The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-11-03

refused advances excsptins on Excheousr Bills III
oeaiion in the Bank he'd decreased 40 600 Consol
1 sor money closed at 9tt for account
xne pirsetors Of the Bank Of England have adopt
IcIu:e 70 max. advances on Government securi les
L1esequer Bills only excepted. Consois have faler
to9 fcr money and 81 and s1f for the account-
Corros MAsKET -Lrvsrpoor, Oct. 17.-cottor
active, and for prices of ali quaiti stifer. with
snsnt Inn mplovement in the middlips qualities The
| bales ei' A''0''
The quotations sre-Fair Orleans. II; midalins do.
4 o4 middling 90. 67-i6
Stock at this port $4,000 bales. of which 400 COO
ple foI the crops. Wheat and Flour generally are
r.gn.y cheaper. Corn active, and advanced 6daI d.
nicnardson, Spence Co. quote: Red Wheat 81 3d0
%. 40 white w heat, los I'd 0i0s cd Western Ca.
MAJ fiour Sos 035s Southern do. 55s 034s; Ohio do
s aSzs sd Yellow and mixed SIS Sd 0s4s White,
From Baringss Circular
LONDON. Oct l7th, 1856
Ihe Colonial and Foreign produces markets have
been steady this week, with good business Sugar
| in active demand. ls6ls Sd dsarer Cotton and
| BIZ Ieadstuff, firm The demand for money Continues
active, 6O7 per cant per annum. Consois lesve of
sis fsr money. 9Ii 0sls for the account. Mexican
76sAsd.
The sales fAmericsn stocks have rather increased
the last week, but at lower rates. Massachusetts
Sterling 5s offered at 1o0 buyers at 49, Maryland So
offered at 92 without finding buyers Virginia Ster-
ling IS without demand. Illinois Central Railroad
| Bonds held at so0si; Free!ands at sS0s4. Pennsy-
yania Central Ga $3.50.
| Cotton Bales for the week 1850 bales at full pr
ces At Liverpool the demand has been good sales
| for the week, IS 900 bales mid Orleans is quoted
| at 9l6d per lb.
| A. the Corn Market on Monday the gu ,ply of En-.
glish Whsat was small, and the condition nsialIy
inferior only the best samples sold at decline Of
1 Z n oil re3io -
| Lest weeks average quotation fer English Wheat
was 64s Sd on i4t 1855 qrs returned. To-day the
ket was steady. We qaote White American wheat
| 7o076s Red 6a072, per Or. American Flour Sssa
| SIS per bbl.
SUICIDE IN NEW YoRK-IoucAing Story TIE
N. Y. Herald of Saturday, contains touching sto-
| ry of the suicide of Lizzie Howard, young girl
| who came from Roxbury, Mass, to that city
She was about 1e years of age had light hair and
| blue eyes, and was very attractive girl. She
| was betrayed by seducer, and afterwards took
| up her residence in house of illrepute. Here
she became arden.ly attached to a young man,
who short time before her death, showed dis.
position to cut her acquaintance. The Herald
| says:
On Saturday night last the parties ct
at Peracho's ball, where she sccoated him and wish
ed him to dance with fer He colby refused She
then pleaded with him to 60 home with her, as she
wished to communicate something of importance to
them both, but he refused her opportunities with
rudeness Wounded at his conduct she left the ball
rson! and retiredi to her home; she lag down for
awhile bat shortly after arose. dressed hersslf ard
| left the house. This was az two o'clock Sunday
| morning. she was accostsd by policeman at the
corner of Cortland street but, not noticing him. che
continued her way to South ferry, and went en- one
of the boats 1t cold, chilly night; there YVES
no moon, and when the boat half way across the
| unfortunate girl threw herself without cry from
the steIn and was soon buried under the heavy tide
| that was running at the time. The two passengers
the boat little knew of the fearful tragedy that
had been enacted on the boat but the girl missed
| by them on the Brooklyn side and the alarm given
| to her friends Her body recovered Tuesday,
| and identified by her .emale companions photo
| graph YVES found on her person Of the young man
| whom she bad loved te well, but so unwisely On
| Thu . ay her emains were conveyed to Greenwood,
where she was inferred, with the picture Of her false
| lover placed upon her breast The scene at thu
| grave was painful impressive The lsndady of the
| house, her female companions a clergyman, the un.
dertaker and his wife, all that were present.
Afer the reading Of the Episcopal burial service by
the clergyman, one of Lizzis's female companion.
| read Hoods touching poem, The Bridge OF Sishs"
ns and oi d cent s
of many similar stories that might be told of life in
| the great metropolis.
| THE AMERICAN BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR
FOREIGN MIss,oNs.-This body is still in session
in Newark, N. ]. The annual report is very
lengthy and contains minute statistics Of all the
|
summary exhibits the operation of the Board for
| the past year.
| Missions-Number of missions %, number OF
| stations 1874 number of out-statons 55.
| Laborers Employed-Number of ordained mission.
aries (six being physicians) l54, number of licen-
tiates 2 physicians not ordained 6, other male as
sistants Is, female assistants 1875 whole number Of
Aborers sent from this country 374, native pastors
l3 native preachers g. native helpers 270, whole
| number of native helpers 346, whole number of
laborers connected with the missions 728
| The Press-Eumber of printing establishments
g. pages printed last year 26 C2l 260 pages printed
| since the beginning 965 C00,000
| The CHurches-Number of churches, including all
| at the Sandwich Islands, ll9; number of church
members. rdo do 26. 903: added during the year,
! do. do, 1926
| Educational Depayt,aent-N dmber Of seminaries
7, number of other boarding schools %, number
| of free schools (4l2 supported by Hawaiian gov.
| ernmeno 694 number of pupils in the seminaries
| (S0 do.) 343, number of pupils in the boarding
schools (o7 do CSC. number of pupils in the free
| schools Q0,155 do } lS3l7-whole number in semi.
| naries and schools 1886
| FATAL ACCIDENT.-The Wheeling (Va) Times
says that on Monday last, Mr. Richard Lewis and
| son went to their labor, (coal mining) near that
| city, and worked it is supposed, until near twelve
| O'Clock, when the earth overhead came down,
| crushing father and son beneath it, They were
taken out after an hours hard labor, but the vital
l
sight to see father and laying side by side in
| the cold embrace of death. The deceased q
| native of Wales He leaves wife and family
Of children, entirely without the means of support
| RARE JUsTICE.-Upder the bead of Admins
| tration of Justice" we find the following para
/! graph in Costa Rica paper:
No 27-September 12-The State against jose
| Dolores Munoz, of San Jose, for the crime of Sc
cretiy planting tobacco. The sentence of tht
| Judge of Hacienda is confirmed. eondemniug th'
prisoner to seven years two months aud thirteer
days imprisonment at hard labor and to pay fin'
of four hundred and seventy dollars, besides cost
| of suit
Nice country that for an agricultural people!
VIRGINIA PosT OFFICE AFFAIRS Post
master General yesterday ordered the following
appointments:
VIM Whitworth postmaster at Scottsbure
Halifax county, Va, vice Geo w Tuck, resigned
Benjamin w Taylor, postmaster At Keswiek De
pot, Albemarle county. Va, vice VIM Smith, re
| signed; Jas Hammer postmaster at Covesviile
Aibemarle couoty, Va, vice John Fl Hammer. r.
signed. Henry Ewing postmaster at Stiliwe
| Wood county, Va, vice jesse ID Dallison Robt {
Gary postmaster at Tower Hill, Appomattox CO
Va, vice w Pankey, declined