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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-09-11

BuYpoesD Wis nrRDsn m mr srr WARD
O Wednesday, Coroscr connery hsd a iaqusst II
No Avesus A, upoa ne body OF German woman,
named Mary MurdeIi, who u vs supposed had dssi OF
disease Of Tho hsan Fron ths statement d dsoeassdu
husbssd Jacob nurasl, "a was sppsros. sAA sssurai
dssh bad iahen place me jary therefore rendered
di Of death NJ disease Of the hsas MOI suspeoang for
thst DE- ceAsed bed recently her death from
violence Yesterday, Mr.. O. Rcsae, brother Of the Do
ossd bad been beaten BY hsr husbasd Ne night pro-
yIous 10 her des,h. and simsaeA hu In HE opaloa she
bed bses forIy dean Win Al she rsqusss o. ~. hos:
the dsecaasd By prs rspsl Snd yessusVs. when sun,
cest wa revealed 70 confirm NE suspcoas Of Me bro
,hsr of aeceaaed The ghy.ioian. usos sps.iss .ss
riahs hemisphere of .hc brain On further examination
ihey found fracsure Of The right iemporA booa From
dsss ..s o.ssed ~ :cnprsion mr. Of De sr.i. sss 70
suh Of injuries 70 the SAUL. he husband q he Do
cessed b hs order ef the ccrosev taken Into ousso.
dy by ofcey Earle, OF The Seventeenth ward pcoe and
vas 81 him detained In custody until ,he matter shs have
beea fuliy In .esueAisd A jsry vM swpasneasd In We
no os.s oyp un
morning
Inn RArru srzr srAsmvo ArYSAr.-C,sousv uDunsry
held an isausr yessreay n ths Nev York Hospla up,n
The body u ne Italian, gsto rsvoou, wno died from NE
s0sch rAs received IN ARRAY win Of his cous
rymen siobAua sivAscho, d No 30 BAXTER street, on
s wa a. sss ne
cecesssd and g,ovpsoso he'd qusrrs tsa the parties
bo4h drunk a he time; thai deceased sxucs we 90
cused hlov when aissy made pass ~ deoeesed asd
then rem cus Of he room decessed cried ous snAs ~ vs
ssbesd, asd said that vas NE scoased whe eAeeed
him. Andrew EAsso deposed tbaa No wN presess whss
the array occurred but c the knife used he ~
elovaasho runnsg down STAIRS, cad 500 assvards he
hsssd sh. vos., s s.Us, ana ~ ss.s 49, .s a.
iosesher; she w The socuse TuHsg bic hand lnso hh
Iccket a N 70 get knife; THE vM vhea they we're
Is f,oyssoko; dcces1d vas dyunk; nobody could have
decc.sea but G.ovsschc. Or Lrso Of tho Nov
Yevt Hc~rfs d~ro,ed ,hsi dee-sscsi mid Cd suf
,s,rs ~ o. ~curd in N asJomsn, 'nn'c,sJ by tris;
ne cund In qass"n sss the oAnse % se&h re .@~e
~p hen gives 70 the Jary, who rsssersd verdict n
gloyncho, on the nh n sept~mbev, tssT- A ssrysns
ss bereupco ssued fcs Ne ,vehensoa ths aocuus
Drcs1ed vS an organ grinder ~ prcf~sou and We 10
PEARS old
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-09-11

