The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-03-03
PRICE ONE CENT.
LIVERPOOL MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, Feb 1G-Cotton--The lates. advice
Dy the canada reported an ctiys market ON "a,
utday, the l2.h, with sales of Is 600 bales. rs IN
| On speculation ard for export) at sn ADVANCE =
ssidsy's rates OF ls16a a per pound Ou No,
GAY, IAN, in the absence of the Europa, th
| buoyant tone continued, and SATURDAY,. sdy.nc
| vas fully sustained, tho bnsinefs being 10 co
| oa'es-S,0O0 on speculation and EXPORT. Yester
aay tuesday the market became quiet. the sale
ueIng only 1000 bales, Including 1000 on specula
.on ana ior export. The Europa's news had
.a.ner untavoraole effect, for although price
! we're not lower, the market closed with NOR
seiiefs man buyers. Middling Orleans I'd. UpIsn,
"4d' AT Manchester a good demand existed.
breadstuh'.-The market continues quite mani
nate mate. hsssrs, richardson, Spence Co, report
Flour tsacks). 81 per GENITAL cheaper. bu, harrs,
nominaiiy unchanged. Really good aualitis,
| scarce and wanted Wheat selling In the ,na,as,
retail at slightly advanced prices Western Rsa
ossds9s 81 per centai white S. 7daI0s: Southern
iosal0s 81. Indian Corn In limited demand q,
n,mer prices; mixed and yellow, IS Ioda6s "a
white, Is lda1s "a.
Psovisions.-Beef in fair demand, ard prica.
maintained. Pork quiet bu. held for fuil rates :
bacoo ol'w ut 44sai6s for Cumberland cut, and
4osa3's for lcng middles. Lard held for COS: re.
tan sales only. Talow steady: Butchers Associa.
ton, 54s.
Produce.-Rosin dull. with sales of common
at As lOd Ashes fl At 29s 6d for pots aud 32s for
pearls. Sugar quiet but steady. Cofee-Nothinc
aoing. Rice neglected. Spirits of Turpentine-
small sales to arrive at at 40s 3D. Cioverseed
qno'ed at 62s, but holders demand fourther ad.
vance of lsa2s.
LONDON MARKETS
breadssuffi unchanged. Sugars in some cases.
% dearer; Coffee firm. Tea-Prices sustained -
aaiiow quiet at 53s. Linsced Oil, 29s oda30..-
Scotch Fig Iron SIS.
DISTRESSING SuicIDE.-Orlsndo r. Parsons ua.
i've of Alexandria, Va, where he has parents. but
recently clerk in the New York Post Office. COM
mitted suicide at a boarding house in Baltimore
on tuesday evening, by shooting hirnself through
the mead failure to obtain employment after
repeated Efforts was the cause. The Sun saws.
one day last week he went to Washington. where
i.' saiu ne was promised employment in one of the
departments of Government. but returned more
detected than before, aud said he WAS aoain disar
pointed. On Monday he went To the no., of;p
again, and came back with letter Ua said smi
itngiy, TO his landlsdy, Here have got a ,at,or
from one OF my lady friends-she is to be married
ct IL O'Clock to-day" lie then went to hi. roorn
~ ai.u was h0' seen again until yesterday mornipu
V''eh servant, a few minutes preyiona to AZ
suooting, went to his chamber door and called
Din. lie answered, Yes in an agi,s,aa vo;co
@uu ."e SCI saut retired In about ten minutes the
.rPuI oi u pistol was heard from Parsons room
oy these IN the dining room below and go 90
TUE ooaFuers going TO his room he was fnn,d
iyins In bed on his left side, nndressad ~ his
unusIsn it snn'' tne coVerlid thrown back, his head
too,'neu 10 tue LETT, and pistol in his hand ne
had discharged the contents of the waannn ~.
tue rsht side OF bis head, a5out three inch
sooVe the ear. To those who frat or.aroa ~;
LOON @ ne never spoke, bat stared abont him and
usd;'oai 0;e o;s on eHort could be made to obtain
n,euicai sid He was brother of Narcaret W
."ussfa'e, an authoress of New York and II mas
,r ~ ner ne referred when he said he had received
ie'er nfotl q friend who was to be married tha.
