The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-08-04
Hon. l. D Campbell, of Ohio, is out in q letter
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Hon l. d Campbell, of Ohio, is out in q letter
| in favor of Fremont.
The Charlottesville Advocate represents the
corn and tobacco In Albemarle county to have been
| seriously injured by the drought.
On Tuesday night, Bishop McGiil, of Richmond,
delivered discourse in the City Hall of Freder-
| icksburg, Va, being the first Catholic Sermon in
| that place for many years.
| The Louisville Journal says a Fremont ticket
will almost certainly be run in Texas.
The man who is fond of buildings and pies places
himself fearfully in the power of bis wife
The musical critics Of London are at loggerheads
about the relative merits of the two artists Jenny
Lind and Joanna Wagner.
Mr. Tbackeray has accepted an invitation Of the
Directors Of the Philosophical Institution of Edin-
burg, to deliver his lectures on tho -Four
Georges" before that society.
The Duke of Bedford and the Marquis of West
minister, have contributed each $4,000 towards
the erection of new church in London.
Port au Prince dates to the 10th ult, represent
that port as perfectly healthy.
The Boston Post of Monday says it is hotter than
- in Boston.
Hon James Birds.ll formerly of Chenango
county, New York, died in Michigan on the Goth
ul.. aged IS. Mr.. B. was a member of Congress in
1878.
There are thirty women at present in the Gin
cinnati Jail for drunkenness.
Mr.. Henry NJ. Bowen, portrait painter of dis
tinguished ability, died At his residence in Clark
county. Va recently, in his 47th year.
DIR L. w. Green, President of Hampden Sidney
College. has accepted the Presidency of Transyl
vania University, Ky.
VIM. p. Foote an active business man of Alex
andria, Va, died suddenly on Friday last.
Senator Pearce of Maryland publishes letter
IN the National Intelligencer giving in his adhe-
| renee to Buchanan.
Hon. Thos w. Thomas declines q reelection
| from the 9Th district of Georgia
The Foarth of July was celebrated by all the
American shipping in the harbor of Constantine
pie and by grand pic mic of the Americans on the
Bosphorus.
Yale College, on Thursday, conferred the degree
OF Doctor of Laws on Senator Sumner
Smith O. Brien is visiting his brother, Lord Inchi
quin in the county Glare, Ireland, and takes no
part in politics.
The trial of Arrison, for the murder of Mrs Al
lison, has been removed from Cincinnati to Butler
county, Ohio.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. J. Florence had . benefit at
the Royal Amphitheatre, Liverpool, on the Fourth
Of July. They have met with great success in
England.
Miss Nightingale has been elected q honorary
life governor of the Royal Free Hospital London,
in testimony of her humane services in the Crimea
Five slaves ran off from Middlsbury, Loudon
county Va last week. The loss in the county
since December, from the same cause, reaches
$4,000.
There has arrived st Memphis, Tennessee, $500
bars Railroad iron for the Mississippi and Tennes
see Railroad
There were only six deaths in Savannah during
| the week ending Wednesday last.
| The body of William Reddy, . stone-mason,
was found In the river at Savannah on Wednes-
day evening.
| The thermometer in Charleston, s. c., Friday,
stood at 100 deg. in the shade.
The foundry belonging to the Messrs. Shines,
| and the workshop and outhonses of J. w. Bowen,
ct Tallahassee, Fla, were destroyed by fire on the
| 23d alt.
The best recipe for instantly removing superfu.
| Gus har:-"Undertake to kiss . woman against
| her will"
The Democratic Cow ention of Delaware coun.
| y, Pa, has re-nominated Hon. John Hickman for
Congress. by nearly unanimous vote.
1 Among the guests 1t Long Branch, N ". Ia
Judge Dayton, the republican candidate for the
Vice Presidency.
sympathetic correspondence has taken place
| between Hon. Chas. Sumner and the ..colored
| boarders" At Cape May
The store Of w. J. Parker In Bladsn county. N.
A. -, va Vas Destroyed by fire Thnrsday night with
800 worth OF goods
Rev VIM J. Parks. Of the North CsrolIn. Ia, ;.
Ference died q Beaufort, n. O., on the alss nj