The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-02-02

kLCH MOND, A,
PosrAL AFrarss IN vIsstSIA.-The Pestmaster @.
neral's report of 1873 has been issued In Virgins
the aggregate cost of all trans portaticn n. including
route agents local agents and mail messengers wa
s97 .e6s 350ss0 in 1887 difference. 3siss. Thi
ia explained by improvements OF railroad service
additional trips. messenger service, DO, On 2
! Of the principal mail arteries Of the "Oid Denim
ion;" which. AZ they progressed were noticed.
The eletter posta &c amounted to 1899; spapel
2aG2li registered Letters 36e; stamps sald fo5 Gil
dentas 30 200. To al com ransation and incidenta
| l.G.lS9
The statistical department shows that after pay
ing ali expenses there wsa surplus OF mrnissisni
at tha following amongst other Offices: Whining
ion Delaware 81 s; Norfolk, Virginia. 2dss2, Rich
mond. Virginia, 43sIS.
The Postmaster 0eueralhas appointed Mr. Gee "
Pollock. Of Wilmington, North Carolina ronte
agent between Wilmington, North Carolina and
signed, ct same salary
u The p9stcfice @ at Darden's store Eansemond CO
Appointments - ssmuel Ferguson. postmaster Al
| Twe,ve Pois, Wsyre county, Va vice s. Maiaard
declined Thomas Rolling postmaster At tember
declino1. s. A, Byrs, postm sister at Temperance
vile. Aecous 4c county Va, vice Vim. 9; Byrd. re-
Meoklenburs counly. Virginia, vice ". ii. Morton
| BAFrsT CoLpoRrAGE IN VIRGiNIA-The Rev A
| T.. Dickenson, Of Richmond Superintendent of the
Baptist Colpor'age in Virginia, preached sermon
on sandal morning at the First Baptist Church:
| Washington street, appropriate to the objects OF
| the colportase system, and raised collection
| from the congregation anon 1tng to $500, which
| will be increased TO $500. Al night. the Rev.
seotiemaa preached at the Byrne street Bap;is.
Church, to large congregation, and eucceedsd in
taking up collection of $40. The manuer of thi,
excellent and truly sincere minister Is very pleas.
| ing, and is likely to win fer him, wherever he
| goes, warm friendships aud golden harvests-
There are now about one hundred and sixty-hve
under his direction, in the State Of Virginia all Of
| whom are succeeding well in disseminating tho
| bread CT life in every ction.-Istersburq
| (J0.) Express.
| THE LATE pRor. BoSD Prof. Wm c. Bond. Direc
| tor Of the Astronomical Observatory at Harvard
College, who sled on Saturday night, wasa native
| Ct Maine and ahou. seventy years Of age. In 1915
the college gent him to Europe to collect in fnrma-
| tion with regard to observatories and Instruments
snd in 1889 h9 called to the charge of theo b.
| serYatory at Cambridge. lie at this time en-.
| pIoyei by the United States government to con.
dncttse astronomical and meteorological obserye-
tions in the Wilkes exploring expedition Prof
Bond was The inventor Of plan for recording elecs
tro.magnetic observations knswn as the American
| method. Ills lRtest labOrs wsrs the taking phoa
| tsgraphc views maps OF the stars by means of
| camera attached to tho great telescope at HarH
| ward.
| bAIILE hfLLED Bi EATING S0RGUUM.-Ihe lDdA.
rendenCe (lowa) Guardian gives an account Of The
destruction Of seven head of cattle from ealing
| the refuse Chinese sugar cane, after it had been
compressed iu the mill. The outer coating of the
| stalks is of very vitreous character; when thus
broken up and taken into the stomach, it operates
like broken glass, cutting and in some cases rene.
| trstiDg entirely through the coats of that organ,
| producing 6 violent Inflammation. A pos. NOR.
tern examination in this case revealed this as the
| cause Of death. This important fact should be
| made known TO every farmer, it slay be the
means Of preventing serioua destruction of their
stock.
