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this town, and whilst they failed to recognize the
latter they certain Of having the former,
but they cannot tell where There is a remarka-
bic coincidence between the time of this transaction
and that of the prisoners arrival in Raleigh.
Morris is about s5 years DID, FIVE feet seven inches
high, weighs about l4O pounds, has sallow COM
plexon; heavy gray eyes, set close together some
what restless, but full Of meaning, and heavy drop
ping eyeds His hair is almost black, his face
unshaved, displaying scant beard extending down
his neck, but not joining the hair of his head He
has well-developed forehead, receding towards
the top, and strongly marked features. He is
quick spoken, has loud but pleasant voice, and
his frame though not large is active and well knit
His general appearance is rather dirty. He appears
to be very intelligent writes good, hand,
and is beyond all question well posted in the
practice of criminal courts and the nature of the
evidence necessary to his conviction. He makes
very light of his present predicament; but whether
or not he is right in this instance, time will tell
He refuses to tell where he is from. ..,..ts5.
aa We learn from Deputy Sheriff Norwood that an
examination Of the prisoners person clearly shows
that he has recently been severely whipped His back
also bears blue cross No money has been found
upon him, nor anything else of a suspicious charac
ter; though before he left Raleigh We learn he ex-
hibited vial of chloroorm and Of ether and one
more skeleton keys to Lassiter. He insists that
be is insane. sasd s.yshe can prove it. .ssstJ 4
q Any information reiatiyssS ths chr.
aeteF would furtherthe ends Of justice. Private in
formation may be addressed to Sheriff High, Wake
county, N. Z. fa5i 20 30 est sA!oflod
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THE DAILY DISPATCH
Mondny Morning, June %, 1897.



Ihis distinguished member of the Russian I'm.
periai family retains a lively recollection of she
Kind sentiments manifested by this country to.
wards Russia In the late Eastern contest On his
late brief visit of two days to England, or rather
70 the Queen of England, whose private guest be
wac, he sent his yacht to the U. S ship Niagara,
with communication 10 Capt. Hudson and the
officers Of the Niagara, returning his thanks fer
the hospitality and attention which has been
shown TO the two officers of the Russian navy
who were granted permission by our governmen,
to be present on board the American vessel dur
ing The expedition. After appropriately acknowl
edging the courtesies and kindness of the captain
aud officers, be concludes by stating that he re-
CARDS them as an evidence of the fact that the
feeling of friendship which has always existed
between the two conntries-Russia and ;ha Uni.
States-is participated by the naval services of
both nations. Captain Schwartz and Lieutenant
koetuin, the gentlemen referred to in the note of
the Archduke, are at present with him on the con-
tinent, and will not return with him to the vessel
probably before she goes to Liverpool, where she
will receive the cable
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-06-29

THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGISIA-The CON-
mencement at the University Of Virginia takes
place to-day Among those students who take the
degree of Bachelor of Arts, are Jno II Timber
lake, of Richmond. James Leigh Jones, of Han-
over, and Thaddeus Branch, of Diwniddie county
Among those who take Master of Arts are j M
Strother of Richmond, VIM II Proctor, of Prince
George, II II Stevens, of Harrisonburg, and Chas
Winston, of Chesterfield. Among the graduates
are w b Meredith Thos U Dudley, jr, Thomas R
Price, jr, Jno Fl Chamberlsyne, Ed Fontaine, jr of
Richmond; Chas oolrick, Jas Seuer, Rich'd
b Maury, from FredsEicksburg; G S Bernard, J
Shelton Gillian, VIM Boswell Hamln, E NJ Hud-
SOD, from Petersburg; w Smith, NJ Smith,
Douglass Cannon, Jos w Butt, from Norfolk
and NJ Backford and B L Blackford, from
Lynchburg, There were five graduates il Law
aud nine in Medicine
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-06-29

FISHING BY TELEGRAPH "A submarine cable
is being constructed iu London. which Is TO be laid
along the Norwegian coast some fifty miles for
the purpose of Informing the fishermen of the =
rious villages when the behring's have come into
t1e fords and bays to spawn 1t seems that their
movements are so quick that the fishermen no
sooner on the ground when the arrival is an
nounced them than they are off. The instant the
shoal is seen in the offing-and it can always be
known at distsnce by the whales that surrouud
it-a message will now be flashed along the coast
telling each village the ford or bay which it has
entered. Alas poor behring's they thought to cir
cumvent the Norwe gians by their quick move
ments but lightning which is q "ieetle bit -
quicker, stops and says Who would have
thought ten years ago, that lightning would be
used to notify fishermen when they might have
soUlethnp more than a glorious nibbIe9"
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-06-29

