The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-05-26
AFFAIRS IN NORFOLK.


NORFOLK, May Is, 1859.
The U. s. sloop-of.war Preble, announced IN.
der your teiegraphic bead yesterday, is at Craney
Island, and ia expected up to-day.
Passed Assistant Surgeon J. Y. Taylor was de.
tached from the Prebe at Montevedio, aud or
deIed to the brig Dolphin.
ise U. S. brig Dolphin. Commander Charles
Steedman, (senior officer in command on the IRA.
u! sta,iou,) and the brig Bainbridge, Lieut. Conn
maoding Maxwell Woodruff, had gone to Buenos
Ayres to look after American interests iu that
quarter.
The Preble waa In company on the 10th inst
with an American Brig standing N. W; this brig
| showed private signal representing an hour :.
| glass.
On the 1S'h inst, in latitude 800 So NJ, Longi-
| tude $50 81 W. eommunica ted with the American
bark Msgdaiins, Capt Day, from New York, bound
| TO Aspinwail; all hands are repor ted we'll.
| workman 10 the Navy Yard, named Tbomp.
son. fell through the hatch of the sloop Dispatch
now in dry dock-yesterday, and was seriously
hurt. PERCUSSION
BECOMING SLAVES VoLUNTARILY.-Iu Falls coun-
ty, Texas four free negroes have been allowed by
the Court, at their own request, to become slaves
a-selectiDg their maaters-rather than leave the
.coGnty for a Free State. In Wharton county, a
! free negro woman has also been allowed to return
10 slavery. She belonged formerly to the late
Alexander Moore, of Texas. She stated in Conrt
TO Judge Smith that she had been kindly treated
/ in New York; that she returned to Texas of her
! own will, aud that without any collision or per.
| suasion she presented her petition to be returned
into slavery She appeared to be a very inteiii.
gent woman, and perfectly we'll aware of the re-
suit OF the step she was about to take. When ask.
| ed by tho Judge il she would consent to 60 into
| slavery agaiu,-knowiug that Mrs. C. would be at
liberty to sell her again. she replied in the rm-
alive. A negro boy of the county will present
his petition at the next term of the Court, to be
| returned into slsvery-N o. hcdyune.
AN USEaUAL CoNrrsT.-Au amusing incident oc-
Cured yesterday morning while Van Amburqh's
| menagerie Was crossing the Appomattox, a short
distance above the Pocahontas bridge, strikiIgy
illustrative of the fact that the bulldog il the
most courageous Of all animals, ,acd will attack aoy
crerture, regardless of size. As the elephant en-.
tered the water, with his usual slow and caut;ous
step, some individual in the crowd, prompted by
spirit Of mischief, hied on large bulldog to at
| tack the huge animal. The dog instantly ODE ed
and, plunged into the water seized hold of one OF
the hiud legs Of the elephant, which the latter
only switched him with his tail as be would brush
IF fly but not riddiog himself Of his assailaut by
such gentle means sEd feeling sharp teeth at work
upon his leg, be suddenly threw his snout around
and seziDg the dog, held him under The water
| until he was nearly drowned; then, raising him
high In the air. threw him at Iess. hundred feet
out into the stream. Fully satisfied with the pun
ishment be had received, the dog made his way
| to shore and beat hssty retrest.-Pstersburg
| (Ta) Press.
DEATH OF THE ARCHDUKz Francis CHARLEs OF
AUsTRIA.-A dispatch from Vienna, May IL, an.
| nounces the death of Arcbduke Francis Charles
| father of the Emperor of Austria. The deceased
Archduke was IL his 81 III year; sou Of the Empe,
ror Francis l. aud Marie Therese, bis second wife
On the sbdication of the throne of Austria by
| the Emperor Ferdinand, in 1913, the Archduke re
nouuced the succession in favor Of his youngest
| sou, Francis Joseph. the present Emperor. Since
that period the Archduke has led quiet lits H.,
| never made any marked demonstration. He was
prop1ietdtre of the fifty second Austrian regiment
of infantry. and chief of the Third Austrian Gre.
nadiers He had three other sons besides the
| reigning Emperor.
Mr.. SICkLEs Hon Daniel E. Sickles appeared
| on Broadway on Monday. in promenade hours, and
took the fashionable and crowded side Of the street
unfiinchipg!y. 1t was dread ordeal for a man
so we'll known in prOpria persona and by pictures
az Mr. Sickes but far less terrible than it would
have been three weeks ago, or just after his ac-
come above the horiz,n. eclipsing the Sick les
trial, aud all other topics Of interess.N. T. Jour
Com.
