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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-06-01

AN UNCONSCIOUS THIEF.-As a gentleman was
leaving Faneuil ball, Boston. Mars, last Monday
evening, where monster meeting had been held, &
friend discovered watch hanging by the chain, te q
bu ton on the back of his coat HI went once to
the police Office, where he found the owner Of the
wstch complaining of his loss In the JAM the chain
had htched on to the button and been dragged from
the pocket, both parties being unconscious Of the
transfer,
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-06-01

MASSACHUSETTS COLONIZATION SOCIETY Tho
NJ ssachusetts Colonization Society held its annual
meeting, in fremont Temple. Tuesday. The Sec
rstarys report exhibits the receipts for the year at
sboot SIG 500 and the expenditures about BIG goo
Mr. Bradford, purser in the United States Navy, de
scrbeG the colony at Liberia being in a most
aourishing condition. Rev. Mr. Pinney Secretary c.
The New York Association also addressed the meet
nn
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-06-01

MARRIAGE EXTRAoR oRDIEARY.-Tom Thumb, the
celebrated little great man, says tho Boston Herald
Was married at Webster, Massac chusetts. on Thurs
day last, TO Miss Vinton Of Bridgeport CT. An a-
tempt was made to keep it from the public, but
somehow it leaked out through some of the com
pany Tho little indiscreet after imbibinr
pretty freely of Beidseck which DR.. Kirkhan had
provided for the occasion.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-06-01

DENIES rT.-Rev. John McCafrey, D. D, OF Bal
tmore, has published card denying that be stated
that the Protestant ministers OF Savannah fed from
t1at city during the prevalence of the yellow fe-
yer there. This denial 10 made 10 the face of tw
newspaper reports and the recollection of large
lumber Of persons, who heard him. Things be-
gin to look squally for the Rev John Cafrey, d.
D.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-06-01

EXPLOSION SIX MEN KILLED.-The boiler ofthe
team mill near Rome, lad, belonging to John
Weston, exploded few days since, killing six men,
and tear og the mill to pieces. 1t threw the
ils from their plscea the distance of several feet
making a total wreck of the whole mill.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-06-01

MUNICIPAL ELECTION AT WASHINGTON - Extra
ordinary efforts making in Washington to enroll
and marshal for the municipal election on Monday,
by both part ss. The ju6g ges ali Know Nothings
but the antics have resolved to have outside com
ottees at the polls TO count each VOTE ia order 70
prevent any deeeTtion on the part ofths judges 1t
thought the election will be 8 close one.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-06-01

MAINE PoLrTIcs.-The Know Nothing State Con.
venIion, in session In Bangor Me these two days
past, adjourned without making nominations for
State officers. The members of the order are left
to vote according to their Individual preferences.
Strong anti slavery resolutions were passed, and
delegates 10 the National Convention soon to meet
| Gt philadelphia were appointed. The proceedings
we're harmonious
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-06-01

DEATHs.-Mrs Ellen Mallory, mother of Hon
stephen R. Mallory of the United States Senate
and Miss Agnes N. Randall, daughter of Hon,
Judge Randall, of Tallahassee, Fla, died at Key
West on the 18th and 22d insts
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-06-01

DEATH NJ. GODDARD, THE ERoNAUT
Goddard. the celebrated eronaut, learn from the
New Orleans PicaYune, died suddenly in that city
Friday morning last. He in good health the
evening before, aad hes been married but thres
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-06-01
CPRTNG HARDWARE.-The Subscri-

CPRING HARDWARE.-Th Subscri-
~ bers respectfully invite the attention of country
merchants, Sgddlers and others, to their extensive
and varied assortment of HARDWARE, Guile
RY, GUNS, STEEL and SADDLERY, just eceved
from the manufacturers of England snd America
The Goods have been selected with care and pur-
chased mostly for cash. Hence we have hesita-
ton in assuring our friends who have hitherto IA
vored "a with their liberal patronage and the public
generally, Chat their supplies of Goods may be had
from good terms from any other house in
the country. SMITH X ROBERTS.
NH
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-06-01

VIOLATION OF THE LIaUoR LAw.-Several prom-
plead guilty of violating the prohbitory law
md have been sentenced to pay fine of $40 and to
be imprisoned twenty days They appealed and
gave the required bonds Other cases will come n n
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-06-01

