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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-03-07
OF THE SOUTH,''-A
I lEAQC kACiC NEWSPAPER PuRLIhHEu

AT RICHMOND, VIR0INIA.-6efore the close OF
the present month, tn subscriber will issue the first
number of uewspaper which he proposes TO pub
lish in Daily and semi-weekly editions, and W hch
he intends to devote to the service of the South,
the interests OF the State and to the support of the
PRINCIPLES of the Democratic Party buI the paper
will not be exclusively political. that its columns
will only interest the politician; nor so subs-rvieut
party to spare the misco Bduct OF bad men; 10
betrsy principle for the sak OF power or to disguise
Its convictions at the suggestion of expectancy. .
shall endeavor 10 commend It to Intelligent pei
of all Glasses by diligence In the colieeton Of
news. by imfarting something OF agricultural. com
venturing outspokea and emphatic opinion oa
the topics of the day, matter what the heard OF
conflict with pre- judice OF offence TO the self ap-
pointed leaders Of party The organ OF no clique,
in the interest of no faction and with no partial
purpose TO serve the paper will address iiself To the
homes judSment of the people, and for support VIII
rely their appreciation Of energy ana enterprise
their love Of pisia talk and inde pendent opinion
There may be particular individuals to whom this
OF dlscussion 10 not be very ecoptabe, but II
| can conciliats the f,vor Of the masses may sur-
viye the opposition of ignorant interested critics
No doubt servile spirits will be shocked at my zeal
in the defence of the Som h; still have the consos-
true men n Virginia, upon whose symp psthy aud sup
poa n ay rely with absolute security And 20 be-
lieving | embark upon the enterprise with no mis-
giving ~ - the result.
.sTHE SourHr will be of an equal size with the
leading papers OF the city; and will be urnished to
subscribers at the rates. Daily seven dol
lars year. Semi Weekly 1--WE dollars yabe in a6-
rance.
Money may be sent BY msil to the address Of
ROGER A. PRYOR,
Editor and Proprietor.
Richmond, March 3, 1857. U
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CONGRESSIONAL WORK.-Congress has provided
for q mail once twice or four times month over.
land from the Mississippi to San Francisco
The officers of the late Texas navy are to re-
ceve five years pay as waiting orders Also, has
provided appropriations for the exploration and
versifi ation of the surveys for ship canal across
the Islhnus vf Darien, and the extension OF the
surveys and completion of the exploration OF Pa,
mama and Paraguay rivers; seventy one thousand
dollars for one years duty pay TO the dropped en-"
GERS under the act TO promote the efficiency OF the
ing useful inventions designed for advancing the
efficiency of the navy; 81 900 600 for the construc'
ton OF five sloops of war with screw propeliers,
and providing for the amount of pay claimed by
Gen Scott Lieut. General
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-03-07

EARTBQUAKE.-On Sunday night last at half
past 10 O'Clock a severe shock of an earthquake
was sit al Mhledgeville, Georgia. L. was severe
that it awoke many from their sleep. 1t commec
ed with prolonged rumbling sound like thuader,
bat from below-the sky cloudless-whieh inereas
ed with great force, causing a considerable vibra
ton of the earth from east to west the run bling
from the west Soon after its cessation u
severe and cold wind sprang up, the thermometer
falling In two hours 25 degrees, from 56 to 81, pro-
ducing ice in abundance.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-03-07

