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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-10-01

deemiBg its $5's In specie aud should have added
Though not then knowing the fact) that il was 80
redeening them only when presented singly. aud
evidently to obtain change for the parties holding
The National Tntelligsncer, of yesterday, In.
the following:
The brokers are doing fine business in the dis
count they charge for exchanging city bank notes.
ulscouut OF fire per cent was charged and paid
yesterday on the notes Of the Bank Of Metropolis.
ooe OF the soandost moneyed institutions in the
country.
SUSPENSION OF MARYLAND BANKS.
Immediately on learning OF the ba..k susper.
SONS IN baltimore, on Saturday last, the Cnmber-
land Bank of Allegheny and Mineral Bank of Ma
ryiand, both at Cumberland, Md, also determined
upon temporary suspension. The Civilian says:
lhe President of the Cumberland Savings Bank
Is temporarily absent therefore that institution Is
uoihg business IN its usual way The action is not
nased upon any weakness of the banks themselves
e"ey are IN the very souBdeSt condition, and per
lssetiy soiFeht it vas done merely 20 protect
themselves. as they would DE called upon 10 cash
drafts from the larger cities and various other sec
cation"
There is very little or no excitement in our CITY
Bunity. - WV
AFFAIRS IN BALTIMORE
Inc baltimore American Of yesterday saws:
Inc money market continues in a very uuset-
ieo STATE, and there is really ns established rate
ior money ON the street. There il still good d.x,l
oi paper Offering but very few negotiations have
osen made for day or two past Borrowers are
oHerlhg to per cent but lenders are still de-
mshalhg per cent per month for prime paper
ihe Banks, IN pursual of the policy which prompt-
Ell suspension of specie payment, viz: the relief
OF the pressing necessities OF the mercantile COM
mublty, have since that time been discounting
Very freely.
The aggregate amount of the paper discounted
Oy Them since Saturday is nearly, if not quite one
million of dollars This amopnt must have relev-
ed our merchants from their pressing exigeucies,
ana placed them all in better position. and that
IL HAS done So is apparent from the fact that there
Is hlucn less paper pressing on the market There
are stli sellers at to y per cent. but seem
Wiling To pay the extreme rates paid last week
RATES Tor exchange are very much unsettled. We
nave heard OF some bills on New York being sold
at d and per cent. prem. Specie is also selling
at . Il D per cent premium. There is no settled
rate OF discount for country money.
A dispatch denies the reported suspension of the
Cumberland, N. j., Bank. The Banks at st. Louis
are firm, and discounting erally--though Bogy
hiltenbergor, Anderson Il Co. and Darby L
barksdale, private banking houses, have suspend
ed The Salem, n, j., Bank has not totally sus-
pended.
Additional news will be found in our telegraph
column.
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SPECIE is in demand, and finds q ready

sale at five per cent. The brokers yesterday wore
unwilling to buy uncurrent notes of any kind and
as "a consequence those who hold the issues of any
banks other than those OF the Bank Of Virginia,
Farmers Bauk Of Virginia aud Exchange bank Of
virginia, ean buy nothing with them Merchants
would readily receive the notes of the
banks OF this State if they could deposit them or
pay their Northern indebtedness by so doing, but
ls they can do neither, many OF them prefer 10
keep their goods on their counters
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FIRST MAsKEr HALL.-The Committed

