The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-03-30
HrieG Neua Ifenls.

The President gave Ills Trsl reception az
the White House on Tuesday evening.
The Illinois Senate has adopted rcsolu-
ton urging President Arthur TO pardon
Sergeant Mason.
Thu trial OF Richard Moore for the muir
der OF Captain Caspar Smith, OF the
schooner Sheldrake, was begun in the
Criminal Court Of Baltimore on Tuesday.
At Aiken. s. c., on Tuesday. q negro
named Gilroy Green was shot and killed by
Wade Lamar (whitc), while the former was
trying to steal hog from the lot OF Mrs.
Steadman.
Thomas u. Reed, OF Bath, Me-, died on
Tuesday evening at the Arlington Hotel.
Washington; aged seyenty-eight years.
He was long one Of the foremost business
men Of his city and State.
Kate Sothern. who stabbed and killed the
woman who stole away her husband, Mar
cissa COwart by name, at a ball in Dickens
county several years ago. has been pardon
ed out Of prison by Governor COlquitt.
The New York Board of Aldermen on
Tuesday adopted resolutions requesting
President Arthur TO recall Minister Lowell
and replace him bv an ambassador who
will see to it that the rights OF American
citizens are fearlessly and rigidly enforced.
The Mexican Merchants Bank was OPEN
ed on Tuesday in the City Of Mexico with
100000 paid-up capital. 1t will issue
81, 800, 900 in bills. and open branches in
the principal cities. 1t is under the man
agcment OF natives.
A report has been received nj st. Paul.
MIMI, that Captain Kline. Of the Eigh-
teenth infantry, overlook the Canadian
half-brecds who were concerned in the out
rage on Sheriff Healey, drove them over
Milk river, and destroyed their main vii
lage.
Orders have been issued by Chicf-Engi-
neer Wireman, Of Harrisburg, to abandon
the Wyoming canal from Wilkcsbarrc, Ps.,
TO Nanticoke, a distance OF ten miles. The
canal bed will be occupied by the North
and West Branch railroad, now being built
between Wilkesbarre and CatawIssa.
In Savannah, Ga, on Sunday morning.
j. w. Buchanan was stabbed and cut in
eight places by his roommate, William T..
Cali, because he would not lend him some
money. Such an uncdied-fOr assault can
only be explained by the fact that Call was
under the influence OF liquor.
Edward and Clara Peters were convicted
at Mansonyille, Canada, OH Tuesday OF the
murder OF their adopted child, boy seven
years Of age, by cruel torture and starva-
ton. The husband was sentenced to be
hanged and the wife to Imprisonment for
ten years in the penitentiary.
a Paris dispatch dated the 2Sth says that
Sir sydney Hedley Waterlow, Bart, MEM
her OF Parliament for Gravesend, and for
merly Lord Mayor OF London, was married
at the British Embassy to-day TO Miss
Hamilton, OF San Francisco. Rev. Mr..
Avn, Presbyterian minister Of Napa City,
Cal, Ofliciated.
The board OF managers of the Philadel-
pbia Commercial Exchange, at their meet
ing Tuesday. adopted resolution declar-
ing that "the project for free ship-canal
to connect the Chesapeake and Delaware
bays is by no means national in lis charac-
ter, nor do the interests of trade or COM
MERGE OF the country require the same"
Henry Ward Beecher, in y lecture at
Frederick, Nd, on Tuesday night, took
occasion TO severely dcnOnunce the anti
Chinese bill, remarking (sarcastically) that
this great and grand country welcomed all
classes of people save the poor Chinese.
"WOuld TO God" said he, "for our own
good, that we could import more Chinese
religion and less of that OF California"
The board Of managers Of the National
Temperance Society, at a meeting in New
York Tuesday night, adopted memorial
TO Congress praying that proyiso be put
in the pending bills to enable Dakota and
New Mexico TO FORM State governments, re-
curing the people OF those Territories to
prohibit the manufacture and sale Of intoXi-
eating liquors by constitutional enactment.
The Republican State Central Committee
of California met in San Francisco on
Tuesday morning and ordered dispatch
sent to President Arthur, through the Cali
fornia congressional delegation. informing
him that in the opinion of the committee
his failure to approve the anti-Chinese bill
will result disastrously to the interests and
prosperity OF this coast and work great in
jury to the people of every class.
The receivers OF the Reading railroad
paid to the company on Tuesday 81 500, 305
OF the S1,S7S,295 which have been lying
idle since the receipt Of the first install
ment on the deferred bonds. The money
will be devoted to the payment Of the float
ing debt OF the company. The balance,
S276,000. will go to cancel the scrip issued
In the name OF the receivers. Mr.. Gowen
is OF the opinion that the road may posi-
bly, be taken out OF the hands OF the re-