The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-08-13

| Corr.s,oudenee Of the Dispatch.
| Newfoundland Telesrdps - oea' =
S...-~.-s,,.es Waikers and Model Artssfes-
Drv Goods Sale --Rdchel, DC
Oy o"' NKw YonK. Aug H.
,,.. rsee,ved telegraphic informsti.n mere
~. ssfe arrival of the James Aager a. hshiax
with the Newfoundland Ieeg,spu .,or,,, =.
0p Co night and went Into Halifax next morn
The PARTY consists of sixty.six. AT HALIFAX
,as, took ship In tow which contains the wire,
iii ba maid out across the Gulf of st. Lawrence.
The steamers Ariel, with 100 passengers and
| s,25 600. and the steamer Washington, with 10
passengers and 5000 0S0 Ia specie sailed hence to-
'' The censu, Of the 18th ward shows 3479 dwell.
inss and IL 526 families numbering 60 952 persona
10 the Goth ward, there 927 dwellings, 10 096
families, and 46 925 persons.
The police were down on the street walkers
Thursday night, capturing thirty one of the uhfor-
tun ate creatures, between fifteen and forty years
of age The greater part of them were the same
daring hardened creatures that always before
the court, though some of the foreign girls who
are not accustomed TO the Island wept bitterly
when they heard they were to go there. During
the night eighteen more, members OF q model ar
tiste troupe In a Church street house of ill-fame,
were arrested while giving exhibitions and lodged
In the tombs.
In the Board of CouuciImeu last evening com
mittee of FIVE was appointed to report suitable
plan for monument to be placed 10 Greenwood
to the memory of the New York volunteers, at
cost not to exceed $4,000
The conductors on the New York and Erie Rail-.
road have adopted a uniform. IL 10 appropriate
and becoming not unlike that of the New York pc.
lice The buttons bear the emblem of miniature
| locomotive, and the word Conductor"
The ship Neptune from Liverpool arrived yes
terdsy at Castle Garden, bringing between 600 and
700 passengers, mostly Irish. Ths examining ply
| sicisn reports them to be all In extremely good
health. fHy
The "Joseph Walker corruption case" 10 looking
more corrupt than ever. The newest feature 10 an
alleged offer of an alderman (Moser) to stop sin
vestigation" Ii q certain amount OF "hush money"
was given him. A committee TO inquire into the
facts Of the statement has been appointed.
The next European steamer due at this port is
the Union, which was to leave Havre on the LIST. If
she makes az good passage on this az she did on
her last Trip she will be at her DOCK with four days
later news, on Monday morning.
One Of our leading auction houses had q very
extensive dry goods sale this morning. The stock
consk cd mostly OF merinoes and bombsz zines, OF
French importation. II was the frat sale of the
kind to any extent this season, and drew together
cities The bidding was quite lively, and the pro.
ceeds Of the sale are said to be full quarter of
million of dollars.
There Is no truth 10 the statement that Mile
Rachels departure for this country has been post.
poned. card from her manager here states that
she would, without doubt embark In the steam
ship Pacific, which leaves Liverpool for this port
to morrow. The lion-bunters and persons engaged
In the distlng stranger" business therefore
" Ill please take notice.
The Cool Term has just set 10, now. Atten
O'Clock last night thermometer down to 50, with
breeze too chilly for comfort.
OHIo-OFPOsITIoN TO Ma CHAsE.-The mass
State Convention of the Wings and Americans
opposed to Salmon p. Chase for governor Che fu {.
sion candidate and free soiler1 re-assembled at
Columbus, Ohio, Friday afternoon, when there
were about $50 delegates present. Mr.. Davenport
OF Belmont, was selected as president of the con
vention, with twenty-one Independents and six
secretaries. Two only of the ce-presidents were
present
The convention then appointed a committee on
resolutions, after which the Hon. VIM. Standberry
addressed the convention In excu!patory slavery
speech. He exhonorated the Southern people
from the evils of slavery, while ell the benefits
Injured to the North. He said the Southern people
owned slaves only in name. Massachusetts was
the real owner, and reaped the fruits of their labor
In exchange for their granite and ice.
The committee on resolutions made report one Of
which recommended the nomination of Ex-Govern-
or Trimbie for Governor.
The convention was then further addressed By ].
H. standberIy in favor of the principles of the Ame-
ican party las proclaimed by the majority or South.
ern wing OF The Philadelphia Know Nothing Con-
ven'ion,) and the no ninstion of Governor Trimble
He was followed by Messrs. Norton, of Cincinnati;
Geiger, of Columbus and Norton, of Knox.
The Convention then nominated Ex-Governor Al
len Trmble for Governor, at adjourned The other
nominations will be made this evening.