i-c1Hss BaoAD~ss EAasoAD % yss Tsrs IN sssns
hsse scheme seoos 70 build another city railroad,
portion OF which win run hrosah broad ~ay. rhs pYn
~ holders bad bessss keep sharp lock yus che A
Fcs vii DO carried cut before be prcvenssd -
following advesshsmtni appsars In one sf shs orsing
jograh;-
10 al whom may corcsvr-Tass scsiss, hat sppltsa
viii be mads 70 ei Lea tor As ussssge c
suik~rIyr the cccs'ru~o, ard q railroad for NE
usnsporfss and through oAvtAis 80 ces
I'm he cy CT New nsyk paysei W -sst o. and bear hro "a
vay. and Also rpon sufh Soytton ~ hroadwsy - mJ y
necessaxy crvey psssenwn oes-een tMv sinss aaa
Msoctaunn carr ont Inc oh cts of s1eh
viii be Yomembeved that schems similar 70 me soove
wss nssove sha hr tvo senlssures ssd more br Gsd
luek shen asytAirg else th~ ecaene n1ed We.
pused 10 videa Church and Greens sTss vnon .vass
~ MN ,svwsx N rn would b. conrpsed n Ha>dsaY
era ,h~sc~ 70 rlfv nlrA str~et rsrcsd = afcwed
'n sny portion fnx svrrne - I'M socr Dc rsn we
d. ~ A. e~sh
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-09-11

Mercury 4 h,s ume invable, being near the sun
q 70 b oSscuyed ~ nyl Honohe 70 aho in~ialbis
10 he unaasstsd eSs, In consequsnoo Of ~ diasnce from
g covn yuooW pusoD eAo Deg14iAa ~ y nuuess psst
hrse n vii b about scvuniocn eegrces
vsst Of the meyi6An n hah past 4 6cstem6er 10
Il sppeass absus nks s:v u Inc second magnitude Al
debcfsn vcry red loohing star 10 the sye Of tne Bi
Phiadcs, sven slArs Castor and Pollux, We noted
"rvins" (gemisD moi fAx nom The second mAGnads
and mot more han two three degrees apart In apsa
rent magnitude hey are almost prechey Anse rns planet
Sainrn not conspcuous 10 tAe eye ~ Ja pier, nor
red tho Gerry Mari, whish MS hour Il very near she
mccn Venus, Of course, the most brilliant oej,cs In
tae heavens We except his occasion me moon her
fci, row grown Little modest, with sos partly svssssd
fhowlrg slender crescenk
he rirn and moons Of sauru caauo, be scen exoeps
with pcwsrful telescope. Ihe satellites o. yupie 90
any time be BY ualrs gccd mirror Hold % - 70
give thc reflection q he pAnss near ~ centre, and,
By lcokrg Aiienuvey the moons win appear nree o.
four sma sArs The planet Rsen rnsse, cf course
are consantH changing position around shsir commos
All e these planets can bc seen 70 bcsssr advAnsass amor
the Moon cbsnees lhe 18th Her light bsng Withdrawn
the smaller iumnaries appear more conspcuous rhe re-
avo position f all Tho bodies meniioned viii be very
nearly The for days before and aev she lSh
but this morning nIed upou - presenting hs vsy To
pbspomeron q al the bodies In ouY solar syssm-ths
asteroids oy minor planes, vesa, Juso Asrea 10 sx-
copied beipg In triple moro than oss quarter circle
ofthe besve1s, a the same moment
In looking a. the constelasns and nxed sars The mos
brilliant vrw Of the hssvcrs In MO evening observed
late In autumn ths consultations Of Orion, Taurus, Gsmn
ussiopsa Una MAJOR Lyra Aguilea and oshcs Ill being
visible at the same moment Bal The sAme vew u ths
heavens IA presenicd n hour pas mdnighs thai
vii seen IN November earlier In the evening.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-09-11

