The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-02-14
Mr.. Jefferson Davis never felt better.

The Nebraska Legislature convenes on
the 18th to ratify the fifteenth amendment
The Missouri House of Delegates has
passed bill against discrimination in the
matter of pay 20 public school teachers on
account OF sex.
Heavy snow storms arc reported on the
plains east Of tile Rocky Mountains on the
west. less SNOW has fallen than fov many
years.
Tie Ohio Woman Suffrage Convention
met at Columbus Friday, and concluded to
petition The Legislature for the right TO vote.
Eictorcn Sarlou is writing n play III
which Lafayette and Washington will APP
pear on the stage.
There is said to be in Europe no Queen,
TO Empress, no crown Princess, except the
Empress Of Austria, that lives within her
means.
The question Of prohibiting the Bible in
the public schools Of Cincinnati will be de-
cided hy the Superior Court at that city to-
day.
The distillcrs of the second district Of
Ohio will test the constitutionallty Of the
tax assessed under tie fortyeight hour fer
mcntation lulc to-day in the Cincinnati
courts.
Louis Ulbach, the editor Of the Paris
Cloche (Belll, he's in press volume entl-
tied " les -imOprs de Ia RENE Hortensc,"
which, it is expected, will create great
sensation in France.
London correspondents of the German
papers say that there will be soon a scandal
lous trial in that city, in which the Prince
Of Wales will play very conspicuous and
unenviable part.
Georges Sand has brought an action for
defamation against the young Tours pam
phleteer who had charged her with adul-
terry. That sui; will probably give rise to
trial at which scandalous revelations will
be made.
Prince Pierre Napoleon, says Radical
paper published at Aiaccio. in Corsica, is
known i'll that island to have killed or
wounded no fewer than dozen peasants,
who objected 70 his riding across their fields
during his hunting excursions.
Bullock, in his attempts to carry the
State of Georgia on his back with only such
assistance as could be obtained from the
Blolgc;t delegation he brought here with
him, has made such iasco of it that he
left here this morning in disgust for the
South, having virtually abandoned the field.
Blodgett must fight through as best he can.
Washington letter.
4 chap in the interior of New York is
making money by committing suicide. He
goes to a hotel, tells a pitiful story of loss
Of funds, and that lie has no one to love or
caress him, and finally goes to his room
and takes "p;scn." The crowd rush to his
room, give him an cmctic, he throws up the
:. mugncsia," purse is raised for him, and
lie goes to the next town and performs
again. This is the sharpest practice yet,
and if his stomach holds out he is good for
a fortune.
The NhibcdauN (La.) Sentinel of Janu-
airy 18th has the following: "Thcrc is
hardly day passes in which We do not
hear the remark, What is becoming of all
the negroes!' They are importing them
from Virginia, Carolina, and other States,
and Still the decrease is pereeptible every
day. On majority of plantations most of
the hands arc remaining and at work, but
upoil ilAClS diC ltuc lctt. iuC uS-
mand is greater than the supply, and where
new supply will be obtained is the alb
sorbing question. The wages generally
being given are about SIS per month and
board. Some are paying, however, 81 per
day without board"
The Marion Qnd.) Chronicle heads the
following "The Sixteenth Amendment ;" {:
"Ou Friday morning of last week an Irish
man, commonly known as 'Frenehy,' went
into a whiskey shop on the northeast corner
and rot drink. His wife followed him,
and soundly berating the proprietor Tor let
ting her husband have the vile stuff, she
commenced caying in the windows with a
Ratchet. The proprietor thereupon seized
her to eject her from the premises, but she
froze to him. and both rolled out the door
on the pavement. In the mean time
Frenchy' had taken Decline up
street, and when his spouse had gatherc0'
he,self, hood, and Ratchet, up, and ex-
changed courtesies with the ealoon-keeper
suitable to the occasion, she rapidly fol-
loved"