The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-06-18

III. IL hsow soHEr1f1No CoNyssrrox TAI Con.
s,snss sojourned on Friday night sine ds a IS
a s.5 suc foltoWtng persons as officers. Hirsrn
nnssold. ct ClevslaDd, Ohio, for prssident Gen
VIM Ri.h.,% :. 1soscn: sass. for Vice President
Joshua Robinson. Of Pittsbure, Pa far Tre.s
1'e'. Two Of the ofiiceu are foreigners.
- LArRa FROM Poar Az Parxcr -B,ie william r
Dpu,sso, Capt Bsbcock. at New York from PORT Al
FRINGE, May %, with coffee and lbs WOOD ,s,,os..
Una. tna yellow fever was very prevalent. and
macy deaths had occurred amoue the sbinn;ns
yo,epn bsocock, son ofCapt Babcock died on tbc
~ M a 2. ny and VIM. Hersey also seamen, 90
:, FaoM RIO GaANnx Per bark Ottawa. C.ntsic
brooks, At New York, we have dates TO the i6.b
m nls.. Ffoauce was scarce and very high. A
sss. oes Oh rain had fallen: Ths o. does not
VWI ng iutl cargo The brig II. Mason, for New
with GOO hides quantity Of bale hair and
1,de cuttings, sailed 10 company with the Ottov.
"sptain Long, OF bark Overman, vas yet in prison.
FIRE AND Loss OF Lire -sstu dsy r.orn;n, .hor,
!. . ciocE the store of Duncan Robbins. TOW and
ne woIk dealers. No 10. Maiden Lane was destroy.
man Co import. 70 Of watches and Mr Issnnsr.s
OF OF the hfm Of g. b Co was attemptins to ressus
soss Of hi. property hs burned to death His
ss.1 SSs gotten out three hours after burned to 8
asnp Ons msn is said 10 have fallen three stories
o n;ss mass Of fame and escaped uns jured The
Aa. II. q NAM
Cd Tor SSl 600 There were S5oO0 insursncs On ths
oontents The explosion Of some Of the firsvorks
was the cause Of the conf asration
Rev. George B. Taylor, son of Rev stenhan p
Isyior OF Richmond, has been selected a. The mas.
TOT Oh the Charlottesville Bsptist Church. He had
however, accepted call 10 Baltimore previously
John d. Whartman has retired from the edito
rial columns OF the Harrisonburg Eva Register.
VIM. Henry Baker, Vireinian, and graduate Of
LtXiN0tQn Tnas} yrfo HAD q D..
the 18th ult :
Gen. Henry T. Washington, an old citizen oil
hing George county, died on the 10th Inst
Snow fell 10 LEVEL mountain. Va, on Tuesday
iasS. -s-a !.
Col. VIM B. Paca, son of the signer OF the De.
Clsratiou of Independence, of that name, 10 spoken
OF Tor the next Governorship of Maryland.
Two breaks have occurred 10 the Ohio and
Fonnsylvania Canal. which will keep 1t out of re
pair two weeks.
Henry Young, publisher of the Daily Quincy
wing, died on the 10Th lost
Large supplies of railroad iron for the Pacific
route. arc now being landed at Jefferson city, Mo
Wyman Wsyt, Eeq the postmaster ct Char
lostesvills, Va, has resigned.
4 Boston publisher ha. in press life of Barney
Williams. the popular actor of Irish characters
Tas Mayor OF Wilmington, Del. has committed
Wm sIivsfs. Jf, msgistrste to jail for five day
Miss Sally Chappell of Louisville, has sued Gene.
Iai TiGIel OF Mississippi. for breach of PROMISE
The danaasss are laid at Sl0.0
The U g. steamship Primo ston, st Norfolk 10 to "a
pGt cut CT commission, and her officers and crew de.
taeEed.
Mr.. Sot5:sr has written to q friend 10 Wsshing tou
stating lis intention to contest Hon c. J. Fsulknei
election to Congress from the eighth district
FIRE IN ALExANDRIA.-1he stable, shed and a
kouse containing the motive power attached to Che
koonss' cabinet mauusactory, in Alexandria were
destroyed by fi.e Saturday morning.
6eorss A. Evans. who was arrested in Richmond
some tins since for passing altered notes aud es.
capped from The Fredercksburg Jail, arrested in
Ba fillmore Friday.
Drs Conrad. Assistant Surgeon on the frisate Con.
stitutiop, and Gsensler. Army Eugeon, both new
ly app ointed left Winchester Wednesday for their
pests
There was q heavy wind and hail storm in RocI .
ingham county Vs., on Sunday, bio wing down trees
and unroofng barns. Jno. Hsnton, JOS Suell, and
others were sufferers.
We learn by tie Atlantic. of the death, at Parir.
on the 3lst ult of M Leon Coup junior partner OF
the firm of Coupil Co, of New York city.
POLITICAL DEcAPITATIoNs EXPECTED The re-.
sent removals of know nothing messengers from the
Treasury Department and General Pcss-ofice is re
gsrded in Washing preliminary to the decapi-
taton of higher grade of officers belonging to that
order There Is much alarm among the clerks espe.
cially in the Treasury Department.