The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-04-15

Express has been put In possession OF an addre $
"written for the occasion OF the Public Mesting oil
the Citizens of the United States of America In
Paris held at the Grand Hotel du Louvre, on Fri.
day, 29th January. 1858, convened for the purpose
of expressing their aLhorrsnce at the late attempt
to assassinate the Emperor aud the Empress Of the
French. and to present respectful address, CON-
posed by the originator of the meeting, Cheyaiier
the Count Joannes. Citizen of the United States
After this title, follows list of some twenty
works of which he il author, and the announce
ment that he received gold medal for "a pubic
oratidh upon the National Independence OF the Q.
s." The Count Joannes' is no less person than
George Jones, the former well known lessee OF the
Richmond Theatre, father of Miss Avonia, and for
nsr husband to Mrs. Melinda Jones. The Express
is induced TO doubt some of the statements OF tae
Count, aud says:
''Thers is one dignity mentioned in the pro-
gramme, about whish we have our doubts-the
Gold Medal of Honor given by America for the Pub
lie Grafton upon the National Independence of the
U. States. We remember this Grafton very dis
tinetly. Our memory recalls a certain hot, dusty
patriotic, pyrotechnieal Fourth of July, in the
days of our callow youth, when. after lowering
upon tbs flanks of the fine battalion of Richmond
Volunteers for hours, we entered the City Hall,
and there heard our friend, George Jones, Les
see,' (for whom as. Hamlet, Julian st. PIERRE Don
Caesar de RaZau. aud the Sweet Prince of Como, We
had conceived the most extrsyagant respect pro-
nounce this oration amid the applause and per-
spiratioB of an immense civic and military multi
ude. The fiue flights Of the Orator are associated
in our recollection with Yankee Doodle aud mar
tial parade. and the venerable Richard Gaines the
ebo-shin and gizzsrd foot trumpeter of the Rich
mond Light Dragoons, but they are connected
with gold medal, presented by the Common
Council of Richmond, or the State Of Virginia, or
the Congress of the United States. Indeed, we
suspect this gold medal was purely imaginary
testimonial given by an allegorical and suppositi-
tio,s America in. evidence Of a hypothetical
'H0nor'-in other words, that Il had no existence
Ill Lrafr - sltaT Tnfr Inar
ne George Jones. If We mistake not, there are two
of our school contemporaries who could tell some
thing about the matter, and if the eye of either
should rest upon these lines, We trast he will let
Us know whether or not there tcaS gold medal
awarded. One of the individuals to whom we refer
is an eminent physician in nsighboring State,
DR.. Otis Z. Manson, of North Carolina. and the
other is the worthy Superintendent of the Rich
moud Gas Works, Thomas II. Wynne, than whom
there is not a better officer nor more excellent
in Virginia. We have idea that our
friends, DR.. Manson and Mr.. Wynne. were iu some
way mixed up with the effort for which 'Cheyalier
the Count .Iosnnes says he received Gold
Medal of Honor and, if we are right, they can
speak authoritatively on the subject
The DESTRUCTION OF THE SHIP SARAH JuDKrNs BIT
FRB-We had brief account several days ago of
the destruction by fire of the ship Sarah Judkius,
on the 9th ult.. while loading with cotton for Liv
erpool, at the West Pass anchorage, Apalachicola.
We learn from the Apalachicola Advertiser that
the ship had about 960 bales of cotton on board,
and that the fire discovered about o'clock 10
the morning. The Advertiser says:
The crew and steyedores had barely time to es-
cape in the boats before she was completely enve
yped in flames fore and aft. Early in the morning.
the steamer Harriet, Capt. Wing. went to her as
,istsnce strenuous efforts were made to un-
shackle her chain cables and tow her Hpon the
lats, which did not prove successful also to scut
raised by the southeast wind they did not succeed
in making any aperture sufficient to sink the ship
until the bold and somewhat dangerous expert
nent resorted to of running the bow of the
steamer, at halfspeed into the side OF the burning
vessel After some two hours application of this
ram process, which was far from being
ieemed safe or agreeable by some uninitiated spec-
tstOrs. whose curiosity had induced them to go
iown in the Harriet, the ship was sunk in about
twelve feet water. Some four or five hundred
bales Of cotton will probably be saved in dam
aged state. The cargo was fully insured and the
ship only partially.
