The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-12-15


assr,ad,v bring the vessels of the United
| States home squadron and those OF Her biF
tsnnic Msesty on the station into COLLISION, for
he, McIntosh. would not allow such pe'hss'en'
proceedings ton the part OF Her Britannia Wales
tvs vessels: and that, If the peace OF the TWO
countries was thus jeopardized, 1t would ne entre-
" owing 10 the persistence OF British oincsrs ID
cracsvoTirg TO enforce the British right OF
search y or 3yjsit" on vessels sailing uader cur
fae. after repeated warnings had been gwen that
Il would be resisted and promptly met by our
government: and further that his instructions
we've percmptorv. that it should not be peri
undar any cjrcutns.snces He, Mcintosh, and the
United States vessels were there alone to examine
into and decide upon the character OF vessels sail
ing under our flag, and ntering the ports OF this
country and that the "visit" or search or our
vessels by British officers. should 1t again occur,
would be resisted by him at every hazard with the
force under his command.
Mp, MoErEr IN PARis.--A correspondent of the
New York Times, writing from Paris under date
Of November 2lst, Gays:
Morphy continues TO play nearly every day al
the Cafe de la Regence, against all corners, giving
odds to tho weak and showing his brilliant points
to the strong. Among those lie has lately beaten
10 even matches were 81. Ludiuskf, celebrated
Polish player, who came to Paris expressly, and
who got beaten seven straight sames; NJ. Liroche,
whom Mr.. Morphy declares the best French player
and whom be beat with ease; NJ. de Riyiere play
err who takes rauk next to. if not equal, Ito b.
Laroche, and Who in his various contests with Mr.
Morphy, has occasionally beaten him. This Nj. de
Riviere is q brother to your Captain de Riviere,
Blount notoriety He is geDtlemaniy, handsome
man, a reporter tor the press. d brilliant chess
player, we have seen, and, ike the Captain
speaks English, their mother having been Scotch
woman, Iought to mention that Morphy has
also beaten. with ease, aud with great mortifica-
ton to his adversary, Frenchman by the name
of Erkel, who came and challenged him. backed
| by a numerous array Of friends, with something
| OF the air of mockery with which Goliah defei
David. It did not take Morphy long to reduce his
| bon1bast to bis smallest possible dimensions.
Tas MIssINq STEAMSHIP INDIAN EmrIRE-The
New York Tribune of yesterday, referring to the
officers of the miseing steamship Indian Empire
says:
| Two Of the oficers-Ashley and Tyce, engineer
and assistant engineer-are survivors of the steam.
| ship Central America, on which they occupied the
same official positions. Tycs had not been to sea
since ais shipwreck, until the Indian Empire left
| Oh her present voyage.
George Ashhy was the engineer of the steamship
Central America and Is doubtless the person refer
| red to by the Tribune as Ashley.
THE LATE AND THE PRESENT LORD LYONS Admiral
| Lord Lyons, VINO died on the 24th of November al
| Arundel Castle, (the seat Of his daughter the
Duchess OF Norfos,) was the Nelson Ct the British
navy. lie was not only brilliant, skiful, and
daring seaman, but he was also excellent dipIo
matist. in the wears 1910 to lS49 he was minister
plsnipotsntiary at Athens; from thence 10 1851 at
| Berne: and to 1858, to Stockholm. He took com
maud of the Black Sea feet second command
in that year, aud in 1858 was made comnlaB der in.
chief 1t was owing to him that Balsclaya, during
| the Russian war, was not abandoned base OF
action, and the siege of Sebastopo raised in a week
for no fleet could have remained In safety in the
harbor, it is called, of kamiesch His last duty
| though extremely ill at the time, was to take
command of the squadron which accompanied he.
| Majesty to Cherbourg.
