The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-03-16

over 25; Ia Canada, orders are issued for E23.-
II appears that every possoffice In England is
money order Office while In Canada, only the
larger Offices, or about one eighth Of the whole
number are authorised to draw money orders
The charges for Issuing orders are on scale equal
to onehaf of one per cent
Soaring the ssJessic CircIes.''
The editor Of the New York Express. referring
to the Tribune's inhuman attempts to scare the
old abolition women of the North upon the Dred
Scott Judgment says, that in the last campaign.
he saw tears rolling in big drops doscn the cheeks Of
scomsa, under the information of the abolition ora
tors, that, II Fillmore or Buchanan were elected,
they and their children were certain to be taken
to South Carolina, or Kentucky and be sold into
slaveryi
IL this specimen of the superior intelligence OF
the Norths Where are your free schools Is the
schoolmaster abroad, and, if he is, when does he
expect to returns
SF The Supreme Court,
The ratings of the New York Tribune and other
Black Republican presses against the Supreme
Court of the United States have ELECTED severe
censures from the conservative journals of the
North Black Republicanism is fast running into
kAeo ucpuOucAulSAl, mdkiuB uPon eHu
order, and prepared to subvert the very founda-
lions Of society.
THEArRE.-Saturday night the play of Willow
Copse was produced in very excellent style at the
Theatre. It Is nothing more than due to him 10
say that Mr.. BoEIFACE played Luke Fielding sd-
mirably. To night Miss MIGRANT, a lady of tall
emit and reputation, makes her first appearance
here In the HT chs aou and .tpaYfectOn."
LAND WARRANT GRLNTED.-The Washington
Union states that a land warrant for one hundred
and sixty acres has been issued to George Peabody
Esq, the London banker, for bis services as pri.
vate soldier 10 the war with England in 1912.
SALE OF COAL LAND.-A tract of Coal land i'm
Kanawha county, Va, consisting of 3 500 acres
was sold, on the 3D. instant, to James G.. Paxton
Of Rockbridge, N. c. Kinney. Of Augusta, and Jas.
A. Jones, of Fauquier, for sl4,0l0. The tract was
that portion of the Steele survey known as lot
"letter B."
NoMINATIoN.-The Americans of the 1lth Con.
gressional district of Virginia, have nominated
Hon. John s. Carlisle IS acandidate for Congress.
BALLOON AsCENsIoN.-At Washington, Friday
afternoon, A. L. Carrier, of Richmond, took the
pl8C0 VI IEolcbbUE EuoSt, WIN 100 ocs@AHSN ~
sickness, and made an ascension. Mr.. G. ascended
5000 feet, encounsering = severe snow storm in
his Journey He descended about 8 O'Clock in the
evening, near Washington.
TOTAL LOss-The schooner Brilliant, OF Balt-
more Jones, from Richmond, Va, for Charleston,
g. G., laden with iron and railroad spikes, sprung
aleak, and fndiug her pumps would not keep her
free, the captain run her ashore on Tuesday, the
10th instant about three miles south of Little
River N. G. A lighter has been sent to her assist
auce by the agents In Wilmington, Messrs. Russell
4 Brother, to endeavor to save the cargo. Vessel
supposed to be total loss.
THE U. s. SENATE adjourned sine die on satur.
day, after passing vote of thanks to Vice Presi-
dent Breckinridge. The Sandwich Islands treaty
was not ratified
ART INTELLIGENCE Mr.. Palmer, the distin-
guished American sculptor, who has just conclud
ed brief visit in Washington, has had an order
from London for duplicate of his Indian Girl
the MASTERPIECE of bis genius. owned by Senator
Fish, and now exhibited in New York The gen.
tleman from whom the order was received is an
Engltshman lately In this country, whose enthu>
siasm was excited in the artists Broadway exhi-
bition m Y. Ertning Post.
FATAL RAILROAD CoLLIsIoS-On Wednesday
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trail Railroad. at the Long Mountain tunnel be.
tween an emigrant train and freight train, tear
log two cars to pieces and seriously damaging the
rest. Two emgran. passengers were instantly
more were slightly injured. The locomotive of
the freight train was badly used up, and the plat
forms Of several of the cars broken.
MURDER BY sPrRIrUALIsrs Sam w. Gray
and Mrs Philenia Uphsm. spiritualists of Boston,
have been arrested for causing the death of jose
phine Gray, little girl by torture, inflicted as
they commended under the direction of the Spirits
of tying her hands and feet that she could not
usc them In this position she was kept for days
II not for weeks or longer periods. A board about
three feet and half long had been fixed, to which
and ankles, and her hands were encased in pair
of leather mittens and tied to the board Fixed in
this manner she had to lie perfectly straight, being
unable to move either hands or arms in any diree-
ton. This instrument of torture is now in the
hands of the police Another mode of punishment
resorted to was that of the shower bath.
THE MISSES CUNsINGHAM.-A letter was re-
ceived on Monday, by Miss Augusta Cunningham
anonymous. of course) in which she was in.
formed that, If she came forward to prove the
marriage of her mother to Dr. Burdell her dea tn
would DO the consequence IS the murderer of the
doctor was still At large, and had the key of the
front door In his possession. The letter came to
the house. 81 Bond street, among some European
papers, and its perusAl naturally caused the young
lady considerable alarm. 1t is now In the hands
Of legal gentleman, who will leave no effort un-
tried to discover the writer.-N Y Express
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NOMINATIONS John Seldom, ESQ.,, has been
nominated for the Virginia House of Delegates by
the Democrats of Stafford and King George and
Col Y. w. Carter by the Wings and Americans
Of Richmond and Westmoreland counties The
Democracy of Rappahannock and Fauquer coun.
ties met last week and unanimously nominated
Silas b. Hunton, of Fauquier, the Democratic
candidate for the State Senatorship from that dis
trict They also voted against . Congressional
Convention, and adopted Governor Smith as their
candidate for Congrass.
Lord Napier viii present his credentials in Wash
ington to-day.
Col G. T. Suttle and not Col. Hume, of Aiexan
dria, Va, was the gentleman who owned Anthony
Burns.
Hon Thomas s. Bocock Is announced for re-
election from the Filth Congressional District of
Virginia.
Is said distinguished Viraiuian has been Of
Tered the Governorship of Utah.
Wilson Watkins, from North Carolina murdered
me vile on the 4th inst, near Athens, Ala for her
interfering to protect her father from beating
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