Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1858-12-30
GENERAL. Npws

TIE lion. Timothy Pl,bary died At hlsre.idsaee near
Dsnvils. rssss) 90 the sssoiog Of the asiNossnbss
resdsnt d sxorla county aud oecupled k.a,rr and
important place IN the Of the Rpubc Of Texss
Ne also represented the Western dsiet Of TexAa ior
Hour years In the Congress Of the United States.
HkAvr DKSALosrios.-Amos Cumming. Jr, s~cretary
OF the hosard, Atlantic aud fremont Loan Association
In Boston, has been arrested tho charge Of oannr the
fands OF the institutions contrary to the provisions the
charter IL "a knovn that there bad been received funds
TO the amount Of tiss 00o which sua has
dsiudled down to only ooo leaving deficit Of $780,
ooo Tue secretary s charged sih having pIopraied
,his smoant to his He h said aboa, eav-
log for Europe IL understood that the losses sus
Cd by the association viii compel 10 20 into chancery
TaE NEWS Saos wssneros 10 small In amount aud un-
important In character All public business ncasy has
been suspended uo alter the bod.ye and such OF the
members Of Congress live far from the Capital TO
20 home their families have taken the 10
pay visit TO Nov York and Philadelphia. aud some
thing OF real metropolitan life. General Herrsu has ie
turned here IRON Washington, alter having bad sati.-
factory intervev With Secretary Cass relation To Nes
irsn.dsn matters; and Senior Msta. the Juarr Minister
from Mexico. has also len Washington toe New York
having Jailed 10 persuade the President accord him an
Official reception. ~ -. .'-.I
The JAcx,osviLLE (rla) STANDARD says tina. on the
OH instant, .h'le party Of youns ladies the
steam sam MILL OF Capt Halliday, engaged IN looking at
the machinery. &c. the dess OF Miss Jane Dupont be.
cAme entangsd in OF the bsud aud 10 the erts of
Misses Mari. Dogge,t and Kate Ferris exricate their
friend iron her perilous condition. they themselves
drawn down aud Injured Mas Ferris sustained no se
internal H. Try. Miss Dupont and Miss Dorget are
sufferers to greater extent the fmet having received
an Injury Of The back and spine. and the other the
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LUx AND DrArH.-In Washington, d. C., WEDNESDAY
evening sst. daughter OF the city councilmrn
vas married at her iather residence aud shortly after
tue Ceremonies were venerable OF the
Bride departed this lie In the hour. Hsr demise s
supposed to have been caused BY excitement over the
expectation Of meeting all her dcscendants-chdrea aud
gandchildrea-on the occasion Of the wedding; enc of
whom came IRON Mes Orleans % be present. They did
all assemble, inst around the happy couple and In few
otei hours around the dying couch vi their venerable re-
laiive. d.
TkHRpLx MusrskE-A young Creole, living on the
he'are Ridge. New Orleans 10 the third district w.s
shot by bis faher through mistake lately. IL seems his
isther had q horse stolen and the watch for
thieves and when he saw come jump the fence
aud walk towards the stable raised his gun loaded With
shot, and hred. The horror OF the man when hear
lug bis 500, Nbo returning hcm some folic scream
out that he vas shot, can be imagined. Upon examna-
on however found that three shot bad tai en-
effect, inHicuog painful though not at all dangerous
wounds.
AWFUL DEArH.-Coroner James was receptly called To
hold an Ia quest upon the body OF a named John
Wtethom, SSede, who came TO HE death by an scci.
dent 10 Smiths planning and single mill Chicago ILL.,
nois- He feeding n circular single "A W. when by
some accident sudden obstruction OF the machinsry
the dew out OF s bearings and struck the
on one side, cutting him diSgonany In two and coming
out near the opposite shoulder The verdict was in ac-
| eordance with the facts.
The Prosess Of Imperial E1genie has spread a couia-
gion OF Diana Vernousm among the ladies' of Frauce-
All the autumn not only archery aud fencing has had its
lair adopts, but rowing matches the Seine between St
Cloud and ST. Germans, feminine amusemeuts and
Nile Alphonsine c. eathered a scull against
all comers IL s true that Madame Lefiy has been for
some years prominent winner on the turf and as to
licenses lady fowers have paid the tar at Straburs
Melun, Lle Tour aud Poictiers.