The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-06-04

dead, with bride and saddle on but the rider or
owner has net yet been found 1t 10 feared that he
| has been destroyed.
All this may appear to your readers to be a mere
| fsbrcafion. Would it were so! But of the truth
OF Il there can be no doubt. Many of the citizens
OF this place visited the yesterday for the
purpose of helping the sufferers and from all of
| those who returned we learn the same dreadful
news.
RIoTous PRoCBfDiNGs IN NASHVILLE, TKSS-For
fhe past few weeks, the workmen ia the empioy
OF the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad, have
Deen In high state of excitement in conse ueuce
OF the discharge of several of the foremen in differ
ent departments, to give away for other mechanics
| from the Northern cities. aud belief on the cart
OF the Southern men that they would soou be |
| suprlapted by Others The difficulty came to
ciimax on the Both ult., when q igbt took place
though but little damage resulted. compromise |
was, was 'nen effected, and the hands then went to
work, With the understand ling that tho otjectioua>
bic persona would be discharged
From HAYrI-Intslleencs has been received at
fort au Prince Of the death of MIR Seguy pilIeva-
lsix, the Hayden Charge dAffaires at Paris The |
desceased has long been a government Official and
was once in the cabinet of President Boyer.
Oons,deraoe excitement has been created by the
nesi,ation OF the Chambers to respond to the pro-
positions OF President effrard aud bspsh for life
tue emperor, ,Sonlou4ue. The president was frm
10 his demands, ard unless bis proposition was &C
ceded TO threatened to expel the members of the
Chambers. Other members assented the expuI-
sion OF Soulouque himself but did not wish the
asntence extended to his accomnjices
A HALE OLD MAN.-The editor of the PaB,dinu
clarion, while in attendance upon the Perry
county Miss, Court. met an old Revolutionary
soioi T, named Jeremiah Willinpbam who kpew
Washington and Jefferson well. and was at ,bs
oatfie OF Eutaw Springs, and many other of the
hardest fought battles Of the Revolution He vo.
.ea ior 'euerson for President, aud is now one
ouhored and two years old. His last marriage
was contracted at the age of saveuty-seveu years
and eighty years have elapsed since his frat mar
Iiags he Is still bale and hearty, can mount a
horse with ease, and can shoot a souirrel from
tho top OF the tailest tree with a rife
Dr. MANLE's DFrARrURE.-Th.s venerable and
untver sally esteemed Brother left this CITY lsst
week, for Aiabams. We were permitted 10 hear
his parting discourse delivered in the Wentworth
street Church on Sabbath evening, 22d instant
without pretending to be a farewell sermon,
which Dr. Manly declared it was a sim ple i'm DOS.
sibility for him to preach, it still full of ten.
der and delicate al'Hsions to the occasion and |
elected much emotion. In the course of his re.
mario, he referred in very Just terms to the re.
cent Convention 10 Richmond, as illustrating anew
;he strength and beauty of the great principle |
OF Baptist poity-church indepsndency Our
own convictions were in entire accordance with
his, aud We cordially Joined in bis expressed |
wish that all had been at Richmond to witness the
proceedings.-SOuttern Baptist.
PRISONERS SENTENCED IN DEL.wARE-The chief
justice of Newcastle county (Del.) Court, passed |
the following sentences last week: George w |
Buchanan, convicted of mans,aughter. to pay |
fine OF 81 goo and costs. and to be imprisoned five
years. Thomas Mccoy, convicted OF mansaugh-
ter, to pay fine of 81 900 and COSTS aud We years
Samuel Turner, convicted of rape, to be bure
August 26. Joseph Hayes, convicted of passing |
counterfeit money, to pay fine of $500 and costs
30 stand in the pi!1ory to be imprisoned year
aud to wear couvict's jacket for the same period
after his term expires.
THE FIaHr OF THE FnuBusrzRs.--Col. Anderson.
who assaulted his brother tillibuster, Col. Titus
at the ST. Nicholas botel, on Tuesday night, was
arraigned before justice the next day. Titus
refused to make any complaint against the defend
ant, when the latter was discharged. Mr.. Tread
we'll, proprietor of the hotel, was determ iued
however, not to let Anderson Oft ''scott free" 90
he had him held to bail 10 the sum of $500 to
keep the peace Bail being forthcoming the
prisoner was liberated from custody, and thus the
matter ended.
