The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-09-18
THE DAILY DISPATCH

THE DAILY DISPATCH
~ The circulation Of the DAILY DISPATCH
.cesds considerably that OF allths Daiiypaperss
Klshmond combined. ae
/ RICHM0HD, VA.
TUESDAY MORNING. ls. lss
HosoA TO AN AMsnrcAN- Pope has ordere
gold medal Of the largest s'zs to be sent to Gee
Cole, Esq-. Civil Engineer at Buffalo. N. T.. 10 re
turn for a copy OF work containing his tables an
designs of machines Tor Railroads, Canals, Tun
| nels, &c The medal 10 Inscribed "bene merifo,
(weli merited) and 10 to be accompanied by q let
| ter of thanks.
| RATS ON THE MIssrssIPPI-The Davenport
| Uowa) Courier ga .. that timber and lumber rafi
Of great size daily pass that city on their way TO
Southern market, from the Upper Mssissippi-
| They come from the tributaries of the Msssslpp
| especially from the st Croix. the Wisconsln, an
| the 81. Peters or Minnesota rivers. They ar
| sometimes twenty, thirty, and even City days OF
| their voyage down stream One of the immens
feet vide and 19a long, coptainlns 800 900 fse
which, st present prices. 10 worth about $40 900.
| Low Me-, Low MY Doa.-NolLing could exaee
tue attention OF Louis Napoleon TO hs royal ggss
On leaving Boulosns. the Queen suddenly per
ceived that she left behind favorits little lap dog
and expressed her very great regret thereat n
notice was taken apparently beyond sympathy, bu
most impossible acts; and when the Queen enter
ed her boudoir at 8, Cloud the frst thing she saw
was her lap dog, that jumped forward to meet her
WORTH TarAL lit 10 stated that Mr. JohI
Brush, of Brooklyn N. Y. has saved the piums OF
| number OF trees, the present season. by binding
6unches oftansy upon the limbs, 10 severa places
The fruit upon the trees thus treated ripened 4
perfection. while that near by, not thus protected
was entirely destroyed by the insects.
MARYLAND poLIrIcs.-Major 8 Glddings nomi
mated the union ticket for the House OF Delegate
eligible under the new constitution, which reqere
residence of three years In the State. Dr. Chas
Steele, nominated on lhe same ticket for County
Commissiouer, has also declined:
VESSELS IN THE WRLLAND CANAL. In Augus
last sol vessels passed through the Welland Ca
nal, of which 2o3 were Canadian, and 27S Ameri.
can. This 10 said to be the first time In the history
of the Weiland Canal, when II has passed more
British than American vessels.
MAIL MATTKRs.-The Postmaster General hal
ordered contract with Mr Merriam, of the Newport
News, Va, to convey malls between Hampton and
that place six times week. On the route from
Bellefonte to Smitbport, additional weekly trip
has been ordered, a. far 90 Kansas 20 miles. MIR.
John Cannon has been appointed mail messenger
Service between Berkeley Springs, Va, and 81
JohL's, Penn.
ELECTION OF TKACHER.-At a meeting OF the
board of directors of the South River Academy
held at Annapolis on Friday last, Frederick
Waite, Esq, NJ, of Baltimore, formerly of Nor
folk, Va, wac elected principal.
WAR IN AFRIcA:-The British Government has
a war In Africa as we'll as In the Crimea Man.
dingo sold negro near the mouth of the Gambia.
The negro, ii was said was British subj ect, and
the British authorities undertook to arrest the Mans
dingo. Two attempts to arrest the man In the VIII
isge lag of sabasee having been repul'ed, Governor
OConner procured the assistance of 100 French
soldiers from Goree, and again marched toward
Ssbagee, with a force of about 620 men, three
field pieces snd one "a pound howitzer. There
beis' were driven into the town. when the stock.
ade was carried by assault at the point of the bay.
one., and Ssbages no longer exists" Loss to the
"sllies" &c killed and 10 wounded. Only one
Freuchman fell. Less to the "rebels" one of their
best towns and fifteen hundred soals.
FOREIGN IMMIcRATIoN.-The Superintendent OF
Statistics of the Department of State has made up
the subioiued statement from official custom house
returns, exhibiting the number of immigrant pas
seneers arriving at Boston, New York Philadel 2his,
Baltimore and New Orleans, by sea, from foreign
countries during the first hall of 1855, compared
with the number arriving at the same ports during
the fret half of 1854:
Boston, l0.4l6 6o0
New York, 148Y 641 78 6Ol
Philadelphia 1924 4,69t
Baltimore, 4.4l9 3,l24
New Orleans, - 379 13,411
Total, 199,299 LOG, SIS
| This shows a decrease of 90 7S4 emigran. pas.
sengers during the first half of 1855, as compared
with the corresponding period of 1854. AT the
port of New York alone, for the second quarter o
The half year. the decrease is 10 734. According to
the stststics kept at Castle Garden by the Commits,
siopers OF Emigration, the amount OF hard cash
brought By emlgrsnts averages $65 per head
These figures, therefore, exhibit the fact that by
the falling off In emigration the country has los
six million tbirty-one thousand four hundred an6
sixty dollars 10 money during the last six months.
RAILWAY OpsNEp-The Cincinnati and Chicago
railroad was opened for travel as far as Anderson
Ind, on Friday last The distance from Cincinnati
to Chicago Is 255 miles. The road Is finished tt
Anderson, l35 miles; and workmen are laying tht
track to Logansport, Sc miles further, which will
be completed by November. The whols road viii
be- finished In twelve months
"GEoRGETowN FRvRR"-The brig Sea Belle
Captain Rose. arrived at Newport, R. l., from
Georgetown, s. c., on Tuesday, with several case
of fever on board. The patients were removed t.
the Marine Hospital, where the mate died soon af
terward 1t is by no means unusual for sailor
who visit southern rivers to be attacked by fever
and the name of Georgetown fever has doubtet
been given In this instance from the locality II
which 1t was taken.
DIsTREssING CALAMITY.-On the 17th ut., NJ
Alfred Marsh. residing about nine miles east o
Notssuge, Miss, had three of his children kilet
by lightning Their ages were follows Six
teen ten, and two,years. The children were re.
turning to the house when they were killed by th,
lightning. The eldest had the youngest on hi
shoulders when death overlook them.
THE ELECTION IN MAINK.-The reaction Ii
tic ant In hoip neip loak
to be very decided The "Maine Law and IRE
publican ticket" is beaten by large majority
The Portland Advertiser, which strongly support
ed the liquor law and Mayor Dow, says the defea
is owing to popular prejudice against the prohibi
tory law, and the "defects of the law as working
enactment"
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.-On Thursday night III
card mandatory of Gage. Murray g. Co., a
Nashua, N. H., was destroyed by fire. The loss
estimated at from sl2, 900 to sis, 600 one half Q
which Ia covered by insurance.
An Aunariaon 10 adx C,fY Yn1k lat, ueyr