The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-03-30

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ne wake until the train reached Forest nn
ne es .nftner than Bucyrss. where he should hav,
Much to his chsgrin and bitter disappointment
, , niu ne near the brakeman announce "foreat." b.
howeyer ~ picked up his carpet sack and concluded
steps when to bis horror and conservation. he be
, hela ms own wife in company with one whom ht
scarcely besSe Ss ewn n best friend He could
carn, ae senteman direct his trunk and his wife'I
ssePs' isos R .na sS PIT H ao,1 place
,ntrispe. and when he rememb sred An anonymous
letter he had received more tnan ayear ago. can
instantly made up; he walked cooiiy up to his
rval aud Mt one stroke severed his right ear
hs n.i wIs seaa put into his pocket and confront
n AZ tne same time telling her that he freely for
,sd 9er on account Of her youth and their child
train brought them to their home. where they now
I'VE happily The miserable offender is sill In our
to wear long hair. reader, you may know Who hs
IT, His ear is preserved in spirts in the hou.. nj
tas injured husband.-Bacyrns (O) Forum, Marcl.
ExDcuTIoN.-Wm. Brown was hung at Covington
Allegheny county, Va, Friday last, for the mur,
der OFF. NJ. Nicely, who he made way with in or,
der to possess himself of his wife, who is quite an
attractive woman. He confessed his guilt on the
scafiold. Aletter to the Petersburg Express saws
| just before the hanging took place great many
| persons became much excited, and declared that
| 1t was not right to hang county man ef theirs
while foreigner who had been convicted of mur,
| der at the same court which convicted Brown was
allowed to remain in Jail. They were quieted how.
ever, by the very imposing appearance of the
Sherin and his strong body guard. The discou.
| tents had reference to Patrick Murphy, who had
been convicted of the murder of his wife, and was
sentenced by Judge Hudson to be hung simultane
| ously with Brown. But Gov Wise has resnits3
Murphy, and fixed his execution for Friday NAV
| 2Tth.
A Observation-Disclosures Sabbath evening a psn,
| tieman OF this town had made arrangements to
spend the evening with friend, but on going
home MS wife insisted upon his accompanying her
to ochurch, and taking with them their child n
boy OF three years. As matter of course he went
but was much dissatisfied with.the arrangement
and while on the way was busy copceving WAYS
and means to dodge. At last he hit it. During
| the first prayer he would pinch the boy-the boy
would squal, then, as matter OF course he
would be obliged to take him home, and then he
would be free the remainder of the evening. 1t
worked to a charm with ore trifiog exception. he
pinched viciously, the lad bawled Justify, and his
progenitor started out hastily; but unfortunately
just as he was leaving the pew the infant shrieked
| in tone sufficiently loud to be heard half way
across the church, Mamma Pdpd is pincbi,o
mei' The look of fcommingled cuteness and salts.
fiction on the face of the pincher changed in an
instant to one of painful sheepishness as he sub.
sided into his seat aud braced himself for the COM
ing sermon.-Bucyras Journal, March. 10th.
TIE ADIRONDACK CLUB.-The Adirondack Club,
the prominent members of which are Ralph
Waldo Emerson, James Russell Lowell, Professors
Stilman, Agassiz and Wymau, are about purchas.
ing twelve thousand acres of land in the wilds of
Adirondack, building q commodous camp.house
and making all convenient arrangements for their
annual sc Journ in the woods. As the land can he
purchased for l22 cents per acre. it will be seen
that the land 1900 acres of woods. lakes ravipes
brook trout, bears aud panthers, can be bought
and paid for without producing any great panic in
fha arrlnn nnar rknf ,
THE RUsH FOR Pixies PEAK.-A St. Louis paper
speaking of the fooish'y excessive travel to Pixies
Peak, says:
The rush for Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad
continues to increase daily. On Friday three
hundred passengers arrived there on a single
train, and the next day four hundred arrived -
More than thousand day pass through this
city by the Missouri river steamers and the paci.
fic Railroad. Numbers of others the Missis-
sippi at various ferries, in Wagons, and avoiding
the cities steer by the most direct roads for the
western border, while nearly all who start from
the Southern States 60 up the Arkansas river
through Fort Smith. The number going by ali
avenues of travel; is estimated at two Thousand
per diem.
