The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-06-21

THURSDAY MORNING.. JUNE y, 1850.
Mr. j. p. blanchard, 10 his history, thinks the
American revelation splendid failure |
Catherine H.ys sailed from singapore, East In
r. NJ Bugg. WbiG, OF Tennessee. has declined
reelection TO Congress.
The New Hampshre Legislature have chosen
Lemuel NJ Pattes, Secretary of State. William Ber-
~, Treasurer, and Amos Hadley, State printer.
A. NJ Lyon, Of Erie. Pa, took the sloo gold
medal for the best speaking BY the graduating class
1t Yale College on Friday.
Judge Story has charged the Grand jury Of suf-
kois and Wectchesser counties, New York, that ale
b not strong drink and that Its sale, therefore, 10
not Illegal.
<,revtown Ia Nicaragua, has been entirely rebuilt
and on the cath Msy the citizens formed a new 60
vernment by formally adopting constitution and
electing municipal officers. The reports concern
Tug the Kinney expedition created bat little interest
VIRGINIA GaApoArEs-Amoug the Virgiuans
who take the rank oi passed midshipmen through
the examination at Annapolis, Md are VIM T.
Glsssel and II. NJ. Garland.
QUALIFICATIONS ron THE PREsIpENpY-Th The
Troy IN. " Budget, speaking of one of the pro-
minent candidates for the mex, Presidential nom.
nation, says THAT he was once an ostser and was
then famous for eating crackers and cheese, and
drinking beer. and other potations Of domestic
manufacture, at grocery"
forty years ago, (ssys a Chester. England, pa.
PERI Owen Williams, Of Bodedern, IsIe Of An
u !esey, became perfectly Blind, and remained
until last Easter, when his sight was suddenly and
unexpectedly restored. He 10 now In his ninety
second year.
Cor IT BACK AGAIN -Arabat. lately bombarded
by the Allies Is a fortress on the Crimean side of
the Sea of Azoff, some so or 30 miles northeast of
Sebastopol. 1t was originally fortified by the
1urks, to whom the late events have now re-
stored II.
HEAVY STEAMBOAT ROBBERY y B. P Erwin, a
fesident OF Beaver, Pa, was recently robbed of q
package Of $50 0OO, 10 uucurrent FUNDS, which was
taken from between two mattresses In his state.
room on board the steamboat Jacob Strader, on
the passage from Louisville, Kentucky to CinCin.
natl, Ohio
THE FRIGATE SAN JAcINTo.-Orders have been
s.ntto New York to transfer the crew from the u.
s. Frgate Potomac, 10 the U. S. steam frigate San
Jacinto, now ftiiDg out at Norfolk, vs.. The San
Jacfuto has proved herself to be of the fastest
Steamships sloat.
HypRoPHoBIA-Mr Yoaatt the celebrated cat.
tie dealer has cured more than 400 cases of persons
bitten by dogs. with muriate OF silver, which, in
every instance, prevented any symptoms of hydro
phobis.
AN OLD BANK NorE-A few days since, $40
bill of the Warren Bank was redeemed at the coun.
ter at Warren. R. J., having been found among the
effects Of an old lady. lately deceased bore the
date of August 4, 1904.
commandant OF the Ordnance Department at Ba.
ton Rouge, La, has Invented machine by which
eix.y Minnie rifle balls per minute can be- cast
The English machine casts only forty per minute
The Ordnance Department at this place s also
manufacturing Minnie rihes. This Is done by ef-
fecting certain changes In the common rifle.
letter written by Neal Dow against the militia
system and c6ntending that there WIS no necessi.
~ for military companies, read before the
Massachusetts Legislative committee last winter.
SRA
CoUNcIL-An extra session of the Massachusetts,
State Council of Know Nothings 10 to be held on
the 18th Instant, to receive the report of the dels
gates of the National Council al PHILADELPHIA
The secret obligation will be then thrown off, and
grand mass meeting be called at some central 10.
csliy to take action in regard to the to be
pursued in the existing political crisis.
