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

DISSOLUTION OF COMPREHENSIVE
1.-The co-paI tnership heretofore doing business un-
der the style of z. STRAUSS BROTHER, is this
1'' "-''''''N y D' '' PHILIP STRAUSS,
JOSEPH STRAUSS.
Richmond, Aug. goth, 1857.
With reference to the above notice, the subscriber
respectfully informs his friends and customers that
he will in future conduct the business on his own
account, at the old stand on Nam street, No a. and
+olicts continu lnce Of public support. He will at
DRY GOODS and FANCY ARTICLES. which he
Sc 3NSt& ~ JOSEPH STRAUSS.
dissolution OF COMPREHENSIVE
~ The concern, heretofore doing business under
the style Of JAMES McEWEN 4 Co. is this day
dissolved BY mutual CONSENT All debts owing to the
MEwe all debts due b tn.
JAMES McEwEN,
CHAS. MCEWEN.
Richmond. Aug slst. 1857.
With reference to the above notice, the subscriber
respectfully informs his friends and customers that
he will in futsre conduct the business his own
count at the old stand Sixth street, and solicits
lie will at all tunes keep on hand well selected
stock of FAMILY GROCERIES AND LIQUORS,
which he will sell on the best terms, for CASH
Richmond. sept.l, 1857. sel-6t
NEW COMPREHENSIVE.
MITCHELL, JOPLIN Il CO.,
LAPORTERSAND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
WINES LIQUORS AND SEGAR&
Pearl street, South Of Cary, Richmond, Va.
The subscribers having associated themselves I'M
der the above style ana irm beg leave call atten
ton to their large and well selected stock which
has been purchased under favorable circumstances
for cash. To cash. prompt six months buyers
they offer extensive stock, consisting of every
rety Of goods usually kept in their line, and feel
assured that they are able to give advantages equal
TO any house in the country. Orders promptly and
carefully attended. to $. 2. MITCHELL,
J. u. JOPLIN,
au 24-4m c. q. FERGUSON.
nISSOLUTION.-T firm of ITALIA
~ FERR0 4 BRO. is dissolved by reason of the
Heath of the senior partner. Hay I. Taliaferrs.
The liabilities of the firm assumed by the sub
scriber, to whom all persons indebted will please
make payment. Il. s. TALIAFERRO,
Surviving Partner.
C0-PARTNERSHIP.- undersigned
" have formed a CO-PARTNERSHIP, under the
drm of TALIAFERR0 REID, for continuing the
MILLING business heretofore conducted by the late
irm OF TALIAFERR0 BRO, and also for connect
ing with the manufacture of Flour the transaction OF
4 GENERAL COMMISSION BUSINESS. They TO
,pectfully solicit share Of public favor.
II. S. TALIAFERRO
jy 22-2m GEORGE @, REID.
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from Hamburg, In the Rorsen zi..n - p ie..et
saysi III seems that England is aLoat 10 snIi.,
foreign legion for the East Indies. and that :.
ths case dnring the Russian the Isls OF He,igo
land VIII be used as q recruiting station . "''s"
cora are selling In Alexandria Va, at 90 cts. psr
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-09-07
THE WHITE ROSE HAS FADED.

ERANGIPANNI-An Eternal Perfume,
l. from the Holy City; Frangipanni Extract; Fran
gipanni Pomade; Frangipanni Sachet; Frangpanni
Toilet Water; Frangipanni Cream. for the complex,
ion-together with fresh and genuine assortment
Of French, English and American Perfumery and
Toilet Articles. For sale by
GEO. DOwDEN, Druggist and Chemist,
9th and BROAD ar
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! GREAT NORTHERN

Ts Washington, so
Ts Bsltimors, 90
To philadelphia, 80
The track Of the Railroad between RichnCad and
the Potomac River is Kew undergoing relay. more
than twothirds Of it being already completed with
edge rail Of superior quality, while tho remainder q
in admirable condition. b. HUTH,
Superistendent Of Transrortaln.
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Richmond, Aug. Slst, 1857.