FIRST MARKET HALL.-The Committee
on Exhibition of the Virginia Mechanics Institute,
will take possession of the First Market Hall to-
night aud begin their arrangements for the Fair,
which will open the 10Th Of October. As the
Council have granted the Institute the use Of this
Hall for their approaching exhibition, 10 be re-
turned in good order as received, great care
should be taken not to deface the walls or wood
work in erecting such frames may be necessary
for accommodating the large amount Of goods in
tended for display
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Too HAsTY When the interior Of q
building is on fire, the doors and windows should
never be opened until the iremen are on hand
with their apparatus and stream Of water. As
long as the doors and windows closed. the
flames must burn slowly for want Of draught
but make an opening through which the wind can
pass and you AZ give the re every facility fpr
spreading II fremen will bear this fact In mtHd
IN future they will find 1t Of value to them In
their operations.
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A BIT OF RoAiSCE.-Ten years ago q younc Vu-
lshnlan ran away from London where he was III III
~ Connected, came down to Liverpool took a shin
that WAS up for New Orleans and in due cnprsa -
time landed in this city, with light heart in his
breast, and between one and two hundred pounds
IN Bank OF England notes in his pocket lie had
oeen mdutUiS sVet ct home, and, what between
WINE ana women, had managed TO squander large
Ioftue besides involving himself seriou.ly In debt
lie had taken the precaution to provide hinsel,
win letters OF Introduction to respectable parties
III this city, and by this means he soon formed ,h4
acquaintance OF young lady. who. by the death OF
her hther had just been left sole heiress to large
estate. warm attachment soon sprung mn be-
tween the two, and our young Hnglishman ,ne n n.
day, made the lady formal tender of his hand and
heart The answer he received was the following .
love you ana VIII only marry you but only on
these conditions, and these oniy-Ist. You must
stop drinking; I'd. You must pay your debts: 81
fou have squandered one fortune. you must set To
Work and make another" The lover entreated but
the lady was inex0rable. Just then the gold feyer
broke out, and our hero determined, without Ioss
of time to try his fortune on the shores of the PA
enc Ocean. He sat down. wrote & letter TO the Ia
dy, iii which lie announced his determination as-
sured her Of his unateTable affection. aud bet ged
her to he faithful to him. and without further Hd.u
started for New York aud took ship for San Fran,
cisco via the Cape. In California he led for some
time wandering, dissouts life, and finally iuiped
the unfortunate expedition which kaOusset de
Bouibon fitted out for the conquest of Sonora. 1t
was known that he was among the few who escap
ed to tell the fate of their heroic leader but nothing
further was heard Of his whereabouts until last
Saturday, when friend of his in this city received
"A telegraphc dispatch from him, stating that he
was among the fifty persons saved from the Gen
trail America and brought into Norfolk by the
bark "kloise" The dispatch further stated that
the writer had lost SijG,00O in gold, which was in
the hands OF the purser but that it was luckily in
sured for its full value in London Office. We learn
that the lady to whom he was engaged is still un-
married, and it would not be strange IT, in the course
Of human events, we should he called upon t. in
dite paragraph with that fashionable heading
"Marriage III High Lfo.'-N o. Bee
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A11' II TIT 'f"FSIt IkI5 u5tu III tHb mHT-
ket places, may hold the standard amount in wa
ter, but when potatoes, apples or peaches are
measured in them. the buyer suffers awfuly--
The City Council, it seems to us, would protect
the people from serious imposition, by requiring
all such articles TO be bought and sold by weight
The old fashioned wide dry measures which were
In use some years since. have given place TO mar
row tall ones, like bee gums, and 1t is now time
for the powers-that-be to step in and that the
people are justly dealt by.
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INTRODUCTORY LECTURE. The atten-
ton of citizens Is invited 10 the introductory
Lecture to be delivered at the Medical College
night, by Prof. CONWAY. The general interest man
ifested In this popular institution, added to that
Of hearing Prof. c., will no doubt induce large
assembiage on the occasion.
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DOMESTIC MoLAssEs.-Mr Littleton 8.
Hartman. Of Albemarle county, has sent US bot.
tie Of very pretty syrup prepared from the Chi
nese sugar cane, about which much has already
been written. This syrup is superior In taste to
Cuba moIssses, aud our farmers may find it 10
their interest 10 manufacture enough Of 10 every
season TO supply their wants and thus save a con-
siderable annual expenditure. Many OF those who
have tried il say it will pay we'll and do away
with the necessity Of sending to Cuba for that
which can be produced at home.
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LATEST IRON LIBERIA.-Letters from the Rev Jno.
Seys and Others in Liberia have been received at
the office of the American Colonization Society,
bearing date to August Is, in none Of which is a
,eord safd Of famine. from which we infer that
none certainly TO excite anxiety or alarm exists.
The interior settlement continues TO prosper. The
NJ c. Stevens was expected to leave Monroyia
about the lst Of September. aud may be looked for
In a very few days MIR. seys returns in her. She
will sail from baltimore on her third voyage the
Ist of November.-Nat. Intel
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LOCAL MATTERS.

