The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-03-23
sPlRIT OF THEPRESs

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Inc wig learns from the Winchester Rennh,o..
.'st Beverly Randolph, Of Clarke coun,y-ac con,,.
tent Out and out Democrat--is the candidate
hnow Nothing party for the State Senate f,o,r
tne district, composed OF the counties of Freder
warren and Clarke. The Wing therefore rei,e
rates Its advice to the Enquirer to relax nothing of
hs martial law" discipline and asks if it will
allow Mr. Randolph's head to remain on bis sboul
derf' ln another article the Wing replies to the
Enquirer's remarks on the New Hampshire cleo.
| tion.
The Penny Post has leader on the moral char.
acter OF the American ticket in Virginia. claiming
Tor all the nominees strong religions tendencies :
one is Presbyterian, one a Baptist, one an Epis-
| copalian and one Methodist; while on the other
ticket the Posi- places consistent trio of old
Nicks most dutiful servants, who, to render more
efficient service than heretofore In advancing the
| cause OF their venerable master, have recently
espoused the cause of the Roman Catholic church"
The Enquirer publishes extracts FROM the speech
OF Mr. John M. Patton, on taking the chair as Pre-
sident OF the State Democratic Convention, in Feb
ruary, 1848. The Enquirer, introducing these ex-
tracts, says that Mr. Patton has, i" In the abandon
ment OF all his principles, justly brought down
upon his own head "the keen and cutting sarcasms
OF his own speech in 181s, aimed at the political
tr'mmers of that day" In another article the En-
quirer rallies up the Democracy to send delegates
to the Convention at Charlottesville on the 10Th of
April, for the purpose of nominating candidate
ior commissioner of the Board of Public Works
CLOSE OF THE BALTIMORE CoNFERENcE-The
lsbors of the Methodist Conference in Baltimore,
were brought to close on Wednesday last. We
append such of the appointments as we deem
| interesting to our readers: 3.
| POTOMAC DIsTRIcr-Jokn LanaAan p. E.-P q
| washington City. Alexandria w G Epglestnn I
| Coombs; Princess street, Henry C Westwood
Fairfax, David Thomas, Thsddeus B McFals
| icksburg, Samuel Rogers A'0'i
| LEwIsBuRG DIsTRIcT-Afayberry Gohesu Pc
| POLewisburg, Greenbrier Co, Va. Lew,sburq
Isaac Isaac G,oseni aews5urg circuit Josiah Hide
Etchison; Clintonville, E |. Krieelo; Coyinpton
| c Cronie,J Knots; Warm Springs. w Gwvnn
Coe; Lexington, Samuel Kepler; Lexington cir.
John w Hedges, Adam Dolly; Fincastle. G
| Tebbs, Hall; Salem, John M Green. R W
| Dougherty; Jacksonville John w Boteler; Chris
| tiansburg John w Wolff, Snyder New Castle,
| Bennett Smith; Newport, Fl J Bland; Sweet
| Springs, T Chew; Monroe, Alfred Buhrmap.
| VIM R Stringer; Union, Joseph r Wheeler: Green
Bank Thomas Mcclure; Little Levels, Lorenzo
D Nixon.
ROCKINGHAM DIsrRIcT-Samael Y. Blake p. e.
T. 0. Staunton, Augusta CO., Va. Staunton, Chas
Reid; Augusta John w Start, John w Evan
Churchville, Thomas Hildebrand Joseph Z Was.
son; Rockingham John Thrush S Hank: Rusb-
| vile, Joseph T Eakiu; East Rockingham William
| Baird, one to be supplied; Woodstock, Jas Ea-
| kin, l. Durbin Walter; Front Royal, Chas B Young
Hamilton Gaver; Lost River, Enoch Jameson;
South Branch, James N Davis, Jas Thomas New
Creek, James Betty; Moorefeld D w Arnold, ] NJ
Littell, VIM Champion sup; Franklin, ] w Kelly
| FL McNemar; Highland, o Wirgman one to be-
supplied; Williamsville, Henry Hoffman
| John Wilson, Principal of the Wesleyan Female
Institute, and member of the Staunton Quarterly
Conference
WINCHESTER D1sTRIcr.- Wiliam Hirst, p. E.
| P o. Winchester, Va Winchester, Thomas Ses
wall; Winchester Circuit w Prettyman, VIM Fl
Holiday; Jefferson, Robert nj Lipscomb James r
Armsrong' Berryville, c McEt Fresh, u Leath
berry Martins6urg, James II Brown; Berkeley,
Robert Smith, Richard Norris Berkeley Springs,
Cassaday. Springfield, Il Griffith, one to be
| supplied. Wsrdensville, T Stansbury, one to be
supplied Shepherdstown, Elias Welty. Harper's
Ferry and Bolivia, Philip Rescorl. Hisboro', John
Miller, Thos Carson. VIM Wickes, Sup Lees
burg, William FL Chapman. East Esudoun,
McMullin, Aipheus w Wilson, S Roszel, Sup
West Loudoun, T Wysong, Theodore NJ Corson;
Warrenton, John Landstreet, one to be supplied
FATE OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN-Au additional
gleam OF light has been cast over the probable fate
OF the Franklin Expedition by an Esquinaux nam
W,
and who has been for many years member of the
Wesleyan Congregat at Rossville, in Hudson
Bay. DIR Rae has always considered this netive
highly efficient and trustworthy. On his return to
Rossvile, the Esquims stated that ''he winered
with his party In a snow house, where they had six
weeks constant night In March last, (l554) they
started on the ice to the north, and were 81 days
on their northern journey. They were 100 miles
beyond the region inhabited by the EsquiuauSnnes
they still found the tracks of the md Sir
John Franklin and his party are dead 5ut, per-
haps, one two of the men may still be alive, and
| amongst the Esquimaux
'iSir Johns watch, all in pieces, with bis silver
spoons, knives and forks we're found. The ship
| great godsend to these people and they now all
| have good sledges, spears canoes, of oak wood
DR. Rae and his party did not any of the remains
o. Sir Jehn and his party but the Esquimaux inform
ed him that Sir John was found dead with his blan-
| ket over him. and his gun by his side The proba-
bity is, that it ia not more than two or three years
since the party persisted by hunger"
Such are the words of Masttukwin's narrative
| detailed to the Rev. T. Hurlbut, of Rossville
| Mission, Hudsons Bay. They are entitled to
dence because the narrator is native of the
try, acquainted with the language and could have
had no object In making false statement The
various implements made of oak which were seen
| in the Esquimaux encampment prove that they
must have mad access to at least OF the ships of
the missing expedition london Athenaum.
EPIGRAM-The PHILADELPHIA Commercial Bull
ietin perpetrates the following:
The Alles, when Il first was said
That Russia's Autocrat was dead,
Showed how unfeeling mortals are;
For needing naught of Russa's loss,
Aioft their caps, they joyful toss,
| And shout "Huzza Huzza Who's C-ar.!"
NOVEL MODE OF ExTINGuIsHING FIRE.
nIscHARGING SHELLS INTO BURNING BUILDINGS.
Fairly in January the barracks at Fort Mackinac
were destroyed by fire. During the progress of
the flames the officer 10 command thought 1t would