The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-12-16

" 2duesday Elnehart thulCh, 4 thlleu
States maiI-clrrier between Rogersylie and
Cameron, ". Va, was kicked to death by
his mule while currying him.
Louise 5outhwick, Of Maysyille, Ohio,
a writer Of serials for New York paper,
attempted TO commit suicide Thursday eve
ming by taking laudanum.
Four carloads OF fine sheep passed
through Troy, y. y, on recently. on their
way to England. They are said to be Il
present from the Marquis Of Lorne to
Queen Victoria.
The first arrest under the Cnrfew clause
OF the repression act was made in Dublin
Tuesday. The prisoner j. believed to have
been companion OF the murderers OF De-
tectiye Cox.
The State Of Chiapas, Mexico, has been
rayaged by the cholera. Sixty deaths q
day occurred at Tonala. The bodies OF
the dead were burned, because it was inn
possible TO bury them.
Alfred Machmer, aged twenty-one. son
Of farmer at Moselim Springs, Penn,
committed suicide Thursday by shooting
himself. Ii j. said that the spreading OF
evil reports regarding his connection with
young lady had affected his mind.
The Pesiher Lom says that an anti-ter-
wrist association, the object OF which is to
oppose the projects OF the Nihilsts, has
been formed at It. Petersburg. Branches
have been established at Paris, Nice. &c
neya. Zurich, London, Berlin, konigsburg,
Bucharest. and Constantinoplc.
In language Of cxtravagant self-abasc-
ment. the King OF COrea attributes hall
divine power over Corean affairs to the
| Fmperor Of China, who formally accepts
the credit for an infinite number OF things
he never did or could DO a. his natural
and proper right.
At least bundled officers OF the New
York police were posted or Wednesday
nighi at the various banks in that city In
consequence Of a belief that plot was on
fool TO rob some OF them. The precalltion
loilsd any sttempt, and the night passed
with all quiet in Wall street.
The state Capitol building at Columbia,
Is. c., which was incomplete at the com
mencement OF the war, was recently eX'
amined by an architect, who reports 1t rs
unsafe, and that Il is slowly parting IN the
centre. The massive granite columns are
ont O! plumb, and the ceilings threaten 10
come down.
Colonel Stewart, who was sent 10 Soudail
TO investigate the condition Of the couii'
FRY. teegraph- from khart0um under dale
NJ the 9TH instant that the False Prophet
has been repulsed at Bara ana El-oDeid'
land that khartoum i, safe. lie says The
first detachment OF the Soudan expedition
has arrived.
The Pali- MaH GdzeHe OF THURSDAY says
II is authorized to state that Mr.. Gladstone
has resigned the chancelorshp OF the eX'
cheauer. and that the Right Hon. Hugi
lie. Childers. Secretary OF war, mas Deei
amounted 10 succeed him. The changes
in the Ministry made necessary by TN
arrangement are still under consideration
dispatch 10 the Ae,rs from Corpus
Christi reports the fatal shooting OF Henr,
Welder BY Richard Lynn. lll-ieeling On
isted between the two men. 1hey mel oil
the road, but what passed between thei
nreyious to the shooting Is not known
Roth. are Young men. and are highly con
nected. Lynn is still at large.
Thursday afternoon. in Montgomery
Ala. youth named Burke, aged eighteen
shot his brother-in law, Gus MeCurdy
r His first shot was with a pistol, sfrlkln
him in the hand and the second with
shotgun, the load taking effect In the necb
II Ii is thought the wounds are fatal M'
Curdy is well known in most soutber
cities az sporting man.
: Ganbetla has received from an Engiisi
! man an offer OF 81 800 for the pistol-bullt
! which he the other. day had The I'LL luck
, shoot into his own arm, hut he Is eouI
SEIZED by his friends 10 keep the leade
E pelIet in glass case on his manteipiece
warming to be more careful Win III
arms in future.
f., At the hearing Wednesday IN Londoi
in the libel case OF Belt IS. Lawes, Du
which the plaintiff, in order to prove n
ability a. a sculptor. has been executing
a room adjoining the court-fooln, WIS pr
1ueed in the witness-boX, together vii
= the person from whom II was taken. III
introduction Of the bust ana It's eounle
part was greeted with loud applause.
A di,pateh from Constantinople to Il
\ Do;ly Neics says: "Tbe palace Is praet
: coIIy in state OF siege. Nobody Is ALLOW
!, ed To enter unless summoned. The ,.
fans alarm Is owing to sedition among u
u troops. who are angry at the way the pala'
y guards are paid while they are Ia rug
! The rexppointmeni Of Osman Pacha, WI
- unpopular in the army, ~ Minister
= War. has added fuel TO the flames"
y The Philadelphia Times says: John NJ
n IauphlIn, forty years old, while at work