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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-04-04

TEE NEW ORLEANS POISONING CASE --Deafh
Of aaesAer viesin'.-- Miss Emiiy Young, another
guest Mt the poisoned dinner party in New Or
leans has since died. On FRIDAY last, the negro
Ann and her son Harry were carried nom
prison to the residence Of their master, Col
Lemley, who 10 still al invalid from the ct.
fects OF the poison, for examination. The
Delta says:
1n the room lay the corpses of Mrs Lemley
and The little boy, SON Of Mrs. Young. and
nephew Of Mrs. Lemley. The woman Ann had
Hagg2rd and unfavorable appearance and
the boy Harry confirmed by his looks the bad
characler given to him. They were told to
look upon the corpses, " hit they did without
any signs OF conscious guilt, or any expires.
sions of n Suspicious character. Look there y
remarked Col. Lemiey to the woman, Sam
this IS all your work." The woman replied
promptly and firmly that she knew nothing
about II, that 1t was as strange to her as to any
body else, and after pause, and lookingat the
face OF her dead mistress, visible through the
glass case OF the metallic coffin, she added
"You know, master, If had wanted to dc
snch a thing, could have done it any time fol
years past" The woman and son were then
examined apart The boy was asked If he had
not been seen stirring mp the components o
the Charlotte Russe. He replied, ayes, tha
Ann had told him to stir it while she was en-
gagged about something else" Ann beinJ
asked, acknowledged that she had told Harry
10 SUR the OlS0.
The affair is still enveloped in profount
mystery. To add to the painful uncertainty
we learn that portions Of the Charlotte Russo
which were subjec ted to the most careful chem
icai analysis ofan old and experienced chemis
OF this city, have been pronounced by him fre
from arsenic. On the other hand, the careful ant
thorough analysis Ofthe viscera of the deceased
boy, and OF the cake which composed q part o
the confection, by Professor Ora xcour, devel
ops The existence of arsenic in both. It is tru,
that Professor 9. admits that the arsenic il
the cake might have been absorbed from th,
jelly, but it does not appear that he has ana
lyZed the latter.
1t is quite important to ascertain decisivel,
whether the cake or the jelly contained th'
poison. 1t may be that the investigation ha
taken the wrong direc tion, and that the poison
was contained in some OF the components o
the cake Instead of the jelly. 1t appears. to-
that champagne wine was used in the prepa
ration OF The Charlotte Russo, and it is posi-
BILE that it may have contained the poison
The case is one of great interest. not only il
IS relations to criminal justice, but as involv
ing perhaps important facts iIf regard TO ar
ticles commonly used in the preparation O
fancy cOnfections.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-04-04

THE STOLEN MADONNA OF GUIDo.-Four or
five years ago great noise was made at the
sudden disappearance from St. Bar,holomew's
church, in Bologna, Of the celebrated Madon-
ma OF Guido Reni, wonderful work of art,
and held in no less veneration by the faithfuk
than that of Rimini. This picture has again
come to light and been taken back to the city
to which it belongs, where it was received
with great joy, and hOnored with a solemn re-
ligious procession. Tie thieves, it appears,
were only two in number, and ignorant men,
only knowing the value of the picture by rep
ntation. They stole it on the night OF the 10th
of July, 1856, and made good their escape with
it to London, where they sold it TO two Italian
artists, in whose possession it has been ever
since. They knew it to have been stolen, and
recently handed Il over to the MARQUIS GAS A;
the city whence it was taken nearly ii We years
ago.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-04-04

XAS THE UNDERSIGNED HAVE
49,, associated themselves in the practice of
atDiCINE and SURGERY.
= Office Oh Governor street. at the residence
a DR.: CONWAY. JAS. II. CONWAY. Nj. D.,
mhl5-lm' PETER LYONS, NJ. D.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-04-04

Joseph q GRISWOLD, INTO partnership, they
vi hereafter practice under the firm Of Girls
W0lD GRISWOLD. They viii practice in all
Les Of Henrioo and Hanover, aud in the Circuit
Courts Of Essex and King and Queen countles.
TIC. vii! also attend to the Collection of Claims
d $50 and upwards in any part OF the State.
0fce on Ross street, two doors from Richmond
House. g. 9. GRISWOLD.
], q. GRISWULD.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-04-04

