The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-06-23

vie trickery Of Piercs's Government. n that
uovernment believed In Mr. Crampton's untrutb,
,nsy Wooid mot scrupe to eonnive at il; but it Il
because they know well that Mr. Champion has
not spoken faseIy and that the only lie q fher own
ne, mat they affect TO charge the British Consul
WIN failure Of veracity.
HALF AND HALF ARTIcLE.
(From the Postl s
The engrossing topic of the dsy Is the threaten.
60 inoroglio or contention with America. The
soo now that we have it. people begin to specuiate
~ she probable course of events Shall we have
war with the States 2 10 the great problem 10 be
so.vea. Many and contradictory are the opinions
ses anoaf ON the subject; znd while some look uprn
enght Is inevitable, others regard the sttitudep
ot brother Jonathan but q means of getting
Io OF the superabundance of bile and buster gen.
Grated by his long career in peace and prosperity
Mooidly for want of batingn IS Hiberuisn
Trend would express il. Ia the best description q
can give of those parties in the states who sbout
gu. dehance to England At their mass meetings
ana conventions. They know not what thew ssv
or have not calculated the effects Of their enthusi
.stic iohy. IL would not suit the honor of either
country, and assuredy not their interests at this
period of the worlds progress to engage 10 fratri
cioai connet and we trust there Ia enough of good
sense At both sides to calm down the asperities of
IaeIion and subdue the overlooking zeal of those
~. "9aId ensenom the existing misunderstand-
rugs For our own part, though matters present
threatening aspect, believe that actual hos
sinues VIII not ensue. A little "talI talk soma
indignant recriminations, mutual explanations.
sau' nnany, friendly compromise in matters of
tact and feeling, are the only conseouences we an.
ticipate from the quarrel
DALLAS PACKING up
ine DAILY News, after remarkine that the JTni.
ted States Government has a perfect right To ex.
ana act on the opinion that Mr. Crampton's
Iul,nei acceptance at Washington il una ceeptable
said-.Io act on it must necessarily v give offence
70 the government of England; but retaliation
aoes not as necessarily as logically follow Of
ience-and so, notwithstanding Mr.. Dallas is pack
ing up ms portmanteau, we hope the British Cabi
net Will think twice before they send him awav ,,
our contemporary expresses a strong hope that
strict orders have been sent out to the admiral ana
ai naval officers on our North American station to
az. Win prudence and foibearance in the present
crlticai state OF affairs and not to introduce naval
asperities into questions which belong to the do
main OF diplomacy. We learnt on Thursday from
reliable source, that unless our Government ar.
ranges the dispute with President Pierce, Parlia.
ment nil aaqusstionably interfere
England
A new line of steamers is about to be establisb
ed to run between Liverpool and Portland, Maine.
The company have q capital of $3.50 600 and the
first steamer leaves for America on the lst of Au-
gust
Madame Pistori, the French tragedienne. made
her first appearance il. London on the 4th inst
The number OF emigrants which left Liverpool
last month was 1886, of which 1887 went to Austria
iia IL, ,52 to the United States, and 1914 to Cana
d.
/ squadron of screw dispatch boats are to be
sent to Canada.
Jenny Lind appears in London on the 30th prior
to visit to the United States.
France.
Count de Bomerbelles who after Napoleon and
Count Niepperg was the third husband of Marie
Louise, died in obscurity at Versailles on the 3rd
inst.
:, Baron Solvinski has been appointed charge
d'atfaires to China.
Financial.
1(From the London News tcity article) June 6l
The confirmation by Lord Palmerstou last nigh
OF yesterdays statement that the British Minister
has been dismissed from Washington. has beer
followed by rise of to per cent in the funds
-.-.
TRAGEDY IN CHARLESTON, vA-The Charles
ton (KanayhO Republican of the 17th, notices the
violent death, on the l4th, of Ed Kenna, Esq .
gentleman well known in connection with internal
improvements In the Western part of the State
He wos member of the Charleston bar. The
Republican gives the following account of the af.
fair:
On Saturday last, when the boarders at the Ka.
nawha House were assembling for dinner, and the
sitting room between the bar and dining room
" 40 Pictty wen cTOWutu,MT y. SmltQ demanded of
Edward kenna Esq. an explanation or retraction
of charge made against him through Mr. Watt.
kenna denied or explained the said charge To the
satisfaction of Mr.. S, and as he turned from Ken.
ma to leave the room, Mr. Watt called Kenna a
liar and struck him with his fist A scuffie en-
sued. Neither of the parties had weapons. At
this instant there were in the room three or four
discharges of pistol or pistols Mr.. Keuua fell
and expired instantly; ball striking him In the
back, passing through the vital parts probably the
heart, and lodging immediately under the skin bt
low the right nipple. Mr.. Watt received two
slight wounds from bullets-one making a crease
ON his head and the other entering his left arm and
passed down to near the elbow, where it was ex-
tracted. Much excitement prevailed in and about
the hotel No one could tell who fred the shots
such was the suddenness of the ARRAY, and the
consequent confusion in the room that no one saw
pistol in the hand of any one.
The coroner's inquest rendered a verdict that
Mr.. KS death was caused by wounds inflicted by
Jas. V. and Andrew ID. Lewis, his brothersin-law
All the parties are gentlemen of high social posi-
ton. The circuit court of Ksnawha adjourned
through respect to the deceased
SCENE IN THE HoUsE-On Friday. in the
House of Representatives. Mr.. Burlingame refer.
red to the speech of Mr.. Sumner, and made re-
marks highly eulogistic of that senator. Abiding
to the assault made upon Mr. S., he remarked that
q member of the House, who had taken an oath
to support the constitution of the United States,
stole into the Senate chamber and smote him as
Cain smote his brother.
Mr.. Keitt, of South Carolina That's false.
MIR. Burlingame. i shall not handy epithets with
the gentleman. ] am responsible for my own Ian.
guage doubtless, he is responsible for his.
Mr.. Keitt. / am.
Mr.. Burlingame. / shall stand by mine
He then denounced the assault in the name of
the constitution, which it violated In the name of
the sovereignty of Mas sachusetts, which was that
the member had friend who must not in his heart
of hearts condemn the act.
Mr. BUCHASAE.-Ths Wrightsyilla Star says
1t is the intention of the Hon. James Buchanan 10
take up his quarters and spend the Summer 1t
W bank, place of some celebrity As fashion
able resort for gentlemen of leisure the banks
Of the Conestogo river, short distance from Lam
caster city.
GOING HoME-Padre Will left Washington on
and, it is said, viii proceed to Nicara
qua in the 0rizaba on the 9th instant Ill health
and desire to confer with his government are the
reasons assigned for his leaving.
THE WRONG MAN--Lieut w. f. Lynch, Of the
u. 8 Navy writes to the National Intelligencer to
say that it was not himself stated in the news
papers, but Lieut A. 8. Nicholson. who, rs the
marine guard OF the ". s. ship Germantown, in-