The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-01-19

Of paying els to A. Hamilton, Of Fluvanna
BY Mr.. hanley, OF amending the charter o.
Point Pleasant, Mason county; by Mr.. Left
witch, Of increasing the compensation OF ju
ror.; BY Mr.. Garter. Of reiunding sis to Wal
ter F. Jones' by Mr.. Montgomery, Of incorpo
rating a company 10 build Q turnpike from
point In Nicholas to point In Fayette; bj
Mr.. Segar, Of probibltins the catching OF oys
ters IN June, July, or August.
On motion. the House adjourned.
SENATOR BI0LxR's BILL.-The following i,
synopsis Of Snator Bigler's bill, introduced
in Congress on Monday, in reference to the In.
vasion OF . State or Territory:
The first section provides that whenever an
State or Territory il invaded or in Imminent
danger Of invasion from external or iuterna
foes. 1t will be lawful for the President tc
call out the militia Of the State or Statet
nearest to the point of danger and also to EN-.
ploy the land or naval forces OF the United
states; Section I'd provides that any person
actually engaged or participating in carrying
on hostile military expedition from one State
guilty OF treason and suffer death. Section Sd
provides that any person having know ledge OF
such treason and shall neglect to disclose the
same at the earliest moment, shall be adjudged
guilty OF misprison of treason and shall bt
nned not exceeding 81 OO0, and shall be impri.
soned not over seven years. Section 4th gives
power to the President to seize and detain any
vessel fitted out by one State against an.
otner ior hostile purposes. Section 5th pro.
yides that any materials, arms, ETC., found in
snch vessel shall be forfeited, one-half to the
government and the other half to the informer
section 6 provides that any person furnish.
ing or providing means or money for such hos.
Tile expedition, shall be deemed guilty Of fel0.
ny and fined, not over s30oO and imprisoned
not over ten years. Section 7th provides tha,
any person enlisting himself or procuring
others TO enlist, shall be deemed guilty OF felo.
ny, and fined $4,000 and imprisoned ten years
section oth provides that any person fitting
out or procuring to Be fitted out, any ship OF
vessel for such hostile expedition, shall be fined
Sl0,0to and imprisoned ten years. Section 9th
PROVIDES that any person accepting or exercis.
ing commission for such hostile service
snail be fined So, coo and imprisoned ten years.
"A LOYAL NRGRO.-1n Campbell county
6a., a Few days ago, a slave named Peter, the
property OF VIM. G. Smith, informed his mas.
Ter mat 4 white man had made a proposition
to him to leave and allow himself to be sold
twice, and then be carried to free State. In
addition to the promise of freedom, he was
told mat he could be sold for fourteen hundred
dollars, one-half of which should be his Peter
toia ms master that he had promised to &C
with the fellow, and at nigh tfalI the negro me1
the man, one Crawford, recently come into tht
nelghborhood, ana induced him on a plea OF
privacy. to go into the carriage house, where
cealed. Peter and Craw ford here talked freely
OF their proposed adventure, and after enough
was elected to satisfy the concealed witnesses
Peter threw his arms around Crawford anc
called out "come on Smith and his friends
now appeared, took Crawford in hand, anC
sent Peter for rope. Peter supposing til,
fellow ought to be hung, got rope, made
running moose as he came along, and when h,
came up put it over the fellows head and Sc
cured il around his neck. Crawford supposin!
fp m ic kuo "a horn
for life, and made some disclosures that ma,
lead TO the detection of accomplices. Craw
ford is now in Jail, having been escorted ther,
by Peter, who thus refused q chance for hi
freedom and four teen hundred dollars.
''THR COMING HORDE"-Under this headin,
the Cincinnati Enquirer speaks of the rroba
bility of several OF the States following tn,
example of Arkansas in excluding free coloret
persons, and says:
'The result of this will be that the poor ban
ished wretches will come pouring in upon III
by hundreds and thousands. Unfit for a resi-
dence In new countries, and without the in
dusiry necessary to subdue a wilderness shu
out by stringent laws from other free States O
the West, and kept from those that are furthe
north by the cOldness Of the climate Obi,
Will be Ia a fair way to be overruu by th
swarm OF the destitute and imprOvident, ant
the question, what is to be done will bt
~
imperative character. Little as the event il
question may appear to some it is one tina
will be sure to beget long train ofconsequen
ces; nor is it unlikely that among other eilec is
1t Will disclose the weakest point in our Union
and exhibit dangers to the confederacy hither
to unforeseen, and against which no adequat,
pro lection has been devised. Enough may
now be seen to indicate that the end is not We,
and that there is more than enough Of bitter
ness in store for the future''
NEWS FROM KANsAs.-A dispatch from
LeavenWorth, dated the 10th inst SAYS tha
the two wings of the Legislature of Kansa,
still remain at their spective points-the ma
Jorlty at Lawrence and the minority at Lea
venworth. An attempt to reconcile the differ
ence on the question of temporary capital will
be made Tomorrow by the introduction of :
resolution into both bodies favoring an ad
]o4rnment to Leavenworth, as compromise
Lawrence correspondence says that quite .
strife occurred in the organization Of the tw,
Houses by the Senatorial aspirants, Lane an,
Winchell, entering the field for their respec
tive friends, in which Lane seems to have bcel
worsted.
The principal republican candidates for tn
Senatorship are General Pomeroy, Genera
Lane, James NJ. Winchell, NJ. J. Parrott. II
J. Adams, J. 9. Vaughan and A. Dantord
Pomeroy and Winchell however seem to nav
the inside track. Laneis using every exertio,
to obtain the position, but it is said his in
trigues in The party, and his betrayaIs of hi
friends. are daily working him great harm an,
lessening his chances Of an election
CRINOLINE AND AMMONIA.-At a scientific
meeting in Edinburgh, a crinoline dress ha
been exhibited, one-haif of which had beef
immersed in a solution of sulphate of ammo
MA, In order to test its on-cOm bus tibility.-
On light having been applied to the crino
line, the part of it which had not been steepe,
in the solution was At once enyeloped i,
flames, but the only effect which the light ha,
tho ttav. TyL.
considered satisfactory experiment, and i
was stated that as ammonia was only I'd. pc
pound, it was accessible to the humblest class
Il was stated that the crinoline used in tn
royal establishments was STEPPED in a total,
different solution, but that its cost preventel
its general use. and that the cheaper solution
was equally eficaci0us.
ARREST FOR RoBBING THE MAIL.-Johl
Aymerson, of Warsaw, Mo-, was ARRESTED
there on the 18th inst, charged with purloin
ing letters from the mail bags. Aymersol
was deputy postmaster, and tseems he ha.
been stealing for some time. Several packagel
were found under a desk in the courthouse
where he had deposited them to open. 1t il
clearly demonstrated d that he would take let
ters from the mail VIII lie distributing them IL
the office, open the same, take the contents
then place new envelopes on the letters, direc
them and send them on their route. Aymer
son was a county School Commissioner, anC
also Deputy Circuit and County Clerk, and
has enjoyed the confidence Of the entire com
munity.
PRIVILEGES OF LEAP YRAR.-On the even.
ing of the Sd instant, the young ladies of For
syth, Ga. gave leap year party 10 the young
gentlemen. The ladies engaged the company
Of the ger tlemen. went after them, aud gal
lanted them to the Chapel, took care OF theil
hats, over-coats and walking canes, gave them
q seat, and entertained them with sweet chat
When lady wished to promenade, she sough
her own partner, engaged his company, gave
him her arm, and paced the floor by hil
promenad aiding with one a while, they would
seat him and take another. The young ladies