LETTER FROM NORMAN SIsrER-The New
Haven journal publishes letter from Norman
sister in the Salt Lake city, in which the following
hit at the U. s. soldiers occurs:
They are corrupt as the devil; | think that old
Satan " ould De ashamed of some things that they
glory H. NO sooner did the oceTs arrive here last
fall than they began to enquire after won en- And
because they were Tebuked openly, they took IF
fence 1t is ali that mothers can do To keen the m
away from their aUghters They make dancing par
ties and use all their iL1uence TO decoy the Young
single girls into their places. Instead Of rearing
vice and corruption wherever they 60"
"Col. Steptce il here and has, with many other
military officers signed and sent petition Con-
gress to get Brigham Young appointed Governor
again. Col. Steptoe appears to be good man. and is
very frieadly to this people. So you ses that you
cannot depend upon newspapers fer truth"
Another letter from the United States officer there
says:
will bring my long letter to close. AS a general
thing, the women here, having sstisfed what we
call The lust but what the Hormons call the holy
DESIRES, of some righteous elders. 3 left to shift
for hersei not the least support does she receive
from him, 10 whom she bss been, il Hany cases
forced to prostitute herself Their condition is inf
ntely worse than that of this ilIves at the South.
women hero have told me that their pretended
husbands have not visited them for months and
years One OF the apostles asked family of three
girls TO marry him. and, to get them, he would take
the old mother. They refused, and he has since
hgned them in every way.
we receive many requests for assistance to leave,
from women in every position. Their case is pecu-
liary hsTd separated by hundreds Of miles Of plain
and desert from the outside world, brought here by
false inducements degraded and oppressed, with no
hope Of iuccor, they are in great, very great mum
oers, entirely disafected. They abhor the very
thou GIT Of polygany, the very name of Mormonism.
This is the honest, simple truth"
THE MONUMENT TO SIR JOHN FRANKLIN The
marble monument sent out by Lady Franklin, by
The Arctic Expedition, to be erected In memory Of
her husband and his party, contains the following
inscription:
TO THE MEMORY
FRANKLIN, CROZIER, FlTZJAMES,
And all their gallant brother officers and faithful
companions, who have suffered aud perish
ed in the cause Of science and the
service of their conntry.
THIS TABLET
Is erected near the spot where they passed tbeir
frat Arctic Winter, and whence they issued forth
to conquer difficulties or to die. IL commem-
crates the gIief Of their admiIing coun.
trymen and fTiends and the anguish,
subdned by faith, OF her who has
lost in the he role leader of
the expedition the most
devoted and stfeciion-
ate of husbands
-4ad 50 lie bYingsth them iato TIE hdVea Iohere
hsp i0oaid be-
1856.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-06-01

APPEALING TO HEAvEN.-The citizens OF Sharks,
Vile, Miss appointed the 10Th Instant as day Of
fasting and prayer for rain.
The green Csterpiliar Is doing great damage TO the
North Carolina pineries.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-06-01

DEATH FROM PkUssIc ACID-A child OF Mr.. Ischi,
of Newark NJ only three years old died very sud
denly in convulsions from swallowing some OF the
ccntents of bottle containing oil Of bitter almonds
in which this deadly acid largely exists. Peach.
water all contain this poison and should be lept out
of the reach of children.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-06-01

HORRIBLE DEArH.-Dr NJ P, Morgan, of VAN
dsrburg county, Indiana, came to his death on the
18Th ins'snt, under the following circumstances I,
Hecsme home Intoxicated, and hIs wife and three
children went to neighboring house. Shortly af-
Ter the house took FIRE and he perished 10 the
hames
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-06-01

CANAL RIoT.- On the 10th instant al mid day, a
mob OF one hundred men with bltekened faces.
armed with rifles and provided with martial music
and national flag, deliberately marched TO the
Birch Greek reservoir of the Wabash and Erie
C anal and cut a hole In the embankment, 20 as to
destroy the reservoir. They then stood guard
until the water had all escaped.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-06-01

REsTRIcTING CHURCH BELLs.-An ordinance
was recently introduced into the council of Louis.
vile, Ky, limiting the majority of church bells on
Sunday TO a certain number of minutes. tt was
fefaatad
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-06-01

TREATY WITH ISpIANs.-The Union publishes
the text Of treaty between the United States and
the Willamette Indians, in which the latter, for the
consideration OF an annuity extending over twenty
years pledge themselves 10 be peaceable, besides
concedipg certain lands
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-06-01

WARLIKE PREPARATIONS A letter from Mar
selles of the 9Th, states that immense quantity
of tents were loaded the 8th board OF the
steamer Wesrmsuth, and battery of artillery en-
baked in the packet Mersey Wire for the tele-
graph in the CIimea, and mats TO shelter the men
from the heat of the sun. have been shipped on
beard several sailing transports; eco lbs. gun
powder, 100000 projecriles, and 100 csrrisges
rived at Marseilles on the 9th by railway.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-06-01

FROM HAvANA.-The steamer Isabel arrived at
Charleston, s. c., on Monday, but with nothing
importsn. from Havana. The state of siege in
which the island had been placed was discontinued
on the 23d inst. The Jamestown was the only yes
SCI 10 port when the steamer left, and her officers
had given party to some of the citizens of Havana
the night before.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-06-01