ticket 10 pretty well reued thst Deutensut Gorerncr
Church win be Comptroller. Tucker stands wsi for 30
orctaTy Of state; Lyon Of Utica, for Treasurer; and
Hoover, Queens, and Safcw Of Albany for state Prison
Inrpeoor Fay, Of Rochester, tho Geld for Sts P
son Inspector.
Lsaov. vsndespoe OF Esic 10 alsod Of for AtssYrcy
General
After the morning convention v, ,rds occurred bosween
Captain Rynders and MAJOR Tood the former telling ths
asr that dbsraocui in the chief magi,.caio Of ,ns
city 10 mpeach the integrity and imparary Of tho Presi
dent Of the Convention.
Te change in tho nrst proposed arrangement as 70 per
manent ortanixaen was made, -ilh unders,sn ilns
bets Ed win Croswen and Dean Richmond, he rmer
conceding Taylor - The per maneni President
The following nat Of Woo Presidents 10 DO reported
tomorrow
Second district D. D. Aken Third district, NOT chosen
account Of the contested Of ColubiA 70 .h dis
trick Jcseph Russell; Fifth district Royal uasnberIAln;
J. sanderAAd; ghsh distrios, H. b. Iannins
Tho following i The ssAss UomniBso for he ensuing
year, ~ sslssteds-
DiH
l--Not chosen.
3-eam Fowler, D. n Floyd JoEes.
3-rrebaby Peter Casyer and - hsA-try.
4-Col Stone, - Cusbney.
s-H. B. Goals, Jn0. stzyker
1Hubba1d, - Beeoe.
7-S. B. Jewets, Pomeroy Tucker.
S-Dean Richmond, VIM vaudeyvoort
The following will be tho Committee On Roeols,ioHs:-
Dit
2-Ludow, Of sunoIk Croswer, Of weslchestes
3-PYait, Of Greene; dsger, Of albany.
4-D. EmAh, Of Sohenecsady; Dwyer, az Essex.
s-HuSSsIS' q icSsnsaso; n aS,So ns~ y q 6Ssso. q "
7-Davis, OF Aeuben; Clark, Of Monroe.
s-Pipes, Of Nasasa; Bri.tcn, Of Msuiaaqas.
There d prospect Of moro fun 70 morrow.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-09-11

Anember having obtained the aoor, moved 70 lay tho
Yesolutou ana amenomsnt on the table
Cts were made Tor tha ayes and nays; and the CnaiP
man said 30 would put motion until tho Convention
vas fenSed. Auer order partially rcstorod the roll
was called, hciudirg the Now York delegation.
he moson 70 iay on the table lost by the following
voss-Nays u, ., o. -.
Amidst much confusion Mr. ScuB took the dooY He
understood THAI Tho vote just taken conveyed az
preston Of the feeling Of tho Convention In favor Of
mailing thesc Delegations reconcile difdcuhies. Ho was
willing to accept 1t a. SUCH and abide BY expression
mo Cooper Committee were willing pursue this course
and he should 80 hsve stated II he ooald have OBJ
tain ed The hoor Bot The arh Of the resolution was thS
touched only the dacahy hero and sft unlouohod the
difficulty he had hoped 70 have presented 70 the
"hoh hearted" democracy or New York, union upon a
mattel Of regularity and alton he hoped the mo
tkn vould be unsnimously adopted.
ExAnus W. GLOVER on behalf Of the Peoples delega-
un deayed 10 say bst they willing 70 agree such
an arrangement g contemplated By The resoluAou -
amended ~ NJ Kelly II such settlement were made
the Peoples delegation ready to stand ono aide and
yield the right hcy supposed tho nseives have
en- that hcor
rhs resolution was then adopted - amended BY Mr.
Kelly wbch amendment had been pted by Mr. Jones'
Immediately upcn The declaration cf The result O0n
fusicn rcanuot, and amidst tho noise the chairman
put In audible voioe, motion fer rocess nN half pas
p. II !, which was declared carried
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-09-11

corsulrsr Brfs -wFein the rss' re days Dp-Ards
Of $50 IN oounseH bi' 90 ss BAss o. sasscs oSan'y,
Jersey ov have been ra''sd sren 'orsssepers sSr-
,,s .vs.v. william Jones' vhe vas arrested ~ oscsv
r .oe n,shh ago. sas ssosstAised had pss>sd ssont
seo rnal css ninaaon of Jonss end cnayes umswona.
hc vss arrested a the same tine, - Be had befcre
Tas ice ncrehoaee 70 dsy
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-09-11

rNe yuIes a. the mach wsrs thai . aso vNscs of tvo
irutSs 70 feo Inc knsth of boaa snouid be nA6s
The anal rcsuh 1he hcfaAso "a rno0hss ssd nos
re p 10 he ssake eoAi NE rearn buA the s
a. slt we'd me prizes we're swGdsd, shs srs 70 ths
~ Eyss second 70 he NAgnrA anA this th'r1 70 Ne
a p,lxss Al Ne abvve bosb WIN NJ sxcxp p1Son q
he walton, vers fros ne pesay hi1se me wansn
.ss em Hobotsp No psrsoss sost1ent occurred, nct.
vhhssandisg tse csf<iz'sG % he PNsta@a
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-09-11