IycEsDrsRIsN--The effort to burn the
tobacco factory Of Messrs winsree Cosby. oa sth
s.fcet' between Main and franklin. last Tuesday
night, was most daring one and but for the dine.
~ discovery Of the flames by lady aud gentleman,
who were passing the premises would have proved
successful. In the Basement Of the building were
parres of navortng aud OIL ssd three thoa-
sand fine brands. worth at least one hundred doI-
lars. The door and windows had been securely
fastened at al early hour In the evening, but the
fncendlsry communicated his torch through an
opening under the window, and the noor bei-g Gov.
cred with conlbustibles, the flames spread rapidly
The timely arrival of the drepien saved the build
ing and its contents, the loss not exceeding $500,
which was fully covered by policy In the Valley
nffi
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EDUCATION.

RICHMOND FEMALE INSTITUTE
The next session ofthis lnstItu:s will commence
I @ M the first day VI october. and close the
TERMS FER SESSION OF NINE MONTHS.
TUITION IN pRgPtR Alogr DgpagraRsr.
French so
II. .CollEoi,fr DEPARTaRNr. ~
Fr,na, anu S'isn''he 50
III. ORNAMENTAL DEPARTMENT. -
D5Sing Needle worI dfSIian Painting. 1s... 3
iy Bo.RDlSa DErAaTMESr. i;''''''''''''''' ~
No extra charge for instro ton in Vocal Music for
fuel, lights, &c
FACULTY..
ksv. Il MANLY JR. President, aud Professor Moral
Kay. J. l.. BURROWS. D. d.. Evidences of Chris
thematics - '''' 4''
4. A. LAWS NJ D.. Natural Sciences.
Miss MAEIE l.. THOMPSON, French
=, BrCHLgR, German.
Ma; Mns; + knHt a liolG9sag English Branches
Miss JosEPntSE IL. RAGLAND, do
MISS JANE 5. STASARp, do
Mas GEORGIAN M0NRoR do
Miss MARY {. LATHRoP do
Ma NATHAN B. CL.pP, Organ aud Piano Forte.
MISS LAURA LACY, Piano.
Mn CHARLES Z. kosEN, Guitar
Ma JoHN A CALYo, Drawing aud Painting
MRS BURTON, Embroidery &c
nectci with the Institute already well known t.
i's patronS and il is confidently hoped that those
newly engaged will add to its reputation and real
usefulness.
Dr. X. A. LEWIS, whs has charge of the instruction
IN Natural Sciences, is well known gentleman of
scientific attainsnents and also vi experience and
saIli IN communicating instruction.
Miss VI. L. THOMPSON has enjoyed unusual adyan-
taEes IN qualifying herself for her position as an
sUuctor Ia FreuCh, and selected u prefer enCe TO
u number Of others as combining g thorough know
ledge OF the language with that aptneSS to teach
ls uf Rpna lpaup ha ifa1 81,
carefully in this Ccuntry under the best instructors
resl,ing ter portion Of the time in the family OF
i'rol A. uuyot of Princeton, N She then visited
Europe tor the purpose of peTfectng her knowledge
aud h3s since been teaching with marked in
Cambridge. Mass.
Mr.. y. b. CLAPP. Principal of the Music Depart
mrnt is graduate OF the "C5HSerrGtoriRB. der M
SIX. LcipSC. Germany. After having taught, with
Distinguished success. for several years in the Greens
born Female College Ga. he proceeded to Euro pc to
pursue the study of his profession. ana avaed him
sel'. during two years residence, of the best IA
CNti"s1tiered the continent. Since his return te
America he has been engaged as principal Plane
Forte instructor. in the Normal Musical Institute
North Reading Mass. conducted 10y DIR. Lowell Ma
son and MIR. Geo. + Root lie will be aided by suC
! assistants may be needful.
B. MANLY, Js..
Sc eo-.ft6O President of the Institute.
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TUESDAY EExr is to be o great day at
FSriiv,d provided the people can hnd loose change
enough to attefi the As matter OF course
the gate fees will be required Ia current money
an article remarkably scarce this time.
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EXTENDING THE LlNrrs.-The people of
Henrico county are to meet at their court house
next week TO take action In opposition 70 the OK.
tension OF the city limits
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DESCENT on A GAHBtISG HousE--0n Saturday
night, q descent was made by the Police Of New
York, ON gambling house in Barclay street, In
that city, when the keeper aud dealer were arrest
ed, together with number of faro tables aud 9TH
er gambling apparatus. When the arrests were
made rockets were discharged from the roof Of the
house. a. Is supposed, 10 warn other gambling
houses that the police were about. Both men were
held for examination.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-10-01

