The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-09-19
LYNCH Law IN ARKANsAs-A dispatch
from Fort Smith Ark, dated the l5lh inst.

from Fort Smith, Ark, dated the lsth inst.
says:
A man who called himself William Owen
late of Louisville, KY, was arrested yesterday
for horse stealing ahd committed TO Jail Last
night about IL O'Clock, he was forcibiy taken
from the Jail, and an attempt made TO hang
him TO tree. While the moose was being ad :
jnsted to his neck, he suddenly cast off the
rope and fled A Volley was fired at him by
the infuriated mob, which brought the fugi-
tive 10 the ground. He was then carried back
to the calaboose, where he now lies in dying
condition. Another horse thief was brought
in Today, and he will doubtless share the fate
of his companion in crime.
NAVAL Surgeons James C. Palmer, VIM
Grier and Charles Eyersfieid have t,en de.
tail as the Medical Board Tor the physical
examination OF candidates for admission 10
the Naval Academy between the 20th and 30tb
OF Septemt yr. The following officers have
been ordered - report on the I7th October
mkt for duty on BARD the u. s sloop- of war
Cumbe land, destined as the flag ship of the
Home Squadron Cap lin-Jo ohm Mars ton !;
Lieutenants-Alex Murray, John ). Maury,
}. II. Rochelle, Charles II. Greene, Charles +.
Fleming. Lieut. A. G. Badger has been or
dered TO the u. s. receiying-ship Allegheny,
a Baltimore.
SENATOR DoUGLAs.-Mr. Douglas and his
vile visited his mother at Clifton Springs, n.
l e, ON Saturday, remaining until the hour
fixed for the publ meeting, which was very
large, including Delegations from all the sur
rounding towns, numtering from fifteen TO
twenty thousand persons. Mr.. Douglas COM
menced his speech by expressing his pleas ure
thaf he Wes enabled to relieve the anxiety of
the Republicans by info. ming them hat he
had found his mother, who, God bless her
was III line health, and III 10 way annoyed by
the comments of the partizan press" MIR.
Douglas spoke nearly two hours.
IN Ef RNEsT.-A Cuban letter to the Charles
ton Mercury says cargo of slaves had been
nj cd
have / en- captured. Government seems now
in earnest to put down the trade, obeying no
douht, orders r Gently r ceived from Madrid
Several officials have en- dsgraced lately.
and the late Governor of Sagua has been re-
moved and ordered to continue has services in
SPAN, for having allowed a cargo or two to
be dsem mbarked. lie does not appear to he
much chagrned. as with $50 900 10 500 COO in
MS pocket, affairs can be arranged pretty much
to ones satisfaction. and III Spain more
MILLBRIrRs.-TheM Mllierites have Just con-
cluded their annual religious services in
North Wllbraham, Mass. The sect, it was
stated, now numbers 50,0t0 in the United
states and Canadas, and represen' .tives from
nearly every Sata in the Union attend their
annual camp-m atings. Great diversity of
opinion exlsts among them regarding the time
when the world is to come to end. Some
anticipate the universal overthrow in SIX een
weeks, others look for il previous to the last
of Mach 1861, while others still are confident
that II will postponed ten years and two
weeks.
LEFT" Is RIGHT.-A few days since one
of our railroad agents-a better fellow than
whom does not live, move or have his be-
lng'-received letter from a gentleman in Il
nelghbJrlng city, lnquirIng for Ii trunk which
had 'en mispleced or lost adding by way of
description, The trunk has "A. b marked on
the lett end" Whereupon he received from
the agent the following answer: After Il
careful inspection OF all the baggage at this
depot, and very mature del!beration there
upon, we are of the opinion that both ends of
your trunk are LETT
A WINDFALL.-By the recent decease OF Mr
Waldesrave, an English millionaire, Senator
j. Mcleod VI arphy, OF New York, becomes
heir TO Ii comfortable little fortune of over
half million of dollars. MIR. Wadegrave,
who was a descendant OF one of the Oldest fam
lilies IN England, died possessed of eight mil
lions OF dollars, which Is to be equally divided
among twelve of his nearest relatives, the for
tuna Senator being one OF them.
FRIGHTFUL FALL-Samuel Butt, a master
builder of Norfolk, Va, while arranging a
windlass IN The fourth story of a building, ieli
To the first floor, striking with terrible force
on hls head and one shoulder. Miraculous to
say, lot bone was broken, although there
are half dozen or more severe cont usions oa
his head, and the injury to the shoulder is
quite serious.
UNION PRAYER NERTInGs-It is said that
there ale 10 itSs than one thousand union
prayer NEE ings in tie United St4teS, eight
hundred il England, foar hundred ia Ireland.
and three hundred i'll Scotland and Wales
Union Church Organizations, also, are Sprlng-
ing up all over Protestant Chris tendon, all
showing that minor differences aro fast disap-
pearhg.
DROWNED.-Fise pc ~sOns, who were return
ing to r cklaHd, Me. in an open sail boa t.,
from cr'np-meeting st Nortnport, on Sunday,
the 9TH iuet}nt Were capsiZed when off Cam
do 4p Hrz jnr fl,,lf Mrs 30.
kins and Miss Jameson, were drowned. Mr.
Thompson and his wife cIung TO the swamped
boat, aud were piclit up by Il schooner, which
took them into Camden
POsT OFFICE AFFAIRs.-Vrginja Appoint
rteRtS-Jacob ShOcAey, pos tmas ter at Oakland
Morgan county, vice !. Sh0ckev, res Ened--
JOAN q. Coates, posi'0aS At Coates Store,
Rockingham county, vice ). Coates, resigned
Adam Coon, pos trnas ter Al CooL's Niiis, Boone
county, vice Andrew !. Coon, resigned. The
ofiica AT Poplar Hill, Pulaski county, Is DIS
continued.
TIE PROCESS of keeping accounts among
the Norway lumbarmen is of unique style
GhP book Leeper, after comparing accounts
with the workman, sends him ID the cashier
for his wages, with the a'nount due TO him
cAaIk2d on his back, and when the cashier has
paid hLm s4e iak-S his receipt h'r self by
crushing of his chalk marks
Robbery OF JkwELRY.-Mrs. Hoey, the ac-
tTess, g; WGiiaek's theatre, New York, leiI her
saichel, con ,!nIng money, laWelry, &c, 20 the
amount OF 81 5Ui. in Il coach, on Saturday
might The driver and 4 companion CT bls
have t-en arrested for picking the lock OF the
s4tcnel, and abs.rac<ing Il portion OF tne con-
tents.
RAILROAD lTEM.--An order was given on
Friday tor five Locomotives and one hundred
ears tor the Mississippi AID Missouri road
The Davenport Gazette, OF the 10Th, says
twenty-five miles of road west OF Iowa CIty
are in use, and that Mareng0 will be reached
October -, completing l37 miles. light hun
dred meu are now at work on the line.
PIANO FACTORY BURNT-Boardman, Gray
& Co.'S extensive piano factory, at Albany, n
Y, was burnt Saturday night, together with
one hundred and fifty pianos, finished and In
course of construction. One hundred meu
are thrown out of employment. Loss from
S5U,OUO 10 S6u,UUU insured for S59,uG0.
IGNoP ikCE.-lgnoranc is often the source
of the most intrepid action, and the most i'm
plIcit faith, since there are none So fearless as
these who have not light enough 10 see their
danger, and none so confident as they whO
have not Sufficient knowledge to discover heir
own errors.
GOLD DOLLARS MELTED Ur-At the Phiia-