The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-05-30
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y,narx1. VEGETABLES IN NEW fcRK-on sat
u,d.v last Mr. Paine. OF Norfolk, shipped, by The
.,..,,sr I.,,..,owu. for New York, 1900 baskets
.. .,rsuhsrr;es 100 barrels Of peas, aud 40 bushels
Of cherries. The transactions of Mr.. P. last year,
IN purcha.ine fruits and vegetables for Northern
markets, amounted to $50 600.
CuANeS-The late rains at Norfolk have cre-
ated striking change In the vegetables there ana
aiarse crop Is expected. The peach, pear and ng
crops are promising.
VIRGINIA uUrLr SH1Ps.-The splendid clipper
shtn Nan,une's Car, which was built By Messrs.
PAGE & Allen Of Portsmouth, arrived at san r rsh-
cisco, April Is 90 days from New YORK "heie sue
is owned. The ship Gosport also OF 70, w.
and built bv Messrs. p. & A., arrived at Boston on
the 2lsi May, 30 days from Liverpool
LARGE Ece.-Au egg has been laid In Union,
Monroe. by a seven months pullet, which is IL
inches 10 circumference one way, and inches the
other.
MILITARY VISIT The Petersburg Greys have
accepted an invitation from the Blues OF Norfolk TO
visit that city on the 4th of July next.
CERTAIN GAME-The Grand Jury of Petersburg
have presented three persons for betting at cer'
tain game called bluff" Those who have played
the game consider il rather uncertain than other
wise.
Fue,r,yE CAUeHr.-sanford McGee, fugitive
from Justice In Washington city, where he wss
charged with theft, was arrested in Fredericksburg
Thursday.
VIRGINIA AND TENNESSEE RAILROAD line VIZ
p,nia and Tennessee Railroad Company will COM
nence In short time laying iron on the sills wet
of Wythevllle.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN OLD TIMES IN VIRGINIA
-Bishop Meade of this State in letter to the N
Church Journal, Gays:
"Mvuext Sabbath was spant 10 Richmond where
the condition OF thugs was little better Although
there was a church Ia the older part oil the town,
II was never used bat on communion days The
place of worship apartment IN the Capitol,
which held a few hundred persons AT most, and as
the Presbyterisns bad no church at all in Rich
mond at that time, the use of the room was divided
between them and the Episcopalians, each having
service every other Sabbath morning, and no often
err Even two years after this, being Ia Richmond
on a communion Sunday assisted the Rev. Dr.
Buchanan In the old church, when only two gen.
temeu and few ladies communed. One OF these
gentlemen the elder son OF Judge Marshall was
resident 10 the upper country. One OF the old
clergy, who present, did approach 10 the
chance with view of psrtaking but bis habits
were so bad aud notorious, that he was motion
ed by the Rector not 10 come. Indeed II was be-
leved that he was not In sober state at the time
DREADFUL SHIPWREcK-NEARLY Two HUNDRED
PASSENGERS DRowNED-We bavs before published
the fact that the ship John, bound from Plymouth
England to Qaebec, had been wrecked nes Fall
mouth, England, and q large number of lives lost
English papers bring full particulars The ship,
about 10 O'Clock on the night of Friday, the 4th OF
May, was run on the reef Of rocks known as the
sisnacles 1t appears that all went prosperously till
about half past nine at night, when they made the
Falmouth light, the captain himself pointing 1t out
to of tho passengers on deck. Just at this time
the second mate trying to sight the Lizard light
H. aka1u M tha maj 6npoT fha-a vi
not tie reflection OF the light in the sky; they
replied they could not when the captain said he
could not either, but they would see fast enoush
when they got there 1t the se1ona mates
watch, and the captain shortly after went below
About ten o'clock the mate came on the poop and
asked the passengers if they had seen the captain
ans on being asked what he wanted the captain for,
he said he (the mattel thought they were deal too
nigh land Shortly after this the captain came
deck aud what the mate had ststsd-"that they we're
getting too close on land" reported to him; the
captain pooh poohed the report Soon afterwards
some forward sung out rocks aud almost i'm
mediately the vessel struck with violence. much
no that she bumped over the rock, and then struck
with still greater rec upon rocks further in; the
captain was then distinctly heard to call out run
hsr asrouod."
The vesssl thsn had all sail on her and great way
she was, when the accident happened, going eight
or nine knots and though aground the sea
washed her on again and she ran down the coast for
distance An attempt was then made to bring
her up by letting go her anchor, when she grounded
heavily, brosdside Attention was then directed
TO the boats-of which she had four bosrd, three
deck aud one over the sds-the captain four sea.
men, boy and one passenger jumped into the latter
boat aud called out to lower but fuding 10 enc an
swered the call the captain returned to the deck of
the vessel, when the boat was lowered. On her
touching the water, it was found there no plug
in her, and that she was without thole pins While
they were waiting to supply these deficiencies her
tackle became unlocked and tho boat drifted of
from the vessel without the captain The men put
their knives in for thoe pics and the passenger his
German pipe for q Ike purpose, and they pulled out
to sea to &c. round point Of rocks 9vsr which the
westhered this point they pulled for the land on
nearing which they saw light Not being able to
ind landing place, they GALES aloud for help when
they were heard by the of Lieut. M'Lesp of the
coast guard who pointed out place OF landing I'm
medistely the alarm spread that a vessel had
struck on the Manaces An attempt was then made
TO pull out some of the coast guard boats without sue
cess from the dangerous character of the coast The
coast guard people in their attempts to put out to
assist the vs"el, in order to direct them where she
lively refusing to lend even this assistsnce
Commander Lorry, K. N who was on the spot, in
bis report to the Trinity Board says:
The John was lost through stupidity, ignorance
csIeessness and muzzy be Mt; aud the fear
fui loss OF life accompanying it may princ pslly be
attributed to the same cause She struck one of
the Eastern rocks about half past nine O'clock and
beat over tn first rock, and struck on another near
the sh re- aud became stationary there at ten nearly
full of water with the upper desk out of water; and
bad moderate exertions been made by the crew TO
get the boats ready to receive the passengers any
alarm given to make hsr situation known to the
coast quad, every soul must have been saved in an
hour. The master woud not allow the two largest
boats 10 be hosted out telling the passengers to be
quiet; that they were perfectly safe as the ti5e
would not flow before daylight when boats from the
shore would come off and take them from the
wreck; evlncing thereby his perfect ignorance of
the tides most important matter to attend to- In.
stead Of which the tide commenced flowing at one
and before two, the broks heavily over the YES
sell dashipg the boats to pieces each wave carving
its victims into eternity. amidst the most terrific
shrieks Of the rest expecting every MT to n It
the same doom One hundred and nnety-sx men
women and children were swallowed up, and about
eighty saved The crew, with the exception of the
steward evinced the greatest apathy ghout this
dreadful scene, and did not render the slightest as
sistance to the passengers
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