EXTRAORDINARY ME- -oklC PHENoMENoS.-
letter dated Carbonda.s, Pa, June 90 mentions
a startling phenomenYn which is said to have
taken place there about sunset that evening. 1t
says:
A large c'oud was seen making its appearance,
coming directly from the nor Invest, accompanied
by considerable g wind When the place a
dark looking coui. substance, to leave
the cloud and make directly for the earth. So
it struck the ground, contrary to all expectation,
it bee me highly luminous Making directly for g
large ba that stood In t-e field it passed through
the centre, s-ttng it fire, and conticued ITS
course, gaining in velocity far as the eye could
reach, making straight course for the woods, melt
Ing stones Of conslde size, and burning bru,h
and underwood making a complete road, of q rod or
more in width, for the distancs of three miles,
and finally fetching up against perpendicular breast
of solid anthracite coal of 90 feet in thickness pro-
wing rather too much for its cometship, leaving no
thing but a sulpurous mass behind.
This is pratty fair story. but we doubt if any re-.
spectacle comet would have ventured upon the
earth with such t0ie.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-06-29

EXPLOSION OF FIREWORKs.-Ia Cincinnati
Wednesday evening, Mr. Jsmes Pryor was work.
ing in his pyrotechnic laboratory, in the second
story of house, when a rocket which he wss
filling ignited and a tremendous explosion fol-
lowed, bowiog out the wall of the building, tear
ing up the floor. and making partial wreck of the
premises. Mr. Pryor was horribly burned. and fell
oto the first story through the broken floor. 1t
WAS supposed that he could not possibly survive
man named James Richards, in the apartment
below the laboratory, was injured by the falling
bricks, and third person, whose name we could
not learn, wounded by piece of timber,
which struck him to the earth.
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HARD TINES IN UPPER CAsADA,-A Toronto

correspondent of a London &C. W. paper writes
"Our condition as people is far worse and
more embarrassed than is generally supposed
Our credit is going down in England Our people
are unable to meet their engagements either at
home abroad. Business people, who a little
while ago were considered solvent and wealthy,
are now bankrupt, losfiog about the streets. This
is no ims ginary picture l could fortify my asser-
tion by names, if l fe. so disposed And yet fear
We only in the commencement of the panic
Here in Toronto one knrws not whom to trust.
The merchant that was In high standing and credit
yesterday is abscondlrg debtor to day. Aud
thus go. What eau you think of our affairs
when the promissory notes of some of the very
ministers of State are hawked about the streets by
sgepts or brokers to be discounted at q shave of
per cent Der month";"
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-06-29

AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY AND SLAVERY -
premium of $500 having beea o1lered some
time since by an American merchant in Glasgow,
Scotland, for the best Tract on 1.-The Family as
affected by Slavery" to be placed at the disposal
of the American Tract Society, 80 manuscripts
were sent in, to one of which the prize was awar-
ded. Then came the practical result-the testing
of the disposition of the Publishing Committee OF
the American Tract Society in regard to such
documents. The Executive Committee of the So.
cietv settled the question by refusing to publish
it, IN view of the resolution lately passed to that
eff ct.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-06-29

GOOD NEws.-The East Tenn & Va R has
now iron enough at City Point, and in transit from
that place its destination to lay the track twenty
miles beyond Jopesborough. This will make
fifty miles of track at the Eastern end and fifty
eight miles on the Western-ieaving gap of only
twenty-five miles, iron for which is purchased and
will be over in time to keep the track-iayers at
work. force capable of laying eight miles
month Is employed. The staging. therefore, will
be reduced to the twenty-five miles within two
and half months.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-06-29

SUICIDE.-Capt Daniel Drayton, who was COM
mander of the schoonere Pearl in the famous kid
mapping at Warrington, in l848. when be
attempted TO off negroes, committed
suicide at New Bedford, Mass, on Thursday, by
taking laudauum. He had also severed arteries
in both legs. He was sentenced to twenty years
imprisonment for the kidnapping but was pardonS
ed out by President Fillmore, in 1852, since which
time he had been travelling through the free
States, selling his personal narrative and other
anti-slaYerY works
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-06-29

