The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-11-23

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sscoxD NicARseuss ESrsrrIos.-Amongst the
officers who have accompanied General Walker IN
bis second descentsupon Nicaragua, we and men.
ton Of some who have honorahly distinguished
themselves on other fields.
Col. I. Henry, Of Albany, N. l.. as serEeant o.
the eth Regiment Z. S. D., carried the eoiots luto
the Telegraph fort at Cerro 6ordo, tor when
gallant action be was promoted to nrst iieu-
tenancy He served In the s,r h.at .,m n."" GA
Lient Col q. T. Tucker, of Vermont, served al
csnt.ip ~ The Mounted Rifles In the Mexican war,
was wounded there, and received honorable men,
tiop for his gallantry In several dispatches
rj.ut Cal Swingle, of Boston, commanded a
cnn,nanv in Texas and present at the battle of
san Jaciuto. In Risas he sat up foundry during
the Siege aud cast the first iron ever cast In Gen.
trial America.
Can't J. C. Fayssoux. WAS one Of LopeEs first
expeditlon 10 Cuba. When the steamer Creole
into the bay Of Cardenas TO land the hlibusters,
She grounded a short distance nom the warf.
Cant. r. quietly let himself down into the water,
with a rope In biz mouth, and swimming to the
pier climbed mp and made II fast. standing by the
knot until the steamer had been hove in near
enough 20 permit hts companions 10 land He
commanded Walkers schooner san Jose on the
Pacific. and blew up the Costa Ricsn brig-of-war
Ones Dc Abail during desperate fight at sea.
The N. o. True Delta says that Gen. Walker has
appointed s. H. Slater OF that city his minister 10
England. In the Mobile Advertiser the following
list Of freight by Walkers steamer, the Fashion, is
given:
Greytown. per steamer Fashion, so pieksxes, -
axes, gross knives and forks, 100 axe-helves, 50
spades, 90 dozen spoons, 80 hatchets, 300 pounds
nails, g yards oilcloth. silk, thread, needles and
pins, boxes, ksg medicines, 20 barrels pork, ~
barrels beef, 3f4 barrels assorted groceries, /
tierces rice. sacks coffee, barrels sugar sacks
salt, Is boxes collars. bales blankets.
FosnGs ITESs.--Ws clip the following interest
Ing items Of foreign news from the files by the
Niagara:
1t Is stated on good authority 10 Lisbsu that the
Portuguese government offered 5000 Portuguese to
the British government sud that the offer has been
declined by Lord Clarendon. the ground that
existing circumstances do not render it necessary
30 employ foreign jevies
Returns made up 10 the eth inst, show that the
subscriptions to the ludisn relief fund already
amount to above f2eo,c0o.
The ARamemnOn commenced di5chArging her
portion of the Atlantic Electric Telegraph cable,
at Davenport, on the I'd inst She had l,2S0 miles
OF the cable, OF which she discharge about IS
miles Ia every "a hours, it will therefore taks ak
weeks, working night and day. to land her portion
of the cable.
The magnificent piece OF ordnance sent as
present Ey the citizens of Boston to the peopls OF
Piedmont for the Notifications nf Alsssandria
placed on the Piazza Reale Of that town on
the 2Sth ult.
APPLICATION FOR PATENT PoR BLOODY ISvES-
TON REJHCrED.--The Commissioner Of Patents has
rejected tho application of Jno. Mcsrty for letters
patent FOR al improved "Policeman's Club" The
model ofths club IS about Il inches long ID round
and about al inch and quarter in diameter. 1t
has smooth aud polished surface, and resembles
the baton generally borne by police and other Of
f1cers It's exterior gives no indication Of Its real
character or capabilities. It's barrel Is hollow and
within it An Ingenious mechanism connected with
four longitudinal spurs or lancets' which lie con
cealed in the tuham On touching spring three
lance,s leap from their hiding places. and, through
them. by q single wrench If the weapon, NEST
fearful mutiation Is inflicted on the hand Of any
adversary who may hsve grasped it. In the tech
MICS Of street rencontres. it may then be dubbed.
ard itr lancets made to bury themselves, At will,
III the bead and body Of the victim. After other
arguments against granting patent for this club,
the Commissioner concludes by saying:
Whistler viewed as a weapon Of offence or de-
fence, II is adapted 10 the hands Of the most dsso
lutte and the most dassrdly, and evidently belongs
10 the same class the slung-shnt Of the burglar
and the brszen kuckle Of the political ruflsn.-
The national honor would BE- more furnished by
granting patent for the ono than the other.