The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-01-14

the noble bearing, the Christian dignity the lotv
| e'oauence and powerful argument Of the clerjcs
ana isy delegates Of the southern New School
nrresoy,efiAns At the session IN Cleveland OF the
denerai Assembly, which resulted In the divisiou
OF the Northern aud Southera branches Of tba,
enureh. The names of Rev. Dr. Ross, and Of
feaehy Grsttsn. EsQ., of this city, were mention
| 90 10 terms OF enthuaiastic admiration. cannot
eut ink that though the laborB OF these patriotic
ahd christian gentlemen were followed by no inn
mediate benehcial rcsuIts, their com bined modera.
oon ana nrmness of deportment have produced az
Impression that 10 increasing in power aud depth
favorable not only to them personally, but to the
cause which they advocated, aud to the peace and
union OF the common country.
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| FALL OF AN EaoLirE The following description
OF the fall of an arolite, Is given in letter dated
9th Of December, from Olarac, . village in the
neighborhood Of Toulouse, France:
| About seven O'clock thia morning, We heard a
terrific explosion, similar to the heavy s1und Of
| heavy clap Of thunder, which continued, AZ least,
| hve minutes. At the time, perceived
miliien OF sparks in the air, followed by black
| cloud, which greatly astonisbed us. While we
we're thus gazing at the heavens, an enormous
| stone, OF nature unknown in this country,
black and burning hot, foil close to church,
on little barn belongin. 10 the widow Marie Ca
peresu. She was standing at her door, aud Icing
terrified, che called for assistance Her Deighbors
| responded to her appeal. They went In the direc
| tion of the noise, and perceived enormous
| stone, which they endeayored 10 raise up, but ir
was too hot. They found, on breaking it, that it
was perfectly calculated. The weather Is cold,
aud the mountains in the nsighbofhood are GOV.
| cred with snow.
| LIQUOR RIor AT CRawFoRpsvILLE, Isp-Eight
| Greg Shops Demolished.-The lsst day of grace
given to she liquor sellers Of Charlottesville ex-
Pired on Saturday, and the popular sovereigBs of
that town, after waiting until last night for
,ty,s, thair dad
guIsts their domestic institutions by cleaning
OUT every grog shop in the place. There were
| eight altogether, we'll stocked with whlskey, and
before mdoight every gill OF the ardent not less
than forty barrels in all, had licked the dust The
rioters met with no opposition, except at the
house Of an Irishman, named kenneday, who had
barred his door and finding it about to be battered
down, fired three shots from revolver. The balls
went whistling through the crowd, but fortunate'
ly was hit. Some opposition had been an.
tcipated, and noese bad been prepared with the
determination to string up the hrst man who
drew blood. Cra~ fordsvlle was completely satu.
rated with Wabash Catawba this morning, and
smelt Ike All old topper recovering from u hard
spree.-LoJayete Courier.
FATAL AFrRAY-Sherwood G. Parish, clerk of
the Planters Hote! st Raleigh, N. c., was killed
with q bowie knife the 1lth inst, by Erastus
Hogg, who be was attacking in the dining room
of the house while the bosrders were at supper
While in the dining room, where poor Parish
lay weltering in his blood, saw several persons
seated at the table not more than 10 feet from his
corpse, quietly dispatehtDg their evenings meal,
and conyersiug on the affair with IS much cool
ness asd Indifference as if nothing usual had hap
pened.
EXPLOSION OF BoILER.-isrsn Persons Injured
On Monday morning a boiler in the basement of
Joseph Whitakers lard oil aud bristie establish.
10 nypio da1 1vv;sh
great force severely irjuriDg seven CT the hands.
The Commercial says:
The concussion of the explosion was tremen'
dous. uplifting the frst fioer and forcing out all
tho doors and windows in the rear and front part
of the building Its immediate cause is ms stery,
the engineer, averting that the gssge indicated at
the time only ten pounds OF steam. Attached to
the boiler a safety valve, regulated at seventy
pounds, and a steam whistle to denote the amount
of water, both of which had always heretofore
performed accurately their respective functions,
neither senoting at the time of the explosion
the presence of danger. few seconds previous
to the accident the fireman was questioned by the
engineer regarding the amount OF water In the
boiler and for fear of mishap tried the steam cock
himself tnrnng about. proceeded to start the en-
giue, and had his hand the troItle valve at the
time CT the explosion. The boiler was propelled
distance of thirty five feet, being forced entirely
through stone wall two feet in thickness.
