The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-02-11


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TuR CONCERT LAST NiGHT,-Ths Concert at Mo.
ehanies Institute Hall, Iast night, was attsnd.d
by over 1000 persons, and in ths beauty aud fash.
ion OF the audience. equalied the Piceolomipi de-
but. The singers are far superior to any troupe
that has ever visited here, aad Tho orchestra 10 a
very foe Que, numbering over 20 per .ormers,--
ths wonderful depth, sacothaess anl strength
of Carl Formss' voice, the elsarness and grost
compass Of Mile Poinsots soprano, aud the iiorii
secaiization Of Madame LaboIde, {cspecIaiiy her
Carnival of Venice, the most remarkable ever
heard in this city took the audience Ly storm,
aud a!nost every piece was encrred. The second
concert, with an entirely different programme
takes place tonight and no one who can appre.
einis the nest of mnsic, should be absent.
A DIVORCE CASE H.sband aud Lorsr.-Tbe
che topic of convarsa;ion among the npper cir.
cies Of Philadelphia at present is the application
OF Mrs. Horace B. Fry to the Pennsylvania lesi..
l,ture. for divorce from her husband, a we'll
known gentleman Of that city. The petition of
Nrs +. is very curious document, when COM
pared with letter written to a gentleman at West
Point whose Acquaintance she made on a bridal
visit there in August last. The News says:
Mrs Fry says he is a mau possessed of such an
uazovernabe temper that she couldn't live with
him. aud testifies consequently as follows
'sou the day of the wedding, when at the Wall
nut Street wharf about 20 take passage for New
York ou the bridal trip, the said Horace Il Fry
got into n violeut passion, swearipg and cursing
st nae, because he ddu't wish the trouble o! taxi
ing charge Of tho baggage. / had taken no more
baggage than he had allowed me to take. II
the baggage Of the two ladies who attended me as
bridesmaids tha; pu: him into passion sgans:
me. II was not the increased expense Of the trip
because my father had furnished ample means 10
iefray all expresses. On or about the 4,h day Of
Au .ust, 1875. ~ were about to leave New
York for West Point, he commenced writing .
letter l sugg, sted TO him mildly that be had not
time to write the letter; that we would be too
late for the cars He Immediately got into pas-
sion again, aud told me 10 ''go to the devil +" He
continued TO write his letter, and the result was
that We were too late for the cars. He again dis.
played his ungOyerneble temper, and cursed aud
s~Ore ut me, declaring that il my fault.
Mr.. Fry, on the contrary, says his wife loved a
soldier Ht West Point better than she did him,
aud that she wants divorce simply that she mag
marry him. He presents as evidence of the fact
an intercepted letter of hers to the Aforesaid
soldier. frcm which we Gull the following para.
graph
"Now let me tell you what purpose doing.
have about 5000 in ready money with NE, which
will last for some tune My plan is to try and
get q situation as servant in some family in
Philadelphia. or with eome one who is going away,
IS chiG-aurse, maid or anything of the kind,
with diguised name, OF course, and eau easily
get clothes that will be proper sndthat no one will
know me in Then thought of renting room
ete OF III Ne| aotk' ",'u IiVipg "hete 90 one can
90 home; but then am afraid of Mr.. Frys coming
or me, as he says he La, full authority over me-
| will go by yonr advice, whatever it is, but YOU
must not ask ME to stay here When you leave
Wsat point let rn. I;ya in ,bs sa-,a - 80
ror 81, 'pt se ~ ree Town WIN
.nd shall be kaYpy,fjr cannot live without you
read your ietter over aud over, but do not talk
1f so'dier's grave. for if you die, what have to
live for Z"
The FIRST SHEET, Cows .ND TuRKtY5 II J.P.N.-A
correspondent of the Phiadelphia Ledger. yri,ino
from on board the United States s.es,sor p,,rhs
.;o; 81, so-... :, -" ha
49, "o''I's 'no o'f"s.uie o' 'hat weasel frcnl
NahsasaH'' anu tue parting WIFE the Japanese OF.
cials, says:
sf,.r thau.ual commitments hoa hos, 4,
officer told the Interpreter 20 Fay to the s;overno,
that the Powha:an would return after the Iat -, ~
afew months. ard that he should be most banuy tr
undertake. any commissions which his excellence
mIsnt thlLk ul; ms Iaceiien:y replied TO this OF
- am NJ rSI'raJ - @ .o .Vilows
r5 an, - .. So =. ,Iu i.t Jour knno offer
ort which Stn ,r,nnht go fr ,,, lnCse al
on the hillside ara dtfrant fro ,, Sua b pI
ocks of Jarap which we do MT co,sidar .,I ~ A.
eat. and .hculd like to have two cows and one bull
~ fhat breed 10 introduce the stock into y com
ny. ~
We VIII DtiIg tneni ior ycn with p.essure." re-
g,tu -, .ie nag iosi auu 'hGIe IS Eonething else
nes.}c b;rd Viii We caI th. .TuS ~ s arse
80 ire in tbs vcrid-wa MI, hr;n,- 80 , e .ii' o.
tue tse also "' Il
We shall be very glad and if you will give orders
IN China 10 se1d soser und Ell sheep by the ii st
meio hant sdip coming TO NanSasaki, the Japanese
Hovetnmelt wIii pay all the expenses. aud be very
va shnriIv at artnck our Ieaye ,nors &c. u
ner of old friends than as OH isi renr-s, q,
ur respective countries msution al, thig to 81 how
TO IL future hist Ran how il was that fhesr cows
tha 'hi Re!sWere htst introduced into JaFan."
INTERNATIONALLY incident In the natural
history Occurred In Nil,iamsport, Blair county.
"a, 10" Gays since. that goes lar to prove that
fa's can feHson. ~ H. were uot au henticated by
pe'sons "hose "ord cahnot be doubted, it would
s.agSel US. Ihe w0rkmen IN the machine shop Of
hr. "m' u. huyett OF Williamsburg, noticed a
hole Ia the wall, asd proceed along to the turning
Ssne.~neie o huhg,uy "Te, bottle OF soft grease
or OIL, such as 10 usei about the lathe. His
snip proceeded to Inspect the bottle, and examine
II with ais nose and pave; but finding that ou ac-
count Oh us long ana narrow ueck, the contepts
| we're beyond his reach, he seemed a good
"7a' puzAieo no" TO get at 1t. Finding his pri-
"t 'h'tts 10 persuade tue bottle to yield its con
% en- UNSUCCESSFUL, he sorted To what might be
ran his long tai down the neck of the bottle, and
| tten Withdrawing 1t, licked from the aforesaid
caudai appendage Its coating, and then repeated
several times the ingenious process, until the
laugh and noiae ct the amused spectators alarmed
aim. Does not this look like reason-nven ntion !!
Lst naturaiiss explain; We cannot. But of the
fact there Is no doubt. We scarcely think the
aos' cunning human topper could not thuk of a
| 9f bottie.-fRtsburg Journal.
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SAVED Br NkwsPAPER.-A few days since Mr.
| R. Ii. Martin, one of the superintendents of the
sborers at work at the new Washington Spriur
| At Saratoga, n. Y, being engaged near the steam
pump, by some means slipped 30 that the skirt OF
| his coat caught 10 I've cogs Of the pump. One bite
| of the cogs in the coat, and it commenced draw
alarm before he was brought up with prospec,