The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-04-20

Hon. Thomas j. D Fuller, of Maine, has been
appointed Second Auditor of the Treasury.
Hampshire county, Virginia, is to celebrate its
centennial anniversary, which occurs in May.
w Z Burton the comedian, Is playing in Balti-
more, with his New York company.
The Post Ofice CT RitchieviIle, Dinwiddie CO.
Va, has been discontinued.
Shad, taken In the Hudson river are selling in
the New York market for 25 to so cents each,
Charles Dickens has been experimenting the
publication OF his works in Paris.
There ar. no less than fourteen men now con.
fined in the Louisville Jail, on the charge of mur-
der
Bourcicault and Miss Agnes Robertson CMrs
BourcicaulD are now in St Louis
j D Eewsom an old citizen of Raleigh, N. G ,
died or Wednesday last.
Hon VIM. II. Pclk il s candidate for the Le,is,a.
ture in Msury county, Tenn.
Judge Butler, Senator from South Carolina, 10
In good health.
JOS w. Massey, of Cincinnati, fell dead in New
Orleans on Monday last.
The Commercial Bank of Perth Amboy, N. J.,
has fai ed.
There are tbirty.two applicants for the Office OF
the Chief of Police of Cincinnati
The Atlantic -four mills at Norfolk. Va. vers
destroyed by fire Friday night.
Gen. Wool, u s. A.. and Commodore Read. U
8. N are in Washington.
Daniel Dickson has been re appointed Postmas
ter, at Wilmington, North Carolina
John Connor, Il all Agent on the Memphis and
Charleston Raj BAD died suddenly on Tu.sday last
The pumber ofnewspapers taken in the town OF
Hartford, CT, per week, is ITO The vote of the
town seldom reaches four hundred.
TIE appointment of John W. Denver, of Cali.
fornia Commissioner of Indian Affairs, ia officially
announced, and he has Assumed the duties of ths
office
w II N Smith, of Hertford, N c., has accent
ed the American nomination for CopQress from
that State.
Rev VIM Armstrong, for 20 years pastor Of S:
Mathews Church, Wheeling, Va died In Frede
rick CO.. Nd, Wednesday.
Vincent o. Geiger, formerly of the Staurto,
Virglnia) VindicatoT, has been appointed Indiar
Agent for California
Rev. j O'Neal Catholic priest of Savannah
Ga, had his leg broken last week, by being thrown
from q buggy.
The Miledeeville, Ga, papers announce th,
death of Col. Robert MeComb, an old citizen o
that place
Hon. A E Maxwell, q member of the las. Con
gress from Florida, IL seriously i'll with bleeding
| the lungs.
An African church in Augusta, Ga recently
subscribed S2l5 for the relief Of their free breth
rem in Liberia. /
Humboldt has had very severe attack Of III
ness, which for some time 1t was feared wouit
prove fatal
The Missouri river is 50 high, that It has ever
flowed its banks at Weston, Lex rim gton, and othe
| towns. -
| The prospect for the wheat crop in the North.
| ern Neck of Virginia, is not generally good-ir
many places decidedly bad The cold weather
| has had . most unfavorable effect. 4-
The degree of D. D. has been conferred on th,
Rev James G. Furman, OF the Fnrnan Univer
sity. Greenville. N. @ By the Charleston Colleg
| of South Carolina.
Guilford, slave to Mr.. Morning was hung Fri
day, at Raleigh, N. c., for the murder Of Mr. Pee.
| bles
Rev A. M. Poindexter, of Richmond, vs.. is 4
| preach the annual sermon before the graduasn
class of Wake Forest College, n G., in Jun
| next. s.-. es
George G. Boniface appeared In Baltimore So
turday night, IS Walter Maidsnbiush," In th
| Little Treasure" lA 7szv sF
There were Inspected At Winchester, Va 25s
barrels Of -four during the hrst quarter Of the PR
sent year. eA5
| Hiram j. Stricklsr, . native of Page count,
| Va. has been appointed Comptroller Of Kansas
| The larger portion Of the wheat crop in Rocl
ingham co., Va, has been destroyed BY the col
| weather.
| A new mail route has been established by q
| act Of Congress, from Hsrrisonburg to the BAT
Alum Springs, passing by the Stribling Springs.
| Capt. Lsngdon of the Schr. Hayes. from Me-
York for Savannah, was drowned OF Chariesto
| last week.
The Medical Society Of Virginia Will hold 4
next annual meeting, In Danville, on Tuesda,
the 26th day of this month.
The ship Mary Russell arrived 1t Norfolk Fr
day with the eighth cargo Of iron for the Norfol
and Petersburg Railroad.
The President has appointed Perrin L. SoloDo
u 8 marshal for the northern district Of Califos
mia. vice J. Y. MeDufhe, resigned
Col Medary, the new Governor Of MInnesot
partook Of complimentary dinner ct Columbu
Ohio. Tuesday evening.
/ II 10 said the widow Of President Pclk mtsn,
70 reside ia Wsshiogton during the next ssssion
Congress, sa@9ss
The report that the Rev Samuel ward, Il
black preacher, has been sent 70 . penal color
for forgery, 10 contradicted,
d The widow Charies Norsy, The America
shot In prison at Paris. has not reeeived o0o.tl
! francs from the French Government; the sum 70
given win b about 5000 ffsnca