The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-08-23

iec,u''i i ' cure Lor the wounds of disappointed
ana uhreelpfoeated affection. Imagine =
dandy younger about Paris, quitting the Bon
to Calais in frail fishing smack far sbo ne
pose of depositing his unhappy passion o pIn, i
the British channel. f'''on ~
If, according to this cold -blooded thaor,
broken arrow of Cupid can be extractej K.
taking the channel for an emetic, how snea,3;y
ly would the Pickering rush light with which
Hymen illumines the rugged pathway of his
unlucky votaries be extinguished by the bea.
w ground swell of the Atlantic But for the
sake of the two lovely and confiding women
to whom have referred, who look to the full
flment of all the vows so recently made as to
the great pleasure of life, will not continue
the enquiry. ..
: Ample arrangements have been made upon
the Jamestown for the amusement of the pas
sengers. There are at least dozen large for
lilo volumes of the History of England, out
OF the interior of which, twenty four gentle
men seem to be deriving considerable light
respecting the good old game of backgam-
mon. And although the vibrations of the
poaf play sad havoc amid castles, knights,
oishops and queens, casting to and fro those
props of every good monarchy, with Repub-
mean =" al ruoeness, yet perseyeringpeople manage
~ pay chess tor hours together in the long
saioon until oyertaken and forced to their ca
pms ;, oy ea-sickness. There are books, too,
VI .ne most plous and religious character
scattered IN large numbers about the saloon.
containing much good advice, in shoekinglv
BAD style, but could not discover that they
were very eagerly perused.
with all these comforts, and a good boat. II
Is not surprising that our voyage was most
pleasant one. Yours, SEyEx -
INTERESTING LETTERS FROM THE T. 8 I.p.S
ExPEDrrIoN-The editor of the Newark Advar.
tiser has been permitted to peruse some private
letters from Joseph A. Halsey, Jr of that cty clerk
of the 1st Lieutenant on board the United States
steamship Powhatan, of the Japan Expedition
The first one is dated May 18th, at Port Louis,
Isle of Mauritius. We make the following ex.
tracts:
''On May 10TH about 10, A. NJ, land was report.
ed, and at 1.30, p. NJ, came to anchor in Port
Louis Bay. of the finest places have seen
Port Louis contains about II 900 inhabitants prin-
cipally French, although is under the English iag
There are also great many Malays, poor, misera-
BILE wretches, who live from hand TO mouth, and
are clad in nothing but piece muslin tied around
their waist. They do all the work of the island,
getting about 10 cents day. and hundreds of knock
downs. American slavery is freedom and wealth,
compared with the situation of these poor DEVILS
Our crew have all had liberty here; fifty going
L.
Only one has been hurt; he stabbed in three or
four places, but is doing we'll | went out to the
burying ground, and visited Paul and Virginia's
grave. There is beautiful little pond surrounded
by flowers of all kinds and ON side of it is Paul
grave, and on the other, Virginia"
The next letter is dated from Singapore, June
18th, where they arrived that day. and states that
during the whole voyage from Norfolk, they had
enjoyed exceedingly fine weather: ..
ave have had all kinds of news from the States;
some say the Japan expedition is recalled and
some say not, Others that America is going to war
with Spain about Cuba, and that will be ordered
home, and go there. They also say the Navy Bill,
for increase Of pay, has been vetoed"
The weather is described as hot the ther1ncne-
ter being 90 to 93 degrees in the shade. The ship
was to be detained some four or five weeks, as she
was leaking, and was going to be repaired The fol-
lowing piece of intelligence do not remember to
have seen from any other quarter:
''After we leave here, we shall 60 to Rorneo to
ratify treaty with the Bornese. There are rurnors
here that the Bornese and Dutch are fighting very
brisky, and if that is true, our boats may have
mix in the scrimmage. il they are attacked Three
of our boats are going, up--the two launches and
the Gig. The launches viii each have l4b howit-
zer and the crew armed to the teeth. From Borneo,
we shall proceed TO Hong Kong, where we shall
await the commodore who has gone TO Japan with
sloop OF war Plymouth. The Borneo expedition
will be dangerous one, apart from the probability
of getting mixed up in the fight for the river which
the boats go up is lined with predatory tribes, who
know no law except piracy and murder, and the
captain expects they will attack the boats They
won't do it more than once
The New York Tribune has ad vices from Shangha
to May Is. The sloop-ofwar Plymouth was to re-
main there, and not to accompany the Japan Ex
pedition, as expected. The American mercantile
houses had addressed a letter to Commissioner
Marshall, asking that they should not be left de
feuceless, exposed to any emergency that might
arise. Commodore Perry, therefore, had detach.
ed the Plymouth for the present, from the Japanese
Squadron.
Bayard Taylor, Esq, of the N. T. Tribune, had
Joined the Expedition to Japan, having been as
signed place in the corps of artists with the rank
of Masters Mate, on board the steamer Susquehan-
na. The Expedition was to sail from Shanghai ON
Tuesday, May H. and though its immediate desti-
nation was not known, it supposed il would
rendezvous at the great Loo Choo Islands, there to
await the Saratoga and Powhatan runor was
in existence that the Japanese had fortified their
shores, and stationed war junks TO prevent the en-
trance of the steamers into their waters, but this
was regarded as piece OF Chinese exaggeration.
The Mississippi arrived at Shanghai from Hong
Kong on the Cd Of May, and saluted ty the Sus-
quehanna. Commodore Perry. during his stay.
became the guest OF the American Consul On the
9th Commodore F. transferred his penant to the
Susquehanna. az ri. flag ship of the expedition
The Saratoga and Supply were to sail from Shang-
hal between the 10th and 18th of May, aud the Mis
Sisspp and Susqaehanna on the 17th. The fleet, i.
was supposed, would make its appearance in the
Bay OF Jeddo early in June.
THE DESTRUCTION OF SHIRAZ By EAsTHouAxE
A letter from Persia gives some further pa ticu
lars of the terrible earthquake at shiraz on the
2lst of April last. The shocks continued up to the
ll'h of May, at short intervals every day. The
first shock lasted live ninn:es, when the inhabitants
were asleep and laid nearly the whole city in ruins
The writer, speaking Of the scene next morning,
says:
ION every sile the eye could see nothing but a
heap Of ruins. streets blocked up with stones. and
dead bodies being carried ON litters without the