The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-02-28
amoant to si37, lso 30, composed Of the fol
10 " iug Items.

lowing items.
For ray OF company officers and sol
Expease of conmssary Department is7st 50
OF Quarterinaster " 1,7s1 -
For Arms and Ordnance Stores 30993 81
SEQ II Service and Miscellan eous.... az rs
Medical Department. ....... ........ Ss s.
Sly7. 7.lSo 81
WI the dho"hi ioT arms, Si2,3J3. was PAID
under contract for arms purchased bv the
late Governor, and how on hand
Amount appropriated bg law ........ Sl5OOO0 20
Iiaihis allowed ior pay ment t-........ 1877 ,ls0 90
Balance unexperded, .............. sI2 80 %
Claims ancited and reported to Gener-
Amount expended by Executive and "''''O' ''
paid out OF Civil Contingent Fund 1883 66
Amount paid by Board. ..-....... lYlSD on
isia amount audited and reported SIS5 CO.. o3
II tiie Whoie amount reported TO the I.eyis-
iature be allowed, then the ascertained cost
incident 20 this invasion. as far as the same
mas been presented, will be As stated What
ihe ehtfe cost Will be, the Board are not able
yet 10 ioIesee. Bat the muster. rolls now pre-
sented, and which have not been audited be-
cause not YET correctly stated, will much more
man absorb the balance OF ! Il 0Uu unexpended
We le'r another appropriation OF $500 Will
be necessary.
The Board is only authorized to exrerd
Si''sW, me amount appropriated. They are
prohibited from paying General, Field. or STAFF
therefore, concluded these last claims as ex-
elusive OF the appropriation, and have acted
accordingly
The Board say that the Cadets of the Vir-
gina Military institute do not charge any
tning for services rendered their subsistence
ana transportation alone have been allowed
Inc Board recommend that the Governor be
authoriZed 10 caGse Appropriate silver medals
10 De made. costing in the aggregate :l5u, and
10 direct The Superin tpndpnt of the Institute
70 bestow one ofsUch medals upon each Cadet
IN service at Charles1own.
tomnftstee IpPointed.-The following MEM
hers We're appointed House Committee TO con-
sider the expediency of a compromise on the
james River and KanaWha Canal Company
bill. VIZ: Messrs. Seddou. Anderson. Caper-
ION, bai bour, Segar, Tomiin and Mckenzie.
Idr on Spsc,nt LfceaSeS.-The special order
of the day the bill imposing taxes on special
licenses. was passed bv TN tomorrow, -
o'clock M, when Mr. ROBERTSON, of Rich
mond, has the floor.
A bill for the better orpaniZation OF the
militia OF the Commonweait II, was called up
on motion of Mr.. KEMPER, and various
amendments were offered and discussed and
tue House adjourned pending the same.
EVENING SESSION.
The House met al O'Clock Mr HOPKINS In
the chair
The following bills We're passed, viz: bill
TO amend the act incorporating the trustees
OF the Globe Fund i'll Lancaster, ami the bill
incorporating the LeveliOn Male and Female
College, in the county of Pocahontas.
resolution was offered by Mr.. kNOTE, re-
lalive TO the exped:,ncy of re-char ering the
Merchants and Mechanics Bank of Wheel
ing. and the Bank Of the Valley of Virginia
The House then proceeded TO the cons ide-
ration of the bill tor the better organiza-
ton of the militia of the Comm on veal tn,
which occupied its attention to the hour of
adjournment.
PRoTRAcTED REIGN OF TERROR IN SICILY.
The following Is an extract from a letter, dated
Palermo, 27th January, leG0
"Here arrests are going on at a great rate
w hen the Etna steamer arrived from Messina
this week, Cavalieie Puntillo, Inspector of
the Marine Police in Palermo, went on board
and searched all the passengers also a
f'renchman who was on board, and ordered
one OF them, II Messipese, to 90 into a Cabin
where he made him undress; but not findin 9
any letters on him. retired Tor few minutes.
