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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-11-14

A DISTINGUISHED OFFICER DEAD The War
Department have received official intelig snce OF
the death of Brevet Brigadier General James
R.nkbesd Colonel of the Second Artillery. which
took place at Baltimore last night. At the time
of his death he was in command Of the U. S. Mill
tary department of the East.
The deceased greatly distinguished himself du
ring the " ar Of 1912, and the Florida and Mexican
vsrs-servipg in the frst as assistant adjutant
general, and in the last mentioned as chief OF The
artillery ct the siege Of Vera Cruz, for which be
received his brevst of brigadisr general, having
been previously brevsted for gallant services In
Florida. ~
He wa. native of Virginia, and was as noted
fer his character and standing as high toned Fir.
sinia gentleman, for the fidelity, efficiency and
brilliancy Of his long military career. His age
must have been much over seventy, a. ne entered
the service as q Captain as early AZ lsos-Rash.
Gdr
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-11-14

POETS GRAVES -Chaucer was buried in the
cloister of Westminster Abbey oithout the build
ing, but removed to the south aisle in 1856 Spen
Ger lies near him. Beaumont, Drayton, Cowlsy,
Denham, Dryden, Rowe, Addison, Prior, Con
greve, Gay, Johnson, Sheridan and Csmbel all lie
within Westminster Abbey. Shakespeare, as every
one knows, buried in The chancel of the church
at StraIford, where there is a monument to his
memory. Chapman and Shirley are buried in ST
Giles in the Fields; Marlowe in the church yard
Of st Paul's, Deplford Fletcher and Massinger
In the church yard of St Savor's, Southwark !;
DR.. Donne in Old Saint PauPs; Edm Waller in
Beaccnfield church yard; Milton in the church
yard of ST. Giles, Crippiegate; Butler in the
church yard of st. Paurs, Covent Garden; OF
way, no one knows where; Gorth in the church at
Swift in St. P&trick's, Dublin; Savage in !he
church yard Of st. Peters, Bristol; Pusnell At
Chester, where he died on his way to Dublin DR..
Young at WRiwyn, in Hertfordshire, of which he
was the rector Thompson in the church yard At
Richmond, in Surrey; Collins in st. Andrew s
church, At Chichester Gray in the church yard
of Stoke Pogis, where he conceived his "Elsgy y
Goldsmith in the church yard Of the Temple
church Falcener at sea, with "all ocean for his
grave" Churchill in the church yard of st. Mar
tins, Dover C0wper in the church yard at Ders-
ham; Chsterton in church yard belonging to tn
parish of St Andrews, Holburn; Burns in ST.
Michaers church yard, Dumfres Byron in the
church at Huckpall. near Newstend Crsbb st
Trowbridge; Coldridge in the church a, Higbgate
Sir Walter Scott in Dryburgh Abbey; Southey in
Crossthwaits church, near Keswick; Shelley "be
meath one Of the antique woodErown towers
surrounding ancient Rome = and Keats beside
him, under the pyramid which is the tomb OF
Cestns"
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-11-14

The Psrkersburg Eva Courier says that Worth
ington creek was frozen over on the 9th inst
The Miunesosa Legislature is Divided as follows;
Couueil-democrats 9; republicans 6. House
dsms 10; reps Isl ind
Professor HsdIick, lately removed from the Pro
fessorship Ia the University Of North Carolina IL
at Cambridge, Mass
The Portsmouth Journal says Asj Poore should
be created = BARRON net
The continued Illness Of John G.. SAKE, the poet
Ia Of such nature that bis recovery looked upon
a. doubtful by the most sanguine OF bis friends
Florida papers state that the orange and lemon
crop ip that State will be very good this season
WIN. PanniiI, Esq has been reelected Presi
dent OF the South Side railroad.
Mr.. Thackeray has engaged to deliver his lee
tures on .fhe Four Georges" before the Phiiosop1i
cal Institution In Edinburgh
Mr. James Matthew'S, proprietor Of livery sta
ble At Pittsburg, was kicked by horse last FRI
dsy and died on Saturday.
An sxpeduion 10 Nicaragua Is organising In
Philadelphia. The object 10 Is said to be ndus'rsi
aad pacific.
Hou. George w. Messenger, has been dominated
BY the Fremont party Of Boston for Mayor OF sna'
city.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-11-14