HEAVY DAMAGES The Cincinnati Commercial
case " hich recently occurred in that city,
where the d, ,fsrdant was ordered to pay so per
year for fifteen years for the support of child un-
lawfully left at his d DOT. A similar case occurred
sbout twelve years sgo, and created much excite
ment in the aforesaid place. This defendant hs.
been engaged to marry the plaintiff but had instead
thereof married another. when, after q tiue the
lady elected Brought suit for damages with the
celebrated Harry Loughboroush her alto nsy.-
At the tri sl much amusing testimony was ELECTED
end numerous pieces OF Prenice's love poetry resd
W hich defendant had Sc at to plantih his own
The principal evidence in favor OF the plantf was
numerous sunday walks proved to have been taken
by tine parties together. The jury returned YER
diet of S60U0 damages. when the defendant without
leaving his seat, wrote chenk follows -
Bank Of, pay Miss or bearer, six thousand
dollers, for a Sunday walk. - HAYS.
The check was paid
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GRAIN AT CHICAGO "A private letter from
Chicago informs us that the stock Of grain on
hand as follows: Wheat 500 000 bushels;
corn, 10 coo do; oats, $4,000 Corn for May or
June de livery, free on board sold t42 cents II
was not expected that the canal weud he in ope
ration much before the first of May, ard in the
meantime ipts per railroad would be retarded
by the excessive damage they have received by
freshets and storms " !. Courier
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GUIzoT AND THE PRINCESS LIEvIN.-The
Princess Lievin has if by her will lie annuity of
5000 francs 20 Nj. Guizpt This, considering lis
advanced age. 68, is very moderate legacy, aud
it is reported that the family of the Princess pro-
pose TO pay substantial capital sum instead, 50
that M. Gnizot's family my be benefited. l: is
most confidently said in some quarters that M.
Guzot was privately married to the Princess. AT
all events, his daughters well as himself have
gone into deep mourning for her. She was not
extremely rich, her whole income never having
been more than So 900 year; but out of this, al
though she kept a liberal hoase, she managed to
put by something annually.
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PATRONAGE ACCORDING TO FFELING.-The
late Moses Shepard of Baltimore who dieu worth
more than half a million, was exceedingly parsi
monious. friend who knew him well writes TO
the Post some incidents Of his life He gave the
bulk of Ii property to the foundation of an 10.
sane asylum, and not single cent to the poor old
woman who kept house for him ON starvation
board and wages
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-03-07

RAILROAD ROBBERIEs AND ARRESTS For som.
years past an extensive aud well organized baI, d
of thieves has been operating along the lines tt
Ohio AID Pennsylvania, Ohio snd Indians, and
Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroads, and heavy
losses have been sustained by these companies -
A well matured plan of ''decoy" boxes Of goods in
operst;on for some weeks back has led to the ar
rest OF - persons whose operations extended from
Alliance to Bucyrus, Ohio, and thence to For.
Wayne, Indiana. 1t is believed that the rested
persons we're implicated in the burning CT the rail
road bridges last year.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-03-07

A DISTRESSING ACCIDENT.-In Baltimore, on
Wednesday, Mr.. Saml Butter worth, the SupetiH-
tendent of the Branch Mint in New York, while
on bis way TO attend the inauguration severe
ly wounded by the accidental discharge of pis,
tol III the overcOat pocket Of bis friend and ira
Veilng companion, Isaac Y. Fowler, esq, Postmss-
ter Of New York city. The weapon went off as
MI +. was taking off his cost, and the bel enter
ing Mr.. Buttcrworh's thigh ranged upwards
Though but q flesh wound it ia said to be severe
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-03-07

THE INAUGURALS 1t is a remarkable fact th t
all the inaugural speeches of Mr. Buchanans pre-
decessors, though he is fifteenth president
of the United States, were delivered since he was
born SO young are we as a nation. Washington
delivered hi, first and only inaugural speech to the
Senate, az d id both Adams and jefferson, but ha
delivered none on his second election. Though
jefferson delivered his first inaugural in the Sc.
nate chamber, it was addressed TO his Friends
and Countrymen" Since his time the inaugural
speeches of the Presidents have been addressed to
the people, and have been deliv cred from the por
tico of the capitol.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-03-07

WHIPPING AN EDITOR The speaker of the
New Brunswick House of ASSEMBLY undertook to
horsewhp the editor of the St Johns Leader for
SINE comments upon his notes. But the editor
took the whip from him, and the Hon Spe, ker
was pinned to the wall by printer, and after
wards fined IS.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-03-07

A FAMILY POISONED Mrs. Ralston and ,hrea
children, residing few miles from Carlisle Pa
died in the course Of few days last week from
what was at first supposed to be scarlet fever:
but the physicians in attendance have since come
TO the conclusion that poison was the cause of the
deaths, and are of opinion that the water used by
the family was impregnated with some poisonous
substance
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-03-07

IMPROVEMENT OF NAvIGArION-The Board of
Trade OF Albany, New York have adopted ESQ
tuition directing that the Governor of New York be
to send special message TO the Legis-
tature asking for approp5 iation of SOD 900 to
remove the bar at Cas:leton, and to improve the
navigation of the Hudson River above the town of
Hudson; the money, if Obtained, to be repaid by
thu Federal government, when il shall make ths
next appropriation.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-03-07

MONSTER GOLD NUGGET The Sidney
Australia, Morning Herald, states that nugget
Of gold was recently found at Louisa Greek, New
South Wales, the value of which is estimated at
&2O0UO 1t weighs about five cwt but there is
very little Of gold visible the surface. This is
said to be the lar gesa nugget Of gold yet discover
ed in the world. Its discovery produced quite a
sensation
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-03-07

