The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-06-08
TUE DAILY DISPATCH
S.ret~r itesms By the America.

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Reretgu Items BY the America.
nh. rnsiish journals renew the discussion OF toe
~.hsn slave trade, and express . unapimcss ae
s,ss shat the Governments Of Great Britain ans
E.snes should reeort to more energetic means. WIZ
. view to its suppression. The aequiescencST s ~
1r,,.sa states 10 likewise earnestly urged The
srsument Is that, N the United States Soveanue.s
snrhid foreign ships Of war to search susp,c,"us
vessels under their flag just 80 long WI .ns' nss
h. rsed for all dishoporabe acts upon tne se~s
~ imnrovemens In the actual ~ stem can De very
Ssn,iva 40 long a. one foreign flag can pass
throush British Gordon unsearched'
A. item Of interest is the death of Robert Burns'
aged II pldes. son Of the famous scottish poe. OF
NJ. and was inferred In st. Michaels Church
yard w.,
h,Smoved the Navy Estimates, and asked for 4s'
10a 600 which was . decrease OF more thsn eient
,,I',ons on the estimate ofast year He moved that
tho number of men and boys should b. 81 100,
,h,ch included Is 900 marines. The House divided
an an smendmen, by Sir T. Treiawny, but with
An over wheming majority In favor OF Govern
ment
.; beau Il said to be disposed to mediate between
the King of Naples and the Western powers.
The Empress Dowager of Russia Is expected at
Trrin In the course OF this month Prepsrstions
Are being made 10 give her Majesty . brilliant re-
cepton.
The King OF PRUSSIA mas prese' "a fftuce NApo~
leon with . magnificent porcelain vase and cons
plete edition of the works OF Frederick the Great
Rachel has returned from Egypt and will remain
In the South Of France in order to recruit her
health.
Or. Livingston. the African traveller. has been
paving visit to Liverpool He was received with
srest honors there, official and unofficial.
A teleersphic dispatch from Consta ntinople an
nouncss that the mountsiueers Of the Caucasus.
commanded by one Of the sons of Schamyl, had
defeated 4 0O0 Russians near ShAlisch
The Chamber Of Deputies At Turin in its sitting
of the l4sb voted bill for . census of the popu.
la.ion of the kingdom, by 90 votes against Al.
The French Government has bestowed the mill.
tary medal on one hundred and sixty eight non
commissioned officers and soldiers of the Sandman
army, and on twelve petty officers and sailors Of
the royal navy.
/. has been decided In Scotland that an Height.
mate son is bound to support his mother.
In the year 1856 there were 81 527 acres of land
under cultivation for hops In England.
PRESBYTERIAN %. 81 GENERAL ASSEMBLY
The closing proceedings of this body of general
interest not already given are as follows:
R.v. .. Yerks was chosen professor In Darvills
Seminary, and Prof. j. Wilson enc in the Allexhs-
A communication wss receive cd from the European
Evangelical Alliance asking the appointment OF de-.
legates to the Berlin convocat.on, invited by the
of the Presbyterian Synod of England, ON the same
subjsct
fhe committee on correspondence reported: LIST
Recommending the continuance of correspopd ence
with the Associate Reformed Synod of the South -
I'd kecomm ending the dissontnuanse of correspon-
denss with all ths general associations Of New Eng
land. Sd. That We reciprocats the expresrions #
fraternal regard exprsssed by the Reformed Presby
tsran Church 4sh That this assembly reply to thu
pose that the relation OF the savehodsr 10 bad q,
that of poygamist, We think they are mistaken
These were unanimously adopted, except the last,
the Presbytery of Chilicothe.
memorial, asking that the General Assembly
would establish . great Univsrsty was laid on this
table; and another from the Synod Of the Pacific
relating to the estabiishmsn Of irinerant miDir
among them, was recommended to the earne st n
"S Ts Of the board Of Domestic Misn"s'
ton authorized TO their sessions two
earlier than usual in consequence of the early
sion Of the assembly. which Is to meet at New Or
leans next year on the Fl St Thursday In May.
ToRHADo-The Houma La) Ceres of the e31
ult., has the following:
lis . noticeable fact that for the last two wears
Southwestern Louisiana has bad more than II q
usual share of tornadoes and storms of all kindr.
On the night of the 10th and 18th inst At about
quarter past o'clock, we were visited by another
Of those destructive whirlwnds which If posi-.
bie,w more severe and disastrous to property, in
this parish, than was the ever depiorable storm Of
the 10.h OF last August. by which Last Island " IS
swept away. Although we have beard of no loss
OF life, several planters have suffered severely by
the destruction of their buildings Sugar houses,
purgeries, negro cabins, Stables &c. have been
partially or completely demolished many places
while the fences and trees have suffered severely
The cane and corn crops were not sufficiently ad-
vanced to present much of an obstacle to the rag.
ing element and therefore escaped without any
serious injury.
AMERICAN CITIZENS HEIRS TO PROPERTY IN
/ a in hnr L.
London, has just been decided, by which a mum.
Der Of American citizens have been declared the
lawful beirs to the property Of Mrs Shard who
died In England In 1919 The amount in volved is
believed to be about $3.50 600, (which for several
years has been invested in British securiti await.
ing final decision. The heirs in whose favor the
decision has been rendered reside in Maryland
Pennsyivania. New Jersey, Vermont Ohio aud
Mich1san Their attorney in Londen writes that
no appeal had been taken as yet, though there wss
some appreh enson that there would be a resort
to higher Court by those interested in resisting
the payment of the money.
ADVERTISING Nothing is better understood In
this money making age than the philosophy of ad.
vertising Il is the great secret of success, the
P.mum mobile OF all business the Fortunatus purse
OF bakers and brokers, of pastry cooks and poe,
(oetween which latter two classes there has exis.
ted, ever since the days of the Dunciad a close
sympathy and intimate relation,) of lawyers, lock
mlths, tailors, trademen and tragedians ia man
has large broad bills of exchange to sell: if he
wishes customers for pies or poems both ''pipippl
hot If he desires the public to know that be vii.
advocate cause At Nisi Prious or, if need be- an
pear before the Supreme Court; if be 10 eoinr to
play Hamlet and longs for an audience be must
advertise the important fact The world win not
DC aware of IT, unlesi 1t Is proclaimed by the news
papers.
FROM BRAzIL.-We have news from Brazi
dated at Rio Grande on the 18Th and 1t Rio ia
metro on the 2sth of April. Government had given
notice that the new tariff would lake effect on tho
Let OF July. The scale of duties on American prov
ducts was. generally speaking, higher. Flour was
An exception az the duty was reduced Rio
Hrande was visited by a severe storm ON the Sd of
Aprh. which caused great damage to houses and
snpplng, and occasioned the loss of some lives
water WAS driven into the streets to the depth of
four feet The American bari Lapierre, with one