RsoAYrA Ar sorm BaooKIn.-Ysssrday sfss aoos n
exciting rsalh look place beswees several sail boss 10
longing 70 Penny Bridge Hhe boss entered were 70
Be under 81 fess and The disaros 70 accomplished 70
mu.s ne prizes 70 DO commended for we're arss $50;
fse,pd silver cup. AMI thl,d, ths enrancs % mo
snie,ed Two ~ xss, By q. Cooper irsh 10 fsss
II I,ches Hsssa. b. Jas Rcsess, fsst isoses John
o. Briggs, By Daniel 6recns, 70 fert Ia inunos wAou
by James Buksr, % test izcs; ncr1Issd, 20 fsss
irchss; Adsa - fcst frsnessp 20 fsss ischss; PHs-
unc and WIN. n Ford. ihe boaa v@s 70 ssayt frou .
yellow Hook, hsnco around me baoy Robbss's reef
bsrk 10 the sake boat and rspeaa Tn arss stA ~
yellow Hook VA Pas ins oapsssd kas sSvlss NJ rsos
eny seven boais rne boas turned he aae boat Y Ne
seccnd stretch n NE foiloss ordsr:-hs r~o Elsas,
Fiendlesa- ns srd frean and sailing erceenk
On ths resurn tns hoaaa me following lime
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-09-11

KAYcs's osrca-JoAs Clase, E<a., President Of the
Board Of Aldermen. 10 ocat,ss - acting Mayer dur
ns he absence cf May~ Wood who n "a Syracuse nhss
been errcne-usly ssd shsA kr cassy vss n syrscuse
duslss vhnh dsvoave upoa hin N Ne sSssHss Il NE chief
magiskrN4s of khio csty.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-09-11

NATIONAL PaNrNs 0sucx.-A Washlrgtm
ryrcsropcens Of Pniisdt pna Prs0 ssass naa Han.
aers,ov B~yard vn introduce his bill snd prees vim
srts, enessy fcr sne csssns>oa cf nss'ossi rrnrrs
sncc
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-09-11
Astronomicai Observations.

AgtfonOmtCal O00ervot1Ons.
Those who have any curiosity. feel any interest In
the movements and relative position Of The bodies COM
priing solar system win be able 70 during This
month whal does nos twice during generation All
Of the planets the asteroids excepted win OCCUPY POSI-
on but ns exceeding fourth Of tso great circe OF
The heavens. Al about The hour or four. om four 10
Ave. the morning Of Tassday the 18th iastaus saB
,hs Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and
Herschel Tor Uranas) viii al be wi.ba the plsus Of he
eclpto, and within the spsos, comprising H,ie lire
shan aquadrantfrom the sun, fs~ dasees below the
eastern hsrizsn-o Me planet Jupiter o Of tho
meridian Their relative poslions, they can
be represented . plane surface, sin rsen By the
following diagram
POSITION OF THE PLANETS ON THE MORNING OF THE
10Th OF sKPTKMBER.
''*'' r.s0s' .r,n1
'o44w 1,.ssael, ras,s
>@I.,,,.. 10r~...
I...,,,,,zs, .,,,,,zs,,,,, ...,,.. :sl IS lsss:' s.:
4~
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POsTsCRIPr,

