The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-03-17


L III E DISP TCH.
THURSDAY MORNING. MARCH u. 1850
PROSPECTS OF rHx CouSrRr IN is5e-The N. Y
Courier In an editorial upon the subject states that
the exports from New York for tho fra, e,ob,
months Of the present fiscal year, exclusive Of
specic. were thirty eve millions of dollars: tb.
imports into New York for the same period have
been one hundred and twenty nine millions Of
dollars, or an excess OF ninety.four millions OF
dollars In the imports into one port in the past
eight months. II 10 we'll asked:
we 90 have good crops, can such an enor-
nous expenditure OF the vitals of the countrv
namely, capital aud raw material at low prices be
conuousiiy made for the high priced manuf.c.
tnres OF pauper Europe! The total exports of
ag,ieuitnrai products last year from Ohio. the
richest agricultural State In the Tniop was ,ass
than twenty-five dollars for each iohsb,tant "a
not one-third OF this, or fve dollars for each
person, ever hoated on salt water or maid dsbt
abroad, and yet we are now import;ny at the
Ne Vi h'.eeh ooi'srs for each person in the whole
eoIo,Is, Ia rieh silks, high priced cotton goods,
and Injuries of Que sort and anothar ,nsInd ,
ing iron rails for our railroads We baye cyan
ined returns from different parts of tho country
@ ~. WIN au'uit thas there never was much taud
f' t.'"'oa, anu Win good weather there
never mas been such crops as will be raised Rut
never had We as many Idle non.producer.. never
before ala IL take the profit of as many bushels of
Wheat TO pay Tor one yard of high priced cotton
Sooos, mace In Europe from the raw material
raised here. Not for twenty Years have there
been, proportional to our size And numhsr. a
lew new cotton mills, iron fur naces and coal com.
pshies 10 MAKE home market as in this very
year. ''
The indebtedness of the United States
In the past two years was:
July lst tls57...........,s 900 f6o ase
July LIST. 5S.....".................... k4oi0777
lncrease.................. .......... S25 $50 sel
or an increase of about nipety per cent. The nro.
liabilities are that this of increase of public
oebt viii continue throughout the present year.
so thst our debt in July 1859 will not be less thar
elgnty miiioDs of dollars. The present exnendi
tures of the Government are. Including interest
on DEBT, ninety millions of dollars This expen.
diture after allowing for the borrowed receipts
makes an impor tation of four hundred millions Of
dollars OF foreign goods, about SIS for each
person ln the country necessary to prevent bank.
ruptcy. We have, Wherefore, a yearly Importation
greatly in excess of our present trade, with an
Increasing national debt. as the alternative TO a
bankrupt government. On the other hand, we
ma by the Custom House records that our ex.
ports tor the present year will probably not be
over three hundred millions of dollars To show
official figures:
-NN"' 'N''e~ <-~SS'iS JFOm Uf fOTt OF 4NefU lOTE
for Eight Months, including February.
Exports from July 1867 Ia57-s Issse
70 February. 053 2i0 s7i 0Ie 4l3 S54 I63 06a
The total exports for the first two years for the
whole country We're for:
1861 ....-.............. 362 q6O se2
1877 ....... 2s3e14 All
We can hence form an estimate from the foniinp
of In the exports from New York what the de.
crease VIII be in the total exports. If in the same
per centsge, the total exports will not be much
over two hundred mill ions of dollars.
MURDER AND SUICIDE AT HARTFORD, Coyy.-Chris.
topher Colson, who for many years has been ens
gagged as fish dealer in Hartford, Conn, cut his
Wife's throat Monday, killing her instantly. He
had been divorced from his wife for the wear mast.
The Courant says
Saturday night last he slept at the house of h;s
brother, James Ii. Colson, baker, No. 81 South
Hudson street. The house is occupied by four
families Mr.. Colson living on the irst floor In
the north half. Christopher was sitting in one of
the basement rooms, in conversation with . Mr.
