The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-02-22
ZEE Al JEDDo-7a. Japaa Commits ioae,s,--
correspondent Of the New York Journal
whose letter IS dated on board United states
steamer Powhatan. l2ih December. SAYS:

whose letter IS dated on board United State
steamer Powha'an. l2sh December, SAYS:
On the evening Of the 10th, rs we lay in tb
llort OF lokohama. preparing to sail III tn
'no'nihe ana about fifteen miles distant iron
Jpod", n lire broke ont in that direction whici
stenen 10 cover large space and to be peare
'nau JeGoo, and, as We concluded was con
sunIhg some town or vi'lage-which are nnm
ner!ess around Jeddo. The scene was magnifi
GehI, however melancholy, and rpsemb bled. a
| Imagined, the flames sent mp from the to-, O
| the great mountain, Fusi Ami, clearly in SIGH,
Gnu ,o.,eD leet nigh in the days OF its activit,
rs !oicano. Leaving i'll the morning we hat
nor 'ime 10 receive any information, bnt hav,
since learnt ii was the Imperial Palace itself
10 Jcddo, which was destroyed Such an even
isSaid TO occur about once in a century anf
spreads CONSERVATION throughout the Empirr
Al! business and trade as we are Informed;
were Suspended. by Imperial edict, through
uu, ,, 'he Empire how long this prohihitiog
what effect t,sssdssaster WIN have in relation M
4 " tne mission OF the two Commissioners O.
me tni'ed States. Possibly, through some
snfers'liions augury, the whole arrangement
may De defeated. In the meantime prepara.
| Mons are going on and are nearly cornrtetsd
| ior tne accommodation OF The Comm l. sioners
| 1.i.' 'Ht'F numerous suite on board our shin
Ctoins nave been constructed on the deck In
! l!o" OF Ine Commodore's, and on each side al
| .he heck, small, ii Is true, but neat and com.
| Iortnple. while others are to be made under
| ~" hurricane. deck. These are designed for
9ihcers or the inferior grade, while The two
| imrerla! Commiss toner's and the next in rank
! WIZ nave recommendations in the Comm odore's
| t"oh. WIN 50 large an addition to our mum
| oers much good nature and indulgence will be
'tI"ire", as much ltconNenipnce must be ex-
| perienced. II not absolute annoyance. It is
salo we shall leave here on the 1Uib for Jetido
| "ho, reaching there in about twelve days ali
rarhestness will be used to have the Commits
siohers ard all things else in readiness to take
our hnal leave of Japan the first day Of Feb.
| Tnary. and perhaps earlier
| EfFECTs or ISHALING GAS-Four persons
| were so nearly suHocated by gas, at Toronto,
on the i2th inst, that constant effort for sever
| al hours was required To restore them 10 con.
Sclousness. They were Mr. George Hen,,ar-
son, his neice. Miss Elizabeth Mclean. Miss
| Mary herrand te1nai" servant: A gas pipe
had broken in the street near ,.e house, and
NE gas worked its way into the dwelling The
family mad been annoyed by its odor during
the day. bnt the a'r was no. SO largely iripreg-
ated win 1t as TO cause any alarm, and they
retired to rest without taking any precautions
The consequence was, before morning they
were overpowered by the gas, and when cab
man called In the morning Tor Mr. Henderson,
alarmed and broke into tine house when the
inmates were all found apparently dead in
their beds. AT last accounts the recovery of
MISS Kerr was very doubtful. 1t was not till
itte III TIE afternoon that the OtherS revived.
The QUEEN OF SPAIN AIDING THE POPE.-
The Paris correspondent OF the London Star
Of January -, says: Z" The news from Spain,
which comes TO lis to-day by private hand
through Rome. tells positively of the adhesion
OF the queen 10 the Pope and theof:er, ia case
OF Necessity, of armed resistance on the part of
bis holiness, CT Iaen, arms. ammunition and
money, even the sale of her Jewels The letter
conveying this intelligence To Pope Plus from
his most Catholic subject was presented by the
Spanish Ambassador TO his Holiness at Il pri-
vate audience on the 10Th, and was subse-
n no hip6
dinals. The Emperor Napoleon is snid to have
expressed displeasure at SO decisive step hav-
ing been taken by her Majesty without consult
talon of the Tuilerles. The reception of The
news here is thought 10 have caused the sudden
summons 10 the oreign Office Of the Spanish
Ambas sador yes ,eriay, being the ii irst audience
granted by Monsieur Ge Thouvenel."
a DAY OF CoNvENTIoNs.-The following
political Conventions VII! commence their ses-
sions to-day:
The Democratic S'ate Convention OF Michi-
eau VIII meet in Detroi;. The Whg State
Convention ofNorth Carolina viii meet in
Raieigh. The Peoples Party Sta,e Con van-
tlOn OF Pennsylvania will meet in Harrisburg.
