The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-06-24

one in our Observation-Disclosures a.
| zette.
At a business meeting at the Second Adj
vent church in Lowell. Mass, Wednesday
night, Mrs. NJ. r. Pcttirlace, wife OF the
pastor OF that church, presented charges OF
adultery, abuse, and lying against her hus-
band A committee at once waited upon
| the accused, who, taken 10y surprise, con-
fcssed the truth of the charges that he had
committed adultery with nurse III his en-.
ploy. Thursday he resigned his pastoratc
and the Christian ministry.
st. George, Utah, where Brigham Young
dedicated new Mormon temple the other
day, has population OF 1,500 souls. 1t IS
located in almost desert, and was built on
the strength OF special revelation from the
Lord to Brigham The temple is huge,
ungainly-looking structure. without the
least pretenSion to beauty, and the esti-
mated cost is S6,000,000, to raise which OPP
prcssive fittings have been collected from
the faithful.
The Supreme Court of Appeals has
granted q writ Of error to the Judgment o.
the Corporation Court OF Alexandria in
the case of the bank of the Old Dominion
Us. McVeigh. The effect OF this writ is to
bring the whole case again before the Court
OF Appeals.
"Wednesday the 18th instant, the hun
drcth anniversary of the battle OF Fort
Moultrie, will be celebrated ut Charleston
and on SulIivan's island. The parade of
volunteer soldiery and United States troops
will be under command of General Wade
Hampton. General j. E. Kershaw will de-
| liver the Grafton.
Mr.. Joseph l.. Young, business manager
! of the Norfolk (Va.) Landmarks, was robbed
| in his room Mt the metropolitan Hotel,
Washington, Wednesday night OF gold
| watch and chain and pocket-book contain
ing money and papers. \ guest in IN adj
Joining room was robbed OF SAG.
In Lippincotfs Magazine for July Sidney
Lanier has a "Psalm of the West" which
fills fifteen pages The publishers. in note
to editors, say: ''While we would he glad
to have extracts made by the press, we trust
that it will not be reprinted entire, as it Is
copyrighted"
John II. Turncv, of San Francisco, Il
brother OF the Turney who is conteStIn%
Mr.. Stewards will, says The has money
enough of his own, and takes little interest
in the controversy, except that he wants TO
Turneys are adventures" disproyed.
Marshal Bazaine has published in Spain
an account of the part acted by nm III tue
late Franco-PrusSian war. SPECIAL proml-
nence is given to the siege and surrender OF
Metz, and he endeayors to vindicate his con-
duct as commander.
An eccentric citizen OF Cape May carried
rope in his pocket for forty years, his eX-
pIanution being that he was liable ut any
time to wish to kill himself, and meant to
ALWAYS have the means handy. A few days
ago he hanged himself with the old rope
At her disappearance in New York Aimee
sang not only eNpressivcly, but with Il
full-tllroated ease bcgottcn OF period OF
reposc." Her kick has increased core
spondingly in yividncss.
The London Board of Trade will present
Captain Clifford with piece of plate valued
at $500 in recognition OF his services i'll
rcscuing the Survivors OF the Strathmorc.
The appropriation bill before Congress,
among other things, appropriates $4,000 to
the heir "a little daughtcr) OF the late Vice
President Wilson.
An cighty-ycaI-old woman in st. Louis
ambitio,lsly tried to whip woman OF half
her age and twice her weight, failed utterly,
and will die of her injuries. -
For twenty years no list of dcfaulters to
the Government has been published,
though the law requires such publication
annually.
A Swede who went to Salt Lake City seve-
raj wears ago to live has become insane be-
cause his four daughters, one after another,
m ,rriru thn same Mormon.
The Court Of Appeals of Maryland has
decided that the pubic money cannot be
appropriated by municipal corporations Tor
any other than strictly public uses.
Governor Carroll has appointed John II.
Maddox Justice OF the peace for the Fifth
Ward of Baltimore i'll place OF Daniel
Hagerty formerly of Richmond), declined.
The train employees OF the Virginia Mid
land road will, for the first time, appear in
their new uniforms Sunday morning next.
Mosby is at his old game--hanging around
the supply-wagons and capturing the pay
masters nde1-Appeat. ......
There are three hundred correspondents
at present on duty at press headquarters on
the Centennial grounds.
Only ten Richmond drummers in town
on Tuesday morning.-Ch CITY Enter
prise.
The old AdeIphia Theatre, sometimes
called ssthe Mud THEATRE in Baltimore,
was destroyed by fire Thursday.
A retfnion of the Confederate soldiers Of
Loudoun is talked of, to take place at The
coming agricultural fair in Leesburg.
Roses black as ink, grated upon oak, are
said to have been produced at Stockton,
Cal.
Detective Pinkerton passed through Nor
folk en- route North with Gus. Fisher IN
charge Thursday. 49,. .r.,.,.z
General w. Fl. f. Lee is to be the Fourth
of-July orator at Fairfax Courthouse. =
Little Fool is one Of the chief counsellors
of the Usage nation.
A daughter OF cx-Presidcnt Tyler is MI In
maie Of tuc Louise Home, in Washington.