The persons injured we're 7. 0'Lsary, leg broken,
Vim. kirtop, A. McDermott, John hcCsrty, Jas
Wallace, WIN. Barrett aud another name unknown.
They are not fatally iLjured.
UNITED STATES AGRICULTURAL SocIETY--The re"
ceips of the Society for the ast year amounted TO
So 3S7 q, and its expenses (iucuding 81 SSS for
medals and premiums at the Richmond fair) were
S. $50 S0--iea- ing balance in hand of $il7 A.
To this balance the treasurer says that s., ,G92, TO
come from ths Virginia Central society-iS 60 be
added The President in his address, alter noticing
the uuquslifed success of the kchmond fair, says:
~ so The fair been entirely under the contr0i Of
the United states 81 clet. the net Gu have
been cons derahly augmented by tbe Ok p5fience OF
the s. ciety III the mxnagont III o! such exhibitions.
recoa mend thas In future the 1sirs snall not be
held in connection with other socle ies except Oh
conditio. that The United states society sha have
the exclusive management aud shall employ its own
officers and agents; std also, ossire 10 express
the Virginia Central Agricultural Society. aud sug
ggest tnat resolution expr ssive OF tnls sentiment
be adopted and c mMunicated To that Soclety.:A--
Abiding to u new feature which characterized
the prl ceediags CT the ae fair, VIE the intrCduC
exhibition rounds the speaker SAID, II IrecomnIend
tlar in future more prominence be given 10 hese
discussions and . competent reporter be employed
to record them for publication"
MODEL LovER-The Detroit Free Press gives
the following description ofthe negro who recent
Iy wen the heart and hand of the young white
heiress in that city
Wewere at some little pains yesterday to get
sight Of this modern Otheio who had wen &
second Dssdemona, and found a lean, long shanke ed
hobbling darkey, about nity years OF age, his
white wool showing OF a countenance OF supernne
ivory biackto frightfui advantage. In his escape
from the South, be received shot in one Of his
legs, which adds nothing to the elegance of his
locomotiOn, and there isn't a solitary ivory re-
naming 70 relieve the horrid chasm that yawns
whenever he attempts to smile.
PANIC IN CauacH.-Iu Methodist Church at
Marion, emy the county, Va, negro woman
brought hot brick wrapped in piece OF carpet
to warm her feet, and the carpet took fire. The
smoke caused general rush for the outside OF the
church. Whilst many made their exit at the
regular outlet of the church, many others, psrtic
ularly the ladies, forgetting their nova days di.
,aeusions, dispatched themselves, with pressing
haste, through the smaller outlets, furnished by
the fractured windows. Quiet was soon restored,
without any damage, save o few slight cuts and
bruises and the fracturing Of three windows OF
the church.
The LATE EMPEROR OF JApAk-A letter from ia.
pan, says:-"fhe name of the late Emperor of Js-
pau, as written down for me by the young inter-
prefers, was "Casaduco." He died on the night of
sept. Ii, and OF course did not hear ef the honor
we Americans paid aim in our toast at the picnic
at Moge, on the 9th of the same month. As be.
fore stated, he was SO years old only, and had
twsve wives Some Of the Dutch residents say be
bad sons, and adopted for his successor, but
my interpreters assert be had one who ia between
Is and 10 years old, and who has asceuded tho
throne. Neither widows or daughters, according
to the Japanese constitution, are allowed to
ceed deceased emperor, but he is permitted, in
the failure to have u SOD, to adopt any one he
pleases who, upon the decease of the emperor, be.
comes the sovereign without opposition"
MsRrALIrr OF Boston FOR 1855 AND FOR TIE Pre-.
vious EIGHT YEARs.-The exact Number of dsaths
in Boston for the year 1858 $40, decrease OF
1lS from the year 1857. considerable number
of aged people, principally females, have died dur
ing the year, and one person is stated to have