Catherine Withers has recovered $500 damages
al Lancaster, Pa, of young man for breach OF
promise of marriage.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-06-01

"A patent mas been issued to VIM d. Wilson, of
hicnmond, for sn improved corn grinder and
crusher
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-06-01

FREE NEGROES IN MIssouRI-The citizens OF
Johnson county, No. held meeting last week and
resolved to eject all free negroes by force who are
to be found in that State after August next, and
Instructed their legislative members to move bill
to prevent any slave being emancipated in future
in that county.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-06-01

PREsESTATroN.-The San Fire Compsny OF Alex
andris hsve presented Mrn Grace ReynoIds their
lady patronsss with silver medallion having rsp.
rssentation of their gine on it. }4
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-06-01

PAvEMENTs.-The Circuit Court Of Fairfsx. in the
case OF the Alexandra city council Is. Lee have de-
cided that the city council had right to impose
tax of so much per front foot property for paving
purposes -.H-f.8
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-06-01

U. 8. COAST SURVEY The United States coast
suvvey schooner Graham sailed the 25th from Kew
West with Prot. Bache and party, of the survey on
board, ali well, for Baltimore
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-06-01

SPEAKING EXTRAORDINARY. - MesGs. Peyton,
Trabue and Campbell, Candidates for Congress
from the second district Of Kentucky, have pub
lished their list of appointments together, which
includes sixty different places 10 the district
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-06-01

F1ENDIsH OUTRAGE.-Sone inhuman fiends being
unsuccessful in discovering money or valusbles In
the house Of MIR. Philip Knap, farmer near New
Philadelphia, Ohio, into which they had entered
during his absence, avenged themselves by binding ng
his son, boy eleven years old, over a large log
fire, and then threw In flask containing pound of
gunpowder. The boy was discovered much burnt
and insensible, but will recover. The villains
made their escape.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-06-01

AcclDEEr.-James d. Jarran, citizen Of Char.
lottssvs. was dreadfully injured, Sunday by being
thrown from bis horse. One of bis legs was broken
In three places.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-06-01

Water is extremely scarce Ia Marlborough co..
Maryland, and the streams are drying up.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-06-01

NEW HOUSE.-The subscriber offers
~ his services to the public to do AUCTION,
COMMISSION, RECEIVING AND FORWARD
ING BUsINESS.-He will sell BACCO,
WHEAT, CORN, OATS, c., on the usual commits
sion, and will receive and forward PRODUCE OR
MERCHANDISE, with dlspstch. He expects to
give his undivided attention to his business
CHAS. d. SLAUGHTER,
Danvlle, May p, 1855.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-06-01
! IGHTNING RODS.-PROTEC

/ IGHTNING RODS.-PR TECT
a YOUR HOUSES AND PERSONS !-STEB-
BINS q MILLER, having been engaged in this city
and the surrounding country for number of years
past in putting up LIGHTNING RODS, and having
they believe given entire satisfaction, would in
form the public that they are still prepared to put
up, either in town or country LIGHTNING RODS
made by the most approved makers
Thankful for past patronage, they respectfully ask
& continuance from the public.
Orders may be addressed to them through the
Richmond Post Office Box r. nh 27-Sn*
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-06-01

NAVAL The United States frigates saranac and
Cumberland at enoa May stb.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-06-01

CHANGING CoLoR.-A free colored man, writing
from Liberia to his former master in Missouri
says:
People here go through an entire change. /
dontsuppOse that if you me now you would
know me. Instead Of getting backer, as expect,
ed have turned yellow by fever. This is q fine
country"
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-06-01


