The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-09-16

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A LAWYER IN A TREApMILL.-Mr. Garden, the
wealthy lawyer recently convicted in Ireland for
the attempted abduction OF an heiress, was, imme
diately after his sentence, attired in the common
jail dress his head shaven and he was set upon the
treadmill for the usual space of time. He s locked
up at six every evening and rises in the morning
at six. He Is, however, allowed an entire cell, to
himself his servant man attends him, and he is per-
mtted to supply himself with food. He goes on the
treadmill at ten o'clock, and remains working at 1t
with the usual rests, until two. This monotonous
and severe toll he goes through without murmur.
ing, though 1t is said his health is falling.
HYER AND Moaa1sEY-We learn that a match
rissey to fight for $40, ,OOo-$10 600 aside-in "a
feet ring, half minute time to be governed by the
new London rules. The lght 10 to como off in five
months from the 18th of July. Hyer has the call
and freely taken 1t is said that upward of 500
will change hands on the result-San Francisco
Herald. t-- ..--s
INTERESTING TO MARINERs-A lens light, of the
fourth order, has been substituted for the rejecting
Illuminating apparatus at the Old Point Comfort
light house, Va. We learn that the elevation of the
focal plane Is 45 feet above sea level and under or
able at an elevation of 10 feet above tho water,
II 1-3 nautical or 13 English miles distant.
ARREST FOR MAIL ROB oBBERY.-Clnton W. Pickett,
late clerk in the ncinnati post office, and the
OF respectable citizen, has been arrested on the
charge of pilfering from the mails The Gazette
the mails and also letters with enclosures address.
ed to T. w. Lord, In whose employ he was when
arrested.
trotting bull has lately arrived In New York. of
fullSpanish breed which Is offered by his owner to
take the field against all trotting nags In the United
States, for a wager of one thousand dollars. The
bull is described to possess all the running points OF
fast beast is of beautiful symmetry with jet black
tufted hair and has accomplished 2:40 in harness.
MAGNIFICENT DoNATIoNs-The executors OF the
late Samnel Appleton, Of Boston, have made dona.
tion of t,eenty thousand dollars to the Academy, at
New Ipswich, N H. The institution, since 1850, has
been known, as the "New Ipswich Appleton Acade.
my" Mr.. Appleton made donation of fire thou
sand dollars to the Seminary four years ago.
MURDER AND MOB LAw-Dr. Daniel Parker. Co
lored formerly slave Of Cassius M Clay, has been
arrested at Hamilton, Ohio, while en- route for Ca
NADIA, charged with the murder OF Geo. l.. Burton,
also colored Subsequently Parker'shouse at Che.
riot, Ohio, alleged to have been resort for bad
men and worse women, was attacked by mob and
his family dispersed.
ponding with his own paper, noticing the celebra.
tion at Yale, says "Of the poem before the Phi
BETA Kappa say nothing, the author ID the hus
band of my wife, and is not entitled to an opinion
Of his own verses" Ei-ss.., % ~
MELANCHOLY Su1cIpE.-The Sussex Delaware)
Indian river hundred, who had for some time labo-
red under alteration Of mind, committed suicide on
Tuesday afternoon, by hanging herself with rope
to the rafters of the garret. -ses ~
RETURN OF THE MoRMoNs.-A western paper
says that few days since train composed OF nine
wagons and fifty persons crossed the Missouri east
wardly In search of q new home. They had iefi
Salt Lake City on account Of the oppression and
immortality OF their church. afst
SERIOUS FiRH.-The extensive mills fthe North
American Phalanx, in Monmouth county, New Jer,
sey, were destroyed BY fire on Sunday, with a az
their contents Loss SIS, 900, and insured for the
sum OF $l2, 900.
! Samuel M. Young, of Ohio, has been prosecuted
In the sum OF $50 900 before the Toledo court, and
for Sl0,0 900 in Vermont, for slander, In charging
father with wiliully poisoning his own child.
Ex-President Fillmore, and his son. NJ r. FIJI.
more, Esq., were IN New York on Tuesday at the
Clarendon Hotel, but they lett alter very short
stay. 7e e.ssstS.f.s ssfss ,ss fse
Miss Mary Randolph, of Cincinnati, quarreilod
with young man 10 whom she was engaged on
Friday last, and soon after commisfed snsc'oe oy
taking laudanum.
Iowa ELxcrroN. The Dubuque Tribune, OF tne
30th ult. says that r. L. B. CIarks ewniEp malorMy
for Congress In the first Iowa district win be De-
tween 300 and 500 ~
A black man was cruelty beaten by several rowdy
boys On the outskirts of Philadelphia on luesdsy,
and On q white man interfering In behalf o. inc ne
gro, he too was badly beaten.
The crops in North Carolina promise 20 yielo
abundantly. The Wheat harvest y said 70 nave
been large, and the cotton and tobacco cfoPsiooe
well ssssssss -
The Kinewood Tunnel on the Baltimore and
Ohio Railrsd cayed IN on Monday, detAininG tne
trains several hours.
John Tucker Williams, of Port Hope. &C. W.
one Of the weaithiest mon In Canada, commutco
suicide ON the 9th instant
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