The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-09-12
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L hICE UNI CEN i.
AMERICA PHARMACEUTICAL AssoGarIos.-ThI
body continues its Sessions In Philadelphia. O,
Wednesday, Charles Ellis, Of Philadelphia, wa,
elected President, and las. Cook, of Fredericks
burg, Va, one of the Vice Presidents.
| At the afternoon session, the first paper read
was the report Of Committee on Weights and
York. ~
! The report was illustrated by copious diagrams
ana was lengthy and able paper advocating the
adoption OF the decimal systsniin place of the diff
ierehl systems now In use, both In weights aud
ni'",ures-making the unit of 10 ID. distilled wa
Ter The gation, aud dividing the pound ayordppois
| into fo, IN place Of the 16 o. to the poupd The
paper was well received by the Association and.
on notion Prot Proctor, of Philadslp phia and John
. !I Vi We" iork, were added to the Commit
zee. with power to act with similar committees
| from other scientific bodies
Mr. "m flsEe. OF Cleveland Ohio made state
tnent relative to an article of blue mass purport.
ing 70 De OF foreign importation, which had de-
cided run in the Western country some time ago.
No one would buy anything but the English article
no one would touch anything else. Finally the
success with which the article had met caused an
e1ainlnatlon TO be made of it, when 10, two-thirds
OF the mass was found to consist of blue claw a
pound of which might be swallowed With irnpu-
nifty.
Court OF Ganeral Sessions ON Wednesday, the term
opened ny Judge Russell charging the grand jury,
during which he referred to the case of Mrs, Cun
hinshah. After quoting the statute applicable
thereto, he remarked that, in his vew it embraces
the following cases:
1st. That of husband aud wife. who shou,d
traudulently produce infant, the survivor of
lawful marriage, may Offend against the statute
zu' mat oi man, or woman, who should pre-
tend falsely that marriage existed and who should
iraudulently produce child. the survivor of the
marriage, with the view. stated by the statute
wherein. II the marriage had been real its issue
would have been entitled to inherit
whether the marriage be real or pretended any
person who produces r child with the felouious
view stated onends against it, and In other words
the. statute may be violated by paluiing of upon
real marriage spurious issue. or bv falsely al
Ieging the existence OF marriage. the issua Of
which would control the inheritance of property
anu producing child or children Of this spurious
marriage. In the the marriage is real and
the issue spurious in the other, both the marriage
and issue are spurious
RELEASE OF CoNyICr-The Auburn American
mentions the release of convict from the State
prison in that place last Friday afternoon on a
pardon from Governor King. The pri oner was
IRON Chaufau9ue county. and his sentence covered
tnrce years and some months, of which he had up-
ward OF year to serve. The American saws;
Ihe facts in his case somewhat odd lie
was OF most respectable parent2gs and connections
fiaVing secured the affections of a young lady of
wealth. day was fixed for the marriage, and on
that day the young man, who was of bumhln ori.
Sln and slim means, desiring to make a grand
dash. appeared with gold watch and uold chain
TO match. Both were stolen! The fact of the theft
leaked out after the marriage. and the fatherinaw
exerted himself 10 secure the conviction of hi.
son-nlaw.'
EOPrJGN
the New York Courier that there are large orders
IN that city from England for breadstuifs at limited
prices. Iheee prices, owing to the stringency in
money affairs. have, 1t adds, been reached and
sven shade lower. The prospect is that there
will lie more actiye export of -four aud grain
than was anticipated. and thus furnish a substi.
tuts for the current shipments of gold 1t is also
stated i'll the Journal of Commerce that the en-
gagcments of grain for Great Britain have ave
ragged $4,000 bushels day for several DAYS and If
the decline i'll prices does not prevent the produce
from coming forward from the interior the jour.
nal looks for an active business in this line through
out the fall months. This will revive the droop
ing spirits of ship owners and give employment
to some OF the craft now lying idle at the wharve-
PERsoSAL.-Ferlelz, the composer. having heard
| that it is Intended to perform. in New York his
sacred trilocy, II Enhance du Christ" has written
| a letter saying Il Should feel glad if you could
possibly dissuade the persons who have this idea
| from executing it. l hope next year to make a
trip to America, in which it really would be
pity to the work as well the author, iii should
! be- performed there before my arrival, and when
am unable tcconduct personally the necessary TO-
hersals.''