RARK EMBASSY REcEPTIoN.-The Paris cor
respondent the New York Journal of Com.
merce, says:
The presentation of the Burman Embassy afforded
4 rare and curious spectacle. The Imperial coaches,
covered with gliding were four; the Matters Of Ger
smosiss attended; eight servants of the Embsssy
c.rrisd sash, very large golden umbrella; ths Gre
dentiss were escorted by four Burmese unbrslla
bearers, to the hall of audenes, where they were
solemnly presented to the Emperor by ths Envoy,
General d'Orgoli. yrsnchmas. The gifts from sh.
golden footed Majesty were thes displayed;.a sword
studded with rubiss and qssffiag bowl of geld for
the En- psrer; various jewels, particularly match
lsss.sphirs, fer the Empress; they wore offered as
symbols of success in war, desired prespsrty nc,
oriental compliments. The Interpretation was in
English. by an Ensishman of the suite. On the de-.
parturs Of the preessson their Asjsstiss haatene
to the windsvs to witness it aaain it passed through
the Bos de Bsulcgno, where it excited the wonder
and admiration Of the afternoon motley s~smblnges
In that fshis.abs resort Let Ne not forget to men
tion that at .he satory review, the Emperor bes-
towsd the Gross Of the Legion of Honor, and his
highest esteem, On the Surgeon MAJOR Of the l1th
Carabinisrs, Dr. La.eyrs, VINO counted hirty.Ass
campaigns thirty years service, and various dis
tinctive recon- msndations from commanders amer
battles and segss.
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CROOKED You are rather a crooked charac'
ter, Mr.. Jones"
"Rather Sir but not quite 80 crooked as tree
I once knew 1t was the tallest butternut ever
saw. Standing close to it one day in thunder
storm, 1 saw a squirrel on enc ofiss topmost bran
ches The lightnisg struck the same branch
absut three feet above him, and the squirrel star
ted The lightning had to follow the grain, oi
course and the squirrel went straight down. Sc
crooked that tree, sir that the squirrel, by my
watch, got to the bottom precisely three minutes
before tho lightning"
That's a lie!' exclaimed the landlord
"a lie!-true as any story ever was. after
wards sa w that tree cut down and made into rails
for 8 hog pasture. The hogs would crawl through
twenty times . day, and SO crooked were them
rails that every time the hogs got out they found
themselves back in the pasture again !"
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-11-14

powER OF CAR BREAKS Brakes cannot stop
train Of ears instantly II applied too tightly they
'.leck the wheels but will not prevent the wnoie
from slipping along on a smooth track AZ
speed of six miles per hour. train VIII sae nine
ssst. At twenty miles, ono hundred feet. and ~ g
.need Of sixty miles per hour train will side, IN
ordinary condition Of the track. distance OF nine
hundred fest or over one SIKH Of . mile, 10 spite
~ ali that the brakes or even runners or drags
undsr the wheels could do to prevent IT,
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A REAL BLACK BEPUBLICAN.- The Boston
Chronicle states that coored man named Butler,
belonging to New Bedford, came from California
by the last steamer, on purpose to vote in the
pending election. Ascertsining that he could not
vote in California, he has 900 miles TO cast
his vote for Fremont
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A Colt FROM A MULE-San Marcos, Tsras,
Oct 7, 1856 Il have a mule that raised three
years old in June last that now has colt by har
side. Please say what must call it. It's ears are
not like the mule nor the horse. In other respects
it resembles the mule. If any one disputes 1t, ]
have the mule and her colt in my lot The doubt
ing Thonases can see for themselves.
JOHN ID. PITTS.
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Loss or THE PaoPELLERJ. w. BROOKS, WIFE
nronel,sr which foundered on Lake Ontario, dur
inr the late gale. Is the J. w. Brooks, belonging
10 the Northern Transportation Company. Every
soul on board WAS lost. The propeller was insnf
ed for 10000 of which o., 500 10 In the Corn Ex'
change Company, n. York.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-11-14

THE JAMAICA JOURNAL says that the present
years crop of aispice-pimento--u fall short of
the original average. In many parishes Ii has
failed On many properties that have generally
realiz ID 2 600 bags will not be reaped 100
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-11-14

AMERICAN DKETisTs IN EURoPE-I. is form.
ally announced in daliguani's Messenger that
DR.. T. w. Evans, the American dentist to the
Emperor and Empress, has returned to his resi-.
dencs in Paris from q journey to Moscow, where
he had been summoned to attend the Emperor
Alexander II and the imperial family of Russia
all doubtless with dissrdered teeth after SO much
rood living at the coronation
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-11-14