PIKE's PEAKIR's OU1FIr.-A gentleman wto
has "trsveed all the way" assures the Georgia
Sentinel that the following is all that is neces.
sary to secure safe arrival at the new Ell Dorado
Pixies Peak:
100 lbs of -four, bbls OF whiskey 80 lbs of bacon,
40 gallons OF whiskey 100 lbs venison Is demijobns
Of whiskey; boxes dried herrings. Dbl of whis:
pickles, q bbl of whiskey, IL quart mugs little
more wbiskey may be necessary, but the other an.
tices will hold out if the man is not tremendous
eater.
THEATRIoAL-Niblos Theatre, at New York. is
about to be opened by Mr.. Eddy, who has engaged
Mrs. Julia Dean Hayne as leading lady. Mr. Nea-
he is about to become lessee of a new theatre, to
be erected in New York. Mrs. J. H. Allen, a ma,
tive OF Richmond, is creating quite sensation in
Washington. Miss CoOmbs, q young English ac-
tress, has been favorably received at New Orleans
The Rosalia Durand Opera Troupe is singing in
Philadelphia. All the Opera managers-Uilman,
MaretAsk and Strakosch, are on their way to New
York.
INTERESTING CEREMoNI.-Among the imposing
ceremonies performed at the celebration Of the
Hannibal and ST. Joseph Railroad on the 22d ult.,
was the commfnglng of the waters of the Atlantic
Ocean, Lake Michigan, aud the Illinois River, with
the waters of the Missouri. The order for the
ocean water left st. Joseph on the 18th of Februa-
ry and the water reached there the evening of
I'D seven days intervening from the time the order
was sent until the water received. One year
ago, it could not have been accomplished short of
fifteen days.
CONSUMPTION. OF HOPS twenty four breweries
in Cincinnati, use annually four hundred thousand
pounds OF hops, and the remainder, about twelve
IN NUMBER, an aggregate of perhaps one hundred
thousand pounds. In addition, Cincinnati furnishes
perhaps, fifteen hundred bales, of 200 lbs each to
interior towns of TIE State Of Indiana-and vet
Ohio does not raise single pound of hops!
ner's jury, after Investigating the cause Of the
death of the two mutnous conVic shot few DAYS
since by the guard, returned q verdict of "iustii.
able homicide" the convcts being in open rebel
lion against the lawful authority of the officers of
the prison.
OF gamblers in Chicago. Illinois, hearing noise at
the door, and believing the police we're making q
descent upon them, turned off the gas and fed in
| every direction, some of them jumping out of the
windows. Several were slightly hurt, but they
soon sscertainsd that 1t a false alarm.
The EVIL EXAMPLE SpREADINa.--We see it stated
by newspaper correspondents from Toronto, that
one member of the Legislature has expended over
$500 900 In support of certain railroad bill, now
pending before the Provincial Parliament.
WIDOWS FARE.-Widows are we'll taken care Of
in Middleboro, Mass. At a recent town meeting
1t was voted that all the widows in town that pay
no tax, have 200 herrings, on presenting an order
from the Selectman."
MORE SCHOOL REBELLIoN.-Five boys were on
Friday discharged from the Hancock intermediate
School, Boston, for refusing to obey the rules in
regard to the Lords Prayer and the Ten Coms
mandments.
A MAN WORTH $4,000 SESTENoED TO THE STATE
PRIsoS.-In Scott county, Illinois, man named
Morgan, who is said to be worth $50 900 and up.
wards, was recently tried convicted; and sentenced
to two years imprisonment in the Alton Peniten-
tiary for an assault with intent to kill.
TIE AsIzoNA TRAIs--Ths Galveston News of the
18th learns from Col. Lockridge that train nfsix
wagons and thirty men Of his expedition" left
San Antonio week ago, for Arizona, aud that
large emigration will go this spring from Houss
ton.
PARDosID.-Gov. Willard has pardoued young
Thompson who was convicted Of nanslaughter
FIR killing fellow student BY the name Of SILL of
tireencastle, Ind, some two years ago, and sen.
fenced to one years confinement In jail