Barker. when his former wife, who has since the
divorce taken her maiden name of Sarah Burns
came in from her mother's Coson advanced 10
his wife, and endeavored to take her hand. but
she repuised him with the remark that her
nand was now her own, and that she did not
wish TO have anything to 40 with him." She then
attempted TO leave the room, when he followed
her, caught her by the dress behind, and cut
her throat from the right to a point inst
seVering the carotid artery. and partially sew
erlng the juguiar vein. He manifested very
little passion or feeling Of any kind, but remark.
ing that he hoped she was satisfied threw his
bloody weapon-a large twoedged fish knife I'm
der the table, and proceeded leisurely to the PAN
try. where he commenced devouriug some pies
that were stored there. The inmates of the house
were, of course, thrown into the greatest couser.
nation aud excitement by the terrible event that
had just trsuspired. Some attempt was made to
arrest the murderer, but he was so much held in
dread by those present, who feared that he might
be still armed. that he was allowed, after he had
eaten and drank what he nted, To- leave the
house unmolested From the hotel he walked
in q lesurely manner up Ferry street till he came
nearly opposite the old Bartlett tavern, where he
arrested"
On Tuesday, while in prison, he took quantity
of opium, and died in few hours from the effects.
CARRrIsG A STEAMBOAT OvERLANp-A writer in
the st. Paul Mlnnesotian, dating at Crow Wing,
says:
About the 8th instant. the work Of taking to
pieces the Ansou Northrup ard preparing the
frame of the new boat was commenced; and to-
day, the 10Th February, the whole portable frame
of the boat, boiler, engines, machinery and tools
amounting to more than fifty tons of freight, be-
sides stores and baggage of the men, and hay for
the teams, Is packed upon sieigbs, and thirty
teams are trudgiug away with their load over the
prairies and through the pineries toward the Red
chinery must be hauled on runners distance of
one hundred and sixty five miles. The new por-
tioDs of the boat will be taken from Swan river,
one hundred and ninety miles. The boat, which
is to bear the appropriate name of the "Pioneer."
is TO be one hundred feet long, twenty feet beam,
with depth of four feet in the hold and is calcu
lated to carry from seventy five to one hundred
tons Of freight. The train 10 accompanied by
about forty teamsters and mechanics, who will
commence work as soon they reach Red River,
and the boat will probably be 10 running order by
the first of May. The road is good as far as the
Otter Tail City, and teams have been through to
Red River during the past week, so that the track
is probably we'll broken all the way"
SCHOOL DIFFICULTY AT B0sToN.--The Catholic
children attending the Eliot and other schools in
Boston have refused to participate in the opening
devotional exercises, including the Lords prayer
and the ten commandments. This has caused
considerable excitement, and some two hundred
Of the Catholic scholars have absented themselves
from Eliot school. 1t sppears the scholars were
forbidden to participate in the religious exercises
by their pastors, bnt the school committee deter.
mined 10 adhere to their regulations, notwith.
9 landing.
FREAK CT THE WIND A few days ego, a well
nown gentleman named Joseph Locke, contrac-
tor and builder in ST. Louis, went to the Mecha-
nics Bank and drew out $3.50 In $40 bills, for the
purpose Of paying his employees. In going down
the steps of the bank, with the eighteen bills in
lis hand, q sudden gust Of wind blew of his hat.
Ia throwing ap his hand to recover his hat he lost
Of the bills " hich were instantly taken
~ the wind in circlipg eadies upwards Mr.. LIS
oss by the operation was about $50. His feelings
Is be saw the banks promises to pay slowly sails
ng over the house tops, are much more pleasant
10 describe than entertain.
COMMERCE. OF New ORLEANs.-Tbere is no immedi-
ate prospect Of relief to the commerce Of New Or.
leans. The report o the Engineer employed, says
Il VIII require four montbk' labor and the expen-
titnre OF over one hundred thousand dollars to
open the southwest pass. On the 9th instant 95
300 bales ofcotton were then detained on shipboard
70 consequence OF tho VESSELS being unable to cross
the bar. Among the ships detained below were
sight from Boston having on board several thouss
and tens of ice.
,fIoRD LYoNs.-The reported arrival of the fri.
Ia Guracoa yxiIh Lord Ivons tLa so.x