The Opposition State Convention of Virginia
will meet in Richmond. The Republican
SAFE Convention of Indiana Will meet
a. indianapolis. The Opposition State
Convention of Tennessee will meet in
Nashville. The National Union Party State
Convention of New Jersey will meet in Trcn-
ton. The Republican State Convention OF
California will NEE, in Sacramento, and the
Democratic State Convention OF Iowa Will
meet lii Des Moines.
A LITTLE GIRL FROZEN TO DEATI.--On the
morning VI IH, sday, the ,th INST. the dead
body Of a girl was discovered lying on he icr
III M Mus.iegon Lake. ii appears that she at
tended Church 1T this place OH Sunday, in
company with some friends, and had left to
return home on Monday at shout IL O'Clock
a. II. 4 violent storm came on soon after
she ssarted for home, and she probably lost
her Wav and wandered about on the lake all
day. She had evidently become beWiidered,
she mad taken off some of her under cloth
ing portions OF which she had wrapped about
her head; some articles We're also found lying
near by. She was about ten years of age aud
was a promising, in tell igent child.
A BOGCa FUGITIVE FROM SLAvEHY.--The
inhabitants of Portsmouth, N. H., We're fl
vorcd last week by Il call from a bright. smart
looking negro, who represented himself TO
he q tugitiy slave diiect from Maryland. He
called on several OF our traders. no spend
ed libeyaliy to his call AT about car time,
one of our liberty-loving citizens, learning
that a fugitive was IN town, oeleI mined 10 SEE
him before he lett. lie therefore In rrear
haste, reached the train Just in time TO give
he 'nlgyer frcm Africa" quarter" and to
bld i'm {; I'd speed III hs undertaking. II now
seems that this sarIe ''fugitive'' WAS an i'm
postor. unworthy the confidence Of any one
Boston Tfar{tr-
ARMY OEDER..--Maior Daniel McClure,
paymaster is ordered - pay the troops along
the Rio irande, and Major Chiiton 10 pay
them ut Camp Cooper. Capt. Oakes, OF the
second. cavalry, is ordered TO the command OF
Fort Inge with company G. Lieut Royal, OF
the second cavalry, Will leave sergeant and
nineteen Vriva'es, and y, eoet with The rest of
his command To Fort Inge, turn them over To
Capt. Oakes, and leturn TO Camp Lawson.
DAMAGES FOR PERSONS kILLED.-A bill has
passed the Legislature OF Texas giving the
heirs and legal representatives OF persons
killed by negligence Of common carriers a
civil remedy for damages. The provisions of
the bill also give the remedy against any per-
son VINO wantonly, and without cause, kills
another; the like remedy is for damages.
A LIVELY BALL DREss.-A correspondent
Of an English paper states that IN Calcutta, At
the Governor Generals ball. q lady appeared
in dress which had the appearance Of being
on fire Ia countless diminutiye bags of gauze
she had imprisoned fire. flies. and these tackled
on to her dress, far GU ishone the diamonds OF
Oriental ladies. AS she walked in the more
dimly lighted alleys OF the gardens and grounds
she is said to have made Il beautiful appear
ance.
GREAT HACL OF SPORTING MRN.-At an
early hour on Saturday morning the police Of
Pittsburg, Pa, made descent upon a cockpit
in that city, where about fifty persons were
assembled to witness "chicken disputes"
XWcnty-tWO were thkeu DeIOTe t00 mayor,
and held III $40 each for examination. Tier
Inainder escaped.
A FATAL BLow-A few evenings since p +.
Shesken and Henry McAuley had Il quarrel
about a lady, in a saloon i'll Chicago, Illinois,
in the course OF which Shesken struck Nc.
Auley in the face with his fist, from the effects
OF which Mr.. AicAuiey died the next evening
Shesken was arrested.
DEATH OF TROTrISa HORsY.-.The ceIe-
hrated trQttinR horse "WhAlehQnan . Owned hy