The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-06-29

more oank, for eUitaetton the Monticello
in Baltimore. He ansn eeSssd to purehase o.
Mr.: A. H. Cleveland MS stock OF goods, aud
an inven.ory was n ken ana completed on Sa.
tureay Afternoon. aud he was u have taken
possession On Monday Last In the meantime,
tho 1ontaceilo Bank. aAd two Of &oU0 each
win the fermef6' OAnk, payable In Balti.
more: On saturday niGht BE purchased .
9Ass him ehsck on Se Farmers' Bsaf Tor sOr
the sane, which Vas paid, after its endorsa-
uon ey Ia; he thsa drew eco from the Monti.
cello hank. % HIS Baltimore checks had been
eniefed as.s 70 nis credit ~ MI. Flanagan, the
morse OF BarksdAle Ffstwell. and took him.
SeI1 ON 70 parts unknoWB. The checks which
ne nad deposited in oar banks were forgeries,
a. they have been returned protested. AZ the
wires ON the Alexandria and Richmond tele-
srapns were cut below town on Sunday night.
us Quite probable that this adroit forger q nd
swindier cut them himself, to give him time
to get ont Of the reach Of the officers Of the
iaw'-C1arteesssriA tVa.) yefsysosias.
A CHlLn DEvouEED rYtpEARs.-On Wed.
nesday, 9th inst, q child 4hoot four years Of
age, was carried on and deyoured by a bear in
7. The child, . boy, went a short distance
from his fathers house, with q brother about
eight years old, to fish in q brook At school.
Time, the oldest boy went into the house TO
mis- brother had remained at the brook. aud
would return in short 6me. In a little
wnlfe MS mother went after him, but he was
not 70 be found. She then called him, and
nearo MIN crying at a distance. The sounds
rapidly receded and passed beyond hearing
The woman Immediately alarmed her hus-
band, who made search for the child without
success. The neighbors were then notified
ana general search took place till nightfall.
NEXT day the alarm became more extensive
ana Inc search was renewed with in
creased energy. It was continued from day to
Gay, without avail. till the following Monday,
Wnen man passing hollow log was growled
At oy black bear. The bear was fired upon
and killed. In the log were found two Young
bears. the missing child's clothes, and 4 por.
uon OF one OF his legs. The cubs were dis
patched, and upon and in the stomach OF all
tnree were found portions of the devoured
boy. -" - :" !
SLACK ROPE PERFORMANCE BY A RAT
Rats are somewhat proverbial for their natu.
raj instinct, which often manifests itself in
expedients resorted to by them for self-pre.
servation. We were witness of an instance Of
this 4 day or two since. Dick, our family cat.
had caught rat. and in it's struggles for lib.
erty ana dear life the latter animal escaped
upa post on which was stretched q clothes
line. Out upon this the fugitive walked, a Ia
Blondin and De Law, till he had reached
what he doubtless considered a safe distance
from his pursuer, whore he paused to await
the issue, watching. with distended orbs. his
enemy the cat. The latter, meanwhile, had
lost No time in pursuing his prey, and having
reached the top of thu post, attempted to imi.
tate his ratship in his slack.fope perform.
ances. But finding this impossible, he de-
scended to the grou nd. and after pansiIx for
moment watching his prey he apparently be-
came bewildered at the strange turn matters
had taken, and returned to watch the hole
from whence the rat had emerged. This was
tne rats opportunity, and seixing upon it he
descended to the ground and made good his
GSCaDc.-AHfeD0@f X. ~ T,sa,
A ROYAL FRIxND.-The means in use bv
the degraded King of Naples for torturinT
suspected persons among his subjects, as de-
volting. One person, for merely carrying q
letter in cypher. was placed in q sack and
kept beneath the water until he had lost con-
sciOusness three times. The thum b. screw was
used TO extort tconfessions, and also an instru-
ment called the tourniQuet, which was applied
TO the head, which makes the eyes start forth
and almost drop. Pcntillo, lieutenant of
Maniscaler, invented an arm chair, in which
the icnm Is seated on sorrof gxldi rops H.
