The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-01-14

EXECUTION or MunpRHYa--Ths sxscusiou q
James Mcmahon for the msrdsr Of Aun MuIlahos
his sister.iu-law, took placs In Newark, n j., OF
the 18th Inst. He was 81 years old, and served
under Gsn. Scott through the Mexican war, and
on the frontier against the Indians He asserted
his innocence on the scahold. dispatch says:
At about or after IL o'clock, the prisoner was
led 10 ey the sheriff. with bis arms piuioned. At.
tended by the Rev. Father McQuail, and holding
cross 10 hIa right hand. After the necsssary =
formula BY the Sheriff. the prisoner was told, II be
had sught TO say, he was now permitted. Not one
word tell from his lips, but dropping down on bis
| knees, received his confessor's bensdiction, and
| then, standing up, the cap was drawn, the rope
adjusted, aud by tbs action of spring, the cui.
prit was suddenly elevated about fvs feet. The
iai did not break his neck but little agitation
apparent. A few "tremors" and slight drawing
mp OF the legs, and oil was quiet. After hanging
90 minutes, hs was pronounced dead, the body let
down into Handsomely prepared coffin and given
INTO the possession of bis friends The execution
.ook place sinside the jail building and private;
pus lew being admitted 10 the scene, while out
side the crowd was large, numbering thousands.
EseLIsH IesoRAxoE OF AMERICAN PoLrrIcs.-
among other startling facts which one Of our
English contemporaries briues forward TO prove
the demoralizing effect of universal suffrage 10
the grave statement, that whom General Taylor
was elected President, be removed all the demo-
cratic lamp lighters 10 New York This has bean
going the rounds Of the English press for some
weeks. We shall probably hear soon that he
turned ont all the clerks in ths dry goods stores
In Broadway y.-Erpress.
BLACK MAN ELEsrED TO A CANADIAN Couxc,r
Ihe Detroit Tribune says that at recent election
TOT councilman In the township of Raleigh, Kent
county, near Chatham, c. w., q colored man named
snadd was elected, beating his opponent,a q white
man, by handsome majority Shadd ia s.ss black
az the ace OF spades" and figured promisently In
afeeens save case as the harborer Of the fugitive
Elk GRASDMorHERs.-Amos McNeely, of Elm
Grove, Mississippi, writes that he has grandson
four years old, who has six living grandmothers.
all OF whom are Old School Presbyterians. He
proposes II any ono has more remark kable boy 40
to his family connections, than his, that he will
send him copy of the Louisville Presbyterian
Herald free Of charge. Don't ell speak at once.
CENSUS OF MARrINsBURe, VA-The editor of the
Martinsburg Gazette has just com peted census Of
tnst town, showing tito contain population of
5l02 souls, including 2l2 slaves and SS free coored
persons. 1t also contains 553 houses and s70O 600
worth OF taxable property, exclusive of $50, 700
worth ofchurch property.
COLLINS SrEAnsRs.-New Ocean Lsne-A private
ietter from Parlh states that French company,
organized at th4wish of the Emperor, are about
to purchase the Collins steamers, to be placed,
with others as aregular line of packets between
france and New York, the French government
having agreed to pay to the company yearly
sum Of 1000, 600 francs for carrying the mails,
youth uamed Claeke, said to be Q nephew of
the United States minister to Guatemala, has
been arrested In Kentucky charged with rifng
the mails.
The New Haven News states that the will OF the
late Hon. Henry l.. Ellsworth IL to be contested,
on the ground that he was Of uusound mind.
None Of the -four or corn mills in or about Pc.
tersburg, Va, have commenced work for tho pre-.