The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-10-07

THE DAILY DIsPATCH,
Tncsdsy Mornlnr, October z, 1855.
Financial and Commercial.
r.v.i.n f;rcu;are report almost . suspens on o.
...s.... ~ Amer,can Stocks The following are the
on,,.l ouot ssoas In London Virginia Sc 1855. e<1
80 r.n,...pe Ga s40s6. We note sairs IN New
ya,. Friday Of eIo coo virrnis e.. bso At esq sno
s,aooo do IS 1.-THE sams 6sars. On SAtarssy, ssWs'
virginia Sc sold 1t ssIi; $leteo 90 ooo " ss3
and OIL. 600 do at % !. -
Richnend Markets. Oct. q.
FLOUR rho marhst HIS bsea perfectly quiet
nat : safe that No hear Of being made,
wHEAf'--No change IN wnse. ~, ne onsnnss ~, 70
dsy, however, are very limited. we queue ssoa %
prfns Red sI seed to primo wnise sl."~
coRN-Ths demand b good and prices firm. We
quote 7oa rs cts per busheL
OArB--40145 OTIS, and in demand
RaCoN-The market 10 little more snimated.
;.bopt change quotations. Shoulders 81 az cts.;
s sssdss 10, Todd's Hog round 10 cts 90 sugar
apm,sS Hsms $50; Hams I76iSc. a. to quality.
cUFFEE. SUGAR, and MoLAssEs, Arm at las.
a1 WV;iaIHsSKEY-s5s0sssc cts
TopACCo-Fort the Last few days there has been
but little doing in the Tobacco market To-day there
only hnds for inspection and the stock o. hand
for Inspection not more than city hhas We have no
change to mate In our quotations.; Inferior Luss $50
u; hns stemmins. none in Market shipping scarce
Si4ai6 Is; Zoe Manufacturing et5bS80 ~; fancy
wrappers Ia ANAL packages sso0Io5.
ny TELEGRAPH.
New Yo.K, Oct: 6-fioar advanced. Ohio 90 IS
as IS; Southern $7a1 40. whsat declined. White
St.5s; Red 81 Corn---Corn dscIinsd. Mixed 60.
Stocks higher. sr
BALTIMORE, Oct s.-Flour, whest and Corn nm
changed. t@8
NARROW ESCAPE Friday afternoon, Mr.. Wise
the :eronaut, in making ascension from the Fair
Grounds OF the Eewburyport (MAss Agricultural
Society was waited seaward, aud he therefore ut.
tempted to land on Plum Island. but in eonss-
quence of bis anchor dragging in tbs sand be was
obliged to jump to save his life He fell distance
of twenty feet, holding on to one Of the ropes,
which slipped from his grasp badly decorating his
hands, and the balloon went up, aud was soon lost
to sight and to it's owner.
ACCIDENT TO AN ACToR-Friday evening. AZ
Mr.. y. Wilkinson, Of the Howard Athenmuln,
Boston, was performing the part of Toby Varnish
in the play of The Flying Dutchman, an imia
ton bear skin in which he was dressed, acciden-
tally took fire. He was instantly enveloped in
flames from head to foot, and his face, neck and
hands were severely burned. a 80
DRowNED.-Ssiem, a negro mau Of Col L. C
Arthur, OF Bedford county, fell from the top of one
of the canal locks on James river into the water,
4 distance Of about twenty feet, on the 2Ist ms.
and was drowned before he could be rescued from
the water. -
FIRE AND Loss OF LIFE.-Oa the LIST instant.
Gre broke out in dwelling house In NJ ilford Mass
owned by Mr.. Otis Parkhurst and occupied nv Z WI
families: The house was entirely destroyed and
lady, 70 years Of age, daughter of Mt Parkh
perisned IN the flames. The families were absent
at the time, and the fire was set in barrel of shaw
ings in the basement by little boy four years old
SINGULAR CAsE.-The San Francisco Eagle no.
tices the arrival in that city of gentleman to un.
dergo an unusual surgical peratiou-being nothing
less than to have removed from his stomach large
snake, which had inhabited il for fifteen years II
says:
Exactly at what time the reptile was taken into
the stomach the sufferer 10 not aware He felt it's
presence in the vicinity of the kidneys many wears
ago, but the pains experienced, although sonisiines
acute and troublesome, occi'ioned no alarm until
about two years SINCE when, Que day, feeling quite
uawell, he placed his hand upon his bowels and dis
tinctiy felt the SNAKE crawling within him siCcs
thou 1t has grown enormously, and has attained a
length of at iesst fifteen inches aud size round th
ini0dlo OF hVe or ak inches LIS proportions can bo
pretty accurately ascertsned lis entire shs n. is
fearfuy obvious to the touch. Ii quite active uo
posssssss an lnsstisbie appstits judging from the
amount Of food and water consumed by the sufferer
who ID continually parched With thirst aod not unfr.
quentiy requires from three 70 four gallons of fluid
daily, Though the recommendation OF an Indian
he has lately found consderable relief from tn, in
ces.ant thirst ny drinking water literally dlfused
lodge the varmin by starvation and the free us of
stimulants.
On one occasion, he abstained from both food and
water for three days. In the hope of bringing the
cupant 10 some sort VI terms. The first dsv thu
sake becams uneasy; the second, boaterous; and
the thrd furious put still the man held out AT the
end OF the third day, however, his snaksship com
menced An attack upon the wall Of hi. prison with
what appeared 10 be toierabe full set Of teeth aud
the result was an Immediate supply OF food mors
agreeable to both parties. en- As may be supposed
the man 10 reduced to a perfect skeleton under the
eAtreme torture OF mind and body preying upon him
Otrf md ay Init Ad ,,aa
gem in the city sufficiently skiliu to make an Incl
s'sn In the abdomen and the reptile We
have heard Oh similar cases; but this Is the st that
ever came under our own observSticn--and we hope
may be the last for have fe 'all oversh' sysr
since!
QUEER OPERArioN.--Un Saturday, in Shelby
Orleans county, New York, the Republicans put D
was discovered thar the Fiimoreitss had ont I.Tye
cross &C the Top of that pole. A large crowd ipcu
ding Deacons Elders, and Preachers (accoIdine to this
Rochester Union,l advised the procurement Of rfea
tor the purpose of shooting away the cross. and he al
rice tcas Jolowed! The croEs was iaalIy b,ou,ht IA
tho sround. and the crowd dispersed. On Monday
morning complaint was made before a Justice Of the
peace, And number OF those enyag IN the Fremont
demonstration OF the day previous, were arraieued
aud haed for desecr alton of the Ssbhst and am
them was of the preachers who figured ar con.ne
ousiy In tho attack upon the crtss!
SINGULAR AND iscENIous UIscoyrRy-Dr
L. Biedehu, OF New Orleans, has recently made a
most wonderful discovery the result of uhich vii
pc 70 apense with the uss and importation leschss
Into TINS country The Doctor in train
Ing the larger species of musqui.oes known in New
Orleans as salinlpper," to perform all the objects
hitherto only scco,n pshed by the lsech or thscnn
per dozen Of these insects equal to ii lseches
and placed On the desired spot will at once com.
enee TO sucA blood in the way and with far lt
trouble, than the older ms il u ion "
x kNT, PAINS ~ CO., -
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