The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-05-09

me yard to play. In short time Mrs Nc | ~
D2nlei was Mortified at seeing her little girl | r
coming totterirg along the path toward the {;
mousse with large copper head snake in her di
hands The child had one hand just below w
tne neck, and the other about the middle and | NJ
heiorked Tongue of the venomous ;ure was pa
projecting from lis mouth in the most savage 81
manner. The mother was almost frgh tened sv
10 death, and our informant says tha. she has | n,
NOT gotten over The fright yet. A member of | Il,
me iainliy Immediately ran to the child and | as
aier some difficulty, succeeded in rescuing 1t af
rom us perilous situation without being bit. | fe
ten The CHILD evidently thought it had found | dj
pretty play thing and the coduess of no | W,
morning had undoubtedly benumbai the | ha
shase so that il was not SO active it other CO
wise would have been.-3Iason CO. (Fa.) Rep S.
| DEATH OF AN OLD WOMAN.-The death of hi
.Seily Giles in Portsea, at the age of % is no. sp
uced IN the English papers She was one of the s
lew surviving witnesses Of the battle of the co
Niie, having been on board Her Maiesty's ship su
nei.eIophon, Capt. H. Darby. aud in all sub pr
| sequent engagements under Nelson. During no
tiie ac lion of the Nile, Nelly surrounded an
with heaps Of slain aud wounded there were II
| ~ KILLED and lis wounded; and to the latter an
she administered the utmost possible atten- IN
! uon, unnerved by the horrors of the scene
three days sfter the battle Nelly gave birth to
| SON Lord Nelson, as well as Lady Uaml- tis
ION, ,ook great interest in Nelly, ard nothing all
would delight the old girl more in her after tai
| t' tears man nan 70 spin yarn about Nelson's an
| ions. lhe government in consideration of | fiji
| her great attention to the sick and wounded | of
ana her useful services to the surgeons award. ! mr.
go hef a gratui'y of Gi7 per annum for life. tn
| EARTHQUAKES AT PoRr-AU- PRINcE-On N
1he th OF April. two severe shocks of earth fol
! quake were experienced at Port-au. Prince ! or
ana ter the three following nights slight | tn
| SHOCKS were felt Several buildings fell n:
some We're slightly and others badly da- tu
| inaged All the families residing in brick of
! tenements fled to wooden shanties or We
country seats bn' the greater portion slept 10
| in the streets Many, who We're afraid to lie | Sr
| anywhere, walked the streets all night On
The 'ith, the citizens formed procession and
paradeu through the place, saying prayers as of
3ho,
leit. Two severe shocks ofearthqnake were | de
ielt at lnagua April g. No damage. WI
DEATH OF Hon. Thomas SERGEANT-The ha
| Phiiadelphia papers announce tho death Of I'M
| the Hon. Thomas Sergeant, which tool, place OF
in that city on Saturday morning Mr.. Ser va
geant was son of the Hon. Jonathan d. Ser ex
geanf, and 4 brother of the celebra ed John fOl
Sergeant: He was born in the year l,0l and he
was III the 18th year of his age when he died eX
During the early part of his life Mr. Sergeant me-
was q write" in the journals OF the day, and Ian
contributed many articles in poetry and prose i!o
IA iNiJ, ne was appointed Attorney General | sP
OF the State He was afterwards Judge Of the me
| Supreme Court OF Pennsy ylyania II position the
| he occupied until loI5.
| BLACK TEA AND GREEN.-Sir John Bow pa
| ring, at Il recent lecture III Glasgow, touched PEI
upon the tea trade, and the withdra.Fa al of the LIZ
| monopoiy-the tIade being much more than roa
ripled-the quality, instead OF being deter;o- ne
rated, being much better han it was, and the T' ,,r
price, instead OF being higher, being very VI VI.