THE THREE NA.HBUREEs-Every one of the
three Washburnes is reelected: Israel In Maine
by 5000; Cadwalader @. in Wisconsin by 5000,
and Elihu B. in Illinois by II, ,55l majority.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-11-14

DEATH OF FANNY WALLACk.-Mrs Moorehouse
nee Fanny Wallack died recently in Scotland -
She was the daughter of Henry Wsllack, the &C
tor, and was formerly popular actress In New
York
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-11-14

RAILROAD ACCIDEST The freight trai. on the
Virginia Central Railroad was thrown from the
track on Saturday last, near Keswick, in Albe
marie county, which caused q damage of $500 to
the Company. The cause of this accident was
oceasoned by the repairing of a cow pit, and the
neglect Of those engaged in it to give any signal
to the advancing train. No person was injured,
and the engineer escaped by jumping from the
train.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-11-14

ARREST OF SUPPOSED NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Glenn and Patrick Burke jr, have been arrested
on suspicion of being the persons who murdered
Peter Naughton and his wife At Dudley, Mass,
ON WednesdaY last.
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BY JAS. A. OOwARDIN.
MDDICIN sa.


,.rItL THE STATES SO UNITRD Ev.
" ER sENER!-
Nill the States united ever severf
Prophecy il ho may who can,
We will show there 10 no tru about Il;
We will die so unted-man for man.
The aae tha. our forefsthers left u.s.
Ia It's parity, for ore and for all,
Shall never be disgraoed or disfsrrsd,
Nor shall the States 90 united ever fan.
Nor shall coueHs. COLDS and ASTHMA ever
F,nd rest. either morn noon or night
Neither shall invade the homes of the brave
For LE0NARD's COUGH sYrUP will put
them to aieh.
Prize g cent. per bottle. bottles one dollar.
r. ta had Of all Druggists in Richmond and Mer.
.b,T.. IL the State OF Virginia NOS
,.t<-- DAVIS, COUGH ELIXIK- This
VI excellent and never failing remedy for Coughs
: :. N hopping Coush Pulmonary Complaint and
,.,as gcesi relief In Consumption, and most diseases
from Cold. and neg ccted Coughs is rapidly ia.
.ssrs in popularity. The following testimonial in
IN gentleman well known in this community:
RICHMOND, May 2S 1855
NJ, T. B. Dairt, Dear Madam, take great plea
,s N certifying to the beneficial effects of your VAL
,4ia II edlciae, nsmrd and well known as Mrs
nANs' COUGH ELlXtR" Having used IL in nv
~ for the iast seven years, in the of which
,rf hiss been greatly benefited and myself re-
+,4 from a disease of the cheat contracted during
Tycanlpsign in the late war with Mexico with all
' . can make any use Of this letter you may ,hink
r-3prf for the benefit of the community at large
Yours, respectfully,
THOMAS &. BALL
Fer sale by Mrs a B. DAVIS, 5ennets 4 Bee, q.
AK nuys, Paterson l. Jackson Chss Milspsash. !.
, / Pcot A. Bodeker snd Charles D. Yale.
\ INGINIA W RM kILLEk.-CHII,-
\ DEEN CRY FOR IT!-This valuable and con.
u.s preparation Is recommended with the greatest
eoa6cencs. Past experience and test of years. has
IT, proved it to De one of the best, safest and most
reliable worm destroyers in use.
II aad pleasant to the taste, and is readily
A-~ ~E1 he p,Iyifb orfan Fo
~ 70 the youngest infant, as It contains no Oil of
H0rmssed, TurPentine other nsusesting drug that
agad pc apt to igritate disorder the system. On
the cqutrary the health Of the patient Is generally
beusfttsd by its administration even when no worms
sIst Il is prepared especially fol children.
repaired only by e. J. PICOT; sold also, by
FuaCELL, LADD Co; BENNETT, BEERS & FISH.
sR Wholesale agents, and by Druggists generally.
= 6--dSm
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-11-14

LONG WINDED.-A foreign paper states that Ro
gell trumpet major and band master of thu Artillery
OF the Guard, TO celebrate at Berlin his fhisth
year of continual service, asd this With uninjursG
lungs. In honor of the ocsasicn there was to be ,
monster concert by an orchestra playing upon 400 In
struments, mos. of them brass This CELL BILE the
retreat Jena, and the advance at Lairsic and We
terleo
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-11-14

