The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-10-17


The British Consul at Honolulu IS raising
subscriutons for the erection of monument
10 Cant Cook at kealakeakua Bay, on the
spot where he fell.
LADY Franklin has spent all her fortune In
Arctic searches. She is in the South OF France,
in i'll health.
Frank b. Goodrich, son OF /" Peter Farley"
WAS married in New YORK on InuIsoay, W
Miss Ella Schmidt
George nj. Borton, editor Of the Geneva (N.
w Gazette and "A man of fine natural pow
ers. died few days since, victim OF intem-
perance.
The London builders strike remains in
very unsatisfactory state.
The conduct of Commodore Tatnal, IN Cni-
ma, has been approved by the Navy Depart
ment
Miss Juliana May is giving very successful
concerts in Washington.
drove of 100 hogs, from Scott county, Va,
was shipped eastward, by railroad, from BITS
tol last week.
Va, was robbed of $50 on the night OF tue
18th inst.
The Florida election resulted in the choice
OF Charles ii. Dupont, Chief Justice ana W H.
A. Forward and d. S. Walker, Associates.
The Louisiana Baptist announces that j.
p Tustin. editor of the Southern Baptlst, mas
sgone oyer'' to the Episcopal Church.
Capt Chas. Mcdowell, son of the Revoiu-
tionary General of that name, died In Burke
county, N. c., on the 5th inst.
Madame Jenny Lind Goldschmit gave a
second very successful concert In Dublin on
| the 28th ult.
slave who ran away from Geo. Kinchloe,
| of Petersburg Va, last July, returned from
| Canada to his master last week.
The stable of Rev. J. ID. Tadlock, at Jones'
borough. Tenn, with two horses, was burnt
by lightning on the Sth instant.
| After II 600 observations M. Charles Dufor
| has made the discovery that white stars
twinkle more than red ones.
| Up to the 10th instant, 2,606 persons had de-
| uosted s62 $50 in the Brooklyn Dime Savings
| Bank since it was opened in June last.
| About eighty thousand dollars have been Sc
| cured for an Old School Presby terrain church
| in Washington.
As an evidence of civilization, it is stated
| that the streets of Teheran, the Persian capl-
| tai, are being paved.
| The administrator of the late G. Brown, OF
/ Baltimore has given $4,000 to Princeton The-
| illogical Seminary, N. }.
r.. b. Tozer, low comedian, has Withdrawn
| from the stage and set up hsh store In Cih-
| cinnati.
| The top-stone of the Clay Monument at
| lexington. Nv. was laid on the 10th inst, and
| it is now ready for the statue.
| DIR. SiIas Johnson. formerly of Petersburg,
Va has been elected Professor OF Surgery In
Oglethorpe Meuicai CoAlese, S''oiih'i' N
Christopher Howaiter, aged 100 years, died
| in Barbour county, Va, on the 18th ult. lie
| was native of Philadelphia.
Philip NJ. Grymes, a native of Orange coun-
ty, Va died in Galveston, Texas, on the morn
ing of the goth ult
The death of General Evelegh is announced.
He bore the oldest commission extant in the
British Royal Artillery.
Hon Thomas Butler King has been elected
20 the State Senate In Georgia
Philip Boey fell dead at the polls in Lam
caster city, Pa, on Tuesday.
Alderman Carter has been elected Lord
Mayor of London for the ensuing year.
There were 156 deaths in New Orleans for
the week ending the 9th inst.
Thackeray's "Virginians'' has come to an
end AT last.