The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-03-25

lopez, ana otner distinguished peraons. On the
| following day the United States stesmer Fulton
arrived, having on board Commodore shubrick
| and Commissioner Bowlin, envoy to the eoyern-
| ment OF Paraguay. Both visited Gen. Urauiza for
she purpose of paying him their respect The
snd & received them with the greatest urbanity,
and had conversation with them, in which be
made known his lively desire that hostile rup.
| ture between the United States and Paraguay
| should be avoided s-'
| The Commodore presented to the President
present. consisting OF piece Of the Atlantic tele-
grsph cable, bound with shield of gold on which
was inscribed, "To the President of the Argentina
| confederation, General Justo jose de Urauiza."
General Guido las been appointed Minister Pleni
potentlsry aud Envoy Extraordinary On the mart
OF the Argentine Confederation TO Paraguay. He
| taxes with him his son, Don Edwardo C;uido es
secretary anu will depart at for his post The
Montevideo correspondent of the Correo Mercan.
vi, writing on the 27th of January, says:-Dr.
| Juan Gualberto Mendez, q young physicjan re-
centiy returned from France, has left on board of
an american steamer, having been appointed
nin,ster at hoe to represent the government of
Tue hepuDiic in the Diplomatic Conferences which
are 10 take place at Asuncion for the purpose of
arranging conciliatng mediation.
A SERIOUS FLIRrArIoN.-A widow-shat "depart.
| ment' of the female sex which is 90 attractive
and does 80 much damage-has been engaged in a
sorry Irritation In Boston, as the Boston Journal
tells:
this city through the influence of little widow
with pretty face aud languishing eyes. At a
watering place she made the acq o aintance of Dr.
4. A. Noyes, OF this city. The doctor Was made
captive aud drawn into the net which the widow
threw with such consumate skill, aud for q while
he was happy under the impression that Emma,
the fascinating widow, would soon consent to
change her time.
In this hope he was sadly disappointed, for when
he proposed. the widow wiped her eyes, said that
she should always esteem him friend, but she
could ut think of marriage All hope was given
up, and he tried to Danish the image of the widow,
but she was determined not to stay banished. She
wanted more amusement at his expense, and she
bad it. She reopeued correspondence, visited
him at his office, talked with him. flrted WITH and
a second time refused him. Then reason began to
totter, lickered for while like an expiring lamp,
aud on Wednesday the last ray of intelligence left
his brain.
He became a raving maniac, fierce aud cruel,
and not able to contain his rage in the sight of
females face. His first attack was upon a lady
visiter at the houss. He tore her clothes off and
trampled them under foot. The frightened do
| mestics rushed to the rescue, but the doctor de.
| molished all who opposed him. He dashed his
ksts through mrrors-swspt vases and clocks
from the mantlepieces-twisted off gas pipes
| broke chairs and tabies-dashed through par.
ttion, and was only prevented from doing further
violence by the arrival of two officers from the
second station, who removed him from the house
and kept him locked up until his friends sent him
| to an insane asylum, where he ia now confined
| and considered iDcurable.
| DiCKRNs-Dr. Mackay, of the Phiadelphis Press.
who seems to know something about everything
and everybody in the United Kingdom, past present
| and to come, says it is still undecided thing"
whether the author of "Pick WICK" ETC., will visit
| tae United States or not. But letter from him.
received by the Asia, the Doctor says. renders
prospect of his coming to the United States, even
for a very short time, extremely obscure and dim.
With large family rising up arouad him, and
| increasing expenditure On their account. and the
unexpected popularity of his reading, Mr.. D. can
| scarcely spare the or 10 weeks visit to this
| country would demand. Moreover, there is no
1 truth in the report in some Of the Londsn news.
papers, that Mr.. Dickens had purpose of becom-
ing lessee aud manager of one of the minor metro
politan theatres, chiefly with view of appearing
| before the public on his own stage as performer.
ANTICIPATED FREsHErs AT THE SoUTH.-Southern
papers Of the 18th nst express great fears of ano
| ther disastrous overflow. The Mississippi, Ala.
bama, Warrior, YaZoo, and other rivers, have
overfowed their banks, and at several points the
levees have given away, and opened large crevas-
| ses. At Providence. on the Mississippi. the water
| was within twenty-seve inches of the highest
water mark of last year, and still rising. About
one third of the town of Edeuton was under
| water. The Warrior and Tuscaloosa rivers had
risen fifty feet. These foods we're OccasioDed
principally by heavy and continued rains Georgia
papers also report high waters aud heavy rains.
