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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-08-11
Terrible Exulosion ans

Terrible ExplosiOn and Loss OF Lie.
BROOKLYN, N. Y Aug 10 -Wilder's safe facto'
ry here, was nearly destroyed yesterday, by tho
explosion of the steam boiler used in the establish
ment Five men were killed and Is badly injur-
ed-some fatally. The building was shattered to
pi0cee
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TKUsTEE,s NoT!GE-;ToTH CRED

TNRUSTEE,s NOTICE. TO THE CRKD.
ITORs AND DEBTORS OF JOHN H. GARY.
Mr.. John II. Gary, of Richmond, reseutly conduct.
Ing retail Grocery stsrs, No. II Franklin street,
the market, having executed to the undersigned
. Deed Of Trust which 10 of record in the Clerks
Uice Of the Hustnss Court, conveying to the under
signed in trust to csrtsin creditors therein
named and classified all Of his stock in trade bends
notes due bills open accounts, &c Ae this 10 there
fore notify all creditors Of the said John H. Gary
to file with the undersigned statements Of their claims
indebted to said Gary to call at the office of the
dersiansd and pay said debit, longer indulgence
can be granted P. H. AYLETT, Trustee, &c.
n Office No. lis Main street, over tho stsrs of
Peyt Johnston l. Bro. xu st
bricks FOR SALE..-A kiln of well
- burned BRICKS, at Larus old brick yard, on
Church Hill. SAML d. ATKINSON.
lt---1H
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ATTENTION, FIREMEN..

Dress Parade, &c.
Commanders will order their Companies TO be nm
duty in time and report to the Principal Engineer al
2ociock, r precisely in front Of the City Hall.
on Broad street, where the line viii be formed
The procession will move down Broad street to
18th, down 18th to Governor, down Governor to
Frsutlin down Franklin to 18th, up 18th to Broad,
down Broad to 2sh down 18th to M ain, up ain To
9Th, up Main to Lafayette Hall. where the sefart.
ment will partake Of a COLLATION.. After which the
line will again form, and move up Franklin to sth,
down 9Th to Main. up Main to 9TH up 18th to Frank.
lin, up Fran kiln to Feushee, up Fonshee TO Bread
down Broad to tho City Hall, where they will be
dismissed. V. BARGAAIN
JNO. PAGEJr,.i Comm of
JNO. I, ROGERS. Arrsnrmts.
II. w. FRY, Jr,
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epncTAI NOTICES.