~ LAWRENCE s. MARYE.
Pr,e,,... ATTORNEY AT LAW ,
and IL . IN the Courts Of the City Of Richmond
Ans. ""ios ol henrtcO, hanover aD0 OaIO-
tnl,sd so ~. Notary Public and Commissioner ofthe
H. States Court Of c,atn,s go
c sac himself is,npp I,ss rsSgsn MT & !. na~ an
aeet' lust below Goddin's Hall. IL l3-1y
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-04-04

kNS ARCHER ANDERSON,
ia ATTORNEY AT LAW.
R;""tml Practice in the Courts held in the city OF
Bs,Ihahond OH,oe, for the present. IN .iodain's
D4'aias. NH 7-3m
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-04-04

TO THE VOTERS niSTRiCI
X No. 5, HENRICo CoUNTY.-By the
- Of nj, friends and IN s%dSs,s Win inr ths
esf N',nNSTA A BL l., and solicit your snfrages
cAts % os,.,e Election In May next: Respectinily,
8; tBe s.ss. ANDREW J. BLACKBURN.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-04-04

kT> &. M. BKOUN, M. D.. offers to the
81 einzens of Richmond and It's vicinity his
G,essiohai services, IN the practice Of Medicine
'sse'rlcs, and Surgery
,,eAA. Residence At the upper end Of Marshall
ee'i b, formerly owned by Mrs. Overwhelmingly
y d. n Courtney ESQ NH l-dlm~
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-04-04

~ A CARD .--Dk. BROOKS has re-
- moved his Office to 9Th street. between
Man and Cary streets.
PM '" " ~ ~
he has for sale privately, TEN LOTS, fronting
Slsst t each on Grace st aid ave On Broad st.,
!usi tTyond the Western line of the corporation.
ssahdA the cultivation and mana eement OF flowers,
g. and for rent. TWO SEATS in Pew No. Is IN
NP.ul's Church NH 3-lm
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-04-04
..un1pArEs roR OFFICE.

NTY.-I sm candidate for the ct,
coMM,SssninisHIHRki sniisIRicT 81 Of hHfENRIco CO.
isr Ge s,folIy solici. your suarages At the eiec-
sd re- gsY next, Should II be your pleasure ,e 20
e.. .,d,ss %.'s K Respscsals ssssssfs the aa
y he cihes i'' GEO. W. CARTER.
u II tide
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-04-04

rus DAILY DISPATCH y served % ssb-
n IhE Eravp A orARyHn c9Nfs PR WnRxs
..T9srs Al A.ssyrfer weekly. Price Tor mailing,
ssvst5e % sa ~ - 81 for six months, in advance.
ssa SEM WEEKLY pISPATcn isissasd
,yery gWYEEElY DISPATCH iasssued evoyy
"a ssnd mailed to subscrshersat 81 PER annum.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-04-04
H HENRY HUDNALL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW

WfH Mss "t l. y. COuLLoNlS, b ENsT4HT.
s.... sEsss:iss, Es':: a.s.s: I: ~ . 81 elss,
"'as *'sas 70 hp Sso1sssteg4 epssxS-
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-04-04

IN rue VOTERS OF DISTRICT
hereby announce my self = can =
k "a election to the Office of CONSTA-
slsle 10. .he snve district, and respectfully soict
~. votes IN Ma, next cro w THOMAS.
!esh > tide oIe' w
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-06

DYEING MOTHER Of PEARL.-TheP Polytech-
mic Journal states that black mother-of pearl,
so much in demand just now for buttons,
not being furnished in sufficient quantity by
Dame Nature, an ingenious chemist has sue
ceeded in dyeing white and yellow1mother-
ofpearl of the desired hue. The mother-of-
pearl being cut by machinery into buttons,
the latter are stepped for twelve hours in a
strong solution of nitrate of silver, contained
in glass funnel. They are then allowed to
drain. and washed several times in distilled
water, after which they are placed in So
luton of chloride of sodium, In which they
remain for an hour and a half. They are
then washed in rain-water, drained and
washed over with very weak solution OF
nitrate ofsilYer, and exposed 10 the rays Of
the sun for several hours. Ammoniacal So
lutions of chlorure of silver and of nitrate OF
silver are also used for the purpose of dyeing
this substance black, but the effects of these
salts are less satisfactory.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-06
THE SOUTHERN MOVEMENT.

