The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-12-31


leaves $1,000 nett revenue, equal to IA per cent
on a capital of 81, 200 900. The report adds;
Mr. Edwin Robinson. the President Of the Rich
mond. Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad Com
pany, wro'e 10 the Agent Of eur Road. under date
Q, o Isl. @ =. met hass
now In progress will exceed per cent Its capital
nue. iarse Now =. the baltimore and Potomac
Railroad would be but q continuation Of the read
over which Mr.. Robinson presides, with larger To-
under any circum stances IL win not declare eight
per cent.
NEGRO HIRr.-In Lynohburg, Va, the prices
paid for hireiings show considerable advance an
those Of last year. Negro men for factory hands
are hiring for from $3.50 TO $50, aud railroad
tractors are offering as high as $500 for all able
bodied men they can procure. Women, for cooks
kc, command from $50 to $15, and boys and girls
from SIS to $50.
RErLYINa TO THE CALL.-Mr. Everett has been
receiving daily since the appearance of the first
number Of the mount Vernon papers," eontri.
buttons to the fund, not only from Boston, but
from distant places.
LARGE CoSrRAcr.-The Orange and Alexani ri,
aud Alexandria, Loudoun and Hampshire Rail,
roads are about contracting for s2o,O00 worth @
cars to be built in Alexandria.
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TEE JENNINGS PEDIGREE- The Philadelphia News
has seen chart Of the pedigree of the descendant.
OF John Jennings, Of Birmingham, England W hose
immense estate Is now held by the government Of
Great Britain, awaiting the proof of heirship or
the part Of those who D,ay be entitled TO claim
under him. 1t is about q feet in length by near
feet in Width, aud traces the geDealf gy of the
parties interested to perfection. The amount o
money involved 10 the controversy which exists
as to the heirehp of the estate is immsuse-run
nipg up by estimation to ten or twenty millions
dollars.
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AN AGED WALTZER.-A, CHRISTMAS Eve party
gwen at farmers. near wheeling, Va an old
'shy hinets-seven years OF age, TOOK the moor and
watzed around the room until her partner, g
young man OF twenty-five was completely exhaust
ed and had to set down. The pharse of 'gc II
WHO your young; LOT "hen you ee' o'o yon can
Is thus proved to be false as well rs inellegant.
DoRMIToRY FOR LoAFERs.-The Cincinnati
(0hio) Times, says that the coke attached e
the foundries OF that city are choice spots, where
river loaters, who spend all their money for whis
key, and beg or steal their food, resort TO sleep
the cold wintry nights. These ovens stand ou
from the foundry, are always hot, and, every colo
night. hundreds of these men sleep on the ground
close to the ovens.
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Oh. - mn eeon
rs - aooa ~ eaGneI' sonhetihes get'
ha ,eau ~. 5; oG =, Vi ."e pu'p't however s'upiC
po-,Iary5 s. ~ hopuoa io'let 10 tn'
,sr caiIed 90 So - sas o.o'uer ,ninls
,ne servant came 20 the ooor, the reverend
~ ~ w INV, III MI o. tndt servant OF tnt
~,Hneu 70 nave an interview Win HIM: The
siefs"ee "hs ae,i'ered TO s;r; spurgeon Hum
Ia, s1i sant Oh 'ne Loro-teh the persons can't set
A'u'' an very D"sy Win MS master.
GAMMA Iynrpvxnr.cy m, s,7,;.t.,u ,,o.
ar Wrs n, I,d;a So m.,,..~sip ntooih
tne oyon,a press Ne'otm periodical, at Mid
.ina ~ 10 uisous,ns the question whether
go St "oaa snouiu Ie',uqu'sh ne' NADER
.ane que saye .hat cue and her husband agreed
. ~ sae nea ndn'e sne Preierence-eut sne doesn
:. 50 ,, natn as Tue wafe vi stra" "hethel
cue 70 .~hsu ""sei vi eaye[ haSorouck. sayel
s.S. uon ms"t az iuu''iuuh. name sue a0ds
81; ;, f WIN aHo'hoi ihei'iu'
NA' "
A Rich BRGGAR-Au old German namea Ra,e,
dict Shelly, was arrested in Washington Wedues
dry for begging and Threatening to fro n, son,.
bows who were teasing him. On Searcbinr hi. 70,
around bis waist. in n belt pext bis sk;o in ~
folds of his coat and other garments were tornG
sewn up, each piece Of coin in itself eisb. s,vo,
dollars twepty-four half dollars ten onsrtar "a Al
Ieuss, thIftylour twenty franc
$3.50 20. eleteh lofty IFanS
,arae old Sw;ss nionss y, the ,uh , so,a, wv.
-. - 1865 VI nv ,a'oe VI Hooo'
go ra.e 90, p.e iai ss hoiu piece, sDon
tor.;nr "oios .r shai' aod ancient
'''''s' 00iH'' 'ou. ""''"e0' &C.
Isy,ap .n,.sr. f,om ~. ono;o,
Turns from HAMBURG and Rramen ,uo -, III o.
imnortant sricrant por,s Of F1ro-s NE .e mos
nnmoer OF emigtants 10 the United States was Al ),
GA LOT the rem mouths ana naii previous to The
10Th OF November. This Is considerably less thar
Of
year previous.
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-. y, -, pioc'snation mas JUS
.,tI;a sandns ~ .;Iana ~ o'ueiins 'is SAFE az
and. in wisconsin. Tn. nroc,auaa,io VI puoile
60. J.. 400 600 go ~ "a p;on.a: cover
'oAo u; "NiVS v. '~uu. ahSiuuiu2 the alter
nate sections along railroad lines, which belong t.
'ne government such OF tne iauds ss may not b.
soiu VIII ai'ef~.ras DC SUBJECT 10 private entry.
ALLEGED mALPE AcrlcE.-A case OF malpractice. i
10 stated, Iatsly occurred IN New York. Mir. Whit
heJ, q son vi Stephen hhitney, wealthy citizen
sppiieu 70 OF tnat city Tor treatment @
: ptohcu iai aneS.Io.. ne doctor undertook the
application OF nitrate OF silver by the of an in
Grafton, be punctured the windpipe. This scc;
dent resulted in the death of the patient In on,
week. YIN
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PIoUs IMPosToR.-"Rev." Henry T. Lever ha,
been astonishing the Inmates OF private boarding
house Ia PETERSBURG, va, by putting up there
counting and promising to marry her sister, and
finally running off with $3.50 worth of gold and
silver trinkets, belonging to the family inclpdjnp
locket borrowed to put his lik eness in, and de
fectiye watch, which he said he would make 20. /,
did go.
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BREACH OF PROMISE AND SEDUcrIoN.-A case OF
onio, ooin.hon fieas CouTt, 10 which Miss Jar.
hafa
Ilied on Two olHerent indictments. The frs,
t wss damage 10 the family, &C. for which
qua pha soa jug mena Tor sa,ooo: The sec
plaintiff received Judgment for $1,000.
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:. Local TELEGRAPH IN "AsHISsroN-It is stated
10 Inc unlan that an arrangement is now beinc
per iscseu lof connecting the Executive mansion,
the different Depar tmeuts, the Capitol, and viii
graph wires, with an Office at each building.
message q less than ten words to be sent from
any one STALLION to another ion for can't,