Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-07-04
Observation-Disclosures ITEMS.

Brigham Young is dsconsolate at the death o.
his prettiest wife :,
Csoree 8. shanklin Is the Democratic candi-
dsto for Congress from the Lexington, KY dis'
trict. ooo
Count do Moneys snuf-boxss sold for s24!2cc.
A dreI has taken place in Algeria between Gen.
erals DellQny and Grand, in which the former
was killed.
President Johnson was somewhat improved in
health Saturday, but Is still too much indisposed
TO receive visitors.
The New York papers are engaged energetlcely
In advocating an "Anti-Me League PledglnR
the members to abstain from the use OF meat IN
I'll the butchers are willing to sell 81 reasonADie
prices.
The Government has just concluded TWO large
purchases Of coal for the army and navy' 81 very
reasonable prices, viz 1921 and 1914, respec'
lively. This is hopeful sign Of the good time
coming, when reasonable prices shall prsVan ior
the great staples Of consumption.
A Morpue" or receptacle for the unknown
dead of New York after the manner OF the "a
rlsian institution of that name, is under discus
sion In the Board of Supervisors. IL IL shock
ing fact that no less than thee hundred unknown
bodies were buried in the Potters Field" in New
York last year.
Count Albert de Revel has, according to Pc
risian correspondent Of the Athenaun, been lett
90 900 wear by an eccentric uncle, on the condl-
ton that within two years, he shall marry tau,
slim lady, of harmonious proportions" with
/ long and thick golden hair. She must have an
omen forehead, blue eyes brilliant white skin,
well made nose, o small mouth, graceful limbs,
aud she IL TO be foil Of grace and her character
| IL 10 be slightly shaded with poetic langour.-
| Albert admits that the condition Is not hard
one save In the difficulty of finding the IeeTless
beauty who Is to share his two thousand pounds
year with him.
| London letter describing the gardens in that
i CITY says: From eight o'clock To ten Cremorne
i is pretty respectable. Country cousins, and Ia
theirs OF and with FAM lies take tea there and hear
| he music. After ten the respectable go home and
the disreputable come until the latter are in the
ma iority. The circular promenade IS nlled with
/ the sort OF ladies one meets by moonlight alone
| in Broadway; the dances grow fast aid furious
/ the liquors are stronger, and IL grows more and
more what they cal gay, ltil one o'clock, when
/ the law steps in and stops the music and sends
/ the noisy crowd into tee streets by act OF Para-
ment. They sing We Won't go Home till Morn
/ ing but they do 20 somewhere, for there Is no
| mole liquor ID be had, and by two or three
o'clock we are quiet and comfortable
Exctptinq IN nire instances relief committees
| have disappeared from the English cotton dis
tricts. The Secretary Of tie. General Committee,
| too AZ futtber showing the decrease in the dis.
tress states that there are now but 3JUOD opera
| tiyes out of work throughout Lancashire and
Cheshire and that, therefore, he shall discont nue.
publishing his usual weekly Statistics. There
was much rejoicing in Rocndale on the 9th, ON
| the rcopening Of large cotton mill which had
| been closed for three and a half years. About
| 1 IN o hands will be employed Bt the place. The
| wagons which conveyed the cotton from the Ca
| nal yaId 10 the mill were headed by band and
| accompan led by large concourse OF persons.
The prettest. girl" question, which, during the
past week, has been creating considerable excite
| nent among the young folks OF Paters d, N. D.,
| ended in a rot. lt seems that bewitching New
| Work lass, who was stopping ia that place during
| the leyce, commanded q larger share OF admlra'
| tiou than any of the Paterson young ladies' 80,
during the balloling operation, the excitement
became 30 intense that one of the anxious voters
| assaulted the judge OF election by striking him
| over the heso. This was the signal Tor general
melee. No one was seriously hurt during the de-
| monstrAtion, but matters got considerably mixed
nd II was impossible TO tell who took the prize
of beauty, the New Yorker or the Patcrsoniap.
Three Major Generals on one OF the Cincinnati
and Louisville mail boats, Oh Thursday last took
seats al the dinnertable reserved for ladies'. Two
| or them withdrew upon intimaiion Uf the state
M affairs by the captain. The third one refused
| 10 yacatc his seat though told lady was wait
| ing for IT, The captain politely remonstratcd.-
| The MalOr heueIhl no3 hluh' obu SoiiOu i'm q
| condemned offspring OF female canine. Tie
urbanity OF the captain gave way at this point,
| and he gave the Major General good logging,
| seated the lady in his place, and proceeded to
have tue dinner selysd up, rs though nothing
had happened.
The London News alIude5 TO one Of tie plsgues
| of Iceland in this wise: The emigration from
| Ireland has turned loose hundreds Of thousan
| OF dogs to become wild. One member reckons
the Irish dogs at q million; another at million
| and half; and Sir Il. Peel at two Millions
These vagrant dogs worry sheep and cattle and
pigs, communicate yermin 10 them, spoil their
heath aud their repose aud hinder their fattening
year. The sheep killed outright and reported to
the police were ,l47 in 1854; and in an incalcu.
liable number of cases the police ore not appealed
10 at also small have hitherto been tae chances
of redress One terrible feature OF the case is the
progressively increase OF fatal cases Of hydro.
| phobia in Ireland"