The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-10-16


h'ca, by Gen. Banco, has been noticed b
telegraph. They led the Costa Rican troop
against Walker when he first invaded Nicara
qua, and would have captured him at Riva
but for United States interference Mora. iik
his old enemy. died braveIy. Gen. Blanc
stormed the town of Angostura held by Mors
on the night OF the 2Sih ult. A letter says
The town was taken on Saturday eveuins
Every effort was made to discover the hidin
place OF Mora and his adhereuis who had es
| capped the massacre, bat without avail o.
Sunday Canas gave himself up, and begge,
Bianco to shoot him and save Mvra's life; hu
his prayer was upheeded, and it was after
| wards determined 10 banish him.
| a. a later hour In the day, about one oclcci
| r M, both Mora and Cnl. Arancibia CAV,
| themselves up, having suffered fearfuliy dur
| ing their concealment, poor Mora having lait
| thirty sia hours In pool of mire and watei
under Farar's house. The excitement was in
| tense when II became Known that Mora hac
| been taken, and deep interest was felt as te
| what would be his fate But they were mo-
| long kept IN suspense for in halt an hour
| court-martlal, composed of Bianco. Maout.
! eailgre and one or two others, condem led
| tnem both to be shot at 3 O'clock ALLOWING
| them only two short hours 10 prepare fol
| death. They were led out 10 execution, both
| very haggard and worn from exposure but
perfectly composed. Indeed Mora's step was
as Hrm and his eye bright as ever il had
been. They were not allowed 10 say anything
before being shot. Mora and Arancibia 1000
sioe by SIDE, Mora having asked the privilege
| OF being thus shot, and also begging that they
would ain at his heart. They fell side By side;
and Mora evincing signs of life, an officer sho
him through the head with his revolver
| 1hlngs soon quieted down, and we had
noped that the butohery was over, when, on
Inesdiy, 1t was announced that Gen Cauas
was 10 be shot, and at A. NJ. on the Sd, he
good old General was led out to execution He
Was periecly calm and cool, and smoked his
eignret uli he Tell pierced with dozen balls
nHis was the last act of as bloody a tragedy rs
Central America has ever known.
The brother of Mora aud Gen. Canas, bro.
ther and wife fled on board the American
schooner Reindeer, and thus saved their lives
Gov. LETCHER IN WHEgLIno Coy Le,chsr
arrived in Wheeling, Va, Fr2ay higbr, on g
tour over the Baltimore and ONO ns.iiroad -
A Union procession repaired to his hotel nd
called him out by a serenade The Union
Gays:
Governor Letcher, introduced by Mayor
Wilson, responded briefly, than king his friends
Ior the compliment paid him, and then, dis
cardlhg for The time ali parllzan feeling al.
luded briefly TO the state Of the Ubiop the
"impendihg crisis" and the duty of Virginians
snoulo the time arrive when they should be
called npon TO defend their Stare He was
ioudly applauded by his hearers, particularly V
IN his concluding remarks, wherein he ex-
pressed himself highly gratified with his first
visit to Wheeling.
The speech is not published, but from the
remarks of the Intelligencer, the Black Re-
publican organ in Wheeling, it appears to
have nettled the Republicans very badly. 1t
says:
The major portion of Gov. Letcher's brief
speech was of most outrageously ultra and
reasonable character, ard was disrracefuI to
dnn n ly ha ia$
executive officer Of the Common wealth. Some
one In the crowd said "Amen,n and another
"dod grant H." at the eHd OF one of the speak
er's sentences when the Governor supposipp q
tne interruption to come from some treasona-
bic source, remarked, in view of recent events
that he might yet find it necessary to bring his
authority to bear upon some persons in man.
her 10 Whte| they would not be 30 willing to
respond Amen"
SEVERE WINTERS M. Renou, dstin-
euisned FRENCH savan, In paper en- the "Pe-
riodicity of Severe Winters" says that the
year 1880 was, in his observation, q central
winter. The period which oIght to follow ia
that OF 1871. In 59-'6U, we reached the first
winter OF this group, "and The cold" says NJ
Renou, "of the 18th and goth Decem her, falls
too completely under my prediction TO make
me delay .he publication Of this noIe shall
not be surprised ii, at the next retu:p of cold,
,ne thermometer at the observatory descrnds
lower than in December. We shall have, after
this winter, one OF probably two rigorous
wintors, increasing in severity to a central
winter. which shall be toward 1871, then a de-
creasing series, even to 1884,"
DISTURBANCE AT POLITICAL BARBECUE.
