The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-09-22

The Story OF tnarteS SLttn. seccbu asstst-
ant engineer II the ill-fated Vera Cruz, con-
tains thrilling narrative OF the sea. Mr..
Smith cannot swim stroke, but yet noated
on different pieces OF wreck from the spot
where the vessel went down to the beach,
fifty miles oil. BY the violent action OF the
waters his entire clothing was torn from his
body. Piece after piece OF wreck, on which
he caught, was broken by the sea, and yet,
though no swimmer, he managed to get an
other piece.
Mrs. Ellen Gilmor. OF Baltimore, mother
Of Judge Robert Gilmor, Colonel Harry
Gilmor, and William Gilmor, died Monday,
at her residence, No. 90 North avenue, In
her Sixty.niuth year. She was wife OF the
late Robert Gilmor, daughter OF the late
Judge William III. Ward, and was much
esteemed for her many estimable traits oil
character.
The Government having cleared out all
the wood.choppcrs on The Missouri river
through the Indian country, no fuel is 10 be
had for steamers, and the threat is that they
will stop running, and the military and In
dians Will have TO be supplied by wagon
transportation.
Fanny Davenport met with a. liberal re-
ception on her reappcarance at the Fifth.
Avenue Theatre, in New York, Monday
night. Anna DIcklnson's ''An American
Girl" was the play, which, though full oil
fine sentiment and satire, is too tedious 10
become popular.
The Post.Ofiice Department has sent to
New York specimens Of mail locks, stamped
envelopes, photographs OF the Department
and the Postmaster-G and other arti-
Giles 10 be deposited under the cornerstone
OF Cleopatra's Needle.
The schooner 81. II. b." has landed al
Port Hawsbury. n. s., insane man,
picked up in boat forty miles east OF the
Magdalene Islands. He was navigating the
boat with a piece Of plank. He said hi.
name was William Mclsaac.
Sothern (''L Lord Dundreary y is reported
10 be improving somewhat in health, and
has gained seven pounds in weight; but his
nervous system is still unstrung, and he is
not likely 10 be able 10 perform again soon,
il ever.
The assassin OF William II. Greenwood
in Mexico, formerly chief engineer OF the
Denver railroad, has confessed his guilt.
The motive for the crime remains undis-
covered.
A daughter Of Senator Mcmillan, Of Min.
nesota, was married to Mr.. Frank Shep-
herd at st. Paul recently. The gift of the
| father OF the bridegroom was check fol
S25 900.
| Ex-United States Treasurer General Fran.
els L. Spinner, who is in his eighlieth year.
has been made glad by the birth OF his firsI
grandson recently at Jacksonville, Fla.
Senator Thomas F. Bayard has been on q
visit to Concord, n. H., TO place his son in
st. PauPs school.
Senator Williams, OF Kentucky, has been
quite i'll for two months, and is now recov'
ering.
Postmaster General Key presided in
the United States Court AT Knoxville, Tenn,
on Wednesday for the first time.
Rev. DR.. Chaplin, who was so seriously i'll
few days ago, is now resting and conva
lescng at Pigeon Cove. Mass.
Mrs. Lincoln, wife OF the late President
Lincoln, is now in Paris, aud has entirely
recovered her health.
C. l.. Carter is appointed postmaster al
Penhook, Franklin county, Va, uice John
II. Muse, resigned.
Rev. Father Ryan, the poet, is taking Q
trip through the northern States.
The Gloucester county Republicans have
resolved to stick TO Woltz and Garfield.