The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-11-24

can OF yesterday sums up the losses by the fire
there Saturday night, and insuranees as follows:
Fisher, Boyd Bro $4,000, insurance $4,000; L.
r. ID. Newman 81 ,000 insuranc s25 600; Mrs Sarah
Norris $4,000, insurance f6,0oe; T. s. Bants & Bro,
S120o insurance 81 600 Steiner Bro 5000, in.
surance s25,00o f. r. Horner & Bro $4,000, insu-
rance $4,000 Total loss, $4,000, son which there
was an insurance of $4,000. The Sun says:
During the progress of the fire the side wall Of
the burning building fell in and young fireman
named Forest, the pipeman of the First Baltimore
Hose narrowly escaped being launched in amid the
flaming timbers DR.. Owens, the surgeon of the
company, was struck on the head by piece of tim
Der. which knocked him down senseess, inficting
q severe wound. The surRiises as 10 the origin OF
the fire various but it is generally attributed
to accident. The warehouse DESTROYED was large
double one. with iron faciugs and four stories in
height. 1t was owned by Mrs Sarah Norris, who
is insured for $1,000 in the Equitable Office OF this
city.
NEGRO STEALING on 4 LARGE ScAIE.-Seven slaves
were recently run off from railroad In Florida
and re-captured. They implcate W1R. H. Lard
Mieajah Andrews, and Wm. Waters, all white, in
their abduction, and all three were arrested. A
letter from Pensacola says:
THE testimony disclosed the startling and i'm
portant fact that there exists a numerous and ex-
tensiVe gang Of these outlaws. whose operations
extend through all the Gulf states and on to Texas
Ahey are thoroughly organized, and recognize each
other by passwords. signs, grps, etc. Cutie num-
Der Of them reside in tits section. but it is hoped
that since the developements which have come TO
light; the entire band may be completely broken
up, and made to pay the penalty of their offences
many more will doubtless be arrested. As the De-
nalty in this State for such offence as that which
those arrested stand charged, is death, no bail was
granted"
NoETH CAROLYN. BAPTIST CoNvExTIoy.-This body
closed its annual meeting at Hertford, n. c., on
the eth inst. Among the visiting members were
Revs. DR.. Taylor, of Richmond. and DR.. Tsaslale,
of Washington. The Convention subscribed $1,000
to Wake Forest College, thus ensuring thesandow-
ment of the institution. The Greensboro Times
says:
jubilee was enjoyed by the friends of the Col
iege at the announcement that the whole sum was
raised for the endowment, and the NEST affecting
gratulatl0ns are said to have been INDUCED on
the occasion. The President Oh the Convention
and one other brother, the only two persons pres
ent at the formation of the Convention, 23 years
ago, tell upsn each others necks aud wept for Joy.
Indeed the house Is said to have been very Eo-
china place Of tears; but they were tears of gra-
ttude and Joy.
TIE Explosion on rHE Nlss0URI RIvER-The fol
lowing is a list Of the killed and wounded by the
explosion board the steamer Cataract, at Lisbon,
No. on the 18th instant:
Blackburn, Cass county, Missouri, dead Herney
Kelley, barkeeper, dead; McDo 1ald, express mes
senger. dead: Thomas Hutchas. FIRST clerk, slightly
scalded-not 10 danger; Mr. >argee, second clerk,
do; Thomas Hogan, St Louis, scalded; the boats
porter aud barrier scadcd; Lee jones. second engi-
necr, lost; five deck hands and firenan-names not
kEown--scalded keiso, Woodbridge, LoriBg and
Mercer, slightly scaldcd
1ESSEsS-R LEGIsLArURE.--lhe joint select com
mitee On banks. in the Tennessee Legislature, has
reported bill legaiZng the bank suspensions till
the oth of January, ISIS. upon condition that no
bank shall declare dividend during their suspen-
sion. and if the banks of New York and New Or
leans shall resume specie payments during the
spring or summer OF 1858, the hanks of Ienues-
see, which avail themselves of this bill, shall also
resume in sixty days thereafter. The free banks
are required, within ninety days from the passage
of the bill TO deposit bonds Of Tennessee with the
comptroller, sufficient to make the bonds in his
hands par value, according to the New York price
OF said bonds-and on failure, to he placed in i'm
mediate liquidation. The banks are required TO
make quarterly reports to the Governor, of their
condition. The inter sl improvement committee
OF the Senate recommend in regard To railrOaus,
that no further State aid be granted, and that in
all instances where vested rights existed, pre-
vious grants should be Topped off, whereby the pro
spectiye debt of the state could be curtaiied by
veral millions.