The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-06-25

| Deighborhood of Belgravia, London.
| The clergyman of st. Barnabas whose license has
been revoked on account of the Belgravan confes-
| sional is the Rev. Arthur Poole.
| The three mates of the American ship Cleaner
had been committed for trial. at Cardiff, for brutal
| outrages committed upon the crew of their ship.
| Sir Philip Champion, Baronet. the distinguished
| Irish physician, is dead. He is succeeded in the
Baronetcy by his son, Sir John Crampton for
merly Minister at Washington.
| MUrISY IN THE SLAVE TRApg-Marder0 Of Neg roes
I-Commander Croft, of the British vessel Ethi-
ope on the 14th of April, fell in with the French
ship Cell Regina 42O tons, off the coast of Africa,
| IN possession OF q large number OF negroes, who
| were not able to manage her. After parley, the
| second officer Of the Ethiope. with part of the
| crew, went on board, when about go of the ne
groes swan to the shore, where nearly the whole
| were murdered by the captain OF the French ship
and the natives 1t appears that the Coli Regina,
which is completely fitted for the slave trade, had
| been cruising for a month near Cape Palmas, and
| under pretence of taking them to better place,
had secured 500 negroes, who were Immediately
| placed between decks, many OF them in irons
When the captain (SimoB) was ashore, and part of
| the crew in boat alongside. the negroes procured
| firearms, and shot all but the doctor and two OF
| the seamen whom they retained steer the ship.
Captain Simon came within gunshot several times
| afterward. but was not allowed TO come on board
| The Cnl Regina was t0wed into Monrovis, where.
she was left IN the possession of the purser OF the
Ethiope.
ESTIMATED DESTRUCTION oF PROPERTY By THE LATE
FREsHETs.-The diversified nature of the devasta-
tion and the vast extent of country which il
covers, renders an accurate estimate OF the dam
ages next TO impossible. We can, however. ap
proxinate to a result, as follows
COTTON crop ftotoo
Sugar crop, 50,UO hog sheads ds.......... 3'U0'00A
fowns, buildings. bridges, mills leyees
aud fafmink 3.Mh,p1t
Naiifoaus anu iWO Ue
Total........,..... ,t0o,Wu
This is but a rough estimate We feel certain
however, that go far from exaggeratiog the aggre
gate losses sustained set down, our figures tai.
short of the reality And these losses though no.
generally felt by our financial and commercial
classes now, will undoubtedly leave their impres
sIons upon finances, stock jobbers. banks, mer-
chants, and all interested in the profits and ossee
| OF the great Mississippi valIey.-New FORK Herald.
Ten MINUTES AMONG TIE MAIL BaGs--At Milford
Massachusetts, boy at work in one of the sho.
shops in that place recently found in old mat
which the p. .opretor of tue shop had purchaseo
| to work into shoes letter which had been mailed
at an Office in Tennessee aud directed to another
place ia the same State, and which contained four
| fifty dollar biils a twenty, ten, five, and u
three-n all $685. This firm has purchased seve.
| raj Thousand of these out mail bags, and
several other letters have been found ia them
Boston Post.
FIRE ON TIE WnMlsGroX AND MANCHESTER Rail
| RoAD-A freight train on the Wilmington and
Manchester Railroad, took fire Tuesday from sparks
from the locomotive. The loss of freight amount.
| 10 some seventy barrels spirits and one hundred
and eighty barrels rosin. The fire was discovered
| Just before the train got on the bridge over Liy
ingston Creek, and the necessity of first securing
| The bridge from destruction, delayed for shor,
| time the attention of the hands from distinguish
| log the fire on the train.
FR UDs ON THE PosroFFIcE.-Since Monday morn
ing last over forty suspicious packases. purport
| log each to te zone newspaper" have been over
| hauled by the clerks at our p0stoffice here, and
| found to contain cODtraband matter, collar pat
| terns Indian moccasins. baby dreases, gloves
| tau2uerreotypes, letters and every conceivable
thing which could be wrapped in paper so as to
| avoid letter postage. The postage assessed or
these parcels amounted to about fifty dollars s-S
| Pau Aiaass0tiafa
| SAD CASE. II. Headley hitherto respecta-
ole citizen of Buffalo, has been convicted of pars
| ing cou nterfeit money. The announcement ofthe
jury shocked him, and he bad sooner reached
the Jail than he was in raging delirr.n Mr.. Herd.