The FALL OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIvEs-The rate of
descent necessary to produce rapid current in a
river is very slight. fall of ten inches to the
very slight descent in the Mississippi river that il
Is navigable to so great an extent. We learn
from article in the journal of the Geographical
aud Statistical Society," that the rate of descent in
that river, below its junction with the Ohio, is
but &c inches to the mile, aud from the mouth of
| the Minnesota to the Ohio 76 inches. The tot&s
fall from the mouth of the Minnesota to the Gulf,
?, 1872 miles, is IA feet, at the rate of 4 OF
inches to the mile. TIE greatest fall is between
ho nd ido nd tho 0hin-f tDchaa
to the mile.
WAsHINGToN's BIRTHDAY IN PEUsSIA.-A dinner
| was given in Berlin, on the 22d ult, by Governor
Wright, the American minister, ia honor of
Washington's birthday. About seventy persons
were present An old gentleman was there, hale
and vigorous, who had, when young, been acs
quainfed with Washington--the Senator Adami.
from Bremen, now nearly SS years of age. The
| venerable Baron Humboldt was also present and
made short address, as slso did several Ameris
cans.
A NEW "Hoop' DIsEAsE.-A new disease has
made its appearance since the introduction Of
hoops. 1t exhibits itself only in cold weather,
and then is only discoverable In cities where the
buildings are warmed with furnaces. Two ladies
we're standing over register the other day. talk
ing and laughing, when one eudeavoring to sit was
suddenly attacked aud screamed violently. The
other soon also tried to sit, and was attacked in
the same manner. The explanation is that by
standing SO long over the register, their metallic
hoops became heated to such degree that when
they attempted to be seated it was like sitting
a hot gridir0n. OF course they were not great
length OF time getting up again, and naturally
enough uttered screams-all of which would be
very mysterious to locker on, unacq nainted with
the mysteries of hoops.
WINANs New SreAMsHp.-Wiuans' new cigar
steamship was tried on Wednesday of last week,
for the purpose Of ascertaning the effect of the
new experiment made with the wheel. O1e half
a a hpQ nd fha iris al lUav va
evidence that her speed had been material in
creased. Fourteen feet is to be added to the hull
on each side of the wheel, and the addition is
in the shop nearly completed aud soon as added
the ship will make trip to Norfolk or New York.
Mr. Winans has determined, it is understood to
depart SO far from his original plan, as to place
masts and sails on the ship, and they are now be-
ing prepared in the yard Great confidence is still
expressed by those interested in the ultimate
success of this wonder of the waters.
TARIFF DEcIsIoss.-The following decisions have
Just been made by the Secretary of the Treasury:
That Mineral OIL" Of q btuminous character, or
extracted from bituminOus substance, Is liable
to duty OF ID per cent, under schedule 4 of the
tariff af 1857; that "Castor Seed, from which Cas-
or Oil may be manufactured, is to be included
under schedule of the tariff of 1857, and is admit
ted free of duty; and that "Mustsrd Seed" is also
| to be admitted free under the same schedule.
PROMOTIONS IN THE AaMY.-Among other pro-
motions in the army, just made by the President
Ia that of the gallant Indian fighter, Lieut. Col
Dixon h. Miles, to q CoioneIcy. Major Eiectus
Backus is made Lieutenant Colonel. Captains j
g. Barnard, Engineer Corps; L. D. Keyes, Ist Ar
tlery, and C. G. sbley, Sd Artillery, are promo
ted to be Majors.
IMPORTANT DEcIsIoN.-The case of VIM ii Aspiu-
wall et at against Kaox county, Ind, was decided
last week. The decision of the Supreme Court
sustaius that of the District Court n favor Of As
pin wall and his associates, thereby making good
their Just claim of $4,000. The question 10 dis.
pute was the legality of the issue of the bonds.
BANK RoBBED.-The Bank OF Middletown, at
| Middietowu. Pa, having missed certain sums OF
money, amounting to about 1000, instituted ins
yestigatiens, which led to the detection OF the
wstc hman of the bank, named George Folger, 80
the thief Having secured the repayment OF the
| sum abstracted, the officers OF the bank allowed