IEPoRTANr DECISION ON Goy1RNHsyr CoSTRACrs-
| 4 decision, important to contractors with Govern
mcnt. has just been given by the Attorney Gene
raj. Mr.. II. l.. Gallagher had contract for doing
| certain work the Washington gqueduct the
| Government reserving the right to suspend the
work under the contract ut any time. The engi-
| Vtrt,n l.
| ls56 In March, 1857 he was notified to resume
| and he did SO. He now says he is doing the work
at loss and asks for larger compensation than he
bsrganed for. or else be released from the contract
The Attorney General informs the Secretary Of
War, who submitted the case, that the latter had
authority TO do either and that If Galsgher yo-
lates his contract, he must do so his own peril
and that Of his securities.
LAW AND OEDER N NEW YoRK.-A squad of ten
policemen in the sixth Ward, New York, arrested
one of gang of garrOteTs Who had robbed a man
named John j. Benson of q gold watch in the Bow
cry Oh Tuesday evening shortly after q o'clock
Al the same time an attempt at rescue made
by the fellows confederates, and target company
that was passing Joined them and with hxed bayU-
| nets drove the police away. The Bulls Head Life
liuaTds y the name Of the company. The pri-
| soner effected his escape.
| STEAMBOAT EXPLOSION AND Lobs or LIPE.-The
steam tow boat Niles burst her boiler on Wednesday
| after noon, tho Illinois river two miles below
| liennepin. The engineer and five others
| .calded. The former died the same night. His
name is liubart {. Bacon, and he leaves wifs-
Two of the others will also in all probability die
MIR. HuntOn is not very severely scaided. The hull
! of the boat is not damaged The cause Of the ex-
| plosion was defective plate in the boiler
| FIRE At BowpoIN CoLLEGE.--A letter in the Ban.
gor Wing, dated Bruins wick, Maine, September, I,
| says:
lie aaH hu fraC
Sunday morning, the 9TH instant. it was, beyond
| doubt. the work of an incendiary. Ii contained
the ofthe Beta Phi Society, one of the oldest
| in the Union. A great many valuable and inter-
estng papers. belonging TO this society, were de-
| stroyed which it will he impossible to replace
| Posr-errIcg AFFnss.-Thc name Of Sweet Water
Factory. Campbell county, Virginia IL changed 10
! ~ ew Manchester
| Northumberland ". Mason, postmaster at
| Amherst Courthouse, Amherst county. Va, vice
/ james Z. Smith. deceased Charles I. Lewis post
master at Rusk kitchie county. Virginia yco Sarah
j. Patton, resigned. Ily- Jones, postmaster, at
| Walton, Kanawha cOnnty, vice Joseph Swinnett,
| resigned.
Route 4sOs-Mattapony is ehanred by commen-
cling at Dowdslls, emitting M'ttaPony
! AMERICAN ART ABRo.p.--Thc Florence correspon
deut of the Newark Daily Advertiser SAYS that
| l'owers noble statue of Webster ha. hoen trans
ferred bronze at the foundry IN that CITY, and s
sbout to be shipped to Boston. Tho casting is
quite worthy of tho model: admirable for tone and
| accuracy. 1t was visited by the members Of the
Royal family. the Ministers Of state. AID many oi
| the connolseurs Of the country, who coecur In
| ascribing to IL the highest merit.
| The SUGAR PR0sPgcT--A letter from the Parisl,
| pIaarminea. Louisiana, in tho New Orleans
| pIcayune saws that the sugar planters Of that
state will have no cause to complain of this year
| crop. The cane will matura earlier this season
| than usual, and tho new sngar will bc manuae
tured and come into market two or three weeks ia
| advance Of former seasons.
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| AMERICANS ~ FLpRENcE--Among the American
| families who have recently taken residence il
| Florence. Italy. are those Of Commodore Coo, o
Newark. y. j., and Hon. John 3 Preston, Of Soutl
| Carolina.
RUovEEISG.--Mr. Morton, the companion Of pr