The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-03-07
A BRONZE doom FOR THE CArIrot.-A let.
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| n DRoNLE DOOR FOR THE CAPITOI.-A let
+ ter from Rome, Italy, says:
"Rogers is engaged here upon n bronze door
| for the Capitol at Washington, which is 10 cos
S5,tDo. The first scene represents Columbus
before the Council OF Salamanca, unfolding
MS great theory. In the second he is Just set
: ting ont TO seek royal aid In the third he j..
before the King and q lueen, taboring TO con
vince them. Isabella leans forward and set IN
interested, but Ferdinand scarcely Geigns 10
| heed the visionary enthusiast In he fourth
heis confidng his son 10 the care Of the mo ks.
| ~hile his ships wait. In the fifth he is land .
ing IN great state upon st. Salvador. The
SKIN Is at Hispaniola, where one of the sailors
Is bringing an Indian girl 10 the ship on his
shoulder. The next is the great navigate RS
trium phal entry into Barcelona on his return.
I In the succeeding one he is about 10 be sent
| nome from Cuba IN chains and disgrace The
last scene of all Is death. The Iries is have
ADM nIstered 10 him the sacrament one holds
crucifx for him TO kiss friends and atten-
dants are weeping around. and the spirit of
| tue dying man is about to start on that las t
| great voyage from which none return. In
inches surrounding these scenes are figures
ana bIistS OF various royal personages con-
! temporary with Columbus including FerGi-
nand and Isabella, Ac'
| PRESENTS FROM AMERICANS TO ROYALTY.
Inc American legation at Paris has witt. the
consent of the Emperor, ceased to send him the
giits OF Americans consigned to lis care The
'hing had become a nuisance, as the following
extract from Paris letter will show
snort time since they received from some
pody IN connecticut an immense pincushion
| enclosed IN box about foot square and IN.
| tended as a present to the Empress One man
| sent from Florida a she'll which he had Djckef
| up on the sea-coast and which had on il nat,-
! raIly engraved an almost perfect letter IN -
IL Is not uncommon to receive sets of harness,
| spurs, &c, ana one man from away ont in
| nliSSouli sent barrel of bacon over for his
| MaJestys larder. AS a matter Of precautIuu
2: fttIr | f1l,a
| "as been little careful about opening pack
| ages. some one of tl:ese harmless looking
ooHes might contain torpedoes enc ugh TO blow
| the Napoieonlc dynasty into a great state of
| uncertainty, and they might possibly too h.,
| sent from America by some of the fauatirs
| teher who believe in the ''holy right Of assas.
| sination.
| THE ADMINISTRATION VIEW OF THE NEW,
| CAN TREATI.--The Washington Constitutjou
| of yesterday, commenting upon the Nexicao
| Treaty before the L. S Senate far
| ratification, says:
| Fit be ratified we shall preserve peace will,
our unhappy neighhor without less OF honor;
we shall derive incalculable commercial
! manufacturing. and agricultnra. benefits: we
| shall obtain partial satisfaction, TO the extent
| of $2tH, 600, of the claims of our tpIlow.cj,i-
| zens, amounting in the aggregate to about Slu-
| uN,t0U, aud long and Justly due: and we shall
| prevent, or rather remove. the intervention of
| foreign nations in the domestic concerns Of
! NsNlco. AT this moment her sovereign rights
are invaded by France and Great Britain 10
whom, under the threat of armed iuterterpnce
| she Is compelled to paw 50 per cent. of the du-
ties collected At Vera Cruz and Tampico If
on the other hand, the treaty is rejected is our
| positive conviction that war with Mexico is
| inevitable; and in that one calamity is obvious
| !y comprised the loss of all the ad rantaces
which are now within our reach,
| I.o! THE Poor ISDIAN.-The venerable
| (tLprOkppS ytl,,I
his way to Washington, at the head of dele
| CATION of his tribe, stayed in Chattanooga
Tennessee, from Saturday until last Monday
| morning. The Chattanooga Advertiser sa,s:
| They stayed to keep the Sabbath holy and
to look orce more on their noble native land
MY. Ross remark Tked that the mountains are
| stili familiar and unchanged one Of ourclii-
Zens gatLed from him iu1erts ing intprnrcta-
tons OF the names OF our city and some neigh
| boring localities. The Indian name OF Chat
| ttnooeas site, Is "Citnuwa,' which in English
| is HaW k-neSt The n&me from which CHAT
| tanooga is corrupted is Chatlahs n II i1ee-zwas
| that Of a town situated ut III. confluence OF
! Chattanooga creek, ard means Taking q fish
| ont of the water. The Indieu name of Look
| out mountain is "Tanata-cHchna," which iS
III English, Facing Each Other.