srnAccsn, Sept 1f-2 ~
After shs adjourn mess, Ne Cooper mon finally con-
cuded 70 ssle ha ths New York delessaon and thsy
chose Daniel nekles. John Key, joan o,shrans, wm
q. Kennedy, Andre ,. rsoment, Alexander n Ward
Elijah v Fwdy and hemas Byynes.
The Wood or Small delegation sppoinsi Fernando
wccd Jcsih sr'herI.nd nonrAi s~scsbs nmsr, rhomss
fitzgerald, W. Hsrrr, ". " xorusyr, '. J. A. B,ais
and Henry H. hcptee.
me Chopper iist given ab,ve ust Se aseu vts rs,n
a st - several Of The delse~s positively refused 70
csssess n asy half ~ lcsf sarsneemsst
meeting vss then held so sndesvcr 70 ssts upon Ne
sevsassenh man, and more han shres hours discussion
urcs Mis- point s~sssd rrcmeus and Kensedy are vcry
indignant u Ne pledge of schcs % eeins 70 se hs and
han pvfnepls and al NE Cooper eel very muaa cut
up II Ne vieAcv cr WOOD IN NE cosvsznca.
Tor ihs Hss Central Committee ihe united crgsnsa
scss vil prcpsss rAynande Wood and Daniel scslss
ns rural ss'ssaAss have bsss esncusins - 70 Ne
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-09-11

ceieGacn be selected hy each dehgsuoo and hsso sx
teen elecs ssvcntsenth delegate and thai hsy be admit
sd a The New York de gallon He siAAsd that tss ms
corni he had ten vccrs TOR cvery one those q the
Cooper cunnhsee He shcn moved his amendment
A rxnsimR now IN ALL yARrs cy rHn Horm
Mr. CocHRsrp rose 70 . qu>~&tsa G order. n wan now
proposed 70 take the subject ous Of he hands d Ne
mittee spd decide II In ano4ber cay
Much foson prevailed, eossn psrsoos peakng
a ence, Morsbee, r. nder, water Joses and othcrs
IN vain.
Mr. Hrluo,s asked II Me rules Of The Assembly su,dsd
Mr. W r. yorv insisted upon We floor; snd me chAr
cesded thas The quesou In order, and Mr. Jones
iiutd 70 he floor.
Mr.. Hriuoas roe 70 point Of order No persons sos
members Ct ine Assenby we're allowed 70 sddrss sha
Mr. stfLE rese 70 speak nrst, sui Mr. horsass inter
raptd him In ioud voice, Insisting On being hoard
Tse ri'dea confusion so~ prevailed, amounting almost
10 rlca.
Msssm Slled for NE sere.~s, 81 Arms.
UMrTons ey A ugEv.
c.a :. I've p..se", " s.eSs ss, ,sn :, sss s y. ~,
-sc tEAIs-i rsvr s'rtscy decided ,hs NJ. Jonas has
sie f~-
AZ ne sss gssss roe russsA fcv-sya " the ,psoe 10
seat n thar sno for several nnsses ngai sssnsd
tssns nh
warm r. io-x rsiseS On hs risSs 70 be hosra, but
,he rc,ss rendered n ixpcvubss
rsss," ~ish esis To- NJ, ,ssvsssss = Arms
deless,ss passss os.srd nom De s.ss oS NE ha asa
many ksplDs On me PLATFORM. Mr. norAnse figured cen
spicucusy in he asssscanoss shouting a NE op o. hs
one New York delegate Isspsd On ssas and sAcussi
wHh rencSisn lungs, thai drowned ever ethev scise,
"sr Srs,s.. = = 80 ~ ssvss ..- s,s.s
~. ecrrs made N sscr " spssk, bus ~ again pus
sews by Ne r,ctcus eoafussos " Ne dsieCAs.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-08-19