SLAVERY IN OnEGON.-It appears there is a
proslarery party in Oregon, and that the slavery
question will probably be submitted to the people
as distinct issue, simultaneously with the propo
sltlon tor State convention. There is hardly q
doubt, however, tnat Oregon will come into the
[ MON as free State
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-03-07

LOVES DoINGs.-A letter in the Alexandria
Gazette from Mackham station, on the Manassas
Gap railroad, says tha. Mr. Lewis Bowlen, mer-
chant near there. attempted TO blow bis brains
ont Tuesday morning. The load of the pistol
however, glanced upward, and he IL expected to
recover. Previous to committing the deed, be
wrote letter. stating that he was sctuated 10 the
commission by having been "wropged In love-
and expressing the hone that be would be urited
70 the object of his attachment in for whom
he AYERS an untiripg devotion.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-03-07

THE LATE DIR. KANE-Tu the Mass achusetts
Senate Tuesday, resolution expressing sympathy
with the friends of DR. Kane, and ordering the
STATE House flag TO be hung half ~ asst on the day
Of bis funeral, introduced and ordered to be
eogr IS d under Suspension of the rules. The
House were instructed to repor. similar resolu-
fiou.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-03-07

HANDSOME GIFr.-The Paris correspondent of
the London Atlas reports that the Emperor has
given five hundred thousand francs Isay S94 coo !
to the widow Of MIR, Charles Morey, the American
who vas shot by the sentinel in the deb btors' pr-
son at Clichy. Dr.. Chadbourre Of Concord, n
H., the father of Mrs Morey sailed for Liverpool
In the last steamer from Boston, on his way to
Paris.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-03-07

HEAVY DAMAGES AGAINST RAILROAD Cow,
PANY-We learn from the Portage (OD Sentinel
that at late term Of the Court OF Common Pleas of
Portage county, Mary Anderson, administrative Of
Wm. Anderson, recovered damages to the amount
of si 500 from the Pittsburgh and Cleveland Raj,
road Company. for tbe killing of her husband
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-03-07

esNEW YORK ASSAY OFFiCE.-The deposits of
gold at the United States Assay Office, n. York
in February, amounted to s. 1876 OO0 aud of silver
to O34DO. The gold bars stamped during the
month were of the value of 81 9l6 265 10 and the
amount ~arded TO the mint in that city for coin.
age $3.50, 800 81
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-03-07

The New TAKIFF.-rhe bill for the general re-
duction of the duty on imports passed both Houses
of Congrets, and having been signed by the Presi.
dent its provisions will 20 into Feet upon the first
dayof next July. The bill is a compromise be ween
tn Senate and the House plan 1t places ra mate
rias chemicals and dye-s.uif, upon the free list ar
reduces generally the other schedules. Wool of the
value OF ~ nts per pound and under is free The
bIi has not yee been published Ia fui bur it's prov
sons are Topr ssnted to bs substantially folio ws
Schedule A, containing brandies and ell distilled
sprus and cerdlals is reduced from l0) per cent TO
80 per cent. Schedule 3, containing fruits spices
cigars, snuff and all kinds of Wines which paid ~ per
cent dvo sd the two first, believe, are trans
ferred to the free list: while cesas suuf and win.
reduced to so per cent. Schedule C including
most manufacturers of wo lers sugars clothing and
wearing apparel. carpets, iron and iron manufsc-
lures reduced from 80 per cent to q Der sat but
soma articles in the old schedule are reduced stI
lower. Most of the articles IN schedule D. which
pad 20 per cent, are reduced to i9 per cent bat
with some no.sble xcett.ons SILKS and cottons
beached dyed colored or printed and pin ed de
LANES retained st "A per cent; bot plain bl cot
iuced to i9 per cent The last will be the
only which will create serious dies ,ts.7 Ction in New
England. Tae fiieuds of the wooen interest sttue
ged had TO retain all cotoGs at " per cent md
only gave way wGsn II was necessary TO prevent
general reduction on ala cUttons to the lower rate
schedu.s r., with ths exception of transferred
items is reduced om ~ to Is per cent th. ir cludes
blank cts compensation for free wool, 10 ltion
to the general r-dGct on on other wooden maLuf4c
lures. Schedule r, paying Is, is mostly made
Free and til remaining aric including items
transferred to this lis. fom higher schedules are re-
duc4d to II per cent Schedule u, now paying 10
per sent. Is changed in many respects in the same
way 81 schedule +, and tie remspiug articles are
rec ucod TO per cent Schedue Il is also changed
TO some extent and reduced to per cent. Schecule
ia the free list and Includes ed tion to the old
list, Spices most dIugs, chemicals and dye-stufs,
be ng very nearly report cd in the bill known as
Csmpbelfs Flee List" which fist passed the
House.
The provisions of the bill are made arplicable 70
all goods Eemsining in bond on ths frst OF Janua.
next.
The New York Elk oress, speaking of the change
remarks:
The tariff will be immediate IN its effect u,
on the treasury although it does not 10 rto ope :.
tion until July; for 1t is to be applied all COCO
RENAL ming in bond at tbs date hare will be lare
socuuu E'lon OF imports In warehouses during t. c
next three shs which would taerwiss be enter
ed for consumpti0n and thus the receipts for cus
toms be diminlthed, while tn treasury be depleted
by the lsrse payments Just authorlzed the sppre
pristion bills.
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THE DAILY DISPATCH.
saturday MorninH, Murch y ISS,

