The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-02-22

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small amount of money. which they wer,
| iortunate enough to secure. While engaged
In the search up stairs the bell was pulled vio
| phtiy tnfee Times by confederate on tsit!r
and ihls being the signal that Mr.. Bell wa.
| approaching. they hurried down as quick a.
| possible. and, passing through the kitchen
where mrs Bell yet lay gained access to an
| alley In the rear OF the house, and escaped -
| PitiS5"rs Chroair',.
| DEATH OF ISABELLA JANE STEPHENS. THE
| DAUGHTER OF JAMES STEPHENs.-Isabe,la
| Jane, the daughter of James Stephens the
| "lie polsoner recently hung in New York
oied In that city on Saturday. She was abou,
| nine years Of age, and was an only child. The
Post says:
| she did not See her father for some time
previous to his execution, the circums stances
ol whtcn seem to have borne heavily upon her
| youthful mind, aud probably induced fever
| aud death. She will be inferred in the same
| grave with her father, designed originally for
| The ashes OF her mother. Thus strangely. the
ehtire family has passed away-the mother
murdered. the father han gpt for he crime a nd
the daughter killed by Il broken heart
The Tribune says:
| several weeks previous to her death tho
| cuilo, which was in her 9th wear sickened
| "lfh scarlet rash. of which she had nearly re-
| covered. "nen, one day she went in COMPANY
| Wltn servant TO market and overheard some
| one making the remark, That is The daugh
| Ter OF stephens, the man who poisoned his
| "i!e. Inc Stigma appeared to weigh heavily
on Her nina alter II turning home she tell in to
| tit. She last saw her father three days be-
fore MS execution, when she WAS taken into
| his cell and bt6e him an afiectionate farewell.
she was passionatcly attached to him and
cohtinHed TO the hour of her death to deplore
lis cruel. and TO her mysterious fate the nar-
ticulars of which had been communicated to
her by her aunt. She could not unders ta d
why her ia her should ba hung and freoucp,
~ attested her belief in his Innocence Of the
crime charged against him. On her death b.d
sh" repeatedly prayed that God might ha, g
mercy on those who brought him to such an
end.
CALIFoENIA.-The Overland Mail at St.
Louis, brings The foil wing additional items
Of California eWs:
Resolutions have pass<a both branches O,
the Legislature, asking Congress to establish
Il dairy overland mail also, urging a rsstora-
ton OF TIE ocean mail service between S2u
Francisco and New York. TO the state VI pficien-
cy which prevailed when the mails We're car
RED by 'hc Pacific Mail Steamship COMPANY
resolution mas been IN n'roduced i'll the AS
senbiy declaring that miners in quicksilver
mold the same relations 10 the Government as
the gold miners do, AND, On thut ground asking
Congress TO procure the removal of the in :
junction which now prevent operations in The
New Almaden Quicksilver mines.
The question " Il division Of the State has
been made ths special order for February
A bill has also been Introduced for n law
compelling. the closing of haZaars aud saloons
and other places CT traffic, he Sa bbat II .
Strong petitions, extensively signed We're in
circulation urging its passage
The barks What Cheer .-nd Page sailed from
Sac Francisco ior Japan on the 21th. to osfaiu
carSUes q. fancy goods and other productions
Of that country, such as have recently sold
hereat enormous profits. Some skilltui de-
signers mpanied the Page with the pur-
pose OF furnishing Japanese mechanics or ar
lists with models after which To manufacture
articles better desi igned for the American mar
ket, the oh]ect being To get the advantage OF ia
panese sklll III execution for the manufacture
ofarticies Of furniture, &c, after plans de-
signed by Americans. High hopes are in
duiged that such employment OF Japanese la.
Dor will prove vastly profitable, and result in
introducing into common use in this country
many useful fixtures of household furniture
Of exquisite taste, beauty, and of moderate
cost.
The Rev MI Gable and lady wished TO 90
10 Japan rs missionaries hv one Of The resse,s
named. bat the charter parties refused TO take
them AS passengers, on the plea that their pre-
sencc IN that country as teachers OF a new reli-
g!on might lead 10 trouble and hinder COM
nercial operations
IHE t0VINGTON AND ONO EAiLROA The
Baltimore American, ii an editorial review OF
the chances OF that city becoming the New
York OF the south, says:
But 1t must not be forgotten that the State
of Virginia, though slow in its movements is
not al Together idle or Indifferent to its mate
rial development. The Legislature has Just
voted g, ,3oU,0tU 10 the Csving,on and Ohio
Raiiroat-a line OF improvement which is des-
tined to tap the same aboundng reservoir
from which we have drawn such streams of
wealth. Hut the sum voted the COvingtOn and
ohio Road is SO insignificant III comparison
with tho Importance Of its early completion
to Richmond, ii she would compete with Bal
timore for ilie supremacy as the commercial
m 10. NJ ha ,ha,
may well re~ard il with surprise. Long years
perhapsas many AS ten, must elapse before the
great road with its auxiliary water line, the
james River and Kanawha Canal, can be fin
lshcd, aud during that time it will be our own
fault Il Baltimore does not become the New
! ork of the South.
DEATH OF A MILLIoNAIRE-Joaquin Go
mez. Il noted charac Ter OF Havana, died on the
night of he I'd inst, ageo 81 years. He is un-
derstood to have died worth six millions OF
dollars. j is said he did not make any will
and that his heirs-nephews and iliegi;imate
children. who. however, We're educated and
acknowledged by him-haye wisely agreed to
nter into an arrangement for the division of
the large amount above stated, in tead of going
to law about it. Twelve or thirteen wears
since Dr. Berdanee, whom some say had been
grossly wronged by decision of the deceased
who at the time was the President Of the
Tribunal of Commerce" while others declare
the Doctor had been cheated in some slave.
trading transaction, entered the church of San
Felipe in Havana, where Don Joaqu uin Gomez
was. and poured bottle of vitrioi upon his
(the deceased's) head. some OF which, running
into his eyes, instantly deprived him OF sight.
while the wound inflicted on the head never
healed. The doctor, after perpetrating this
deed rushed into the gallery OF the church.
and there swallowed dose Of prussic acid
which Instantly deprived him of life The do.
ceased fingered all of these years deprived Of
sight, pitiable object.
How 1T WORKs.-The English LAWYERS Mt.
tribute the freq uent elopement Of wives who
have fortunes settled upon them, TO The law
which allows the wife a provision separate
from her husband. distinguished lawyer
writes to the London Times, that ia the course
Of legal experience OF nearly forty years. he
has seen u very large number OF cases of uri.
vntely arranged separation between husband
and wife. In every case but one, the wife had
q provision independent Of her husband and
in almost every case the wife was the CHIEF
wrong-doer. The ladies would probably dis
pute ine facts upon which this witness' testi.
mony rests. The policy of the law is, however,
q subject OF considerable discussion and nm.
less rich women stop running OF with their
footmen, II Is likely tho, il W i'll be changed.
TEeIa are seyeatN mets rer; of he EritiS,,
i;ousa - al. u.G5Elmnns who ctai a es.esapiia from
serving on election committees. ea A.eGHa. vi
being more han siSy years Old.