The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-02-22

England Young Mems Association, Of New York
on the american Indians" In the course Of hi
remarks he said the entire amount appropriated
~ the Federal Government Tor the benefit Of Ii,
indians up to the pres mt time, resched the enor
nous sum OF one hundred millions OF dollars
which amount they had actually received bu
twenty millions. The agents and other iutervs-
ming persons had managed to secure the liop,.
snare. AS remedy for such evils he suggested. \,
the most effective, the appointment Of suitable
agen's-men who had character to lose. The
agents nad bees too much composed of broken
down gentlemen and sharpers-men who had spent
their fortsaes In elegant dissipation, and were nm.
scrup!ous IS to the mode of repairing their o..e.
They raised money to get up an influence in w..
inston and march off with license to cheat I'D
rob the Indian on our frontiers At the close Of
the lecture, three cheers were given for the .6r.t
president OF Texas" aud three more for oSAn. for
the next President of the United States.
iHE North CAROLINA LzGIsLArunx adjourned
on Saturday last, after session of 90 days-tbe
longest on record in that State. Much important
business was transacted during the session. show
ing that the Old North State does not intend TO be
ie'' oenind In the great struggle for commercial
prosperity
DRAMATIC 1TENs.-Mr. haywood formerly an
actor OF much celebrity, still continues hopesss,v
Ill at the New York Insane Asylum. James Wal.
lock has been very i'll. but is convalescent Tbos
Johnson, favorite actor ct Burton's theatre. New
IorK' Is seriously, and it is feared dangerously
Ill. @a ssa Ia e
The news FROM CUBA.-Quite stir has been
created In New York by the recent news f,or,
ouoa. Havana merchants anticipate much from.
from the blockade of the ports and the steamer
agents are apprehensive of difficulty.
General Paez, the ex- President of vans,,o,.
mas written letter to the London Times effsr;n1,
some suggestions, derived from his own experience
d as ga olncer IN tne war tor South American Inde-
pendence respecting the best method of eouinn;nc
light cavalry In conclusion he offers his own se
vices: 80 ""u Scr
am now residing In New York, Che saws, and
y. mouia ia oe most happy to cross over to England
% W alo ia any manner In the equipment of some
enectlve cavalry for the forthcoming camnaion IN
tne Crlmea 1t would afford me much erafif;c afion
couia oe the means of saving some thousands Of
nee Lnghsn horses, as well as the lives and leather
OF the men. need not say that as South Amer
Nicholas. 1o'''.a''on "
engraving representing Nicholas as a member Of
tne peace society," Offering his Vienna propositions
ior peace. He wears the coat and slouched hat of
quaker, and from under the coat in all directions
NAV be seen emerging more than thirty muzzles
of Colts revolvers This IL Charivaris Opinion in
crayon OF the Emperor Nicholas peace intentions.
VETERAN.-Mons Jean Bap,iste de Bordeaux.
VINO participated as French volunteer in the siece
OF Savannah. during the revolutionary war, and
was near Pulaski when he was wounded, visited
q II r.otsrx 1f O.
and for the last sixty years has resided In South
carolina. He Is said to be oyer 100 years of age
VALUABLE MISUNDERSTANDING to a French
paper, NJ Ray. jr, matchmaker, at Sainte Aus
treoerthe, has discovered means of repairing the
bells OF churches when cracked, without the fesIi
ous process of re casting them The operation Il
said to be very simple and does not necessate the
removal OF the bell from place. - !
AN !NvEsTIGATIoN DEMANDED j. E. Warren.
egg, the u 8. Attorney for Minnesota, recently re-
moved rom offlce for commencing suit without
instructions, &c, has demanded full Inquiry into
al the facts. He asserts his innocence and declares
that he never received any instructions from the
government, and therefore could not have DISC
beyedthem.
AccIDENTAL Po1soN1Ne.-The mother of Mr.
Albert g. Barker, residing In Boston. Mass, died
last Wednesday, from having taken some tea made
from thorn apple, instead of thoroughwort Mr.
Barker, who had drunk some of the decoction was
with difficulty preserved.
ANCIENT KECoRDS.-Mr. Jonathan Records died
the 10th ult, In Buckfied, Maine AGED one hundred
and five years. He wal a revolutionary soldier
and pens1oner. He was, when he died, the Oldest
person but one In the State of Maine
The Secretary of the Navy has appointed com.
mission to select steam propellers to be EMPLOYED
In the expedition ordered by Congress to be dis
patched in search Of Doctor Kane and his compsn.
ions.
Mr.. Newcomer, ofNaichez Mis., with rife hav
ing an improvement of his own invention at the dis
lance of2a0 yards placed five successive balls with
in the circle Of which the radius was less than an
inch.
8The Germans of Cincinnati have adopted peti
tion to the City Councils for repeat of the Sunday
ordinance against the opening OF coffee-house on
the Sabbath.
Mrs. Eliza McGovern died In New York from
malpractice of young student sent to doctor her
by the dispensary physician.
LOOKS LIKE WINTER The Detroit (Mich) In.
quirer says :-"It has showed for twenty two sue
cessive days"
Silence-a thing Is often difficult to keep In ex-
act proportion as 1t Is dangerous not to keep it,
The Michigan Senate passed the bill refusing the
use of the jails for the detention of the fugitive
slaves, 10 to 7.
Maria Livingston Stevens, wife of Com John
C. Stevens. died lately in New York