The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-08-09
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lost his courage or care for them He c.1Ise; e,,.
their names frequently, and calmed them 49,.
with assurances Of coming relief And much be
had to bear; for SOME of them, In their rnsire.
taunted him with being the cause of their sufFer
ings. The most of them, however, clung to him !
their hope protector, and preseryer.
Five days and nights of misery had been pAsael
partly in darkness, by the imprisoned miners.
when relief came. We must advert however be-
fore describing this deiverance to the steps used
above ground to effect it, The intelligence of the
inundaflon threw the families of the unfortunate
~. sohers INTO the most terrible agony, and excited
sle . most profound sensation and sympathy in th9
wnoe neighborhood of Liege. NJ Matfhieu and NJ
alsheron, the engineer and deputy engineer OF the
works OF Beaujonc, were the spot immedi-
~. aer tne occurrence of the accident and took
~ ~ management OF the measures instantly re-
so,sed upon, for attempting the rescue of thosa
neiu captive in the bowels Of the earth To their
nsnor all the coal proprietors and others around.
taI;na n1Dlses, engines, and men, for the UNDER
s1a,ns lnough ii was seen to be impossible tu
ae snaft OF water in time to do good vet to-
P.esenl rising so to inundate the galleries i0O
~. ses were set to work on the fre-pump and
TAKEN out but it rose faster than it was
Sunday. '.O' S'o0 W IA.
however, II was on another scheme that th,
ehance OF reiief hung NJ. Migneron, at the head of
body OF strong men, entered the hesdw.y d;iari g
dated unluckily-of the Mamonster n;, md asts-
crawling through dangerous passacr of IaI var3.
long, arrived at the spot nearest to where be conf;
ed men were supposed to be in the Beauionc mir =
bore, or drif was then commenced in the direc-
tion that seemed most likely to do good; but ali wa,
sad uncertainty ON this point. Only two men at =
time lying ON their sides, could work in the drif
but they were often relieved. The seam of COAL
besides, was hard, and cost about three hours q,
make eighty inches of way. While this drift was
going on every scheme was tried to direct the con-
fined mems attention to the spot by firing small can
non. and making other noises. No appearance,
however, of succeeding in this respect presented
itself till Saturday when some slight noises were
heard Nevertheless, no distinct indication of the
quarter in which the men were, was given till the
Monday, when it was found that the drift was going
as nearly right as possible On the Tuesday, after
almost Incredible labor, passage fify-one yards
long was made, and boring-rod passed through
into the cavity where the captiyes were but in SO IL
direct manner as to permit OF no other communi-
cation with them than by speech. But even this
was great satisfaction, as it enabled Coffin to an
nounce the existence of most of the workmen The
hole mentioned had to be stopped up the prison.
ers could not bear the pressure Of the air, which
rushed in impetuously
On the 4th of March (the Wednesday, at twelve
o'clock, noon, the miners broke through into the
passage begun and carried to the length of twelve
yards, by Coffin and his companions. This made
passage in all of sixty-three yards When the
barrier was broken down, the air rushing in caused
a report like thunder. Then did the captiyes press
his son being the last. Seventy human beings were
thus restored to this world in measure; twenty
four men had perished in all. Every preparation
that kindness and skill could suggest had been pre-
yiously made for giving food and other necessa-
ries in proper way, to the liberated workmen.-
Such were the crowds continually in waiting near
the spot to learn the result that the military had to
be kept always guard at the place. lest the work
ers should be interfered with. The air was rent
with acclamations when the liberation was an
nouneed to the multitude. But wac can describe
the Joy of the families of the delivered or the
row of others for the lost!
Hubert Coffin, to whom the merit of saving these
men from this terrible calamity is chiefly to be az
cribed, was rewarded by the King of the Nether-
lands with the decoration of the Legion of Honor.
But he received a far higher remuneration in the
profound gratitude of the saye1 as well as of their
wives, parents, and children.
Asa Holden, the old revolutionary soldier who
ct & the es oa ct ar aa 5Bse B yeaf
He was native OF Sudbury, and it is said fred the
| first gun at the battle OF Lexington.
While walking in his garden last Sunday, in West
Braintree Mass, Mr.. Jonas FarnswOrth found rat
tlesnake four feet long, with fifteen rattles and held
the reptile with forked stick till another person
| despatched it. That garden will not be quite an
Eden till the mate of this "brght but dangerous in
habtant" Mr. Bancroft calls them, is also killed.
Thepublic debt Of the United States, lply ist was
S60605,l ,l61 "a, the interest on which S@foIs,o5t
per annurn
4 A number of the merchants Of Glasgow recently
presented Che editor ofthe North British Daily Mail
with purse containing $780, in testimony Of their
| appreciation Of his enterprise Journalist.
| Archdeacon Sinclair, will sail from Liverpool for
New York, on the 5th of ofAugust-to represent here,
the Bishops and Clergy of the Church OF England in
deputation to the Propagation Society of Neys
| York.
Mrs Fanny Kemble (Butler) is reading shak.
speare in England. 1t Is said she Is getting quite
heshy. The papers say ''her massive and muscular
arm is wonder of flesh and blood, sinew and
| brawn."
ESCAPING TAXATION IN NEW YoRK.-The City
Directories of New York show that 1851 citizens Of
the United States and 252 foreigners doing business
IN the city with aggregate of S42 900 capital
have their residence ouide the city, and thus es-
cape taxation where they make their money.
| LEGISLATIVE PAY.-Comptroller Wright of n.
l., mas refused to pay the members OF the Legisa-
ture their per diem allowance for the forty days OF
recess between the regular and the extra session.
| bin for that purpose
/ FAMINE IN MADErRA.-Com MAYO, of the T. g.
African squadron writes to New York, confirming
a repSras 2. the famine in Madeira last year, and
expressing Tears that will be worse this year. on
account OF the failure of the vintage
Hon. Robert Dale Owen IT, 8. CHARGE "a, Nanles
with his wife and two children, sailed from New
York ON Thursday, in the packet ship Dcyonshire,
| for London
few days ago, Jos Hughes, Sen, was killed Al
Unionville, ). c., in an atfray with Capt James A
Price. =
YEAR OF PEsTILENcR.-For the year past the
| yellow fever has been raging with great yirulencf
on the coast of South America and in a nunaber d
| the West India Islands.
| Anassociation of colored people has been formed
in Western Pennsylvania, to enigrate to Liberia IA
| November next.
The Danish sloop Of war Saga, has arrived It New
| YORK from Boston,
| speeches in Texas. lately. =
A Cincinnati paper says the supply Of native
wlnes greatly as 1t Is on the increase hardly KEEPS
up with the increasing demand All the wine older
than fine years, OF Catawba, il out Of marked ana
the Sparkling although not requiring such & iarre
lapse OF time 70 ft t Tor use Is taken M az fast a. f
can be made for market. There are about l2nl
acres OF grapes in cultivation in the vicinity az faf
city Every year adds to the quantity of bcarinx
vines and TO the number Of persons engaging in th
business
NEW MAIL RRGULArIoN.-The postmaster
General has