The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-04-21

THROWING SroaEs.-Complaint was
made TO the Mayor yesterday that stones had been
thrown into the rear windows of Col Rioger,.
premises and the police made an effort to discover
the perpetrators, but failed to do so.
PUNISHED. Joe Page, slave to DR.
Hnhdley, was convicted befor re the Mayor yester-
uay oi steaiing hat from the kitchen of the Fe.
maie institute, and ordered to be punished
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FINED.-Joseph Hulcher was fined SIS
by the Mayor for permitting an unlawful assem-.
bly, in his house.
FATAL MARRIAGE-A late English paner con.
tains the following account of AN extraordinar,
marriage, and its fatal consequences:
respectable tradesman of Dawli,b nama5 mi,
yer, ded some years since. leaving to his widow.
by WILL considerable property; with the proyjso
however, that in the event Of her marrying the
Whoie should revert to their children During her
widowbood, Mrs. Oliver, it appears became s,,retv
10 the amount of E400 for SON law The young
man misbehaving himself. the bond was forieited
ana the mother-in-law was called on to nav tbe
nsouey . io eyaue ths loss to her family, the poo<
woman adopted course, as misguided as il was
repugnant to every sentiment of morality and de.
cency. dissipated youth about 20 wears of AGE
named Crews, builders laborer, was induced 10
marry the widow, who was IS years of age unon
the understanding that he should receive Gao sor
the Job and start of at once for Australia The
fnpioss ceremony took place at the registry office.
newton Abbott, the bridegroom, received his mo.
hey, ana set on Tor Plymouth, whence he was TO
have sailed; and the bride returned To DawIish
with her friends - "'''A
Ihe yonng man, however. soon altered his de-
termination, for very few hours afterwards saw,
MN once more ut Torquay. where, as long as the
money lasted, he caroused with some boon com
panioDs. His return was very pernIexjng 10 al,
concerned, not the least to his wife, Her aux.
ieliss, however, were soon Terminated. Last We'd
hesuay, Whie IN the act of seeking for some doom
ment connected with her property she fsII dnv,
and expired immediately A coroner,s ipnuest Was
held, at which the surgeon stated that her death
arose ffom natural causes, "produced by tho ex.
citenent and terror she had been subject to-" and
q verdict was returned accordipeiy = -
FROM THE CARE OF Coon IIopE-Tho Cane Town
Argus OF the 9th of February, contains the fol-
lowing item:
GEORGE Maclean, seaman.of the United STATES
ffigate Powhatan, has been apprehended and Il
nov ~ custody tor having violently assaulted an
un10rtun female, named AdoIiBs White in tha
notorious dance-house in Dorp street Maclean a..
sauited tue women with abottie, aud inflicted se
Verai severe though not dangerous wsuuds The
woman mas been removed to Somerset HOSPITAL
The wounds she received have been found. or ex
animation, to he merely of severe character. bnt
from her former dissipated habits ii ia doubtel
whether she will recover.
SINGULAR PHENOMENA. - At Milwaul;a las,
Thursday, tidal wave rushed into the river nm
setting steam Terry boat, and doing other dam.
age AN equally rapid fall Of the waier succeeded
the Sudden rise. The phenomena was more marx
ed on the beach Of the lake. At one pier the wa
ter before the fall within three feet of the floor
OF warehouse, when it retired rapidly, leaving
dry ground under the building. In about twenty
minutes the water rushed back in two great tidal
waves rIsiug so high to force up the flooring of
the warehouse and to flow into the cellars in the
iower part OF the town. The difference between
tue highest and lowest points, within three QUAR-
ters OF an hour, was fully six feet The orcur
renee creates great wonderment at Milwaukee.
