The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-04-12

The statue OF Lord BeaconSfield in Lon
don will be unveiled by Sir Stafford North
cote on Thursday Of next week, the an
niversary. OF the famous leaders death.
Tuesday Joseph NJ. Stoddard. publish
er IN New York and Philadelphia, began
suit for libel against the New Yorl, Tri-
bunc. claiming 100000 damages. The al
legged libel was published in tie Tribune,
and charged Stoddard with T'rating an cdi-
tion OF the Encyclopedia Britannica.
\ Unioutown Pcnn.) telegram of Mon
day says: Dukes unexpectedly rode into
town this morning on horseback and pulled
up i'm front OF the Jennings Inn. He wore
bis hat-rim turned down, and did not speak
t0 any one excepting 10 send his horse
home in the afternoon. Dukes spent an
hour in the Office OF c. +. Boyle, his attor-
ney. There are all sorts Of threats made
tonight against Dukes in case he remains
here.
II is proposed to place on exhibition in
the Smithsonian Institution the pine chest
containing the effects of the late Captain
De Long, found on the route taken by the
boating parties after the Jeanette was
crushed i'm the ice. The chest contains.
among other things, moss from Herald
Island. vultjWeS' teeth, stone specimens
from Bennett Island, cups, knives, COM
passes, Bible, books. medi-
cine-caSeS, and other small articles belong
ing to Captain De Long.
Colonel Maurice Pmchoycr. perennial
claimant and " congressman at large" from
Baltimore. created sensation in the
Treasury Department, Washington, Tues
y l.t-r r,r- Il la ha uft Mr
Samuel Randall, who was on his way TO
get q small check cashed at the TreasuTer's
Office. Some one told PinchOvcr that Mr.
Randall was going to "scoop" the Trea-
sury out Of $4,000. and the Colonies ire
could scarcely be cooled by the strong
arms OF two OF the guards. Mr.. Randall
was uniniured.
Referring TO the case OF the nun who
desires to be released from Il convent at
Montreal, Bishop Fabre says: "ThS
young nun j. by no means kept in the ir-
stitution against her will. She can leave
the convent when she wishes, and no one
will hinder her in her civil right TO do so;
hut the young lady. by her vows, has with
frce-will assumed for five years certain OBJ
legations which il is a matter OF conscience
Tor her to decide whether she is at liberty
ter no outside element has a right TO inter-
fere. Her release from her vows, which
will now soon expire, was asked at Rome,
but refused"
The Philadelphia Times saws: EStella
Manship, eighteen wears old, the daughter
Of Rev. Andrew Manship, while dressing
herself Monday evening, accidentally set
fire to a garment at gaSiet. She was in
stantly cnyelOped in flames, but instead OF
cndeav0ring TO eXtinguiSh them ran down
stairs in her fright. This served to fan the
blsze. Her father, hearing her ShriekS,
ran to her assistance, but she flung him
aside and ran into the street, where he and
passers-by succeeded i'm tearing oil the
remnant, Of the charred garment. The
young woman was dangerously burned
upon the body and limbs. Her fathers
hands and wrists were badly scorchcd.
A London telegram says: Mr.. Charles
BIadlaugh, W. j. Ramsay, the proprietor
OF the Free 1h,RhT, and g. W. FOOte,
the editor Of that paper, who are charged
with publishing n sketch OF the Deity and
bhsphcmous libels in that journal, were
arraigncd in court Tuesday morning before
Lord Chiei-Justicc Coleridge and a special
Jury. Mr.. Bradlaugh, who denied that he
was responsible for the publication Of the
ALLEGED libel, applied for a separate trial.
which was granted. AT a preliminary
hearing il was given in evidence that tie
Free WinLer was published by the Free
Thought Publishing Company, under
which style Mr. Bradlaugh and another
traded.
The Rev. DR.. Wayland, editor Of the
National Baptist, Philadelphia, read q pa-
per before the weekly meeting Of the New
York Eaptist ministers Monday. He said
notable feature OF modern laws for the
punishment Of criminals was the agitation
for the return to the whipping-post OF
Moses. Garroting and Wife-bcating are
so punished in England, and that most
JUSTLY said the speaker. After telling Of
a brutal instance OF wife-beating that came
under his own observation, he said: II
don't know Of anything that would please
me more than to see that man flogged until
up To his ankles in blood. TO talk OF de-
grading such a criminal is like talking OF
coriupting tine late Mr.. Tweed. | Shall
favor the whpping-poSt until the Lord
makes q greater change in my views than
| He usually does"