The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-09-12
DAILY DISPATCH
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DAILY DISPATCH.
SATURDAY MORNING. G,..... SEPTEMBER a. 1857
SOUTHERN CONVENTION COMMITTEES President
OF the late Southern Convention held at Kpor.
vile, Tennessee, has appointed the following COM
mittees, in pursuance of resolutions adopted bv
the Convention:
j. TO present 10 Cbngrsss the subject Of The rep,ni
q TIE Fishery Bo,snties-Roger Pryor of Virginia,
"auhseI , Mhite and VIM. A. Elmore of Louisiana
J. J." Jones of Georgia.
= Toprepare and publish q call for the uert ra.,t
ing 9 ne tonreRiio,t-IIon. James Lyons of yir-
sinia, T. b. Bethea ofAlsbsma, Hon. Vi. M. Church
,' ci ., tennessee Hon W. W. Boyce Of South Caro-
lima, b. T. fancey Of Georgia.
3. To memorialize Oba0rsss ,fpop N, ren.oy of IT.
odeco as''es IN foreign ports-W " BurwelI Of yir-
GINA, Hon. James Guthrie, of Kentucky. Geperal
Ieneh Iiighman. Of Maryland, Thomas G. Rev
4. On Southern School Beoks-Tbe foIIou;ncr
names are added to the commtte raised at tbs lasf
session OF the Convention: Rt. Rev. Leonidas Polk
" Lonlssna, Charmsn of tha committee; Hon.
1ohn ferNns, Jr, of Louisiana, William GiInore
sims, LII. d., and B. r. Carroll of South C.roIipa
u N Marshall, of Mississippi
.. y" me comparative eIpeTaSe Of selling fhtton in
Z" streTot Sishsrn CNies-G. r. Elliott, of south
carolina, = Stuart Of Mississippi J. L. Jones.
OF Georgia, I. J. Prince, of Ala General Snarrnu
Of Louisiana. f''''
O. 10 slggeSt sutabt BiasineSs for the n.rt Co,p,u
t.on-David Hubbard, of Alabama; j. ~ CLAY. of
HN' AIhnnsa'' norernor Moseley. Of Florida; b. H.
Oferoy, or Georgis; J. A. Acklen, Of Louisiana. j
Slapp, OF Mississippi Romulus Saunders of North
Ssr0iina; Gen. Gideon Pillow, of Tennessee Edwin
hhfnn, of virginia. THE President Of the Con ysn
this committee u
!. On the Culture Of the Crap at The So,ab-II i
Doknm, ana Rev. J. Esperandieu, of Tennessee A.
w. sumner, OF South Carolina Dr. Cloud, of AIaha-
ma; Thomas Afex. of Mississippi
To collect Facts bearing upon IN. r,on,n,oo of ,l
African So~ Trade 10 be lres<nted al III, n,rf s,s
s,at Of The Cbnrenon-L. ". Spratt, OF Soutb Caro-
lima Hon. Thos. Clingman, of orth Carolina Hon.
Il; Ioomos OF Georgia, Hon. Vim. L. Yancey, of
Alabama, Gen. Quitnlan. of Mississippi Gov las y
Brown. of Florida Hon. John Perkins of Louisiana
Or Ramsey, Of Tennessee, Hon. Albert Rust, Of
Arkansas, DR.. Brewer, Of Montgomery county.
harJiand, Roger A. Pryor of Virginia.
BOLD ATTEMPT At KIpSArPIKG-On Tuesday nipht
last negro named Bob Stewart enticed off colo
red boy from Camp. Meeting near Haldeman's
town. ana ieading him into remote place, secured
hlm The fact WAS soon made known and Of courss
raised an excitement, and a party Immediately
started for the place designated by the informer
with view OF rescuing the boy. Upon arriving
.hsre, they found small coored boy gagged and
tied to the fence bat the man supposed to be Stsw
srs was among the missing After liboratins the
boy he could only say that he had been violently
seized by Stewart and confined where he was
ipuHi' INC party tnen returned to CamD and
spread the alarm, when q large number of people
started in pursuit of Stewart whom they found a
short time after in the vicinity Of the eamp and
without waiting for any explanation, thev immedi-
ately commenced beating him In the most shock
ing manner, until he was rescued by some of the
more law abiding portion of the camp people-P-
tersC~g, Ja.) E1press.
