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


Ieoe nim conspicuous mark 10 the fevv shsru
N, = among the foreign attaches Of the enemy.
% III . 2. I; Wiliismson wss Young man. ssed 81
hoyev., .n,s. wss native Of virsini. The family
esm. :, aS, C1soo .soo when, with his elder brother. b
s % Californis lured BY those briliisnt hone
osna5 and sdventurous spirifs 10 thsss sbo,ss =
isnlaI esposition frightened BIZ nspy strik,ns ous
him !. Ia. near. and head, served to cement arouat
sraauaiiy changed the aspect OF s6.r. - sha. -
w.na wpv,niea oisrk Of the COMMITTEES Of Ws,s ~
Means In the LIE eeslature of l854 and eniaxins
Siderable political influence in that boa. X s. sSn
| s.eo of the field where he had forms.lv bs.n se
sncsessfui Braoding over the rever.es
ne whiri OF Caii,ornis life he wss fndrcsS ~ ;o;
ue Wsker expedition his arden. love of sdye enture
wsp .bn,s n'm with irresstibls force to enIist He
vits ~ 70 Ine neck in the bloody battle Of Rvas
s.s,h lace to th. fee and his baud stii srsspins in
Ss,h M, ni, rusty rife. The news of bis nnfmeiv
st VII cause much sorrow in the bersaved r rn;iy
wids, hms- The others 10 the sbove iiss wsrs si.o
'eS AnoWn In this community -4lfa Coj;c,rn;,
NJ IS s stated that Colonsl Walker wa. bit in -.
and taIins .ne osh passing BY bis left temple,
brow. p' VI ioo sAoii ana the eye
ON, Ss,s: SSsssoN NAN AND WASHINGTON ON rEsRIrosY
from Washington Territory to june sath 'h'"' and
Inc reports of the recent gold discoysriss n..r
m ro,s Goisiile are confirmed. $50 day are made IN
be large. 'ni'hsf - hkeiJ to
Al the available U. g. troops which have b..,
oct upon the plains under Command Of MAJ u,a 91ne
quarter. '1 '"e ihoians IN tnat
SANDWICH ISLANDS, = l
,e Jur adsices from the sardwcb Isands are IN II.
ao.n OF !uae The Poly sian IL Ia mournins 70, ths
the oS % me sns bon A. Pahi tbs last Of the ily Of
"a Two men have been sentenced to be hanged on the
20 for ~ b hnsus NEXT at sonsraJcss Maria Escobar
s vsoo iast fall and Jose Ssbada Chilean who iii
cd John Sheldon. poIicema Of that citv ~"' NIL
fe1ss ,si aiars throughout the State hsve suf
.tnt; Iom the ravaees of grassho ppers Whose de-
sos progress have swept down ali vegetation in
The saobs ust bs, al.o Tney Are nov di'sppe.'ns
the mines al aeco units agree in pronouucirg
sbs p,esens one of the most successful years since
seaauy increassng, and the yield viii probably az
of ust OF any other twelve months 10 the history
oa"'ofnia' The State ia aersrsliy healthy.
=, FROM TRXAs.-By the arrival of the steamer
N mexfco at New Orleans. we learn that Western
s e1as nso oeen Hooded by continued rains, which
~ nao materially damaged the cotton crop The mer
cnsnts OF the interior were leaving for their an.
nua visit to the North. General Smhb snd Lisu.
tenant L. J. Beall, Paymaster of the United States
ppepar.ment, mad arrived at San Antonio. John
q 6aieKmou had Leased the Galveston theatre. % e.
p baggage wagons were In San Antonio, en- rout.
lor Kansas, under command of General Harnev
Ina 50 mCre were expected
Post office Department, 1t ia stated, has adonled
me ene regulation OF returning unopened all letters
whlcn miscarry on which the writer's address has
oeen written or printed In Great Britain there
70 only one dead letter out of 2O7; In the United
states the proportion is in SO of all the letters
mailed O''''
. PROPOSITION TO REDUCE PosTAGE.-Mr VIM c.
. afney oy the "Ariel, Is the bearer of PROPOSE
lon TO our Government, already sanctioned by the
government OF France. 1t provides that the pos
age on letters between France and the United
states shall be greatly reduced and the direct com.
nun1cation more frequent.
Sc crARIANrsM IN THE SCHooLs.-Tbe Lowell
Advertiser says that the School Committee of that
lily have dismissed two female teachers, because
hey were Roman Catholics
The pay of American Surgeons In the Russian ssr.
nee, Is 6o roubles, or $50 per month
Tne iron foundry of J. B. Wsrden, at Pittsburs,
"a. was destroyed by fire Saturday
Rev. l.; l. Gin.timsni, formerly a well known
'rest OF Cincinnati. died on the 18th ult.
the Rev Or. Page, of Memphis, T.na, has re-
lgned the 8ectorsbip of Cavalry Church.