- Kicbmssd Female In.titate.--The
stacS hoid ers Of the Richmond Fsmals Institute are
1900 70 attend IN sdjourned general meeting IN
The Hsti Of the Ins'isufs, on MONDAY NIGHT,
1N1s' .'' ) B. JETER, Pres of Trustees
B. MANLY, JR., Secretary. az H-
a. A Psrf.msd .restn =; Wit .. i = a., .
~ 80 breath whom BY ssns the Balm Of Theu.
ssnd Flowers" a. deptifhss wo.id not onsJ renos'
it swest but lssvs the teeth white = sisessssr -
Nsuy psrsons 10 not know their breath pa. ana
The subject II dsliests thsif frsnds vii nevsf
tdon it Pour . sinsls drop Of the "Bslm" o. ysas
tooti brnsh ana wssh the tssth night sad morning
6fty cent bottle will last yssr.
HsasfifnI Csnpfex,sa may be acquired BY unns
III. an alm OF Thousand Ylowsu." II viii remove
sn uinules and frsekes from the skim leaving II Of
: soft and roseats hue. Wet towel, pour on two o.
three drops and wash the face might and morning.
Skav;ns Mads Easy-Wst your shaving brush 2
either wsr or cold wstsr psur on two or three
At aR.Im Of Thousand Flowsrs,p rub the beard ysl
ana Il viii make beautiful soft lathsf muen iaeinte.
ans tho operation Of shaving rnes o:y y 'snH n,
drussists --- ,rrpa. v,surR
n J7-AeU- sssuts n,"'o"~S
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StCHOUL FOR BOYS.---The subscriber
- his sincere thanks to his friends and the
public for the liberal patronage bestowed upon him
az Teach.r sncs his return to the city, and begs
leave to inform them that the duties of his School
will be resumed on MONDAY, 18th day of August,
on I'D street, between Clay and Leigh With an OK
perience of thirty years Teacher be feels conf
dent of pleasing those that may feel disposed 70 pa
trouizs him.
E5- Terms made known on application
REFERENcEs.-kev Dr.. Howell, Rev Jas b. Tay-
lor M.ssrs Il George Gibson, p. J. Archer, Esq,
John Pssrce, A. Richards Esq and numerous others
If his patrons if necs ssary. -
an ll-dlm A @. SAUNDERS.
VOUNG LADikS HIGH & HOO l. :.
i Shockoe Hill, Marshall street. between 4th and
5th streets-MRs. L. J. DARDEN, who has had
many years experence in instructipg young ladies III
the advanced branches of . complete English educa-
rion will open School at the above named location
Oh the Let of September
The following branches will be included In the
course of instruction: English Grammar, Bees Lot
tres Ancient ana Modern Geography, Aocisnt and
Modern History, the Elements of Che mistry and Be-
tany, instruction in the French Language and the
Piano Forte, will be given by competent teachers,
tor which a.separate charge will be made.
Parents and guardians assured that their chill
dren and wards, will not only be instructed in the ap
pcation of the rules of English Grammar, but, Also
10 the philosophy Of the English language. The
and adoption of words and their relation and propr
ETY. both in conversation aud writing, will be con-
stautly brought under the of the pupil
for tbs accom- pshment Of this object particular at
tentisn will be given to the department of Bellies
Lsttres
MI. DARDEN returns her sincere thanks to her for
mer patrons, Church Hill, and in other parts of
the city, and hopes they will continue to encourage
her. as far a. they can. au ll---ts
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IN HuDS prime Dry OHIO SIDES, with.
w out back bone; IS hhds small bright Shoulder.
landing and for sale by
WOMBLE CLAIBORNE.
NJ u
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Eft FOR IIlvkKPOOL--.To saccced
NyEE the ship Muscongus-The elegant first class
~' Philadelphia ship JAMES RAY, nav on her
passage to Bermuda hundred, and hayiss most of
her cargo engaged will be loaded without delay. For
freight, apply to PALMER 4 CLOfTON.
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STEAMER BkLVlDkKE,
4 FOR BALTIMORE
~I&&EN Freight received to-day, MON.
r - El|al DAY, and up to the hour of 2 o slook
2. n. TUESDAY, the I2.h inst.
Consisnees arc requested to send for their g0o6s
to-day.
Shippers are requested to send in the names Of
their consignees TUESDAY afteraoon, or their ship.
ments will be consigned to order
an I,--2t LUDLAh WATSON
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FOR PHILADkLPHIAvia
NORFOLK.-Ths A No. l Steam
GI~aEN ship CITY OF RICHMOND, Capt
q Z. Mitchell, is now ready to receive
Freight aud will leave WEDNESDAY,, August
18TH at | O'Clock r. N.
For freight or passage, having superior aceommoda
tions, apply to II. Z. FUTILE,
aua-4t Rocketts
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The Exhibition Medal.

'
A strange incident occurred q few evenings
ago in a drawingroom here, which, for tie
sake Of It's moral, deserves to be remembered.
The mistress of the house showed the guests a
grand medal of the late exhibition, which was
awarded to her brother-in-law. These medals
are Of gold, and are worth ST 900 II niece. The
medal was passed from one person to another,
and while the guests were examining it, tea
WAS brought in. Suddenly the medal disap.
peared. 1t could be found no where. Among
the guests were two or three persons nobody
knew they were friends of her brotller-in-aw
whom he had promised to introduce to her, but
rs he had been called from Paris by pressing
business, they had been forced to introduce
themselves, The drawing-room became excl
ted--the guests wuNcd indignant. The mis-
tress determined to treat the matter Us " Joke,
and TO recover the valuable medal by indirect
means. Laughing with forced gavetv, she
sad =" Come, I'm sure the medal must have
slid into somebody's pocket-~Iet US all empty
or p~oekcts--begin, Josephine, turning TO her
daughter, u child some eight years eld) then
III follow your example. l.. am sure, ladies
and gentlemen, we are too well bred not 10
confess observation-disclosures, and to laugh over
it together"
A gentleman, one Of The selfintrodnced
guests, said For my part, l must declare that
/ shall not empty my pockets, and that none
shall search me. The gravest suspicious were
raised against this person whom nobody knew.
A c'amor was made against him I; some per-
sons barred the door, Others talked of search.
ing him by force; these suggested the poljca
should be sent for. The poor mistress Of the
house was beside herself. A vehement discus
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{" 4 LICK BACK"

