The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-05-06

ey gaog of gypsies, In Cobb county, their victim
beinga widow lady Ia moderate oircumstances.
an" party canped in the vicinity of Maristts.-
M SAo ~ tne patty-e dark sun-burned wench, look.
,ag hnsa haitbrssd Indian went TO the hauss Of a
Mfs Hanby, and represented herself 40 sent by the
IouiAns who Formerly inhabited the region 10 get
: msss OF gold, buried In a place near by. The
ssnssspsenns lady, knowing that the Iudkns had
70. msfiy made the region favorits haunt became
intensely userestsd In the tale OF the rnysterious
iooting stranger, aud entered at once into her
pans Tor getting the treasure. Her scheme vas
characterized by the mummery and supsrstitious
mosemenis peeuliar to tho Indian, and only served
70 heighten the confidence Of the good lady in the
strange adventnrers. In the progress Of the plan
y, seesme necessary for the gold hunter to have
Sioou 70 use ~ sort Of enchantment for the hidden
treasure, aud unless this sum could be had it was
asserted that the whole scheme would fail. The
,mouey was obtained, Mira. II. having portion OF
nin the house, and the balance was borrowed
from the neighbors after which the mysterious
looking gold wizard took French leave of her now
made friends, and is probable in the wild hunt for
buried treasures in some other locality.
Atgustd, ca. Dispatch.
WONDERFUL TURs IN THE TIDE op FORTUNE
Among the passengers in the Collins steamer Pa.
cihc, which disappeared In 1856, were Jabex Bar
Der, wife and daughter Of Chicago. Mr. Barber
possessed an extensive property here, of some
$3oo,0O0 In value. The steamers loss swept away
MS entire family, with the exception of one little
gifl-then an infsnt OF three years-wbo was left
10 Chlcago during her parents European tour
when all hope of any tidings were abandoned the
Probate Court opened the will. BY it all this i'm.
mense estate, apart from a few private beouests
waslefs to the surviving child, who thus became
one of the largest direct heiressex in the countrv
In case of ber desth it was to revert to the
OF kin. few weeks since this little one who has
never enjoyed perfect health, was stricken with
scarlet fever.
Much concern continued to be felt throughout
ia L~.~
every one appeared interested in the peculinr
circumstances. On Friday last when human
skill resigned its bafiied efforts to save 40 va
Unable a Lille, death terminated the chids suffer
lngs; and threw into the lap OF those who never
dreamed of being wealthy, a fortune OF solid Va
iue The next of kin are three sisters of Mr. Bar.
Der, who live at Simcoe, Canada West To these
the will left two hundred per annum The ladies'
are at present in strsishtened circumstances: but
10y TINS Inscrutable decree of Providence they have
come into possession of an estate whose intrinsic
value is now at least t400, 900 As Byron woke nm
one morning and found himself famous, 40 will
these poor people suddenly find themselves rich,
and endowed with more wealth than their wiidest
dreams ever pictured.
AMERICAN GOSSIP AT PARIs-The Paris cores
pondent of the Times furnishes the following
American and Foreign gossip:
Hume the American medium, is soon to be mar
ried st toine to yousg Russian lady with an i'm.
er over her entirely by that secret magnetic infu-
ence which has enabled him thus for TO sstonisb 40
many astute people. false Hume lately attempt
ed to palm himself OF on the people of Lyons-
Large bills sanouneced that Hume the dis stinguish-
ed American medium, would that evening give a
representation on the power of magnetism at the
Grand Theatre. People who knew she habits of
hume, or never appearing in public, made in.
quiries, and the director of the Theatre, finding
that he was being duped, closed the Theatre with
an announcement that contained an apology to the
public.
The marriage of young HutchinsoA, of the Amer
lean India Rubber Shoe Man ufacturiug Company
TO the daughter of the Duchess of Moptmorency at
Luxembourg, has made good deal of talk in the
sristocrstic circles of France. They do not deny
that Mr.. Hutchinson is an elegant and accomplish
ed young man, or that he has not an immense
fortune in hand and in prospective; they deem it
mesalliance which throws stain upon one of the
oldest and most honored names of France.
NOTORIOUS CREEK OUTLAW KuLHD.-A letter
from the Seminole Agency, west of Arkansas, to
the Fort Smith Times says:
The Creeks have killed the notorious Indian Yo-
BIZ who has murdered SO many persons in the last
few mouths They shot him three times, cut out
both his eyes, and Knocked him in the head with
an axe. to be sure of his death
RIVER ON FIRE.--Mons siye Guilbert who gave
an exhibition at Red Bank, some time since, of q
burning material, for setting fire hostile fleet
that might approach harbor, repeated the ex.
pertinent yesterday from the north side of Smiths
Island in the presence OF several hundred per-
on the Island and large number gathered
upon the wharTes on the river front. barrel
of the burnins-msterial was poured into the Della
ware, aud when set on fire an intense flame of
some twenty feet sprang up with cracking noise,
like the destruction of dry vegetable matter at the
same time throwing off dense volumes of black
smoke. The smoke caused au alarm of fire. The
FIRE on the water burned some five or eight
minutes and covered space of about thirty or
forty feet Philadelphia Ledger.
LIVING IN SAN FRAsCIsCo.-The San Francisco
Bulletin publishes statements from a dozen or
more correspondents in regard to the ex penses of
living in that city. There is much diversity in
child and servant" Some state that they can live
on from 500 to $1,000. Others say they are eco
nomical, and caunot get along with less than from
t2500 to $4,000. Judging from the average of the
amounts said to be required, it would appear that
the cost of living ia about 80 per cent higher in
California than in New York.
THE METHODIST PROTESTANT GENERAL CONFER
CONFERENCE convened in the Methodist Protestant
Church. at Lynchburg Va, Tuesday morning, and
was temporarily organized by calling Hon. B. s.
Bibb, of Alabama, to the chair, and the appoint
ment of Rev w. Ii. Wills, of N. Carolina, Secreta-
ry. After prayer by Rev. John g. Whitfield, Of
Va, the certificates of members elect were pre-
one members were in attendance. After Organi-
zaton, the body adjourned.
RUSSIA report recently presented to the
Emperor Alexander, coptai Ms the following sta
tstca returns relative TO landed property ard serfs
in Russia. The number of families who land
owners amount to 127 900. Out OF these 1000 pos
from 1000 to 10000 sers 1000 from 500 to 1000,
5000 from 100 to 500; $4,000 from q to 100, and
900 have less than Fl. The total number of pea
SAINT serfs of the nobility amount to II, 100000 and
those of the crown to 5000 600.
CONSCIENCE CAsE.-lhe Union says that the
Treasurer Of the United States acknowledges the
receipt from some person unknown. under an en-
veIope postmarked New York, April 80, Of $40 in
Virginia bank notes, "the property of Govern
ment" The proceejs-deducting u per cent, dis
count-viz: $l6S75 have been deposited in the
treasury.
MELANCHOLY AccDENT.-The Milwaukee wis
consin) News of the 25th instant, states that on
the I'D, a sou and daughter of Martin Feehey,
aged respectively Is and IA years, who were
playing in q skid, at Oshkosh, we're blown on into
the lake, and when last were fully five miles
from shore. Next day boat was procured and
sent u search of the poor children but the search
nrayed fruitIesR and the high, 1t Is be-