At the BrecklnrIdge barbecue near Westches-
ter, CLARK county, Kentucky, Friday, young
man, son OF Dr. West, OF Bath county being
prevented by a gentleman named Scott from
going to the dinner table reserved for ladies'
drew pistol and fired at the latter West
missed his aim, bat unfortunately the shot
n in of iSc
man, lnflictlpg serious wound. The conduct
OF West so enraged the crowd present that
iney seized him, and made three attempts to
hang him to tree, when the sheriff of the
county arrived and prevailed upon the mo b
TO deliver the would be murderer over 10 the
law. West was subsequently taken to West
chester and lodged i'll Jail to await his trial.
PENNSYLVANIA PoLIrICs.-The Regular
Democratic Stats Coinml ttee, Of which Mr.
Welsh is Chairman, met at Reading, Pa, on
Friday last, and adopted the following reso.
luton:
Rssoicea, That this committee do hereby re-.
sclnd It's action at Philadelphia on the I'd of
July, and Cresson on the 9th of August ard
that We recommend to the Democratic party OF
Pennsylvania to stand by tne Eiec oral ticket
made by the Democratic State Convention at
Reading on the lst of March.
Amendments, recommending a conference
with the Bell Everett party, and the Douglas
party, were rejected.
The EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE UNITED
STATss.-AccordIng TO the Church Almanac
for 1860. the Episcopal Church 10 the United
States contains thirty-three dioceses The
number cf bishops, provisional bis hops, and
assis tant bishops, l. 43 priests and deacons go
parishes 21l0 There were ordained dur.
ing the year 20 deacons and 90 priests
Number Of Calculates for holy orders
PSI; churches coIsecrated 90. The bap-
tIsms were as follows: Infants 30,4t3; adults
5,42l; not stated 4s7. Number of con fir ma tions
i5,596; communicates added 4,794; present
number IS, ,797i marriages 1859; burials 2,442 {;
Sunday school teachers 14.t9l; scholars Is. .U69.
Amount of contributions for missionary and
charitable purposes Sl.627.ls3
THE NEGRO QUESTION In SOUTHERN ILL.
NoIs.-Tbe Washington county (in) Herald
says that primary meeting was held at
Vienna, Johnson county, Ill tSst week com
,sosed of mem bers from beSezsr, Uuion asd
Liberty circuits, Southern Illinois [ tereace
TO take steps toward the formation OF an iEde-
penden Conference la the SOU thern por lou OF
the State. The rabid action of the regu lar Cor =
terence on the slavery q ues ton is the dividing
cause.
TIM PRINCE IN Nxw YoRK.-On Saturday
the Prince OF Waies visited pho czraph gal
iefy, where the picture OF himself and
suite were taken, and after going to
one or two mercantile establishments,
went TO Gen. Scotrs residence. The members
Of the household were introduced 70 the
Prince and The mobiles, aud short time was
devoted to social chit-chat and the tert ha pg-
ing of civilities. On Sunday he went to TrinI.
ty Church.
DnArH.-Jonathan Whit side died on Look
out Mountain, on Sunday last He was aboot
ninety years of age. When Sam Houston was
acandidate for Governor OF Tennessss, and not
being q freeholder was constitu tionaily incl
ligible, he gave TO the now iliustrions hero
tract Of land, which qualified him to receive the
office to which he was eiected.-CAatfaseo eogs Ga.
xstts, 9th.
BLOODY AYPRAY IN NARKANsAs.-During o
reglmentai muster at Van Bureu, Ark, on
the 18th inst, Rufus and Jackson Covington