Ins National lntclligenCer copies from the Dublin
University Magazine long and powerfully written
article touching the identity of Junius a mystarx
which seems destined TO exercise the ingenassv Of
the wits OF England till the end of time Acaord-
Ing TO the present writer, there have haax, thirty
hse candidates for the authorship. aida hundred
books and a vast number of articlsa have been writ
ten by men DESTROYS to point out e real author The
Dublin scribe contends thsb l.0,i Chafi1n, Was
Junius, and he certainly H,akes out strong case.
though, to our mind. !. is clear from his own r,os-
oning that while Chatham may have been and nro
badly was JuniC4a IN the ideas, the general scone
and, above alt the fierce vindictive and nerciIess
spirit Of the letters it was the elnGnent and nr,c
tised pen Of Sir Philip Francis which emhodioa
Chatkams conception III the most masterIv snsci.
mems of epistolary invectiye which have ever am.
peared In the English tongue
There In but one link wanting in the chain -,
which Lord Chatham is identified as the author -
Juhius' ana that Is. he was not a good writer Sir
Philip Francis on the contrary was as skilled with
the pen as Chatham with the tongue. Chatham,
was his patron, and his political friend Franej.
was In the habit of reporting his speeches. and II
Is stated by one authority, composed many af then,
], is conceded by the writer that Sir phiIip
may have had his five hundred pounds . yoo, =
the War office exchanged for situation in Insi :,
ten thousand a year, on hint from Chstba,. 40
Lord North, that If young Francis were sent ay,ax
there would be an end to Junius He ss.so-,,
away and the letters ceased Lord Chatba, "a
NAMED but the letters were not continued The
head and the hand we're separated; the ope was in
England, splenetic, fiery and powerfu,sas in von,,,
the other was in India clutching tie ten th.nsand
q year. snd--the secret-which, however mncb IL.
exposure might have enhanced tha literary fame Of
SIR fhlhp Francis, would have brought ruin pnon
the towering crest Of Chatham, his benetsetor and
his friend '''"
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Enrllayille.

Farmyille is one of the most industrious. bust
ness-like and Furnishing villages in Virginia. We
know Of no place with the same population, which
does equal amount of business. There is at
ParmvilIe branch Of the Farmers Bank, with a
capital of Sl53,O00, which discounts about half q
million annually Of actual business paper. Direct
c. e. Read. President; S. o. Southal, ". P
Elan, II. 8. Guthrey, P. Jackson, Dir. W. II. Thack-
ston, Jos. NJ McNutt; A. Vaughan, Cashier. There
is, also, tho Appomattox Savings Bank, which be
gun its operations in 1877, with capital of $3.50
1t now has q capital of $4,000, which with its de-
posites, enables the bank to do business Annually
to an amount exceeding one million of dollars
The average discounts per eek for 1857 up to this
time have been about 521 00Oand if it continues at
the rate to the end of the year will reach by
that time, nearly a million and half. Its present
Board of Directors is-Dr. j. ii. C. Leach Presi
dent; H. f. Warren, DR.. J. T. Spencer. j. b. Hill
lizard, Col. T. b. Rice, J. j. Rice, C. C. Leckett and
j. W. Huntington, Cashier.
The tobacco trade of Farmville since the ID of
March has been active. The Randolph Warehouse
Rice and Price inspectors, since that time, have
inspected ! ,051 hogsheads, and the Farmvle Ware
house, j. G. Williams, inspector. has inspected Sql
hogsheads, making in all, since March, 1.045.
which, at an average of LOO lbs. per hid. would
be 3,3G65O0 lbs; at an average of ga per cwt q,
would amount to $3.50, 90 There were sold at the
Randolph Warehouse about 1,69s.2I5 lbs of loose
tobacco, part of which prsed and nspecteJ
and is included in the hOgsheads above. There are
II tobacco factories III Farmvile. There are "a
stores, whose annual amount of sales is about
three-qnarters of a million. There are three
Observation-Disclosures, Baptist and PRESBYTERIAN
two large academy buldngs,-one the Soutb.sida
Institute. an admirable school for boys under III.
charge of two accomplished principals, Messrs
Morrissett and Booker; the other the FarmyiIIe
Female Seminary, B. Gould, A. NJ, principal There
are two hotels, one of which is to be pulled down
and new brick one erected, 92x42 with wing of So
feet, and stories high. The contractors are max
ing the brick in Farmville. The town is steadily
improving. many buildings just completed others
in process of erection, and several waiting for the
workmen. Real estate in the vicinity Of the rail
road depot has risen since its construction about
200 or $50 per cent The town as n CORPORATION
took $4,000 in the South-side Railroad and indi.
viduals in the town and vicinity about 81 700
The telegraph line from Richmond to Abingdon
passes through Farmyillc and has al office in that
place.
Farnville is in the heart OF ihc great tobacco
country of Virginia, and has as enterprfsing and
go-ahead population as be found in this OF
any other State.
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DIED.

