The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-02-09
THE DAILY DISPATCH.
:, ..dsy Msraiss, Fes rsar, =, 1881:

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Tuy SUGAR CRor OF CuBA.-The Comnerc"i
Cir ,ul,r Of Burnham & O., Havana, dated jaw.
.v o3i. contains some speculations on the sue..
Gran Of tia. island from which We extract the for
owing:
rhs sunnliss Of new sugar are a. yet qnite re'
,ricted Is efjndiug has not progressed 20 favofs-
hlv n Vas anticipated. The sales are almost en-
tirely for Spain. 'f the bsner aaa".ss ~ nsn ns
i. aore,e ysljows l3l to II ria good and hne II
a. Ia IA bro sus II to rs Cucurucho 10 to 10y
ria There IL no settled price for mnscovado yet;
some of fne quality was SOLD ~ III rs. En'ire
crops were contracted At to .! rlz., and 10 ris
- refnsed for crops Of superior quality.
THE crop If sugsr 10 The Island lss, year fell
.bort as was anticipated, from the quantity pro-
dnced in 1855 the decrease being equal to about
INOOoo boxes The whole amount of exports
make. the equivalent Of a, SIS go boxes against
| a25 600 boxes in 1855 We may reckon the q1sn-
tity delayed as u~arly ll00 0c0 boxes, and OF
muscovado about 80 600 h ,esheads. SO that
there il Al increase Of 30 600 hogsheads Of which
more was produced, than at any previous peroid
while the decrease in boxes il nearly 900 600.
The United States received from the various
ports In the island larger quantity than ever
owing 10 the short supply of their home crops -
The exports to that country of cayed and Dusco'
vado. chiefly the latter. were equal 10 9l0Coo box
es, against SEQ 200 boxes In 1854.
The growing crop gave the promise OF large
production, but iatterly complaints have oeeb
heard from all quarters of the injury the cane naa
received, not oniy fran the hurricane whch occur
red some time fince, but also from too great pre-
valepce Of drought, and extremely cold weatnel,
almost amounting 10 frost The effect OF wnich 10 ~
dry up the cane and diminish its yie'd winch on on
some estates is showing reduction OF - 10 ~
per cent az compared with former corresponding
periods 1t is therefore no! likely that the proouc
lion will be abundant. II seems reasonaDe 70 ex'
pect that prices will rule high during the en-
suiug season
A FRrNca MARRIAGE The Paris Steele con.
tains the following :-"On the Goth of December
last a town in the north of France was quite en-
f1e on accou Mt Of the marriage Of Mde Eugene
D. the only daughter Of q manufacturer Of
the neighborhood, with NJ. Charles ", the son
ofa wealthy merchant Of Paris The marriage
WAS one Of prudence and arrangement rather
than of love All the questions Of interest had
been carefully attended to, but the point Of mutual
inclination was totally neglected. Every one
seemed gay and happy except the bride Howev-
err the ceremony took place. and q wedding BAN
auet followed, the whole being terminated by q
splendid ball The festivities were dra wing to .
