The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-04-24
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Things In Ncrfolk.s n
or ras RICHMOND sliir hpra,shlII
4oRrsss, lp,n 22d, 1858.
Tho steamer Star has S~sh chartered by the Gov
,rnment TO run daily line from Norfolk and the
9csport Navy YARD. 60 the u. s. steamship C2lers-
ie nov 81 ahehor of Old Point. BIZ ths tfsangc- |
meet the officers and Grey 81, tie colorado are |
Nrnished with daily msf', Slich averages niue
~ letters per day.
The mon arr Gov engaged In tarket practice
with the various size guns and have their target
PLACED at distance Of 400 yards. The long pivot
gan was the one in use yesterday tne hrst snot
from which struck aud nearly demoitshed the TAT
get which was affixed to Goat anchored Oh IN the
direction Of the sapee (,
There 10 rumor Of still, another discharge 10
the Navy Yard We have seeu unable to learn In
which department. Il will take place.
The audience last night, 70 hear Miss Anna Vail,
was not quite As large as the former one, but WAS
equally a. fashionable and select.
MAYOR Ferguson has issued a proc lamatioB, To
convene the citizens OF Norfolk, On Tuesday eve.
ping next TO take steps fer the appointment Of
delegates to the approaching Southern CONNER
cal Convention"
The REVEALS both here and 10 Portsmouth, con-
tlaae 10 attract large audiences. and nightly con-
versions give token Of their success
The election for Mayor in the city OF Ports
mouth 10 day resulted in the election oil Geo. W.
urce. by $50 majority.
On Tuesday night last a small Trained building
was Aired by some heartfess incendisry, ana ourn-
cd TO the ground. It was occupied by poor WI
dow lady and her family OF children. The iady
awoke. nearly stifed with smoke, and In her hasty
efforts to save the lives Of her little ones, fell iroa
the door and broke her arm, Fortunately she
saved all her children, bat lost =. her furniture,
which constituted the whole OF her worldly pos
sessions. PERCUSSION.
RssosSrioxs pREsEsrED-0n Thursday evening
II. HnVf- cd Tn Il
Robt. b. Pegram, at his residence at the Gosport
Navy Yard the late resolutions passed by the Le-
gislature. in honor Of him. Remarks were made
by Mai. NJ. aud the recipient, acd listened to by
few gentlemen, ssserabIed TO witness the preseu-
tstiop.
fnE NATIONAL YOU'VE MEMS CHRISTIAN ASsccrB.
TON, at Charleston, s. c., adjourned on Wednesday
last sne die. During the sitting, they adopted
resolution defining the true sphere of Young Mems
Christian Associations to be ''the format.on and
development Of Christian character, and activity
IN young s,en,"
MtRpER IN Phil ADELPHii.-.John 4. Clarke.
merchant of Philadelphia, mysteriotsly disap
peared on the Sd inst. He started for the bank to
deposit 800. and was never heard OF alive. His
body vas discovered in the Schuykill, Thursday
morning. His throat cut fro;a ear to ear, his
nose was broken. and both eyes were blakenet. 4
gold watch was found in the vert poeket OF the de-
ceased the guard chain was broken. In his peck
ct were found buUcb of keys two pairs of small
scissors, such are used by dry goods men. and
about three dollars in change. There were no
pocket book or papers in the pockets
THE ENGLISH posTeFFIcE The report of the Eng.
lish Post master General saws fiat tho nAmher ri
letters delivered in the United Kingdom i'm 1857
amounted to 50i 900 900, ah Average proportion of
II 10 each p6rson.) being an increase of D per
cent ON the year 1856. In England each person
recaises II letters in Scotland It, and in 1reIa nd
only :. The number of letters is more than six
fold what 10 was the year before the introduction
of penny postage Ailusian is made in the re-
port to the great evil of the high postage between
Great Britain and America.
SUPPOSED NAVAL EScouSfEa.-The Savannah
News SAYS. an arrival at that port reports the
18th inst, In tie Eastern edge OF the Gulf Of Mex
ico heard and saw fired in rapid succession sixty
| shots, apparently from thirty-two Founders, be-
tween two ships. Some Are of the opinion that il
was the Spanish feet exercisibs, but the News
says it has more likely been encounter with a
| SLAYER, or Suspected hlibuster.
MAIL RsBBERs ARREsrED.-The Columbia Is. c.
| Guardian learns that several robberes having
| been committed on the mail route from Abbeville,
y. c.. to Elbert0n. Ga. the carrier aud his elder
| brother-the latter fireman the GreenviIle
| Railroad.s-have been arrested. The carrier had a
! s,.s,i key in his possession which he says he OBJ
tanned from his brother. The latter arres ted
and lodged in jail at Greenyille and the carrier at
Abbevitle.
DESTRUCTIVE FRA fire occurred in Nashville
| on Sunday morning last, by which the dry goods
store of w. NJ & l.. Campbell destroyed TO-
gether with their entire stock OF goods valued az
| $1,000 and $4,000 IN money. The Messrs. CAMP
bell, who occupied rooms over the store, barrel
escaped with their lives.
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