LADY GRADUATES. The commencement of the
Baltimore Female College took place Friday even
ing The valedictory was delivered by Charlotte
W. Thorpe of Winchester, Va. The degree of
Arthur Baccalaures was conferred on Misses
Charlotte W. Thorpe, of Winchester, and Mary
E Porter, of Rippon, Va. The degree of Mistress
OF English Literature was conferred on Miss Mary
E Polk, of Winchester. Fifty Honors were award,
ed to Miss Mary E. V. Anderson, Matte s Glass
cock and Mary L. Brown, of Va.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-06-29

DEAD. The sudden death of Geo W Hamer,
son ot Gen Hamer of Mexican war fame, which
occurred at Harpers Ferry Va, recently by fall
has been noticed Mr. Hamer WAS formerly clerk
of the House of Representatives of Ohio, and
resigned TO accompany Col Kinny to Nicaragua -
He only % years Of age, and was the young
est delegate to the late Cincinnati Democratic
Con vantinn.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-06-29

CHURCH DIFFICULTY In iFincas lie, Va, The
,namhers of the Methodist Church North " and
of the came church south" have applied to the
court to appoint trustees for the same church -
The court refused to appoint the trustees recon-
mspded by either party.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-06-29

VENEZUELA-WITHDKAW OF THE U. s
MINISTER The American Minister has with
drawn from Venezuela account of the Bird
Island affair, the Government not being as prompt
in acknowledging the claims he preferred as he
desired. The Venezuelan Minister said that the
claims are under consideration, and that, if tie
Minister should withdraw, Venezuela will CON-
muuicate directly with the United States Govern
onf
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MOVEMENTS OF UNITED STATES TROOPS -
Companies B, G, E, + aud K, 5;h Infantry, NUNS
bering 4s0 men. arrived at New Orleans from
Florida 10Th inst, en- route for Jefferson Barracks
They are accompanied by the following officers ::
Capt. c. c Sibley, comm landing; Capt. and Brevet
Msior n. B. Russell, Capt. J. Robinson, Capt
r. Selden 1st Lieut. b. Wingate lst Lieut.
w Fl Lewis. 21 Lieut. L l. Rich, "a Lieut. Hill,
2i Lieut. J. F Ritter Acting Adjutant, and Assist
ant Surgeon G Ridgeley.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-06-29

A CoNTRADICTIoS.-Mrs l. P Ross, wife of
Professor ID Barton Ross, contradicts the report
that her husband attempted to commit suicide at
Petersburg Va. He was attacked by vertigo. and
took choriform as remedial agent. Its, effect.
however, was to aggravate the symptoms, and
while In state which rendered him upcon scious
of bis actions he Inflicted two stabs upon him self
With a common pocket knife, neither of which pro.
ducsd any serious effects. We do not see that
Pr, fessor r himself has published any statement
os the same tenor as the above
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-06-29

AMYLEsE.-This new aesthetic, supposed to be
better and safer than ether chloroform has prov
ed suddenly fatal In the hands of DR. Snow himself,
to q patient on whom Mr. Ferguson WAS operating
for fistula in ano. All .tempts st resusctation
failed DR. S details tue unfortunate case 10 the
London Medical Gazette
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-06-29

LIBEL SUIT DISMISSED We learn from the
Burlington Uowal Gazette that the libel suit insti
tuted some time ago by Horace Greeley, in the
District Court of Des Moines county, against
Messrs Thompson & Steward, of that journal has
been dismissed The suit was based on publ
cation in the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Bur-
lington Gazette, and copied into many other
papers, stating that Mr. Greeley had received
certain sum of money for services rendered the
Des Moines River Improvement Company.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-06-29

"A MAN STCnG TO DEATH BY BhEs We learn
through letter that on Tuesday eve-inR, while
farmer named Hays. residing near Knoxville, In
Frederick county, Md, was abont TO hive swarm
of bees a great portion Of them s~armed mp on
his head, and stung him In such terrible manner
tn AZ be died on the following day
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-06-29

OCEAN STEAMERS DIsCoNTINUED.-The Hausa
and Germania of the Bremen line, have discon-
tinued heir trips and will not come out again this
season. 1t is stated that the steamships Washing
ton and Hermann, after their return from Europe
again, will be withdrawn from the Bremen line,
and discontinue their trips The cause alleged
is the failure TO procure the carrying of the mails
the contract for which has been transferred to the
Ariel and North Star, owned by Vanderbilt.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-06-29

