The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-03-17

NXHDAH mVNNhS0ta.t'"s"ssss AssSss 80 49,
FINANCIAL and Commercial.
sales in New York. Monday. o. slfo virginia IS
At szk. and ts.oce do. 81 ss Sales OF $500 North
carolina .. 81 II ~.
The New York Journal Of Commerce Of Monday.
r. M, sayu.
there Il Leo doing today. but financial matters 4
unchanged The arrival Of the staf o. sae mss'
wsn az - sao ssS sh 70 ,hs market TO-
Foreign Exchange yery slack and rate. are stl
day bills on London. while leading city bills could
not be s,id In any quantities at lbs; .,.. :,
though the tendency 10 apparently toward improve
ment aud there Is greater steaiiness
The value Of foreign goods. Of all descriptions.
imported at the port Of New York for the week end
ing last Saturday. was $i,767 .95i; corresponding
week last year, S3.b5.!l2, decrease. S3a95.!aS. On
the list but few items Of laxary are observable.
The imports Of foreign goods at the port al Boston
fr tho week ending March 18th. amounted to $40.
7a2 Corresponding week Of lss7. ssia.s2s. Decrease
in 1858, e657 s2s.
The list Of bids for the i've million Of treasury
notes offered to capitalists by the government were
opened at Washington. Monday. They amount 10
very nearly seven millions OF dollars. Of which ST.
<96 900 come from New York. This SUN. however.
is exceeded By the Washington bids which, ON the
part Of Riggs Co. amount 10 $3.0o,@o. at from
four to I've per cent. Five per cent is tho rate for
all the heaviest bids, including a million by Drex,i
Co.. Of Philadelphia. and one million and hair
by the Bank OF Commerce at New York.
The weekly statement Of the New York city Banks
shows an increase II loans oi $232 specie $22i go
decrease In circulation OF $9s,9D and s3ist0o in
nominal deposits, and an Increase Of 81. l73 900 in
drawn deposits.
The Philadelphia American says
frfya MI, futa Ea
knkham &C.. commission merchants OF this city,
who, during the recent panic thought it advisable,
Tor the protection both OF themselves and their credi
tors TO announce a sus,ensian, will to-day resume
payment ON all their liabilities.
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TIE NOVEL SHOOTING MArcH.--It has been an
nounced says the Louisville journal, that John Ira
Wis has accepted a wager to shoot, at three Shots
three oranges, placed upon the head and hands of
boy.
Captain Travis Is a man of medium height aud size
and we'll formed He has mild blue eye, with
very earnest expression. The oranges are each 10
head and one on the back OF each hand the arms be-
lug extended la this position, at the distance OF
PAGES or thirty Get facing the shooter and with
no Intervening otiect Captain john Travis pro
poses 10 hit each grange and has only three shots TO
h tue taree oranges The feat is 20 be performed in
this city, in June next The boy who rs 10 support
the oranges is ten years of age, and bright aud
sprightIy lad lie has every confidence in the al'l-
fy Of Captain Travis tn hit each object, and has
equally as much in his own nerve. which cannot be |
surpassed. He IN now under daily trimming. The
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hands upon his hips The captain shoots through /
the angles made by the benda,g II the arms and be-
the hrng and if possible. give him mere confidence
and make him teel mt ease. From what We have seen
says the Journal he possesses all the nerve reGni
site to the perfect accomplishment 0t this most eS
traordineyy feat The little fellow is native of Lou
isyille aud his mother is always present during the
practciDg. She is entirely satisfied that it will
suit in safety To her son.
SUPPOSED MURDER Case-Mr Samuel W Dowuinps
Of baltimore. Nil made oath Friday baf.tra Ius
tire Boyd of that city that he hal been Summoned
on corouers jury the day before, on tie body of
James Patton. lying dead in IA tayera, sorner of |
Howard and Conway streets, kept hy Michael Con.
molly. Mr.. d. testified that the JiJy were neither
body. aud that hs npt satisfied with tho verdict
rendered, namely Accidental death by falling
varying gropgd 2,pd tasfnterrcd the body. when a
post mcrtsm examination revealed the fact that The.
was extensively fractured i'll four or five places
indth doctor who made the examination tlough.
Ihe injuries could not have been the result nf sh
x stated. Fonr men. aud two W men. who in
She house ut the time Of the mans DEATH N.ss al.
rested and held for further examination.
DEATH IN TaE iIooP or THE FArtL psxcaqoAr-By
q calculation male by official lAat.i it appears
that no less than fourteen deaths snee the list Of jan
uary have arisen from hug-i.4 occasi"ned by tn"
wiisspreading Of the C.qo NJ ililu the fire. drawn
thithsr BY the dssreft from the chimney. Wood
.s,ge.on- AID tlie tiainf from them rises in an in.
slant, We insert this as warning To fair couu
trywomsh -Loactoa Court Jopmd, teA 20.
DISGUSTING fIaHT BETWEEN Two II snaN BRUrrs 49,
Two vile wretches named Patrick Maddocks and
Michael fiske met by agreement IN Milicreek Val
! known nsa ':ropgR Humble" tight No tws
SssS S I'll ssss sfS nsss 70 he Or 5onr &
1e latter Hiapped on portion of his Adversary
eur ahd, inserting his teeth in his nose M ,ls and
cheeks. ohewed his flesh as Il ravenou. aei;a waad
corpse, and had nearly gougcd out stis eyes.
when fiske sank down bleeding mals1.rd aud in
sensible ut the feet of Madocks w!o was then pro
claimed victor by his friends SOate Jour hul ,lrsf
kindred brntes were on the sTqua1 au,l iniro,i thu
prosress-ci"ef":.y! Hnqmre,
SUDDEN DsAra,-On Monday nisas, about eley en-
oe,..S. NE esnor TPSrnaire atts.hsi to the circus
indiana! IIe went to bed w.A abort halipast ten
and died In twenty-five n.stes-iL il supposed IN an
female circus perfosa,er, Madame Tourniaire and
was engaged in ~ aRsness OF breaking horses for
circus purpeseas
NqaAhD IN New YoRR.-The Paris Courier Franco. {
AtAfen Och 2,th) saws that Mnx,rd will part on
q IN S5 q s Us 3. &c
four half benefits per year. Among other artists OF
the concerts de Paris who VIII accompany Musard, are
Demerssmann QlHtistl ara Hubans (hautboy. the
test ip Europe. They sre engaged f,r New York,
Philadelphia. Bos.ah and Baltimore. |,
JUsT bealrs you go 10 bed, eat two pigs fses AMI
az oyster fry. In less than an hour you will sse a
shake larger than a hawser, devourinS light blue |
haired children, who have just esCsAsesi from I,
monster with sorrel eyes and red ,et oyercoat
A negro girl named Lucy was exssated in Gal.
weston, Texas, the 4th inst, ipG the murder oil
her mistress.
Three pickpocketa. JOHN aa.i David Allen an 4
Edward Pitts, had theiS preliminary examnstis n
in Wilmingtens N. c.. on Saturday last, aud were
remanded to be triedtfor capital felony.