nISSOLUTION.-Th firm Of ITALIA
~ FERRo l. BRO. is dissolved by reason of the
Heath of tho senior partner. Hay I. Taliaferrs.
The liabilities of the firm are assumed by the sub
scriber, to whom all persons indebted will please
make payment. Il. s. TALIAFERRO,
Surviving Partner
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1857-06-27

are to be appointed Twill answer that question: for
nave no doubt It Is fairly asked and in fair spirit The
voice, cit certainly isl 800 s.
will say then to you gentlemen that if they do not
appoint fair and impartial mode by which the majority
of the actual bonade resident settlers of Kansas shall
vote through the instrumentay of impartial judges
will join You all in lawful opposition their doings and
the President and Congress will reject their constitution
La voice ..Will the convention appoint impartial
judges ri 1t is their duty to do So "A voice. will
they do so?'] Gentlemen, I am not the convention
but do not doubt they will give you impartial judges
voice, 81 will ask the Governor if there is any one
who will be allowed to vote for this convention
those registered As regards the past have got no
power to recall it. The past is rrevocable. even BY
Almighty power and profess have very little power
much less such power that Over the past have no
CONTROL but over the future have; and saw to YOU
that unless full and fair opportunity given to the
whole peepe of Kansas decide for themselves what
shall be their form of government, including the great
sectional question which has so long divided you-unless
repeat they grant you such opportunity have one
power OF which no man or set of can deprive me-
and to which shall unhesitatngly resort and that is
to JOIN you in lawful opposition to their acts Cries
"Good, good, and loud applause, during which the
Governor withdrew.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1857-06-27

which even now make it desirable, in the estima-
ton of The South, that theopinion ofJudge DANIEL
should be especially honored and "published at
length in the Southern press with only this diff
ference, if we are to believe our Richmond friend,
that the Northern press published only the opin-
ions of Justices MCLEAN and CURTIS at time
when these alone were accessible to the public,
while The South now proposes to initiate their one
sided conduct at time when the opinions of both
the minority and majority are equally placed at its
command, and of which the joint publication, as
being necessary for the due information of South
ern readers, one would expect to find practically
acknowledged at least by journal which complains
of similar conduct as exemplfed by Northern
newspapers.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1857-06-27

but laid the foundation for the reorganization Of society
and the re establishment Of authority in the Republic
ITSELF The existing Government is of bastard origin
and threatens each moment to fall foreign nations look
upon it with contempt, and the Mexican people have
only the alternative to attempt their deyerance from
power which they hate lament in silence the horrible
and disastrous disorganization of society
The old cheftan's sympahies the so-called Spanish
Mexican question also sufficiently manifest After
general review of the existing foreign relations of the
Republic, which he considers very unsatisfactory, and
brief allusion to the threatened war with the mother
country, he continues:
" Towards Spain we not only sustain relations of
flial nature, but have the religion, the
language, the and customs, had almost
said the desires The misfortunes of Mexico
not be matter of indifference Spain; there in
deed thousand reasons for friendship and alliance
rather between the two nations The future prosperity
Of both people indeed depends upon their union to-day
unfortunately interrupted, inasmuch Mexico and
Spain alike have common enemy that stands ready to
drive race from the land of Iurbde and take its
most brilliant jewel from the crown of CASTLE"
The spirit of the manifesto though ably written, is
somewhat petulant, and frequently unworthy Of
so great and fortune 1t abounds nevertheless in
many soulstirring appeals, and concludes with these
words: "citinens the. hour to save our country has
arrived =.
letter from Gnaymas states that sixteen more fill
busters have been captured and shot Caborca They
had arrived there with wagon of provisions &c. for
Crabb's party This accounts for a paragraph in the
San Francisco papers, which states that letter had
been received from member Of this party day later
than that which the execution Of Crabb and his fol-
lowers took place. and of which event the writer APP
peared to have no knowledge.
In view of the Spanish difficulty the works of defence
at Vera Cruz Tampco and other parts of the Republic
proceed with activity Among other movements of troops
5000 men have recently been cautioned at Jaapa, says
the Progreso to be at transferred Vera Cruz in
of necessity is stated by the Eco National that
in of war with Spain the President will put himself
at the head of the Mexican army Other papers record
evidences of the greatest enthusiasm defence of the
soil throughout the Republic The National Guards of
Cordoya and Tlaipam in offering their services CO.
monfor beg, great favor to be permitted march
as an advanced guard against the enemies of their
try Other equally patriotic and chvarc offers services
constantly being made Certain Spanish citizens in
Mexico having expressed apprehensons their
ment in case of with Spain, the Extraordinary,
doubtless by authority counsels them dismiss their
fears If they take part in the quarrel the laws of
Mexico well the generous feelings of the people
will protect them.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1857-06-27
ARCTIC EXPERIENCE IN LAKE SUPERIOR.
FROM THE CHICAGO PRESS OF JUNE IS.

