The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-07-12
RICHM OED, VAT

VAspALnM-D -DRsTRucrIoN CT PRIVATE PHo-
prRrY--rhe Russian papers complain OF the van
ton destruction of private properly At the capture
OF erich BY the Allies. The following graphic
- synn,inc account as the London Standard calls
n shows what good cause existed for such com
pisiats. The writer says:
al went on shore to see the troops land at Yeni>
kale. and was highly amused Abouttwo hundred
t.Ilows soldiers and lnsrines-E gish, French
and Turks-made for q large house, from whic
the occupants had ID 10 such haste that they left
dinp er on the re- and the cloth laid The dinner
consisted OF leg Of mutton, pudding and vegeta-
bes; and happened to be one OF q few who got q
GOOD dinner. The house was msgnitcently fur
pisbed. Duriog dinner two Frenchmen played
anon the piano while two others danced on a.; pre-
ssu,ly our fellows {who evidently had no taste for
mu,ic) chopped the Instrument 10 pieces with q
pickaxs
the plates end dishes through the windows some
run their bayonets through the pictures. sone oil
paintings, per hsps valuable others anusad them.
selves BY burning the beautiful bound books, and
there appeared 10 be composition between halt Q
dozen 20 see which could destroy the greatest
quantity OF furniture 10 the shortest time By and
by soine eight or ten Frenchmen csms out of the
cellar where they had been locked down. when
out there was q cellar before. Of course, general
rush was made, and 10 an incredibly short time
there vas not q full bottle or cssk Lett
while this little piece was being acted within
doors, 'gIGQQ uiVeFueemeDb was neiDg uers
formed without The conservatory, avery hand
some building about lao feet long, totally de-
stroyed. To sas the fellows chasing the pigs al
poultry was amusing enough. which were ali killed
az soon as caught, aud cooked too. The village of
kamiesSh was set on fire to cook by several foe
cows were titled aud cut up with swords, cooked
and eatsp in what 10 often called no time.' Some
got possession Of q carriage. and some were drawn
about by others, who acted the part of ofdrsught
nals either horses or sssss wh ich you please
SPECULATION IN Gonna deRlsr 10 breadstnfts
In Louisville, anx ious to control the market, pur
chased large quantities of corn in Indiana. and now
has ON hand SO 900 bushels 1t Ia 20 be hoped that
ha mag be compelled to keep 1t iii next fall, when
he viii be likely to rcGlize about half Its cost. Mill
lons OF bushels of grain of all kinds locked up
the profits of keeping it longer on hand.
APPEAL OF CRIMEAN RKcRUi1s.- Several Ger
sed letter the President implorirg his protec.
tion. They now Imprisoned a, Melville land,
which they dare not leave unless In the company
of sergeant or other officers. Many of them are
naturaze ed citizens of the United States and were
entrspped to Canada, by offer of work, when times
were very hard in New York They had secretly
applied 10 Mr.. Frazer, u. s Consul at Halifax,
who referred them to the Government at Wash
ington.
PRoFITs OF KossUrH -Kossuth 10 letter to the
N. Y Times says that the balance he had on hand
when he left this country was 81, 1872 81 He thinks
he could have made much more had he presented
himself q SINCE or dancer and with less trouble