The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-08-14

I
| DEATH OF MRS CoosBs-The wife of Gen. Leslie
combs died in Lexington. KY, on the 10th inst
.fter lingering Illness She a most estima
BILE lady.
| THE ELECTION IN KESrUCKY.-The returns from
his State complete in all essential particulars
The congressional delegation will stand eight dem
| ,crats to two Americans, as follows:
1st District Henry G. Burnett(d;) I'd, : o. Peyton
| d. gain;) :ii. ". l.. Underwood Gamer ith, A. G
talbot (dl 9Th j. H. Jewett ID y 9Th, J. NJ Elliott
d. eth. II. Marshall, tAmer;) 18th. j. b. Clay. I'd
sain;> 9th, J. c. Mason, I'd, gan 10TH J. W. Steven
| son, I'd. gain.0
Garrard the democratic candidate for State
| treasurer ia elected by majority ranging from
10000 to $1,000. In the State Senate there will b.
tie. In the lower house the democrats Will have
majority of about twenty-five.
The OLDEST MAS.-A correspondent of the st
| Louis Republican, writing from Elwood, X. T..
| .ays:
One who lives on his claim near the edge of thi
city il. perhaps the oldest man in America. lie II
| Hr. James 0Toole. He was born in the county OF
Donegal. in the north Of ireland somewhere about
the wear 1870 He an old man in the lrish re-
| bellion in 1898. when, becoming implicated with
Lord Fitzgerald he fed his country, to seek free
lom in our then young republic. Ills lie ma
| been checkered with many changes lie has beef
tossed about among various scenes ana by many
| Inverse circumstances He moved to St. Louis 81
wears ago and established the first brewery there
lie moved TO the Platte Purchase in 1898 and lived
| in buchanan county. near Bloomington, until tw
wears ago. when he came to Kansas and made
| Dreemption. and he can now walk eight or tel
| niles with to visit his friends or attend t.
his business affairs. He says his age is about on
| hundred and twenty-five years.
| ARpEsT OF WINE MISUNDERSTANDING LIE Goupi
and J. s. Joscuz ofthe firm Of lie Goupil. Joseuz
o.. wine merchants. doing business at No: 3.S
Broadway. New York have been arrested charge
~ith having feonous received quantities of goods
which had been stolen and sureptitiously obtained
from various firms in the city. Some weeks ago
it appears. one Eugene Descazrs arrested foI
winding various firms out If large amounts
goods by of forged orders and worthless
Thocks. He now makes affidavit that lie Goupil :
rosrnz employed him at this business. and have
lone go for nearly two years. The plan of opera
ton for Descazes to call upon various wine
'ther importers. hny goods of them on forged or
iers of respectable firms. on worthless check,
have the goods taken to different parts Of the cit
md there deposited on the sidewalk. Those good
would soon after, be taken up by the carman Of
lie Goupl Joseuz and conveyed to the store: tn
unfortunate sellers Of the goods finding out too lat
| that they had been swindled, but not knowing
where to look for their goods.
FROM HAYTI.-Advices from Cape Haytien an6
iionaves to the I'D, and Port Prince the 25tl
Of July, have been received The yellow fever con
tinned undated, and number Of sailors
swept away. Private hospitals had been estab-
lished at charge of one dollar per day for facl
; "u' M mar,i go uaa mn' nsao k"un I.
W. 10y o,, ,,ortd =, nt go, -,
ii ''" :" 49, I'm to.' No spo
crews during summer was recommended. Sugar
cultivation was very backward and all local trad
paralysed Coffee was depressed in price, although
the deliveries were not abundant. At Gonaives
coffee was falling and provisions plenty.
------.-
FROM MlNNESoTA-St raul dates TO the 9th state
that resolution had been offered In the Democrat
mittee to confer with the Republican branch, to
make a compromise for the submission of one con.
sttution to the people 1t was lost by three major
ity. The subject is to come up again, and will
probably be adopted.
A band of fifteen disaffected Chippewa indians
are plundering the settlers on the North St Pauls
ACCIDENTAL DEATHS Two residents of Aiken s
c., were killed lately on the railroad near Il at
place. Their names are John Taylor and William,
K. Randall. One them, Randall, fell from the
embankment, striking his head against the cross
ties. and infctng wound just behind the ear
from which the brain oozed also. fracturing hir
tracks 1t is supposed that the iron under the
cowcatcher buried itself in his skull as it passed
over him.
No.. o,,rnn =. ,T-----11 - --,
"a, "a, Az ''"A "ed ~, ilar per'i ordeied 10
been detached from the United states receiving
snip at thiiaueIphia ana LIEUT. Mctauly has beer
|
detached from the Cyane and surgeon Wheelwright
mas been ordered to relieve him surgeon Bar
'oh' -
| Mr.. Geo Smyser's barn. which was situated
| about five miles from YORK Pa together With
| part Of his stock agricultural innlements and tb
| entire result of his harvest was consumed bv fra
| on Saturday last The combustion il snnnosrd
have been caused by the heat of the bay and grain
| timated at between q 900 and ssooo '''' 40 ''
| ~
ACCIDENT on THE SourBSIpr RuIRoAn-We1sar,
! that the passenger train coming nm WednasJo,
came in contact with an OK team which happene,
W ~ De 'io.sins Tue tract near faihphns Depot
arr u, ,Hu uA1n "ett hhlit anu 'ne negro drl'ei
III, y is mp oelns ploheh ana MS BODY
N' - Ns"o"Og '"sN"O"'
FREAKS OF LIaHTSIyG-One of the watch tou.,.
of the Auhurn IN W stata nrison ,rss s,not =,
lightning during the storm IN Wnndav ef,arnaa,
was in the tower was atnnned hrt not ITndS Mn Mn
.entry's musket which stood nv tho wall insss W
the t9w.r was 6rad nfr nv 10 ht; "'' iii'uo VI
- y Wv ~
states that tL rci,t F th naie ,"l' o.. LOUIS
the seven months ending the 3lst Of JnIy va ar'
s356 III hninr an inrronss o,er thn rJS "vt'
same h''h'hs last year OF SiSo33'.
MrSo,,rors Thoso ,;,.,o -. :. .
hsan so ,hicr on I,n @ ~ IS sald. nav
10 so LIN vi Iois ls'n l""l the Workmen on
NhV p'''NtNH "Nlti N'ihS were tpUlpiicQ To Qt
work and nee to their houses. Horses and cows
that run In the field are almost killed with them.
--------
has entered into contract with the Egyptian Gov.
srnment to light Alexandria with gas, and has al,
ready commenced the construction of the works -
Inc Nile steam Navigation Company has already
three steamers running, and is expecting nine ott.
e'' i'o'n i'''''i' anu Ins''uu'
ro,n,.xo E- -, C.,
"a I
Lake shore Railroad Int acting IA a condnctor ~.
Gently. was killed ut Salem, y. T.. in ronsaonanco
Of the cars running over him.
------------