The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-02-11

A full crop Of good ice has been secured
at New York.
The Rothschilds are said TO have pur
chased two million United States 30 bonds
for the Duke Of Nassau.
By the advice of her physician, the En-
press Carlotta will shortly make the tour of
Europe and America.
The recent lunar eclipse could be seen
from the summit Of the Sierra Nevada
while the sun was still in sight. The
phenomenon was caused by refraction.
The Ohio Legislature voted down a reso-
luton introduced by a Republican member
inviting General Howard to visit that body
during his visit to Columbus last week.
A bill has been reported in the Wheeling
Legislature, and read the first time, allow
ing Leonard S. Hall, of Wetzel county, to
practice law without taking the test-oath.
The Canton (Ohio) Republican proposes
TO make a yelocfpcde with trimmed wheels,
SO that il can be run at the rate of hun
dred miles IN hour on a single rail Of q
railroad.
The Hon. Asa Packer, of Pennsylvania,
B. G. Clark, Esq, Of New York, and a
party of capitalists, are in middle Ala
hama buying property and arranging for
the development Of the resources of that
magnificent region.
Criminals are executed by being shot, in
stead of hung, in Utah. The Deserct NetcS
contains the sentence of II. P. Sweet, who
was found guilty Of murder in the first de-
gree. He was doomed to be shot to death
on the goth ultimo, in Provo City, by the
sheriff oil Utah county.
Robert Collyer, Of Chicago, says it chills
him to the marrow Of his bones to see per-
sons stand al church doors obliged to wait
for seats until new proprietors have been
seated if he saw it done in mis- own church
he should feel so miserable he would want
to go home and write his resignation.
The whole Mohammedan clergy in the
Turkish Empire are preaching holy cru
SADIE against the Christians. The people
are with them. At Stamboul, a popular
Imam breaches against both Greece and
the Sultan. He urges the people to de-
throne the present Government, unfurl the
Mohammedan standard, and save the ko-
ran from Its enemies.
Anna Swan, the Nova Scotian gianicss,
the beloved and exhibited of Earnum, has
sailed for England. She is q worthy girl,
and in proof Of her perseverance i my &c
adduced that at the early age c. tTcnty-
one she has attained the height O. olmoet
nine feet, which many people live 70 three
score and ten without reaching.-Nc.7 ! CT;
World
A western paper, states that the Gr'at
excursion westward over the MON Iac,f!c
railroad (Which will probably be in JUNE or
july will consist of one thousand guests,
bestowed in forty-fve splendid cars, now
being built. Omaha will be the starting
point. Sleeping and commissary cars for
the trip are in course of construction. ii
is expected that President Grant and his
Cabinet will be among the guests.
A letter from Buenos Ayres, dated De-
cember 22d, to the New York Herald, says:
" The American feet had all returned from
Paraguay with the exception of the Kansas,
which il left at the disposal of Minister
Mcmahon. On board the fleet were the
two prisoners, Bliss and Masterman, who
had been surrendered by Lopez at the de-
mand of Mcmahon. They remain under
arrest. By order of Mcmahon, on charges of
conspiracy made by Lopez. Minister Nc
Mahon was still highly honored by L"Hcz.
The impression was that the "at "oN'4 Fooa
be ended, probably by the light OF Lopez
to Europe, where he is said to have lately
been shipping large quantities ot gola,.