The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-12-13
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Caesief<ld--Eleuen Lires Lost-A most heart
| rending accident occurred at the Midloth;an 10.
Pits, yesterday morning. by which clever ns-
lost their lives. and two others were neariv desd
| when recovered This calamity was cans.S =.
| the breaking in of large body Of water from On.
or more old aud deserted pits into the new one by
which the laborers were Immediately submeroed
and drowned Some few years since The comnanv
having exhausted their old pits, sunk new shat,
seven hundred feet deep, in the immediate neigh.
oorheod and since then have been steadily deem
ening their diggines by incline planes until thew
have gone several hundred feet below the main
shaft. For some months past the Mining Asent
has been of afraid of cutting into the old pits ex
tending for acres under the ground and filled with
water, and to guard against accident had had the
coal veins bored to the length of forty feet in eyery
direction. to guard against water These "borinu.',
were always continued In advance of the miners
ana up to Thursday afternoon had never drawn
water Supposing that all was safe. the nigh,
nanos Descended the shaft that evening, and i'm
meoateiy set to work in the lower passages prop.
ping the arches and preparing the timbers for the
operations Of the following day
AS is Inc practice at these pits, no mining being
cone al night the engine which raises the coal and
men was stopped, the fire permitted to die ont and
the ropes all removed from the machinery Ahon,
o CLOCK yesterday morning, whilst one of the n.
gro men was standing near the main shaft the
other hands being in the workings several bun
dred feet below him, he heard the sudden oushipy
eu.
diately sounded the signal bell above for aid Az
soon as the engine could be fired and steam cot
up, one or two OF the miners Immediately descend
ea me shaft and found at the bottom the man who
nad gwen the signal. standing In water up to his
arm pits and nearly dead from cold and alarm He
was taken above "a soon a. possible and some time
after another of the unfortunate creatures was
rescued the water continuing to rise
During the hurry and confusion incident tn such
destruction of human life the boiler of tbe en-
gine employed absve ground In working the ma.
chinery, burst into fragments which caused par
tiai suspension Of operations but the agent and his
aided oy that skillful and daring miner,
Mr. JOB ATKINS, of the English pits, set about
preparing substitute for the engine, In order 10
make renewed efforts to recover any of the men
that might have escaped death by drownsg.
" men our informant left. It had not been GER
tainly ascertained whether there were more than
thirteen men In the pits, elk Of whom were white
and seven cOlored. He describes the scene "a the
most distressing he ever witnessed. Wives weep
ing tor their husbands children for their fathers
and friends for friends added to the excitement of
those who were striving to learn the worst, must
have hlled every heart with anguish
We shall endeavor to gather full particulars by
our next
Dead-On Wednesday last, Rev. Andrew Mar
shall, eoored minister of Savannah, Ga. died in
THIS city, at the advanced age of 100 years. He
was pastor OF the hrst African Church in that city,
and possessed remarkable intellectual powers -
de had been on tour North, and was on his way
back home.
That Ordinance, requiring negroes to give the
sidewalk to white persons, is not enforced as Il
should be. Yesterday morning. as two ladies' were
passing down the North sidewalk of Broad street
near The creek they were met by negro fellow,
who wiiiuly jostled one of them from the pave.
ment, and then became very impudent on being
complained of. A gentleman who happened to be-
passing at the time went to the protection of the
ladies' and gave the fellow severe beating for
bis conduct, cutting his head badly in several
places and otherwise bruisipg his person. An en-
| forcemeut of the ordinance would prevent such
difficulties
Cheapening the EIp>ess.-Just before the com.
mencement of the last races over the Copparee
| Course, in South Carolina, q gentleman near this
city, owning few race horses, received q message
from his trainer that he running short of oats
| and no good ones could be obtained at Columbia
| to send him on'a few bushels speedily As posi-
| BILE Knowing the Importance of promptness
our friend called on an Express agent to ascertain
| what the freight on four bushels would be- On
learning that the carriage to cost four or five
times as much as the value of the grain he deter
| mined to save that expense if possible, but how
| to avoid the gouge was another question. After
slight reflection, he procured two large trunks
| filled them with oats, and placing them in the
| hands of friend who was about to attend the
sport, got them safely through to Columbia at les
than one"fourth the price charged by the Express
| This afternoon, as our readers will remember
they are have an opportunity of seeing the grand
| and magnificent spectacle of the "Naad Queen,
| which has proved such an attractive card at tnt
| theatre for several evenings past The manage
ment have given this extra entertainment for tho
benefit Of those who cannot turn out at night anC
| we presume, therefore, that the public will appre
ciate the motive and reward it properly. We have
heard but one opinion of this exhibition and tina
was of unbounded admiration. All that art ant
| talent can do, has been done to render 1t grapC
and imposing, and the effect Is therefore beyont
the power of language to describe. At night The
theatre will De open as usual to those who wish te
| patronise it.
Yesterday, before noon, every box seat had beer
secured for last night and those in the parauette
would have been similarly disposed Of had not this
| managers with an eye to the better accommoda a
an unprecedented state of things in theatrical at
| fairs here, and proves the "Naiad Queen" to bs
| the greatest hit ever made here.
Watch Sea!fng.-James Ward and John Ne
| Roberts were before the Mayor yesterday, fol
| stealing watch and chain from William Riley
last Wednesday night, but a. no one could testify
which OF the two had taken the articles, the May
| was compelled to acqut them of the charge He
however, required McRoberts to give bail for hii
good behavior, and in default thereof sent him to
| prison.
| Il Poor Glass.-John Glass. a dirty looking glass
came before the Mayor yesterday morning, te
answer the charge Of being drunk and living In the
i
| he had imbided one more glass than his glas.
could hold, and as consequence, he had fallen in
| the gutter and became . sand glass While in thai
| condition the Charles had made him 4 watch glass
| and now he was a broken glass, but he hoped the
Mayor would not transform bim into an hour glass
| by eonhning him in that abode where liberty wa,
| only seen through q glass darkened; bu, that be
| would allow him to return to his home in Manches
| ter, refined glass, from which point he would
| strive to become clean glass without crack or
blemish The appeal was SO stirring that Madam
Justice fell into q swoon and before she could
cover control of her balances John Glass had be
came bottle glass. and Sided off slick glass
| by the consent Of his honor
| Taking a brash-Wingfeld W. Willis and John
d Perrin got into alteration last Thursday eve
| ming which led to brief pugiiistie display and
| the arrest of both parties. AS neither of them
were injured, and both, no doubt, regretted hav
ing gone off half cooked the affair readily ad
| justed yesterday morning.
| UgIy Sposs-On the Southern footwalk oil
| Frankln street. below Odd Fellows Hail. is . hole
almost large enough for the grave Of an Alderman
Az the crossing OF Grace and 9th. ia another
| yoir for waste water. On the South footwaik OF
| Broad and Goth, tn mud ia deep enough for NOR
| tar bed And on most Of the crossings along Man
| street. the city carts find soft land enough TO
| keep them hauling several hours. They should
| receive prompt attention. :.
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