The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-07-20
Correspondence Of the pIspatch.


State Conrention-C Carrying too many Passenge,s-
Sudden Death-Hos Weather and the Firemen- Vir-
ginia Wheat etc.
The American State Convention met This mornp .
In Temperance Temple. Gsy street. and nominsted
Wm rurnsii Of Worcester county, for State
for Lottery Commissioner The PhiIadslphia plat.
form was endorsed and the Convention adjourned
The Democratic Convention to nominate the same
officers. takes place on the l6:h of Ausu.t
The Bremen chip Minerva. condemned for viola
ting the act Of Congres, regulating the lumber Of
passengers, has bshp released BY the Secretary of
this Treasury upon the payment OF 5000 fine.
Mr. spsnglsr, Inspector of Weights and Measures
died ddeniy yesterday from disease of the heart
Two trhing fires occurred this morning. The
hest OF the great to ipterfera mater
al y with tie efforts Of the fl emen John Hammona.
pipsmsn of Columbia Hose, fell insensble with tbs
pipe in his hand
cargo ofsix thousand bushels new Wheat arrived
The Bremen ship Marianne. Capt Warkmeister
arrived at this port from Bremen this mornins.
bring 1879 steerage pa'.erE"n
POISONING A PHYsIcIAN.-The Havana corrsspor.
dent OF the New Orleans Delta, writing under date
- OF July i, SAWS that DR.. William de Humboldt tbe
inventor of the preventative incubation against
yellow fevsr, has had administered to him some
poisonous mixture which has driven him mad IL ;s
believed to have been done tbroush tho isalou,r NJ
certain medical men in that CITY, who induced some
other persons to enter into conspiracy With them
to deprive Doctor q. Humboldt of his e xistence A
pbysician and two other persons had been arr,sted
and placed in the Cspnss Fortress for this ontrs,.
GU. crime. Doctor Humboldt is not yet considered
FArAL JEsrlsG The suicide of George PLOTS
1t John'oneurg New jersey, bsfor. published.
10 said by the papers there TO have been caused
by the fhoushtls.. je.'iug Of hi. friends He
bad been married only eleven da gs and became dis
sat's6ed 1t something his wife did on the An of
July. This dissstisfaction which fron, issl-
ousy, was Intensified by tn. foo ish jestiug of his
friends the subject and ended in his an him
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astoniseins event has happened in the administra
ion Of justice in Vermont. The Connecticu ard
wilson in an action the for dana es to tbeir
cara BY reason of his the defendants cattle beips
upon the track Of their road The cause was THE q
At the last term of the Csledona County Court
Pia ut q. claim some $50 damages to the car an 4
roa1. Tho main question argued to the jurv wa,
Whistler the scedsn, was occasion ID by defandsnts
cattle oeins upon the by plaintiff, nm.
ntog their train around the curve at too rand rst
Verdict for plaintiffs for $3.50 and costs-Bufalo
Rep. ~ wv
The AMERICAN CoLoNIZArIeN socIErY.-Tbs
receipts OF this society for tho fiscal month erdin
tributons 81 GA so, Iesscies S428 and for
Of emisrants sent to Liberia s3, SS6. Total S5 boo
New MorTvE PowER-A bag factory raw. H..
State Tribune 10 being driven In ,treet saer.msn
20 ny power hitherto known as Laughing gas, It
fssaid to be not 30 dangerous as steam ana hs,..
adspted to the propsliipg of light MACHINERY
IfFAnrIcfDE IN LokDoF.-The plumber of 5..d
Dooies OF newly-born infants which pickle nm in
ins streets, parks and squares of London 10 fr,bt
fui g oootemplsts. According to the Dublin Mad.
Gal frs'' they amount to nearly 1900 year
POPULATION OF La Crosse IowA-Tbe La cro...
Democfs. learns from the Town CIeik that the non
ist,oa OF Ia Crosse, by the census now In nro.f.
VII De fall up to 900 Year ago last winter /, o.
ofy sso and hve years ago to wit: 1850. tbs nonni,
uon or Inc entire county then included in C,s-
fordl was only few hundred o""
An elm tree, over 700 yesrs old on the commo, .,
Ss'sn, Msss, has recently been cut down.
Hon. joseph r. Ineersoll hs, res,.r.d ,h.
OF presidsnt OF the Pennsyl vania Cooni,,t;on O.
eiety. 'A'1a'ioh DO
Mic nightingale Of the crimea 10 an .Uuit.,;.,u
Point ''A"S Aie u Old
Tbs steamer Americs ssll,d for Liy erpool w.a.
~ ION Boston. with.l75 passengers and $500
There were 80 death. in Nashville, Tenn I.,.
Toe Superintendent of tn. h.,;n.
On the l1th. o'eis IN tnst city
! Fac vslas of taxable property /. N..hvu.
~ .ooo, increase Of $500 600 oxs, rem
Capt White. Of the Ill fated steamer L.,;n.
nas recovered from his wounds. insten,
: gsyid = Stocking has been sentenced tn n.
= 1s'syesae' Indiana, for the murder Of join RE-
Z III. Sneisn has disappeared from Lsxiu.,oo
nssn Steele and Ksspsdy, Of y,,s,,,.. .aa,...
"~esnsea meeting In frsAsrlsk, Nd, Hosdsss