The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-11-01

Some boys IL Cincinnati stole the bowels OF
4 hauu-0rgan which belonged to minstrel
who was Stouc-dcai. The next morning he
took his place and ground away as gaily
as ever, producing, Of course, no audi
BILE result. The by-passerS appeared TO like
chat sort of thing, and contributed so libe-
rally that the troubador OWNED that some
thing must be wrong. Investigation dis
closed his loss, hut the unexpected pecunia.
" favor with which his outbreak Of silence
was received inclincs him to let The intestineS
Of the thing 90 and run the shell for awhile.
II Is ascertained on thoroughly reliable
authority that the President and Mrs. Grant
have ceased MI social connection with their
connection Mr.. A. Il. Corbin, OF New York.
1t is also asccrtained that when the PreSl-
dent sold his house in Washington to Cen
eral sherman he gave his wife $4,000 Of the
proceeds, which she forthwith transferred
10 Alr. Corbin. then present in Washington
or hiss bridal trip, to be used in New
Jersey real estate speculation. This is the
only money ever given to him by any of the
Presidents family.
There is no revolutionary soldier now on
the pension list. The whole number OF
widows Of the revolutionary war surviving
is SSI. OF widows and children Of soldiers
who served in the wars subsequent to the
revolution and prior TO 1861, there are now
I,29S on the rolls, 4 decrease Of only five
since the last annual report. Those who
married prior 70 1900, and to whom ST.
pend Of 500 additional was granted by the
act OF February Is, 1867, are ninety-three,
Of whom eight reside in Virginia.
A recently-appointed postmistress at q
post-otiice on the plains sends her first quar-
terlv report to the Department with the
following foot note For weeks past l
have slept with 4 siX-Shooter by my bedside
and q carving-hnite under my pillow, eX-
pectn@ at break-o' day the Indians would
come for my scalp; but all Of this has not
been half so harassin@ to my mind rs the
making out of one quarterly report"
James III. Martin, Of Lexington, Va, fell
through the hatchway Of the steamer Sham
rock, at the landing, and so severely injured
himself that his life is despaired OF. lie was
taken to one of the hospitals. HIS father
and mother remained with him. The entire
family, consisting of the unfortunate man,
his parents, and two or three brothers ana
sisters, were bound for Hannibal, Mo.-Ctn-
cinnGti Commercial.
The London Times regards Secretary
BoutwelPS advocacy Of the plan to pay the
national Debt IN gold as evidence OF the
strength Of the regulators, and says that
his appeal for the payment of the debt will
earn him glory and patriotism.
General Butler is reported TO have re-
Gently declared himself in favor of putting
the State Of Louisiana under military con-
troll again us the only remedy for its present
lawleSs condition.
A little child in Harrison, n. j., was
poisoned nearly to death on Wednesday by
eating the glazed cover OF an advertising
pamphlet, the glaze Of which was made
chiefly OF Paris green.
s. w. Ficklin got a premium at the Bal
timore fair last week on his imported horse
Colonel" DR.. J. 2. Thorn received seye-
raj.
Palmerston" beat /" Newsman," "Hush-
money" and seven others, at the New Mar
ket England races Thursday for the Nur-
sery Stakes.
At a public sale the last week corn sold at
$3.50 per barrel, and some at even less
price, Earrenton IN. g. Licing Present.
VS.. Cook, Of Virginia, was among the
passengers saved from the steamer Stone
wall.
The widow Muhlbach is to marry medi-
cal professor of Berlin.