The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-07-29

- ,,rrdsr committed somewhere in North
Carolins in March last. They were seen ana
recognized by market people from some OF the
counties of that State which connect Win
Virginia. and information supplied TO the Oh
dxers tiesiguated above. They are now con-
ioed In Jail 10 await the necessary requsillon
from the Governor CT Ncrth Carolina.
PERCUSSION,
ANOTHER SPURIOUS VIRGINIA BANK NOTE
A new spurious note is now in circulation,
parporting TO be a five dollar bill on the Cen
tyai Bank of Virginia, at Staunton. III mas
been altered from some other bank plate. Inc
yignette is n view of the battle OF New Or
leans: on the left end is view of the Goddess
of Liberty. and on the right landscape Win
= drove of cattle Letter b; date July iOth,
ie5s. Other spurious notes of Il different de-
domination, en- the same bank, are Salo 10 ee
aiioat.
THE FOURTH or july IN lRELAND.--A
mum Der Of American tourists, gathered al Lake
Killarney. Ireland, on the 18th inst, LOT the
celebration of the day--among them. several
ministers and Mr.. and Mrs. Barney Williams
here was 4 dinner at the hotel, and the De-
ciaration of IndepenGence--Whch had been
printed in full in the village paper-was read.
Fireworks OH the lawn closed the days "di-
versions
FAMILY PArER.--We are fast catching up
with the North in our weekly papers, and as
another step towards ii, Messrs. TURNER
WATSON. of this city, are about 10 issue very
handsome and entertaining weekly, which Is
. be put at such price, and to bear such a
igh literary character, as TO make 1t equally
popular with any of its contemporaries
FATAL AccIpEyT.-Wm. Lucas, of Bedford
county. Va, while sitting on the track Of the
Va and Tennessee Railroad, drunk, with two
.,ther men, Tuesday night, was run over by a
locomotive and literally torn to pieces-his
head being eycrei from his body and his en-
trails torn out. The other two men-one OF
hem his brother-escaped nniniured.
Election OF A BANK PREsIDENr.-John
H. Warwick has been elected President of the
Farmers Bank at l. nchburg, Va VIM. Rad
ford the President for 30 years, having re-
-igned.
DEATH OF AN ARTIsT.-David Bronson, an
eminent artist, died in Arkansas n few days
tgo. He was Il native of OneiGa county. New
FORK, and about ffty-two years Of age. The
Memphis Appeal says:
His life has been full Of remarkable events
At an early period Of his existence lie was Inc
companion OF Stevens, the traveller ana &c
companiad him 10 the Holy Land and traced
he sketches which added 80 much To he pop
MARTY Of the great travellers production
The deceased has spent the greater part OF ne
oas: twelve years in the South and southwest,
in the pursuit Of his iavorl:e proiessI0n--p9r-
raft naintin He was intimately assoclaltc
with Henry Inman, the most successful mead
nainter that this country ever produced, ana
was on terms of friendship with W. T. bran
t,,- int tod n
lures III Mississippi, Tennessee ana hehthckE.
DEATH or \ VETERAN OF TIE LAST VAN
The London apers record the death OF Lieut.
General Proctor who played sHeh an I9lpor,
ant part in the last war between me iilteG
States and Great Britain, having commanded
he I'D regiment 3 the battle of Fort Erie, anG
subsequently, shared in the campaign along
lhe Niagara frontier. lie was c0lohel OF lsit
18th regiment He died a few days since, at
his seat in Wales. Suddenly, from disease OF
me heart. He had been sixty years IN the ar
my III 1914 he commanded the sd regiment
before Fort Erie. from September I'd through
out the successive operations OF the campaign I
IN The NIAGARA frontier. He received the bre-
vet promotion of lieutenant colonel for his
conduct in repeiing the attack on the bate
ries and position before Fort Erie, en- the 18th
# September, ls!i.
MORMON PREPARATION FOR FANIINE.-1n
The Tabernacle, ut Salt Lake City, on the Goth
ultimo. Elder Ors0n Hyde spoke of the saving
policy Of Joseph III storing up the grain OF
Egypt against the seven years OF famine, and
argued that, inasmuch rs a sore famine was
toIefUld to come 10 pass in the present genera
ton, it bchooyed the Saints to take care OF,
md begin at once 10 store up. their grain
this advice the harvest IN
he Territory promised TO be heavy one
Gas FIRST UsEp.-(Ias was first eVoiNeo
rom coal by Dr.. Clayton in 1879, ana was en- en-
rloyed for purposes of illumination py MI.
Murdoch. in Cornwall, Eng, IN i'S2. Ne
irst display OF gas lights was eXhlDlted III
s;2, III Birrnin CHAM, Eng, on the occasion OF
he peace rejoicing. 1t was permanently useu
II Manchester In 1905. IL was acea iiis
London streets in 1867, and was introduced
nto New York in 1873 and the streets IN tha'
.ity were first lighted with it In ls2i.
FROM TURKS IsLAND--The PARK Danlei
Webster. Townsley, ut New Haven. from
rurls, island brings dates to the 10Th INST
rhe Island was healthy. There was an active
lemand for salt, at prices from Z to "a cents
Der busl,el. The stock on name iiao Zen con on
iderahiy decreased by the rains, ana II the
demand continued there would be a very
m quantity on hand 1T the commencement
If the next rakJaSs.
PArENTs.-Among the patents granted last
week were the following, TO:
Isaac r. Shank, of Buffalo, Va, Tor llnprov-
ID biscu1t-boaTd Joha nav, oi ~ NluIcn,
va. additional improvement TO picker saving
,.c,hines. John N Wyckof. of Brooklyn
aavy-yard, and Thomas II. Fell, of Orange
Mines. Va, for improved e-washerand ANAL
,amator
SHEEP KILLED by MISUNDERSTANDING
storm on Tuesday, n stroke of lightning killed
eichty-tiye sheep in one drove. near Philadel-
mia They We're huddled under q tree at the
time. Only one of the sheep was marked by
disaster, that being evidently the first one
struck and it was hit III the side and cut OPEN
in every direction.