COLLEGES IN THE UNITED STATEs The Phila.
delphis Ledger complies the following interesting
Information with regard to Colleges ia the United
States. The whole number is ll8, an average Of
nearly to each State
OF these, fourteen are in New England thirtvs
eight in the Middle Sales thirty-siX in the South
aud Southwestern States, and thirty in the West
The oldest is Harvard, at Cambridge, Mass A b
636; the next William aud Mary, at Williams
burg, Va, which dates from A D 1892; and the
third. " ale, at New Haven, c., which was estab-
isbed A D 100 OF the principal Colleges In the
Middle States, that at Princeton, N j, originated
D 1745; the University of Pennsylvania, A D 1855 ;
Jefferson College, at Cauonsburg, Pa, D 1909 :
Mount st MarYs, at Emmetsburg, Nd A d 1880 :;
and the University of Virginia, A D 1919 In the
West, the most iourishng College is the Univer-
sity of 81. Louis, founded D 1882
The number Of students in these one hundred
aud eighteen Colleges is about twelve thousand
The largest number on the roll of any one College
in 1884 was 4G6, the number 9ttendif the Univer.
sity Of Virginia. The number at Yale however,
was nearly as great, being 443. Harvard had 339
Princeton 225 the University of North Carolin a
270, and Brown Univ rsity, at Providence l. 252
The largest library belongs to Harvard, which Col
loge has SO 5000 Volumes Yale has the next largest
containing "a coo; aud Brown University the next
80 600. BowdOin, at Brunswick, Me, has % 600 /;
Dartmouth, at Hanover, II, 81 000 Georgetown
College, at Georgetown, c, "a 0G0; and the South
Carolina College, at Columbia, S c, % OOO Sew
eral Of the Western Colleges, considering their
youth, have splendid libraries. Thus Marietta
College, ia Ohio, has Il COO volumes and the Uni
We 81 Of St Louis, Is 000 In these estimates the
volumes in the students libraries as well as those
in the college library proper are Included
The cost of education varies at different Col
legeS. AT Harvard, the total expenses of room
rent and tuition ninety dollars annually; and
the cost of board is from seventy to ninety dollars
in addition; making average, with washing,
wood and lights, OF two hundred dollars The ex-
penses at Yale, averaged in similar manner, may
be estimated at about the same sum, NAV algO
those at Princeton. Bowdoin. Dartmouth, Brown
University, Amherst and Williams, are cheaper,
ranging from one hundred and twenty i've to one
hundred and fifty dollars. The University Of Vir-
qinia costs each student about one hundred and
twenty-five dollars while that of the Western
Reserve costs less than half, or only about one
hundred. Ia these estimates, clothing books and
nocket money are not included
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-06-01

RHODE ISLAND LEGIsLATURE.-The General AS
ssmbly of Rhode Island met at Newport Tuesday
Benjamin Fesseden YVES elected Speaker of the
HOuaa.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-06-01
THR DAILY DISPATCH
BY J. A. COwARDIN.

The DAILY DISPATCH is served to sub.criber,
At SIX AND 4 QUARTER CENTS PER WEEK pavahle 10
the Carrier weekly. Price for mailing 81 year in
advance.
The WEEKLY DISPATCH Is issued everv Fri.
6sy and mailed to subscribers at 81 peraunsns
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VIRGINIA.

TORCH LIGHT PRocEss1oS.-The democrats Of
Petersburg, in meeting Wednesday evening" ap.
pointed the night of the 9Th of June for grand
torch light procession, In celebration of their sue
cess In the Governors election.
DIED IN JAIL.-Isham Brown, an insane free ne
gro' died suddenly in the jail of Petersburg edues
| day.
VIRGINIA VS.. NORTH CARoLINA-A main OF
COCKS for $1,000 and $50 the odd fight, will be
Iougnt at Lsurencevle, Va, on the 20th 2lst and
22d OF June.
BURGLARY Burglary seems to be an epidemic
Ia norfolk just now. A night or two since, the
oWeihng OF the sisters Of charity was entered by
some villain, and Sunday might the house of Mr..
Inomas Ingraham, Bermuda street, was
entered. Mrs. l. heard the noise, and guing down,
iound white man in the passage. She screamed
ana tell to the oor giving the fellow opportuni
ty to escape before the family could come down.
ATTEMPTED sUIcIDE.-Tuesday afternoon, Ds-
nlsl Kelly. seaman on the Mary Jane, lying at
norfolk, while laboring under temporary insanity
leaped overheard ilto the sea. He was rescued by
Thomas Hill, the mate.
CaAEBERRY COPPER MINE.--The Cranberry
copper Mine, in Carroll county, has been very
productive. In the last two months the yield has
been 500 boxes Of copper, valued at s25 per box
The ore heretofore obtained yields % per cent of
copper:
FREDERICKSBURG BoNDs-The common council
o! Fredericksburg, have ordered the issue OF
9ls5O worth of 10 year bonds of that city, to meet
The lO.h requisition Of the fredericksburg and
Gofdonsvllie Railroad
dEAATLEss Prescription The Fredericksburg
NowS, speaking of prescription, givcs the following
unrelenting Instance:
We hear that respectable daIkey was not iu-
Vited to colorod wedding the other night on ac-
count OF his Know Nothing sympathles-the bride
being violent Democrat"
LAND SALE The farm Of the ae John Chinn
deceased, IN Spottsylvapa, was sold al public sale
on Monday last for $z050 A X Phillips, ESQ.,
purchaser. There are 425 acres in tho farm.
DEcL1NED.-Rev. Mr. Peck, of Staten Island
New York, has declined the call to take charge of
the Presbyterian church. In Fredericksburg.
RELIGIoUs.-There were 13 packages of rei
gious books shipped from the M5thodist Depository
last week, for distribution In the State.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-06-01

DeCoNTENTED.-R -Ransome Prichards, of Wilkes
county, N. c., has vacated his residence, leaving
virtuous and etf5ctionate wife and clipping with {
woman Of loose character.
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The stock comprses Gold Watches Of every descrip.
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