The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-12-11
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RICHM0HD, VI,
MONDAY MORNING. DEcrnsEs III Il. i,sl.
DEsraucrrvE FnE.-A 6rs occurrel fI Germ
nis :. C., on the night Of the 9Th inse- uaieA de
sfroyed an entire block on Main strsek 6sssudius
mo'1s drug store, spigener's grocery aofa Ex
cnange Resanrant, Crawiord's clo1kiDs sore
| Carolina Hall, squiers & Bowers' furnlfuFs store
| ana numerous Offices. including AdanS Express,
Caroiinian Newspaper and job Office, owned By r
NJ y ibbs & Co. who estimate thsir loDa ol0O0O
and are insured. The other Losses have nj been
ascersained. Boatweight & Co.'S easriaee reposi.
tory was also burnt, but the stock was sassd.
SENTENCE OF JAMEs PArToN.--James Pstton,
who killed Col. John Turnbull n New Orlesns,
about year since, was sentenced on e IT Instant
TO the pententiary for life. An appeal spss ssken
to the Supreme Court When Psssun Svas sssked n
ne had any thing to say why sentence should not be
pronounced against him, he brought forth large
manuscript book, and began reading in loud and
excited tone of voice. The Judge, however. nut
stop to the strange proceeding.
OsTEND AND OYsTRRs.-Ostend the nlace abont
which so much has been said lately u the place of
meeting ofAmerican Ministers, Is said TO be famous
for its oysters, which are not bigger than quarter
OF dollar and are invariably eaten raw; not ad.
mitfing OF being either roasted, stewed or fried.
They have copperish taste, only appreciated by
the initiated, and are highly valued by the Parisian
epicures.
CoLL1sIoN.-A collision took place ON the nigh.
OF the 9th, near Clyde, on the New York Ceutra,
Railroad. hafvuaan li.b< <ci,
an emigrant train, the former going west and the
la'ter coming east The engines and cars were
badly damaged, but no one was hurt
FATAL ExPLosIoN.-The steam boiler of the
Ames Manufacturing Company at Chicopee, Mass !,
exploded last Thursday morning The engineer,
A. b. Hoyt, was killed, and one of the machinists
dreadfully injured. Tho cause Of the accident was
q want OF water
BURNING OF FAcToRY-The Ashland cotton
factory, situated on the banks Of Gwynns Falls, at
Wethredsville, Baltimore county, Md, was de-
stroyed by fire last Thursday morning. Quite a
large number of operatives are thrown out OF
employmentby this calamity
GREAT Snow STORM &c-The snow at Roches
ter, N. Y, was foity inches deep ON a level last
Thursday. Several vessels have been wrecked on
Lake Ontario. The loss of property by the storm
is large,
Divorce CAsE.-The Childs divorce case is still
going on in N. York, with no immediate prospect Of
termination. The details are about as disgusting
as ever. and, of course, there is no falling off in
the large numbers of people daily in attendance.
Syyvr n. -. l..
vious to her departure from Boston for Liverpool,
was libelled to the amount % eco eoo. for d.ases
sustained by the steamer Ocean. which she ran
into short time ago. - sns@&
THE BURNS RIoTERs.-John C. Cluer has been
arrested In Boston for an alleged participation
IN the riotous attempt to rescue the fugitive, An.
thony Burns. Francis Jackson became bail for
his appearance at the March term OF the Court.
THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILRoAD.-The Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company have completed the se
cond track of their railroad across the Aleghaney
mountains.
'1DA MAY."-The authorship OF the new novel Of
this name, sort of Uncle Toms Cabin Is attribut
cd BY the New York Post to lady by the name of
Carroll, frem Baltimore.
CAUGHT IN THE Ice.-A feet of 30 sail vessels
has been closed in the ice, In Portage Bay Lake
Michigan, and among the islands In that neighbor-
hood.
DEFALcArIoN.-W P. sackett, receiving teller of
the Market Bank OF New York city, Is defauiter
to the amount Of $25,Ooo. Aportion Of the amount
is secured.
MORTALITY OF WAsHINGroN.-The annual re
port of the Board of Health of Washington shows
the whole number of deaths for one year to have
been 1,209.
MURDER TRIAL.-Edward Crowan, alias Crow,
was tried in New Orleans the 1st inst, for the
murder of John scanlan The jury found yer.
dict of guilty, without capital punishment"
ARREsr.-W. P. McGavock, thetelIer of the Ocean
Bank in New York, who embexzled S5O000 from
that institution In October last has been arrested
and committed to prison.
MAIL RoBBRR ARREsTED.-John M Watson,
Postmaster at Rainsbureh, Highland county, Ohio.
has been arrested on a charge of robbing the
mail.
The death of Robert N. Gatten, virginian, U.
8. consul at Mazatlan, is confirmed BY information
received at the State Department, Washington
Snow is reported to have fallen in Athens and
other parts of Georgia about the middle of last
week.
EXECUTION convicted of the murder Of
his WIS ex ecuted at Toronto Canada. on
Monday last.
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