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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-02-21
GENERAL ASSEMBLY or VIRGINIA.


SENATE. as4
M g "WEDNESDAY, Feb 90
A communication from the House Of Delegates
was read sS@
county to Craig county, was considered, without
reference, read three times and passed, and Is now
q law.
House bill to annex portion of Marion county
70 iyler county, was In like manner considered
ana passed and Ii now law.
House bill to authorize Jesse Brooks to create
dam across the Blackwater river, was considered
without reference, read three times and is now
Mr.. AMBLER from the Committee of Courts of
Justice reported Senate bill authorising guardians
10 demand compound interest, and allowing time
10 invest money belonging to their wards
mr. kEdER called up and explained bill appro-
pIiaung certain sum for the payment of the
claims OF Lemuel Eli and Wm C. Chenewith
Messrs. CRIGE DENEALE and REGER advo
Gated the passage of the bill, and Messrs CAT
LETT, DOUGLAS and AMBLER opposed it, The
bill was lost-ayes 20, noes Ia fza
Mr. AMBLER reported a bill to render any officer
or agent OF the State personally liable for any cou
tract beyond the amount authorized by the law
under which the contract is made which, on his
motion, was read the first and second time A
motion for the engrossment and third reading of
the bill led to debate, in which Messrs DE-
NEALE, CAMBBEL- LAyNE and LOGAN participated
after which, on motion of Mr. DENEALE the bill
was laid on the table. ase ar
On motion of Mr.. PAXTON, the joint resolution
authorizing the Committee on the Armory to ena.
ploy clerk was taken up and passed-ayes 49,
noes |.
On motion Of Mr.. WEST, the joint resolution for
an extra session was laid the table and made
the order of the day for Wednesday next
On motion of Mr.. STEENRoD the Bank charter
was made the order of the day for Thursday at
o'clock. es%
On motion of MFR. JOHNSON, the bin allowing ad
ditional compensation to the clerk of the Senate
for services during the years 1884 and 1866
was taken up and ordered to be engrossed and read
a third time.
On motion of Nj. FLOOD, the joint resolution in
regard to the duties imposed by foreign govern
ments upon tobacco was taken up and passed.
A bill incorporating the Odd Fellows Hall Asso-
citation of Wheeling, was passed.
The bill increasing the capital stock of the
Richmond and Danville Railroad, and authorising
an extension OF their road to the Tennessee line
was taken up, on motion of Mr. HAIRSToN, and
the ryder having been adopted, Messrs. HAIRSToN,
DENEALE, LOGAN and CAMPBELL advocated and
Messrs TAZEWELL and JOHNSON opposed the bill
The bill was passed without division.
On motion of MIR CArLETT, the Senate ad
journed
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EXCESSIVE EATING-In letter to Lord Muir
ray, found in the life of Sidney Smith, lately pub
lished, the latter says:
"You are, hear, attending more to diet than
heretofore. Hyou wish anything like happiness
in the fifth act OF life, eat and drink about half
what You could eat and drink. Did ever tell
you my calculation about eating and drinking =
Having ascertsined the weight of what couli live
upon 30 as to preserve health and strength, aud
what did live upon, / found that between ten
and seventy years of age had eaten and drunk
fortyfour one horse wagon loads of meat and
drink more than would have preserved me In life
and health! The value Of this mass Of nourish
meat Is considered to be worth $1,000 sterling
II occurred to me that must, by yoraeity, have
starved 10 death more than one hundred. This is
frjehtfuI calculation but irresistibly true; and
think. dear Murray, your wagons would require an
additional horse each
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A GOLD MEpAL.-!The citizens of Eastport,
Miss, upon receipt of the news that Hon A. Rnst,
Of Arkansas had whipped Mr.. Greedy, of the Tri-
bune. held meeting aud resolved TO procure a
gold medal and send II to Mr. Rust. The medal,
with this inscription Presented TO Hon. A. Rust
NJ. C.. from Arkansas, by bis friends OF Eastport.
Miss; and on tbs reversed side, M A.m agafa
was got the next day and forwarded 70 that gen.
tleIaan At Washington,
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Pill OF FARE Az TIE ARBOUi;.
ALLENS AEBOuR,
dr p 18th near Main ST.
/ ERY VALUABLE ZEAL ESTATE on

