The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-08-25

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Sq~are, Mass Street.
Democratic Convention In New Jersey.
TRENTON, Aug 2a.--The Democratic State
Convention here was the largest and most
stormy ever held in New Jersey. On the sixth
ballot, +. r. V. Wright, of Hudson, was nom-
mated forGoyerpor. The anti Lecompton and
l.ecomptoB delegates from Sussex had long
and tedious fight, and finally both withdrew.
opposed TO opening the slave trade, &c, were
adopted. The nomination OF Wright was made
unanimous.
Delegates to the Charleston Convention.
READING. PA. Aug 23.--The Democracy of
Berss county, Pa, this day elected fonr dele
gates 10 the State Convention, instructed 10
support, from first to last delegates to the
Caarlest Ton Convention in favor of the nomi-
nation OF Hon, Stephen A. Douglas TO the
Presidency
Nine Hours from r. hmond to New
York bY Water.
Ngw YORK Ang. 2i.--The steamship York
towa arrived here Yesterday in only twenty
one hours from Norfolk and tsrsnsy-m,as hours
from Richmond
The Rain Storm.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2i.--There has been
slow rain all day. The storm is believed 70
have beef general.
A SNAKE SroRy.-A correspondent OF the
Fredericksburg Herald writing from Madison
C. H, Va, tells the following adamantine
story about snakes:
A lady hearing an alarm in her hen house,
proceeded 20 ascertain the cause and found
very large black snake. She sent Immediately
for her husband, who shotits head OF, and mp
on examination found it contained three eggs,
.eyea chickens and had swallowed a hen
4 a u a
was Killed in the same place, and its body con-
isined fifteen eggs.
SHsTKScK CoMMUTgp-Ned, n slave under
sentence Of death for outraging the persons of
two children, one white, the other black, has
had his sentence committed by Gov. Wise to
transpor tation beyond the limits OF the State.
But few of our citizens were aware OF the
Communication until the arrival Of an officer
from Richmond, on Monday night, who took
Ned off with him. About one hundred per-
sons assembled at the depot near midnight,
when The passenger train going south arrived,
bat there was no violence or disorder mani
tes led, though there was q feeling against the
Of Executive authority .-Fr.de,-
tckstgts {fG.l Httafd
CASES or HYDRoPHoBTA.-On Friday last
bow and girl in Lexington, Ky, were badly
bitten by Il large dog, to which they had given
no proyocation, and that has usually been
plavfuI and harmless. The day before, he had
bitten dogs, ducks, &c. aud in the house where
he encountered the little girl Though he did
not heo ng there, after biting her, he chewed
up Britannia lamp. He was shot the same
night, but one of the dogs bitten by him is shut
up that The resuGtmay decide whether it is a
case Of hydrophobia.
MURDER 49, Humphrey Sullivan. who had
recently fled from ireland for being concerned
in the Phoenix Society conspiracy, was muir
dered in Baltimore OH Tuesday night, by Thos.
Hoffman, one of the most notorious ruttians in
7 g
quest said, he walked up and shot Sullivan,
and then ip-toed away" Robert Miller, q
companion OF Hoffman, was arrested, with his
prime pal, for participation i'll this unproyoked
murder.
SulcIpE-Mr. George Birdsong, of Sussex
county, near WaVerly Station, on the II orfolk
and PclcrsbuT. Railroad, aged % years, blew
his brains out on Sunday. the 2lst instant
He leaves l wife and one child. lie bid them
n long farewell, telling them that they should
never see him alive again, took the gun, (Which
was heavily loaded) went into his kitchen,
pulled the l4fai trigger, and was instantly
killed. Cause. SAID 10 be ntenperance.-N0r-
foA Day Book.
SHIP on FIRE AT SEA.-Captain Pariz, OF
the Italian bark Giulia, arrived at New York
on Monday, and reports on the eth of August,
when in lat. 30 %, Ion. 10 Is, saw large black
chip Oh fire. aud nearly burned 10 the waters
edge. apparently an American, and loaded
came time, saw ship which was supposed to
nave ttAEEH Oh Inc crew, ana steering tU"afuS
Bermuda. The vessels name could not be
ascerrained The only living thing to be seen
on board the burning vessel was acat hanging
in the fore-riggiug.
MILITARY CouRrRsIEs - The Baltimore
City Guard arrived at Manchester. n. H., on
Tuesday, on u visit to the Amo-keag Veterans.
They were handsomely treated by the New
York 9TH regiment in their passage through
New York. The Washington Greys, of New
York, arrived Al New Bedford. Mass, OF Tues
day, and met wi tn cordial reception from the
city Guards, the civic authorities, and the
citizens generally. They break ted at the
Parker House and were subsequently receiy-
cd by the Mayor ri the City Hall The Greys
encanped on the Common.
TIaur- RorR Observation-Disclosures and
Baffaln are becoming excited on the tight-rope
question, Blondin being the champion of the
latter city, as well As Of Niagara Falls, and
DeLeaye the former. The Rochester papers
dare Hlondiu - iut erfere with their man. and
the Niagara Falls Gazette retorts by saving
that "Biondin was threatened with violence
by Rochester shoulder hitters," when he was
there 10 see DeLeaye walk, and was indebted
10 "some personal friends for safety"
UNITED STATEs PRtsoNERs.-Five prison
ers arrived at Mobile, Ala, from Pensacola,
Fla, en- route for Washington, on Friday
Two, convicted of mutiny, We're sentenced to
seven years in the penitentiary. One, con-
sctcd of robbing the United States mint, WAS
sentenced to two years. One, for being impli-
Gated in n murder committed at Warrington,
to three years and one, for the murder OF
Spanish captain at sea, to three years.
PoLITICAL-At Il large meeting Of the De-
mocracy, held the l2th instant, in New
Brunswick, New Jersey, tie Hon. Stephen A.
Douglas was nominated as the Democratic
candidate for the next Presidency. The Hon.
Garnet b. Adrain participated in the pro
ceedings of the meeting. The Louisville (Ky)
Daily Courier advocates the nomination of the
Hon. James Guthrie as the Democratic candi-
date for The Presidency in 1860.
THE CORN CRop.-The cora crop in all parts
of this county has suffered 10 some extent from
drought, but we learn that III the Mt Meri-
dian neighborhood the fields are as yellow and
dead as they generally are in October. Re-
freshing showers fell on last Friday, but the
crop mnst nevertheless be a short one, especi-
ally If frost comes as early as usual We had
a slight frost one morning last week.--Stdaa-
foa fa.) Spectator.
TrRCos The Turcos of whom three bat
talons are eucamped AT St Maur, are now the
lions OF Paris They seem to get leave of alb
sence very easily, rs numbers OF them have
been seen about the trcels within the last two
days. They are followed by n wondering
mob among whom there are always numbers
ready and DESTROYS 10 treat them to wine,
which, in spite Of the precepts OF Mahomet,
they imbibe very freely
WISCONSIN WoaL.--The Milwaukee Senti-
mel estimates the wool crop OF that State, for
1854 al one million of pounds. The average
price is estimated at from 80 10 32cts. pound.
At Al cents the amount woud be Sil0U00.-
Much Of the wool wa. so badly put up that il
brought an inferior price. solely from the neg
lect Of the owners.
A Rochester journal says that Blondin real
lied 81, 500 from his last exhibition al Niagara
and that he has probably made $4,000 this sea-
son in rope walking over the great river.
The rhyrner who wrote the line, 'Deay 10 me