The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-05-16

Mss LrsLrE's sNEw REcEIFfs roA COOKING.
rk,s Il : sequel to Mss Leslie,s famrus "Direcpons
1ar Cooking Itis handsomely printed duodec'"o
vo,.ne OF SO pages and In it there will be iouno
over one thousand new receipts. Many OF these nave
aoa,e from the sosth and were dictated BY eoiored
cooks who, a. Mtss leslie says in her preface, seem
70 b eitsd with neutral capabty for the culinary
Art Otheu are Of French origin we hnd IN hd'rec-
lions for every variety Of cooking from the smpest
up % the most complex dishes also lists OF articles
d.,,sd 10 70 together for breakast dinners and sup
pers besides much useful information, aud many mis-
cellaneous subjects connected with general house.
vifery. No woman ought to be without this beck -
Is receipts for making cakes and confectionery alone
render 1t worth double the price asked fsr It, espeei
ally TO ladies' who do not live In large towns and
mot send to cake baker whenever they are to have
company.
The book 10 Cor ssie By George NJ. West, at the low
price Of one dollar per copy.
PIscAToRY.--A correspondent of the Charleston
Standard, sives the following offset to certain
msrvslous tales ofturkey shooting and egg matching,
recently published:
"A gentleman Of this city. 10 company with friend
hshinG excursion. large eight Dared boat was pro-
cured and two stout, ablebodied heroes to row It
They took with them cast net, and proceeded q
short dstance from the shore where they soon found
then selves In . school Of mullets The net was
ihrswn, but It enclosed such prodgious multitude
of hsh, that to draw 1t In found to be utterly I'M
practicable In the meantime the ish began to jump
into the boat when Ii became full to be in dan.
ger OF sinking The net was cut loose and they
pull for the Shore bat found themselves
bio to propel the boat through the fish, until az
ter great exsrton aed considerable delay they finally
reached the shore just In time to prevent her sinking,
the eunwales were down to the surface of the
ter After drawing her on the beach, they proceed
ed to unload the cargo. which consisted of eight cart
loads OF hsh. from the heads of which they had fish
stew for two months What think you Of that for q
fish story every word of which 10 literally true. Let
fishermen beat that IL they CAM
ARRAY AND MURDERA AT AWEpDING.-On Tue g.
day night wedding party assembled at the Brickma-
ker's Hall. kept by J. Kensler, the plank road,
the city The company was composed of the personal
frends Of the newly married couple and for the
most part Germans. The festivities were in full pro-
eress ct two In the morning when Irshman by
the name of Robert Thompson, got into a difficulty
with some ether individual and u the room
About O'clock he returned, entered the ballroom
and fired pistol among the crowd OF dancers slight
~ wounding young man, Augustus Seager, and
servant girl, Elizabeth Pope, in their hands: Capt
Dresher one of the party, hereon went up to Thomp
son. and tried put him out of the the latter
resisted and said if Dresher didn't leave him alone,
he would shoot. Dresher, however, continued his
efforts to get him out. and had got him half way
down stairs, when Thompson drew . revolver and
abdomen of Dresher who to the foot of the
stairs and fell, dying almost instantly. The murderer
left The house immediately and has thus far been
srrestea.-Cin. Com May II.
The bell buoy, recently placed upon the bar. near
Charleston sunk Thursday last This buoy is said
to have been made at the government works, in