The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-07-07

.ndiwo eorvsties moored In line slons three r.
boom osnk their broadsides bearing upon the North
srn passage. Inside of these, some fouftsen guu-
noats isy At anchor, and under the WALL anchored In
Inrse lines. were wsnty -four row sun-s boats Ia the
man-of war harbsr were seventeen line-of-battle
sress Between this hsrbor and Fort Kropslot were
Ten steamers, and between Kronslot and Fort Mems
chison two thrse-deckers. thar broadsides COM
! Amasn4lng the only entrance The Island seems full
OF solder.-for besides those quartered in the town
and batteries. there three large camps formed
ontsde. two on the North and the other tbs
south side Immense esrthworks had been erected
tnis spring. complete chain of them runs fror,
tne Governor's house across the Island to the old
kesseI battery dividing it into halves fortified
the o.hsr stnout . gan upon it. just as the Merlin
hour. severe shock was felt, if she had struck
upon sunken pile. 1t made the ship quiver from
Th. FireAY wss immediately in the Merlin's wsls.
and before she could stop she ran to sfarboard of
msndous explosion took pIscs under her bo us caus
log her to staege and proving very painly that they
were over nest of Prof Jacobis' Internal machines
suppo.ed these machines had been laid down since
Lord Dundas reconnoitred the place the last time
idea of attashin either s~eebors or Cronstsdt At
the former the Russans since last year. hsve erect
sa iSsrsss1 .dd.ios: batteries .oms q than
been considerably trsnsthened, and both are deem
ed inaccsssibls by naval forces =
CoMMKnCfAL ADvIcEa
liverpool. June IS -Cctton.-Brown shipley
state that the oneru e in of the demand
Sale: Of the week "a bales Of which spesulstors
dull at decline Of I'd lower qualities and sI6i
en- middiing quslitles. The quotations are Orleans
land Middling g. On Friday there were sales Of
900 bales. Of which sresul.ters took 10on; closing
suI s.5 feT Mobile F.iii ss for MiddnE foi
port Is 5s5 600 b.les Of which s72 500 AmericsD
Breadstufs Brown Shioley state that the
generally are unchsnasd with the exception Of corn
which has declined ls6d Flour--W estern Canal 40s
14l.6d; Baltimore and PhiIadelphia 4I0i3s Corn
11.5a0t2.Sd; red 11s0llsGd.
american Stocks.-Mesrs Bella & Co report United
is short The quotations are-Uoited States binds
OF 1868 07Gl0ss U. S. stock 1864 0i674; New York
70 so Erie Let mortgage. 1oI0lo2 % do. 90 1s2 Sd
FaoM THE RIO GRANDE.-A correspondent Of
the Galveston News writes from Brownsville ul-
der date of jane 18th. that Carvajal with 200 men
crossed .no river there on the night of tie 9Th, all
Of whom, with $50 MORE we're enliated at Browne
Vile. The g. officers at Fort Brown turned out
to intercept the tiliibusters but not 1ndIag them
armed could not stop them. s. Auns has alpoin!si
Gen. Vol, Governor Of Tamaullpss LsoE, Nusva
and Coshaina. Some half dozen of tae most
respectable men in Mstamoras, private citizens
and officers 10 the army were suddenly arrested,
and in less than two hours, were on the read 10 the
mouth of the river, to be then put on beard of
Mexican steamer OF war, and taken to San Juan
de Uiloa. AS they were not even told what the
charge against them was, they will not find it out
before their arrival there. b..
BLOODY RIOT AT COLUMBUS, O9- Wednesday
evening. as the fremen, German Turner's, and
others were passing through the streets of Coum-
bus, difficulty arose between one of the Turner's
and boy standing near the United States Hotel.
An alarm was raised by the Turner's, who all
rushed back and threw stones at the people on the
pavement. general interchange of stones fol-
lowed, and the Turner's, being armed with re-
volvers, commenced firing on the crowd, and
dozen pistols were discharged. One young man
was shot, and died an hour after. Others were in-
jured BY shot and stones, but none dangerously.
