The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-05-16
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port oil two steam propellers, filled with passen
gers hovering around the island The propeilers
we're found, however. shortly after run ashora a.
the east end of the Island, evidently having landed
save carsoes. The following items by the Star
OF the West are Of interest:
,,ah Inc california Legislature adjourned en- .ba
The capture Of Mszatlan Max,
aulesa, 10 confirmed. lie irst routed Tho Sa,ain.
.o,Ses sse N an engagement 80 miles from Msaati.
tex Thns inc. more p men than be had ip his army.
nsson to Bosoto for Treaty sen. from wash
T,a ,Magaaena river by the upsettipc o hos. ;"
Ine Tnit blossoms in the neirhhorSaa oos': os
francisco had been Injured Vi san
A steamer from Fraser rivar
favorable. vi tne miners were more
me san Francisco market was s,u.,sa ,,,,,,
nras,.h, .. soooe, aud there was little chance NJ
prontaoie return to Eastern shinnar. Iuee OF
saies had been made at auction c. neasy
a,i Kinds were lower No improveman. tooos VI
visions. Meals dull. Some fresh demana. Pto. 81.
900 bbls. Richmond flour of recon, ans: ;ua some
kind > es III asy other
small riot occurred at Pauama on sura.v
sias iss, tne military guard were called cut, and
some shots fired at them, one of which killed Can,
Navarro OF the guard. few we're wounded Of ,bbs
mob, oat no other person killed. The u a Cor.
sui having made signal, 500 men landed from
Ihe =. .. vessels OF war, but their services were
not required, aud they soon returned, The djs
turbabee seemed TO have no political object.
very serious attempt at revelation has inst
been snnocated IN the city of Ereguipa Peru
Also 40 attempted revolution at Guayaquil, head
cd by General Msljonado, who wished to be Presi.
dent instead of President RobIes Que of Ger.
Meldonado's men was killed, and thus ended the
chapter.
Two very smart shccks Of earthquake occurred
at Lima on the 10th April; some buildings we're
destroyed, but no lives were lost.
Parties of miners In Shasta and Nevada Coun.
ties, are preparing to go to the Pixies Peak miBes
but their course will probably divert towards Fra,
ger River.
Col. Fremont is building saw mill on the Mer-
Ger River fer the purpose of saving timber to be
used in the fumes Of the mining ditch which be
purposes to dig on his ranch
SUICIDE CT 4 LITTLE GIRL.--The Greenfield Ga.
zette gives the following account of touching
case Of suicide by little girl eight years old,
daughter Of Warren Leonard, at DearfeId, Mass,
on Saturday, April so: "About four O'Clock in the
afternoon her mother had occasion to correct her
for some little msdemeanor, when she became
very much excited, and shnt herself in room,
where sbe remained about au hour, when her
mother called ber to the kitchen. Her little
brother, aged six and one half years, then re.
questeo her to go out to play with him. She then
| LETT the house with him, aging she would go to
the river and drown herself and started across the
| Y.
When they came TO the river, she said to kim if he
| would take her clothes back to the house she
would take item off He tried to prevent her, but
| the said che should be happy after she shouid be
| Ia the water, and took off her bonnet. when her
brother caught hold of her dress to prevent her
| going in. She broke from him, and walked into
| the water where it was low at the shore He
watched her until she reached a sufficient depth
ior the current TO carry her ont of his sight when
he ran home and gare the alarm. 1t Is the opiuion
! of both parents that she was insane. She mad
been an easy child to govern before, and the cors
rection at this time was only done by talking.
| THREE SETs oP DARE-DsvIs-A foreign letter
thus describes the character of three sets of
troops employed by the respective combasants In
| Europe-the first belong 10 the FreLch
| A portion of that terrible army of Gen. Yussuf
tho AiRerine sharp.shooters, have already arrived
| at GeDoa, ard taken tho railway to Turin. This
corps ia composed Of native Africans and are res
puted q set of very devils, to whom the Zouayes
| are gentlemsnly soldiers. Gen. Yussuf, their
comiGSader, is also a native Bedouin. Ia the
| town OF AleieFs, on their way TO Genoa, they
broke loose from all command. attack ed the Jew
quarters, carried the barricedes the latter had
been obliged to build in the streets fer their pro.
