The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-03-22
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a sossE II THE Nxw YoaK AssxuslY On Tburs
ber. from M Ns~ Yoss IN asrnsg .ssscn tso mem
s 4aa nghs On the fieor Ct the Assembly chanbsr
:. Inc qaIr,si i not stated but ths rst
thatfeld. The latter then seized Mr. priansy ~, ~
the throat. and ehok ed him until he wss biseh -
striking 5y ss nteTsrsnes ofse mss essssnsd s
prior the evening session the two beirerepts met
yam a. ba. were prevented from an snepanter whch
tne evening proceedings. Mr. Chstield was pere,e,v
eu W me speaker TO move in threatening manner
towards =. Mr Delaney, and immedistely called hin,
e order, requesting members to take their seats
Mr. Chatheid wished TO know if he Was specials AT
laaea e py the spssker when be WAS perscnay
qaesteg 70 tsee bis seat. To this Mr. catfeld de-
INJURED until he could say what he wished. The
SpeaGsr insisted upon his order being obeyed, and
under any circumstances, received an intin,ation
that he .ouid be ejected from the hall by the Ser
ing an indisposition to conform to parIsmentary
rules and the rules Of decency. was seized ky the
sargeantat-Arms and his assistants, and fprcibIy
carried out. notwithstanding the most strenuous
opposition. The most intense excitement prevailed
during these proceedings, but ii was eventualiv
calmed and the House settled down to the b,isiaess
before it.
MAJOR J. N. B,EKER. late clerk in the Treasury
Department at Washington whose death was ntr
tieed few days since, major in the war of
1919; mayor of Philadelphia, in lSls-19; collector
of the customs for Philadelphia duriIg the last
fnur years OF Gen. Jackson's administration. and
Comptroller of the Treasury during President
Folks term. He was fine writer, poet, and
dramatist; one of his plays having run in Phlls-
delphia theatre thirty-six successive nights.
DAsTARDLY MURDER.--Jetbro Walker, an old and
we'll known citizen of Macon county. Ca, was shot
instantly dead while sitting by the fire in his own
house recently. IL is supposed that the discharge
was from double barreled shot gun. The assassin
is as yet unknown, but suspicion, 1t is said, at
taches to some persons of the vicinity.
DIR. ". c, Miller, prominent citizen of George
town, 5. c., died on the 10th inst.
Dir. Jacob Davis, promising Young lawyer.
died in Rutherford, N C., on the I4th inst. He
was native of of Halifax county, Va.
The Rev. John A. Peck, one of the most noted
diyines Of the West, OF the Baptist pursuasion.
died on the 10th instant, at his residence near ST.
Louis. =.
Mr.. Edwin Booth had a complimentary benefit
at the Holiday Street Theatre Baltimore last Fri
dag night,
Two persons We're arrested at Northfeld Vt
Thursday morning, for passing 81 bills on the
Lyndon Bank, altered to tens.
Henry Todd has been convicted of murder in Sui
lvan county. Indiana. and has been sentenced TO
be hung on the I'd of April.
George yandenhoff, the actor, has rented
mouse in Greenfield, Mass, and removed his fami-
ly thither.
Miss Georgina lIodson. the vocalist. was thrown
from horse at Columbus, Georgia, last week, and
seriously injured.
Samuel Dickerson aud Marcus Cicero Stanley.
have been held to bail in New York for violating
the lottery law.
X. W. Hughes. formerly editor Of the Richmond
Examiner, and Mr.. johnson, Of New York are now
the principal writers for the editorial department
| OF the Washington Union.
Mrs. Lucy Brewer aged 100 years. died in Bnl-
| loeb county, Ca. on the I'D Of February She was
| a native of Savannah and resided there % years
Capt John b. Trask, of the Havre packet ship
| Switzerland, died in New York on the 10th inst
| at the early age of % years.
The inquest in the case of the late Isaac H.
smith, who was recently shot by Mark johnson.
in Brooklyn, N. Y resulted in verdict of ssaeci
| dental DEATH" and johnson was discharged from
| custody.
The salary Of the President of the Chesapeake
| and Ohio Canal has not been reduced, as stated
I heretofore
A Mr.. Maxwell, residing near Bardstown, KY.
was murdered by one of his own negroes on the
| 18th inst.
Mr.. Thomas Wingate. sou of Capt Wingate o.
the ship Banshee, died on the 4th Of February, on
the passage from Rio de Janeiro to Baltimore.
An old man named Preble murdered his wife al
| Cooper's Mills, Me, week before last.
| A young woman named Clara Clifford, commit
| ted suicide in Boston on the 18th inst, by taking
arsenic-all for love.
Wednesdays debates and proceedings of the two
Houses of Congress filled forty columns of the Off
| cial report.
| George Preeth has been convicted of manslaugh
| ter. in Philadelphia, for killing VIM. Lee smith,
freeth is IA jeweller, and lived in Richmond, Va.
| about q year ago.
The religious revival in Cleveland continue,
with undated enthusiasm. Something like a thous
and persons, of both and all ages, have beer
| sonverted within the past few weeks. Morning
and evening prayer meetings are held at most o
OH To-.
deep and unprecedented interest in religion il
everywhere manifested in Cleveland.