The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-12-06

ue,vY Foo. Tho coast and rivers during satur'
lar and Saturday night were overAung BY dsnse
fog. The Northern mail due yesterday morning
aid not arrive In consequence Of this obstruction
We learn from our Norfolk oorreepondentth that the
Baltimore boat due there In the morning had NOT
arrived at 10 NJ, Saturday, being delayed BY the
same cause.
Muspsa IN MosreoxEay.--A negro man belong
ing to Mr.. Miller, OF Montgomery, killed another
belonging to John Grsysop, OF the same county, a
few days since 10 an alteration The murdered
man was valuable servant, who sold In Christians
burg last year for s., 52s.
NoricE TO TaAvMLKas.-The Harrisburg pa. }
Union says, that the following rules of the road
oil based upon legal decisions; they ought to be
universally made known:
II has been legally decided that applicants for
tickets on railroads can be elected from cars II
they do not offer the exact amount Of their fare.
Conductors are not bound to make change. All
railroad tickets are good until used and conditions
"good for this day only" or otherwise limiting the
time Of genuineness, are Of no account. Passen.
gers who lose their tickets can be elected from
the cars, unless they purchase q second one Pas
sengers are bound to observe decorum In the cars.
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAnsoAp.--Ths English COM
mittes who lately visited this country to inspect
the Illinois Central Railroad have reported to
their constituents. The point Of their report is
contained IN the following sentence:
That In consequence Of the slow recovery from
the severe monetary pressure of last year. aud the
present continued depression in the commerce OF
the Western States, the committee, having IN
view the possibility of deficiency in income for
the years 1858 So 10 of opinion that such assumed
defici. may be arranged without further assess
ment of the capital stock, upon which sum
equivalent to enc million sterling has been paid
by the proprietary within the last eighteen
months and the committee is concerning arrange
ments with the board in New York to meet such
contingency.
PANIC IN CnuRcH-In the Methodist church
at Ty Ter. in Texas, recently, while Bishop Pierce
was preaching. the cry was raised that the house
was falling, and Immediately stampede" ensued
which battle: description. The church was crowd
ed TO its utmost capacity with ladies and gentle
men, and the screams of the former and shouts
of the latter, were enough to appal the stoutest.
Pell.mel, over each other they rushed, In their
lad panic-the stouter crushing the weaker under
foot. until the house was cleared Windows were
dashed to pieces to afford openings for egress As
soon as all bad gained the open air, it was dis
covered that the alarm was a false one, and that
no danger whatever bad existed Singular to say,
no person was seriously injured in the panic
PRkMoSIrIoy South Troy, N Y, Oh Sunday,
a lad six years of age, died of Group, having suf.
fered terribly for several days. Two days before
his death, he called his father to his bedside, and
told him that he was not going to live, for he had
a beautiful dream when he was asleep that told
him He dreamed that he stood upon the
earth he God in Heaven looking sweetly
down upon him; thauite let down golden chain,
which fell upon the ground at his feet; and that
as he stopped to look at it, God told him 10 take
hold of the chain. and lie would draw him up to
Heaven, and give him a crown Of gold. Sunday,
the little spirit was set free, snd the promise
fulfilled
FRENCH ErIoUETE.-In bis last letter from
Paris to the Courier des Flats Uns, Mr. Gaillardt
says Louis Nspoleon's Court continues to amuse
itself, at least 10 agitate itself at Compiegne-
The etiquette of dress there is wonderful. Every
Que must make three toilettes day-one for the
morning, another for the chase and third for the
evening. The whole occupation of the ladies veri-
fes the old. French rascai's remark of them, when
he said their existence was passed in dressing aud
undressing.
HOG SHIPMENT-DurDg the week past the
shipments of hogs from the Virginia Depot at this
point have been only about fifteen hundred head,
and the total for the season has not been half so
great up to the same time last year. Whether this
is attributable to the short hog crop in the hog
raising districts west of us, or whether droverp
are holding back Tor better prices, do not know
but have reason to believe that the former is the
true state of the case. There have been some lot 3
of pork offered at this point by raisers in the
vicinity, but little yet has been sold, and there
seems no disposition on the part of buyers to
advance the price.-Bristol (Va.) Nsws, Isl.
Our NEW MINISTER TO CHISA.-We learn from
the Georgia Constitutoualist, that our newly ap.
pointed Minister to China, Hon. John E. Ward, of
Georgia, has resigned his seat in the State SEN
ate, of v hich body he was the presiding officer
"the object which he has in view being to give
some attention to his private affairs. aIi to ma ke
some necessary arrangements preparatory to his
departure for the new field of labor to which he
has been appointed.
TIE REsoUERs OF THE PASSENGERS OF TIE Aug
TRI..-In consideration of the great services rem
dered the survivors of the passengers and crew of
the unfortunate steamer Austria, by Capt. Re-
maud, of the French bark Maurice, and Capt. Fun
nenmark, of the Norwegian ship Catariua, the
Senate of the city OF Hamburger has voted an
honorary medal, in gold, to each of the captains,
and honorary medals, in silver, to the mates Of
their vessels besides appropriating, for distrbu-
ton among the crews, al amount exceeding one
thousand dollars for each vessel.
SUppEN DEATE.-Mrs. Georgiapa Jones, of Nor.
folk, who has been on short visit to her sister,
in Petersburg, for a few weeks past, without be-
ing previously sick, fell down at the residence of
the latter Saturday morning, and expired with
out groap. Her decease W as attributed to afec.
ton of the heart.
TIE HORSE TAMER.-Mr. Rarey, the horse tanner
has returned to London after a very successful
tour in Sweden aud LapIaud He instructed a.
class of 200 at Stockholm. The Crown Prince de-
livered to bin peculiarly vicious breed Arab
mare, which no groom in Sweden dared approach
Mr.. Rarey tanned her in ore hour and twenty
minutes. The Prince presented him with gold
medal
LARGE PURCHASE OF BEEP CATTLE.-The Belfast
News Letter states that an American gentleman
Mr. Barrett, who has large estates in Kentucky,
ltnIt Cd Arnta hnSa ki g.
almost all the prize stock he could get from the
late royal shows in England and France. The
entire stock is valued at 3 900. The freight alone
will cost g GOO.
THE ALICE PAlSTER..-This bark, which was to
have carried "Walker aud his fortunes" from Mo-
bile to Central America. had the fa.es and Secfe.
tary Cobb been willing, has now been chartered
to carry cotton 10 Amsterdam at one and seven.
sixteenths Of cent per pound.
CHINESE EMIGRANTs.-During the six months
ending June 80, the total number of Chines" emf
grants which left Hong Kong was 1919 OF whom
$50 were ferSales. OF these s.slS were for Aus,
tralia, 3,2l4 for California and 1862 for Cuba
The females were all for San Francisco
URAssHoPPERS.-th grasshoppers have appeared
In large numbers on the Salado, Some twenty
miles northeast of San Antonio, Texas They are
no" laying their eggs in the ground which. upon
examination appear about the size of ant eggs.
aud large crop OF these pests will, in all proba-
bliity, appear in the spring.
TIE FUNERAL SERVICE Of the late Benz f. Butler
took place at the Mercer street Presbyterian
church. New York, on Thursday, when there was
large congregation present, and appropriate
addresses were made by Rev. Drs. Skinner, Spring,
Bethune and Adams The remains wers taken to
Greenwood.
THE OLD BRIG RESCUE, now named Amaret one of
the two vessels under the command of the late