The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-04-23

RICHMOND, VA
W. posfosncxs.- new possofics is established ),
Warreutou Junction, Fsuquier county. Va. on
sne =. wvrsnge aud Aiexandria Railroad aud Alfred
| a weaver appointed postmaster. vireinfa an
Ro,n.msnn: enaan G benjamin. B Board postmaster ii
resign cd % Wii,s 1scs1sn % county vic. E., Parsons.
appo mattox county, vice Thomas f. Walton, re-
sgned; Augustus Stephenson, postmaster q,
Lttieton, Sussex county, vice John r Little re.
Va, is discontinued.
sEsfxscEp 70 BIZ HuNa.-Cyrus W. p,ummsr,
e%9nscted %n 10 Boston of the murder Of Capt. A.
Melien, OF the whaling ship Junior. was. on rhnr.
Gay morntug, sentenced to be hung on the 2ath .,
yuoe. PREVIOUS 10 the sentence being noupced
me condemned man offered paper 70 the court:
.s uaicn was read, 10 which no protested against
commit the murder. The crime, he ssid. Was
comm mitted BY one OF the Witnesses Richard Car
tna, W. Herbert and G. II. Stanley were Convicted
=. mansiaughter oo the same ship, and each sen.
tenced to ffve years hard labor and fined % (,OO
the prisoners remaining confined uu,iI the
amount fs paid. ''
MRS HARruSo TO Be ExEcurrD-on Wednesday
next, Mrs Hartung is to suffer the extreme pen.
atty OF the law. The Sheriff. Thomas w. Van AL
styne, this morning, called upon Governor MORGAN
IN regard to this iil-fated woman. The Governor
informed the Sheriff that be had not as yet seen or
beard thing TO cause him to interfere with the
sentence OF the law, and that he had better pro
pare for carrying IL into execution. Her counsel.
Mr; Hadiey, had prepared a bill of exceptions.
which, II allowed, can only stay the executioa of
mrs Hartung. II allowed Il will be argued at the
May term OF the court. This appears now to be
Journal, 20th. y
SEVENTEEN YRAR Locusrs-In Jaeear's "Life Of
North American Insects" recently published, 10 a
OF the history and habits Of th Is species OF
locust, IN which the assertion that they make
tne4 appearance only once in seventeen years,
Is Pronounced erroneous az we'll a. that thew are
destructive to vegetation. The writer states that
che had observed them yearly for twenty seven sue
cessive years. The same is true of other insects.
particularly the rose bugs.-Soms years we are
overloaded with them, aud again in Others there
are scarcely any. Yet they are instances where
the locusts have been observed in the same place
only after an interval of several years, perhaps
seventeen, white during this interval they have
been very abundant in other localities They are.
however, seen yearly in one place or another
With regard to the notion that these insects are
very destructive to vegetation the writer asserts
that they are harmless.
FRENCH WHEAT AND FLoUR.-Ssversl samples of
French wheat and -four were exhibited yesterday
on change by Messrs. Foard & Rogers There were
soicu atoo VI uaue dt N6QtZ, P8rl0 aud ABS
bevilie, which were examined by millers and pro.
nouncsd superior to the best city -four The SAM
pies OF wheat are reds from Laycn and Nsptz and
white Belgium from Antwerp. The -four 1t il
said, VIII pay duty of Is per cent, and can then
be sold for less price than that made by the
mills OF this city. To import four is q bovelty
when the United States has for Yaars furnished
bread for large part of western Eope-Balti.
more SuH
DEATH OF AN Ex-Governor Immediately prior
to the adjournment of the New York Legislature
en- Tuesday, au announcement was made of the
death OF Ex-Governor Wm. c. Bouck, Of Schoha-
RE county. Mr. Bouck served in the Assembly
during the years 1Sl415."16.18, was State
senator in 1S2l'22, and Governor of the State in
1924, succeeding Mr.. Ssward's last term, and
giving place to SiIas Wright.
GRAIN SHlPNEsIs.-The shipments of grain from
Western ports continue light For the eight GAYS
ending on the 16:h inst, only one cargo of wheat
gan for Buffalo, and three cargoes of wheat aud
two of corn to Oswego, while ak cargoes of wheat
were shipped to Canada Up to the 10Th instant,
the total amount of grain afoat for OsweSo was
only lo,oOO bushels OF wheat and As 900 bushels of
corn.