der which is pan Of coal. Another way was
to tie the head of the victim between his legs.
and leave him in that position until he con.
fessed. Another instrument was the sbiwi. or
"angelic instrument IN which, by turning
screw, the limbs of victim are crushed. On
one occasion man was suspended in the air
his arms being tied to ons wall and his legs to
another, and in that position an officer OF the
SUIT FOR FORFEITURE OF THE IsABEL.-Tne
Charleston Mercury of the 10Th inst saws
that in the United States District Conr. in
the case of the United States against the
steamship Isabel, which has been pending
since June 6, Judge Magrath delivered his
opinion yesterday, dismisslng the libel on the
ground that the evidence had not sustained
the charge made against the vessel. The libel
in this case was filed for q violation OF the act
prohibiting the delivery Of foreign goods
brought into an American port, before sun
rise and after sunset, without the special IL
port; and upon the delivery of any such goods
to the amount of $iUO the vessel is Liable to
forfeiture. The application was for the for.
feiture of the steamer Isabel, ON the charge of
landing, without q permit. twenty-five thou.
sand cigars. valued at near $50.
CHARMING GVALKuICTORY-Mrs. DIR. lydia
Sayre Hasbrouck has been compelled to va
cate the editorial chair of the Si6yl tenn mporari-
ly. Hear her reason: 1--WE are the fortunate
owners OF a clover field, and we have just re-
turned from walking through and inhaling its
sweets-such as no cosmetic can initiate. But
above all the fruits, plants and flowers, we
have another little nursing plant to tend and
nestle to cur heart in the form of little boy OF
ten days old, who lays quietly sleeping near
Us as We write this. A blue-eyed, fair-skinned,
golden haired and tender plant, he seems to
meet the roughness of this world in striking
contrast to ur dark-eyed little Daisy, whose
place here seems, If possible more vacant now
that the little brother she SO often asked MS to
get her has come among us.''
TRIBUTE TO A NOBLE WOMAN.-Miss Med.
kirk, teacher in the Fourteenth District
school at Cincinnati, who, during the memo
rabie tornado in that city on the 2lst of May.
a. the peril OF her own life, nobly preserved
the lives of the pupils under her charge, by
resolutely standing at the door, althougH pain. !.
10Ily wounded, and preventing their egress,
w was, on Saturday last. presented by number
OF citizens with gold watch, valued at Sf75.
ana suitably inscribed. She was also granted
tne freedom OF the street railroads of the citv.
anu ABOUT twenty of the railroads runniIr
shat n sue can enjoy the benefit of travel when
sne Is sumcientiy recovered from her iniurias
TO leave the house. " ''"A'oe
VIRGINIA Posr. OFriCR ArrA1ps
a,oo9. farkersbaTg to jackson Q. H.. q second
weekly trip 10 ordered, which 10 i'm rortsnt ~
me .ns goo people Of that region. fhs name
fax county. is changed to Thornton,s heno,
on the Aiexnndria IOudoun and Hamnsksre
Railroad, and VIM. H. Thornton aDp1in tess
Pos,"s.ter, rn p..r vice John Powell The ofhce At
pointmenLs 20 MI vacancies created by reeir.
nations: Robert s. Anderson postmsster q
ApPlewood, Caroline county, vice Benson II.
boro', Loudonn county, vice James Carroll
John Haines postmaster at Knob Fork Wet
eel county, vice B. B. Anderson.
A CURIous OLD CANxON.--Ths cannon With
which the Brockport IN. W people intend TO
fire the 4th OF July salute Il thus described hy
the Republic: It was castat government at.
senai Of Prussia, 1t Berlin, was taken from the
Prussians BY the English during battle ia the
year ITS; was subsequently, taken from the
English BY the Amerlcal.s during the war Of
1879. 1t is ten and a half feet long, has four
and half inch bore. carries twelve pound
ball, and requires two and . half pounds Of
powder TO charxeit to Its proper capacity. The
gun weighs. over two thousand pounds, aside