Prison Strike For WAGEs.-At the BrideweIl
or workhonse OF fChicago. a few days ago, the male
gang OF prisoners, upon being turned out to labor
IN the yard, Suddenly and threatening " anuoune-
ed their Intention not to do any more work unless
more wages aud better food should be allowed
| them. The keepers, two in number, stood frm
and repeated their orders to go to work. About
dozen Of the more timid Of the prisoners obeyed
but We're driven OIL by shower of stones from the
| maleontents, who now began TO arm themselves
The keepers did likewise, and collected all the men
about the establishment, and in view of this array
| the eonyicts finally gave up. Some Of the ring.
| leaders were subsequently punished with solitary
confinement, in dark cells, subjected to the show or
| bath, etc.
| SETTLIsd DEFALCATIoN.-The officials Of Cinein-
natl have lately been probing the accounts OF the
| Water Works Department of that city, and ascer-
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spiration of these Developments the sureties OF
Jacob Norhes, one OF ths defanlters charged with
| a short coming of S4,5a3 ia his figures had war.
rants issued for tho arrest Of eight persons, SUP
posed to have shared the plunder. They we're
found in gambling house, W here, the warrants
being served, the deficient amount made up
by subscription, paid iHto the hands of the officer
and the defalcation dried up. The proceeding
though ewhat irregular, seemed to he perfectly
satisfactory. .a ..l
RAILROAD TUNNEL THROUGH CIrY-It is stated
that the leading railroad men connected with the
principal railroads running into Philadelphia are
now before the Legislature Of Pennsylvania asking
act of Incorporation for uniting all the railroads
in the centre Of that city II is proposed to do
this by tunneling one OF the sreets, from the
Schuylkilt to the Delaware, aud having asceDtral
passenger depot, into which all the lines Of rail.
road converging TO that city shall come under
ground.
WEALTH OF oIs--Accordng to the returns
| Of the county assessors OF Illinois To the State
| auditor, the aggregate value OF real aud persona
property in that commonwealth (omitting seyera
counties not yet received amounts to SOS AZ ,}6
being an increase Of $12 227 ,2s40 the totel
Sihe year 1856, or y per cent. difference In tw,
years.
| VEGETABLES IN NEW YoaK.-sx hundred bar
| rels OF new bermuda potatoes arrived at New York
| on Friday Some tomatoes from the same place
| also arrived, with new peas from Charleston
1 ho"htocs scft AZ - per UOx, green peas &I0 Del
barrel and asparagus 5oa95 cts. per barrel.
| The CALsE.-The duel fought in the envirsns of
Paris by Mr. Calhoan. of South Carolina, seereta
| ry Of the legation, and Mr.. Breeyort,of New York
was on account OF conflicting adiiiraiioa for the
| fair sex. Mr. Calhoun was the challenging party
having been struck BY bis adversary.
| CAUGHT AGAiS.--The celebrated bigamist, DR.
Haynes, who has just served fouryears' impri
soDment in the Kentucky penitentisry, was again
| arrested In Louisville on the l4th inst
HoAx.-The Liverpool papers teemed lately
| with the stories OF cruelty told by q runaway
slave, who purported to have escaped from New
Orleans in vessel. The vessel has since arrived
at New 0rIeans, and it tnrns out that the Negro
was free having been shipped at Nassau, N. r.
and never having been in slavery,
A Chinese Theoiogian Informs the Trinity Jour
nal that the little tapers tsft graves by the Chi
pese aie for the convenience of the Devil. Aitei
three hundred years that parsonage coHaes 10 the
grave and u arriving ia the night. might stnmbis
about amenx the tombs until provoked 10 do mis
chief ass q
Rev. &. wynkoop, for the past twenty years pas
tor Of the Presbyterian ehufeh az Wilmington
Del, has resigned on account OF Ill heaith-
Leave Of absence for six months. With per.aissioh
10 visit Europe, has been granted ny the Wh -
partmsnt 70 Col. VIM. Gates, third artillery
Wm, IAeksy, Mayor Of Jeilsrsonviile, Ind, died
on Wednesday last.
Advices from Port Royal to the sth Instant IN
n0unce that the iuyaIids ieft there By the Susqae
hanna are all doing well.
samuel Anderson. = wsli known citizen Of Ma
riea coaniy, Virginia, was drowned on the J
inst.
&SSs $As8