DAUGHTERS OF MALrA.-The ladies of Bliss field
Michigan, have organized q lodge of the "Daugb
ters of Malta" and are holding their mysterious
meetings two or three evenings 10 each week. The
men have thus far failed to discover the object and
manners of the nev society, though, it is said
they 'tried their prettiest."
POISONED WITH WHlsKEY.-At North Buffalo,
N. Y, two small boys about or years of age
we're sent out by the father of one to buy q pint
of whiskey. Tho little fellows initiating the ex-
ample OF elder persons sat down and partook libe'
rally OF the fire water. During the forenoon they
were found dreadfully Intoxicated and i'll, and
were conveyed home, and one died during the
night.
LIBRARY FOR WILLIAM AND MARY CoLLrGE-
Prof. Morrison, of William and Mary College, Va,
hasSbeeu in New York recently, where be received
'ioerai subscriptions in aid of the purchase of q
new library for that institution.
Don PEDRO RAILRoAD.-A letter from Rio TO the
fniisdeiphia Ledger, signed &C. J. H." speaking
| OF the D,n Pedro Railroad, says:
Dir. Jacob Humb'rd aud my self have bought ont
all the interest of Mr.. Geo. Harvey 80 that pep1~
syvania has four, or. you may say, fpe out of six
parts, AS Mr. Il IL a native of Pennsyivanis, al
| thougha q resident Of Maryland, Virginia now
has Only Sh0tU.
| CAUTION AGAINST STEEL HooPs-In Camden coun-
ty, N. near South Mills, terrible accident G..
CURED during severe thunder shower, on tho af
| ternoon OF the 10th inst. poor woman who had
never until within the last few days possessed a
hoop skirt, Was made present of one by lady OF
fashion, living nesr her. She had placed II on one
| of the posts of the bed, where her two children
were laying. The house struck by the light.
| ming, 1t PASSED through open window to the
| post on which the skirt was hanging, burat 1t to
ashes, and shiver4d the post into fragments. aud
nearly caused the death of her two little ouas.
GERMAN NATIONAL SINGING FEsrIvAL-The Grand
NatioDdI SAUE0TEeet OF the dermaus, to be Neld
from the 1lth to the 18th of June, at Bsltiuore-
The singing associations from New York IL is
thought, will uumbr 16, aud make an ayprsQs, to of
3o2 v0caists; and from phiIadelpha 10 sesistiss
with an aggregate of 1913 vocaisis. There viii be-
sides be present one or more societies from New
ark, N. j; Harrisburg, Pa; Richmond, Va North
Grange, N. j Wilmington, De-; WASH ing ton, d.
g; Georgetown, ID. c.; Easton, Pa; AieJspIria
Va; Petersburg, Va; Pittsbnrg, Pa ;uumbsripy iD
all S04 from abroad, with 220 from Baitiss-e-
making .024 singers in all. This humbax VIII be
considerably increased before the event.
COOP JUMPIsG.-A great Jumping match came
off at Avon, N. Y, on Thursday last. for t6o0.-
The jumper Robert Way, % years Of age The
wager $3.50 side thirty-ssven feet at three
standing jumps, on perfectly level ground. which
he did with Ease. In addition to the aho' be
cleared twenty .seven feet and one inch at Two
standing jumps, and as one single jump six teen
feet.
bed by his nephews, aud by his niece the Rar0
ness of Bulow. He inquired several times after
the King of Prussia, whom be hope to see again
before his death. He has beqaeathed great pors
lion of his books and instruments to his former
travelling companion, Sey ffarth who was servant
to him for the last thirty years, aud who Ii now
also prostrated by illness.
IssrALLArIos.-The Rev. VIM. J. Hoge, OF vir-
gipia, was installed on Sunday evenidg AZ asso.
ciate pastor of the Brick Church, New York. The
installation services we're performed by Rev. DR..
CLARK of 23d street Presby yterisn church, as mod.
| orator of the Presbysery, assisted by Rev. DR..
Krebs and Rev. DR.. Potts. The sermon WAS BY
Rev. DR., Spring.
| Distur banees bad broken out IN the Ghetto OF
Rome during last Passion -wees, the mob accusing
the Jews Of having murdered Christian child.
| J. Newton Floyd. recently convicted OF murder
at Charlotte, N. G has been sentenced "a bs sang
on Friday, the 10Th Of juno.
| Nicholas spouts was drova vaed ut Point Peasant,
Va, last week, by fsiling overheard from 'ssam-
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