The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-06-05


D..rr-,,r,o~ ~ Cu.xpKns. ALA.-The Hor.
Samuel Pearson, Judge OF frooA'o -
county, Ala, writing to The montgomery ~
says. =, ,hs
,,.s' SUI ,hat prevails in this couoty Why. SIR,
49, 40 vou thiuk of pidoU and her three en" /,
80 living for three days and nights on oolsu
weeds, called pepper grass yet sucn, an
III informed, has been the case 10 Chsnoe's
sc,rtv Friend Johnson am gloomy ana usFe
swfni forebodings of the future, not that nave
ins, CONFIDENCE Ia my Maker; by no means ior l
know he will do right, but tear ne mas JuDsneN'
In store for these United Sfafes.
TUE K,So OF PaussIA NoS-suIrED IN ST
I've Couar Sometime since Bis Majesty Ere
49, William w, King OF Prussia, brought bis
.e,on IN The Circuit Court Of 81 Louis against re
Nv Coste. administrator OF Frederick william
Kupper. claiming 1900 thalers, moneys alleged 20
hsre been eubez zied by the deceased from the
M st.dssce of the King. which moneys belonged to
=, rious subjects OF the King and were after the
embezzlement reimbursed by the King to the par,
ties who were sufferers by the enforcement oil
ne petition of the King alleged that he 10 an alb
solute monarch Of the Kingdom of Prussia, and as
King thereof is the sole government OF that coun-
try; that he is unrestrained oy any eonsuuuon or
law and ID at his WILL expressed 10 due form, 10 the
only law of that country, and Is the only legal
power there known to exist as law that by the law
OF Prussia any money, or rs equivalent, sent
stolen 10 to be refunded to the owner by the King
Rupper, II appears, was a postmaster In Prussia,
and abscop6ed with the money committed TO MS
care In ls49. He came to st Louis, ana died the
same year, when Coste became his administrafor
The case was ably argued.
The court held that the petition did not show
any cause of &C ion at common law; that the pay
ment of money to the true owners by the meg,
did not at common law authorize the King to recov'
er Il of the defendant and that this court had no
iurisd lotion the questions as to the extent OF
the powers oflhe King of Prussis 10 his sovereign
capacity; to create legal liability against party
ythe exercise Of hs will 10 any FORM or as to the
power Of the King, as a sovereign, 10 Decree that
kupper was liable to pay him as sovereign that
while the King could in this court In his corpo'
rate capacity waving his sovereignty, Tor The re-
covery of any demand recognized by our lave,
yet In case Ike the present, the action Is bsseo
upon the powers of the FL J as sovereign OF
foreign State, he must prosecute the claim before
tbs tribunal having the sole jurisdiction OF such
questions, and Slate court cannot take cogni-
Zance of them
The Judgment wss rendered. for the defendant
Wy;Ar 4 NEW Yosy OMNIHUs CARRIES "A com.
I!a!nt bas been lodged with Mayor Wood, OF New
York stating lhata Third Avenue omnibus, intend
Ed for twelve pegsons recently had the following
load Fifteen adults, one child, one large CLOCK,
one good sized dog, i've bundles two baskets, and
any quantity C. fragrant perfume.
RATHER IND-GEsTAELE-Itis said that steer
Was recently slaughtered at Emmiitseurg, Nd and
when opened, G large table fork, 63-4 inches long,
with bOne handle = j Inches In length was ta-
zen from the stomach.
Disastrous FLoop.-The late inundation 10 Hun
gary covers $50 square miles of territory occasion
jag loes of one and half millions of hOrins IN
provisions two millions in houses, and one and
half millions in agricultural produce.
BAD SPECULArInN.-At Cazenovio several
farmers having large lots of hay on hand, had re-
fused $40 per ton, declining to take less than $50
Prices have now fallen to SIS per ton.