| lection, and committed all sorts of outrages
10 balauce these the Austrans have an army
| Of 10000 Crosts body of desperate men, who
| are kept in subjection by the promise of lander
! and rspine. These men will be marched fret
| across the Ticino into Piednontese territory
Then again Sardinia has her body Of Corps
Francs commanded by GaribaI Idi, BODY of violent
| men composed Of the odds and euds Of political
persecution, collection of refugees from all
countries, inspired by political hate and desire
| for vengeance.
FISH SroRY-We know we have good many
readers who are fond of fish story, while not a
few of them can tell pretty good yarns of that
kind themselves. These gentlemen will find the
| following from an English paper hard TO beat:
| A Miraculous Draaght Of FIstes.-On the 10th
| April, while fisherman III one of the boats be.
longing TO Ferryden was hauling bis line at con.
| siderable distance from she shore n circumstances
| occurred which iiiustraies the voracisy with
| which the different kinds of piscatory animals
prey upon one another. While the fisherman was
| drawing up haddock that was on one of the
hooks, he noticed large haibut making an at.
| tempt to devour the smaller fish he was draw
inS it up. He Immediately seized q clip and laid
hold OF the halibut, but be had hardly got proper
bold of it when he perceived ling trying to seize
| the haiibut Having freed one hand, he immedi.
ateiy seized the ling with the other and proceeded
| to pull it on board when he noticed large ssa
cat making strenuous attempts to seize the ling
This animal was also successfully laid hold of and
| taken on board, concluding this remarkable
chase Nontrose Standard.
| FATAL APRaAY.-A sailor named Mcfarland
mate of the ship Trenton, from Liverpool, got into
| 40 affrsy at City Point, Vs where his vessel was
| lying Thursday night, and was badly bsa.en.--
| The Petersburg Express says:
AS soou as he could escape from them, he went
| aboard the ship, procured case knife, and re-
turning, rushed into the midst of them He seiz.
ed oue by the throat and was about to plunge the
knife into him, when his arm was arrested by the
second mate, who convinced him that he was mis-
taken IN the man. Letting his hold go, he then
rushed upon another, who was in the act of re.
treating from him. He made one plunge at him
with the knife, with eli his force. The knife ren~
etratsd vital part, and the man fell dead. The
name OF the deceased was Meyers. The affair was
soon after made known, the mate was arrested On
board the ship, and secured till yesterday morn
ing, when q coroIer's inquest WAS held, and q
Court of magistrates summoned.
LARGE IMaiGRArIoN-Arripnl or Kormons.-The
number of immigrants which arrived at New York
last week 1851, on the ship VIM. Tapscoti,
there we're 200 Mormons, chiefly from England,
including II widows and 63 single women. Daring
the passage there were l9 marriages of " brethren
and sisters," who had fallen in love on the voyage,
aud three births. Nearly all of the Mormons
landed in New York Friday, and left for Utah Sat-
urdsy. The marriage fever induced 81 applications
TO the eide to oicase at the ceremonies, but they
would only grant the 10 named.
AN ENGLISH CHURCH PRAYING Fon THE President
OF THE UNITED STATES There are two or three
English Episcopal churches st Brussels, Belgium,
in which, in answer TO tho petition OF the Ameri-
can legation, the Bishop has ordered that. In the
litapy, q prayer should be put up for the "Pres.
dent Of the United States" So says correspon-
dent of the National Iuteliigencer, who was much
affected on first hearing prayer onered In an
English church for the welfare OF the PRESIDENT.
DEsKRTRRs CAPTUREp.-Seven seamen who des
serted from the Prussian war frigate Geffon at
Norfolk, Va, few days since, were captured near