At the rrglinnce Fl his father In Sydna{ TesssI
dav few IN n,itcs phat T. o'clock, tHahnLs ~ y
READ. aged - months and ~ days. son OF James W
and Betsy :. Read. -. m
Ills funeral will take place this morning q. -; ~
o'clock 20 which the friends OF the ianhy aio Ia
vited. -.
HAT the Hot SPRING. on the eth of August VA
JAMES DAVIS formerly Of Norfolk bnt or my re III
% years resident Of this CITY, in the Slst year VI HE
age. ,-;,S Stat.s
Captain r. held commission IN the United 49, ,
Navy during the war Of l2 and passed through tna'
nv he bore through life a character marked w
Industry and sustained by integrity, ahd passed ava
from EARTH with camness and resignation worthy
OF imitation. =
as- Norfolk papers please copy.
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The two little boys of Mrs. Cunningham have
been for same time at Mr.. Wright's school at Go
shen, y. +. They have been kept in ignorence of
the new Gasgr that has fallen upon their mother
Hon. h. A Stith, Judge of the Sixth Judicial
district in Arkansas died on the 5th inst He was
man Of extraordinary ability and extensive popu-
lsrity.
Judge Wardlaw would not accept the Presidency
oi 'se south Carolina College as in his own opin-
loh The place is unsuitable TO him. and he is nm
suftabie to the place"
NJ Holrge lielmbol, first teller of the Western
hShk OF Philadelphia. committed suicide last SIM.
nay ps emitting his throat. Impaired health is as
served in the Mexican war, was found in the 'Deia
ware at Philadelphia, last Saturday
:, hnlan, Charles Reynolds b. Kelly John
nays, f. Carr Bridget hlaher and A. Montine, diad
ELECTS of the heat. 'ii'
The Americans of the first district of MARYLAND
nave nominated Teazle Townsend for Congress
sunday was the 50th anniversary of the battle of
behnington-an occasion on which HMolIy STARK
was not made widow.
The Baptlsts Of Raleigh, n. c., have contracted
Tor the erection OF new church in that citv. IN
cost $4,000 '' wy 70
Hon. Alexander MCalmont died in yeranpo 20
age. ''"' Vi LIS
-, Is said that the National Hotel in the citv of
washington viii be remodied for theatre.
uia me Toss Dy the recent great fire at Saint Paul,
Mimi, amounts to 100000 Insurance AID. 600
Hon. James b. Hunt, formerly a member of Con-
sunday. '' 'A
hon. John Long prominent citizen of Norti,
Carolina, is dead. "
1nuge ". .. stuart has resigned his seat on the
supreme bench of Indiana
Gen, D. s. Lee, u. s. Consul 10 gase died If ,o.t-
jaw IN Washington on the 18th inst.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-08-19
rEI,EGRAPHIC NEWS.
REPORTED FOR THE DAILY DISPATCH.


INTERESTING NEWS FROM CHlNA.
New YORK. Aug. ia correspondent Of tho
Y. Times, writing from Hong Kong says that Capt
Smms. of the Marine corps attached to the U.
frigate San Jacinto has been det med to take Tor
NAL possession Of the Island Of fornosa' an isiaho
In the Chinese sen as indemnity to the U. States
for losses sustained by Americans during the pre-
sent war also. that this step has given much salts
faction to the English authorities ia China
The rebels ha1 been generally successiui ncai
Shanghai and had also captured two important
cities in the interior. The imperial forces IN tbs
vicinity Of suchan had reyolted. driving the GOV
ernor Of the palace and his officials from tho city
aud capturing the military chest