The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-12-12
MIR, voorhscs, speech.

MIR. Voorhees, speech.
The brilliant speech OF the Hon. y. W.
! VOORHEES,. of Indiana, In behalf of JOHN +.
| Cock. In the recent trial At Charlestown, has
| been print ted in an Extra sheet at this Office,
and is now for sale at the counter. Copies
| will be sent by mail in reply to orders remit
| ting each a three cent stamp.
| New hooks.
GEOLOGY; for Teachers, Glasses, and Private
Students, by Sanborn Tsnay, A. ~, Lecturer on
Physical Geography, &c. For sale by J.W.
RANDOLPH.
THE QUEEN OF HEARTS; by Wilkie Collins,
author of the "Dead Secret "After Dark
&c New York: Harper Brothers.-Mr
Collins is very successful novelist. HIS
sDead Secret" gained for him extensive fame
and his present book will be sought with avid
| ity by many who have deyonred eagerly his
proceeding productions. For sale by A. NOR
RIs.
PREACHERS AND PREAcRISe; by Nicholas
Murray, D. D., author of Kirwan's Letters TO
Bishop Hughes" &c New York: Harper &
Brothers. For sale by A. MORRIS
STORIES OF RAINBOW AND LUCKY; by Jacob
A5sot New York: Harper d Brothers--A
series of stories, TO appear in four volumes,
sale by A. MORRIS.
BIOGRAPHY OF SELF-TArGHT MEN with
an Introductory Essay by Is. Is. Edwards.--
| Boston: J. E. Triton Ce.-A convenient vol
ume, containing interesting biographical
sketches. For sale by J. r. KEINrNGHAM, 21I
Broad street.
IT REcREATIoNs.-Being complete guide
| to pencil drawing, oil painting, water color
| painting, crayon drawing and painting, paint
| ing on ground glass, &C.; theorem painting,
| moss work, par Ter mache, cone work. feather
| flowers, potichomane, leather work, &C.; wax
| work, she'll work, &c, &c, with great many
more too tedious to mention, with receipts for
| repairing materials, DC. Boston: Titton Co.
! This is a very elegant volume, handsomely
illustrated. For sale by ]. r. KElNINGHAM
| LIES MORNING; or, Counsels and En-
| couragements for Youthful Christians. BY
the author of !" Lifes Evening"" "Sunny
Hours,,' &c. Boston: Tilton q Goa book
remarkable for its handsome typography and
paper-an appropriate present for pious
friend. For sale by J. r. KEININGHAM.
THE RECToRY OF MoRELAND; or, My Duty
| Boston: Tiiton & Co.-Also beautifully print
ed, and if its merit is equal to its typograph-
zeal excellence, it is indeed a very acceptable
l
by J. r. KEININGHAM.
THE MOTHERS OF THE BIBLE. BY Mrs. S.
G.. Ashton, with an Introductory Essay by
| Rev. A. l.. Stone. Boston: Tiiten Co. For
| sale by J. r. kEININGHAM.
| TuEOLD SoUTH CHAPEL PRAYER MEETING
Its origin and history; second edition: Bos-
ton TiIton Il Co. For sale by J. r. KEN
| INGHAM.
L ho nj up
| pious story books handsomely printed and
illustrated, are also from the press of Tilton
| & Co. Boston, and for sale by J. R. KEINING-
| HAM. The beginning, thus far, for the Christ
mas presents to our young friends, is quite
| fattering: "Bural of the First Born - "The
| Lost Lamb 1.-THE Cardinal Flower "Sat-
| bath Talks on the Psalms of David y "The
Light-Hearted Girl" and Fourteen Pet Cos
| iings."
| CoNGREss-Still engaged in sectional debate.
| No vote for Speaker on Saturday. Shermans
| friends claim 1--WE know not with how much
| reason) that they Will triumph on the fifth
| ballot.
| In the House, a sharp debate took place be-
| tween Mr.. Hickman, of Pa, and Mr.. Smith, of
| Va, the former having declared he would vote
| for a Republican in preference to any gentle
| man in sentiment with the Administration
Messrs. Kellogg and Logan apologized to the
House for their breach of decorum on Friday
DEATH OF THEODORE SEDGwICK.-A dis
patch from Stockbridge, Mass. announces the
death in that place, at II o'clock on Thursday
night, Theodore Sedgwick late u. S. District
Attorney for New York. He had been Ia Stock
bridge since last May, and most of the time pros
trate from lingering illness. Mr.. Sedgwick
was the author of a Life of William Livings-
ton, editor of the political writings of William
Leggett, and writer of several legal works anu
numerous contributions to periodicals.
DEATH OF MRS. FERNANDO WooD.-Mrs
Fernando Wood, wife of the Mayor elect OF
New York, died at the residence of her hus-
band, in Bloomngdale, on Friday morning
last. She was a most estimable lady, in all
the relations of life. The intelligence was
communicated to the Board of City Canvass
ers, of New York, in a touching letter, by
Mayor Tiermaun, and resolutions of sympa-
thy were passed. .
JOHN Browns FUNERAL took place at North
Eiba, N. Y, on Thursday last Remarks were
made by J. M. McKim of Philadelphia, and
Wendell Phillips, of Boston. The "sympa-
thizing'' neighDors were permitted 10 LOOK
upon the face of the dead felon, after which
the body was inferred under the shadow of
large rock near his house. Rev. Mr.. Young,
OF Burlington, VT, was the officiating minister.
DISCHARGE OF TEMPEsT.-Wm. Finney,
alias VIM. Tempest, who was arrested in AL
exaudria, under the belief that he was Richard
Realfe, Browns Secretary of State, was dis.
charged from custody on Saturday. 1t ap-
pears that he is a prodigal son of Mr.. Samuel
Finney, a commission merchant and nursery
man, who resides at Newcastle upon Tyne,
England.
NORTH CAROLINA.--The Governor and
Council Of North Carolina, at recent meet
ing, rendered the warm sympathy of the State
TO Virginia, determined to demand N. Caro-
iina's quota of arms from the General Gov
eminent and recommended tho rc orpanixa.