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Among Abraham Lincoln's visitors on last Thursday was John C. Heenan, the ‘"champion of the world,"’ who, being en route for St. Louis, stopped over at Springfield long enough to see Old Abe. Two of the crew of a ship trading in Savannah have been convicted of endeavoring to entice away slaves, and sentenced to receive three times thirty-nine lashes. An expedition has gone in search of Vogel, the Central African traveler, of whom nothing has been heard since June, 1856. Von Henglin is at the head of it. Gabriel Feretti, Great Prior of the Order of Malta, Bishop of Sabina, and Abbot of Jarva, born at Ancona, Jan. 31, 1795, died in Rome Sept. 15, 1860. Col. E. E. Ellsworth, of Zouave fame, who now resides at Springfield, Illinois, has taken the stump for the Republicans. A flirt is like a dipper attached to a hydrant; every one is at liberty to drink from it, but no one desires to carry it away. Isaac Mitchell, of Richmond, Va., was swindled out of $47 at Cincinnati on Tuesday, by the ‘"confidence"’ game. John McBride, a well-known merchant of Cincinnati, died on the 31st ult. The Baptist Church at Athens, Ga., was destroyed by fire on the 28th ult. Dickens received five thousand dollars from the Harpers for his story of ‘"Hunted Down."’ The Thorndike collection of pictures was sold in Boston, last week, for $12,833. J. B. Carson died at Alexandria, Va., on the 2d inst., from the kick of a horse. Peter M. Wright, a prominent citizen of Bedford county, Va., died on the 23d ult. David's colossal statue of Humboldt was sold at auction in Berlin for about $1,500. Christopher Hall, an old citizen of Norfolk, Va., died on the 1st inst.
The Daily Dispatch: November 3, 1860. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. November 3, 1860. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
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