The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-12-31

tDEATH OF KFt. Mhs ~ - -. , 49,, g.
ria. OF Cholera of Rev. Mr.. Willing, missionary 81
&c American Heard. who. has been laborthg
that country Is Years Mr. Whiting. VIII ps g.
Ward Of This city. The Same letter states that
,ha cholera was very prevalent there, aud all the
Inhabitants N no could were leaving the place. MT
Whiting was the first American or European re,
sident who .eli victim TO the scourgc, and died
in 10 hours from the time OF his attack
ROBERT scHusLER-0ur New York cores
pondent "Fidclins," furnishes the following sisu y.
sion to Robert Schuyler, which we taAe Hom iS
connection in the letter.
The item Of recent foreisn 'ntellgence wnlcn
excites the greatest anticipations ~ .hs oc.n ~
Robert Schuyler; which esen. I.
the car r.a ~ seyeral Gothamite fnahcers. Sehuy-
icr heen Ia dying condition for several months.
In ,ha sn.nrner he wrote TO one of his relatives
hare. complaining bitterly Of the neglect of the
tnmiiy since his flight, and asking permission to
have his remains deposited In the ancestral vault
ct Rhinebec, on the Hudson. He then described
himself as so feeble that he could only move from
bedto sofa. --bosfoa Irdr. Dec 26h. + A. 8-Ef
SENTENCE or A MuRDEREsS-The tribunal Of
Potsdam, Prussia, lately pronounced sentence Of
death on the widow OF a surgeon named Matyger
do kesin. She was found guilty of completely in
poisoning her husband, in completely in poisoning
the female companion of her lover, the barber
Kage Of numbering the SON of Rage with hatch
et of having excited to the murder of the daught-
er Of the said Rage, aud also of her own son. Her
head is to be cut off by the common execationer.
HORSE SHOW At LoU1svIILE-There is to be Q
rand horse show at Louis vile, KY, next spring,
under the auspices of the Southwestern Agricul-
tural and Mechanical Association. The exhibition
Is to begin on Tuesday, the 18th of May, and will
continue three days On Friday following the
close of the fair the first regular auction sale of
stock, &C., is to take place at the fair grounds
MAHOGANY CUTTING PROHIBITED IN HAYTI.-
The Emperor of Hayti has issued an edict prohib-
iting the cutting of mahogany trees and the trans
portation of that already cut His Majesty, it is
said, wishes to turn the attention of the people
more to agriculture. 1t is reported that he had
ordered all the young clerks in Port au Prince l6
years of age enlist in the army preparatory to
invading the Dominican side of the Island
SENTENCE OF DEATH.-The Lafayette Qnd)
Journal of Saturday last. states that the Supreme
Court of Indiana has affirmed the decision of the
Tippecanoe Circuit Court in the case of Stocking,
sentenced to death for the murder of John Rose,
and Stocking is to be hung on Friday, January
llth 1856.
VIeIsSITUDEs OF LIFE-Thc Princess Christine
Beljiojoso, of Lombardy. was banished from Aus
tria about six years ago. for political int iguing
She took up her residence in small farm house In
Asia Minor, where she has been forced to labor for
her bread, and bat scanty portion at that The
Emperor has recalled the edict and the Princess
will now be one of the first and wealthiest ladies in
the Austrian Court
In Sweden man who is seen four times drunk is
deprived of his vote at elections, and the next Sun
day after the fourth offence is exposed in the
churehyard