The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-04-30
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tbs IRos BUSINESS OF THE UsITrD STATES --rb
American Iron Association publishes tho statistic
OF the iron business In the United States, from
which II appears that 1859 furnaces, $50 forge
and $50 rolling mills are now In operation. Ther,
are 1856 furnaces, 272 forgss and 90 rolling mill
abandoned. Ia Virginia, there are 80 furnaces, 4:
forges and IL rolling mills 10 operation, ard 81
| furnaces abandoned.
SALE OF TIE DEEP RIVER wosKs Tho sale of tb,
property and franchise of the Cape Fear and Deer
River Navigation Company was made az Pitts.
shorough c, ,on Saturday last, under the resoIu.
ton of the Stockholders. and the property was
purchased by the State for sSs5 600
DsArH OF rHE KESru1xY aL.sr.-Jaoas D por.
ter, widely known as the "Kenfucky Giant. - died
at Portland, Ky ,ou ths 2s-h Instant, In the 5orh
year of bis age. He was feet 0 inches high, and
was believed to be the ta'less man In the world.
ARREST roR ARsoS.-A letter from Caroline co.
Va, sts.es that two slaves, owned by r. V. Fitz.
hugh have been arrested there for burning N .
barn and stables of Mrs. n G. Holloway They
acknowledge their guilt, and a'so confessed having
burnt the fish houses Of John Lsfce.
ANOTHER VICTIM TO CAMpHENE Young Lady
Burnt to Death Miss Matilda Sawyer les. her life
in New York. Wednesday night, by the explosion
of can of camphene. The Tribune saws:
The apartments were occupied by widow LADY.
Mrs Holmes, and her two children Mrs. III was
startled about O'Clock by screams. and running q
into the bedroom adjoining hers saw Miss SAWYER
| coming from the back parIcr toward her. a mass
OF hames. Miss s. said 70 Mrs. Holmes ".hrow
quilt on me-" which she did but che jmmedi
stety sunk to the floor, at the bedroom eu-
trance. The fire burned through the cor, sortar
and caught some light clothes, &c. shanciag In
the room. where lay the two children. the famss
rendering IL impossible to reach the yopro Iadv
ana the children being rescued by the mother
py miracle. Mrs. Holmes In irving to smotber
the flames about Miss Sawyer, had her face. arms
hsnds and feet considerably burned From the
TACT that IN the room of the back parior was fnnd
the mud can. with the spout and handle burnt
on IL IS supposed that Mics s. undertook TO FIJI a
nuId lamp while lighted, that it exploded ser her
clothes on fre that in running for assistance she
inbaled the himes, which, suffecatinp her sbe
sahk exhausted, and hence met her death When
taken our, she moaned audib,y once or twice and
then life became extinct. She was about % Years
OF age, and possessed a high moral character that
bad endeared her to many friends, and had been
ior some time engaged to be married.
NAVAL COURT MARTIAL-A naval genera, court
martial was in session on board the sloop of war
Falmouth, at Montevideo, on the 10th of March,
for the trial of Capt Ridgely, of the United States
chartered steamer Atlanta, and Lieut. warripgton;
the latter fer drunkenness The charge against
Captain Ridgely originated as follows:
One OF the Atlsnta's men bad been guilty. Of
some offence, In chsstisement for which CAPTAIN
Kidgely ordered bis head to be shaved The saiior
begged to have any bodily punishment Indicted IN
him rather than 30 disgracefully brand bim-an
American citizen-befo-e his shipmates
The captain peremPtoTiy repeated his order.
