The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-03-25
THE VIRGINIA CoNaREs ssIoNAL pIsTRIcrs

Mr. Charles James Faulkner has been nomiua.
ted forre>eection by district convention of the
democratic party. He was nominated on the drst
ballot by two-thrds vote. We learn from the
winchester Republican that a delegation from
Harper's Ferry, aud several gentlemen from
Hampshire and other counties. withdrew from the
convention. refusing to be bound by its proceed.
ings Mr.. Boteier will be MIR. Faulkner's compe
ttor, for the hird time.
In the FauQuier district, the canyass between
Mr. Smith and Mr.. Shackleford has become exc
ceedingy acrimonious, If we are to Judge from
the reports of their speeches at Stafford court on
tue second Monday OF this month. Mr.. Shackle.
ford announces his intention to continue in the
heid till the battles lost or won, on the fourth
Thursday of May, unless he should be ruled of by
! district convention. Prince William and other
counties OF the district have decided against q
convention, and it is hardly probable that one
Will be held Dir. Thomas is out as the "Whig
| and American" candidate. The district gave
majority for Fiournoy ia 1856, and the democratic
majority In it at present is very considerable.
In the Montgomery district, Mr.. Edmundson is
nominated for reelection, and will, as we under.
| stand, have no opposition.
| We have announced the withdrawal of Colonel
| hopkins and the other two competitors of Mr.. w.
| U. Goode in the Mecklenburg district. Mr.. Goode
| will doubtless be returned without opposition
We regret to learn that his health 10 still feeble
There are at present four candidates in the Lit
| tie Tennessee district-namely, Judge Hopkins
| COL b. Il. Floyd, Il. S. Martin, and Col McMullen.
Messrs. Hopkins, Floyd aud McMullen are can.
wasting for q nomination by district conventiop
| Mr.. Martin il a candidate on his own hook and
expects to be elected understand, by the aid of
the opposition vote. He gave Judge Hopkins
| hard race two years ago. Mr.. Martin has, we be.
lieve, always voted aud acted with the democratic
party. The probability is that the nomueo of
the district convention will be elected with ease.
In the Tenth Legion district Messrs. Skinner.
| Harman, Harris Martz, and Newman are contend.
| ing very energetically for Letchers vacant slip.
pers. The convention which is shortly to assem-
BILE will relieve four ffths of them of all further
labor 10 the canvass.
MIR. A. G Jenkins has been nominated for re.
election 10 the Kanawha district. An opposition
candidate will be in the field and it is stated in q
paper before rs that Mr.. Charles s. Lewis, of Har-
rison, will be an independent candidate.
4 Mr. Clemens is nominated for reelection In the
Wheeling district and he is not likely to have any
serious opposition.
As already announced, we have three candidates
out in this (the RichmoDd) district. Judge Gas =
kie is candidate for reelection, and he has tw o
highly respectable competitors in the persons of
| Mr.. Dejarnette, of Caroline, and Mr.. Thomas, OF
| this city. A convention is spoken of.
| Mr.. Bocock is again candidate in the Camp
bell district, and will be elected, for the second
| time, without competitor. He has been elec ted
| six times to Congress; five times against very
formidable opposition.
We hear of no opposition to General Millson in
the Norfolk district. He will be reelected, we
learn, Shy genera! consent"
Mr.. Garnett will also be returned from the Es-
sex district without opposition jud ging from pre-,
sent indications Richmond bader.
FOREIGN IrEMs-The following paragraphs o.
foreign news by theNova scotan, were not received
BY telegraph:
The Paris correspondent of the Times says
From official source it is stated that the Princes
retirement was caused by differences of opinion oil
the questions Of internal and external policy with
the greater part CT the cabinet but especially will
Walenski, Wolen and Foulds 1t is stated that or
the Italian question the prime. by means de-
sired an attack on the part of Piedmont, supports
ed by France, In order to expel the Austrians, bu
aud cause to be respected the principle Of non in
tervention in the affairs of Central Italy.
The Prince desired that France should notify the
| European powers that she would support demand
i OF Piedmont, and that she would give support Il
her authority in case trouble breke out in the
Dutchies, Parma, Tuscany, or in the Ronanzer oil
should Austria desire to occupy these countries
under pretext of establishing order therein.
Walenski and Fouid supported the continuance
Of peace at any price.
At Florence, on the I'd, while the Performance.
was going on at the Polzeano Theatre, for tue ben
eft Of the prima donna, shower Of printed pa
pers suddenly fell upon the pit. The people
fancied they were about to read q sonnet in honor
of the lady, such sort of distribution being very
customary; but their surprise was great on finding
1t to be the following man ifesto:
| "Brothers Of Tuscspy-From this land to which
| God has cob6ded the sacred depot of Italian lib
erty; from this land, which through 90 many sa-
criices have found means to construct . sublime
seat of a national council, war cry will soon ge
forth. This cry will be for you signal of resur
rection. but woe to You ii you give way 70 untime-
iy manifestations useless enterprises. Be ready
vigilant and faithful, aud when we come to you
with the tri.colored flag, then fly to the arms o
your brethren in defense OF Italian liberty"
STAGE STRUCK AND STRUCK WITH SUgPRIsE.--A cou.
pie of stage-struek boys. respectively l6 and IL
years of age and students at Harvard College, rsu
away from Boston and gave "readng"in In Albany
Their audience consisted Of 30 ipersons. At the
end they receiveds token of regard, In the shapt
ofan arrest by the police at the instance OF their
parents. The boys we're taken back to Boston.
DEATH OF PIoNEER.-Capt John III. Weber
an aged man of so years, committed suicide 81
Bellevue, Iowa, by cutting his throat with razor
on the 7th snst. At an early day he vas United
States Land Agent at Galena, and had been agent
for tbs uudson's Bay Company. 1t Is said thai
he was the first white man who looked on Greai
| Salt Lake. He was iufi del, and had for man
years declared his determination OF taking hi
own life.
SUIcIDE-Arch. s. Lewis of Savannah, Ga, who
i, WAS gunner in the navy during President jack
sons term, committed sui,ide on "Wednesday, oj
isapiug from the steamship Commerce int Chez
! apeake bay.
DEAD-Hon Nicholas Brown Of Providence, 4.
, formerly Lieutenant Governor Of that State an'
. for four years Uaited States Consul &C Rome d'e
at Troy, N. T., on the I'd inst.