The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-12-25
THF DAiLY DISPATCH

THE DAILY DISPATCH.
Tuesday Slsr.i.s, Dseemser -. lsss. !.
VIRGINIA INTELLlGENcE.
yfseIsrA Posi- oi.iti. MAfTaas. The Pot 81
r..ier t;cneral Ia. onaersa the folowing.--lAtsp.
lish post-ofice ~ Gulf Ford. Nelson county, "a,
and appoint Andrew J. link postmaster. Cnsnge
she name of Mount Carbon Hampshire county sa-
10 Piedmont
INSTRUMENTATION O. A. Kelly, postmaster at
waskays Mills Botetourt county. q, wee MSs
thew Obenchain resigned. r. Cassaday. postm. =
ter Raleigh. G. H., Raieigh county, va, vice -.
Prince resigned Alexander Anderson, postmaste,
at Rocky Hili rayette county, Va vice samneI
Freshman resigned Wilson Watts, postmaster
at Salt Sulphur Springs. Monroe comfy, va, wee
VIM Erskine resigned
ROBBERY At FUSERAI.-On Thursday morn
ing last while tho family Of Mr. Wm- Torrison
were attending the funeral OF one of his relatives
his house was entered and 500 stolen thereirom.
HONESTY THE BEST PoIIcY.-A few weeks
since, gentleman from the Eastern part Of the
State, took passage in the steamer Aurilia oodr
up the Ohio for Charleston Kanawa county Up
leaving the bost he left $50 in gold, and little
boy employed on the boat found II. He was urged
by the hands on the boat to keep IL, but refused
and placed II in safe hands. The gentleman wrote
for the money and received II in safety
REIIaIoUs--A protracted meeting has just
closed in the Methodist church at Winfield in Put
nam county ST which 500 was subscribed towards
building church.
CHRISTMAS TREE-The good old custom of dee.
Grating a christmas tree, is to be kept up by the
ladies' Of Harrisonburg, Rockingham county
"
ORIGIN OF THE ALDEN FAMILY.-Mrs. Rose
standish, consort of Captain Standish, departed
this life on the Goth of January. l62l This cir
cumstance is mentioned introduction to the
following anecdote, which has been carefully hand
cd down to us by tradition
la a very short time after the decease of Mrs
Standsh the captain was led to think that. if he
could obtain Miss Priscilla Mullins, daughter of
Mr.. VIM Mullins, the breach in his family would
be happily repaired. He therefore according to
the custom Of those times, sent to ask Mr. Mullins
permission TO visit his daughter John Alden. the
messenger went and faithfully communicated the
wishes OF the captain. Tho old gentleman did not
object as he might have doncs, on account of the
regency of Captain Standish..; bereavement He
SAID II was perfectly agreeable to him, but the
young Lady must also be consulted The damsel
was accordingly called into the room and John
Alden, VINO Is SAID to. have boon a young man of
inast excellent form. with fair and rutdy com.
plexion, arose, ana IL. 4 very courteous and pre-
possessing nlann0s, delivered his Grand
Miss Mullins iEte ned with respectful attention
and at last after 4 considerable pause fixing her
eyes upon him, with an open countenance t.Pri.
thee lohn, Thy 40 a0a not speak for YOnrsclf." The
young man blushed, bowed and took his leave but
with look which Indicated more than his diff
denee would perinit him otherwise to express-
However he soon renewed his visit and it was not
long before their nuptiaS celebrated in ample
form
From this couple were desc ended all of the name
of Alden i'll the u. States What report he made
to his constituent after the first interview tradition
does NOT unfold but it is said how true the writer
knows not that the captain never to the day of his
ceath, forgave him.
A BABY EIEPH ANT-Hhe editor nf Tho No,,,
York Sunday Times has seen the baby elepbant
that was born recently in that city, and gives
very pretty account of the little creature:
The Sc baby elephants are very interesting oh
)eeis They are perfectly formed throughout and
differ from their parents only in size but that DIFF
ference so amazing thatit becomes udicrous. anl
when you see the baby walking to and fro untser
us mother you cannot resist the impulse to laaob
al the oddity of the comparison And then tho b1,I
ny Mothers care of her baby is so humap.Iike am,
ahectionate Give the baby an apple, for ipstanc =
, NC aoahes nrst taxes it IN her trunk. examines
closely and then returns it to her infant to e AZ
having satisfied herself apparently of its innc cn
business And SO with every thing else"
-MHEAT.-The Chattanooga, Tenn. Gazett n q
Saturday says: @ - -
thus far, the season has been most favor IL, g.,
gathering fell crops and seeding but many ,,,ao
are moi yet done sowing wheat We repeat that on,
~ from every section of the corn try con
niis the belief that there will be larger mo,,n,
g., G M so"n this year than there ever was be-
e1 Inc prlces, success in raising and facilities
ior getting t. saarket lave brought about th;s ;
mense casltare. >''' '''' ~ :
A DECISION AGAINST PUsEYIsN-A very inn
portant decision has lately been given in tn, -
clesiastical Court at London i'm the ease of w actor
on VS. Liddeli The London correspondent 80 ~,
Philadelphia American says: --.
The Mr. s..
adorned his altar with candlesticks, ,;s ch,roI
win MOWERS pictures and large Gro S. and ha.
efeclee cfeaence table, and uses has alsomeIy de
suf aseu AID various colGred cloths for the altar
?" which has offended the evan gelical notions
of Mr.. Westerton, the church ward en-. who HAVING
without effect, applied to the b lshop of London
appealed to the Consistory, Curt Here he ha
obtained verdict The decI Jon is to the effec
that the aud candlest cks are to be
the credence table to be So ostituted by one move
able and of wood and the various colored cloths t
be changed for one of ,.,ure white. The decisio
has created great Sensation. An appeal agains
the decision has be,sn lodged in the proper quarter
but if not reverse d II will occasion large sece
sion from the Church of England.
MIcRoscEoPIC PHoToGRAPHs-Somem icrosc.
pic photographs exhibited at Manchester. England
have excited much admiration. One of the siZ
of pins head, when magnified several hundre
times, was seen TO contain group of seven pt
traits of members of the artists family the like
nesses being admirably distinct Another micro
seopic photograph, of still less size represented
mural tablet, erected to the memory of VIM Stu,
geon, the electrician. This little table covered OIL
ly one nine hundredth part of a superficial incl
and contained 6s0 letters, every one of whic
could be distinctly seen by the aid of the micro.
cope. -
LIVE FUR-one of the fur gatherers on tn
fehooscot arrived in Bangor last Sunday with
large lot of frrs, among which were seventy 81;
live cats In a large box. The music was great. am
the party was constrained to remain in the sui
aros OF Brewer lest the people going to churcl
souia discover the strange character of his freight
Portland drgas 90
hooPs-We are glad to see that under eertai
circumstances hoops are useful Their utiy can h
inferred from what letter writer to the :.rimas
,hs ol ule appearances of the Empress Eugenie .
"e Ta. nor OF closing the Paris Exposition
Of searle, s,y wore dadem of pearls and tlres
The prize lace for which Her. ", "nich was nun