Jusr As WE PREpIcTED.--We sid that the eelst
of Ben. Perley Poore's ridiculous bet would prove
Infectious and it seems that thsrs another nau IN
Massachusetts Who has lost bet fqaite q sbsurd
character A Representative elect, named baehslior,
Il undsr an oblisafon draw barrel OF beans o.
sed from Sutton TO Worcester In conseqnsnce OF the
election of Mr.. buchanan. But Mr.. Bachelor witn
hi. barrel Of mnst not expect 10 cfeas 20 feaI
with only be one Of the he's besns.-N I. Tunes.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-11-14

MEDALS FOR U. 8. SURGEoNs.-The committe Is
authorized - have struck and presented, on behalf
of ths people and town of Portsmouth, Va, gold me
dais to certain Surgeons of the United States Navy,
for their he ole service during the pestenes OF Is
have made final report. The medals for the CHIEF
Surgeon and his assistants of the Naval Hospital
have presented and acknowledged. and those for
Surgeons j. and K. Harrison and Coleman have
been transmitted to the Hon Secrete of the Navy
for delivery. The, cost together between s 100
and s $50 are OF pure gold and beautiful design
and reflect great honor alike upon the recipients and
the donors. The recipients are Surgeon L W. Minor
aud Assistant Surgeons J. and Il. Harrison, OLE
man, Waike and Steele.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-11-14

OLD BULLION ON THE UNIoN.-Col Benton
has consented to deliver lecture at atNewburyport.
Il. l., ON the Goth instant. His subject will be
THE Union" In his letter of acceptance he
says -
bsiieve there ia danger Of disuniop, and that
the first step towards avertng the danger is to face
it and fsthsmit After the depth and nature of the
disease is known. the remedy can be considered,
which, with ne must be conciliation not coercion;
application to all the feelings of patriotism, ma
tional pride. and mutual interest which certainly
animate the great majority of bo th halves of the
Union, and an attempt to unite them in course of
conduct which should have harmony and concilia.
ton for its object.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-11-14

DEATH FROM Coal GAs-A man named George
Mcdonald captain of canal boat, and his boy aged
to death on last Friday, at Lam berve, N. by "a.
fom burning coal. On retiring for the night they
cured the lstshes and doors above tightly as to
exclude ventilation. In the morning the boy wa,
found dead aAd the insensb Bile, aad continued SO
inquest rendered verdict of death by sufJ fJcatlon.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-11-14

CALL AccEPTEp-ltis ia stated that Rev. Chales FL
Halt, of Johns Island Parish, South Carolina has ac-
cepted call from the vsstry of the caurch of the
Epiphany, in Washington city, to the r.storshp OF
hs. received the appointmsnt OF Chaplain Al West
poip " =
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-11-14

- hsiH street, kichmo nd, Va sole agents fer
rs'fSaHk's sc.ies and are prepared TO furniih por
sps sne dormant Scales of every kind, suitzble fol
nsllioscs, Mills Warehouse, Goal dealers, &c at
msaaisetureu prices. not
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-11-14

IMPoaTArr TRoM EFGLArD.-ft 10 stated In the
hiladelpha American that private letters received
in that city from the Hon. Geo n. Dallas Minister
at the Court Of St James, by bis condentta friends
convey the important that he has succeed
ed in negotiating treaty between the United States
and England which covers and settles all the points
In dapnta betWeen the two ceungries.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-11-14
ABIr OF RoNANcs-A Young married pair arriy

A BIT OF RoaANcE.-A young married pair arriv.
ed in the city, says the Albany Knickerbocker yes
terday, from Buffalo, whose departure hom tina.
place was atteaded with a whose unpleasant.
meas wss asgrsvased BY its publicity. The bride il.
the daughter of wealthy and sristocratic merchant
of Buffalo, and one Of the most lovely ana accom-
pshed women of that city, here lsveiine's and
soDpIishmeats seem natural to theirsex The mar.
riags husband is Q very respectable young gentleman
every way, save in wealth equal to the lady. This
being opposed BY the lsdys father, was privately
lsmnized BY . clerfyns yes,srday morning, and the
bridal party had just Arrived at the rsroad depot to
tai 9 passage for New York when they were overta-
ken by the brother of the bride, who did not know
of thsr marriage and led to believe that bis sis
ter had sacrificed herself ntre ensued be
tween him and the husband during which he tthe
brothsr) drew pistol 1t was immediately taken
from him and fed in the air by the gro IAN, WHO
was in ard the parties separated by him
and another gentleman The husband then claimed
an explanation with the brother exhibited the mar
riase oer,iic.te and at once relieved his fears The
brstner then 20 the father who hastensd to the
cars read the certificate, and, after frettng little,
gave il blessing to the happy pair, and get ashore
just q the Last bell rung.
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eight X f. - L - AZ 4 ID 80 A NUItir II R
- WoSDERFuL CURE OF ocRoFULA BY HAMP-
TONS VEGETABLE TISCTURE.

