The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-10-25

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Y.sOCTOBER 25, 1856.
80 ADpalllng Bur.asg sfa ship.
Ane sonowns dseails of horrible cass II pira-
y ana burning Of ship q Mscoa have bssn re.
ceived = Lloyds .s q
a.. ~Ins Dutch ship Bauca, Captain Hsymans. 100
Scooa,es, sof Havana, put back to Macoa. sbont
a1ou'n ssnee, one dispatch ID dated Hong KonS
Aueuss io with her water easks Ioskins and 80
g sniseo, having encountered beisterous = eather
snI On leccning the outer roads brought up 70 an
sncnor. There she remained repairing The of6
GERS exercising strict visilancs in preventins the
coolies going ashore. for fear they should mak.
!ner escape. For three weeks, whatever discon.
Iens may have prevailed, no fears of an outbreak
w wouia seem 70 have been entertained, until Chi
nese doctor warned the captain that mischief was
brewing In preparing for such contingency 81
raising OF the coolies, the small arms were placed
on the poop. and two guns were loaded with grape
and pointed forward
About nine o'clock of the night Of the 9Th the
disturbance commenced. and the crew took refuge
on tee poop The captain first fred . shot or two
Overhead, but as that had no effect aad the COO
Iies advanced towards them. yelling frishtfully,
armed witn Delaying pins, bricks torn from the
cooking places, &c. the captain gave orders 10 his
men to fre and Immediately . voIley was poured
into the inf.,riated mass from the two guns and
also the small arms. This had the effect of check.
ing and putting down the riot, and the coolies
were driven below. but they sought revenge by
setting fire to the ship. and in few minutes the
captain was appalled, by seeing flames Issuing
from the fore hatch. frightful scene of carnage
followed the coolies rushed upon the deck and no
doubt murdered all the officers of the ship
None of them, nor the captain, were afterwards
seen. The ship was soon in q blaze, fore and aft.
In about an hour the mainmast fell with . crash,
tnen the fore and miZzen, and about midnight the
magazine blew up with q tremendous explosion
The ship was hurled into fragments, and q vast
number of poor creatures, who, clinging on the
chains, persisted with her. OF the number who
were on board, including crew and passengers,
about 500, only $50 escaped with their lives; the
remainder were either burnt in the ship or drown
81 The affair has produced great sensation at
Hong Kong. ..--..-..
ILLNESS OF SENATOR CLAYroN-The illness Of
Senator Clayton is of so serious = nature as to
preclude the hope of . permanent restoration to
his accustomed health. The Delaware State Re-
porter. of Tuesday last, says:
"Mr. Clayton, we understand, has been confined
to bis room, At the residence of Mr.. Comegys, in
this town, for two or three weeks past Of the
particular nature of his complaint, we have not
been informed but his ply siciaus think it doubt.
ful whether he will entirely recover On Saturday
last he Joined the Presbyterian church, and took
AccIDENr.-On Friday afternoon, a. salute
was being fired at Chepachet, R. l., in honor of the
Democratic victory in Pennsylvania, the cannon
was discharged prematurely bio wing off the right
hand of Mr.. Jeremiah Mathewson, and forcing the
ranrod through the thigh of young lad of about
ten years of age. son of . Mrs. Palmer. A fatal
termination is apprehended in the case of the lat
ter.
NEW THEATRE IN NoRFoLK.-The new thea
tire in Norfolk, Va, is rapidly progressing, and
will be finished during the winter. The building
is 160 feet deep and 70 feet front. The theatre
hall will be l34 by 10 feet, and 80 feet pitch, and
the stage will be 70 by 40 feet. The gallery will
extend all around, and the calculated capacity Of
the building is 1000 seats. 1t will be- by far the
finest and most capacious theatre in the State, and
will compete with any in the south.
FISH WITH LEGs.-The Rochester, N T., Union
says that several fishes, with four legs each, have
been brought from Fort Defiance, New Mexico,
where they were caught in q small stream. They
are about seven inches long, and resemble q
young Goldfish, with legs like an alligator. They
have been sent to Professor Agassiz, at Cam
bridge, Mass.
MURDER IN TENNEssEE.-At Pottersville
Tenn, on the 7th inst, Edward Brown was met
upon the street by Thomas D. Hoff1er with whom
he had had difficulty and received fifty sever
buck shot in bis body from gun in the hands o
H. He died instantly. Brown was q member o.
the Palmetto regiment during the Mexican war
Hotter Immediately fled.
HORRIBLE MURDER-The bodies OF youne
man and woman, supposed to be from Granville
Ohio, bearing unmistakeable marks of violence
were found on the 9th instant. near Montezuma
Iowa. The supposed murderers were traced tc
Chicago Illinois, but there the trace was lost A
reward of $500 has been offered for their arrest
DEeLINED.-A T. Horn of Mo-, who was ap
pointed and confirmed to be the United States Mar
shall of the Territory Of Utah previous to the ad
journment of the Senate, has declined that office.
A CHILD BEATEN To DEATa.-The Cleveland
Herald says that considerable excitement has been
created in that city in consequence of the death Of
German child named Barbara Ferman, from the Of
fects it alleged Of beating received at the
hands of her teacher in the st. Marys tRonan Cath
ocl parish school, who is also priest. The follow.
ing is the verdict of the coroner's jury:
tThat the deceased came to her death In conse.
quence of whipping and beating received from and
by the hands of Frederick Bauer. on or about the
2Ist of September, A. d. 1856. The said whipping
and beating having been don, with stick or other
weapon" 90,
witnesses Ia school girl before the coroners jury.
testified that the deceased was whipped for having
gore to Ragged tProtestant) Sunday School.
YELLOW FEvER.-Bates from Bermuda Islands to
the 9Th Instant have been received. The yellow fe
yer is still prevailing ard had broken out at irelsnd
island for the first time, and Psget, Pembroke, and
Southampton parishes twenty new had ap
peared in three days. somerset and Warwick had
been fesrfully visiteo. Their united population
numbers 2600 and upwards of 500 had been attach
with the fever.
ELECTION IN MINNEsoTA-We have few returna
of the election in Minnesota on the l4th inst, fol
members of the Territorial Legislature and loca Of
ficer, The St. Paul Democrat says three demo-
crats-Chsmb'in. Murray and Costeo-and two re-
publicansu Branch and Ramsey. were elected to the
fegislstu the democrats carrying nearly all the
local offices The republicans have elected their
ticket in the Sd and l1th Council distriets-
Dakots county, it 10 rumored, returns two demo
Gratis.
Rev Leon Meryback, Jew minister OF New
York fell dead in the street Tuesday, . few mo-
ments after preaching sermon.
J. L. Stegal of Louisburg, North Carolina, wai
robbed of Sl0S in Petersburg, Virginia, Friday a'
the Fair.
The recent frequent incendiary fres at Cam
bridge, Mass, have induced the establishment OF Z
Vigilance Committee
WINDOW GLASS;. 500 Boxes French
w all sixes in superior order. for sale by
BENNETT, BEERS FISHER,
ocN Druggists.
HUNGAKlAN WINES, much adapted for
H medicinal purposes, red and white, OF the fol
hranda Ind Egyf azaydi Vfllanvi