The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-10-22


the 18th inst, in noticing the arrival of the
British Naval Squadron in that harbor says
1t is just eighty-five years ago to-day that
q British fleet entered our harbor, but for how
different purpose from that of the preseu
one. Then they came TO burn and destroy-
NOW they come to convey back to his native
iand their future Sovereign, rho, in his Jour.
ney through the Union, has received ovations
from the descendants of those with whom hi.
country was, at that time, at war"
ENGLISH CHAPRLs ON THE EUROPEAN Gov.
TINEsT.-Englishc chapels are being mul tiplied
on the con tinent One has lust been conse
Grated at Chamouni, in Savoy, by the Bishor
OF Wlnchester-built under the direction al
the Continental Committee of the GoIonial
Ohurch and School Society, out of the funds
contribu ted by English visitors To the Aims
and by English Churchmen nj nome and
another has just had its foundation stone laid
at hisslngeD, watering place in Germany
much resor:ed to by the English and also by
Americans.
DsAR OBsTINACY.-The British Govern.
meht never lnsures anything in the shape OF
property or treasure. II sometimes has to
pay well Tor its perseverance in this res pect
Over S50OO0O went down to Dayy Jones,
locker III the Malabar in the Indian Ocean
aud now the Connaught has disposed of 5000
oO0 belonging TO the National Treasury of Bri-
taln Thus has an idea" cost Mr.. Bull S7U0,-
are generally profitable ones-Buirs quite the
contrary.
MARROW EsCAPE.-On the night of the 10th
Inst. a. Judge Larrabee was going in a wagon
from Wrightstown u Depers, Wisconsin, in
company with w. Field, Jr, in crossing q
bridge the horses stopped and could not be
forced to proceed. On examining the bridge.
IL was 1ound t0at more than a dozen pian ks
had been taken away. leaving an open space
over a gull Of Is or % feet deep. Had il not
been for the sagacity of the horses the party
would have been killed or manned.
PAINFUL OCoURRENoE.-Thomas Richard
son, an old and res pee ted merchant of Phila.
delphia, died suddenly On Thursday, under
circumstances exceedingly painful II WAS
the nftIeth anniversary of his marriage, and
preparations had been made to celebrate a
golden wedding. daughter of Mr.. Richard
son was t. be married at the same time In
the midst of the gaieties incident to the ap-
preaching festivities, he was taken SICK and
suddenly expired. He was in his eighty frs /
year.
The wAGs have found out the way to settle
the irrepresslbl BILE conflict" without coming
TO blows. One asserts that the best way
to fire Southern heart" is to make love to
Southern belle, and another says the "cofton
region may "be precipitated into a reyolu-
tIun by marrying her.-LOuiSritie Journal
The foregoing theories read very well, but
1t would be impossible to reduce them TO
practice without a resort to a ms.
No MORE ELECTIONS TILL NOVEMBER
Many people suppose that elections were held
on Tuesday last in Iowa and Minnesota, and
are anxiously looking for the returns. Sew
eral newspapers have stated that such eIec-
ions were 10 take place; but such was not
the case. In Presidential years, their State
elections are postponed to November. There
will be no more elections Till he decisive one
on the first Tuesday of Noyem ber.-C Gle Gland
Democrat.
A REPORTING MACHINE IN PROSPECT
The Abte Laborde has invented an apparatus
tor registering sounds, much less costly than
any hitherto made. The invention is inter-
eslng, since it is step toward the invention
OF machines which shall gradually advance
from registering sounds to registering sylIa-
bles and words. As soon as the wit of man
hSs invented machine as delicate as the hu-
man ear we shall have reporting machines.
FUNERAL OF HERBERT MORAN, NJ. P.-The
funeral OF Herbert Ingram, M. r, proprietor
OF the London illustrated News, who was los t
on the Lady Elgin, i'll Lake Michigan took
place at Boston, England, on the 5th instant
The stores of the town We're closed, and the
burial was attended by the local officers, mill
tary and civic society. An assemblage OF is, 900
persons nearly all OF whom wore mourning
rosetteS, witnessed the sad ceremonies
SOMETHING OF A CHANGE.-At the ball given
to Lord Renfrew at the New York Academy
of Music, the Prince opened the dance with
the lady OF Gov Morgan. She was the exem-
plar Of American life, progress, industry. In
ner youth she was Il poor girl, earning her
livelihood as a milliner's apprentice. Her up.
ward growth is but a common specimen OF
the strange but SoodIy incidents OF republican
life.
THERE is YOUNG MAN, named Mark Ralfe,
at Bent's Fort, who was recently stabbed in
three DiaCps
and lett for dead by the Kiowa Indians, but
who afterwards regained his consciousness and
walked thirty five miles TO a place OF safety
and succor. He has now nearly recovered but
has only two locks of hair left upon his head
as all the rest was taken with the scalp.
ANOTHER ACCIDENT TO RoYALTY.-Prince
Albert narrowly escaped with his life from a
collision on the railroad, while accompanying
Z ueen Victoria To Coburg. After arriving
there, while driving out one morning, his car
riage was run into by road wagon, and the
Prince, leaping out to save himself, was badly
cut and bruised.
A JOURNKYMAN PRINTER STRIKES OLA
prln ter In an Erie printing office
as we are reliably informed, put on "sub"
last week, went TO the Meadville oil district,
bought All OIL claim on time, struck oil, and
has been offered $1,000 for his chance He had
better take it. 1t is "a fat take'' The lucky
printers name is George eSilnonton.--CIerelaRd
MURDER OF A MISSIONARY BY INDIANS
] udge Greenwood, commissioner of Indian
Affairs, has inclosed 10 the Seer etary of the
u terror letter from Mr.. Robinson, superin-
tendent of Indians, giving information OF the
m VI der of Rev. Morris Braagnier, mission
ary TO the Crow Indians, by a party Of One
papa Sioux.
CoNvICTIoN.-The trial of the late Treasurer
OF the Peoples Savings Bank, Boston, for the
EN- beZZlement of $500 from the funds of said
institution, is finished. The jury returned
verdict Of not guilty on the first count of the
Indictment, charging embezzement, but gull
ty on the second count, charging secretion OF
the money, with intent 10 cheat and detraud.
DEAD--Alb bert RoScher, the celebrated AfrI-
can traveller, was killed by natives In March
last. According to the tale of his servant
Raschid, who has returned to Zapibar, DR..
Roscher had reached the Lake of Nyassa at
the end of October. His murderers have been
seized.
CONDITION OF THE U. S. TRgAsURY.-The
receipts into the u. S. Treasury the first
with July, are about {, 100000; those during
the present week, SS77,O0O; subject to draft,
"a, l93,OU0.
THE OLDEST PosTMAsTER.-The Oldest
pos tmaster in the United States, who has
never been out of office since the date of his
4 ppointment is John Billing at Trentnn,
Oneida county, N. Y. His appointment was
made on June l6, lSU5.
INRBRIATK AsYLUM.-The walls of the Asy-
J,a ,hay,