FROM THE CHICAGO PRESS OF JUNE To-
The steamer Lady Elgin Capt. Tompkins, left this
port the 4th instant for Lake Superior with fine
poets of the usual concomitants of summer voyage.
As the noble steamer ploughed her way through the
bright flashing of Lake Michigan and through
the Straits into Lake Huron the passengers here and
there catching glimpse of the deep green foliage the
wooded shores, thought he veyaging to the
Arctic regions but so it was
Arrived White Fish Bay cherries expanse of ice
stretched away apparently from shore shore there
being only channel the south shore some
ninety feet in width. Through this the boat threaded
her way past the Pictured Rocks, and thence on to
Grand Island from which point the lake was clear to
Superior We should say here that the harbor of Mar
quete blocked up by ice that an entrance could
not be effected.
The Lady Elgn left Superior on the 1lth on her re-
turn voyage and again encountered ice Grand Island
An effort made to work of il through the old open
channel but the boat had proceeded far before it was
found that the thick pack had so drfted down as COM
pleey to close it, and thus preclude further progress
some places lay in masses of twenty thirty
in thickness, strongly reminding the beholders of the
Arctic scenes SO graphically described by Dr. Kane
The boat accordingly put back TO Grand Island where
she lay two days. Capt Tompkins meantime reconnoi-
tering In boat to find outlet By taking more
northery course the thicker ice along the shore was
avoided but even then the steamer made her way with
dhcuty being compelled in some instances to retreat
and them putting full bead of steam to force
passage But the boat Was .stanch and all obstacles
were surmounted without serious harm to her or in
convenience to crew passengers beyond the
~ delay.
The Lady Elgin reached her dock yesterday morning
having accomplished voyage that will be memorable in
the navigation of the lakes Huge fields of ice almestn
the middle of june, and which viii not probably have
before the middle Of july may not agsn
obstruct the navigation of Lake Superior at the
season for the century
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1857-06-27

Two inconsiderate young girls in Patterson ~ were
Monday convicted and fined for sng aowers
from cemetery Much pains had been taken BY mother
the grave of her and iust - the bowers
were blooming most beautifully they were 81 taken sway.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1857-06-27

y IL
that your socalled Legislature chosen by small num-
Der of votes propose next week laws to be
forced in Kansas This miserable minority constituting
not oneenh OF the present people of Kansas propose
in absolute defiance Of the acts Of Congress- and open
rebellion, mark ysu, gentlemen, only against the
Territorial laws but against the laws and Government
of the United States to assemble here and representing
LIB people, impose this constitution by force upon the
people of Kansas by the enactment of laws. voice.
Where are those 10 900 voters that not the
cord y Some Inadvertently omitted, many who would
not register and thousands who have arrived since the
say to you that Of comparatively little consequence
if the constitution be submitted to the whole people,
may suit the purposes Of faction to ask such questions
by those who refused to register but the substantive
fact is that the constitution be of force effect
unless 1t is submitted to the vote of the peoples and
so submitted it is for them to declare whether they
Will adopt it not But here is body of men acting
in defiance of the laws of Congress and open rebellion
against the Government of the United States represent
ng according to their statement less than one
tenth OF the people of Kansas, who forward and
say that the people next fall shall decide this ques-
tion That neither you nor l. any of our fellow
citizens elsewhere throughout the Territory shall have
the right to determine whether shall accept the
constitution reject it! ss 5000 sgEesa iss g
uentiemen come here for purposes Of peace and pa
cincaton come here to inaugurae the rule OF law, OF
Justice and Of the whole people of Kansas by giving
.nem all an opportunity Of adopting their own consu
ton, instead of allowing handful of 1871 men to
thrust constitution on them by adopting code of
aWs-for am told that they have actually a code OF
laws prepared by their various committees cut and dry
70 put IN operation they meet, binding the
whole people of the Territory and deprvng them Of the
right 70 decide their form Of government and to
ADOPT their own constitution. .6ssss ;..s. Il 9.
Nov, then repeat that come here for the purpose
OF restoring and perpetuatng peace; but tell you can
ody mat ny Instructions and my oath or ONCE require
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1857-08-03
NATURE. SCIENCE .na ne Laa,s,

