The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-12-24

susan Denln, the actress, VINO was divorced two
weeks since in Indiana from her husband, Fletch
er Woodward, has married Frank Hutchinson the
celebrated banjo player.
The New Orleans Delta says that Secretary Da
Wis has written letter to friend declining to be
considered an aspirant for the Vice Presidency.
Amongst the appointments made by the South
Carolina Legislature is $250O00 for new state
capitol.
The billiard saloon and out buildings of the
Shakespeare House, in Fredericksburg, were
burned on Thursday night.
Louis A. Cooley, who for twenty-five years has
successfully conducted magazine in Philadelphia
was honored by a dinner festival on Thursday.
A delegation of Chippewa Indians has arrived
in Washington. The chief is a afree-mason.
DR.. Brandreth is to contest the seat of his com
petitor in the N. Y. Senate.
Railroad, died on Thursday last, in New York
city.
The British Consul at Cologne who was impris-
oned for enlisting Germans for the war, has been
released. 5.tTe
Robert Bunyan, Esq, the last male descendent
of the author of the Pilgrims Progress, died At
Lincoln, England, on the 18th ult, aged 80 = -
The reported death of Queen Amelia, the widow
of Louis Philippe is contradicted At the last
counts she was convalescent. =
Miss Nightingale has returned to Constantinople
from the Crimea. She is well, and active in the
hospitals. ~
]. b. Gouriet, the oldest member of the literary
fraternity in France, aged g. lately died In aims
house in Paris. At the beginning of the century
he possessed considerable reputation as an au-
thor.
Solomon Smith, a young man, was executed 1t
Paris Kentucky, on the l4th, for the murder of his
father.
J. Ross Browne. at present in California, has
been appointed chief clerk in the Office of the Au-
ditor for the Post Office Department.
Henry Myers, formerly a member of the Vir-
ginia Legislature from Morgan county, died few
days since
Ham. Gibson, of Frederick county, Virginia
slaughtered hog, on Monday, weighing five hun
dred and twenty nine pounds, ,.sg-5 = ~
The Secretary of the Interior has decided that
the volunteers engaged in the removal Of the Cher
okee Indians are entitled to bounty land.
Col. Parker II French, the Minister from Mica
rag,ia, is in New York. ~
Sylvanus M Spencer, tried in New York for the
miirder Of Capt Frazer, of the ship Sea Witch,was
scquitted on Saturday.
The life Of Charlotte Bronte, author Of Jane
Eyre, is about to be published. -
The Sumter fS C) watchman Announces the
death Of Col. J. NJ. Nelson, Of that district
Hon. ID. NJ Baringer, late U. s. Minister TO
Spain, has commenced the practice of law in Char
lotte, n. G. - 3 s
DIR. WHIP. Scott, in prison In Perry county,
Miss, for tho murder Of his wife, escaped few
days since by locking the iailor up.
A number of slaves attempted to escape from
Bourbon county KY, last week, hut in crossing the
Ohio, four were drowned.
r. O. Watson citizen of New Madrid, No.,
and worth 100000, was lately murdered by three
men.
The reported death Of the " ife of the late Louil
Philippe is contradicted; she Is recovering.
John w. Bell one efthe heaviest -four dealers IN
Baltimore has disappeared mysteriously. Foulpiay
with him Is suspected.
The American ticket for City Commissioners,
last
Tho Legislature Of Maryland will convene .
Annapolis on Wednesday, the I'd proximo.
The Louisville Times says there are 225 convict
in the Kentucky penitentisry
ANEW SIaHoF INEERIETY.--A man trying h
put his night cap on with his boot hooks.