The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-11-11

Home souadrop Ships. ofne'rs. Men, Gun.
East lndies........-......I l4o i50 10
z rac, ~, =; 50 IiO0 Sc
NedIterT anea1. xS 40 'eo
Brazil and Paraguay 10 800 as3s 90
90 755 1888 ess
The above does not include vessels on snac,.I
service. chartered steamers or ordinarv r.csiu;rr
ships, bnt it does include all the guns. ofcers and
men on beard the chartered steamers of the para
quay neet. of the ten ships of the Sine two are in
commission as permanent receiving ships two ara
on the stocks, and have been so for several wear.
ana the remainder "lying ia ordinary:'' of the
thirteen frigstes four iu commission and nina
are lying NJ; OF the nineteen sloopsof war four.
teen are IN commission. We have two brjos-
cambridge and Perry-both in commksion Fnr-
Ieeh sseamer., hve store ships, and one schooner
complete the lis Of serving vessels
vi officers, the whole number on the active .a-
wee register IS enc ihousand three hundred and
nfty hFe. There are seventy six CAPTAINS ono
hunored and six commanders, three hundred and
| nineteen lieutenants, one hundred and FORTY nine
stleai S.neers, ninety eight pnrsers, of whom
sixty eight rank with commander; twenty four
| chapiains. eleven professors of mathematics ft
| teen masters, twenty three passed midsbipmen
two hundred and thirty nine midshipmsn, one
hundred and twenty four engineers, thirty eight
boatsuains, forty four guppers and forty savan
carpenters. There are, besides these twenty i've
captains, twenty commanders, and f,y four lien.
tenants on the reserved list. The United States
and prominent position In the navy: and ips,Iv
| So for 1t numbers among its members the most
efflcient and the best disciplined soldiers in the
pay OF government. On every occasion where the
marines nave been alo1 we'd chauce TO distinguish
themselves they have more than fu filled the nnh
llc expectation. The marine corps copssts of one
brigsdier general, colonel four high officers ar
the garrison 10 Washington, four majors fourteen
captains and forty iieutenants, and about fifteen
hundred men, who are scattered over the universe
from Behring Straits to Ballyraggett
BLOODY AFPRAT.-The murder of W. W. Smith. A
merchant in Ouachita, Miss by E. Ward. a few
days since, has been noticed. The murderer fled
but was arrested in tavern, at Woodville, Miss.
where the landlord discovered him. and sent for
aposSe OF men to effect the capture. The Ouachi.
ia Herald Gays:
Alter retiring to his room, he seemed to susnect
that All things were not right, and spoke of leav-
ing. The landlord presented double barrel gpn
and told him If he undertook to leave his room ne
would certainly fire on him. Soon after this about
ten CLOCK at nIghD Mr.. Redwine and his men
came up Ward said to Tatum that he wouid like to
consult with the men-T assuring him that il b a
would submit to an arrest he should not be kurt
lie seemed to acquiesce.
The party proceeded to enter the room Ward
pretended TO be taken by surprise, said quickly
Nv hats that ~ and commep pced firing his pstoIs at
the crowd, woundiug MIR. j. +. Walker in the neck
aud killing Mr. J Barnes, by shooting him through
tne heart himself receiving only one wonnd in the
arm by pistol fired by Redwiue Ward continued
firing till all his pistols were discharged then drew
his bowie knife and rushed to the door when he was
shot down by MIR Tatum. 10 the melee the lights
were put out. The dead and wounded Of Red wines
party drawn ont of the room the door closed
and the room guarded for several hours it not be-
ing known to what extent Ward was disabled 1t
was eventually determined to introduce light into
the rooD that bis condition might be seen. To
this end light was let down the chimney. by
which he Uaitpripu in bfa ,;tb
pistols in hand which he had succeeded in reload
ing while in that condition There lay the demon
apparently determined to sell his arrest or his life
Al the greatest possible cost to OF hers He was now
appealed to, and assured that they were -termired
to take him, dead or alive but that they had no iu
ciinatou to do him further bodily harm but on
the contrary, would do all they could to relieve
his physical suffering, if he would disarm himself
whereupon he threw his weapons from him, when
the physicians who were in attendance upon
those wounded by himself. mnstered to his
wants, by dressing his wounds. He was found
very severely, though it s thought not mortaiy
wcuudad It was he design of his captors to take
him Immediately to Shreveport, where if alive, he
probably even SOW is cOufned in jail
RAIN AS IT LOOKS DRESSED UP--In the recent lay
ing OF the corner stone for an Asylum for nebri-
ates, at Bnghampton, New York, it very appro, ,
priately rained. Edward Everett vas the orator.