The city is 10 great excitement The police arrest
ed "a of the Turner's. There was no excuse for
the of revolvers, and public opinion Is unanf-
uously against the Germans. u ..- ~
THE fourth OF July AT BosToN.-The celebra
ton of the 4th of July, ct Boston passed off with
more than usual comfort, owing to the refreshing
breeze. Quite g number of accidents occurred from
gunpowder explosions. A driving an express
wagon was thrown from his seat and killed
boat race was Witnessed by an immense crowd.
The race of fancy boats, rowed by boys under esh.
teen years Of age, Yves won by the Battery Pet OF
New York The recs of dorics were won by the 9.
o. Westervelt, of New York. OF club boats, the J.
the Maid Of Erie, of St. johns, N. B., was the
winner.
The deaths from cholera 10 New Orleans last
week were 81.
The Fourth was celebrated in the Massachu setts
state prison by big dinner given to the convicts
Ex, Governor Collier, of Alabama, is not dead, as
reported. ,
The State Temperance Convention of Georgia
meets at Marietta on the 10Th.
Twenty barrels of new feur were received at
New Orleans on the 28th Inst.
Allen Talbot. sged "a years, was killed at Digh-
ton by stick flying from steam saw and severing
his windpipe.
D. Won Claim q worthy German citizen of VIII.
mineton, N. c., was sccidentiy drowned there on
the 4.h inst.
man in Louisville, Ky, has offered a wager of
$1,000 that no gambler has ever been imprisoned in
the Kentucky penitentiary for theft.
A gentleman the other evening objected to play.
ing cards with lady, because. he said, she had
such winning way" about her.
The Washington Ranger, Texas, complains that
beef lie 5 and cents pound, whereas In q neigh
boring place, Anderson, 1t is only cents.
Rev John McClupg. of Indianapolis, has accept
ed call to the Presbyterian Church in Augusta,
Georgia.
A native African named Tom, owned by Mr.. R
H. Tison, of South Carolina, died last week at the
advanced age of one hundred and thirty years.
SAILING OF THE AsIA.-The steamer Asia sailed
from Boston "Wednesday for Liverpool, with 200
passengers and 5000, 900 in specie
KNOW NOTHING VIcroRY-The full returns
from tn6 SL2Ie SNOW tnat M errlcK, Inc huOW NOth-
log candidate is elected Chief Justice of Louisiana
Captain MCGOWAN, of the steamer Crescent City,
has been arrested in New Orleans for running by
the Quarantine Ground before remaining there
ten days
SLIGHT DIFFERKNCE.-The difference between
Christian and a cannibsl is, that one enjoys him-
self, and the other enjoys other people.
Hon P. DeBoucherville has written a letter to
the Canada Medical Chronicle giving an account
of lively and pretty girl of seventeen living for
several months without either food OF drink
DISASTER ON LAKE ERIE.-The schoons Ter Mans 3
field from Milwaukee for Oswego, with 10 600 BUSH
els of wheat came In collision on Tuesday, near
Buffalo. NJ Y. :, with the schooner Telegraph, and
Immediately sunk.
INDICTMENT FOR RoBBING THE MAILs.-The
graod jury OF Chicago have found an indictment
against Mr.. Dennison, the post Office clerk, on the
charge Of robbing the mails His bail has been
fixed at S., 900.
SALES OF WISCONSIN, LANDs.-The La Crosse
(Wis) Democrat, OF I'D ult says that the La Cros.
land Office, for the frst eighteen days Of June,
received over $50 600. None of the new bounty
land warrants have appeared there as yet.
MORE COOP NEws.-A gentleman, direct from
Wisconsin, tells the Rochester IN. ~ Union that
there never was more promise for abundant
crop. There was unusual breadth of ground
sown with spring crops, and all look we'll