FATAL APPRAY.-Oa Thursday of last week, a
man named Elijah Croas, living at Union, Tenn
was shot by William Walters, aud died in a few
hours Walters is dwarf, a native of Wythe
county, Va He bad recently gone to Union.
where be had opened q grocery. Cross was a dis.
sipated man, and while at the grocery got into an
aiteTcation with Walters, who ordered him from
the premises Refusing to leave, Walters ran to
an adj Dining room for gun, when Gross attempted
to make his escape from the house by the window
but was shot before he could effect his exit.
WILLIAM TELL OUrDoNE We saw a sportsman Ct
this city, on Saturday last, shoot an apple from
the head OF a friend, with a rifle. The apple was
pumped neatly through the centre, aud the youpg
III n IN had m adj farn nf tunsa
regard the matter as very good joke! By re-
quest We omit giving names, but vouch for the
truth Of the statement. The distance was about
fifteen feet, and We we're shown two apples that
had been hit in the same way previous to our ar
riyal.-Hdr.ford C5urant.
A YOUTHFUL FATHER MAIZENA, youth, is
years of age, by the name of C. Langdon Davis
is creating great sensation in the provincial
towns of England. To judge from the enth usiasm
be seems to create, the mantle of a Father Mathew
appears to have fallen upon him. Mr.. Davis has
Just delivered two orations In Wigan. He spoke
In such way that alternately the tears ran down
the cheeks Of his young audience, or their merry
laughter drowned his voice. He poured forth ar.
guments, illustrations, metaphors, allegories aud
perorations, speaking as if he were those of whom
he spoke, and working up his audience to an in
tenslfy OF sympathy rarely equaled. One hundred
and fifty signed the pledge of abstinence in the two
evenings.
FEMALE ROBINSON CRUsoR.-A letter dated Ra.
cine, Wis, April 18th, 1859. says: 'Tbe usus,
quiet and dulness of this city was to-day most
dissipated by the arrival here of the schooner
Ozelle, Marvin, having board young lady
Miss Sophia Richardson, formerly of Cleveland
Ohio, who, for the last three years. has been living
In solitude and unwilling seclusion upon desolate
and uninhabited island, in Lake Superior near
the British coast, and In a north westerly direc.
tion from Isle Royal Chicago Herald.
LARGE PRICES FOB NEsRoEs-The Lexington,
Ky, Observer says that twenty two negroes were
sold few days since, at the residence of Spencer
c. Graves, in Fsyette county, Ky, for $3.50 -
Eight of them we're children, varying from infan.
cy to eleven years. When this fact is taken into
confederation, the prices must be regarded as very
high.
TEE SOURCE OF THE NHE.-Anothcr Expedition -
A letter from Marseles states that fresh expe.
dfion has been organized for discovering the source
OF the Nile. The expedition is conducted by NJ.
Miami. Venetian who has inhabited Cairo for the
last ten years. He is o member of the Geographi
cal Society of Paris, aud the author of a map of
the Valley of the Nile. He has carefully studied
the various difficulties attending this perious
teprize. NJ. Miami 10 supplied with formidable
material and bis escort is to be numerous. He
takes with him quantity of French trinkets.
A SAD MIsrAkE.-A man living near Nashville,
who had been absent in California some three years,
on coming home recently, found q babe only three
months old lying in the cradle With cruelty ut.
terly dabolica he at once cut off the infants
to avenge his 'wouuded honor" The screams OF
the little sufferer called In the family, when the
infuriated man learned that the child belonged to
q Deigbbor who Was visiting his wife; he had to
fee to escape lyDching.
GREAT TELEGRAPHING.-SiUcet the Sickles trial
commenced an average of $1,000 words has been
telegraphed daily from Washington to New York
and Boston-an amount unprecedented in this
country and never heard of 10 Europe. Tho cer-
taiuty and accuracy with which this large amount
of matter is daily passed over the wires makes IL
wonderful achievement.
DEATH RRcM EATING FRICTION MArcHEs-A few
days ago little daughter Of Nelson Conner, re.