The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-04-26
I III Z DISP A TCH.
TUESDAY MORNING. APRIL zs

I Ill E DISP A + CHI.
TUESDAY MORNING. Is. 1859.
TRK JAPANESE MINISTERS ON THEIR WAY TO The
UNITED srArEs.-The names of the japanese minis
ters their way to the United States, are Nagaai
Genba-no Kami, Governor of Accounts and Minis
ter of the Navy, anu Twa Say Higo-no.Kami, I'm.
periai Inspector:
'The first is said to be an intelligent man and
we'll educated, having been instructed by some of.
fcers of the Dutch navy at Desima in algebra,
mathematics, and navigation. 10 1857 he con-
Quoted the steamer Soemting, the first ever pos.
sessed by the Japanese, from Nagasaki 10 Yeddo,
with japanese engineers and sailors and without
any Dutch or European aid. Twa Say Higosno.
Kam is also an intelligent man, and has acquired
some knowledge Of foreign politics from his in.
terccurse with Mr.. Harris especially, and from the
Dutch aud other foreigners. They are about 40
years of age, or 45 at the most, and 10 form, of
moderate stature, erect size, black hair and black
eyes, and sharp noses, the whitest and most per-
feet teeth, with a sooty, dark complexion. Most
artIess, ipquisitive and innocent "No Kdmi" is
not proper name, or part of it, but an honorable
title, born by the highest mobiles, meaning, literal
~, @'of Hedsen"-as the old Japanese made their
highest dignitaries gods, or derived them from
the gods"
MELANCHOLY CASE OF MoNoMASTA.-The Troy IN.
Y.)Tines, Of April Goth, gives the following ac-
count vf a melancholy case of nonomania:
"A p-onnent merchant of this city has gone era
ca come snch that n his most intimate iriends have
become very much alarmed lest reason has forsaken
its throne never more to re,urn. 1t ls ead that
among his strange fancies he indulgeS ia the belief
that he owns q railroad out West. bought all the
principal railroads in this State snd that be owns
stock in all the principal banks in the Union. He
is a married man, and has an interesting family.
but has become impressed with the idea that he
must get married again, and has given out that he
is to have one of the most magnificent weddings ever
recorded and ordering thousands of dollars worth
jeweiry from New fork. and ex lending invitations
to his friends to be present. He has teegraphed to
different parts of the States relating 10 stocks Of
COM NAMES and in each wishing to invest from
to five millions Of dollars. His lnnacy is said to be
very distressing and the halue nation has caused
great pain to his acQuaintances. An inf rtunate
endorsement to large amount, prior to the panic
of 1887 inducod an alteration which has at last cu-
minated in unmistakable insanity He will be
taken to the asylum at Utica to-day"
PREACHING PROM PRrsoN.-One of the Ooerlin
felons, named Peck, now 10 Jail at Columbus,
Ohio, has been aping the Rev. John Bunyau. He
preached, on Sunday week, to his companions in
bonds, aud such outsiders came to hear him,
from the inside of the Jail doorway. The Herald
says:
Tha hour appointed was half past 2 o'clock, and
at that time an immense crowdhad gathered around
the jail The extensive jail yard was literally
packed with human bodes the space and street be.
ycnd filled, every roof and shed that afforded a
prospect of the preaeher. crowded. and the win
large number Of ladies we're in the crowd n addi-
ton to those admitted by the Sheriff to the private
est respec.abity. and numbered between three and
four thousand persons,
THE REPRESENTATION OF THE INCOMING STATES
The Washington correspondent of the Baltimore
Sun, writing on the subject of the approaching ad
ns into eha rnin
Excepting the margins Of water courses the Ter
rtory is barren and utterly incapable OF supporting
a population white black. tree slave. The gold
fever which arose in the western part Of the Terri
tory last fall has attracted population to that point
from States in the vicinity, but fer which Temporal
t9ry would contain sufcient population to entitie
il to admission under the English bull. Neither
Kansas nor Nebraska nor any OF the territory be-
ro1d or toTArds the Rocky Mountains, out ofwhich
il is expected to carve half dozen States will
be fit to be admitted into the Union on footing
The whole territory me ntioned will never, taken as
whole. be worth as much as 6erKs county. IN
Pennsylvania 1t is time for the Senate to consider
this matter, and assign limit TO the INTRODUCTION
of mob Of rotten borough states
siass or SPRING LlrE.-Rev. Henry Ward Beech
er writes thus to the Independent:
"The ground is all disrobed of snow. Willows
are yelIowpg the edges of low woods; buds are
making the forests look purplish; grass is every
where starting, and in favored spots 1t has lifted
up that green which all summer long shall not
wear ont. The plough has already been at
work Farmers are all astir; barpyards are vo"
cal with hens celebrating the earliest achieves
ments In the egg speculation of another season;
calves and lambs are come All, you DO not know
poor creatures that live In cities, yon do not know
that spring has come. But the signs of the year
are for the country. Now the peony is pushing
I'D its ruddy knuckles, honeysuckles are leering
out. flags are drawing their swords, the swamps
are full of backbirds, wild duck are on the ponds,
e. xvfnr tnnrx pwadr tSnnA nj
wild geese stream northward, trumpeting as even
ing comes OF, and they are wing weary. Brooke wa'
lows are dowpy with their velyety catskins-mosS.
eg iu the damp woods are green with the cleaDest
moistest aud intenfsst green. Streams are full
and turbfd little ones are racing down into bigger
ones and these pouring into other streams, and
eYerythipg seems hurrying and fastening as If q
universal activity hadinspired the year.
An ApscorprNe CASHIER CAueHr.-Lsst October
Jas. A. McCorkle,9 Cashier Of the Peoples Bank,
Richmond. Indiana, suddenly disappeared, carry
ing with him some $4,000 belonging to the bank.
Mr.. W. j. II. Robinson, deputy sheriff OF the
county, :was employed to ascertain the where
abouts OF the abscondiug cashier, and has been
absent the whole winter In this undertaking -
News has just been received that after long
chase he found McCorkle at San Antonio, Texas,
aud that he has left New Orierns with his priso.
psr. on bis way to Richmoad Previouslto this
sffair Mr.. McCorklehad sustained an nnbiemished
reputation.
DKArH OF BRITISH CossUL-M. W. D. Moreton
Dyer. Her Britsh Msjestys Consul for the State Of
MARYLAND, died in Baltimore on Saturday, after.
noon aged 28 years. Though young, Mr Dyer had
gained coDsidersble eni.snce ~ the diplomatic g:
majority be vas appointed from London % the
British crnsulshp g Mobile where ns CONTINUED =:
the consulsbip 1t Baltimore upon the appointment
Of that gentleman consul to Marseilles, France.
A Towr ABoU7 10 BE SWEPT AwAy.-Tne hscn'
mond Madison Parish, Il y Democrat o. sne esn
says:
The water IL fast encroacbing upon the town,
and the most sapguine sre compelled reiuctensIy
to acknowledge that Richmond Is bound 20 80
under. Both bridges scross Roundaway we're
swept on on Tuesday night and nearly 81 the
property east OF the bayou y flooded. a ieyees is
being constructed TO protect the Court House and
property west 81 II, leaving the baiauce to the
mercy OF the vaters.
DrArn DsD DxQurs1s.-Ths legislative Council oi
caae1e hass ssksn hfm esanA aeainas deAsh I'D
hsQneste thss se heq.sst Viii y valid u
sssds WIshiN IN months of shs tsetetor's death