The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-05-12

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lAY, MAY IL. 1855. s S :
| FonEIos ITEMS The Emperor Of the French
le. s40o Tor the relief of the poor at Windsor.
sso = doo Tor the poor of Dover. He also present.
ea 4o0O TO the Socfete Franeaise de Sscorys Of
which The French Ambassador is President
Ine sdtut Public, Of Lyons, says that Her Ma
JsNy Queen Victoria has postponed her yisit "a
a n 70 the end of September, In order to be
pIsssns 81 the distribution Of Exhibition prizes,
October. 81 'A' 'olnln'ucelnens VI
Inc Precursor, Of Antwerp, has story to the ef.
iecs tnat after Conference ct Wiusdor. which
uans ne gosnp) resulted In the concession of the
the French, Her Majesty approsebed thc Emns" -
TT 81. ana SAID, well, Sire, you are more than an
s,y 2 a. Tor our army = plscsd under your com.
Earl Dundonsld i % positive tia. he could de-
SS.roy Cfonsdadt, sweaborg, Hehingfors and Sc
naaopoi. at the moderate expense Of / am mn
euss ne 70 ready, with the sanction of the Cover
enh 20 place his plans before spirited indyidu,la
ms1 suI hs under whose superintendent the money
Inc Russisn Government has ordered the di.tri.
/ ncn o. 1000 silver roubles TO the poor Of St Pc
- ,S r. " order that they may pray for the soul
Admiral Hameln, the new Mirister of Marine In
France, !. SO yesrs Of age. -s1=,ss'
~ Count Potocky has had an Interview With the
rcpe % convey the official notification of the desth
OF rne Emperor Nicholas.
Inc diplona.ic relations between the Court Of
NsPies una the Sardtnian government are becom.
ing ies: and less amicable. The Neapoiian police
refused, the other day, to allow some Sardinian
omcers who are bound for the East, to land at No.
PEE M LOT s dsw hours. The ssrdioian governmsnt
It, di,plsasure q this act Of discourtesy.
~. BManlt, Minister Of the Interior, has refused
@ authorize the Introduction of bun Hshts Into
rain during the time of the Exhibition. Such
II return ns az ore dss
Voo0 reals, recently presented to the Pope by the
9ueen Of Spain, His Holiness has sent Her Males.
y me body Of 81. Felix, the Martyr.
LATRx FROM TExAs-LYNcH LAw.-The steam
er lndlsnola from Galveston, arrived ct New Or
leans on Saturday last The following Is about the
only paragraph we notice In our Texas exchange
worth transcribing. 7sil i4e essesa ~
-Four Mexicans entered the house Of an Arneri.
can residing at Las Cruces near Ell paso. over.
powered him and bis wife, and bound them hands
ana leet: Ths party then accomplished their dia
Doncai deeds OF violence upon the person of the
iady, and depsrted-leaving. husband and wife
bound In their own house, and without the means
OF sxtrlcating themselves. On the following
morning some one visiting the house discovered
| their condition and released them. The ghuaband
collected party and pursued the Mexicaus They
were soon overhauled, brought back and coofinea
| In jail They contrived to make their escane
however on the first night of their incarceration'
They were again pursued, overtaken and hung.
Judge Lynch presided. ~.
TROUBLE AMONG THE STUDENrs-The Labanon
Whig has an account of riot at Hanover, be
tween the students of Dartmouth College and the
cadets OF the Norwich Military School. 1t seems
that some difficulty had occurred, wherein the ca
dets felt themselves insuted and crossed thej river
In skffs to seek redress. The college Students met
| them promptly, and quite battle ensued, IN which
| the cadets were vanquished by the superior num-
bers OF the students. Finding themselves wsrsted
the cadets drew their knives and pistols and were
about to wage deliberate war; when the officers OF
| the college interfered. Meanwhile the College
boys set the boats adri, and thus cut off all retreat
| to the cadets, who were obliged to travel long
distance to regain the western shore of the river
The matter is to be investigated. Boston Jour.
