The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-07-09


TuE L'rFsT iLLNhss OF aovxRSoE MAgcr.-Ths Al
h"Hy Arg'1 has some particulars of the brie
Illness sndtudden death OF ex Secretary Marcy. I
says:
't'o' Marey.~assspsndlng few week. At Raj,
st"n preNtnHs To- his departure with his family a.,
Europe On Friday be visiteiltitanv calling =,
hr. Corning and other friends, and stuppin9 a
Troy to SEQ his daughter Mrs Marcy was xisitin,
some friends In the West previous t. her dc parturr
ana other members "t his family were absent will
1he ilko motiye and he was comparatively sInna
tha time of deeease. He wss howerar in ann,
f"niiy excellent health and buoyant spirits II il
Only since his death that W. learn If his hayius
been conscious Of late Of palpitaton al tho heart
but the symptoms had p,st alarmed him. nor IN =.
stoned uneasnsss 10 his friends"
i"tter to tho Argus dated Ballstan. July 4,b
says:
lie had hy~n enjoying axcelient health ana
spirits until last evening when he felt somethiuo
Mt'9neh This morning he complained 0f = slight
llaih OF stitch '-sts he termed tin his back -
n'"' II o ci'rk A NJ. accompanied hy one of oul
fltiLen- he walked 10 the reskteurr of Dr l. Noor-
"nrh sahout on" quarter Of miic from the ho
tel lie did complain of serious nd 5posItnn while al
the 'ioc Tor re-idenro. and finding the physiraD
IN on being asked if carriage should III. ordered
ne reiu-'n To take ons and walkel back On arri.
wing AZ the hotel hc requested tn, ntire clerk 4,
s"hd va" doctor 10 his room: and The doctor soon
hI''ihA "as saht up to the tioYaruor r,ou hut nm
rspping. Received no answer
me doctor returned to tho h0tCl Office aud in
loi si 'h clerk. ami it was supposed that tho DO
vefhor had gone ~ visit somo frvE,ls In tn. bou.e
Tho doctor. however, after WAITING "A f,,u ,niruts
sSih went up TO his room, opened the ionr and
iouhd hlm lying on his couch with a book upon his
y. .. ."1s' nssd IL eould not have besn more than
twenty minutes from the time hs wss in tho bntsi
~ u'i,n ne "as 10 found by tho physician lie
lied probably, of disease OF the heart Not nm.
;" WAC distorted. nor any article of anpar.I or fur
n.tuie IN IN" room MAS disturbed lie had pulled
Oh MS boots and put on his slippers"
Inc several executive departments Of tho govern
mont were to DO closed yesterday ~ te.timnpy of
RESPECT to the memory of the late Secretary Of
state whose funeral took place in the city of A.,
bany, yesterday.
hAfES oE PoTFAGS By THE BREMEN ILss-We take
the following rates OF postage Ia Denmark and the
Danish Duchiss by the Bremen Line from a t,ll.
vi rortag"S recently furnished the Post Otico U.
psrtment by the Bremen office:
D'hmork @"d ShieSirtG-One half ounce latter or
uhnef, - cents; over one-halfl but not exceeding
o1' ounce ," cents over one ounce and not exceed
ihx one ounce aud half, ~ ceuts; over one ounce
ana hall and not exceeding two ounces Al over
t"oPuncrs and not exceeding two ouuces and a
hall, Sl+o; over two and q half ounces and not ex
c.t''Ing three ounces, 81 50
b"":oom ot Hoi>te'n o"d Laa,n5ug-Tho hall
ouhe. IL - cents and for office. % cent? and
ior additional woght the Postage is Increased near
" III INC ratio OF the above Danish rates
BOUND FOR SABAsropoL.-Ths Constantinople cor.
respondent OF the New York Journal of Commerce
wrote as follows on the 9TH ult:
Coi' Lane ana hr. Ltt of the "Bo.ton Relief and
submarine Company" have arrived hare On tb.ir
way to Shastopol, for tho purpose Of attemutinp
10 raise the Russian ships of war sunk ia the n, r.
Dor. They have purchased and taken possession OF
an american steamer now living in this port. called
the General knoX. Another compauv of uhicI
Mr. ho"an is the agent, lately pasetd down the
Danube on his way to Odessa, for the same uurno.e
IL II SAIL that hr. Gowsn and his a.-ocitr. spnrt
u null dress American uniform, the one ss A cole.
hei, di.u III" other IA major, with swords And
cooked hats, ami plumca, which cannot mil to iu.
press Tue huheIan braves of Sebastopul with the
ur"tatIng qualities of American republicans with
'ho odor of tho ship still strong upon them
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The best Scuptors il Paris are said TO receive, on
an average, four Thousand dollars for statue, ten
ieet nigh but tho ablest scuIptors in Italy receive
much lerS than this sun. The statues r,ccptl,
erected III Florence to the memory of the Illus
trious niou OF Tuscany, sixteen or eighteen in num-
Der, cost something over one Thousand dollar. each
-nnrt OF them executed by men who rank high. r
IN ti'iH department than Mr. Powers Ii is not pre-
tended that this sum adequately rewards thsIr tai
"htS but they accept snch cemm isrions to further
the patriotic ohJBCt~ VI their goveruIu.ut Mr.
fo"eis himself sireg guide by which to estimate
tne prro "i asIh8lo statue, in his several copies Of
the 6reck slave, which be has sold at 1900 osrh.
