The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-10-09

steuA OsucS tDduttt1o. In HotEi0m Ap0 HOiiA00
there 10 an average cropwhIe In the Baltic regious
included Northern Germany and Western Russia,
Ehe yield 10 below an average, although high
prices may induce experts 10 some extent. In
france there 10 fair crop of wheat and rye, oate
being inferior. The cereal crop Of England ex.
,eeds the average, and portion Of the extrsordi-
nary wheat yield Of last year still remains ia the
bands OF farmers to be added TO this years harvest
other breadstuffs are somewhat uuder the average
In Ireland all kinds of produce abundant, com
pared with recent years. The wheat crop Of Scot
and 70 excellent. other crops being medium. and
possibly below.-0n the whole, the Uuited Kingdom
will this year req uire smaller imports of grain
han 10 ordinary seasons. The supplying power Of
central Russia 10 not yet determined"
SINGULAR AccIDESr.-Ths Hartford, Ct, Press, In
describing game Of wicket, gives the following
incident:
Mr.. Jabez Alvord had buckled . strap tightly
around his right arm above the elbow. to prevent
his arm from becoming famed when throwing in
The ball. Soon . large throw became necessary,
but as the effort was made, crack, short and dis
Einct ~ that of pistol, was heard across the
playground, and the young mans arm fell power.
less at bis side, the ball describing short curve
beyond. On an immediate examination of the
arm by Doctors Phelps and Steele, who were upon
The ground. It was fo und that the bone as broken
mort W yhsf above the point Vlerc the strap ,cas
placed.
A TEXAS FIeHT.-A glimpse Of life In Texas is
thus afforded by the Brenham Enquirer of the
,4th:
We learn that at horse race on the Yegua.
Burleson county, on Saturday last, man named
herksey committed Wholesale murder on the
person OF Bev. Shaw. Matthew Shaw and r.
Hughes, besides wouodiDg two others. The wea.
pom used was bowie knife, which he piled with Q
dexterify heretofore unknown. Kerksey attempted
to make his escape on horseback, but was shot at
and wounded, which caused him to leave his horse
and risk his chance through thicket near by
lie was trailed through the bottom to q water
hole, where bis shoes and hat were found, but no
trace further could be discovered"
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TIE CHEss CONTEST IN EURoPE-The chess match
which was in progress at Paris, between Paul
Morphy, the American, and Harrwitz, the German,
was astemporarily interrupted, a. We are informed
By accounts received by the Arago, by the indis.
position of the latter. The London Express of the
I'D September. announced that the score stood -
MorphJ, 4; Harrwitz. 2; which would leave Nor
ply three games to score to win the match. The
London Sunday Times states that Morphy had
Won six OF the seven games, but does not give
Hsrrwitz score. There is very little doubt but
that BY this time young America has beat the
veteran player and established his claim as being
the greatest known living chess player. The
matches with Staunton and Andersen which will
soon be played, will convince all the doub on
that point.
TIE Poor IN PARIs.-The administration pub
fishes every year report of its proceedings. We
extract the following from that for 1867 :-"Paris
10 hospitals for the treatment of diseases
and IL hospices or places Of refuge for the fncura
bic or for aged paupers The support OF these diff
ferent establishments requires great resources.
aud the account for 1857 gives the ordinary re-
ceipts at 16 642.l l17f, and the expenses at 10 1872
liif. The ordinary receipts are composed as Al
lows LANDED property and revenues, go. .92Sf
interest of capital. 70o06sf rentes and dividends
$40 e02f; eventual revenues 214 234f; concession
OF ground In the cemeteries. l62,1Slf; duties on
theatres. &c. ,3So. .240f bonus from tho Mont de
Piete, 259, ,157f; reimbarsements BY families and
3,56l, ,l2lf: municipal subveution. Z,
~! ,i5of revenues and foundations, 546,2isE-
total, l6,427,1l7f...
MUTE MAgsIaAR SERVICE IN TIE EprsCo.,, 4,
CHURcH.--It is seldom We have witnessed 80 beau
sifula ceremony as the marriage of Mise Ellen
-, OF Boston, to Mr.. Trist, of Philadelphia
son offhe we'll known negociator OF the Treaty ot
GuHdaloups Hidalgo, which took place on Tuesta,
Brighton, L. !. The bridal couple we're both mute.
deaf and dumb from infancy. The Rev Mr.
