The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-07-17
Court Matters-The Southern Con-
authenticated sting Affair, &c.

PETERSBURG, July Is
The Hastings Court met to-day. but transacted
very little business Of interest The salary of Mr..
Il. g. Pegram, Attorney for the Commonwealth.
was on motion of Thos. s Gholson, Esq., seconded
by the bar unanimously, increased from $50 to
$500 some preliminary steps were taken for the
trial Of James NJ Lee, of Lotharian n0tOriety, on
the charge of felony, which will be fully enter
ed upon tomorrow.
The Grand jury made several presentments and
indictments. Vim. JOselyn now under confine-
ment for theft. by decree of the last court, was in
dicted on the charge of assault and battery-hay-
ing thrown quantity of snuff in the jailor's eyes.
one mornngn an attempt TO escape jail. true bill
was also found against Geo. Booth, for shooting
pistol at James NJ. Thayer. Elizabeth ElebeCk was
presented for keeping a house Of ill-fame. These
constitute the most important ca5os.
William Haggarty was committed to prison, this
morning. on charge of violating the market ordi-
nence by purchasing blackberries from market
men and offering them afterwards on the square at
an advanced price He will be sent out Of town
practicable, being great loafer, and an old
offender.
The appointment of delegates to the Knoxville
Convention, the authority for which was given to
the Mayor Wednesday evening, by an enthusiastic
meeting" has not yet TRANSFERRED The meeting
should have made the appointments itself But
we are unfortunately afflicted now and then with
sort of intermittent fever for slow coachoogy ana
botchwork, in our public and especially patriotic
meetings.
] would call YOUR attention to typographical
error in my letter of this morning which converts
the name of Prof n. T. LuptOn Of the Female Col
lege. into that of Prof Ianghorne.
The grand musical and literary affair at LeaVen-
worth Seminary, last night, proved remark ably
fine in its arrangement, and particularly IN H.
brilliant scenic effect Thirty young ladies' after
the close Of exercises appeared upon the rostrunl,
representing the different States OF the Union
decked out i'll magnificent array, and bearing each
brilliant silver star upon her bosom. me scene
was rendered still enchanting. now, by softly
flowing and exquisite music, and now, by the voice
Of some fair state rising from the midst OF her
sisters and repeating some eloquent passage from
history the poets, appropriate to herself on the
occasion. The evening was enjoyed by q thron8 OF
beautiful women and fine looking young men, larger
than has ever before been damned into one build
ing in Petersburg. ARIHL
D1srREsaxG.-Mr. J. T Matthias, of Tyrone city
Pa son Of the late NIr. Matthias, of Westminster
Md. hrring come to attend the funeral Of hls
father on his return home was equally panied by
thu announcement of the death Of his daughter
undor the most painful circumstances. She was
aged about four years. In play in the nurser,
with the other children. in the absence OF he
nurse. a match box was obtained in some way, and
in amusing themselves by iGnitln8 them, her
clothes caught fire, and she was so badly burned
that death ended her sufferin9s in very short
time.
SEIZURE or CRY PRoPRRrY.-Tho bad policy of lnu-
nicipa subscriptions to works Of internal improve
ment, is daily more apparent. Among other Incl
dents Of the evil almost inseparabIe from the poll
cy, the Yincennes Und) Sun presents the follow
ing:
son Friday movement was made to levy on the
Jail, courthouse square, and other
public property Of Knox county, at the suit Of the
Ohio and Mississippi Railroad Company, for the in
terest due on 100000 OF the county bonds, for
which Judgment was obtained at the last United
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to be sold the courthouse and grounds will be held
from sale till the action of the county authorities is
known. TO pay the debt, will double the present
heavy taxes"
ANOTHER ISpIAN MAssACRE-The GalPna Advel-
tiser is informed by Capt Parker who left St
Paul Saturday evening, that messenger has just
arrived from Spirit Lake bringing intelligence that
the Sioux Indians had made another attack on the
white inhabitants bordering on Spirit Lake, in
Iowa. that more whites were killed, many taken
captive. houses burned &c. The white inhabitants
and friendly Indians OF the neighbOring settlement
had started in pursuit.
HANDSOME DoyATIoN.-SyIyester Lind. Esq, Of
Chicago, has given his bonds for Sb0000 aid piuu.