IHs y PkIGtfs fEgAoNf On FIkg-Durin. th,.
hrihg ot salute at the uavy-ysrd, at nuoII Oh the
lohrth, e Wad "ts blown Oh board Of ths hull Of the
nted States Frgat- Vermont. moore,i on the v,lI
" here the battery wAX planted and ,t III, hi, az,
nrr. Danrfsullivan. the gunner who was firing
th" salute. on discovering the accident, aud there
hohS no hodts nj hand. immediately stripped OF his
ci"thins' plunged overheard aud SWAIN t. thu irig-
ate lie gained the spar deck by climbing up on
the chains, and succeeded in extingui.hns the dr.
before 1t Lti gained much hea lwny suhsrIuept-
~ several boats put Of from the receiving shin
ohio, and ~ent TO the assistance of the gunnor-
Boston tour.
THE DrtcH IN JArtN.-The official Journal Of IN.
Hague, the 9Th ult contains long report to tn,
King of Holland, fram VI. Mayer, Ministnr OF Coll-
hirs. aud II. Gevrrs Minister Of Foreign AFFAIR. re-
latIve 10 JapaHeSo affairs, And his Meeety has aD-
proscd il. Annexed to tho report are tiftera arti-
clos agreed to between the Dutch and Janau.,ss
agents. which articles form part of TIA. treaty be-
tween japan and Holland concluded Oh ia, 10Th ot
January, 1850. These ARTICLES amonyst othar
things, stipulato that the Dutch shall b- .osed tn
exercise their wore1p freely, aud that they shall
no longer be SUBJ jerttd to the u l,uus custom of
under foot the Dutch image ut our S.l-
riour GU the cross. They all enact that the Dutch
to sel TO and purchase from Jap@I.se trs..rs and
also take their wives and children to the said barts
The articles further declare that tho imprtatou Of
foreign and the expectation oi Jupaucrs money
shall lie allowed; That the Japane-e government
may levy moderate import transit and export ,lu.
ties and. lastly, that the butch at hauga-aki ma
maintain free Relations with Foreigners. both on
board vessels and VI Decisa The report a,ils TINT
tn" Japunero government Las lie, lsrrd itself ready
To conclude treS,tits. With all foreiga governments
that may wish tor them.
SHOOTING AFFRAr.--At CuthL-rt Ala. on tbe Goth
nlt., shooting aifray vi very s-riou. character
occurred between VI. DuIiylass ESD and r. H. Krll
and j. T. Howard. i'll which Boil received shot In
the arm and one la the neck. Mr.. Douglass was
shot in both thighs and Ia the left arm, Mr.. How
ard escaped uDhurt. Both the wounded are duin =
we'll and no danger Is spprehendei from their
wounds The wtSpons us.d we're double barroied
shot guns. The difficulty, it s.sIas, commenced
between dr. Douglass and Mr.. BILL in which Mr.
Howard interpo-ed il hehalf OF Mr.. Bell.
PAPsR-VMLuN-A new mode Of treating Is,per
giving il the tenacity OF yeiuni, hss been discover
III by An English chemist. He has found that by Y
momentary immorrIOn OF paper ia strong suphu
ric acid, diluted with half its bulk of water and
secondly, in weak ammonia, il becomes endued
with such extraordinary tonsrity, that whereas 4
band of tn" original paper, of about sn inch 10
width, breaks under weight OF seven or eight
nearly hundred weight.
NtLUB OF THE SLtyEs NJ THE SOUTH-The New Or
leans Delta estimates the number of slaves ut the
South Mt over three-antia-hslf millions and theii
aggregate value at present prices ut fully sixteen
hundred millions OF dollars. The cotton planta
tiuns in the South il estimates at aFout eighty
Thousand, and the aggregate value vi their annual
product At the present prices of cotton. il fully
hundred ami Twenty-Five millions of dollars
There are over fifteen thousand tobacco planta
tions, and their annual products uiay DO valued al
fourteen millions OF dollars. There two thou
ssind rix hundred sugar plantations. the product.
of which average annually more than twelve mil
lions. There are i've hundred and ifty-one ric.
plantations, which yield annual revenue Of foni
millions Of dollars.
M0DkL JURY.-In the Court OF Queens Benci
for the District of Ottawa, held Mt Aylmer, Canada
short time since, the jury in murder case could
not agree, and after much discussion agreed to de
eide the prisoners fate by the tps. I'M OF ~ conner