The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-11-02

D. Morcure d. Conway has been called to the
charge of the Unitarian Church In Washington
City.
Mrs. Gen. Gaines was In Washington last week.
Caleb Lyons declines denomination to Con
| gres from sd district of N. York.
Joseph Krebs one of the Oldest settlers Of Mo-
| bile, died last week.
| and civil engineer, lately q resident of New York
has gone to Russia by invitation of the Gear, to
| cupy position in the Russian army.
| Prot J. Milton Sanders has been convicted al
Memphis, Tenn of attempting TO aid in the escape
of slaves, and sentenced TO the penitentisry for
| three years. motion, however, Is pending for a
| new trial.
QUIcKnLvER.-The production of quicksilver in
California Is getting to be a large business. The
quantity shipped TO South America and China, from
LIST January TO LIST October 1854, amounts to 3,e43
/ fasks.
| the Great Lodges OF Ohio granted charters for Is
new Lodges
Three deaths occurred on. Friday from yellow
fever in Augusta, and four on the day following
In Savannah one death wasreported on Thursday
| and two on Friday.
PARRIcIDE SENTENcED-The Allegan (Mich)
Record says that on Saturday last, j. R. Clements
was found guilty of the wfu murder of his father
on the I'd day OF March, In the town OF Heath, in
| Allegan county, and was sentenced to the State
Prison for life. There is no capital punishment in
| that State.
LIBEL SuIr.-The Maine Farmer has been sued
for libel for reporting that the Shipbuilders Bank
| of Rockland had failed. The damages are laid at
| $4,000.
| The revenue OF Kentucky for the year ending DC
tober 1853 was 1852 454 The expenditures for the
same period amounted to $50, OLE.
| Mr. Robert Cunningham committed suicide in
Georgetown, on Saturday last by taking laudanum.
| CHARGE OF MURDER IN NEWPORT, r. Three
| Irishmen. John Mccartney, Patrick Farrell, and
John G. Hayes wen. out to sail from Newport on
| Tuesday. The two former returned with the story
| that the latter had fallen overheard and was
| drowned. bloody knife was found in the boat,
and there were other suspicious circumstances.
| and the two were arrested on the charge of MUIR
| der.
| Edward Reed, an engineer on the Pittsburg and
| Cleveland railroad, was crushed to DEATH by the
cars last Wednesday.
| Rev. Antoinette L. Brown who is indignant at the
untounded report of her marriage, is lecturing to
| full houses in Cincinnati.
Hon Daniel Mace, member of Congress from the
| Lafayette Qnd) district was dangerously i'll OF
| cholera last week.
| The Elkton Democrat says i. is rumored that
Judge Hopper has declared his intention of enforc.
| ing the law to the utmost against all who had a
hand in hanging Thomas, the murderer, at Denton,
| Maryland.
| We learn from the Hopkinsve Rifle that D. B..
Chiles was murdered at his residence, near Tren.
| ton, Ky on Thursday night of last week. He was
killed by shot fired through the window. The as.
sassin is not known.
| A correspondent of the Albany Evening Tran.
script records the suicide of Miss Haley in Pitts.
| town, Rensselaer, county, because her mother had
| whipped her the day previous. The correspondent
adds that she jumped into the creek which contain
ed about three feet of water, with her sun bonnet
tied over her face, and was found dead there the
next day.
RAPID INcREAsE.-The st. Louis (bIo Democrat
estimates that in year from this date there will
be at least hundred thousand people in Kansas
which will entitle the territory to admission as
State.
"SIcH GIrTIN UP STAIRS "A genius has In.
vented an India rubber ladder. The only obiec-
ton to the arrangement is that you climb all day
without getting up any. But what of that? The
| same objection will apply to thousand other
things.
AN UNREASONABLE FAsHIoN-A day or two
since man was seen entering the city of Bridge
port, Conn, from the direction of Fairfield, in
state of entire nudity. He said he was bound for
Missouri and was Swede but the authorities pre-
| Stunning that he did not know where he was going,
| nor who he was took him up and had him cared
| for.
The papers announce the death of Dr. VIM. F.
| Leonard, formerly of Baltimore at New Orleans.
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and for year or two previous, he was private sec.
| rotary and adviser to Dan Rice the circus man.
| SAFETY OF STEAMBoATs.-A correspondent of
| the New London Chronicle, makes a suggestion
worthy OF notice, upon the safety OF steamboats, in
OF fire and of collision His plan Is that every
boat shall be provided with water gates to let in
the water, trap gates to let out the coal and cyin
ders sufficient to buoy up the boat and machinery.
With these arrangements he thinks that boat need
| be neither burnt nor sunk.
| a. I.
ment of the pork.packing business at the West but
| hogs are being " mustered in large numbers on
| the field of slaughter.
| There is now in this city says the Wheeling
| Times, fully 1000 kegs of nails waiting for the
means of shipment to market. Itis enough to keep
| money scarce.
| In Salem, on Sunday evening, the 2lst instant a
little child, who had been put to bed by its mother
| short time previous, commenced screaming VIC.
lently, and on examination it found that a rat
| had bitten and torn all the fingers on one of its
hands. and the little one was completely covered
| with blood.
l. The court martial which assembled at Fort Smell
ing Arkansas, the 18th of August for the trial OF
Captain Napoleon j. T. Dana, Assistant Quarter
master, under charges of speculation in connection
with the discharge of his oicia duties at that most
, have honoraby acquitted him.
. CONDUCTORS MADE Non CoNpucroRs. Some 1C
or II freight conductors on the ne from Columbu,
to Erie, were dismissed from employment las
week. Inc cause, the Columbus Statesman under
stands is that they in the too frequent habit
constituting themselves silent partners OF the Com
pany, and declaring dividends without OWNING
stock
AcQUITTAL FOR INsANITY.-Tte trial of w. O
Eaton, of Boston, for attemptingto shoot his wife
was concluded at Lawrence, on Friday afternoon
the jury finding him not guilty of intent to kill or
the ground of insanity. The Court ordered hi.
| commitment to the State Lunatic HOSPITAL. at Wor
/ cester, tor the term of five months
EVERY DOG MUST HAVE HIS DAY-Tbe Cincin
natl (Ohio) Enquirer says A man named Day, who
picks up rags and other trifes which luck NAV
place In his way was yesterday terribly torn by q
large bull dog, the property of Mr.. Morgan, who
| resides on Catharine street.
| HEALTH OF NATcHEZ.-Only one white person
died In Nstchez last week, and that an old lady
who 10 stated to have seen ITO summers bloom and
as many winters whten. The health of Natchez
was never better. Not case of fever is heard Of
indeed any sickness whatever. Ours. certainly. is
| most favored city.-Natchez Cour. 18Th IN
| SECOND SUPPLY OF RICH FALL
~ AND WINTER GOoDs-CHEAPER THAN
EVER. MlLLHISER l. BRO having lust Omen.
ed their second supply of Fall Goods all Dough for