much lower. II they 10 give Il China. 'le
| man green tea he would consider himself in. as
| suited Green tea. 1t was planted with Wl
Prussian blue, China ink, and gypsum or lea ha'
he found tCat for seven millions of pounds nu M
Wen' TO Great Britain, OF which thirtyseyen W., @
millions were black tea, and tea millions !'o
green, so that the sensible people were in the p.>
| ratio OF four to alp
AN ABANDONED SLAYER PICKED UP-dE tVr
fray on B0ord.-About April :st the whaling bee
schr Rieuga, OF Proyincetown, tell in with on tu1
the Sonth side OF Porto REQ brig about 300 Ra
abandoned. lS1II n3y VII | str
board 4 large quantity of provisions and rum bel
aud Otherwise fitted ter saver. Bullet holes the
We're found i'll the doors, i'll the cabin and the bu:
cabin was much dsiigured as if an ailray had chi
taken place. She had no papers, c0lors. or the
any thiL : Oh board whereby she could be iden- ter
titled She was ttken III charge by the Officers Wi
OF the schooner and will be brought 10 the L. cal
States. do,
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CARELEssNRss OF a DKUGGisT-Ref Precirf- {
tats >otd for " NeiMtte Po'eatr-The police re- by
turns OF the Eleventh Ward state that a lady the
last evening, called at the drug store OF q. A. tin
Warner, and asked for seidiitz powders. On an'
going home and preparing take her medi- NE
cine she discovered that one of the powders kn
was red. knowing that sonnet thing must % of
wrong she took 1t 10 the station house, Where las
1t was found to be red precipitate, or oxyd of TO
mere ury, a deadly poison. 1t was taken back sla
10 the druggist and shown him, at which he ye
replied. with admirable GOODNESS, '.Vell, dem eat
she can hat anocer.'N. y Post sla
"a FAIR SHAKE."-Elder kmball of The
Mormon Church, while preaching recently in IN
missionaries who were about starting On a i''
proselyiizing tour, 4, follows: Brethern 1 OF
want you to understand that Ii not be as ief
1t has been heretofore. The brother missiona- IN
ries nave been in the habit of picking the oic
pret,iesl women tor 1hemse YES hetore they @,r Dg
mere, and bringing on the ugest tor us; here oi
after you have to bring them all here before no no
taking any Of them, and let us ali have fair me me
shake. gIa
FROM VENEzUELA.-Dates from Porto Ca a n
helio are to April 18th. The country is said
a no in fair NAV =
blessings OF peace. Manuel Felipe Toyar had i,u
been elected President by majority ofIi,uoo. oei
He is said 10 be one of the best in the coun- as
try, and enjoyed the confidence of the mer- 1se @
chants and others. There in ,i.s
Porto Cabello OF the return OF Gen. Paez to ms n,
NeDezueia but 1T was not generally credited. | y! w..
Produce was coming III from the country very $40 @
slowly, and was held at high prices. O%u, %
iei
NOT MUCH LIKE ExCoMMUNICATIoN-Let III"
ters from Florence state that King Victor En- s
manuel was received at TIE doors of the Ca | Re
thedrai by the Archbishop and clergy, the | for
former OF whom himself commen ced the chant | of 5
OF the Te Deum in celebration Of his arrival. Mi
This does not look much like excommunca- | the
ton. Next day the preate aud clergy waited | cf
upon him, and deputa,ion from Rome pre- | sea
sented him With sword of honor subscribed On
for in that city. ha,
GOOD LAw.-The late Legislature of Mas | In
sachusetts passed an act whereby "any person | lar
who shall wiifuliy send to the publishers of
any newspaper, for the purpose OF publication, A
4 fraudulent notice of the birth of child. or of
OF the marriage OF any parties of the death yes
OF any person, SHALL upon conviction thereof, TO
be punished by fine not exceeding one hun Tn
drei dollars tw,
| sta
DEATH CLERGYMAN.-The venerable wh
Rev Bailey LoriDg, of North Andoyer Mass, | for
died on Saturday. He was the father of Dr. | tire
George b. Lorng, of Salem, andit was in con- | cha
seq OF his illness that that gen eau did ad
attend the Charleston Convention, to tab
which be was elected delegate
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THE OLD QUEsTIoNs-AmOng the petitions Ga,
presented Saturday in the Northern Metho- | Yer
dist Cony ntion, was one from New England CIR
asking the General Conference 10 restore the din
old ques ton which Mr. Wesley used to ask Of sci.
his preachers viz: "Do You use snuff, tobacco bea
or drains - bor
A VALUABLE WITNRsS-A man, recently fai
called witness ia a will case, in England | occ
refused to testify until his fees and expenses
We're paid. The sum of ZIG, or $50, was hand | S
ed to him. but, on examination, it was found Coz
that he knew nothing whatever Of the case yes
before the Court. box
ste;
In NEW YORK.-The steamship Jamestown for
which arrived in New York, Sunday after ano
noon from Richmond carried on the two col dra
ored boys who were offered for sale III Hamp- en-,
ton Roads by Capt. Brayley, OF the British GER
schooner Alice Rodgers. They would be given thi
in charge OF the British Consul
Tur Ipws-Amnnpst the most ardent no. -.