and dressed the shower up il the following pretty
rsiment
i heard from one friend and another this morn
ing-kind enough to pay his respects to me, know
ing on what errand had come-he remarked that
be was sorry We had'nta good day. II was, AZ you
! are aware, raniug in the morning. Sir il is a
good day, notwithstanding the rain. Weather is
good; all weather is good sunshine is good; ; rain
Ia good Not good weather sirg
ASK the farmer into whose grains and roots
there yet remains some IF its moisture, to be
driven by tomorrow's sun Ask the boatman, who
q fDrh his raft thar ids asb
the dairyman and graZier if the rain. even at this
season, is not good Ask the lover of nature if 1t
Is NOT good weather when it rains Sir, saw two
or three times in Europe artificial waterworks
cascades constructed by the skill of man at an
enormous expense-the remains Of the palatial
| waterwork at Marley. where Louis XIV. lavished
uncounted millions Of gold, and thus laid the
foundation of those deperions of the treasury
which brought on the French Revolution. The
Traveller thought it a great thing to see these
revolution waterwOrks wherein a little cataract
poured out a little water to be scattered out by
small engine Do We talk Of lis not being good
where Gods great engine is exhibiting to US His
imperial waterworks sending up the mists and
Vapors TO the clouds to be raned down agaiu in
comfort and beauty and plenty upon grateful and
thlrsty man? Sir, as amere qualification Of taste,
know nothing in nature more sublime, more
beautiful, than these rains descending from the
! skies" (Applause.)
COOP ADVICE For THE YoUNG.-The following
from the Baltimore Patriot published in q city
| than which none in the Uncn is suffering more
from the effects of rowdyism. contains q volume
Of sermons condensed to such brevity that the
worst memory can retain its warnings:
There IS no truer provert than that "a man is
known by the company he keeps" If a lad Of
twelve and upwards is generally found in the com
pany OF his sisters or cousins" and assocating
and afhlisting with the geutler sex-accompanyins
them to lectures aud places CT rational amusement
aud instruction. mixing in the social and
circe-fouud at all times participating in the
agreeable hearth entertainments, but above all.
habituay IN the house Of worship on the Lord day,
IL is proof positive that such will grow up to
be respected by every body-wiiI be a useful and
valuable itgen in society, and ten to one become
consistent Christian in all his walk and converse.
tion. On the other hand, let this youth babi.ual-
ly associate with the rowdy ciassss-run with the
'masbeen'-smoke in the siree;s-shun female
society-tipple.at the low groggeres-use profaue
language-absent himself irom the sanctuary, aud
how long will it be- before his name will be in
the police annals and appear in the daily Journals
among the arrested aud convicted. Like begets
like, and effects follow causes certainly the
rising and setting Of the sun.
THs CATTLE MAhK,r.-A Fauquier county, Va,
correspondent, writing to the Alexandria Gazette,
says:
But few IF the farmers are Supplied with stock
There is great scarcity, partly owing to the cat
tie disease in Tennessee a few years ago; but
mainly to the New York and Pennsylvania specu
lators, who met the droyers on their way here ard
bought up the intended supply for the upper part
of this county and the lower part of Loodouo.-
Some are beginning to fear that they cannot get
any at ALL Prices range on q cents to and
fraction, with an upward tendency.
THs BEpISaER DINNER This demon strstion of
respect to the Hon. Henry Bedinger, late Minister
10 Denmark, took place at Charlestown, Va, Oh
Friday last, was very largely attended by bis !et-
low citizens, and passed of in very ereditable
aud agreeable manner.
New ORLEANS Mayor stith, Of New Orleans.
states til hat since the commencement OF the yellow
fever in that city not less than 100000 have been
al of The dead. and tho con,