The Message Unpopular with the Virginia
DisuniOnists-A Disposition TO Secede
PeaceabIy-JOhn NJ. Bolts Desires 60
Settle the Question.
Special Dispatch to the New York Times
RICHMOND, VA, December 4.-The Presi-
dents Message was received here this even
ing, and created great sensation, on account
of the Presidents views and intentions re-
garding secession. 1t goes very much against
the inclinations of the disunionists, who
aver that they ought to be allowed to secede
peaceably if they can. Some are of opinion
that the Presidents instructions to the COM
mander at Fort Moultrie will cause a great
deal of trouble, and serious apprehensons
are entertained with regard to it. But this
is altogether an idle conjecture. Public
opinion is not yet made up in regard to the
matter. Conservatives consider the Presi-
dents Message a cunning production.
/ learn that the Hon. John II. Bolts has
written long letter, setting forth his
schemes for settling the slavery question. 1t
is an entirely original scheme, and, ifadopted,
will give satisfaction to both North and
South. 1t is anxiously looked for by the
public.
A grand mass meeting, irrespective Of
party, will take place next Thursday al
lynchburg.
Advance copies of the Presidents Message
were sent as far South as Charleston, South
Carolina
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-06

The New Persian ambassador to England.
An English paper gives the following in-
teresting account of the new Persian En-
bassador to England;
The statement that the Persian Embassa-
dor, who has recently arrived in England is
the same Minister who figures as "Elchee,"
in Mr.. Morier's novel of Haji Bdba, is it
appears, incorrect. At the time that per-
sonage was ambassador in England, Mira
Jaffier Khan, the present ambassador, was
studying in the military college at Wool
wich. He afterward served with distinction
against the Turks in Asia Minor, and against
the Russians in Armenia; as well as through
out the campaigns of Herman and khorassan;
and was first automatically employed in
1884 uponthe Turkish frontier. Two years
later, having in the meantime assisted in
placing Mohammed Shah upon the throne of
Persia, he was sent as resident Embassador
to Constantinople, where he remained for
six years, that is, from 1886 to 1912, and
while thus employed negotiated commercial
treaties with tae Governments both of Bel
gium and of Spain. On his retirement from
the Constantinople Embassy, it was the
wish of the Shah's Government to employ
him as commissioner in the famous confer
ences of Erzeroum; but the state of his
health did not admit of his accepting the
post He remained at Teheran and Tabriz,
executing from time to time various import
ant and confidential duties, until the year
1S49, when, shortly after the accession Of
the present Shah, he was again called into
active service, and associated with Sir Fem
wick Williams and commissioners on the
part of Russia and the Porte, in drawing II
line of delimitation between the Empires OF
Persia and Turkey. On this duty he was
employed till 1858, and at its termination he
received from the Shah the "Royal Portrait
which is the highest honor that can be con-
ferred on Persian subject. He had pre-
viously received high civil decoration foI
his diplomatic services at Constantinople
and also the first class of the Mejidie from
the Sultan. Finally, in 1858, he was ap.
| pointed President of the Council of Minis
ters with the title of "Mushir ell Dowleh,'
and during the presentyear has been selected
to fill the important post of ambassador Elk.
traordinary at the Court of st. James on the
part of His Majesty, the Shah. The Mushir O.
Dowleh is still able to express himself with
fluency in English, and takes the greatest
interest, not only in our literature, but in
the progress Of all branches of art and
| science,
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-06

THB INVISIBLE LABOR OF LoNDoS.--The
correspondent of the London Weekly Dis
patch, has the following pithy paragraph in
one Of his letters; t'fhs unseen labor Of
London is worth a hundred-fold of that
which is seen. That unseen labor becomes
visible enough in its fruits, though those are
rarely traced to their origin. Mental labor
feeds London bodily. Take away the earn
iRgs by the brain from this metropolis, and
the earners by the hand would soon see how
much less they might find to do. Two
thirds of their bread would be wanting to
them. The brain-work to create the demand,
as well as to supply the means. 1t was cal
culated that by merely writing his novels,
Walter Scott found employment and pay for
what would be a town Of 5000 or 40 900
inhabitants; and those directly benefitted-
the suppliers and the professions dependent
on the workers-were not, believe, in
cluded. take this as this as the most ia
miliar instance. Dickens, no doubt, con-
tributes as much, or more, to the public
prosperity. Take newspaper like the one
whose editor / am addressing its brain
work is the life Of hundreds Of industrial
families
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-06

