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

Inc FIVE Point. House Of Industry Society met,
snr ~. tne Kew Mr. Pesse had Il all his own usy. sa
namoer OF vessels were driven ashore. All the
outward bound steamers went 10 sea. ~ 81
AZ the Brooklyn dispensary, there havs been 47O
patients during the month 80, 51-s.1,r-I
Ralph Field, OF Brooklyn. had both ,eos hror :,
ey an Omnibus on 9th avenue, yesterday. Now for
Dr. PseE, WIN va. under .rrs.. IN czb.. h.
arrived here. His friends held . meeting. and
assso 4, fsso1ions , csmPlimsntius hin for hs eon-
The furrisr establishment Of John Wsrps,r =.
Wshippls " street, was burned Tuesday night Los
There 10 now no Mayor In jersey City, Mi. Man.
ners' term having expired Monday. zfE 81
The Academy of Music q agsin 10 q row. Mi.
rate, the tenor refusing 10 sing with Bendsal be-
cause that gentleman had expressed an unfayora.
BILE opinion OF him several yesrs ago. Mad. La
Grange slso declined singing. -
The loss BY the fire Ia Yesey street, b e3ooO
Parodi arrived IN the Hermann. a 5W 10 g
4se3 lConsspsndsncs Of thADispatoh 4 13>l
Bazglayy-Body Fouad-La Laanch- Coiliston pis.
ting Firemen, &c. sslb afs 70
. !" -'''s' .'-4t' PHfLADELPHfA, May l0th.
The residence of MIR. Edward Middleton on tfia
Darby road. below the city boundary, was eniersd
by burglars on Tuesday night. who carried off .
small sum of money and q number portable arti.
cles, including silver spoons Al the burglar was
about leaving the house, the son of Mr.. Middleton
was aroused, who discbsrgd gun after him. and
he is supposed to have been wounded. ahs
EarW yesterday morning, the body of q female
colored child, about three years Of age was found
10 an oyster wagon, standing at the corner of
Ninth and Shippen streets. There were no marks
of violence upon the body, which was very much
emaciated, leaving no doubt that death had been
caused by disease 1t had probably been placed
there In order to procure ts burial at the public
expense. . E ~
A.hne brig of $50 tons, to be called the George
Whitney, will shortly be launched at Morris River
New jersey, Intended to ply between this port and
Savannah, under the command of Captain g. iBas
ker. She is owned by Messrs. Baker & Stetson,
and 10 the seventh vessel built for them within the
past year. n.gs e.--t3 ylsSs1 e sslf IL u
The schooner Jane and Eliza, Richards, master.
while lying at anchor Ia the Delaware three miles
below Reedy Island, the night Of the Oh instant,
with light up and watch on deck, was run into by
| the bark Irma The schooner had her larboard
bow stove. snd foretopmast carried away.
A swindler has been about here swindIing 4
widow lady out of his board several laborers whom
he advertised for, out of sums of money of 81
each, which they deposited with him a. security
for the faithful performance of the duty. 81
The Easton Firemen visited Independence Hall
yesterday. als.74 9s ~ Ea safst
Since Saturday las. three vessels have arrived
here from Palermo with nearly nine thousand
boxes of oranges and lemons, nearly all of which
| have already been disposed of from the wharf.
A sale took place on Tuesday evening OF the
pews In the new First Reformed Dutch Church, at
Seventh and Spring Garden streets. The pews
sold were those assessed at $500, and premium
OF from 200 to $500 was paid. si
The Episcopal Convention will commence It's
sessions On next Tuesday afternoon, in st. An
drews church.
The stock of coffee here has been increased shout
seven thousand bags by late arrival from Rio Ja-
neiro
DENMARK AND THE UNITED STATES CopxxHA.
GEN. April 10 -.On the 12h instant, the Charge
dAfsires OF the United States to this Court Col
Radiuuar ad official with nauish
Minister for Foreign Affairs in which he delivered
the formal notice of his Government OF the cessa
ton of the treaty of the 26th April, 1926, between
the two countries, alter the lapse of the term si
pulated In the treaty, (welve months) expressing
himself at the time with his usual energy OF
character, with q force of language which the
American dplomatists 81 well know how TO adopt
when they wish their hearers to know that they
are In earnest, and will not suffer themselves or
their country to be rifed with "A
man named Frederick Schurchman, of Pitsbufg,
committed suicide under the following circumstsn
ces He occupied house on Coal Hill, and was
In INDECENT circumstances. He was butcher by
profession, and formerly possessed wealth, which
he souandered for drink, the immediate use OF
which soon undermined his constitution, shattered
his physical frame, and left 1t open to consumption,
which, by actual progress, was making him hs VIC
tim,
For some two or three months past he was con-
fiued to his bed and on Saturday tsld his wife that
his pain was great that be could stand It but
little longer. On Saturday night she remained up
and prayed In his behalf by his bedside until three
O'Clock on Sunday morning, when, being fatigued,
she retired to her couch 10 rest and being asleep
probably half an hour, when she heard noise, and
on rising found her husband lying on the noor, his
head clothing covered with blood. Her hrst I'M
pulse was tina not knowing what he did, her com.
pauion had got out of bed, and, by exertion, Tup-
fured bloom vessel On making more close ex
animation the real state OF the case presented Itself
4 f.l fxx1ft AafO "A
across her mind. He had committed self murder.
A large butcher knife was laying by his side CO i
vered with blood, with which he had cut his throat
almost from ear to ear, severing both the Juguiar
veins The alarm was soon spread TO the persons
residing In the neighborhood, snd DR.. Mccook sent
for, who soon arrived, end baadaged up the In
jured mans wounds he gradually began to re-
viye and was soon enabled to spesk, when be sta.
knew not what he was doing when committing the
deed. In short time be sgain began to fait ana
continued to do so until about three O'Clock, when
he expired.
ACurg Taicx.-G. W. Kendall, in letter to the
New Orleans, LA ) Picayune, from New Braun
fels Texas, gives the following; "Late one even
on the prairie, and asked tor couple Of ears of
corn 10 help him catch horse. The corn was
given, but next morning the German missed bis
fsvorite and best horse, and found that the scamp
had asked for the corn 10 enable him 70 rob the
FIax AT GxrTYsBUn0, PA.--A 6re at Gettysburs
Pa, on Saturday night, consumed the barn Of Nj
Mcclellan and the stables OF R. G. G.hccreazy and
J. B. McPherson. - & 8 ssg
REMOVAL or Consul FABRN.-The Washington
Star, announces suther ity that Mr.. Faben, con-
sui TO Nicaragua, has been removed from bis Of
ice. s ass SIS ~ sg
MUSICAL CoNvHsrIoN.-A musical convention
II being held In Washington, by Professor Wood
bury.
TxMPxRANcE.--Rev. Mr.. Poindexter, Of virgss
MIA, Is iecluring on Temperance 10 Mobile Ala.
/ NEW HAvxn RAILsoAp RxFoKr.-The snnu,
meeting of the New York and New Havea Rail
road Company, was held Tuesday. The repoFto
tho directors givea history Of the road irom III
commencemoat 20 the present time. The iucom