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

0vo0cUC& O. Wu0k W0 CoHef0ef tOtai uoetA1tiou ~
seasiblliy, passenger remarked you arc mista-
ken. cir. He i nan OF very tender feelings.
While heHas telling me about $500 all IN b gold
peices that he bad left Ia the clerks hand. the big
lears rolled down iis cheeka He 10 not wanting
In sensbility, II yor only touch him in the right
place"
Ccxrxc 70 IN 4 Fu.-There are few men better
known on the Hudson than Uncle John Acker," of
Catskiit Uncle John Is good deal Dutch. slight.
" obstinate and arkably supersfitious. He be-
keves in Rhoets and supernatural agencies general
Is, IN proof of which he would mention that when
he onre ran against the Robinson street dock, ne
swore Der tam tupderine pier jumped out and
struck der boat In ls43 Uncle John was pilot on
the steamboat Utiea, Captain Rowe. running be-
tween Catskill and New York. One night IN no
rember lhey were overtaken by fog, 80 thick ttat
Captain r. consider ed il unsafe to continue the
trip He accordingly addressed himself to the pi
lot:
.i.ay. ruc,e John. hadn't we better make port
and come TO I"
"Where der tyvil aud tunder will you find one
Suppose yOa take CANDLE and go ahead and
aWell If we can't find a port, we can bottom.
Suppose therefore, wedrop anchor@
"a Jest az yer tasn pleases Rob trow der anchor
overheard, and ID On get der poys. and turn in
Bob, q new Irishman, on his first voyage. obeyed
ORDERS overheard went the anchor, and 'rurned in
with the boys. Uncle John kindled up fire in the
pilot hook took out his pipe, and laid off for four
nOHr . smoke " ucIG JONI was enjoying LIS NrglD-
10 In this manner when daylight broke and exhibit
ed the village of Cafskl, just where he left it eight
hours before. To say that Uncle John was surpris-
ed would bnt isintly express his feeling-he was
pefrided, and looked upon the whole affair as" de
work Of de fyvils"
Uncle John continued in this belief till Captain
Rowe entered the pilot house and told him that the
boat had been floating around bose all night Bob
threw the anchor overheard but before he lid so he
forgot to attach the cable. The consequence was
that the Utica had been going it blind for half the
night and - the tide was " running up +" he found
himself 1t sunrise thirty miles nearer Catskil than
he should have been.
ltis unnecessary ,or VI TO say that Uncle John
unbosomed himself on Irishmen in general, and
Bob In particular. Uncle John % still resident o.
cstskil, ard II you wish TO make him "round shout
dered all you have 10 do is say, Bob, trow der
Choir o. erbOard '-Dutchman.
WHeLE Town IN AsHEs-The fire in London,
Madison c ounty. Ohio, on the G.. & X. r R., OIL
Thursday last was the most destructive that ever
vi.ited that tlace. Two whole squares were swept
clean Eve df Y goods stores, two drug stores the
telegraph ofca. Odd Fellows Hall, two shoe stores
and the American Hotel, besides two clothing
stores one Printing Office, furniture store
house, and several other buildn.s, destroyed.
The loss 10 now esti mated at S2tO00O. but cannot
be definitely ascertained. 1t Is supposed to have
been the work of an incendiary, several
houses in different parts OF the town were broken
Open Tbs amount OF Insurance is not known.
"
ACoop JoxH.-In the sen ate of Mississippi, on
the Doth Jan, Mr.. johnson introduced bill to
CIRCULATE the legislature Of Mississippi The bill
proposes to make "lobby meL abers' coordinate
branch of the legislature.
The members of the Minnesota legislature have
resolved to give one days per diem to the Wash
ington National Monument.
Mr.. John Farrell, contractor, last week, broke
ground on some new work upon the North Wes-
tern, Va, Railroad.
xyba AZ por
nambuco from an accidental fall, was formerly 1t
Governor of Michigan, and tor time acting Gov
ernor.
The Agricultural Committee for Indiana has de.
cided that the next State Fair shall be held at Mad
ison.
Hon. F. w. Pickens, in a letter to the editor OF
the Greenville Patriot, declines a nomination for
Governor OF 8. Carolina.
SHocKING.-We learn that boat with two men
and q woman, lett one of the Islands on Sunday,
to come to this city but alter proceeding some dis
lance, they got jammed in the ice and before they
could extricate the boat the r0nan fro1e to DEATH
The names OF the parties we could not ascertain.
Portland argus, Tues.
DR. Frank has been arrested at Cincinnati, charg-
cd with dangerously stabbing man named French,
with q bowie knife.
Yankee Sullivan, who was SO i'll that he could not
attend the Court of Yorkshire to take his trial. add
vertises great sparring exhibition ia New York.
dr. Adam Clarke held pork and tobacco in es
pecisl Devastation. He said If he was going TO of
ier sacrifice the devil, 1t should be roasted pig
stuffed with tobacco.
The Bey Of Tunis has challenged the Jouffroy
Passage Club at Paris TO rubber game of chess
The first game has begun. The bet is $5, 900 side
Who viii 'bet on the Bey2'
Mat. F. and Robert Ward charged with killing
Mr. Butler, the school teacher of Louisville, were
removed last week from Louisville to the Hardin
county Jail, where they are to be tried.
ar Vossrr The nom ,I;rn.- ,l;.
Black Warrior, $50 tons. built at Newcastle Me-,
has been purchased by Messrs. VIM Wilson &
Sons, of Baltimore for $4,000.
Mr.. B. Slevin, of Louisville lie still missing. A
reward of thousand dollars is offered if the gen
tleman returned to his friends alive and $500 for
his body, if dead.
Mr.. w. PahnestOck, an old merchant of Pitts
burg, was thrown from his carriage a few dsvs
since, and dangerously injured
The Cherokee marriage ceremony is very ex.
pressive-man and woman joining hands over
running water, indicating that their life NAV flow
on In one stream.
A person should not be expected to take off his
gloves preparatory to shaking hands with another
any more than 70 take off his boot when abou. TO
kick man.
Mr.. Oliver H. Perry, of Raleigh, NJ c., has been
appointed State Librarian OF North Carolina.
Gottschalk is giving concerts at New Orleans pre-
peratQy to leaving for Europe.
M. IoutuOChs Tie dCtOT, fcdu Que OF SQakeDeare's
plays to the citizens of Utica, N. Y, on Monday
evening. ,-s .ssF6 go
Edmund H.. Gould has recovered $4,000 dam.
ages from Gardner, Lager g. Co., of New Orleans.
for false imprisonment.
Il may not be uninteresting to state that the ladies
otkeokuk, Ill, havedecided, In solemn convention.
ouse no more brandy in thei mince
A split has taken place in the New York demo.
cratic sou shell" organization, In regard to the
question OF repeating the Missouri Compromise.
Tho original anfislayery portion of the marry
headed by John Van Buren,, have seeded from the
orTsnizatiou, and declared war upon the admins.
tsaton.
very respectable Roman Catholic organ, the
Galway Packet statess a. rumer. that i eremp.-
tnFy order isas beeu serfly will be iseued nv the
Holy See, psohibiting the priesthood In Ireland
frum taking any active or prominent part for the
future In political matters
SssoKs AND LRATHER-The Wheeling Gazette
has been shown letter from . gentleman now at
the East. who aays that throughout Massachusetts
and I'll the Eastern markets shoes have advanced
Is 10 IS per on last years prices, and leather
Of oil kinds hiss advanced 100 per cent The