KANSAS ELECTION News The Herald of Free
dom Gree SoiD reports that the special election
Tor Representatives to the Legislature, held the
22d uliimo, resulted in the success OF the Free
State ticket In the Lawrence district The Herald
says every thing passed of quietly and without
interference from non-residents
INTERNAL IMPRovEMENT.-Dr Archibald Graz
ham, President of the Board of Public Works, and
William Drinkard, Esq, their Secretary, G w
Cutter, Esq, Auditor, and William F Richie, Esq
Colonel Wiley Marshal of the United States Dis
trics Court and John M Gregory ESQ, United
States Dis let Attorney for the Eastern District OF
Virginia, accompanied by several gentlemen from
Norfolk and Portsmouth, made an excursion, Fri.
day, to the Dismal Swamp Canal
Hon. Henry A. Wise, of Virginia, has been elect
ed an honorary member of the Granite Club, Bos-
ton.
Nova SCOTIA PoLITIcs.-The returns of the No
va Scotia election show that q liberals and II
conservatives have been chosen. Eight to hear
from. The liberals will have a working majority
Ia New Brunswick much effort will be made TO
defeat the liquor law.
A Cool STATEMENT.-The Nuremberg (Germa,
n.y. Courier states, under the head OF Stuttgart,
that the corporation Of Baisngen in the province
Of Horb, have sold their poor house TO the Jews,
and sent their poor to america.
THE CONSUL GENERAL of Great Britain, ia
Norway, has contracted with merchant of Chris,
tsna for the delivery, by the latter of thirty thou
sand wooden houses or sheds, to be used by the
English troops In the Crimea
MONUMENT worth SO 900, has been placed
over the remsius of Mrs VIA Bryan. daughter of
the late Gov. Cannon, at Nashville, Tenn.
Notwithstanding the passage of the liquor law,
there are one thousand acres more of hops 10
Otseeo county, New York, st this time 1t is said
than there were last year.
FIRE AT PORT JERvIs.-At an early hour Friday
morning, an immense wood shed, belonging to the
New York and Erie Railroad Company at Della
ware Port Jervs) was DESTROYED BY fire Ii was
over 400 feet Ia length 40 feet in widtb and full OF
wood. The loss cannot be less than $50 000
Two YOUNG LADIES, daughters of Mr.. Samuel
Osgood and E. q. Burliug, were drowned at East
chester, near New York, on Wednesday,
THE GRASS HoPPERs near Cumberland Md
destroying the wheat They leave IL with The
grain entirely eaten off.
CATFISH DYING The catfish 10 the Mississippi
are dying by shosls aud coming to the surface.
caused, II is supposed by the under current or hot
springs In the river.
Mackerel have been abundant In Massachusetts
Bay tor several days past. Fity vessels engaged
In the fishery were in sight from Yarmou,hport,
Mass one day last week
Four NEGROES hLLED.-Four negroes belong
ing to Captain Samuel Jones, Of Camden, Alabama
were Killed on the 9Th uitimo, by lightning They
bad taken refuge under mulberry tree
DISTRESSING Ca Tuesday last, Miss Margaret
f. Sewall, of Washington city, in her 18Th year
was married to Mr.. Davis, and on Friday last. only
three days after, died. Her marriage and death
were published 10 the issue OF the Alexspdr ria
Gazette.
The dwelling houses of John Carlisle, and Mr.
Hahn, at ST. Ciairsviile, Wheeling were d, {.
stroyed by fire on Wednesday last.
Samuel Dick, who ran away from his wife seven
years ago. with Miss Elizabeth Young, of Wheel
log has been tried for bisamy, In Cadiz, and sen.
fenced to the Illinois Penitentsry
The bucket factory OF J Hamlin at Mt Pleasant,
near Charleston, 3. c., was bur ned "Wednesday
night. Loss $40 900.
Cept John E. Robertson of Winnsboro. S. {. =.
lost his entire cotton crop by hail storm on The
23d ut.
Governor Reeder has returned IN Eas,o, po