y,; ihis ieSser was not fonud among his effects
aHo IL Is supposed he burned it,
AHEhicAsS IN PARIs.-The Paris correspondent
OF the New York Commercial, writing on the 10Th
uit., says:
IN TUESDAY evening last grand reception and
oaii were given ~ the Tueries. but the Fm nero,
uiu noe mako ma appearance, and the EMPRESS
eas Obliged TO do the hoDors of the cccasion Uis
Majesty was said to be unweIt Attbis rarar,;nn
the NOD. Mr. Preston. American Minister To Suai,
the ladies' Of his family, aud the members of his
Ieeatlon, were presented to her Meiesty. with
ioI'y other American gentlemen aud ladies' The
frincess Cio'llde was present, and was the otiec,
Of general observation
lhe Americans in Paris anticipate giving q
eraha oail on the 22d Of February in commemo
ration of Washington's birth .day
PosToFFIoE APPoINTMENrs.-George T. Holland
postmaster at UrleaB, Fauquier county Va yice
jacob L. Weaver. James Ii. Stiff POSTMASTER al
rort ooh"ay, hlng George's county, vice W. s.
faybe Robert HI Baylor postmas Ter ut yes, store
Princess Anne county, Va, vice ashweIl Sinmons
benJamln Leach postmaste. at Sandy Hook Ran.
pabannock county, Va, vice Arthur NJ Smith.
Joseph Fether postmaster at CbambIissburg Bed
ford county, Va, vice John Z. Thaxton William
FOX postmaster at Carter's Bridge, AIbemarle
county, Va, vice VIM. w. Pace. James NJ, Free
man postmaster at Gilesd Spring, Mcdowell coun
~, va, vice Mary A. Davis. All to fill vacancies
occas'oned by resignation. George W Hammond
nf-nFA dor.1
vice Philip Trammell, deceased.
MAGNIFicGNrLY DaEssED.-Mrs p. of New
hora, me wife OF liuseed oil manufacturer, wore
~ the Napier bail, in Washington, last week dia-
monds valued at Sl00, 900, aud iaco worth s1I 900
lter heavy tiara and necklace were wholly com.
posed Of diamonds and her breas tplate was Of dia
mond leaves. She stood "kuee uee-deep"-Jenkius
elegant expression--in old chench lsce-sn Italian
fabric OF exceeding delicacy the secret of the ma
Enfacture of which has long been lost. IL fell
over blue silk from her knees to her feet nd aIso
In graceful folds ever her bosom. The lsdy sat
curing the whole evening by u window opening
IRON a side room into the dancing halls in a uosi
ton where the light could fall favorably upon her
CpuieDce. But she did Eot dare enter the crowd
Tor fear that the lace might be injured, or the
diamonds ravished from ber person.
A CEssroN To GREAT BRITAIN Among the latest
intelligence from the Pacific we have the sur
prising information that by a deed executed 10
September last the Chief tf the Fejee Islands
assigned the sovereignty of the archipelago TO
Great Britain, in consideration of that power
paying the indemnity exacted by the United States
sloop otwar VandaIia, Capt. Sinclair last fall for
injuries Inflicted upon American citizens. The
news needs Confirmation.
RETURN OF Ma AND Mrs BARNEY WILLIAMS
We learn by letters from Loodon that the great
theatrical favoritos, MIR and Mrs. Barney VIII
liams, Will return here In September, and COM
fpnr ~ fbn e..
ish their engagement at Drury Lane the 24th
February, and would then go TO some other Lon
don theatre. The average net receipts of Mr.. and
Mrs. Williams in EDglaDd, have been $1,000 pc,
month, which 10 the best proof Of their SUCCESS
hcU York Herald.
The JgDDAH MASSACRE A letter from Jeddah,
Asia Minor, states that the execution OF the crims
ihals concerned in the massacre of the Christians
in that city, took place in the middle Of the day.
aud in the most public manner possible. Their
heads were cut oh az the foot of the kiosQue,
from which the orders for the massacre were
issued. The inhabitants we're strusk with stu-
por and for the most part remained shut up in
their houses.
SAD DsArH.-A small boy about four years Of
| age, named John Woodburn. whose parents reside
| about three miles south of Shippensburg. Pa,
| wandered away from home on last Thursday morn
| ing. The family aud a large number Of neghbors
| commenced searching for him, but did not fiod
him until Saturday, when he was discovered dead,
| about ten miles from home, on the South Nom.
tain. A dog belonging TO the family accompanied
the child, aud was found lying beside bis dead
| body.
| MARINE DrsAsrER-Durisg the snow storm last
| Saturday, the ship Elizabeth, Of Kennebnnk,
| Me, from New Orleans, La, while running into
Boston Bay. went ashore on Cedar Point, neal
| Scituate Light, Mass The mate aud part OF tbs
crew were rescued by the life boat, and the res
hi Rad n
| cotton on board, insured in Boston.
The UNION BANK MuaDER.-A young maj
| named Irwio has been arrested on suspicion o
being the person who murdered the cashier OF ID
| Union Bank, at Jackson, Miss, aud robbed th
| hank reeentIv large amount off gold aud Cnio