ANOTHER ALLEGED DIscovERY OF MEN
WITH TAiLs.-For the thousandth time since
the days Of Pliny, the story of the existence
of race Of men with tails, has again been
ing OhristelUks StswaleR for September, con-
tains a lengthy account of the native popu-
lation of Borneo The writer asserts that
the Poonangs, race inhAbiting large tracts
Of the interior of the island, are all adorned
with tails A Mr.. Won HontrOp, lille in
the Borneo province recently, saw and ex-
amined three of these Poonangs. He came
TO the conclusion that their caudal appen-
dRges, which are described as from two to
five inches in length, hard, stiff, and nearly
immovable, are neither natural deformity,
nor the result of disease, but genuine and
general characteristic Of the race. Some
are to be caught and sent TO Holland.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-06

An UNRELESTNG PARENT AND HIS WILL.
Burtis Skidmore, of New York, worth
nearly half million dollars, recently de-
ceased, left win, bequeathing 500 TO his
daughter, and the remainder Of his property
to his son. In 1856, the family of Mr.. Skid
more consisted Of wife, son and daughter.
The daughter, Marian L., was wooedi and
won by Simon Camacho at that time Vene-
zuelan Consul, and now Secretary of Lega-
daughter married without his consent.
During his lifetime the parties were not
reconciled. Mrs. ,SkidmOre, however, who
has since died, relented, and became friendly
to her daughter, but the hostile feeling Of
the father was Interchangeable. The win is
10 be contested
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-06
The hIeanness and Brutality of College
students-The Process OF "HHzins'' Ex-

The AIeanness and Brutality of College
Students-The Process OF "Hazing" Ex-
planned.
The process of ''hazing," which the Faculty
of Harvard College recently punished by ex-
pulsion, is thus described: g
You send your boy of sixteen, seventeen
or eighteen years to college. He enters the
Freshman class Away from home among
strangers, perhaps a little homesick, he ap-
pears hgreenn OF 'spooney.n But he minds
Ills business and kpucklest to his tasks. Not SO
with the impudent fellows OF the class above
him. These SOphomores Immediately con-
ceiVe the idea of putting through" your
boy They have various ways of doing this.
They take him of cold night and put him
under the pump, and, after he is well wet
and chilled, let him go home to his bed and
sUre throaG or, perhaps, they will get him
into room, and there try to1'smoke him
out, by burning tobacco in the stove and
keeping up a continual putting of cigars and
pipes, and when they find him becoming
pale and sick, leave him with laughter. Or
if he is a nervous or sensitive boy, they will
try TO ffighten him out of his wits by COM
pelling him to go blindfoldened into dark
ened room and then show him hideOus things
There are various other ways of 'hazing,p
such as dueking in tub of cold water get
ting the noviciate drunk, &c.
II the boy has spirit enough TO resist these
outrageous insults, he is told that the result
of resistanCe viii be discomfort and annoy
ance during his whole college life, and we
have known instances whore this was the
case. il.
You will be likely to ask in what part Of
the .joke" "the laugh comes in and your
boy, of course, feels inclined to put the same
question, and so do we. - ar19 81
They have carried this thing so far in
Harvard College, that in one or two cases
were unable to do any study during whole
term. rc'
The Faculty of the College, therefore,
made an example Of eight Sophomores who
were caught 'hazing' some poor Freshman,
and gave them leave Of, absence for year
TO learn at home less brutal manners.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-06

A LoEG.SLUMBERING CoNsCIRNCE.--A few
weeks since, bag containing upward of GOO
guineas was left at the house of an aged
lady, residing near Noting Hill, London,
with letter stating that some party, con-
strained by conscience, returned the money,
which was part of a sum plundered from the
family sixty-two years before, promising,
also, that the whole should be shortly re-
stored. The robbery was committed in
Londonderry, Ireland, and the lady's father,
from whom the money was stolen, died more
than fifty years ago.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-06

THE SPACE PENETRATING Power OF TEL
EsCoPEs.-The space-penetrating power of
the Rose telescope surpasses the compre-
hension Of the humane mind to apprehend
in all its vastness. One astronomer remarks
that the appearance of Jupiter, as presented
in this wondrous instrument, is as if coach
lamp were advanced into the tube; and
another declares that the sublimity of the
spectacle afforded by some of the large glob-
ular clusters of nebul@ is such as no words
can express.
Herschel estimated that seven-feet re-
hector had the power to penetrate into space,
which, compared with the naked eye, was
twenty and one-fourth feet; ten-feet, a
comparative power of twenty. eight and
one-half; atwenty-feet seventy-five; and
forty-feet, with four-feet mirror, the i'm
mense power of 1872. The Rosse three-feet
speculum is much superior in space-penetrat-
ing powers TO the largest disk in the possess
sion of his great predecessor. tbs estimated
by competent authority, that the six feet
mirror is endowed with power to penetrate
without difficulty into space at least coo times
further than is possible for unassisted vision
that is, it will descry single star G, 900 times
more remote than an average orb Of the first
magnitude.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-06