EMBEZ2LEMENT IN NLw YORK-Henry Dupuy,
q clerk in the employment of Phelps, Dodge & Co,
tin plate importers of New York, was recently
arrested on charge of embezzng goods to the
extent of some tour or FIVE thousand dollars from
his employers The matter was investigated,
hen 1t was shown that the accused had been in
the habit of defrauding the sbo7e named firm out
of at least 5000 per week The embezzements
have been going on for the last three years.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-06-29

A FINE ORGAE new organ OF the largest
class has been procured from New York, for the
use of the pupils of the Institution for the Dear
and Dumb and Blind, In Staunton, Va. The Leg
i.sture Al lis last session appropriated the snm of
4250O for ths purpose, and an instrument has been
Oh Aimed from the manufacturer at that price.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-06-29

.ssa "GR RhNT-A1d possession aIVen
s between the Isl and 10th of July, q large ana
- aershtu 6F:cK residence vito furnace or i1e-
pisces heatirg the whole house Double porch in
rear with shower and plunge bath, and water In the
mouse and atl other modern improvements: large
yard; Kitchen snd servants rooms detached f,am
house; Is cool In summer and warm ia winter; locs.
TED between Srd and 4th, franklin street; and
one OF the mot eslble. convenient and comfortsb
residences In the city. For Terms &c apply to No
,4 Mal0 street opposite Cornthlan Hall, or at the
ia
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-06-29

A CZaRiNAS JkWkLs For SsLE--Tbe In ~ su;t
concerning the personal property of Cafharipe
the Great of Russia, which has been pending for
many years, has at last been decided in favor of
the heirs who are very numerus, and amongst
whom Is the Prince of Prussia. prospective fatber-
in.iaw OF the British Princess Royal A Wests
phalian jeweller, who bss been engaged TO con.
vert the ,rinkets into cash. is stpresent in Vienna
with portion of the valuables. They consist Of
very rich odfashioned necklaces, bracelets rings,
breastpips, brooches, head-dresses, gold chains,
boQuets &c
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-06-29

THE ARMY woRM.-The Army Worm has
made its appearance IN Ks0awha county, Va, and
some extensive meadows. that promised abundant
crops of hay. are already ruined by this varo oipus
insect In some neishborhoods they have done
much damage to the wh 1t.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-06-29

DEATH OF A CLERGYMAN-Rev Jno G Young,
the President of Centre College in Kentuek y. with
which institution he connected for about 30
wears died suddenly ut Danville in that State, on
Tuesday. He was eminent Presbyterian cer-
gyman, and married sister of Vice President
Breckinridge.
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KILLED BY LIGHrsIsG.-Mrs. Ellen Harrison,
RS dent of McConnssvis, Ohio. was killed by
lightning in Perry county, whittier she was on visit,
on saturday the 10Th She IVES sitting near the mid
die Of the loom engaged in reading The Bible. The
.hoe upon h,r right foot was torn and near the CEN
ire OF ths foot was small round hole through the
foot and the pper and SOLE Of shos Her clothes
vsrs set on ire, but abe wss not moved particle
f,om the p,.ition in w nich she was ii ting.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-06-29

WORTHY OF NOTE Its worthy of remark that
out of thirty young men included in the programme
of addresses at the commencement of the Princes
ton College N J, only four were from the South
ern States and of the four took the first honor.
1t Is also worthy of remark that the valsdic,ory
implies the second honor, and that Mr. Wright also
a Southern youth. one of the four, and from Mis-
sssippi delivered that.
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speech OF MIR. Dallas before tho Royal
HumHne SacirlY