(havIng been, no doubt. TO consult some spy
on board, returned into the cabin and with 4
knife cnt out the soles of his shoes, L.tWeen
which he found a letter without signature or
address-the contents. of course, are unknown
TO the pubic. There and then Puntiilo gave
him dreadful blow on the face, knocking out
three of the poor fellows teeth, ordered his
hands or wrists to be tied together, and had
HIM taken to the heal Office, twhere he re-
manned unit! dark. The police had tied him
So tight that by the evening. zone hour after
dark, his hands were dreadfuily swollen. Hs
was then horseWhipped for two continued
hours when that was over he was put into a
bat tn, and kept under water until he was al!
but dead His body was then rubbed with
rum 10 bring him back to his senses, and was
finaliy put into 4 cab and taken no one knows
where. The police gave out tha. he had es-
capped from prison; no doubt the man is dead
The gardener of the noble family of San
Marco has been treated in the same manner;
also great many others not generally
known"
WHO DISCOVERED SALT LAKE ,-Among the
Thousand and Ole" articles of freight and
baggage which Went down 10 the Bay By the
steamer & ueen City yesterday We're lV;o old
fint-lock, smoo th-hore rifles Of the real old
"kaintuck" stripe They We're brought on
board by I; man who looked as weat her beaten
| finty- locked and hard stocked as themselves
| Being curious to learn their his tory. and who
| il was that possessed them, we made a few in.
| quiries, and the owner, being meilowed by the
| genial influences OF the corn vintage, commu
| nlcated the following facts His name was
| Seth Grant, 4 Scotchman by birth, who cam.
| TO America at AN early age, in the year 1919
and joined the American Fur Company II
| 1876 he accompanied Bridger-the founder o
| Fort Bridger-and his partner, Col. Vasquez
| 10 the then unknown Wids of the Wesl, fal
| beyond the head waters Of the Platte or Vel
| owstone. II was on one of these fur seeking
marauding expeditions that the Frenchman
Col. Nasq ueZ, while out on an excursion, dis
| covered the Great Salt Lake Of Utah. Th;
| immense extent of the lake, with its noun
| tains and islands, so deceived NasqueZ and hi
| party that they reported TO their fellows tha
| ocean and SO, indeed. it seemed, for il wal
| years before the error was corrected. The lW>
| rifles in possession of Mr.. Grant were por
| tion of the arms of the original party, anl
| bore the marks of having seen long and hon
| orable service. Mr.. Grant values them highly
| and, being on his way back TO his own nativ,
| land, intends taking them as trophies, TO b
| hung up with the tartans and ClaymOres OF hi
| couutrymen.-Sdc Standard.
COULD NOT TAKE THE COMMISSION. ."-Som'
nhxln I of YeoS
| natl, shipped, to the care of the American
| Minister in London, Mr.. Dallas ten boxes o
| sparkling Catawba, and requesting him 10 b.
| so very good As 10 accept one box ior his Owl
| use, and turn over the other nine to his wine
| merchant with instructions 10 sell them fo
what price he thought best, and account for th'
| ne. proceeds 10 one Nicholas Lonsworth, o
| Cincinnati,Uhi direct. Mr.. Dallas. ho weNeF
| returned the suhioined reply:
| "Dear Sir = ours Is received, informing,
| &c, &c. Il cannot approve of your proceed
| ure. l cannot reconcile the duties of Ministe
| Plenipotentiary of the United States at th
| Court with those of a commission merchant
shall not receive The wine," &c., Sc.
yours, &c, GEO. NJ. DALLAS"
| WEALTH OF LOUISIANA The report OF til
| State Auditor of Louisiana shows the taXabl
| property in the city of New Orleans to b
| ShG,t iG,,E!-, more by six and-a-haif million
| than one fourth OF The whole taxable propert
| of the State. !ucluding the right bank OF tn
| river, the assessment of the parish Of Orleau
plete is s5itg ~, ,6G-. There ten parishe
| III the State which are assessed for over te
millions each five TO. millions; two 10
| seven millions, anN :',e iHr about six million
| each. TIE total t.tv sht property is Sc; dow
| at $500, 1871. The Il, -" population OF th
| State i given al J., 't, The assessed VA! II
| of taxable property, tArsetorc. averages rnoT
| than 8 itsjper head 10 very free person OF III
| ages sexes and colorS.