The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-10-27

VA, WEDNESDAY,, OC
PaIzs FIaHrrsa IN EsaLAsnI-A correspondent Of
the New York Times, writing shout the late prize
nght, says:
As to the seconds, Morrisey had decidedly tn.
advantage. One Of them, styled Australian Kelly.
!: remarkable for having fought 10 Australia III
SIX hours and twenty .three minutes, and has been
matched to-day for Aght with Coburu, one oi
heenans chief hackers. He h active and quick
in the ring. So was his brother. second. another
Irishman, who. both in respectabiIity OF maoner
and appearance, was far above his compeers and.
with some sense Of this entreated the suppression
OF bis name. 1t 10 his intention not to appear
again in the ring, but remove to tie west OF Ire,
land aud establish at Galway, the western port of
departure, o hotel on the American plan
VI Heensn's seconds, on the other hand, MAckay
Was not equal, either Ia strength position iu the
ring, for the post assigned him, though he acted
second, was completely cowed by the threats both
by letter and parole before the morning and on
the morning ofthe fight, to mske.away With him
II Morrissey lost the fight. and by the display Of
which be was complete stranger In the English
ring, whore the carrying Of pistol would doom
It's pessessor to summary lynch law. To use his
own graphic description, 'the Twenty Fu.
battery ofarms as brstled round the ring.D Il IL
Jones intention Immediately to start for gland
where be holds situation Professor of the man.
iy art at Christie College, at Oxford, to number
Of young noblemen. headed by Lord Coventry. at a
| salary of $4,000 year.
He s .ates that no amount of money would in
duce him to appear again in the American ring al.
ter what he has seen, nor would he have gone on
the ground on Wednesday had he not been com j.
PEELED by sense Of duty. BY way of parenthesis,
We may remark that the supposition that tbs
young English noblemen of the present dsy do NOT
saKe an interest In the manly art entirely incor-
rect In Jones' list of patrons, there are the names
OF 81 young policemen. The Marquis Of Bath. Sir
Robert Peel and q multitude of others, attend al.
mcst every prizs-fght and it was but short time
since the late Marquis of Queensbury, then Lord
DrumlaDrig, was brought before the House Of Com
mons for acting as second and stakeholder in q
prize fight, while filling high office in the Queen
household, and the charge was boisterousiy shout
ed down. This, however, 10 not justification for
the practice of eghting, especially as conduct
ed with us.
AN ACCOMPLISHED FEMALE SwINDLKR.-A French
woman, whose latest name is Emile de Gagino, but
with aliases sufficient to fill volume, accompa-
nied by Frenchman, calling himself Martin, who
passed as her servant, put up at of the first
hotels in Philadelphia, from which place she orr
dered carriage and drove to the residence of Mr.
Hutter, whose guest, by means Of cieverly forged
letters OF introduction she became. Her dighi6ed
department, and brilliant accomplishments among
which she numbered the use of several Ian
guages. won the confidence Of Mr. Hutter. Givinp
Rotiatod for the purchase Of real estate to the value
OF 100000, and, by means Of fraudulent little
deeds, she inveigled MIR. Hutter out Of 81 900 il
cash, with which she disappeared one fine morn
ing-Martin making himself scarce at the same
time. In addition to the money she took with be,
superb gold watch belonging 70 one of the Misse,
liutter, and large cross, studded with diamonds
Numerous small tradesmeu we're also victimizeC
by Madame. Subsequent enquiry into her ante
cedents showed that she had long been playips
| n Sopf fharr nit{a
Texas where Judge J. Benton johnson, of Corpu
Christi, suffered depletion at her hand to the OK
| tent of $3.50.
| A WOMAN MARRIED AGAINST HER WuL.-Las
| week DR.. Dean of Mt. Sterling, KY, took hi
sister and Misc Wilson, the latter l3 years OF age
to Paris, and leaving his sister at that place. star
| ted with Miss w. for Maysvilie Arrived there
they crossed the river to Aberdeen, when Squir
| Shelton stepped on board aud married the couple
Miss Wilson is worth $4,000, which the docto
wished to secure They returned to Maysville
| and the doctor took bis bride to a room, where h
| INDUCED in some liberties with her, which cause
her to scream and escape from him. The affai
became known, and the doctor made q narrow es
cape from being lynched, and was forced to Civ
up sneiton's marriage certificate. Miss Wilso
| says she never intended to marry him She wa
| sent home, and the doctor thought it advisable {
| start in another direction.