Irving very slowly aud emphsticaily read the ser
vice. which Mr. 6allaudet translated BY sigus
vith wonderful fidelity and rapidity, the bride anC
groom repeating these signs as they were jndi
Gated BY their clergyman. Several times tn,
sign language fingered after the word-lapguag.
bad ceased, and then the silence which reigped IL
the church and the breathless interest which en-.
chained every spectator, was almost painful
Hork Express
WHAT WINES ARE MADE os-A physician o.
Cincinnati, has made the following statement -
During the summer of 1856. L anaIyzed a lot o.
liquors 7or some conscientious gentlemen Of ouI
own city, who would not permit me TO take sam
pies to my otfce. but insisted on my bringing nv
chemicals and apparatus to their store that they
might see the operations: accordingly repaired
to their store, and snayzed samples Of sixteen
tif-rent lots. Among them were Port ,cf,,.
S,erTy aci,e, and MADEIRA ,ciss The distilled
liquors wero sosne pure, vile and perniciou:
limitations; but the wines had not one drop of the
Juice OF the grape, The bssis OF the Port wine
was diluted sulphnric acid, colored with elder
berry Juice. With alum, sugar and neutral spirits
The basis OF the Sherry UiRe sc0S a sort Of pail
matt, sulphnric acid, from the bitter almond oil
with per centsge of alcoholic spirits from bran "
The basis of the Madeira was decoction OF hops
with suiphuric acid, honey, spirits from Jamaica
rum, etc. The same week after analyYipg the
above and exhibiting the quality and character OF
the liquors to the proprietOrs, sexton Of one OF
our churches informed nc he had purchased gal
Ion of the above Port ,cine, to be used ia his
church on the next Sabbath for sacramental pur
poses, and that for this mixture of suIphuric &C
alum and elder berry juice, he paid $275 gallon
SALERAfUs SPRIrGs-A correspondent of the Char
10 ottesville Jeffersonian, writing from the U. g
camp at Sweet Water, Utah, says:
This part OF our journey is very fatal 10 cattle
from the alkaline springs and lakes along the
road, the water OF which Is poisonous to animals
We passed in march Of 20 miles to day some forty
head of cattle lying dead, killed by drinking thi,
water. Quite lake, called 'Salcratus Lake, lie,
On the west of our road. went out to See it: the
water contains very large per cent. of the salt
aud along the shores presents solid bed Of saera
tbs.
LIFE on WHALEsEIP.-There is . case now be-
fore the U. s. District Court of Boston, Mass, ID
which 1t 10 charged that negro cook on board of
~haier was treated with shocking barbarity, bav
ing been brutslly beaten on several occasions aud
his eye knocked out by the mate Of the ship, anC
subsequently kept iI irons until he was eventually
landed without food or shelter on Q desert rock O
the Galapagos Islands, about 700 miles from th,
coast of Peru. and there abandoned to his fate liz
had lived for 20 days raw crabs and young birds
and was taken on by another whaler to TAlcah IA
na where he remained in hospital II. months be
fore be recovered sufficiently to travel home.
RETURNING TO SLAvERY.--The Richmond {Texas
Reporter says that Messrs Phillips and Rust passet
through there few days ago, with the self-eu-
slaved colored girl Caroline, whom they had hu
namely rescued from . ssats of free starvation IL
New York. She seemed delighted with the chang
from Northern privatiou and unpaid labor, to
land of abundance, and lifetime security Of al
THx FoRcE OF ExANPIx.-A new trade 10 said &
be springing up between the Utah and Pledes Iu
dams Of Utah Territory, that OF buying aud selln
squaws. They have, no doubt, been studying tn
domestic economy Of their Mormon ueighbor.
and are endesvoring to improve upon that highl
moral code.
CONFESSED MuRpERER.-foe Platte, who die
recently near Detroit, Michigan, confessed . litsl
uhi,a hafbre his death that he had murdered
family. named johnson, near Fentouville, Ia tbs
State about year ago, for which he received 500
CHANCES OF paoxorioS.--Tbs mortality anon
sbpmasters this season, 10 said to exceed ANY thin
OF the kind ever known. Largenumbers have die
In the Southern ports from yellow fever. Nor
than 20 have died In Cuba this season, from tn
state Of Maine alone.
ELECTION IN A MoEAsrERY.-0u the l1th ulf, z
election for Abbntt was held at the Abbey OF B
Vincent, near Lstroba, Wsstmoreiand count,
Pa, when the Rev. Bouifaca WINNER Was unan
meusly re elected Abbott. He h nov Abbott 4
life.