LAUNCH OF TWO FLOATING BArrERIEs-On the
18TH ult the Metor and Thunder two screw floatipp
batteries, were launched BY C. P. Mare e. Co.. at
Blackwell, below London, England with steam
up, and proceeded down the Thames to Woolwich,
| for rigging and armament. Their length is I72
feet 6 inches; extreme breadth 42 feet 8 inches;
depth fhold IA feet inches; tonnage l460. They
are coated with Iron, about 70 8 I-2 inches In
| thickness and each pierced for % ten inch Ian.
caster guns carrying 6s pound balls. The decks
are of 8 inch oak. the beams 70 inches equare asd
| enly their breadths apart Their draught with
everything ON DOaru, De feet inches, and the
hawse holes below the water line
BULL FIGHTING ExrRAoRp1NARY.-The Dlaro.
OF Havana. gives q description of bull light, in
which Senior Matias LazarO the new Milan OF Gro.
| ton. slew bull as he had previously announced,
| with no other weapons than those provided by
nature-in other words, blows of his fist. La Prem
however states that instead of killing the bull
he was killed himself, by the bull, and after
| wards arrested for humeugging the people!
MINERALS IN THE LAKE SUPERIOR .RKGIoN-
The Cleveland tOhio) Ptaindealer of the Ist inst
says: TO day wa examined a lump of silver ore
| from the Lake Superior country weighing ninety.
six pounds warranted to be IS per cent pure mo-
tai. 1t is mixed with "copper" and seems part of a
vein. Wherct the vein is and by whom owned
does not appear from the nugget but 1t demon-
vast country are yet but partially developed.
NReRoEs IN RAILROAD CARs-The conductor
and driver of car No. "a, on the 9th Ave- Railroad
New York, was arrested day or two since for
ejecting negro named Sidney Mcfarland from the
car. The case came up for examination before
Justice Brennan when the negro stated that he
jumped upon the car In West Broadway, and was
told by the conductor that 1t against the rules
of the company for him to allow coored persons
to ride In any OF the cars except such as had upon
them the words, "Colored persons allowed 10 this
car. He, therefore, requested the negro to leave,
which, failing to do, aided by the driver pitched
him over the stern railing and be landed In safety
In the street. The examination was concluded,
nuu aOooCso'ou VI tAo at0 Will Uc gwen III
day or two.
ANOTHER ALLIED DIsAsTKR.-The Sardinian al
lance has had an inauspicious commencement. By
a telegraphic message from Genoa, dated April
24th intelligence 10 received of the loss of the Gen.
eral Screw tCompapy's foe ship Crpsus It left
Genoa on that morning for Constantinople with 81
officers, 209 soldiers Of The Sardnian army, 26
mules and provisions and was entirely lost Ii miles
southeast of Genoa The passengers and crew were
saved with the exception of one sailor and six sol-
diers This makes the third vessel which the Gen.
eral Screw Company have lost during the last three
months, viz; The ManretiHs, destroyed by fire; the
Natal, wrecked eff the coast of Spain, aud the
Crcesus. The Crdesus wss intended TO follow the
Indiana TO New York, In conjunction with other of
the company's vessels there, aud form weekly
communication between Southampton and Ameri-
ca, had she not been taken up for the conveyance
of troops.
RAFT EXCURSION BY LADrEs.-The Philadelphia
Inquirer Of the 9Th instant, says three ladies from
Oswego, New York, came through to Columbia on
raft, last week. tarrying there over last Sunday;
then proceeded on their journey to tide-water.-
This excursion was undertaken for pleasure, the
ladies having handsome cabin and comforts and
delicacies to match. The excursion was enjoyed
BY them much. v
PROHIBITION IN DELAWARE The Maine liquor
law went iuo effect In Della ware on the 3rd instant
m In yha nrfca r,f hoardtru at hoseIa