CARY ST, NEARLY OPPOSITE COLUM-
BlAN HOTEL. FOR SALE.-The subscribers are
authorised sell that most valuable Real Estate on
4s corner Of Cary and Virginia Streets fronting about
= feet on the north side of Gary street, running back
va tine west line of Virginia about 80 feet There
seyero brick tenements tout of repair on this
lot For large wholesale stores, warehouses, this
5 Justly regarded among the desirably located
property in the city. For terms apply to
lal2-<awlm GODDIN APPERSON.
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: lOItt.o IAJI, IN 81 UNE1, NEAR FAIK
GROUNDS, FOR SALE The subscribers are au-
"JE1ed 70 sell two most beautiful squares of land of
SaoEes each in the towa of Sydney, the Fair
c-tunts. Each of them well enclosed and have
oa thein buildings suitable for small families Upon
'ae payment OF one-fourh cash. credit Of from to
lrals bearing interest," will be given the residue.
Apply 20
{. - l. APpFpEnK
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-02-21

THK IRISH COLONIZATION CONVENTION
address to the Irish Catholics of America adopted
by the late Irish Convention at Buffalo is publish
ed in the Buffalo papers of Saturday The pro-
fessed object of the Conv ention is to see whether
with the advice of the reverend clergy means
cannot be devised for the Improvement of the con.
dition of Catholic emigrants to America" The
address asserts that their is growing ND in this
country class similar to that which in Europe
menaces the existence of the social fabric, and to
whom the acquisition of land is impossible the
success of the scheme proposed would relieve
the State from the dangers of pauper population
and confer benefit On religion ''by removing
large masses of men from the demoralizing infu-
ence of swollen cities, and bringing and retaining
them within the salutary influences of the church
and school"
The address says;
''To attain this desirable resut-desirablc alike
to the Christian and the statesman, and to secure
the requisite unity of action, we have devised a
plan, the details of which respectfully submit
ted to you in the approved report of our committee
on finance A vast mass of most valuable inform
alton, laid before our committee on lands in the
United States and Canada is entrusted to the dis
cretion of the directories of several countries who
chai ged to watch for the general plan and di.
rect all for the best"
In conclusion, the class especially interested are
requested to grant their cooperation, until every
man in search Ofindependence of has found it. The
report of the committee on lands in Canada is
volumnous document. 1t speaks of tract of so,
900 square miles in the valley of the Ottawa as
suitable for colonization purposes flands in Can
ada East where Catholic population is already
established and of other localities in Canada West
but the first mentioned are preferred
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tbs Buffalo Board Of Trade, last week, the com
mittee ON the subject Of reciprocity In trade be-
tween the United states and tho Canadas report
ed In favor OF memsrializing Congress to extend
tbs free list provisions Of the Reciprocity Acs.
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DEATH OF AN AUTHoREss-Mrs Caroline Lee
Hentz, the authoress, died at Mariana, Fla, on
the 18th inst She had gone there for the benefit
of her health.
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CAUSE OF BOILER ExPLosIoNs.-Mr Fairbairn
was some time since appointed by the British AS
sociation of Science to make experiments in re-
spect to ascertanng the cause of boiler explosions
He therefore had boiler made so as to determine
not only the proportionate strength of boilers, but
also in relation to their management The boiler
was II feet in diameternal tubes, feet in diane
ter. 1t stood pressure of go lbs. on the square
inch, but at 100 one of the tubes collapsed. The
object was to discover means of proportioning
the strength of all the parts, because as Professor
Fairbairn believes, the majority of explosions arise
from an excess of steam.
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IA ~2tswi1a GODDIN Il APPERsoN.


- NEAR MANCHESTER, FOR SALE.-A f4rm
o. 10 acres, 5Iniies from Richmond the road lead
l9 10 Chesterfield Courthouse, and near to the Pc
'sisOurg railroad, in good condition aud easly i'm
.5yFeG--a small dwelling house, servants house,
,Igae house, and brick barns; also valuable wa
'ei POWER for milling or manufacturing
fof Iufther particulars enquire of VIM. Carpenter,
'-af The premises, of Goddin * AppcIson.
u ZS-2tawlm
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y OF & E.-The undersigned, Trustee,
appointed by deed from James D. b. Evans, for
~ benefit Of his creditors, dated February lIth,
-" recorded in the Hastings Court Richmond has
.oAsltuted the said James D. b. Evans his Agent for
l'e Asie OF the stock OF Goods, Wares and Merchan
aLr conveyed in said deed
Persons n want of China, Glass, Crockery, or Or
H-nental Ware, are invited to examine the stock.
It I4-ksw2w Il r. HOWISON Trustee
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-02-21

