The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-05-17

The Ashland Races begin to-day. They go off
with big race-four miles-in which there are
some strong competitors. There are four entries
including the crsch horses Tar River and SIasher
The entrance fee is $500, aud $1,000 is added to
the purse by the Club. The day will be a very
gay one indeed, as largo assemblage will doub.-
less be attracted BY the animated sport that is ex-
pected.
CHlCKAHOMINY AND JAMES RIVER LINE.
We invite atteoi4 n to the notice of the chan se
oil hours OF the steamer Schultz, which plies be.
tween this city and Windsor Shades. on the
Chickahominy. The Schultz IL doing good bust.
ness and the trade she is nursing is growing con.
stan.ly.
IHE WASTE OF WAR.-Iu the sixteen years inter-
vening between 1877 and 1915, the French armv
absorbed 1886, 600 men. The number raised bv
conscription fer Napoleon's army was 2,476 900
men. The army of 1913 was composed Of recruits
from eighteen to twenty years of age. OF mil.
lion and quarter raised in 1873 only 100 600 re-.
mained alive in 1914. France, in addition to this
loss OF her citizens, had to pay 700 miI,ions IF
francs as indemnity of war to tho allied powers
and 400 millions for the support of foreign gar.
risons These figures show the cost of war such
ss the powers of Europe are now about enteriny
into.
LYNCH LAW IN ILLtNIos-BRuTAL CRUELrr.-A few
days ago man and bis wife, named Bell.
were arrested and examined before q Justics in
Mercer CO., HI, on a charge of stealing $780, Moth.
ing conclusive was proved against them. but they
wsre stsi beid in custody for some reasos, and az
they mantle t,d no desire to escape the were more
lykept in the dwelling house of Justice Dlley The
Chicago Journal says:
On Wednesday night, May 4, when no one was
dreaming ofdanger, number of men in disguise
broke into the house at which they we're stayinr
and after fastening the Justice in hs room to pre
vent his interference, they proceeded take pos.
session of the prisoners She man fought like a
tiger, but was soon overpow cred, and both were
Carried off into the woods. They were told that if
they would not confess the theft aud give up
the money they would be Immediately hung. As
neither one would acknowledge any ything, they at
once proceeded to accomplish their fiendish pur.
poses The man was first hung up and kept there
until he was entirely unconscious, and then, with
airefnement of cruelry which could only be locke
for in the most hardened brusee, he was taken
down and buried in shallow hole, which was
dug for the purpose, to make his wife believe that
he was Dead in hope of frightening her into q con-
fession. But the woman was plucky, and would
give them no satisfaction.
She was accordingly hung up by the same rope
used on her husband, aud was let hang till life was
nearly extinct. In the meantime, the man was
taken from his grave and the ly uchers fudng that
nothing was to be got out them, after some d!i-
Guilty resusci;ated them and left them to get homo
as best they coud.-This diabolcal proceeding
has awakened the deepest indignation in the com>
munity, and should the sufferers be able, as they
say they are, to identify any of their persecutors
no pains will be spared to bring them to justice
No arrests had been made up to yesterday, but
preparations were being made for the apprehen.
sioE of three or four ofthose concerned.
TIE END CT BAD L.YR.-William Chyrsup, who
was lost by the explosion OF the St. Nicholas, was
a notorious gambler, horse thief aud confidence
man. So 6sgrant had his conduct become in the
neigbborhood where he resided, that vigilance
committee was app 1inted last fall to watch him in
his mapnuvres. He was caught while engaged in
Que of his professional transactions, and escaped
being lyDched only the ntercession Of his freuds
and promise to quit the county. He did not leave
however, until the week Of the disaster, when he
took passage the st. Nicholas f,r the South The
last seen Of him he was floating down stream on
plank with his wife.
psor. HoaE's ssuccEssoa.-The Board of Directors
of Union Theological Seminary have recommended
to the College Of Electors of that institution the
Rev. Prof Phillips, Of the University oil Forth Caro-
lima, as . suitable successor TO Prof Hogs. The
Electors will meet in June next, and OF course ra-
fy the Recommendation. Prof. Hoge leaves for
New York during tho present week to enter upon
the scene of his future labors,
The Bolton fTexas) Independent says that large
droves of cattle and sheep daily psssing through
that town, some bound for Pixies Peak.
Ex Senator Foote denies, by public card, that be
Intends to run for Congress in the vcksburg lMiss@
district.
MIsslssIppI-The Holly (MississippG Democrat
runs up the name Of Mr. Senator Brown, Of That
State, for the Presidency. H
Hon. j. Knox Walker, who was President
Pok's private secretary, declines the nomination
for the Senate from Shelby county, Tenn.
public dinner has been rendered to James
Robbs, Esq., the banker, Who il about removing
to California, BY the citizens OF New Orleans. 3
The New Orleans papers record the death Of
John Shryock, Of the Arm OF ]. L. johnson . Go.
There are over one hundred cases of measles
In the town Of Castine, Maine, at the present
time. * 9 5 R ~
Baron Goldsmid died In England lately, leaving
q fortune estimated at SIS, 600 600.
.srhe only liberty cap" says clever and witty
author, is night cap. In Is men visit, one<third
of their lives, the land of sleep-the only land
where they sEe aiways FREQ and equal"
A national convention Of the drosera ard ship-
mars of stock ID 60 be held In Pittsburg, on
"Wednesday, the Sth OF Jnns. as s
Henry fIrinwald, Of New York, who fitted out
Or. Kans's Arctic expedition, has been elected =
honorary member Of the Austrian Imperial Geo.
graphical society. ~ s3s
A Homepethic dispensary 10 about to bs essse'
lished in Cincinnati