ley has achieved considerable reputation a wri-
ter, and was once director of bank He is the
| father of very interesting family, who are com
pletely crushed by this ahlction.
| A CASE OF ALLEGED IysaNITY--A Reverend gen
| tIeman in England has lately been shut up in u
| Lnnatic Asylum by some of his nearest relatives
| on charge OF insanity. for some eccentric acts
| chief of which was his declaration of intertiou
marry one Oh MS servant girls Inc natter WAH
judicialiy enquired into aud MIR. Leach addressed
| u remonstrance to the Committee against the ill.,
justice Of his incarceration. 1t turned out that
his marriage would bs likely to take out of the
family some thirty thousand pounds. The decision
declared Mr.. Leach perfectly sane.
PERsoNAL.-Among the passengers from Europe
| in the Persia, members of the wealthy
and noble English house Of Cayendish Lord Rich
| ard Grosvenor aud Hon. II. Frederick Cavendish
| The Baron WeIlerstead, VIM b. Astor and family
Miss Astor, Hon Eveline Ashley, Mrs T. F. Meagh-
er, aud Henry james, the theological essayist,
| also passengers on board.
Governor Wise. of Va, is in Washington.
| HEAVY PIECE OF WORK The Baltimore md J
Sun says. that firm in that city has Just COM
| pieted iron shaft for water wheel of cotton
| factory which is % feet inches in length taper
lug from the centre, which is 10 inches in diameter
Ii inches at the ends. 1t has five collars, and
| weighs about 10000 pounds.
TIE AMERICAN Horses IN ENGLAND-A match
4 has been made for race, in England, between the
| American racer Prioress and Beadsman, the wiz
OF the Derby for 1000 aside, with even weights
| over the Newmarket course, in October. match
| has also been entereS into between Babylon ana
| Lord Chesterfeld's Telegram, for even weights
G2l0 side, to take place the day after the above
race.
| AFFRAY.-An alteration occurred at the Mer
| chants Bank in IyuchbGrg, Va, Wednesday, be
| tween Mr.. Wm. King aud Dr. Robert Early, where
| IA in the former received a serious injury from
| knife which was in the hands Of the latter when
| the difficulty commenced DIR. Il. was arrested anu
| baiied.
| PETERSBURG AND EoASoKE RAuRoAD.-0n Friday
| there arrived at the Depot OF this road in Peters
burga train four arscontaining over three
| hundred hogsbeads Of tobacco, aud on Monday
| train of flfty-four, containing considerably oyef
| four hundred hogsheafs-the largest train that
ever passed over the road. The receipts fron'
| Ata1 nf h
| one house paid over S2,9]o.
| DEATH ON TIE CARs.-A day or two sgo, man
about fifty years of age, named Wni. A. Williams,
died in a train Of cars the Cleveland and Pitts
| burgh Railroad. He took the cars at Wellsyilie.
| aud told the conductor lie expected to die before
| reaching Cleveland He was snrey afflicted With
| consumption, and was entirely destitute of money
| When the train reached it's destination it was
| thought the poor man was asleep-and So ne prov
| ID to be- in that sleep which kn0.s no waking -
| He was resident Of Weymouth, Medina county,
| Ohio
| HANDSOME E-Mrs w J. Enc, vice regent for 0eor
sia for the Mount Vernon fund, has raised for the
| tomb of Washington 81 ,2l+, heading The list With
800 on her own account Most oil the money
| comes from ladies, aud one OF them, Mrs. Emily
| rubman, sends 600 from the ladies OF Tuscumbla
| Too MANY Hors-A wealthy farmer In 0tsego
| crunty n Y has now on hand over $50, 900 worth
| If hons He first ref'r.ed 70 cents a pound, de
naadins 3Sl% cents, and when offered that, he de-
| nauded 10 cents, and when offered that he still
| rose upon the price, until fortune, in ose OF her
freaks reduced the price to cents pound, ieas-
| ing the farmer TO hop at his leisare.
| MONSTER RArrLEssAKE.-The Selma, Ala, Senti-
| mel mentions a rattlesnake caught on plantation
near that city 1t had nine rattles, was four feet
| in length. about twenty-five inches ia girth aud
weighed forty pounds.
/ in.s Nanf faia
| Dnnrao and others OF the late New Orleans figi-
lance Committee by the clerk of the sixth district
court for damages of $4,000 to the court house by
| the committee has been compromised oy O thira
party paying sufficient TO make the necessary re-
| pairs.