4 r anIG
was shaved. be would commit suicide: still CAM
Kidgeiy insisted, and every hair was shaved from,
| OF the culprit's head which so exasperated the
unfortunate fellow, that he rushed to the bul.
warks and precipitated himself iuto q watsry
grave On learning these facts, Commodore For
! rest called Court Marshal on board the soop.of-
war Falmouth to try Capt Rdgeiy, for this act,
| aha Ieut warrington for drunkenness. The court
| was In session when the Harriet Lane left
SURGEONS IN THE U. s. ARMY.-The Army Med
icai Board, which was recently convened in Phila-
deiphia by order Of the Secretary of War have
recommended the following gentlemen for an.
pointment in the medical staff of the army:
No George Suckley, NJ. D., New York No. q
Dewitt c. Peters, NJ. D.. New York. No. g. Charles
IT, Alden, NJ d Pennsylvania
Assistant Surgeons Alexander B. Hssson and Jo.
nathan LethermaD were examined by the board
and found qualified for promotion.
EXPLOIT OF A'KgNruoKY L.DY.-The Louisvi,,s
Journal relates "rich affair" which occurred some
hve miles above Louisville, on the river road, on
Thursday evening last, in which an nterestine and
rehned Kentucky lady severely whipped husband
Whom she had discarded. Both parties being pres.
ent at trial before justice of the Peace she se.
cretly ordered her negro boy to unhitch the
morse attached to the buggy in which the hus.
pana naa come so as to prevent his escape, and
having got held of the whip of Deputy Sheriff
lite, without exciting any suspicion as to her in.
ientions, awaited the exit Of her husband from the
temple ofjus'ce after the termination of the trial
AS soon as be stepped she commenced bslab 1r.
lpg him numerically with the whip. lie made
eood time to tho buggy, pursued by her, buttoIhis
| his chsgTin be found his horse uuhitched, and
| returning still pursued by her, he called upon the
interference, remarking that he had set of teeth
In his mouth that were paid fr by her, and she
wanted to get them.
| CONVICTED OF FoRGING PENSION CLAIMs-Ex-
Judge Vondersmitb, ,ofLancaster, Pa, has been con
victed in the U. S. District Court on two iDdict,
ments for forging fraudulent pension claims Four
other indictments against him are barred by the
statute of oflimitations.
EXPORTS OF CoTTos:-The exports of cotton
from New Orleans TO Great Britain, during the
past week, were 54 600 bales, and to Fraace 600
| From Mobile the exports to Eoglaod were Is 600
| bales.
/ The colonization ship Mary Caroline Stevens, Is
over due at Baltimore month from Africa
| Senator VIM II Seward will leave for Europe iu
the steamer of the 4th of May.
Carl Lichtenstein, cotnpatriot with Kossu,b
died at bis residence in East Boston, 18th inst.
Mr.. Richard Golden arrived in Washington city
Thursday evening. and is staying with President
Bucbauan.
Gov Rsudall, of Wisconsin,, has appointed Lu.
ther s. Dixon as Chief Justice, in place of Judge
Wilton, deceased.
II is stated that Oh bis return to New York Mr.
SicsleS will take immediate steps to procure di-
| yorce.
Hon. Nathan Dayton, for merIy Judge of the
Supreme Court of New York, died suddenly on
Tuesday.
A five story stone hotel Ia about to be built al
st, Paul, Min, which will cost about $3.50 600. II
| will be completed by June, 1860
Doctor John 2. Foruey, American Commercial
Agent for Liberia, died at Monrovia on the 9.h o.
February.
f. II. Stevens, of Hsrrisonburg, Va, has been
appointed to the chair of Ancient Languages liz
Beaufort College, South Carolina.
Hubbard NJ. Tsylar, of Warren county, Va. waa
drowned on Saturday evening last, in attempting
| to ford the Shenandoah river below Hazard mill
Augustus w Smith, LID. has been appointed
Professor of Natural and Experimental Pbiloso
phy in the United States Naval Academy at An.
napolis, Maryland.
The brig Allen A. Chapman, of Halifax, Nova
Scotis was lost on Hog Island during the late gale
She was bound to Norfolk, having sailed from New
York.
A family In Manchester, N. H., named Chamber
Iain have for the last five years. kept the corpse
| of an infant In the house as pet. They vert
forced to inter 1t By the authorities few day
|, | since.
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