Only l59 vessels have arrived from sea at Que
bec up to this date, being 254 vessels aid 90 sos
tons less than at the same period last year. The
decrease 10 the number of passengers compared
with last year is now "a ,374.
DISSOLVED The Naval Academy Board has
been dissolved, having concluded ite examination
of the season of the candidates for promotion as
passed Midshipmen 10 the Navy of the United
States. ..
NARnow EscAPE.-At the last grand fete dsy of
the Roman Catholic Church, In Montreal, a stone
90 Inches In length. weighing 1873 pounds, fell from
the turret of the church into dense crowd of per-
Sons below, and only slightly injured one mans
foot.
The U. 8. SHIP PREBLK.-The following Is a
list of officers attached to the United States prsc
tice ship Preble, which will sail on a cruise from
Annapolis Md, on Wednesday next: Joseph F.
Gleep, Lieutenant Commanding Robert 81. Wy
man Lieutenant; B. F. Gallaher, Purser John
Yard, Passed Assistant Surgeon; VIM H. Parker
|aster; Samuel R. Franklin, Master William K
4ayo, Acting Master; W. McGunneale, Passed
qidshipman. There will also be about eighty Act.
s1e Midshipmhn on the Preble. She will touch a,
Norfolk to take 10 stores, and then cruise along the
Northern coast.
In WANT OF MEN. Both England and Russi,
appear to be hard pushed to find human food 70,
powder Ia the present ssnguinary war they arr
waeing, for while England Is enisting forejene,,
10 America and Germany, Russia has brought intc
Europe the barbarous hordes of Asiatic Tartary
aud are torcioly Incorporating into cir army III,
Bayazid, tho Armenians and kurds With suct
immense armies In the fsld and the continual los
OF thousands BY disease and battle the case canno
be otherwise.
PATENTS IssURp The following are among IN
patents issued from the Patent Office, in Wasting
ton, during the week ending June 10; John &
Cooke, of Bremo Vs-For Improvement 10 rail
road car seats; Iesac II. Steer of Wincbes,er w
assigner to Henry Carter, OF Pittsburg Do "a
Improvement In making NUT. Ante dated ns
Gsmoer IT, 1854, George Dulaney, Of Nom
'ackson' va sssigner 10 Reuben Allen, of She
nsndoan county, Va For improved mill dress
MURDERER CAPruREp.-Frank the negro ,.a,
20 brutality murdered Rev. J ] Weeens WY
oray creek, La, has been captured 1t Ia ann
posed ne took him unawsres, while stooppg doa
ior something. He struck him two ticks On uD ~,
oack oil his head, masking the skull. He ,h 10
turned him over and cut him with the edos os ,ha
axe across the chin. and also on the cheel bone
hetnen cut his head off, The skin on tho hact n 9
body. 'ne heao With thu
UNDERGROUND RAILROAD Last w.sL a.
slaves oelongiug to Mr.. Byrnes farmer in Rnne
p1n county ny deliberately should cred ,ba;
oies OF ciotaes and started off Their mas,au "uh
On trying to stop them was severely bes,sn up up
ne negroes having crossed the Ohio wen, on an
way to Canada, through the aid of their sb m Tne
..n. ALL LnAvEs;-The high price of flour. Of Into
mas csused the bakers to diminish the are IS 81
i9ayes considerably, but those in New .dei
-. leu 90 nave reached perfection In the ar,
c.efeierred TO- as the following extract frora ~
cnsase VIII show "A baker Of thai place IN es
10 goiog bis rounds to serve his cn.,o lew
s.oPpea at the door of one and Knocked whsn ~
sin,1 I'M enSelssd who her and wa. .n'
Issye your bread, We'll, well, you neea nnt
ura russ about it, put through the key hoIef
TOBACCO Who choose our tobacco .,,o,.
upIfh ba.