NEAR SHES1EkToWN. oct. x01, 1855.
Ncssrs Mortimer 4 Motcbrdy: Having seen q cer-
utcate Of great Of ScIofuia by Hampton's We
qe,able Tincure servant boy in the family of the
Hou. Wm r Thomasson, of Kentucky, with oertifi-
csles Of Hon II. Clay and others testifying per-
soas cured by it, also inducedao try the Tine
servant girl Of mine. Her discs ,cds scro-
fy!g in lts worst form she was blind in both eyes !;
sEs her SO bad that never expected to see
hrT restored procured th- Tincture and am hap
~ say before she had used bottle she be to
s-saud by the time che had taken the second bottle
her eyeslRbt was quite restored, and she cured of
tbs .os;hsome disease, and row, though two years
hsys elapsed, she has had return Of the disease
sud consider her entirely cured by this Tincture.
five this certificate that others may be induced as
Sss, TO try this most valuable remedy, IS believe
fr II what have il would cure most diseases of
tl.s kIud. B Fl ANDERSON
Kent county, near Chestertown, Nd.
" Delicate Ladies and children will please give
i tTlei
Call sad get Pamphlets gratis and sec cures CT
Cousins Bronchitis, Rheumatism, Liver Comp lant
sC-CiGla. As a female medicine it is unriva lied.
Hundreds will testify of sures on themselves and
friends after all other remedies have failed
Solo By o. A. SPRECKER and PURCELL LADD
Co, Richmond; by Br. COOKE, Frederioksburs; By
ali the Druggists in Petersburg; by MORTIMER I
hONBbAY, Baltimore, and by Druggists and store
keepers everywhere.
- q per bottle; bottles for 81
5-u1cts
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SAB sAccIDENT.-One day last week, Mr.. Bsbcoct
the President OF the Young Mems fremont Club. ol
Schenectady, N. Y, while ensaged q: bic work,
struck the back of his hand viih his hammer infct.
his party, he negested TO take proper care Of bis
hand Some copper filings were lsft In the wound
which poisoned the hand, and caused the arm te
swell, and which caused his death Ia Q few days.
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NEW Dress GOODS re subscribers
~ are prepared to exhi ot an entirely now tlck o

Eh DRESS GOUDS.--- ne subscribers
are prepared to exhio oft entirely new Jck OF
FANCY GOODS,
and invite the public to call and examine them.-
They consist in part as follows:
Plain and Brscade Black SILKS
Striped and bay.dere Cord do
Black and Colored Silk ROBES
Paris Printed DE LANES
Rich De Laine ROBES
EVENING DRESSES, in great variety
large stock of Paris WRAPPlNGS
Broche and Stella SHAWLS
Misses' do do
Heavy Travelling do
LACE SETS
French EMBROIDERIES of every description
Rich Bonnet and Sash RIBBONS, &c.
PARKER, NIMMO CO.,
oc "a No l49 Esele Sousra
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lAChSON'S kXCELSlOk BI1"EkRS Is
peculiarly adapted, By its composition, to every
disease Of the liver and stomach which is produced by
varying climate. In ali forms of bilious
dsea5es aud Liver Complaint, it is one of the most
valuable remedies
Prepared only by R. H. JACKSON, and for sale
By Druggists generally ie d
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EAHIEH1Ss Sc sNIsa hIIATURk-,The
~ Great Purifier OF he Blood The best altera.
tive known.
Read the foLtotoing Certificate.
LEWIS CKEEK T. o., Ksnawha Co, Va,
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iessrs. WM. 8. BEERS l. Co:

' NJ. -.
Dear siI-i was, in the year Of 1885, attacked with
the ocTOfula was indeed at orc time given up. My
neck was from end to the other, tried ali
Patent Medicines could hear of and employed seve-
RAJ physicians. AL did good, until Carter's
Spanish Mixture" spoken SO highly Of by the news
papers got few bottles according to directions
the result IS. thaI now am sound as | ever was
IN fact, feel better than ever did in my life, and
would recommend it to all who may be afflicted with
tugt awful disease.
JOHN r. WALKER M
FOR sale by BENNETT, BEERS FISHER, and