CHEAp LIvING.-A letter from Florence, under
date of January 8, says: This is the only cheap
place to live in have seen. have dining room
and drawing room and two chambers and a ser.
wants room, and have for breakfast and dinner
whatever want / have an excellent Swiss SER
want, who speaks French and Italian a coachman
and pair of horses and two carriages, one open and
the other close, and all this costs me S120 month
My man servant waits upon me and goes on the
carriage, and has nothing to do with cooking for
me. That is done by the master of the house for
me, and Is included in the above estimate"
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lNOR SALE, PRIYATEI.Y. SllSl ACRES

an
a. QF LAND, WITH STEAM SAW AND GRIST
~ ~ IL ATTACHED. WITHIN TWELVE MILES
~ ~ tGIChMOSD, ON THE LINE OF THE RICH
TT'ND AND FREDERICKSBURG RAILROAD
81 subscribers offer at private sale, about 900
'9tn principally Ia wood, located on each side of
'+ hiehnlond and fredericksburg Railroad about II
tggr. e u '''' oA's ~
M "'ached 10 the property is valuable Steam Saw
.. , %ith gflst power in addition, which, with the
'e OF huies Wagons aud other appurteuances can
I ac with the land on reasonable terms or The land
"i- or soid separate, and apart therefrom
''npfoYe1nents Of neat and useful character have
'ssn made on portion Of the properly. and small
t}R"l ~hest is now growing it, bat the bulk Of
.'hp is pa wood OF original growth, and at mini
~ 'h csle uation, capable OF yielding 1900 cords
sec *i.i2l per cord. 1' "'A' NV "a
i; ;.ELousa portion of the land plank road from
49, M.hloha 10 IN process of construction, and DEPOT
IN ont Of the railroad company, is on the spot
s ~ snofdins facilities il every way calculated 70
FSn-ote the Interests Of purchaser.
ga, sppiy 70 gODDIN APPERselS
A'ehgeEd, Feb. ", lssS.-2swew. = -
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ACON & BASKERvILL,

ID GENERAL COMmlSslON MEhChANiS,
E-.e;ye consignments of Tobacco, Flour, Corn,
Nhcet Sc and give their personal attention TO saies
IF same and keep constantly hand large and gene
T.l assortment OF Groceries, Seed, Peruvian Guano
fe Z1-dSwts
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ARTS &, SHINE. AUCTI0NEERS AND
| COMMISSION MERCHANTS, "a Main street,
~ stttnd TO all sales Of Real and Personal Estate;
70 the sales of House Furniture, Stock Goods &e,
&c. on accommodating terms.
P c LARus. JAMES n. SHINE
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DRTN1IEL & ROY STEERS, Cominission

ID MERcHkNTS FOR TIE SALE OF MANvFAcTUREp
.xp LrAF ToBAccO, FLOUR, GRAGN, CorToN, &s.,
NJ IS Water street New wYork.--Consignments Ia
shove address will receive the special attention OF
Mr A. I. ROISTEk- tie resident partner In New
York Advances Si. p.4L4ts I'LL be negotiated oa
liberal terms by a l. R0yster, Brother Co. Rich
.asuL. OF by ia. Orders toT purchases IA New YoIk
- 4. also receive oH. attention.
BRuMMEL & ROISTERS,
New York, January, 1856.
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HEAPQy4EgEilHsKss ElHsKssIrPEa Eve sHbstloio1 sHHEbat io

ii II "A sDrx - Il
Ill Bile CLOTHiHG.--SiLvER MEDAL ~. sva
is55-The members of<hs Lesissfurs .nd ~ NM =.
visiting the city are requested % eau ~ ne otu ~
tabiisbmsnt. ia. l20. corneT ~ Msin and doysrnos
street. and secure 4, pasns isa iof .ls 9
s,,,asnt of faentlem Wearing Apparel. net -
surpassed By house e. II na:.,n p: s .s. s.s.s
~. h,,hssf premium q silver Msdail by ne -
chanics Institute, is5a .frr oT4Ia
= rassIWERTa vESTIN0S, be, with score g -
pslor worksn. He dssns it ssS e 81 soas %
risl Of Is years the pnbiic hss sse IL I. ~srrsnts n
cicthins he sells and rsspsctfuliy ,l s9neis -
sis ola friends and the public esnsfaiv.
srietiy on the one pnes =. 3. SPENCE
d.1 No. 10 eernsr Msln snd osys-.ex - -
TEAyELikHH Hmn - ~ ss1kf.1 49, ss:ssS|ss5 8
srssli ia of 1rsvelus UmbrellaA yhien 90
rie6 with convssisncs 70 cespss - - - ! 8
sasas sAs1H 1HisiHcnAxr, 8 wx1aiskR oo,A q
ha ess teslk
- 4sssf
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county, KY, says the Marysyill Eagle, Esquire
Schoolfeld recently united In marriage boy aged
fifteen years, weight seventy pounds, to lady
aged twentyone years, and weighing one hundred
and fifty pounds.
magistrate, the father of the aforesaid youthful
bridegroom was married to younger sister Of the
fat bride. The old man was sixty five and the girl
was seventeen years old.
The boy husband Is brother-ip,law 70 his father,
and the old mans wife Is stepmother TO her bro.
therin-law.
The house where these marriages occurred Il q
little cabin constructed of round logs, and located
In deep hollow between two lofty hills where the
sun 10 Visible only four hours during the day.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-02-21

