The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-09-10

Arthur Cleveland Coke, ID. D., rector Of
Grace Church. Baltimore, and formerly rec
tor Of ST. Johns Oh arch At Hartford, has been
unanimously elec ed President OF Trinity
College, in the latter city, vice the Rev Dr
Good win, resigned. The new President has
long been known as a poet aud churchman.
Miss Ida Craig, daughter of ID. H. Craig,
Esq, Agent of the Associated Press, was mar
rIed on Tuesday last 10 James Il. Brown, Esq.
of Peekskill n Y, son of one of The veal thiest
residents of that place.
man named Joseph Tice, on his way from
Illinois - visit his mother in Floyd county,
Va, cut his throat in Cincinnati. last week,
but cid NOT succeed in killing himself.
Extensive arrangements are being made by
the Bell and Everett men of Jefferson county
Va for a grand barbecue, to be held near
Charleslown, on the 10Th of September.
Mr. Seward is making a progress through
Michigan. He appears 10 elicit Black Repu bill
can en- thuslasm, which the rail splitter is un-
able TO call out.
Orders have been received at Portsmouth, n.
IL to fl the United STATES ship Cumberland
tor sea Immediately, as flag ship of the Home
Squadron.
1t is stated that the National Rifles OF Wash
ington, bore of the palm from the sixteen
other com Fanies al the York (Pa.) encamp-
ment.
Isaac Bell, Sr., an old and retired merchant
of this city, died on w Wednesday evening At
Saratoga SPRING, New York, in his 94th year.
road 10 run from Fredericks burg via Madison
q. II. and Stanardsville TO Charlottesville.
John Ii. Ormsbee, who was for 80 years
agent of the Hartford Gtna Insurance Com
pany, died at Providence, r. L., Wednesday.
Alex. Wilsae aud lady of Petersburg, Va ,
were among The passengers for Europe by the
rabia, which LETT Boston Wednesday.
Mrs. d. p. Bowers is about to erect n new
theatre on Cnesnut street Philadel phia, to
accommodate about LOCO persons.
The consumption Of coal in France is lI.000 =
900 tous yearly, brought from abroad. They
buy wood by the pound In Paris.
At Medford, Mass, on Wednesday night the
aim b. ouse and appurtenances were DIES troy ed
by fire, al q loss of $4,000
A little son OF a Mr.. King, at Leigh ton d,
Ala was instantly killed on Tuesday last, by
jumping off train in motion
1t is stated that the Great Eastern, on her
outward passage, averaged nearly fourteen
knots an hour.
Capt. J. +. Harper, formerly a member OF
the Virginia Legislature, died in Rockoridge
on the 10th ult.
| L. Case, q well known merchant of Mem
phis, Tenn, committed suleide at Cuba, N
Y, on the I'd inst.
Nm. Gilmore Sims, the South Carolinian
novelist and poet is ruralizing near Yonkers,
on the Hudson.
The Vermont Bell and Everett Conven ton
was thinly attended. An electoral ticket was
nominated.
At the New York book trade sales, Thurs
day Z, $40 copies OF ' Marian Harland's works
were sold
Z. Nj Braxton has been appoin ted Chief En- :
gineer of the Fredericksbur ana dGordonsvilie
Railroad
Southern papers report a beautiful display
| of the Aurora Borealis. early on Friday morn-
ing last.
The cornerstone of the Catholic chapel at
Old Point was laid yesterday-Bishop McGill
officiating.
Hon. Roger A. Pryor was announced to
make speech In Norfolk, on Saturday
night.
There are seven hundred lady stockholders
OF the Bank OF Commerce Of New York.
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