Up to last week we had gattered ourselves
that va had, tight hsro inA Opelousas, atmodell
subscriher-one WIG, every weektook hspaper
the Postofioe, read ii carefully and,
p~erchapce, laid Il BY for the Inspections Of bis
admiring postcrity. Judge, then, considerate
reader Of our establishment when, 9 day ortwo
since, upon visiting the Post-office, We found
IN our box tie Inst number Of the Patriot, di-
rected to our aforementioned model subscriber
in our own neat and fluent calligraphy, en-
dorseds Refused With a ~convnIsiye clutch
into the excremental growth surmounting the
supposed Locality Of our seat Of reason, we left
that post Office III breathless haste, and HE'D us
to our santtum, where we could unmolested
chew the cud Of orr bitter fancies. A subscri-
Der lost one reader less for our estimable
sheet one for the present influencing an
unimaginable number for ataneaw-
full thought" u After the ek had in a
measure subsidized, we turne only CON
ISOLATION left us--that Of G Stating the
record Of names Of those whos sensible and
discriminating people, continue Welcome our
plain face every week, without supefscribing on1
labors with that ugly word !" Refused" They
are q goodly array, and the sight. of them actei
upon US generously, nepenthe-like. We vert
beginning to lose our recollection of the disa
greeble feeling which controlled us but q few
minutes previously, when, 10! We stumbled
upon that name again +; but this time a careful
scrutiny revealed the astounding fact that ON
model subscriber had never paid the first rec
cent! HN .H N"i
As if to add insult to injury, Immediately
upon the heels of this notifying incident
comes o notification from another subscriber
that he does not " intend to take our paper
Considerate individual This one has received
the Patriot for upward Of a year, but, as ii
the case Of our model" aeuer once has q
copper from that source giren delight to oua
treasury! H4
We record these matters as being super.
extraordinary-no everyday occurrences-and
for The purpose Of explaining whatwe conceive
to be a gentlemanly mode of giving an old
newspaper acquaintance the cold shoulder
Stop any paper when it ceases to. be either in
structive or amusing, but never forget that il
looks better to pay up old scores. Nuff ced
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is the medal" The precious medal was dis
covered on the rug /; it had probably fallen
fromrtheTold lady's lap whilesshewas helping
herself to tea, and she discovered it while
arranging The fire. The gentlemanswho refused
50 positively to submit to a general search had
not been near the fire that evening. He then
said 10 the company, !" I am the Baron.
/ have in my pocket a grand medal exactly
like the one which has just been found, and
which was awarded to an establishment Of which
I am the principal proprietor. aHereAis mine.
You can see now what my position would have
been had I submitted to the search. was
persuaded that in this company he lost media
must easily have been fourM.F | therefore in
sisted that it should be carefully sought, rather
than make us empty our pockets-a proceed
ing which would have compromised me-" liz
thereupon bowed and left the room, leaving tht
company amazed and confused, Paris cor
respondence Of the Picayune. 1890
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cfOrsss.

