The Daily Dispatch

Sympathy for Barnum.-A large meeting to sympathize with Mr. P. T. Barnum in his present financial difficulties, was held on Thursday evening, at Bridgeport, Conn., Mr. B.'s former residence. Rev. Mr. Boles and others spoke feelingly of Mr. Barnum's misfortune, and expressed the hope that he would soon be able to extricate himself from the embarrassments in which a too confiding reliance in the honesty of others had placed him. During the evening a long letter was read from Mr. Barnum, amid much applause. After adopting a series of appropriate resolutions, the meeting separated.