| ONE OF THE MURDEEERs OF DIR. KEIrT
HUNG-The Ocala Home Companion, of the
2sth nit. has The following:
| The slave Lewis, mentioned in o,ir las, issue
| as having been proved guilty OF aidiug in the
| murder OF his master, Dr.. ". J. Epitr on the
| 18th uit., was further examined on Wedues-
| day last, and the most positive testimony OF
| his guilt being addnced, he was imrpdiateiy
! sentenced and hung lie confessed his guilt.
| but refused 10 make any statement impiicat
| lug others, though 1t was evident that he had
| not performed the diaboiicai actalone lie ex-
| pressed no sorrow for having committed the
| awful crime, and viewed the preparations FOR
| his execution with stolid Indifference. He was
| tried by Il committee, consisting Of twelve
| freeholders, appointed for that purpose by q
| large meeting of the citizens of this county
| held on that day. The trial was conduct ted
| with great care, al the place where the murder
was committed. Two others Were committee
| to Jail.
| TENNYsoN's PoEMs.-The Mobile Tribune
| amuslngiy checks OFT the incidents Ct Tennv-
| sons poem for which he was paid ten pounts
| a line. For instance, the opening cost $3.50 ; il
passage in which a wife asks her husband Ia
| forgive Il man, costs 500 the usband rates
| his reply at $500, and the upshot o. the whole
matter Is. that the good woman sings the baby
| 10 sleep At q cost of $50 10 the publishers OF
Macmilians MagaZine;' the husband con
| eludes to forgive his friend, now that he is
| dead and then-all hands go to Sleep The
| entire poem of thre. hundred and thirteen
| lines cost about Slj,0M.
| DEPARTURE OF OUR MEXICAN MINISTER
| Washington correspondent states that our
| Minister 10 Mexico Mr.. McLane, left that oity
| on Sunday afternoon for New York from
| whence he will sail for Vera Cruz in the steam
| er Brooklyn, which leaves thai port to-day
| He is clothed by our Government with ample
authority and Instructions 10 project Ameri-
| can citizens and property in case OF attack by
| Miramon's party. The squadron's movements
| will also be governed in a great degree hy Mr.
| McLanes orders, AS he is fully empowered for
| every emergency that may arise.
| BRAZILIAN WAR VESSEL AT NEW VoEK
| hA It1.n As,tf l.ul
mander Bento de Caryalho, arrived at New
| York Saturday from Pernambuco She mouu s
| eighteen guns, and has crew o. 2;o persons :.
| all told She is a schoolship, and visits that
| port for the purpose OF being taken dry
| dock. after which she viii proceed to Porte
| mouth, England; Cherbourg, Antwerp, Las.
bon, and from theEce 10 The Hrazils She haa
| twenty-five mldshipmen An five lieutenants
| AGALLANT JURY-A jury in Parker. Texas,
| in the case of a man who WAS trial for
horse stealing, and against whom the crime
was clearly proven, brought in verdict of nc-
quittal because a handsome girl present prom
| lsed to marry him if he should be acquitted
| as the horse, for the stealing OF which he wa
| arraigned, was taken to carry OFF the lair
| Helen.
| NAVAL INTELLIGENCE-The new war
| steamer Pocahontas, AT Norfolk has oeen or
/ dered TO the Gulf of Mexico, under the COM
| mand OF Commander Samuel Hazard. TIE
| following are the names of the other officers