DROWNED IN OREGoN.-Ou the evening of the 18th
of April, DR.. H. w. McMulien and Messrs Nc Phers
son. Thomas Mccormick and T. B Mccullough at
tempted to cross Rogue river Oregon at the mouth
but their boat was cspsizsd in the surf, and they
were all drowned. DR.. McMuIIen was a residen,
of Smith River Valley, and Supern teudept of
ComHon Schools for Del Norte county. The body
OF Mcpherson alone was recovered.
THE PRECEDENT Nor FcLLowED-Iu New York
on Wednesday, the jury Ia the case of William E
Moore, brought iD q verdict of maDslaughter
The prisoner killed man named John Van Warth
who had sesuced his wife. According to q dis
tingnished precedent recently established, there
are many who think the prisoner should have
been acquitted.
PREsBYrERiAN GENERAL ASSEMBLY, IN S)-The
General Assembly, at Wilmington, Del, wa,
dissolved last Tuesday light. The commission t.
investigate the complaints against the Home |
Missionary Society embraced the following dele. |
gates: Rev Drs Stesrns. Patterson, Brainerd, Al
len, Curtis, Wood aud + ,wler and Msssrs Bene-
dict White, Lessup and PiDneo
RARE sHor-On May 9Th ult Mr.. Irwin, Uni. |
ted States Army. OF Fort Buchanan, killed two |
antelope at single shot with Colts carbiue the
distance being over three hundred yards. The |
bsil passed through the heart of one animal and
the liver of the other. case of this sort is ycrv
rare Ia the annals of sporting.
AN ITEM For WIFE>WHPPERs.-JudgeJ Johnson
OF Louisville, kentucky, last week, 10 deciding |
| case peIore him, said "A man has no right to
whip his wife, but should be gerely punished if
he should be guilty of such outrage. But the
women, on the contrary, have the right to whip |
their husbands whenever they please. 1t Is a pre-.
rogstive belonging to the IN peculiarly and inaen.
ably am surprised that it is not exercised to
greater extent"
The WHEAT Crop IN TExAs,-The Shreveport
(Texas) Gazette after glowing description of the
wheat crop throughout that part of the State SAWS
"As soon as our railroad extends into the prai-
10 this place, and ship thousands OF barrels OF new
flour to New Orleans, mouth before the Western
produce can come into market" |
HARD PUSHED FOR MoNEY.-A letter from Vienna
says: "The pswning of jewels fs not confined 10
the Crown diamonds of the State, but the Prin.
cesses of the Austrian Court said to be select
ing ihe Jews In addition to this hbeneyolence
il called in the Middle Ages when the cier-
ay opened their purse.s'rings, is going on in all
the wealthy monasteries CT Austria"
GRAssHoppERs have again made their appearance
in Bucks county, Pa and promise to be very an.
noyirg, If not destructive, the coming summer -
Iu Upper Wakefield and Hiiitown townships, they
have attacked tue young corn, and. 10 some iu-
stances. the tops of the potatoes, aud II ia feared
from these demonstrations that they are going to
be troublesome.
Democrat says, the Lacrosse and Milwaukee Rail
road sold at auction, in Milwankie, on Satur.
day, undsr the Sd mortgage. to WIN Barnes, frus
ter for the bondhoders, for 81 593 33 49, being 75
per cent. of the amount due.
MARINE LsssEs F,R May The aggregate of ma
rne losses for May, ID Al vessels, of which were
ships, barks brigs, Is schooDers, and steam.
boats. The total value of property lost was ST.
2l6TO0 which does not include damages TO yesseis
not amounting to total loss.
RAILROAD AccIDEsr.-Dsvid Miller, an employee
on the East Pennsy lyania Railroad, run over
and killed by the cars st Ailentown. Pa, on the
1st inst.
s,NeuLAR PHRsoMgsoN. the 11th Of April
| Ga shower of black snow fell 20 the depth of an
| inch. upon the summit Of Fircap Mountain," near
| a mining camp, called Heavens, In Sierra coan-
| ~, Cal.
Mr.. John Ro. insor, aged 6s, was kilIad last
Friday, BY fall Of coal q his mines st Centre
! yille. near Pottsviile. Pa which caught bin
! against wagon, smotheriug him befhrs hs could
i be extricated.