The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-03-12

RCH Il, 1850. - s-,' ...,'..... .s.'.. a.
YOUNG Eiopsp,snf of t.rc CAid-
'n.-The New York police on Friday re-
seived telegraphic requests from Albany 10
irrest James Bayliss, aged -, and Ellen Shur-
rer, aged 10 years, who had eloped from that
city together The Express says:
By diligent exertion they succeeded In dis
covering that the very fast Young lady had an
tcqnainiance living Oh the Eighth avenues and
snpposlng that the couple would proceed
here, watched the house and caught them en-
eTing AT about six O'CLOCK in The evening
James and Ellen expressed much surprise 1T
he sudden turn of affairs and did not at all
reiisn the idea of going To the police headq uar-
lrrs, where they were taken by the officers
ihe girl said she had not yet become a wife.
ihougn waiting TO be one, and supposed that
:or the present she would have TO give up all
nope. owing to the great FUSS her folks had
created. Neither she or "JiInmey'' had been
treated we'll at nome, and they hardly knew
'~tter course TO pursue than to come to
New \ ork and seek their fortunes together-
Obtaining three dollars, they started on the
ooat for New York, hiring a >tate-room for
81, and having another 81 left. After spend
ing ali their money, the am tions fair sought
out the Eighth avenue acquaintance, where
as above stated, they We're arrested. The girl
rs bright. intelligent little thing. quite pret.
y, but rather forward in her manners. She
>peaks with great confidence, and does not
seem 10 be alarmed, apparently fearing more
Tor "Jimmey' than herself On Friday she
went all over the city looking for work The
boy is Il fine looking child, and seems TO te
more alarmed than the Girj; did not at all rel
'sh the idea of being locked up, and perfectly
willing 10 return. Both are poorly dressed
and the probability is, that not having beer
we'll treated at home, they took this means of
TedfeSSIOg their o
fast people
The FRAMING GPRIvILEGE.-The amount of
Tree mail matter sent from the Washington
city Post-Ofce was, for the month OF Janua-
ry, 1860 Letter postage, 81, ,}G621; newspaper
ana pamphlets, $50 96; Books &5n. i22 81 Total
!or Jan nary, S5l579oi. For February: Let
Ter postage, Si.623.6~; news papers and pamph-
lets, S6!lio; Books, So, ,5A So Total tor Feb
ruary, SOB, t9D.2s. Total sent in January and
February. Sil7,77o.32- :he amount OF free
period, in letters, to SS,2ls II: newspaners and
pamilhiets, sr266 -; and books to Sl216-
Ioiai for January and February S-l97 ;}5-
Total amount sent and received iii January
ana February, Sl26,-75.6,.
THE CARZTANG- SHAW BREACH OF PROMISE
CASE This important suit, which has en-
gagged the attention of the whole country in
conseq uence of the enormous damages allowed
the plaintiff On the previous trial came un for
a new trial in the Court of Common Pleas OF
st. Louis on Tuesday last The testimony
embraces depositions from Brooklyn, New
York, Charleston, South Carolina, Cincinnati
Baltimore, and other places. besides a large
amount of oral evidence from resident wit
nesseS. The case is likely to occupy the whole
week. The eminent counsel engaged the So
cial position of the defendant, and the attempt
TO break down the reputation of thu plaintiff
render the case one OF nusnal interest.
SUICIDE-The Akron (Ohio) Beacon SAYS
al. I,
mitted suicide by dro wning under very singu.
lar circumstances. She bad recently given
birth 20 an infant that did not survive its
birth, and The anguish that she experienced as
10 the destiny of this unbaptiZed offspring
drove her TO insanity. She left her bed at an
early honr in the morning, and walked more
than mile barefoot, over snow, froZed ground
and ice, to the Z. and o: Canal, got Il rail from
4 fence, broke hole through the ice and
plunged in. She was tracked from the dwell-
ing To the spot, and the shawl floating in
the hole indicated where the body was 10 be
found.
INDIGNATION AGAINST THE PlrTsBURG
CoCNCtLMEN.-The Common Council ofPhila-
dephia had adopted resolution extending The
hospitali!ies of the city 10 the Pittsburg Coun-
cllmen on their con temp!ated visit there on the
Goth bat suhssqG tly they recoDsidered their
action on il, being represented that the Pitts
burg Counlilmen would he under Gus tody for
disc obaving the commands of the Supreme
Court IN refusing to levy Il tax 10 pay the in-
ternst on the State railroad bonds. The resoiu-
ton was indefinitely postponed, and The Pitts
burg CouL ciineu were denounced as crimi-
mails and repudiators.
Tue FEMALE STEIKEES.-On Wednesday in
spite Of the rain and mud, the henmers and
litcherS of Lynn, Mass carried out their in-
tention 10 havea procession. Military, To The
number of ore hundred men headed The line
and then came five hundred female strikers-
Following them We're five companies from
Narblehead, and striking cordwaners from
Rockville, Marblehead, Sangus and South
Reading; those residing in Lynn bringing up
the rear. Ii was estimated that here were
$500 persons iii the procession. The manu-
tacturers show no signs, AS yet, of rececing
from The stand which they have taken.
OPERATION OF THE SHOEMAKERS' STRIKE ON
BUTCHER BOYS 1t is said that .he butcher
porters ofNewburyport, Mass, have struck for
an advance o! from two to three cents q basket
ful for carrying home meat and provisions
from market Some OF the market rnen have
agreed to the demand. The strike was caused
principally by a fear that AS the price of boo It's
and shoes had advanced, the porters wonid be
unable to provide themselves with those ar,i-
cles unless they received more wages.
THE REVENUES OF, ,MIssIssIPPI.-The late
Legislature Of Mississippi raised the taxes 10
- cents on each negro, Instead of 10 as here
'cfore; and 10 % cents on each SiUh worth OF
land, instead of 10 cents-ttus doubling the
tax on slaves. and increasing thar on lands %
Per cent. AS there are 4UUUN slaves in the
State, it will increase the taxes On that prop
erty alone about Sl5U,nUU, and on the lands
about SGu,U0U per year SO THAI, after this year,
the gross revenue viii be about S5n,Wu more
than it has been for past years from these two
items.
VIOLENT TREATMENT-Doc.or Rutland, of
Dover, Tenn, WAS arrested tor the murder of
his wifi, was tried, aud sen fenced to the neni-
tertiary for nine years. En- appeal WITS taken