NIGHr ScHooLs.-Two Of the primary
schools Of the Mechanics Institute. will open on
the 18th Of October next. Persons can obtain
tickets by applying TO the Committee, Messrs IA.
mcfarland, IS :. Cottrell and A. Bargamin, lr.
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HARD TO GEr.-The scarcity Of change,
aud the suspended condition Of most Of the banks,
have given the market people a vast deal II tToa-
BILE. many of them have been forced take pncus-
reat money, or carry their prodGets hone again.
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NAyAL-The u. s. steamer powhatan at the Cos
port Navy Yard is to be fitted with poop deck
for the accommodation of the Commodore, being
intended for the flag ship of the East India Squad
ron. Capt. Josiah Tattnal has been appointed
Commander of the squadrona nd will hoist his broad
pennaDt board the powhatan. The following
engineers have been ordered to the Powhatan, all
Of whom have reported: Chief VIM. ii. Shock, LIST
Asst W. H. Rutherford 2d do. g. W. City, 30 do.
W. ". DUNCAN, Sd do. h. X. Archer, sd do. @. d.
Bright.
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OvERP9wgEgD BY AssAFGrIDA.-A clerk in Day
ton, Ohio, put stop TO tue operations of burglar
in style and manner and form somewhat peculiar
The burglar had removed u pane of glass ssyen
inches by ten, and says the Dayton Gazette its re-
moval made nice hole, amply large enough for
all entrance, and he drew back one step to look al
it before going in." Just at this instant he gave
u yell and-squatted. lie found out aiterwari.
that little box OF assafntda, and weighing
twenty-seven pounds, had been droppeds square
upon the top Of his head from the second story
of the building, distance OF some twenty feet
The stunning that the fellow got 80 oveTpowereC
him that he was captured without difficulty.
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LIGHT OpsaATlos jacob, hired TO
Gillian 4 Bro. was ordered twenty stripes By the
Mayor for stealing an empty goods box Of l. Nor
ria
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Tar CgoPs oS SEw YoaK.--The crops Of the state
Of New York this year are estimated az 2b.0eo-o9O
bushels corn, 1000 900 do. wheat, 100000 OOV 90.
oats 4,0oo,o 900 tons hay, l,oo0,0o0 hogs, 3ocoooo
cattle, 900 sheep, 4aOoo tons butter, and xs'
900 do. cheese.
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pax IN CiscNSArf.--The Councils Of the city
of ciueinnasI have decided 70 have q park, snd
have empowered the Committee 10 purchase the
orphan Asylum lot the Episcopal buryinx ground,
aud Col. Lnilow's farm consisting Of - sefes--
The hFst &c a cost not to exceed Slso,ooo, the ~
eond at 90, 900, and the farm Ai $3.50 per acre.
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SAD SCENE.-The morning after the
death Of Mr. and Mrs. Garfield gentleman who
in the room with the dead bodies describes
the scene as the most hesrt-rending he ever wit
messed Their little son, aged hve years, entered
the chamber Of his parents, and seeing them lying
on the bed. approached and endeavorrd to wake
them On being made sensible Of the fact that his
mother and father were lost to him forever, he be-
came SO overwhelmed with grief that he had to bs
torn from the dead room and removed to q neigh.
bur's house
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DuLL.-Police matters are at o COM
,l., .,and .,i,l notwithstanding the fa1 that the
elesrs are constantly on the look out for Law and
ordinance vsolatoss.
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T. g. TRooPs IN kAys.s.-rhe only troops now
left in Kansas are four companies second artillery
one company third artillery aud two companies se-
cond dragons. All the additional force has left
for Utah, The following troops have been ordered
to Kansas. and are expected 10 reach there about
October lst: Ten companies, fourth artillery fron,
Florida, and ten companies, first cavalry, from the
Plains, which will make q force of nearly 500
TO keep the peace during the October elections,
should il be necessary.
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Tgg FINANCIAL CRISIS IN EURoPg.-The CORES
pontIent of a German Journal writing from Wen
ma, under date of September Z, says: LAST week
several failures occurred here we'll as at Prague
and Pesth. The most important VI these is hard
ware establishment, with liabilities amounting 10
several hundred thousand gaiiiers, and having
extensive connections abroad. There never was Z
time--not excepting the years ls45 aud Isis
when the failures were numerous as now; eve
~ day one or more suspensions are announced
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THE STEAMER JAMESTOWN has been laid