Ane eighty third anniversary Of the Royal Hu.
laAne society was celebrated on Monday, June 8,
oy splendid banquit at the London Tavern,
"nich was attended by about one hundred and
e'shty OF its Oldest aud most influential friends
ine health of MI. Dallas, the American Minister,
was drunk, and this gentleman, in replying to the
compliment, said:
he wished to sp AK to them OF the first man whom
their association rescued from death II was near
ths year i1i and IT'S just after the Humane Society
nau oesn .Ntuled A young man Of excellent edu
cation, OF large property, about seventeen years of
sse was walking with his the banke of the
Hhanes; ne came to its brink, and the weather being
unusueiy warm be soon yentured to d5f his clothes
snd TO venture into the river He ~ a gallant and
excellent swmmer. He struck ous boldly and luutiy
centre OF the stresm but before he got there
ne was seized w.t. violent cramp, and with one
Oh lex hs sunk Immediately His servant distracted
ran towards some neghborlng building At that very
time, and for he frat tim the impsments of the
Royal Humane society-the graphing irons the
drags. the boats ts-were accessible These were put
into immedIate requsition, and the alarm having
oeen gwen the young man was tai en from the
According to the usage of the time he was rolled
upon the br dse and rescued and restor
60 oy the ssency OF that institution Cheen That
wss In l7I4 or IT'S He then seventeen Years OF
age. Five years after thst young man was rescued
h arred in the county of Devon and in the course
OF few years he went In search of his patrimoniel
estates IN Jamaica and found that they had been
dissIpated BY stewart, into whose hands they had
been entrusted he went with his wife to the United
odes Wnere ne arrived In lI9S Just at the close of
the revolutionary war That young man, thus res.
oued from aterg grave, applied himself at once to
thu study OF the law He ro,e in the profession He
became. himself at once the associate of Washing
ton, of Jefferson, of Madison. He became, himself
one of the most conspicous counsel of the United
States CT America; admirable if not, in that
country, unsqusiled writer and dis ineuished po
ht1olsn He at length filled the otiice of Treasu
OF America. Hear, hear That youns msa. hat
counsel that author, who had been rescued by the
Royal Humane eociety, who became the head of
numerous family, WHOSE descendants were now well
known throughout the United States of msrics =
that young man, he mi kht say without any feeling OF
vanity that young man his own father IRE
msndcus cheering He died some thirty years sgo;
and during his life he aferred to the 8oya Humane
society one founded tIe nob'est principles and
which was carried out v energy prop1rtioped
to its excellence. Chee's He had heard of the
merits of the society from ';hers and hsd thought
that that little piece of fst, history might not be
unpleasDg to them. Loud cheers. He hoped 1t
might tend to their noble exertions, and
to promote ihs usefunes, of 90 admirable an as,o-
citation. CheersI
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GENEROUS DoNATIoS.-A gentleman who does
not wish his name known, hss given to Princeton
Theological Seminary ten thousand dollars. the
interest of which Is TO he appropriated to sustain-
Ing poor young men during their course Of study
I'm that Institution.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-06-29

NoR'vEGIANs-Atl least thousand Norwegians
arrived at Milwaukee on Tuesday and Wednes
day of last week, and from . conversation with
them 1t was ascertained that at least twenty thou
sand of their countrymen are coming to America
the present year.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-06-29

BENEVOLENT MOVEMENT The Alexandria
Va Gazette states that the Odd Fellows of Pc.
tomac Lodge are making the necessary arrange.
ments to establish male and female school In that
city, where the children of deceased members are
20 ~ educated
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of America n lard has been shipped to New York
from Liverpool the prices here being more remu-
nerative than in England, where 1t has declined
from 73s per cwt (the rates obtained a few months
ago) to 62s 1t retsils in New York at 10 lsc per
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A COTTON MARgEL-The Rev Dr. Kirk, In q
letter from Manchester. Epgiand, says: Il bad In
the Oldest factory of the to- . striking exbibi-
ton Of the value of human art and labor pound
OF cotton was pointed out worth q pound of
gold Its cost as crude cotton may bave been
eight cents. And curiosity CT art / was
shown pound of cotton spun into . thread that
would go round our globe at the equator, and tie
length.
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Mr.. DALLAs-Letters from England state that
Mr. Dallas, the American minister, had been for
maliy invited to Oxford 10 receive. on the @2d in
stant, the degree of L l. ID from that celebrated
institution. He long since had that honor confer
red upon him by his alma mater, Princeton col
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HEAVY Loss.-The Ithaca. Journal says
the damage to that place by the flood is estimated
varousy at from 500 600 to quarter of million
of dnlihrs
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SALE OF FURNiTURE.-The furniture of Co!
Joha @ Fremont was sold In Naw York Friday
The prices brought were not good, pair Of duelng
pistols bringing only Of The great path 1nder"
il about going TO Europe 20 isin hia wife for
long tour.