,-oo.;,n ~ merchants and other
= M ass,;n afs inaaence was lately
Iis,1e Y Nh =. ,% WnrS Nv tsconsider the subject
neia y NY sa ! ork aa csty ELI 9amended 10 the CON
4 aaa pvs1aa = as Go aa@ Salch reforms in the
s pust nsia !. y S ah1;s,,m Nm; and system as the
lgss. Inv ss ss:ssoa.s ~ Ebtb seem to reuuire.
,Siess, raoo lual' ,atta,s from \ large number Of
,nnag aece ss.sS;, lesesls - Wasbingim Gity and
e Y VIII. p Pau,as aanosrr;ns in Tie move, with
n tha gu, a1an n.a as as soeo,ss, It previous meetings,
su'a hp p : liz e aas art N I committee which had
gala ii sana; nv l1 z d.sft an address to the peo-
l peen s H. TIn;t,.1 Staaes The address is very
Z IN psa JnTi,o il, M ,sn ~ and examines the postal
c ealtau,s :, f' s,na;a ~, cnantries. in order to lAow
sssao, aasoat;ra I'M e liz United States Is, in
now ,ha ae.,e a..ssa my II Z Erance and Switzerland
t tri as manu iettcrs nre written in proportion
y tMd I, z so Ala Nh a. II iii United StaSees, and
W 'ne ptpi in,;te;n f,,r times is mapp The
.a1e y tl Hlsgssa 20 ce1 To- tbe .inee selcy 81
ea as I; - H., : = .sS dsfacts &c syst{ n in this
au.ni.ns IN ,a;s;nr FAN, the g. bdamental
country Ml a e IN trnc ebaract6 Of a post
4esao ~ ~ I;nr tha reyenne fror5at a superior
w ;nsaaa a rr;,Sasv Considerable II oil. instead
W l'ueeu = -. e M rreat 81 MOI ;tntions Of
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SMALL Corn AS A LEGAL TENDER.-zAlgts
the important casesdetcrmined by the fupss
Court, at the term just closed, was oNE.
senting the question whether, under 'n n
of Congress making the new silver CON ~ VI
tender tor all sums of five dollars ana us1 I
banks can pay their circulating note, = ~
nominations Of five dollars and undee, IN. "
presented in larger quantities than hse NJ q
i'll such coin. The decision of the Cou,.
in the affirmative. This new coin csa'I'
only about ninety-three cents of o sl.s
silver. The purpose Of its coinage, y Y
recolleotcd, was to prevent the eHpof' sx.;
silver to foreign countries. II has a ",
been a drug, in large sums, but under "
cision banks will need to keep no ol VI. Il
for the redemption of their notes; lp n
point in issue was, can a bank, %hen
tity Of its small notes are preserves III;
counter for redemption, treat each asf
and distinct evidence of Indebtedness
the whole be regarded as evidence Oh asss
indebtedness? detroit Free Press
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MOUNT VERNON NOT FOR ssLE.-The Spar
tan, published in Sparta, SC, publishes the
letter below, addressed by the Svwner of Mount
Vernon to q member effhe Ladies' Mount
Vernon Association, residing in that village,
The Spartan says: g
1t brings out the somewhat startling fact,
after all that las been done by the ladies Of the
South, sud the greater labor and means thy
are still willing to bestow upon the moyemel !,
that MouissNernon is not for sale. How IS
this? What explanation? AT The
instance OF the Ladles Count Vernon Associ-
alton of Richmond, Edward Everett delivered
this great Grafton on Washington, in the CAPT.
toll Of Virginia, realizing for the funds Of the
organization over $500, and it has been re-
peated at vafTsasgaaints in N se-
where, for the sab Jon,
stimulated by the adv Of Everett in ii, Old
Dominion, the Legisl, e Of Virginia pa ed
a bill incorporating IT, aides Mount Net' N
Association Of the u. a; and yet pa'' ,tie
ladies, ready and able i stimulate tacred
purpose, are told :" that ,unt v MS not
for SALE
Mr.. VERNON, March 18th, 1856.
To Mrs. Maria S.. Wotford
Mu5Gm--I have received your letter of
March 9th, respecting the purchase of Mount
the Unitsf stares.
In reply, l respectfully inform you that
Mount Vernon is sspr sale.
l am, must respectfully, your obedient
servant, JOIN a. WASHINGTON.
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and thew nre placed at such distance as to ex-
tand inward. at intervals Of about three feet
from the keel to the main deck, and they are
apnin closed up in length varying from twenty
tosixty feet, Thus the outer and inner ships
are Joined together by means of a great NUM-
har AZ wnter-tight webs or cells Of extraordi-
nary strength. giving the vessel a rigidity such
as As never been communicated to q ship be-
fore. The main deck is treated IN the same
manner for a width Of twenty feet on each side,
andciron gitdefs binuy pc side to the other so
that the entire vessel becomes, as it were, a
beam Of strength, and he whole fabric may be
denominated q web otgwoven iron, the rlvets
forming the fastenings and the webbed or
honey-comb cells becoming on indIssolub'e
structure. The compartments between the
outer and inner skin will hold 5000 tons o.
water BALLAST, should it be required. The web
plates |. sof inch iron, and the outer and inner
skins arg ~three-quarter inch iron. ~
The VI i will base 6wenty ports
lower Deck ach five fet square, deceiNe
railway wagons She has, also sixty ports on
each side, two feet six inches square, for ven
~tilation, and an abundance Of dead lights. The
lower ports are ten feet above the water when
the ship is loaded.
One great difficulty which the Ieviathan
will labor under will be the few great CONNER
cial ports in the world, to enter which there is
sufficient depth Of water to enable her to pass
on in safety, According to a recently pub
llished statement, she cannot core within
eighteen miles of New ork-and would then
have to discharge her cd go at an insignificant
place, by the agency q lighters.
northern port shes an wit and Which has
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1856-04-19

