The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-01-24
THE DAILY DISPATCH.
vEDNEsDAr MORNING, JANUARY y, isss.

PRDesraiANIsm. The Rivers Lower Canada.
InquirQ sayss 1--WE Witnessed he other dsy Ia
pefbrnancA b. Ralph Louthwosd, Of ! iest which
perhaps not enosher young man ID our town csuId
hs,e sccomplisoed. Il was the walking diseance
or = the rate Of twelve miles an hour"
krs. Sarah Stack. aged "a years, died Ia Wash.
lnstou county on Tuesday isst, and was buried on
Thureday. The Sentinel says she was good wo-
man, and we'll known - the Secretary Of the
late eccentric but generous hearted Mrs. Anne
lis6sd The Hunsress and who wss laid 10 her grave
but two m"uths ago
Tn Pun OF rHs PrAxrsr.-As large DIRE At q
piano fort makers, On instrument worth two hun.
dred guineas was burnt Il was inlaid with
mother OF pearl; and other decorations "Dear
me, said . gentleman to tho proprieter-"how
instrsmeun@
"Why,. replied the proprietor. who being insured,
could AFFORD joke. "the reason was that the en-
eines could not play upon u. ! am told"
The Hon. John Bell, Senator In Congress from
Tennessee Y named In Pennsylvania paper, as
candidate for the Presidency, and the Hon. Alb
bot Lawrence, late Minister to England, for Vice
President.
Lieut.. Gen. James Robinson Arnold, who died at
bic residence In Onslow square, (London,) on the
9Th uk, was gallant officer, second son of Major
General Benedict Arnold and of Margaret danah.
vaniA
UNPAnALLxLRp.-The engine "Hanilton Da-
via" with six cars attached ran fourteen miles In
eleven minutes. on Monday, over the New York
Central railroad This Il very near a. fast a. ira
yelling 10 hone In these days, We opine
The Rppowan Foundry, in Connecticut, has dis.
charged iii its workmen. some fs1y in number, and
ceased operations for the present.
SUICIDE IN JAIL George, q negro under sen.
tence OF death at Csdiz, Ohio, tor arson, hung him
self lin Jail few days ago.
SKAMEx.-For the frst time la i've years. there
10 surplus Of sesmen In the port of New York
There 10 no revolutionary movement now on foot
N Mexico.
CuRsous FAcr-More money is spent annually
In the United States for cigars than is expended
oil the Common Schools 10 the Union.
A DocroR ACQUITTED OF MALPRAcrIcE-Dr
ThOrndyke OF Boston, has been on trial lately, In
that city, for, a. 10 alleged, unskfully mendng q
mans toes which had been damaged by broad
sxe. The jury held him guitless, however.
NEW ORLEANS Mrsr-At the N. o. Branch Mint
during the year 1854, the total coinage was 2785
gold pieces of the value of 81 274 500 and 10 1872
$50 silver pieces, of the value of s.. 246,OO0.
The San Antonio Texan {Western Texan) has
hoisted the name of Stephen A. Douglas for Presi
dent and Thos. ]. Rusk for Vice President, at the
next Presidential election.
Queen Isabella, of Spain, has sent magn6cen,
golden tiara a. q personal present to the Pope
The tiara is encrusted with no fewer than eighteen
thousand briliants so set Is to throw of rays at all
points.
Nearly all the principal hotels in New York have
closed their bars on Sunday, for the purpose Of
aiding Mayor Woods efforts to suppress Sunday
drinking.
Colonel William H. Bissell, 1t is said, will be the
Nebraska candidate for the United States Senate
In Illinois. The election takes place on the 3Is
ultmo.
Col. KINNEY's EXPEDIrIoN.-it is stated thai
Ex-Governor Bell, of Texas, Is to take leading
position In the new republic In Centra America t6
be established by the Kinney expedition.
BELGIAN EMIGRATION 1854 "a 400 emgrant,
left Antwerp for the United States they came t.
our shores on board 95 ships.
England has 142 vessels of war propelled by
steam power afoat and In commission, and 10l
sailing ships-total, 246.
HIGH PRIcE.-Madam Dudevant alias George
Sand, for the "History of her Life" now in course
Of publication In Paris paper has been PAID
A5200.