Young men in preparation TO the ministry. ana
$40 900 to endow professorships in tho theological
department. An institution to be called the Lind
University" is to be located in the village called
Lake Forrest, on account of its situation Lake
Michigan and the grounds are covered by one of
the most beautiful forests 10 be found any where
i'll the western country.
SUIcIDE.-An old man about seventy years of age,
named Joseph Wolfe, IL shoemaker by trade drown
ed himself at indianapolis, on Sunday evening last
in consequence OF losing considerable sum Of mo
ney by robbery.
ANTIOCH CoLLEGE-In consequences Of pecuniary
elnbarrassment5 Antioch College, Ohio, has been
assigned to Mr. Palmer President Of the Broadway
Bank i'll New York, i'll order TO save it from sale at
auction
PROF. MTCHELL--Rev. Dr.. Mitchell, of North Car
olina. whose death on the Black Mountain has been
mentioned had a discussion, two or three wears
ago with Hon. T. L. Clinglnan with regard to the
height of "Mitchells Peak and "Clingman's Peak"
and IT was in .endeavorng to ascertain the height Of
the Peaks that the Professor lost his life.
FATAL QUAREEL.-Two men were drowned in
Whitmor" Lake, Michigan, on the 4th In compa-
ny with their wives and little girl, thew were
sailing on the lake, whom an alteration en-
sued, the mon clinched, and i'll the struggle upset
the boat, and they fought in the water until both
sank. The woman and little girl were both saved
by clinging to the boat until they were rescued.
QUICK WoRE.-A firm in Lynchburg teiegraphed
at l. NJ. on Tuesday, to their correspondents in
Baltimore, to pay acceptance due ofthe banks
Of that city that day. Wednesday, at /, p. VI. the
mail brought the draft To Lynchburg Good for the
Telegraph and quick mails.
New YORK MoRAurY-In \. York during June
there were six murders, nine garoiHgs, SIX burgla-
rios, four under the denomination of perjury and
forgery, ghteen violent assaults nineteen larCenieS
eleven Of them c0unterfeiting and .hree suicides
lnakiig total of seventysix.
HEAVY sroRM.-0n Monday evening a very severe
accompanied by hail. passed over
Massachusetts, in the vicinity of Worcester and
Springfield, doing good deal ofdamage to the crops
by water
The NAVIGATION OF THE OHIO Adyices from
Wheeling and Parkersbur8, dated Wednesday rep-
resent that the waters of the Ohio river have So
I II fallen as TO render navigation for any but the
very smallest class of boats impossible. River
treights have consequently gone up very high, or
are not taken at all.
GOING TO RoME-It is said that the Right Rev
Hughes will sail i'll the next steamer
for Rome, whittier he is called Oh business of the
church. lie Will be absent about year.
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TRIAL FOR CARRYING CONCEALED WR.poSs.-The
trial of the Hon MIR. Preston, Mr. BulIitt the De
nocratc candidate for Appellate Judge and others.
charged with carrying concealed weapons at the
late election is now in progress at Louisville, KY.
Horses FOR THE UTAH ExPEDIrIoN.-A second troop
Of horses, in charge of government agents, design
ed for service in the Utah expedition, left St Louis
on Saturday by steamboat, for Fort Leavenworth.
FILLIBUsTERs TURNED MINsTRELs.-Seyeral Of the
Nicara qua desertars had formed negro minstrel
company at San Jose, and had received permission
iom the President TO use the National theatre for
.hree performances
Andrew Findlay notorious for his connection
with the kssane case, has been sentenced TO Jail at
Cincinnati for ten days, for assaulting female.
Rev. James Gallagher, pastor of the Universalist
church at Hamilton, Ohio, died ON the 18th inst
The German Turner's of Wheeling celebrated their
ZftlnI nv
concert and ball.
Thomas Holland, custom-house officer. Of New
ork, was sentenced Tuesday TO the penitentiary
or one year, for an aggravated assault upon Tho
mas GoldstOn
DR. John 4 YoBng, for two years Secretary Of
State of Tennessee, died in Nashville last week.
clergyman was arrested in Albany on Saturday
asst in mistake, and as a supposed burglar.
Tho erection of a city gas works has been COM