The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-03-16

81 o stated that orders have been received to ge
Frsn.;..n Nv. wnhout delay the line-of-battie sbil
screw steam sloops Santa Teresa an Isabel Fran
my ss terro.l Tor tho purpose. 1t II
VIII :" 'he army in Cuba will amount to 8, ,0o0 men,
PORTUGAL AND CHINA.
his SAID that the Portusese government Ia pre
10 send military reinforcements to their set
thority. ~SA e
AN AMERICAN AFFAIR.
A case has occurred in Naples which has rander.
ed necessary an application to the povernmen,
rom MT owen. United States Minister. A man.
called isnazio Laurie, abou. two years 90. called
upon MS exeeiency, and put in his claims for some
bounty land Is having served on hoard an Anal.
can vessel, In 1912. As he had NO nroofr for his
IDENTITY. he was councelled to 20 on board eveyv
United States vessel which come into MORT .nd an,
oesVor TO get such proofs from some Of the Officers
aud crews. His efforts have been unavsiiino iii
me other day, when be ascertained the q. nt.;n 81
tne Susquehannah has served 10 the same xarand
10 the same ship. The captain did NOT recolIan,
him, but, from a number of questions which vere
well answered, he felt convinced of tho ,rr,h os
bis story. and gave him q certificate accord;n.,u
The certificate was placed In the hands of The
Minister. A day or two after, the wife of Ianrio
called on Mr. Owen, in great grief to say that or
husband had been arrested, as she supposed, be-
cause he had been on board the Susquehanpa His
excellency Immediately called on Signor Bianchini
the director of the police, who denied all know.
ledge of the facts, but promised inquiry Last
Friday or Saturday, therefore, an ausw er wes re-
turned to the effect that Laurie had been arrested
not by police authorities, but by order of his mill
tary superior, he being y sergeant in the vetraus
Here the case then ends, nothing explained with
the difference only. that the of the arrest is
shifted from one party to another.
SWITZERLAND
The Swiss journals announce that ouarrels hav
ing taken place during the week at NeufchsteI in
consequence of political provocation, the project
ordered the arrest OF some individuals whose con
versatiof gave reason to fear the possibility of
fresh royalist outbreak. The Civic Guard pat,
rolled the streets.
Large numbers of tourists are residing In Sebas.
topol
There was famine in the province of Malags,
Spain.
COMMERCIAL.
LIVERPOOL BREADsTUFFs MARKET, FEB. g.
The market for -four continued dull, and the turn
in favor of buyers; and the same remarks apply
equally to wheat limited business doing In
com, ut ABOUT previous rates. BONA OF the Liver
ro>l circulars cali wheat I'd. lower, Cd lower,
and -four depressed and Quotations quite nominal
The following are the quotations Cf Sfessrs Richard.
son, Spence Gov hiie wheat, 9s19s3d. (ths lar-
ter hIure In RETAIL for choice qualites) red wheat
8.Oos9d Western canal -four, z9sD3is; Baltimore
anu rhiladephis, Scs 03ls OHIO aud Causdian. Sis
S2s6d mixed CON- Sos9d yellow, SisQSis6d; white,
S5s6d Sos.
LONDON MARKETS FEB "a.
Messrs. Barring, Brothers Co, report an average
business deng In iron, without quotable change IN
prices Welsh bars 81 l5s. q IS; rails 280G8 S.;
scotch pig, not quoted Copper steady az i5a. TIN
-Common blocks selling at 1861, refined l5Is.. and
banoa 1909. Sugar quiet, but tirm-the lower qusli-
lies slightly cheaper. Coffee firm ereadstuffs
quiet white wheat 65s lDb8s; rea 6os. ash. Flour
z8s ass Rice steady Linseed Oil slightly lover;
sales Ais. Cd. on tho spot Grade turpentlae qaoted
at los Sd Oils, but without sales spirits of tur-
pentine offered at Asa Saltpetre STEADY Tsllow-
Saes of Y c. at &C.. .067s for March, and 62s Sd for
June and SIS for The last three moaths of the year
Whaiebone-A parcel sold at $50.
MANCHESTER MARKET.
Tr.de in Msnch-s quiet and prices gene
rally had undergone no change. Some of the smaller
mills had commenced working short tims.