By reference TO our advertising columns = VIII
be seen that Mr. Antelotti, near the Central Depot
has converted his confectionery esfablshment inso
q Restaurant for the benefit Of passengers Dy tae
Central Railroad and of the public generally We
can safely recommend the establishment tn advances
TO everybody, believing from Mr.. Antelostts espa
cities and experience thatit win be one Of tne oess
and Eestest Restorafives in the state.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-02-21

Coal IN NORTH CARoLINA.-On Friday last,
the operations at Egypt, on Deep river, North Car
olina, so long and indus triousy prosecuted un'
der the superintendent OF Mr.. McLain, the agent
of the Egypt Company, resulted in reaching a
seam of exceedingly rich bituminous COAL four and
half feet thick, of beautiful quality. 1t was reach
ed At depth of q little over four hundred feet
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-02-21

/ BROEN, JT., stock Broker, has re
y moved his Office to No isl tZimmermsn's) corne
Main and 18th streets 6-eodts
THOMAS How 9I9 Main street is
1 now receiving his fall supply of Block Tin Goods,
suitable for houseksepers. Also of Wood Ware, COM
pnslng every article in that line. oc Is
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-02-21

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 20, p. M.-The National
American Convention here is now engaged discus
sing the 18th section OF the platform. No action
has yet been taken.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-02-21

SUIT FOR SLANDER.-A sIander suit was dis
posed of at the Court House, yesterday morning,
after three days trial. by the jury finding YER
diet of sixpence for plaintiff The suit arose out
OF a quarrel between preacher and a deacon in
his church. in the course of which the deacon said
to the preacher, "f you like mutton well as
do, wouldn't trust my sheep within three miles
of you" Several persons were present, and the
quarrel progressed until finally the preacher sued
the deacon, and recovered sixpence damages and
sxpence cost-SyracHse Standard.
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BUSINESS CARDS.

~ n, EUON & IU., NINTIUNEbhS,
t.. No 70 MAIN STREET, offer their services to
,nbIt as Auetioneers for the sale of Real Estate,
rsifnre Groceries Dry Goods, Horses, Cattle, Sc,
:. he shortes; nstice and upon the most reasonable
terms .- 4, ,n
Wa Goods for sale at prsrits sale without the charge
f dSor sales Of every de scrption attended TO up
o' - coon. WIN MOTT.
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.0iIS II. al HBORNE. GENE IL All.

j G6dMISstuN MERCHANT. Dealer in Provi
son. H., Enoaj Na.--Partcular attention given tc
/ 7 s..e u Flour Wheat, Corn, &c, Cash advance.
Pas,.r. t5lsn grinding loose or packed) Virgins
k7ue Dust and super Phosphate Of Lime, Peruvian
t4caU8, &c. de
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M IFIsIfNI = NtTIAE-lFlst.N tOs, sskIIE
W PING AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
C.l. .f-Aa.A AND EkoHT SIREaTS, SAN FRANCIS.
60 .4L..--U - 20 no 81, Wall Street, New York.
" Il. COLEMAN,
HENRY CARLTON,
}. H. WILLIAMS.
Nj U.. Kan ls Ia New YORK, and viii give ship
bef. YEN tulgl I5-aIoa es 10 maT4ets, shipping, &c.
Es' EXCLAnGE Cd San Ffencisc0 toI sale by
VIM. Il. COLEMAN,
's .t-ts 81 Wall street.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1856-12-19

