specimen of English beggary
quite common. Money is generally asked for,
to be addressed to porties TIN ough the post
office:
"Good Christians. 1t grieves me to expose
myself and family before you this morning. |
am poor curate of the Church of ngland,
unable to obtain sufficient by my employment
to provide for my wife and children. If any
kind person will bestow an old coat, an old
pair of boots, an old hat, or frock, or even
broken umbrella, will return him my most
grateful thanks"
The Virginia Protestant Episcopal Conven.
ton has appointed the following delegates to
the General Convention: Clerical-Rev. VIM.
Sparrow, Rev. VIM. Norwood, Rev. c. w.
Andrews, Rev. VIM. Armstrong. Lay-W.
H. Farland, D. H. Conrad, P. Williams, E:
F. Taloe,
The two policemen, Kennedy and Smith,
convicted in N. York of burglary in the third
degree, were sentenced on Saturday, each of
them to be. imprisoned at Sing Sing fof two
years and two months.
FATAL ACCIDENTAL German woman.
named Anna Maria Whitaker, was knocked
down in Baltimore, on Saturday, by train
OF burhen cars, several ofwhich passed over
and so severely Injured her, that she died in
one hour afterwards. She leaves husband
and seven children.
The Boston Post says that Mrs. Tripsy
(nee Rosebud) was married at a neighboring
town last week, and is spending the honey.
moon in the city. Yesterday soc received
call of graduation from her dear friend, Susan
Prim, who, naturally enough in the course of
the interview, asked Mrs. Il. how she liked
malrmony. "Well," replied the tender flower
"marriage is doubtless divinely ordered state;
but la Susan, men are so aggressive"
The Chicago Daily Tribune says, that a
Catholic Cathedral is to be commenced some
time during the season, on the North side, near
the Catholic College in that city. 1t will
probably be the largest and anest i n that paTi
Of the country, and cost between SlSoO00 and
| 100000.
How any one can look ct the human foot
composed Of 144 bones, any quantity OF elastic
cartilage, gill OF lubricating oil, cnd ten
thousand other arrangements for first class
kicking and still believe it's duty toireceive
an insult without making man smell OF leath.
ef, IL one of those eccentricities connected
with the human mind which we never could
fafffom.
A. DfssATIsFIED MAIL AcENT.-The Gin.
cinnati Gazette, of the Goth instant, says:
awe understand that Mr.. John l.. Wake.
fssd, the newly appointed mail agent on the
Cincinnati, Dayton, and Sandusky route, has
seas on his resignation TO the Department.
Tkereason assigned is that the saiary-$S00
-isioo small for the services rendered..
To8AcCo IN MASSACHUSETTS. - n. II.
Sfersweather; Of Northampton, raised last
year rom an acre of land near LOU pounds OF
tob acco, which he sold at l4l cents per pound,
amounting TO $3.50. William and Henry Dick
inson, of Hatfield, raised last year on three
acres and three. fourths of an acre Oh innd
abe ,ut 5000 pounds of tobacco, which they sold
in New York for $1,000.
7 here arc now in California about twentye
two thousand Cinnamon. The capital inyest-
ed nd owned BY the Chinese in the State, 10
one milliontof dollars.