The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-01-07

James Gordon Benefits new iron steam
Yacht was launched In Newburg, n. l.,
Thursday. The vessel Is 2f6 seet long, 20
feet wide, and rs feet depth OF hold. she
h designed for ocean travel. There was
no christening. A cablegrnm from Mr..
BENNETT, who Is IN Europe, said that nc
had not vet decided upon the name.
The New York Chamber OF Commerce
Thursday adopted resolution recommends
ing carly legislation by Congress which
shall provide for the abolition OF the stamp
taxes on checks, proprietary articles,
matches, etc, and copy OF the resolution
was directed 10 be sent to the chairman OF
the congressional Committee on Ways ana
Means.
General Fitz John Porter, who was dis
missed from the army for alleged insubordi-
nation Mt Che second battle OF Bull Run, has
forwarded to the President, through Sem
ator Sewcll, OF New Jersey, an appeal for
reinstatement in the army. Accompanying
his communication are strong letters Ill his
behalf from Generals Grant and Terry.
On March is. 1880, in New York, Joseph
Modocer was injured by a ioist which Tell
on his head from the elevated railroad sta
ton at Ninth avenue and Twenty-tflrd
street. lie brought suit in the Supreme
Court of that city for damages against the
contractors, J. b. and j. NJ. Cornell, and
Thursday he recovered averdictfor $1,000.
With regard TO the nine-thousand-dolla
warrant which Magistrate Lukens. OF Phil
sdclphia, is said TO have wrongfully with
held from the State, and on account OF
which the city controller referred the matter
TO the district attorney, the latter says he
finds nothing criminal In the transaction,
although the magistrate may have made
mistake i'm the construction OF the law.
Charles G.. Wright, one of the Oldest
MINISTRIES i'm America, died at his sons resi-
dcnce, in philadelphia, on Thursday morn
ing. lie was siXty-four years OF age, ana
was one of the original Peel troupe. He
was a noted ballad singer before the war,
and was for q number of years a member
of Carncross & Dixey's troupe. lie will be
buried on Sunday in Reading, his BIRTH
place.
At a mass-mceting OF trades and labor
unions held in New York Thursday night
resolutions were passed endorsing the
course taken at the convention OF unions
recently held i'm Pittsburgh, Pa, demand
ing that the Government enforce the eight
hour law, and condemning the importation
of Chinese, "with their inferior standard
of wants, to compete in the labor market"
Matthew Schaab. 4 German, twenty-eight
years old, died Thursday in Philadelphia,
OF burns accidentally received at the Nice
town Steel-Worls on Sunday morning.
Schaub had been sent to clean out q cham
Der which is part OF the gas-producing
plant in the converter" He was over
come by the fumes and fell down. An
mother workman tried TO rescue him, but
i'm crossing board over a stack, under
which was the gas-producer, the plank
broke and Schaub was precipitatcd upon
bed Of bot sand. He was taken out quick
w, but had received fatal burns.
The message OF Governor Hamilton,
which was sent to the Maryland Legisla-
turc Thursday, gives the following Stats
tics Total receipts during the fiscal year
ended September 80, 1881, S1,99G, 641.0S;
balance in the treasury September 30, 1880,
S513,026 .3G-total, S2,5O9,6G7,H; disburse-
ments for the fiscal year, 81, 751, 469 10; bal
ancc in the treasury September 80, 1881,
1852, los. 30. The State debt at the end of
the fiscal year was S11 ,257, 5G0.G9. The
message in other matters which it touches
il general indictment against present
parry management, and recommends the
abolition of several State ofhces-viz., Com
missioner OF the Land Office, Insurance
Commissioner, and Tax Commissioner.