| The title ia inherited by the admirai's eldest
| SOB, who had been resident minister at Florence
since July last, and who is to succeed Lord Napier
| at Warrington. The present Lord Lyons has been
regularly trained in the diplomatic service, hav-
Ing entered it in 1889, being then %, astache
! Athens, where his father, then Capt. Sir Edmund
| Lyons, represented the British Crown. He was
| long resident in Greece; was for a short time at
| Dresden; but has passed several years lately {
| Florence, whence, il may be remembered, that he
| was sent to Naples in March, 1856, to watch tn
| proceedings against the British engineers seized
! on board the Sandman steamer Cagliar
SUICIDE RoR Iowa melancholy case of love
and suicide occurred in New York Oh Saturday
| morning. Annie Morrow, young woman, severn
teen years of age, in love with a gentleman named
Ford, put an end 10 her life by swallowing dose
| OF arsenic. Deceased, it appeared, was girl OF
rare beauty and personal attractions. and was re,
| specially connected For months PAST there eYs
listed between her and Mr.. florida deep attachment
On Christmas day next they were TO have been
married. But man proposes and God disposes -
| few days ago Ford received certain Information
which led him 20 suspect that bis afaEced was not
true to him, and on Friday night be had prolopx.
cd interview with deceased, when the subject Of
her alleged talsity was brought up. Arnie, with
| tears IN her eyes, denied the scandsIcus rumor
that had been circulated, and sought by every ar
gumeDt in her power TO remove she false impress
sion from the mind OF her lover Vain task For,i
could not or would not be convinced of her limo
eence, and SO they parted in anger. Ford deter,
| mining to break on the attachment and hnnie
| resolved to die nv har m ham
TO see her lover the husband of another The fol-
lowing DAY the unfortunate girl put her rash re-
! solve into execution. In her last moments she
blessed the name OF him who had been the author
OF her misfortunes, and declared that she had been
true to him to the last.
! FATAL SoMSAwsUusm John IL. Brown,on. son
| OF .. 4. Browns0n. editor of the Review of that
! NAME was killed at St Paul MINI. bv wsIain ~
MS eieep ont OF window ninety feet from tbe
ground. lie Was lawyer by profession and bad
contributed many OF tho most talented articles TO
nis iathef ]ourrai. About Elk weeks ago be mot
win an accident in which he sustained a severe
cut on TIE head by falling down the fight OF
Sta'fs ieaulhg 70 his office; he having arisen in
| MS s'eep, llghteda candle, and was proceeding to
'ne lower 'front.' door, under the impression that
! 7ome person was there who desired adslittsucc.
HON. JOHN LErcuHR.--The Hon. John Ietcber
reached Washington yesterday afternoon and ia NJ
Ma Old quarters, Browns, where he has subses
sHS"t'y peou C1iieu on py DcnufeQs OF triends,
especially from Virginia. We understand that
ne Will remain 10 Congress to the end of the seq
sion, after which he will probably address the poo
PIE OF the Old Dominion at various points, ca avass.
lug thuS Tor his election Governor of tbs state
- Washington Stcr, Monday.
SENTENCE OF DrATH.-AleYander Robinson, o,o
OF the parties who recently committed an outraoe
on the person OF q female named Jane Norris In
New Castle county, Del, has been tried convicted
anu sentenced TO be hung on the llth Of February
This 10 the case In which the parties ;nd,cad ~.
girl to leave tho house where she was living hv
teinhg her that her brother. residing some mica
distant, were dying and had seat them for her to
hasten TO him before he died. She iumned into .
carriage with them, after Eight, was driven IN a
instant spot, along turnpike, where she vas
violated, beaten and shamefally abused.
DESTRUCTIVE FlRx.-A fire occurred at Cairo. Ill.
i ,s week, destroying the large "Springtield
block, fronting on the Ohio river side, owned by
ene cairo Company, and occupied by the Cairo
City Bank, post Office, telegraph Office. the orc. of
one Of the Cairo papers, aud several business |
hrms. The loss Is estimated at $25o,Oo
RELIGIOUS Amelia c. H., Va. Ion Sunday last. |
Rev D. McIlwaino. of Petersburg was ms ta lea
20 pastor Of the Presby terisa Church there. Rev
:. '. Moore, of Richmond, was among the m inis |
'ers efhcisting. ;.
mm. 6. Smith has resigned the position of sn,
per.useeaent of the Va. Tenn. f. r.
!. Inc Keller Troupe IL creating quite fyro, 4,
Astsnzas, Cuba. f"-'S 'ai"1 ia
n iss BOSTON Advertiser Announces tina d..,h ri
rev. 5sIai'iai Frost, distinguished Gnits,;an
The aggregate yaiue NJ III. s,