SINGULAR CAsE-Ded, in South Weymouth,
March 81, very suddenly, Mrs. Il. Weeks, aged
twenty years. The circumstances attending the
ieath and burial of Mrs. Weeks caused considera-
BILE excitement at South Weymouth. She had been
suffering from canker short time; on Friday
she was taken worse, and on Saturday afternoon,
while she was taking some nOurshment, she CALI
I'd for her husband and Immediately expired. The
body, however. remained warm, and color would
appear in her cheeks On Sunday she
the same, and DR.. Appleton Howe was
called, who advised Mr.. Weeks not to inter her re
mains at present. His friends and hers also, per-
shaded him to defer the funeral until there was a
change in her looks. The body was on Monday
placed in tomb, instead of being inferred in the
ground. aud since that time a large number of per-
SONS have visited the tomb. The doubt of her be-
ing dead was the cause of the excitement There
are various rumors in circulation in relation to
tInUa han
We think the public would have been better salts
fed if an examination of the remains had been
Standard.
REMARKABLE EscAPE-On Friday last, Mr.. Peter
Connell while drawing water on the premises of
Mr. John Allen, in this village fell head foremost
into the well, distance OF about sixty feet. = The
accident was unobseryed by any one. Mr.. COnnel
says that the first he aware of, he was strug-
Cling in the water which was up TO his chin. Soon
he began to work his way out-a slow and difficult
task-which he accomplished without assistance.
On reaching the top in safety. he was completely
exhausted, and was found lying near the well
curb. His arms were much bruised by striking the
sides of the we'll in his descent, but otherwise he
was not materially harmed How man could fall
head foremost into well deep and yet escape
with small injury, is indeed remarkable Jio0R
socket Iutri0t.
THE LATE Col. BENToN-Col Benton's last wish
was, that Congress would make appropriation
might be distributed among the members OF both
Houses and also among other public libraries of
the country. His last paragraph note ID one com
YlimentiDg Henry Clay, which is appended to the
deceased's account of the compromise struggle Of
1850, and to which period the work is completed
REGISTRATION or BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS
The American Association Of Science. at its late
session, in Montreal, appointed committee, con-
sisting of Doctors Wynue aud Hough. and Mr. e.
lictt ACTIN If fn "A
plan for "A uniform system CT marriages, births and
deaths, applicable to the United States. This com
mittee is now in session in New York, and will
make their report at the annual meeting OF the
Assoc iation, to be held in Baltin ore the 2Sth
inst
THE PAPERS tell of a divorce suit pending at Ro-
chester (which OF the four ahd-twenty Rochesters
in the Union is not specihed) in which the origi-
nal cause of quarrel set forth in the complaint
was whether they would have beef steak broil
ed or some oysters fried for breakfast the lady,
whose tastes are excellent, contendng for the lat
ter.
SoayAMBULIsT KMLED.-0n Saturday night,
young man, named deorge IL Kicker, recently
from Boston, Mass. who was stopping in Hudson
street New York, got out of bed while in state OF
somnambulsm, and jumped out OF window TO
the pavement. lie was taken TO the Hospital,
where he died in a few hours.
THE TRANCE oF TIE PoUGHEEEPsIK GIRL.-The
Buffalo Advertiser throws cold water on the story
of the Poughkeepse girl In trance, and says that
a fe buckets of cold water thrown on the patient
would have soon brought her to her senses. There
is nothing remarkable about the case except the
fuss, for the disease is very common one, known
as hysterical coma. That she has never been ner-
yous before is about as wonderful as that person
should have the itch for the first time.
INTERFERING WITH THE FUy.-The masquerade
ball in New York, advertised by Uliman at the
Academy of Music, meets with trouble. The news
papers denounce it as immoral, even for Gotham,
aud the police justice has issued letter to Mr.
UlIman, telling him it is Illegal and will not be al
lowed All the loose characters about town are
very indignant at this interference with their
rights and their pleasures
FASHION AFFECTING TRaDE.-The starch manufac-
turers are trouble, and despond of business suc-
cess. Where, in time past, they found ready sale
for their manufactures the article is now a drug.
This change is attributed to the general use of
crinoline and the hoops-starch being NO longer
necessary TO produce expansion.