Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-09-16

DEs OF BASptrrr-A GAxG OF EIisHwAY RonpERs is
MIssIssiPPI-ln tho county OF Calhoun in this STATE
villain named Phillips arrested and his conncctoi
with an Organized bind OF outlaws aud robbers fully
traced Their rendezvous in the impenetT alb IL
forest in the forks OF Yaabooshi and Looslrhoona river.
wherc negro woman found who had been decoy Ell
from her owners by the robbers Tho jill nj Pontotok
recently broken OPEN a. IL ia beIieyed nv thee
bandi aud two runaway slaves were abducted The man
Phillips who is now injIil, hid applied to blacksmith
TO make key for tho jill at Cof.eyile Stores and
dwellings have been robbed the outlaws eyncinR reck
less daring, which has led their detection aud the brea
king up of their camp. The excited citizens OF Calhoun
have taken to ho:sOs and in large bodies determined
tord The country of the bold aud dangerous villain. from
whose depredatous they have sred.Pauldng Miss
Clarion, 26,h ult.
POSTAGE SrAMrs.-Au old lady in Paris n few weeks
ago. made something OF TO" in the post Office becaus Sc
letter for VIII ch she alleged she had paid delivered
at its Destination postage unpaid. Tbs went into
court the Tomin persng in hor staten ,nt the post
Office clerk Psrina=ou,y denying it, un at last tho
plaintiff from large pocket book hauled Der receipt
posidgs Hampi Tho cour. was conyussd and tho old
lady fined for the disturbance.
Tho case. all bui the trial il without s coun
IN some sections OF this country For instance the Fay
W. ~ observer mentions the receipt Monday
oil business letter from some part of South Carolina for
which tho editor had to pay i've cents. On openir H.
however he found the postage stamp enclosed We hay
read OF Ike cases In other quarters.
POSITIVE AMOUR THE SANDWICH IsLlsp, TeyArr.-Tbi,
mornings mail brought from Honolulu letter from
party who Is well posted with reference to tho
between tie SlndSich Islands government aud the Anne
ricin Commissioner, Mr. Gregg. Writing few moments
before the last mail from OiDnlu for Sin Francisco loft
our correspondent assures u.s. that up that momsnt no
progress had beon made the ncgotlons for tho treaty
placing The affair in position d,reat from that in which
II was A. the nn Of tho departure If tho last
mail for the Unite 5tl,ss Ncverthele I. was reduced
20 certainty that the treaty would shortly he signed aver
the opposition Of the FRINGE the only considerable person
10 tue goVsfnnaht who was really unAToriblc 10 II. Tho
deiiy AZ that tm5 correspondent Attributes 20 n re-
quest OF the Prince for an opportunity nnturey
slder tho points Observation-Disclosures Star.
The cholera ut Columbia, Pa, has produced such A
panic that the country poope round the devastated town
refuse to hold any Intercourse with the citizens, and
much suffering from the Want OF wholesome food has been
ho result. the Town Hall has been converted into
Temporary hospital for the victims Of the disease Dr.
Jewell estimates that II Phli1ephil wac riyage1 In de-
gree corresponding with her population, a. compared
with Columbl, the deiths would have reached seventy
hVe an hour The gentleman Is OF opinion that
the exciting Of the epidemic Is In the Atmosphere
a0d not in the water the victims have been taken In
d'crimnitey rom among those who the water from
the reservoir, and those who drink nothing but sprng
water The Susq1ehanna at Columbia, s how extremely
low, and the amospher5 OF the town Il vatel by the
qusotiy ofde'omposed animal matter 10 bed or lodged
above the dam.
FgsEs,t OF Mas. BESroS --Yojefdy afternoon. (siys
ie Washington Sar OF WelneJlIyJ the funeral Of Mo-
ElIibeth Benton wife Of tho Hon. T1oJ. II. Bsnton
took place from her residence on street. Gen Hen
derson, Gen. Jesiup, Hon. X. H. Sanypn of Kentucky
Hon. w. Ashc, Col SeatDn, Ojn. MiOiuley, Hon. q.
. Singleton, and +. r. Biir acted as pill berers-
Among others who followed tho rom uJ to the tomb wa
the Pre,dsni Of the Uoltsd State,. Mrs. Benton has
been W for many years. Mr. Benton Il nov 10 Missouri
BalCTnIr TEi.-A Merchant OF Portsmouth, N. H.,
bought Ia Boston few days SINCE three chests that Wers
suppoed TO bS filed wish prime article Of aa but
being opened they were found 70 couin WORTHLESS chs
rios hu &C. rendered sufficiently for practical purposes
by the addition OF eollsotlon Of unburnt bfckba evil
dsnuy OF Chinese origin,