TIE DIBLB AMONG THs TURKs.-At the morning
session of the American Board of Foreign Mis-.
sons, Wednesday. tho speakers we're eminent re-
turned missionaries from Constantinopie and its
vicinity. They describe the Turks TO be fast swak-
rnlng to earnest inquiry concerning Christjapity
The bible is freely sold every where by Turks and
TO Turks-eyen In the yard of st. Sophias mosaue
Many have become Christians aud have been ban
tlsed, and some OF them are preaching the gospel
The Bulgarlans are also earnestly inviting mis-
sonaries to come among them. The Koords are
also gladly hearing the gospel In every direction
there is call for direct missionary lsbor and
many OF the native churches open to the mis-
sonares for preaching. The work among tine Ar
nienians has reached its highest point Of demand
SCIENTIFIC ExPEKIIKsrs.-The Toulonnais gives
an account Of some experiments made from on
board the Eylau neofbattle-Bhip, in that port Of
q newly y-invented submarine lamp. 1t was at first
lowered into tho water to the depth of a dozen
feet, and the light it gave allowed the copper
rvets aud seams of the vessel to be clearly seen
TIE lamp WAS afterwards lowered 70 the depth Of
twenty four feet, and continued burning the whole
time OF the experiment, which lasted for two
hours and half.
DIsisrRoUs FIRE AT CHIcAGo-On Sunday morn
ing last a FIRE broke out in the extensive tannery
of c. r. Grey, on Halstead street Chicago which
with nearly all the valuable stock contained there
in, was entirely consumed. There were 100000
worth of stock Ia the tsnnsry. Mr.. Grey estimates
his loss, beyond the amount he ID insured at about
$4,000. He was insured for $1,000 The Are is
supposed to have originated from friction Of the
machinery.
MOLA.sKs PROM INDIAN CoRN.-A Mr.. Geo s Kint
ri, of Exeter, Berks county. Pa. has according TO
tho Reading Gazette succeeded in procuring an ex-
cellent quality of mOlasses from the common In
dian corn. He took eight corn stalks cut off at
the root and at the ear, crushed them in a cider
mill, and pressed the juice out with his hands
quart Of sap Was thus obtained. which after boil
ing thirty minutes, yielded one pint of beautiful
syrup.
Coax IN VEGISTA.--we don't believe that such
luxuriant growth of corn has been seen on earth
since the days Of Cain. the king of farmers, now
can be seen in the valley of the RsppahannOck-
In travelling this stream as far as the eye can
reach on each side, We see thousands on thousands
of acres teeming with corn, so favshingly e1tray-
agant in its growth and yield to induce tho be-
lief that every farmer will have to pull down his
barns and build greater.-FfedeTtcks6u Recor-
der.
AMERICAN VESSELS AT CALLAo.-Tho Calao cor
respondent of the Panama Herald states that, dur
ing the year ending July l, 1857, no loss than 800
American vessels, with an aggregate tonnage Of
5000 tons, had arrived at Calao, during which Pc
riod the st. Mary's and John Adams visited the
port for very short time. The permission given
some time ago to vessel, loading at the Chinchas
TO sail direct has been repealed, and ships, after
loadDg have now to return to Callao for clearance.
LAND SALEs.-The Petersburg (ya.) Democrat, of
yesterday, notices the following sales of farms:
The tavern farm ut Prince George Court House,
sold yesterday, by Thomas Daniel. ESQ. tius-
tee, for s6,140, gentleman named Morgan being
the purchaser At the Same time "Ncodland,' the
property of Mrs AgncF b, Bcckwith, wns sold fer
little S2S00, to Col. Harrison. Finally. the
property on the Norfolk Railroad, about five miles
from town. which was sold in vIrtcn Of trust deed
If Mr. Berthier Bott, Yves bouCht by Mr.. Thos. Il.
Worshnn, for $2,s0o.
Az FpGARTowy CAPTAIN CHARGED WITH SvrG-
GLSG.-In the U. s. Commissioners Court, at Pro
riaHDcn on Saturday last,lchabod Norton, Of Edgar
town. Mass. captain Of tho Uhalcship ocean, Of
Warren, was held to bail IN 5000 for trial at the
Circuit Court on n charge of landing goods clan
destrely. with design 70 evade tho retcnne laws.
The ynsscl was seized a libel for tho same of
fchrp.
srR,vaERs- IN NEw YoRK-Pcrhap, thcrc rcrcr
vas n time, awe for day or tVo-.one fdfe day
when strnngets were In the city than inst now.
The railroad. and steamboats, come in with loads
nd loads. Tho hotels seem to be doing n tip-top
business. At the Opera" last night. threefcrrths
of tho audience probably were strangers, and yet
the house WAS an immense one 1t was not New
York toilettes that were hut toiletes from all
parts Of the United States.-N. ]. Express.
DUEL NEAR YIcKsBURG-A duel tTok place oppo-
site flCksburg, niss, tho Sd inst. between :. s.
Calhoun and E. J. Bowers, both Of Canton, Miss
Calhoun was shot through the left leg. just above
the knee. while Bowers escaped with shot through
the leg of his pautaloons The weapons were rifles,
distance 80 yards. and only one round fired. The
duel from ball room diHcuitV,
MASSACHUSETTS PoLITICs--The National Ameri
cans of Massachusetts have nominated Gov. Gard
ner for reelection. The strrightout Republicans
now refuse 60 support Hon. n. r. Banks for Cover
nor, and have 'called a convention"
O. n.- GrIn Rrrx A II IL I.ft..