AhG SihAnEh 1AMhsIo"N Has oeen ialu
up Ia New York for repairs, for two weeks, but
will resume her trips the first of next week. AZ
ter the severe gale she encountered a few weeks
since, her owners deemed it advisable to give her
thorough overhauling; and this being done, she ID
now receiving freight, and may be expected to ar
rive ut her wharf at Rscketts on Monday next
The jamestown is exceedingly popular With the
travelling public, and under the management Of
her popular officers will continue to do large bu-
siness
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1t Is right to add that all the returns wa,o nn,
obtained, but making the most liberal nIIowanrss
or absent accounts, it may be fpirly inferred thnt
she entire amount of stocks held in Eurous does
not exceed S30o, 100000 Such at least sns the i'm,
preston when previous return was ordered.
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SLAVE LABoR.--As many OF the tobac-

6LAVE EABoR.--hs many OF the t0bac-
CO manufacturers in this city about to stop on
ratons aud close their factories 10 Is important 30
know what disposition will be made OF the hun
dteds of negroes that will then be out Of employ
ment. Most of the manufacturers, IL not all Of
them, are able to feed these servants and keep them
IN idleness until Christmas but does not every
see az glance that to pursue such n course will be
TO turn looose hundreds Of improvident creatures,
who have neither the taste the industry to en-,
gage in labor, unless compelled to do so. III the
manufacturers were to coop them up in their facto-
ries, and thus endeavor to keep them out Of mis-
chief. would not disease be engendered which
might prove fatal to many OF themi II they
were to hire them railroads, or other pub-
lie works, or employ them in brickyards could
they stand the exposure to which they would I've
subjected without the danger Of contracting pneu-
mania and other diseasesf what then, Is to be
done with themi WHY, send them to the country,
where they can be taken OF by their own
ers. If the manufacturers are willing TO pay the
years hire. every owner should be willing To feed
his slaves for their services in the field, until the
LIST of January and all who fail to adopt that COURSE
may expect to meet with heavy losses on their
slave property.
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ENGINEER has made his appearance in

New York and been Handsomely beaten in the four
mile race, much to the modification Of some Of his
friends, who had almost imagined him q second
Lexington, improved and revised That he was
fleet OF foot, his b1tis abundantly prove; but that
he was 'overcropped' when entered to GO singie-
handed with Nicholas, none will now deny. Had
Charleston been all right he WAS last winter
and started in Tuesdays race, Engineer. by laying
up the first heat, might have had some show but
even then he wonld have been found In a hard
party. We are not at all sorry that the Virginia
horse was beaten aud have no particular desire to
simply because the South has always been carrying
her fine horses North to make sport, while the
North has always remained at home. We attach
no blame to Northern racers for pursuing this
Sc, but until the Southland particularly Vir-
ginia-requires the North to meet her occasionally
on her own soil, let her bear defeat as best she
may. Certainly, the people at large have no SYM
pa;hy with the losers.
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GEORGIA ELscrIoN.--At the coming election in
Georgia, which takes place on Monday, the 5th OF
October, n Governor and eight members OF the
Thirty fifth Congress are to be chosen. The Demo
Gratis have nominated Joseph C. Brown for the eI-
ecutye chair, and the Americans Benz. III. Hill
The Democrats have all their Congressional candi-
dates in the field. but the Americans have made
nominations in only FIVE Of the eight districts.