VIRGINIA POST OFFICES s-Postmaster GeneraI
Campbell orders the following establishments.
Hawks Nest, Fayette county, Va and appoi,,
James b, Hamilton, postmaster. Red Rank Ua.
iifax county, Va. and appoint +. l.. Clark post-
master. Monmouth, Rockbridge county. Va and
appoint Daniel =. Curry postmaster
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-03-07

PROBABLE SHIPWRECK AND Loss or LIFE -
A lot OF cabin fu rpiture seamen's clothing and AL
empty letter bag. marked Ly sander, came ashore
on the beach, at CohEsset Tuesday morning. 1t is
supposed that some vessel struck Harding rocks
in the late gale and foundered.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-03-07

LosG WEAR i've raised q new pair oi
boots,'' said A 10 B., putting forward one IA n
sampie-"a handsome fit, chr i bought them TO
wear ia genteei society,"" "fhey will be likely 10
l. you your lifetime then" rejoined b., "and be
worth something to your heirs"
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-03-07

The u S. frigate St Lawrence, Captain han,
sailed from Rio de Janeiro for the River fiatte on
the 18th of January.
The decrease in the receipts Of cotton ut all the
Southern ports up TO Saturday last 10 ioi ouo osies
The Increase In the stock Is IA 900 bales.
The Democratic convention of Rhode Island has
nominated Americas v. Potter for Governor, ana
j. p. Potter, for Lieut. Governor.
The u. 8. steamer Princeton sails from Norfolk
to day, for Philadelphia.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-03-07

REMEDYFoR DEcAYED TEETH.-An exchange
gives the following: Mix chalk, powdered fine,
with enough salt 10 give it decided saline taste
! Use once or twice day q tooth powder, with
no water, but applied dry, with tolerably stiff
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-03-07

WHIPPING IN SCHooi--R Ageret has been
sent before the First District Court Of New Or
leans to answer for "cowbiding with rattan, F"
Mary Ann Barnett, a fl zee coored girl, aged IL
wears. SO severely as to mark her entire back
Ageret is q schoomaster, and Mary Ann was sent
there rs a scholar by her mother.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-03-07

A COSTLY GoyERNMEST-Tha Chancellor ofthe
British Exchequer estimates the total expenditures
for carrying on the government, for the ensuing
year, at Sos, ,474 600 (or 1927, $40 O00)
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-03-07

VIRGINIA OYSTERS 1t is said that on Friday
last there was afoat at Fair Haven Conn. at least
one hundred thousand bushels of Virginia oys-
ters They were retailing, however, at % cents
per quart
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-03-07

OPPOSITION TO The "THUEDEREK "-Tbe Lon-
don Atlas says that the National Newspaper
League Co, whose object Is the publication cf a
first class daily journal to be called the Dial, have
already disposed If shares TO the amount of be-
tween SEQ 900 and $50 900
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-03-07

QUITE ADHERENCE The peach trees around
anu about Norfolk and Ports mouth were in bios
som on Monday last Cd March, and on Tuesday
toe 81, the thermometer in those cities was Is de
grees above zero
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-03-07

Z Nst EE-N7!E FsAED BsEUh VF lfNE
iNht NCf..--A pamphlet OF lC0 pages 90 n
'>lnrg much We u4b.s information, showing the
g7heiaL principles Uf Llfe lusiragce ana of ku ua!
Insurance Companies giving eLswer TO excus- s
lef oot tIsuflng. and objections TO Life Insurance.
Win ishHs II mortality snnuties, premiums & G ,
&C sn0 SO. contrasting tne benefits OF Lille Insu-
fshce with SAVING Institutions, SC NC which can
De had grstutously at the "sTATIoNER's Hall" f"
No y Fe1tlAtr=et. b. w. KNOW LIS
NH I'll
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-03-07