close, when servant informed the bridegroom that
a gentleman desired to speak with him on . very
urgent affair. The bridegroom went out but did
not return for the rest of the evening. The guests
one by one retired but the husband still remained
absent. and at last, long after midnight the bride
Withdrew to her chamber. There she At once dis
covered the cause Oh ucT uusDAuu . 2DSeDCe IOr on
table by her bedside she found small parcel, and
the following note from her husband Madame
II had no right in marrying you, to expect q
sincere affec lion, since we're but little acauan
ted with each other, however, looked for heart
which had never throbbed for another and which
/ might by assiduity and tenderness in the end
make my own. But long series of letters from
YOU to another man have just been placed in my
hands-'eters, which prove that II you give me
your ha~d, your aft .ction has been given 10
other. cannot, madame, acceptsuch arrange
meut and as am unable to reud assunder the
bonds which have joined us few hours since, 1
am determined to protest at least by my absence
against the union which Ihave contracted; and the
first day Of your marriage shall be the first also Of
q widowbood which will only terminate by the
death of one of u. Adieu. madame, for ever ~
The next morning the house of the rich manufac
turer plunged into CONSERVATION, for the bride
was found dead In her room from the fumes of
lighted charcoal On The table lay the parcel of
letters transmitted by her husband, and near them
the followining ote:-' Monsieur,-It is 1 who am
in the wrong, and it is l. therefore, who ought to
offer reparation. l give you the only one that Is
In my power-I restore to you your liberty, and
expire iOporipg your pardon"
A MELANCHOLY Scene Yesterday evening,
about dusk, whist officer Stevens was passing
along near Ashland Square, he saw q woman,
seemingly about 30 years of age, was greatly in
toxicated and was accompanied by two little girls
her daughters, sged respectively and years
The drunken antics of the mother greatly distress
sed the children who cried bitterly, whilst a gang
of exceedingly i'll behaved boys, whose parents
should have taught them better, added to the sor-
Towful character Of the scene by tea sing the un
happy woman. Mr.. Stevens, feeling an inter
est for the poor children, conducted the parties to
the central police station, where the children were
well fed, and the mother furnished re- sting place
Az for the children they are remarkably intelli-
she has just arrived in the city from Winchester
Va that she has husband working at Canton
and was hunting for him at the above place. which
is two miles distant and in another direction
cit. Sun.
TERRIFIC DE.CEhT AN accident occurred on
Tuesf az morning, the II mi grade on the Bsi,
and Ohio Railroad, which forum ateIy resulted
in no loss Of life and but abb y 200 destruction Of
mashiney IL will render lis partici pants marked
msn whis They live, an tn. list of lucky ones
heavy frs ieht train and disabled locomotive, one
of the ost valuable the road were de,cendips
the grade unoer he rnt.o Of large came" engine
VIII n one OF the dTiyirg wheels of the camel was
broken snd n w the tIsek passing nearly 60 feet
down the almost precpitous sid, of tho mountain,
about Is inches in dism-ter. The tender dashed
10 atoms, but TO relate, the locomotive with
Its three occupants escaped entirety uniujurei TIE
track was broken al The point Of the accid mt, but
the disc bled engine and a but tho hin ternost sr
in the train jumped the b oxen rail- and remained on
the tiack sim larry fortunate accident, we trow,
never occurred on = rairt al
Hheeing TIA Argus tm
OCEAN MAIL CONTRACTS The Committee on
Post Office affairs ia the House, have resolved upon
reporting q bill granting the contracts for Ocean
Mail Service, TO the 10 west bidders Also IN favor
of the purchase by the Government of the Collins
steamers Ardiatic, Baltic and Atlantic at a
at fair valuaton--the steamers hereaf er
to be considered belonging TO the United
States Navy. The result of the above measure is
quite doubtful. unless the Ways and Means Com.
mi tee hould tack it 10 the general Approximation
blu, in which case it is possible tina, it would be
adopted.
DEPLoRABLE RAILWAY ACCIDENT About 6
+ M last Sunday, the up freight train which was
due at Berlin, on Saturday, ran over two cutters,
containing, in all, five persons. causing the death
OF Mary Meyer, and severely injuiing three OH
ers, viz: Esther Meyer, thigh broken, Moses
Meyer skull fractured and not expected to live
and Benjamin Bowman, badly bruis sd about the
head, shoulder bone broken and hand badly hurt
IorOI 20 Ltader.
FRAUD OF FLOUR DEALERS "A correspondent
OF the Boston, Mass Herald says: "A few days
since bought barrel of -four, and to satisfy
mys'f that it weighed 1876 pounds. thought I
would weigh 1t, and 1t fell short 25 pounds. Last
tall / bought barrel OF -four ana in the middle