SINGULAR DEATH OF a SPIRTUALIsT-
We have to record the death of young
lady, Miss Harriet Eager, well known
among spiritualist circles, on Tuesday morn
ing, at one o'clock. The circumstances at
tending her demise are of asingular nature.
Fourteen days prior to the date of her
death she was thrown into trance state,
and being controlled by an influence she
could not resist, predicted that her own
death would occur in two weeks. This pre-
diction she was not informed Of The two
weeks expired on Tuesday last. On Mon
day she appeared in her usual cheerfulness,
and at o'clock, while sitting at the tea ta-
bic, was again ontranced and influenced to
draw casket upon the paper, and also to
write Immediately beneath it, GAIL will be
revealed in few hours" Then doubling
the paper she gave it to another lady, who
carefully kept it from her, as she had con-
cealed the other circumstances, so that she
was as unconscious of the last proceeding as
she was of the prediction made the two
weeks before. She went up stairs lmmedl-
ately after coming out of the trance; dis
robed herself and laid down on the bed
She was taken with violent vomiting and
purging, and died, as above stated, at one
o'clock. She was an estimable lady, much
beloved and respected among the friends
with whom she was intimate,-BoS Her.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1856-12-19
spiriluaIism ana suicide.


Cd Saturday last We published the de.
tails Of a shocking tragedy on the Sixth ay.
enue involving the suicide of a man (Mr.
Fairbanks) in the fnll yigor Of life, who, up
to the time Of his conversion to spiritualism,
had manifested good intellectual and basi-
ness capacities; but his curiosity having
been awakened in relation to this shadow
subject, he was seized with strong desire
to sec and converse with the spirit Of a de-
parted sister, and with this thought ever
present In his mind, soon came to believe
that he was thus favored. Under this hal
lucination he became so far deranged as TO
end his existence in the manner described.
Such events, we regret to say occur with
melancholy frequency; and without dispar-
aging any one of the popular theories ofa
future life, or the pretensions of any pro
fessed seer, we think experience has fully
demonstrated the yagueness and uncertain
ty in which the subject IS involved, as well
as the danger and mischief of that absorb
ing curiosity which has terminated in so
many frightful mental wrecks and tragic
deaths.
The subject Of Immortality is worthy of
profound thought and must always excite
a special interest; but in this, as in every
thing else, the mental balance must be pre-
served. No man can give his entire atten~
ton to any one object, to the utter NEGLECT Of
every other, without losing this balance and
endangering his happiness and safety. The
same principle applies to the miser who for
gets all but gold-the absorbing object of
his mad pursuit. 1t applies to any instance
where one faculty or passion Is nurtured in
to unnatural proportions at the expense of
of others; but it applies with peculiar force
to those subjects which in the nature Of the
case, are involved in uncertainty, and which
have ever been, rs the will continue to be.
the frightful source of wage theories and
dreamy speculations.
We observe in the Boston papers an ac-
count of the death Of a @rnedium,s named
Harriet Eager, who is said to hare been
thrown into the 'tranee state" and to have
predicted that her own death would occur
in two weeks, and that at the time specified
she was again sentraneed," and soon after
died. Whatever MAJ be the mental condit-
ion Of this STRANGE state" we think the nu-
merous instances in which it has proved
ruinous to the mental faculties, and per-
haPs, as in this case, resulted in death, fully
establish the peril of yielding to those 'in-
|fuenees" whether internal or external
which produce it.-K Y. Post.
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The Slave Trade.

A correspondent of the Augusta (Ga.)
Chronicle and Sentinel, reviews the posit-
ions of the Democratic party for several
years past on the slavery question and con-
cludes as follows:
81 therefore prophecy that within -four
years the opening of the African slave trade
will be a plank of the Democratic platform
that every man who does not subscribe to it
will he branded as fainthearted and an enc
my to the South; that it will elect North
ern man for President, opposed to the Dem
ocracy; that it will be charged that the
whole North has become abolitionized, and
a dissolution of the Union moved on account
oft; that certain gassy stump orator in
Georgia will swear he has been in favor of
itall his life, and that one hundred lick
spittles will stand ready and offer to swear
they heard him so declare, and will give the
time ard the occasion"
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1856-12-19

The N. Y. Post, moralizes on the fre-
quency of suicides, resulting from the influ-
ence of "Spiritualism" on the mind, and
adduces the case of Fairbanks as evidence.
Tho Post says:
'Tho subject of immortality is worthy of
profound thought, and must always excite a
special interest; but in this, as in everything
else, the mental balance must be preserved.
No man can give his entire attention to any
one object to the utter neglect of every 9TH
er, without losing this balance and endan-
gering his happiness and safety"
The case Of a young lady in Boston, who
"diod in a trance" also establishes "the per-
il of yielding to those influences, whether
internal or external which produce it."