If the ladies have not NIL the rights they
claim, they certainly enjoy extraordinary
privileges. For them the most beauti al ans.
fragile gifts OF nature are converted into per-
petual Injuries. by tho aid OF re.encc and OF
art. For them the South produces its low-
srs Of inetfabie sweetness, and chemistry gal
lantly extracts the fragrance and presents IL
in AN available form for the dressing nom,
and the boudoir. Par s90mpls. here we have
before us bottle Of that Florida w ster, with
out which the appliances Of no lady's toilet
III Spanish America, are considered complete.
And our own beauties, IL would seem. have
taken their cue from their Southern sisters,
for everywhere MURRAY a. LANNAN's Florida
Water is becoming the fashionable perfume
Of the age. Eau de Cologne has had its day
in this country, and now, it would seem, tins
newer perfume, distilled from the richly
scented blossoms and plants or Florida, is to
take its place. This Is as it should be. A
product of o own land. equal or superior
20 any exotic rival, ought to receives prefer
ence ip the American market. Germany has
no flowers that can match IL fragrance with
these Of the ''sweet South" and all that
science could do to concentrate and sternalze
that fragrance has been accomplished ia this
home manufactured luxury. We have test
ed the durability of this perfume o. COM
pared with that Of the Eau de Cologne, and
ind that the advantage as on the side Of the
native product Tastes vary. but zoe prefer
the odor of MURRAY & LANxAN's FLORIDA
WATER to that of the Prussian article and
ladies inform US that 1t has all the reviving
and restorative properties attributed to the
latter. Under such circumstances, its popu-
larity is quite natural, and who knows but il
| may one day be sold as leading perfume in
Europe, just as the Maria Farsaa was sold
in this country as the only valuable toile,
water. prior to the introduction of this de-
| Journal" V -s-
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@The English papers are proverbisl
for their ignorance and stupidity in rels-
ton to affairs in this country. A late
London paper announces that "monu-
ment has been erected, to the memory Of
Henry Clay at Lexington, the site Of the
6rst revolutionary battle."y The London
Morning Chronicle in endeavoring to give
its readers an account Of the New York
police diflcolsies, makes City blundsrs
in . single column.
The Preach papers are equal in thi,
respect to their neighbors across the
Channel. A Partisan Journal r,probates
the bad taste Of Americans in setting uF
statues Of Monsieur Daniel Webster
whose only claim to celebrity was biz
murder Of t doaeur Parkman, in . pro
fessional imbroglio. es %
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CO Our readers will rcmem Der that
We noticed some time since tn at = young
girl sixteen years of age living in Troy.
Michigan, had been made the victim of
the lust of her own grandfather. We
would not refer to the revolving crime
again, but to state that the hoary sinner
will meet with the punishment his crime
deserves, as the girl who had been Sc
creted by her grandfather, has been found
and will testify against him at the next
term of the Court. The man. whose name
Is Daniels is wealthy and had hitherto
borne an unsullied reputation.
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@ Capt. Psttsn, whose noble little
wife has gained so much fame for nayi
eating her husbands ship from Cape Horn
80 San Francisco, after he was disabled
by sickness. died last week in Boston.
after lingering and painful illness oil
two years. His wife never left him. and
would not yield the charge Of him, for an
hour from the time be was taken i'll a;
Zee, till few days before his death, when
his reason departed. and hs became sn-
-tirely unmanageable by hsr. ~.
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Trans. Atlantic Communicaaon.

