The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-11-10

| DhoWNkD-Josl w. Abbott, son of the Lat,
CJmm odore Abbott, has been missing from th,
propeller Relief to which be Was attached, sine,
Thursday night. 1t the time of the burning Of th,
propeller SpauldiHg. He went for an AKA for th,
mate OF the Relief to scuttie the Spaulding, and
mas not been seen since, until this morning Capt
| ceased was IS years of age. and has wife and
children In Vsrmout-Befalo Ado /, Nou 3.
WILD CAT" GoNE.-The failure of the Manu-
facturers' and Mechanics Bank, At Columbus, Ga.
has been noticed The Sun. of that place says:
The Bank has utterly bursted 1t failed to oper
its doors as usual on Monday morning last, which
sisnincanf fact caused tremendous excisemen
among the holders Of its notes We have hear
OF several individuals who hold its bills for ovel
5000. What its condition is no one seems at al
| informed. We saw its bills changing hands as Low
As Is cents on the dollar. We are disposed te
think the case not 90 bad as to justify SO great
sacrifice. 1t is reasonable to suppose its stock
holders good for at least half Of its Liabilities.
FALSE RUMoR.-We are happy to be able te
state that the rumor of the death of son o. the
Hon J. G. Breckinridgei ia untrue. His second sor
was severely burned by an explosion of powder
| some days since. but Is by no means dangerous
ly ipjured.-Lsr. (Ky) Statesman.
A VILE CoauErTE-A piece of perfidy is re
lated of q bride at ST. Joseph's. Mo-, which has
happily not often parallel 1t seems that two
young men were addressing q young belle ur
town, and that she smiled equally on both. At {
III. one bridegroom was made happy by her
pledge of hand and heart, and at p M the other
was made happy by the possession of her person
They lied at dusk, and were welded at Blooming
ton, just twelve miles distant, and continued on
their way to realms unknown.
MURDERS IN NEW ORLRANs-There were four
murders in New Orleans on Monday evening last
John Tully. of Hoboken, New Jersey, was killed
In quarrel at 8 card table. John Weir, a gas
litter, commenced talking politics in coffee house.
and upon reaching the door was killed with
siung shots Patrick Ryan was assassnated on
the same evening, and found dead on the sidewalk.
VIM. Aiken, gas filter, was found assassinated
the same night.
The betting on Kentucky has been very heavy.
We know of many instances of bets of extraordi.
nary magnitude having been made on the result of
the late election. Lands, negroes. cash-every-
staked throughout the State. Hundreds of men
are doubtless entirely ruined and thousands sore.
ly impoverished Gin. CON-
FATAL LACCIDENT-Deacon Bonton an old and
respected resident of Norwalk, CT, was killed
while engaged in plastering the wall of the South
Norwalk Congregational Church, on Friday The
scaffolding gave way, and he fell to the ground
and broke his neck
AN OLD RELIC "A servant man belonging to
Mr.. Robert Hammer, while ploughing on a tobacco
field on his plantation In Albemarle county, recent
ly!brought to the surface gold ring. which was
engraved the name of the owner, Rebecca Harper,
and the date 1746 one hundred and ten years ago.
At city hotel, a verdant looking chap sat
down to take some film" a waiter presented
himself at the back OF the chair and politely In
quired: "Tea or coffee, sir2" Tea" he answered.
What kind of tea sir2" Greeay looked up in
the walters face and with considerable empha.
sis said: why, store tea, of course; don't want
any of your sassafras stuff"
BARNUM IN FRENCH.-A Paris paper says that
zone of the largest creditors of Barnum, Messrs
Jerome, Clock 4 Comp, have cruelty forced him to
sell at auction all his property, but that Mrs B
would save something" Without doubt Mr.
Clock is right, and Barnum will have to "sbide his
time" The French translators often make comi
cal mistakes with American news"
PLAYS CoPYRrGHTED.-Mr.E Edwin Forrest ha 8
secured copyrights in the United States Court for
Jack Cade, the Gladiator, the Broker of Bogota
Oralloosa, Caius Marius, and Metamora.
LOOKING PLEAsED-Mr. Buchanan was in
Lancaster City on Wednesday, and the Inland
Daily says he Cooked pleased" We should think
that mis- at1ictions could be pretty well borne 81
the present time. but by the 4th of March next
he will have sufficient time to feel little worried
to serve the public.
"CLEAR AS MUD."-An exchange paper says
that "transceudentalism is the spiritual cognos
cence of Psychological irrefragibility, connected
with concutant ademption of uncolumnient spl
rtuality and etherialized contention of subsutery
concretion"
THE OLDEN TIME-Henry the Eighth made a
law that all men, except servants might read the
CO hnf nov Ia6IQa mao
leisure to ask somebody the meaning. This law
was repealed by Edward the Sixth.
WHOLESALE STAMPEDE-A few nights since
fourteen slaves escaped from Kenton Co., KY, and
about the same time, twelve others were missing
from the vicinity of Maysville.
The Shipping of the World is estimated at 145,
coo vessels, and the aggregate tonnage at Is 500,
900. which is valued at the enormous sum of $775,
900, ,000.
FATAL AcCIDENT.-On Wednesday evening, in
Trenton, New Jersey, Joshua Raunsley. while
wrestling with George ROTTERDAM, was struck by
the latter, and fell his head, receiving such in
Jury to cause his death soon afterwards.
A CLOSE SHAvE-Mr Burlingame, who wish
ed Brooks to meet him at the Clifton House., II
rejected to Congress, in the Boston district, Ly
only 10 majority over Appleton.
The Liquor sellers in Pittsburg on Tuesday
closed their places of business at the request O
the Mayor.
ARAB LAVA law among the Arabs permits
man to divorce any of his wives who does no
make him good bread If such law were in forcs
In this country, how few wives would remain il
their homes.
THE ORIGINAL SABBATH in England, in tht
year $50, commenced on Saturday at P NJ, AND
lasted till daybreak on Monday. In the reign o.
James the l., l606. fine of one shilling was i'm
posed by act of Parliament on every person absen
from church on Sunday.
DEcEAsED.-Thomas Dowse, Esq, who recent