PAINTERS IN ALABAMA.-The Livingston
Ala, Messenger says that Mr. May killed, on sun
day, the 22d ut, panther on tie Bigby river,
which weighed one iMndred and ten pounds and
measured seven feet.
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THE DREAD OF SOMETHING AFTER DEATH
1t is stated that an unfortunate fellow ia New
York, who had resolved upon suicide, has since
given up the idea from the fear that Coroner Con-
nerv would hold an inquest upon his body.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-03-07

A COOL YASKEE.-In the height of a gale, which
lasted sixty hours, aud looking pretty dangerous,
yankee came on deck and coolly remarked that il
was luck he did not any stock in the company
which had insured the steamer"
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-03-07

RECTOR ELECTED-Rev. Mr. CbesIev. of yir
ginia, has received and accepted call from the
vestry of st Barnabas church, Queen Anne par
ish, in Prince Georges county, Md.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-03-07

LAND SALEs.-The Winchester Virginian
says: John X. Bells land, five miles north of VIM
chester, was sold publicly on Monday at $50 per
acre; John p Chauiberiin, purchaser. There are
29g acres. A track of wood land belonging to Mrs.
Jackson. adjoining A. Clevenger's, was bought in
at S74 10,
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-03-07

MUNICIPAL ELEC uON.--In the city election in
Chicago, Tuesday, Hon. Jpo. Wentworth was
elected Mayor, with the whole Of the Republican
ticket. There considerable fighting, 10 which
Geo Armour, of the firm of Munger & Armour,
and another man We're killed
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-03-07

THE MONROE Mss 1t is stated that the Senate
committee at Washington city have selected Ellab
kIngman, Esq, wel.-known newspaper corres-
ponuent at Washington, to edit the papers and
manuscripts Of Pre- sident Monroe
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The Augusta, Georgia, Constitutionalis. says
that gentleman Of that city. on Monday, made
two bets, each S25, against $500, that cotton will
sell thirty cents per pound By tie 2J;h of Decem
Lor
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HEAVY FAILUREs-H Heavy failures are reported
to have occurred ct Buffalo, New York. Il is said
that the Buffalo Car Company, Messrs. G. Hill,
Nathan Thayer, Hiram Johnston, Benjamin Dale
and Pno Allen have all suspended payment.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-03-07

LIFE SENTENCE FOR ARSON At Bangor last
week man named Curran was sentenced to the
State prison for it" for setting fire TO the barn Of
Abraham A Lewis, of OrOpO, it being connected
with dw cling house in which were . family.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-03-07

SCHOONER WRtCKED-The schooner Triumph
from Norfolk for Wareham, Mass, was wrecked
on Friday near Montauk Light. The crew were
saved but the vessel and cargo are total loss.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-03-07

"A SURPRISE The Central Presbyterian
mentions the case of a minister among the noun :
taius of Tennessee who had, on Christmas day,
surprise visit from the constable, who pre-
sented him with bills which he was unable to pay,
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-03-07

SALE OF OLIo AT the close cf the Charleston
Races on Saturday, the 7th instant, Mr.. G. Z.
COyles OLio was offered for sala aud was pur-
chased for MIR. Brennan, Of New York for So,
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-03-07

VIRGINIA GRADUATES AT the commencement
Of the New York University of Medicine, Wed
nesday, the following gentlemen from Virginia
graduated w. H. lsramblitt, J. A. Field, E. G..
GIeenleaf Dabney Herndon, l.. II. Jordan, A E.
Morton and Il NJ Savage
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-03-07

A MODEL LEGIsLATURE-Ih be Legis Iature of
Michigan, which meets only once in two years
has recently adjourned, after a session of forty
days.
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FARM SOLD.-Ihe farm belonging to Rev. Jas.
Black, lying three miles from Shepherdstown, Va
containing about $50 acres, was purchased At pri-
vate sale lew days since, by Mr.. A. Sherman, for
$50 per acre
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-03-07

OLD FEIC "A copy tf an Extra, issued from
the Gazette office, FEB. l4th 1915, announcing
the news of Peace between Great Bcitan and the
United States, was picked up KING street, Alex
andria, Va, on Wednesday last.