BY the proceedings OF the Board of Police, in
another column, it will bo seen that this paper
has been selected rs the official organ of that
body 1t certainly is not very advantageous
IN q pecuniary print Of view, but as Il compli-
melt we are deeply sensible of The honor. and
beg leave to return our Acknowledgements
accordingly.
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1856-04-19

Paul GARNER, of Paris, has inventeda ab
graph " communicates" of very ingenious g,
struction, intended to be used with Massf
telegraph. Instead of operating the kJ y
hand, for sending messages in the cou1fh
way, the message is composed beforehand, 49,
disposed helically along q cylinder, saia
is provided with two thousand key, nadsa
some non-conducting substance, and accarcaE
as they are arranged on Tie cylinder they .a,
the breaking and closing of the circulps
write the message.
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SHOCKING OcouERENoE.-A short time since
a boy in Switzerland county, Indiana, while
crossing a field in which was encloseda vicious
horse, VAS attacked by the animal, who with
his teeth tore him and with his feet stampe1
him until life was extinct. The mother Of the
boy saw the transaction, and was so much ex-
cited that she swooned, and was carried into
the house in q helpless condition, where she
remained until death relieved Der in d few
hours,
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An individual named J. Perry 0sens %
vertised in a Philadelphia newspaper rec'nes
for a young lady to read the poem Of Hawai- W
in Indian costume. He was answered ~ as
Catherine Caliand, who, during . l'v'p
rehearsal in the gentleman's Office, narags \,
abstract the sum Of $25 from his pocket Y
affair resulted in q pair of law-suits--he enals
ing her. with larceny, and she accusing llMH
u more serious offence.
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A married woman living near Whitehall,
n. Y, in the absence Of her husband a few
days ago, dressed herself in q full suit Of his
CLOTHES, boots and all, cropped her hair short,
took all the money she could lind, and then
ran away. Her transformation was so COM
plote that She passed her nearest n~eighbors
unrecoenized.
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An Indian, named Albert Smith, ranalS
race i'll Buffalo lately. He ran FIVE lhs =
the unprecedented short period Of nineteea A'
utes and a quarter.
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ASrBABnIrsH. - A let from Naples,
published in al English paper, states that u
universal language has been invented by signo.
Vale aud his brother, after fifteen years dcvo,
ted application to the subject. be-peculiari-
ty Of it is this, that only seven letters are used,
being consonants. Three of these are sufficient
to describe any radical sound. The inventors
contend that the system may be applied to
telegraphic communication with q considerable
saving Of time and money.
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COMPLETELY SoLD.--Under this heading.
the Mobile Evening News, of the I'd inst, has
the following good story
AS the Chronicle train was on its downward
trip to this city yesterday morning, an incident
occurred that caused no little amusement to the
passengers. As the train was approaching
light Mile Station, a lady, quite elegantly
atlired, with q lovely bouquet Of wild flowers
in hand, and face concealed from view by a
handsome veil, was discovered standing on the
platform. The train was ordered to stop, of
course, to take in the fair passcngGr-and stop
it did. The gallant conductor immediately
Jumped out upon the platform, cried out as
usual, call aboard " at the same time raising
his hat and politely extending his hand to help
the lady aboard, She, however, did not re-
cogtlize his galAantry, but stood dumb and
motionlesS as a statue. The astouisucd con-
doctor advanced, ~inyoluntarily raised the veil
when 10 instead of a face of female flesh and
beauty, the words " April Fool inscribed on
u black " lightwoGl chunk" met his aston
ished vision! He started back, gave the signal
to be oil with unusual violence, jumped aboard.
eHclaiming to the innocent engineer, in a
s'entorian voice: WHO the he'll told YOU to
stop here :"