I1 HALIFAX, Aug. Ist, P. n.
Private advices from England state that
the home government have guaranteed $4,000
Der annum in addition to the e70o0 given by
The Province to aid in the establishment of
direct steam communication between Eng
land and st. Johns. srrt.t
1t 10 contemplated to run a steamer every
fortnight by arrangement with the North
Atlantic Steamship Co., thus giving with the
addition of the Cunard steamers . mail from
Liverpool every week.
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Profits OF DR.. Kane's First and his Second
q Narrative. M T'I'I a,

Msssrs. Childs q Peterson, the Philadel-
phia publishers of DIR. Kane's last book of
Arctic explorations. have, "a we have before
stated. paid the family of the deceased explo-
rer 100000, or one dollar copy, a. his share
of the profits of the publication. 1t is little
Singular, and no. at ali in keeping with DIR.
Kane's sanguine temperament, that during
the printing OF the work. he was troubled at
the profuseness Of the illustrations and the
costumes which his publishers had adopted |:
and so apprehens;ve was he Of loss, that he
offered to sell them his entire interest for S5,-
PsSpO.on ,ney nndsS the
limited profits Of the published narrative of
his first Arctic explorations, which. as We are
told. did not exceed e7O0. II appears that i'm
preparing his later work, he had nHderrated
the vast increase of his reputationI and the
extent Of public interest in his exploits
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1857-08-03

the orbit Of the comet recently discovered by
Berlin astronomer. 1t appears to be APP
preaching the earth so rapidly that it win
soon present a fine object to she naked eye.
At present it Is believed that it is not Charles
the Fif.h's comet, Of which there has been 50
much talk, and destined to come in collision
with the earth on the 18th OF last month.
Its position is in the constellation Perseus.
The comet wonderers can now start fresh
excitement.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1857-08-03

A School TEACHER MURDERRp-A
correspondent Of the Chicago press states
that on the Sd ult a ,schoolmastsr nam.
cd Moore, living in one Of the back coun
ties Of Texas, was attacked and murder.
ed by Jesse Howard and his four sons,
for chastising Howard's boy, about twelve
years of age. The schoolmastsr was
literally cut to pieces. The Towards
were admitted to bail. 1
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CORPORATION NOTICE.

ORDERED, That the owners Of lots Nos. lFa ard
- 100, in the Donation Enlargement of the city OF
Evansville cause the sidewalk OF said lot 81 street,
extending from the alley adjoining the Court House 10
the Corner I'd Sycamore street to be brought to
proper grade and 70 he relad with good brick pave
ment Of proper width, and good stone curling. Also
I'd Laid with stone of the proper 1idh cor
responding with the gutter along the Cout House
dsys after the publication Of this notice; and In default
thereof the Street CON- Is instructed % perform sad
win he sssess 10 and collected by sale Of said Lots,
30 much thereof as will satisfy said lien and costs By
rider OF Council. WELL. II. WALKER, CLERK.
Volksbote copy jy2S-sod.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1857-08-03

OF Mr.. Moran, the new President
of the New York and Erie Road. has
been the agent of German and European
capitalists for investing their funds in
American securities, and it is probably
his influence with European money bags,
that has secured him the salary oil
-$25, 900 per annum. He has been in nc
ihusinsss to qualify him By experience
for the post.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1857-08-03
The Wagon Road Observation-Disclosures.
,tFstt IT, ST. Paula, 29thsJuly. 5.

Col. Noble, Superintendent of the wagon
road to the South Pass, is now in this city.
The expedition is at present suspended. They
are encamped west Of the big Sioux. having
broken mp on the 18th on account Of their
further progress being violently opposed BY
the Yanktoes Indians, 50 miles west o. Fort
Rideely. The objection is raised by the Yank-
toes was against Col. Noble crossing their
country. a.s.g .-b..is
Col. Nobl.. before leaving the Indians. APP
pointed the goth Of August, to hold council
FOR the purpose OF treating for the right OF
way across the country. Should negotiation
fail it 10 his intention to proceed with the
duties assigned him despite Of their HOSTILE
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1857-08-03

TIE PoIsoSINo CASE IN LoursvILLE.-The
Coroner's jury in the recent poisoning easein
Louisville, retune o verdict on Friday, that
Mrs. Comstock came to her death By poison.
administered BY her husband. A young
lady, Miss Alice Ransom, has been implica,
ted in the affair, and is now in SAFE keeping.
Comstock is in jail awaiting his trial. 'e