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

SaNuuLAh CAsL-In ne New York Evening Post
terious death Of young Irish eirl thers on Tbnrs.
day. II says:
When near the Roosevelt. ferry. ,he no. OF N.
| cars, and - abe was passing along the street. !
| numner oI persona, Al unknown to her. came
manded that they should let her pass ono ~ shsr,
| replied: You can pass II you WIN take the con.
teus of this VIAL" as the same time present;n~ !.
vial to her Il do not want to take that want
| to CO." But you must take IT," was the answ Or
and she attempted to Escape from them bpt |,
strong hand seized the back Of her head and held
| it-another thrust open her mouth, and another
forced the contents Of the vial down her throat.
might help her. and she attempted to 60 to him. bu,
the rufians seized her and threw her into the
ditch. When she got up the men had disappeared
| into cellar near by 8
She then went to the ferry and got upon the
| boat and soon began to feel sick and dizzy She
| vomitsd on the boat aud the man having charge
| of It called up policeman, when they got across
to take her to the station house ~ she was drunk
| He accordingly took her to the ID ward station
house. She protested that she was not drudk
but had been poisoned She was then taken to
Mr.. Powells at her request, where she arrived Al
| above stated, about O'Clock A physician was ~
once called. and every possible effort made to save
he,; but 1t was to no purpose, and about O'Clock
| she died
The bsdy pre- sents terrible appearance-beinR
frightfully swollen--the poison caused eruptions
upon the face, and the fatal liquid il still oozng
| out of her mouth, though she has been dead seve
ral hours.
KISSING A QUEEN-It was the custom at the
Court of France, when Franklin was American
Ambassador there, to kiss the Queen, which was
considered in the light that an American would
view the shaking Of hands.
1t is said that he was reminded by one of the
dignitaries of the court that when he was pre-.
sented be must kiss the Queen, who, 1t was also
said, was very kissable woman. The Queen ap-
preached Familiarity and very near--probAbly i'm.
PEELED by curiosity to see well this handsome saw
age. Franklin remembering his lesson, without
reluctance put 1t into practice, in the only way he
had ever been taught to kiss, and gave the Queen
mighty Yankee buss on the lips, to the great
amazement and horrihca:on of the old maids but
to the great amusement Of all othars-especially y
the king, who was delighted with this savage sim
plicity; and it s said that he cried out" Encore
Bis, Da Cappo," or "Do it again" How many
more sLings were said or done. it ia not my bust.
mesa now to relate or voueh for. Therefore only
object to the print for not being truly historicsl
and especially for not having chosen one of the
most remarkable of FraDkiin's court feats. Some
of the wags of Paris had the plcit faith
in Frsnklin's simplicity, and said that he knew
more than he pretended to know.-C0r. Boston
Transcript.
SUGAR REFISERIEs OF NEW YORK The Jour
nal of Commerce publishes some interesting sta
tistics in reference to the sugar refining business
of that city says:
No longer ago than the year 1643 there were
but two refueries in the city, fIHooIsey and Stu.
arts) and now, notwithstanding the depre ssion
experieSeed last season. when two or three houses
ceased operations. tbare ten reineriss some of
which cost from $500 900 10 $500 0o0 or more. and
two others will soon be added The machinery
and apparatus employed in most of these is of a
very complete description, affording every avail
able facility for the purhcaon Of crude sugars in
the most expeditions aud sffectual manner Mod
ern invention has contributed largely fer its in-
prevement. The aggregate Investment in this
property is very near S3O00000 saying nothing
Of the epormous capital required to operate them
The aggregate number of men employed is about
one thousand eight hundred