DEAD.-Kimber Cleaver, died in Pottsville, Ps
3.
years MIR. Ceaver has been prominently know
to the citizens Of Pennsylvania az a leader of th
american party, and has been placed in nomins
tion at various times tor high and responsible IF
ces by that political organization.
DUEL WITHOUT SEcoNDs.-The st. MartinsvilI
| (La) Courier OF the I'd inst, says-Yesterday mori
lng, In consequence Of difficulty between NJ
Gabriel - and Mr. Francois Bourgette, of ou
village, these two persons went, without seconds
but with guns well loaded with buckshot, to th
prairie behind st. Martiusvile. There they fire
at each other. Mr.. Gabriel WAS untouched, bu
Mr.. Bourgette received u shot ia the head. Th
wound is a fatal one.
WHIsKsRs PULLED 0Ur-I. L. Alien, of Albany
n. Y. met with a singular and painful accident O
Friday. He wears, or rather did wear, mos
uxurlant pair OF whiskers, foot less in length
While running q sugar mill, which was work e.
by steam, the whiskers on and under the left sid
OF bis face and neck, was caught in the machiner
and every hair of them torn out by the roots,
leaving the skin as bare as the hand.
MURDER WILL OUT.-Professor Doremus of Ne,
YORK, has submitted an analysis Of the body @
Sophia stephens, who was supposed to have bee
murdered by her husband year ago. The result
| of his investigation proves that an abundance Q
arsenic was found in her body. The HUSBAND
(Stephens) has been fully committed for trial.
| A STRANGE VISiFER-Last Wednesday morning
q sturgeon, weighing about loo lbs, was caugh
in the Genessee River at Rochester, N. Y, abOv
| the Falls The Rochester Union says:-.sThi
| stranger In our waters doubt came from LAX
Erie by the canal, and went into the river by th
waste weir of the Weigh Lock, which empties nea
the place where he was captured"
| WHOLE FAMILY BURNED TO DEArH-Ths house
| Of Hiram Robinson on the Ksamazoo 30 plank road
eight miles from Grand Rapids, Michigan, wa
burned, on Tuesday night, and Mr.. Robinson, hi
wife and two children-one an infant, and the 9th
| er little girl about three years old-were burne.
| to death.
WOODEN SHIps.-The London Eng, Times say,
that the average duration of ship of war, in sea
of active service 1t takes 70 of ground, ans
| so years to produce the timber.
REVOLUTIONARY CoUPLE.-Married, at Hartford
Conn on the goth inst, j. Warren Newcomb, Jr.
great grandson of Gen. Joseph Warren, to Mary =.
youngest daughter of the late DR.. George Sumner
and great granddaughter OF Gen. Israel Putnam.
ONE OF THE KDIRECrIoNs.-A letter passed thr oug
the Tappahannock, Va, post office the other day
addressed to person "out west," with the till,
| Attorney at Law, and the uery dsrtl at BlufP'
GLUr OF SILVER CoIN-At New York great dis
| Subtraction 10 expressed At the accumulation a
all retail establishments Of quantities Of silve
| coin. The banks will not take it on deposit i
cannot be sold in large quantities, excep. at
heavy discount. Tho war with China, which ha
| stopped the export thither, aud to some extent
the depreciation OF the coin here, have led to th
| state Of things.
Coop MovE.-The Mayor of Portsmouth, Va
has determined to put stop to the habit of
tpo m ha for nh hinh ind ha ha