AN ELorEMENT EXCITEMENT SETTLED.-An
elopement in Schoharie County, N. Y, took
the ads s family c carried her M S off GspaGe and @ap G
ried her. In the evening the father and
brother, in great rage, entered a bar-room
where the bridegroom was, and were only
Gained down by two hours of expostulation,
when the bridegroom sacrificed his hand
some moustache as a peace-oflering; sup
per, and drive home happily ended the
adventure, the father declaring he would
make a man of his son-in-law within a
week
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-06

A SUBSTITUTE FOR WHALEBoNB.-Man
unsuccessful attempts have been made TO
obtain perfect substitute for whalebone,
in the manufacture Of the ribs of umbrellas
and parasOls. An ingenious manufacturer
has at last found that white-oak timber
Of the second growth ~. when 1..s selected aeS
straight, and free from knobs, may after
subsection to a certain curing process, be
employed as a substitute for whalebone, II
Is even said to be superior TO whalebOne i'm
tOuRfneEs aud tenaeity, and the ribs made
from II always resume their original straight
condition after exposure TO the weather,
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-06

Boston, December 5.-A prize fight for
81, 900 took place yesterday, near North Ber-
wick, Me-, between Michael Fritz, of Provi-
dence, and VIM. 0. 0'Neal, of Worcester,
Sixty-three rounds were fought in four hours
and twenty minutes, when Fritz was de-
elared the victor, owing to a foul blow.
Nearly $50 persons were present from Bos-
ton, by special train. Neither party had
ever fought in the ring before.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-06

EXTENT OF THE MARINE DISASTERS FOR
NOVENBER.--The losses Of American sea-
going vessels for November foot up, excln-
sive Of cargoes, to $3.50, 900. The number
reported as totally lost and missing during
the past month amounts to thirty seven
and twenty. five sehooners. Of these, two
7 are missing, twenty-three wrecked, four
burned, fve foundeied, two snnk BY colli-
sion and one capsised. osf.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-06

A LITTLE GIRL 0UTRAGRD BY MRANs OF
CHLoROFoRM.--A horrible outrage was re-
Gently committed on the person of girl,
twelve years Of age, in tho vicinity of Com
neaut, in this State, by a man named Cheny.
The brute effected his purpose by means of
chloroform, with which he saturated his
handkerchief getting his victim TO ihhale the
drug, stating that II was perfume. The in
juries received by the girl are 50 serious that
il is feared they may prove fatal. Cheny
he's Aed - lIF = fHfaia .1f..If
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-06

STRENGTH OF THE SPANISH NAVAJO
the Spanish Navy now consists of five
ships of-the- line, sixteen frigates, ten cor
vettes, ten brigantines, twenty six schooners,
eighteen gun-boats, thirty-two steamers,
twenty-four transports, and some 200 minor
sailing vessels for special service. This
handsome feet mounts, in all, 1859 cannon,
and is manned by some 10000 men. Orders
have also been issued for the construction of
two screw. frigstes, sixty guns each, at Ca
diz and FerTal, and in other yards ten
steamships, of sixty to one hundred-horse
power, for service principally on the Cuban
coast, 'for the capture of slavers."
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-06
New foundIand LeaIsInture.

ST. JoHS's, N. f., December 3.-The Legis-
lature met to-day, The Governors speech
stated that the House was called TO consider
the destitution prevailing in the country in
consequence of the short seal and cod FISH
cries. 1t condemned the system Of giving
lent. 1t alluded to the irregularities Of the
GALWAY steamers lHUT ag.- I.iI
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-06

ANOTHER SELP-MADB MAN, The Hon.
Lansing Stout, Congressman elect from
Oregon, is now about to visit Utica, N. r..
his native place. The Herald says 'Mr.
Stout is native Of Central New York, and
a few years ago drove q stage between this
city and Newport Herkimer County. He
went 10 .CaliforniA studied law some time
emigrated TO Oregon; ran for Congress;
stumped1 a district equal in size 10 New
York, and comes East 70 take his place
among tlIe law giTcrs Of the nation." e