| GIN. gcoTT's FR1vRRY-In sreech delivered at
Newark Ju3ge Conrad, sf Philadelphis In snsver
| to a charge Of cowardice made against Genersl
ecott, produced document, wdich was sworn to
several years since. as pert evidence on psnsiop
claim. This was the evisen ce of soldier st LuG-
dt,s LaIe, who stat d in his affirmation that Gen
Scott, alter he was wounded rode to the line where
| the soldiers were ststioned. .hs neck breast and
arms in a core of blood, which ran down his lao
and trlckled from his fcot upon the ground and
sa1d TO the commander OF the ine-'I am wouDdsd
e d nS ysTy en xeak onS Of ,opr young to
threw down musket. and at one errinr leaned
rpon the horse snd they slowly sslloped away 70
drced ny reading this document was thrilling in
ths extreme. The hundreds present rose to their
feet ar gave most vehement cheers 90 that il was
some minutes before the speaker could proceed
GIRL SHOT IN MISTAKE Fog BuRGLsR.-In Nsw
Yc!k on Sunday morning. Mr.. Henry Barnard
supposed that he heard burglars in his house
about D O'Clock, aud raising the " window Of the
,econd story back room, in which he slept, called
loudly "who's thereI' No answer came, and he
repeated his inquiry several times
At length some opened the rear basement
thutter and locked up. Barnard wsa unsbe to dc
more than distinguish the outlines ofsome persons
scfeam told him cf his fatal error and he exclanl
| ed II God, I've shot Bridget" His exclsmaticn
awoke bis wife. and tCgf thar they hurried down to
the basement. whore they found their servant girl
FidSet Leddy, pTostrate upon tho floor her blood
yelling up from two ftiEhtfui wounda in her neck
| IL aip aTs that she aEose about five o'clock ard
made The tires, intending to begin hsr washing ss
early az possible. Bridget is in very dar sernus
| condItion; bu. She exhonera:es her employer from
| sll blame.
| GERMANS AND AUsTRI.Ns- - corresuopSent s.v,
that the statement Of the Italians having Inscribed
| the words "Death to the Germans oa the walls
| IN Milan Is Inc0rrecs, and may create wroug
impression among the German. in this country
| lie says the word used was most probabIy .Te-
| derchs," and undoubtedly applied TO their Aus.
| TITAN oppressogs ony.-N l. Herald.
Decros ARRESTED FOR BIGAMY.-Dr. Smith
has besn arrested in New York on charge Of
| tigamy. His last marriage the third one he
| has indulged in. BY mutual consent he aud his
| first wife ser Grated. He then married again. and
had several children by bis second wife His frst
| wife bsv ing died in the meantime and he having
| fallen in with new love, he to the conclu
sion that his second marriage Was Illegal and
| married third one. With her he went West,
| but ~ NEW OIE iast week ana was art
| rested at the instance oi friends of the second
wife.
ANOTHER VALUABLE CAsGo.-The steamship Cir
| cassan, on her way from Galway to New York, has
| quite valuable cargo. letter Gays:
Her cargo is one of the most valuable that hal
ever been sent by way CT Galway to Now York,
amounting, believe, to sons $50 0C0 or fl70,000,
Belfast, has, as usual contributed Its own share,
| aud that hIr. James Meehan, of Londonderry,
| also sends ten puncheons Of waiskey out in this
vessel; Jameson Son send eight hogsheads OF
genuine old malt
BRIDGING THE OHIo.-A large meeting of the
coalbostmen, steamboatmGE, and others interested
in the free navigation of the Ohio river Sas held
| in Pittsburg on Friday, Mayor Weaver presiding
Several resolutions were ;passed, declaring that
| the construction of piers for bridge over the
| 0hio, near Steubenvile, by the Pittsburg aud
steubenvie Railroad Company, was serious and
dangerous impediment to the free navigation of
the 0hio and its tributaries.
CHARGE OF RUNNING AWAY WITH A VEssEL-A
man calling hnSelf Antonio SpiIto De Mel, was
arrested in Baltni re. Monday. on the charge Of
practically and fe ebuionsly running away with the
american bark ''E: Rawlings" from the coast Of
Africa The captain, Charles ". Giiley, states in
his affidavit that the bark belongs to Savannah.
hut sailed scnae time since from New Orleans fer
| the Portugese port of St Thomas. on the coast of
Africa that whilst lying in close to the shore the
8eenen. of which De Mel was one, and two Portu-
shore, he sted sails AID ent off; that there
81 .rf0 in gold on board the bark, that her cargo
vas worth Sl5,o0o, and thu vessel worth SCI ooo;-
That since tho bark was thus run away with, be
hiss not seen anything Of vessel. cargo or money.
BETTER NOT HAVE MENTIONED Ir-A German
clergyman by way of giving point TO O eulogy OF
q dead man at a neral, declared that his ex-
perence would prove that the defunct was one Of
the most generous Of men, he had long ago bor-
rowed $40 Of him. of which to bis dying day he
had never asked the payment. OF the debt thus
acknowledged before witnesses, however. the heirs
esti
RETRRYcHINe -Ip regard to the army and postal
service, II is understood that the proper commit
tees of the Senate intend submitting reports cut
ting down estimated expenditures under both
heads some $S, 100000.