The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-12-19

1 M W tue ioot OF Mount Washington, In New
Hampshire. Too much has not been aid of ths
wild beauty and grandeur of these mountain
peAks ana passes, but We cannot conjecture what
snouid induce people to bide In these secluded
sp2n OF rugged rocks and barren earth, while the
@ .,ca west Is open to them, for almost every nook
.no deii there is Inhabited. We must reverence,
.oo' that energy and confidence which could prompt
Ine building such road through this difficult region
II u tne most firm and smooth we ever passed
over, for so great . distance
Portland we found 4 very pleasant hourishing
city, finely situated for commerce having the best
eeptn OF water on the coast. We noticed dock
ooiIding for the mammoth British steamer Pas.
aug aug on 70 Boston, we returned by way of the
III mne mountain scenery of the Rutland and Bur
iington Railroad to Montreal and so home having
enjoyed hne weather for November C.
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suGAR.-The scarcity of sugar. and the proba.
oiy OF its future decrease, are now being discuss.
eo In various quarters Whether the European
journals are right ia anticipating decline in sugar
merely because of its present high price causing
decrease OF consumption. il altogether imaginary.
80 long as thereis not enough to supply existing
demands, we see no good reason for expecting =
permanent decline The subject is one of com.
manding Importance, ard existing necessities NAV
result In discovering some other substance from
which the article may be more abundanty produc.
cd. The philadelphia Ledger speaking of the high
price of sugar, says:
1T pays thirty per cent. ed valorem duty on
It's Importation into the United States. The pub.
lie, who use II, think it Ia about time to make IL
duty Free for now the higher the price the greater
the duty. The duty operates AZ tax upon the
entire consumption of the article, and therefore
amounts TO near twelve millions. Sugar if duty
Free would be about 81 cents, where it is now
twelve, or st cents where it is now nine The
European papers are debating whether sugar will
go up or down ihprice, and the best opinion seems
to be that there will be fall before February as
the increased price has SO diminished the worlds
consumption of the article that it more than coun.
terbalances the diminished production"
EXTRAORDINARY NEWS FROM UTAH Ju.
dicial Charge Against Polygamy.-At the Ju.
ly term of the First Judicial District Court
for Utah Territory, held at Genoa, in Carson
county, Judge Drummond charged the Grand
Jury very forciby upon the violation of law
against polygany. The Judge said:
sit IL wholly useless and MONDAY madness for the
Legislature to pass laws and for the federal govern
nent to send judges and attorneys here to execute
those laws, If the mandate Of one man clothed with
priestly power and wholly unlearned in the sci.
enes Of the law, il to be permitted to thwart not
only the action Of the Legislature of territory but
boldly and openly bid open defiance and sportive
bellion against the federal authority of the United
of indictment and when not. These things cannot
be endured in Republican government. All thess
men therefore who have Z multiplicity Of women
residing with them the house or at the same
harem, subjects for your nvestigation. have
already instructed you, that there is law ia this
territory authorizing the issuing of marriage license
or authorizing any one to perform maniage ceremo-
mics, either in out ofthe church; and much you
may regret to do so it is nevertheless your duty to
respect the law Of the land and prefer bills of in
dietment against all such a. have not been legally
married in some other country, and particularly
when two or moro women cohabiting with the
same man. These instances too often and
n mr. = nnd hv fha nhrrAh imam
respect from the civilized world, either at home
abroad; and evan barbai Gus minds in your coun
spectacle OF the masses of this territory"
A NEGRO FUNERAL AT THE SOUTH The
death Of Rev. Andrew Marshall, q colored minis.
ter over 100 years old, in Richmond few days
since, has been stated. His remains were taken
to Savannah, where he resided, and were inferred
on Sunday last. The Republican says:
"Long before the hour appointed for the services,
an mmen,e thIons without respect to color or con
leries, and evon steps and windows of which, were
densely packed. Hundreds, unable to gain admit.
while the street was completely blocked up with
hicles of every description. At the appointed hour
the body was taken from the residence of tbs de-
ceased to the church, and placed in front of the al
tar After prayer singing, and the reading Of appro-
pirate lessons from tbs scriptures, eloquent and
impressive discourse was preached BY the Rsv. Mr..
visit to the city TIE services in the church ha-
wing been concluded, ths body was returned to the
hearss and the immense congregation formed in pro-
cesson, the deacons and other officers of the various
churches front; next came the remains Of the de-
ceased followed By the Colored Benevolent and Tenn
persnee Societies. and after them long line of
rissss some fifty In number, and multitude OF Pc
destrians. The procession was Q most solemn and
imposing spectacle, and attracted much attention
it passed through the city
WALKER DESIRING EUROPEAN SUPPORT
According to the Central American account of the
battle of Hassaya and Granada, when in Walkers
house the native troops seized the archives Of the
Government Among the letters were two writ.
ten by Gen. Waker-one to the Emperor Of the
French and the other to Lord Clarendon-to OBJ.
tain their moral support and the acknowledgment
Of the Walker government by England and
France, as the only means of preventing the an
nexation of Central America to the United States
PRICE OF LABOR AT THE WEsT.-A cores
pondent of the Philadelphia Ledger, writing from
Lake Superior city, Michigan, says owing to the
demand for buildings, mechanics can get their own
prces-in fact, they are scarce at any price -
Good carpenters get g. SO to ESQ per day; ma,
sons, plasterers, &c, the same; girls at house.
work 81 to S3 per week, in hotels and boarding
houses 81.
GOOD BoTToM.-Mrs. Bently, . sickly lady,
weighing less than eighty pounds, walked thirty
consecutive hours at Lafay cite, Indiana last week
The Lafayette Courier says that the last ave min
utes Of her walking was in quick step, to the tune
Of Yankee Doodle. A cotillon party, Mrs Bently
leading In the first set, ended the affair.
STRIKE-The oyster openers. of which some
400 are employed in Boston are on a strike. They
now receive 10 cents per gallon for opening, and
demandl2s.
SENDING Goals TO NEwCAsTLE-A vessel ar
rived ut New York few days since from Toulon,
France, with . cargo of two thousand barrels of
pork. This is carrying Goals to Newcastle and
no mistake. The pork Is said to be . portion of
the recent rssales made by the French Govern
ment.
MAMMOTH DEPoT.-The depot buildings, ma
chine shops &c, of the Georgia Central Company
In Savannah, are said to be the most extensive of
any railroad company in the United States. They
cover 81 acres of ground, and cost $400. 900.
During q severe storm which prevailed Tues
day a new Roman Catholic Church in Dedham,
Mass, was blown down.
AtLyons, Michigan, Are occurred last week
destroying property to the amonnt Of sl000 0O0 In
Guiding the business portion Of the city.
Baron Humboldt has completed some thirty
sheets of his conclusion to Cosmos" and the