The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-09-20
THE AsIA,s MAILS.
Stahi"s q tde oesnn Home BY Colision-La,e Sales
0 Cotton--Dscliae In Breadaufs. DC Sr.

sAonsS w SottSf0H-I<6YRE SAFE
" cotton--Dselins IN Breadax6s. DC. &C.
The mails by the Asia, With dates from Liysr i ar
pool 70 the 9Th inst, are received and We m.La =,
brief summary Of ths news contained IN thar,
II sHiPWREek AND Loss OF LIFE. Ase.1 -
On she 9TH inst the ship Ocean Home C.ptaiu
Merryman. of Maiue, bound from Rottsrd..r, -
Now York, with an assorted cargo and 1os 80; -
grants came IN collision At O'clock Ia the Eni; !,
Cnannel with the ship Cherubim, Captain Smith
from Richmond, Me. The foremost of the Ocas :
nome was carried re over the off side, and she went
down In about 20 minutes. sI3
Seven OF the seamen jumped instantly into tba
rigging of the Cherubim. Most Of the nassan .ars
we're asleep in their berths; but 10 contrived. witb
anree OF the crew, to get into quarter boat and
IN sinking state to join the Chernbim, which was
then At some distance. BY the concussion fhe
windixss was driven on the forehatch, which pre
vented The seamen below from coming on deck.
| captain Merryman ran to the after hatch to cali
| tne passengers, and was taken down with fbe
ship; after being entaneled with the rigaiug. he
came to the surface, caught hold of piece of wood
| and then of q cabin door, which supported him
four hours, when he, with the mate who was
Cherubim's boat
| The second mate and two hands left the Ocean
Home in one Of the boats, but it is supposed thai
they perished. -
The Cherubim, Captain Smith. of Richmond,
| United States has general cargo and a number
| OF Passengers, among whom are the widow and
| five children of the late British Consul at New
| York, who died very suddenly II days after sail.
| ing -.
The cutw ater of this ship is knocked away. and
some OF the trenails and butts started but she ha
proceeded up channel
List Of Sa1eG.-Crew-Captain A. H Merymsu:
chief officer Shields ships cook, Daniel Reed:
passengers cook John Scott seamen-John n.
| derson Alfred Aspigoin, Charles Anderson, John
Dalton, Edward Brown, Christian Rash Simon
Kul, and James Cunninghame.
Passengers Walter Makey, Derrick Anderson
Gambler Whyfell, Kais Acmalac Abraham Kel.
ley, Martin Dabant, Areva Walssen, G.. Vensink.
H. j. Tet Saa, and G. J. Ter Horst.
Tue crew of the Ocean Home, In charge of the
AMERICAN a. Consul, and the passengers, in charge
OF sle Shipwrecked Mariners Society, have been
safely lodged at the Sailors Home.
| GREAT BRITAIN
| The European and Indian Junction Telegraph
Company has obtained its certificate of incorpora.
ton under the JointStock Companies Act Of last
| session.
Sir Richard Westmacott, the sculptor, died in
| London on the lst instant in his e2d year.
| new Music Hall has just been inaugurated at
| Birmingham
1t is intended by the citizens of Dublin to give
complimentary dinner to 1000 Irish soldiers from
| the Crimea
| The Parliamentary constituents of Mr. Roebuck
| invited him to meet them the other evening and
presented him with 100 guineas and his portrai
| a. marks of their esteem. Mr.. Roebuck made
good political speech On the occasion.
The Parliamentary Committee on Transporta.
ton asreported in favor of the revival of trans
| portation of criminals beyond seas
| The Limerick Chronicle announces the death
| by drowning, of Mr. James Barry, of Rockfield,
magistrate of the county, and one of the largest
| land agents in the south of Ireland,
The crops in Ireland are not very plentiful
| The cutters at Sheffield had had a dinner at
| which Mr.. Dallas made speech lie was cheered
| upon alighting from his carriage.
| ITALY.
| Correspondence of London paper says
1.-THE difficulty between the American Vice Con.
| sui and the Austrian Colonel, remains in statu
quo, the application of the former for redress to
| the American embassy at Rome having met with
| no satisfactory response rs yet Mr.. Cass the u.
| S. Minister, being absent from Rome and his sub
| stitute having no instructions to act The Anne
rican Vice Consul at Ancona is an Italian, but he
will probably not be the less averse to submit, to
| Austrian insults on that account"
SPAIN.
The Cholera had entirely ceased at Madrid, and
| there were but few cases in other parts Of the
| country.
| The war steamer Herman Cortes has been or
| dered to cruise between Malaga and the Spanish
| possessions in Africa.
The sales of national and ecclesiastical property
in the Basque provinces are going on well.
FRANCE.
| The cashier of the Northern Railroad of France
| had absconded being defaulter to the amount OF
| one million of francs.
| 1t is rumored that several officers of the army
have been arrested suspicion of being concern
ed in pst for the restoration of the Orleans IA
mily.
| COMMERCIAL.
| Richardson, Spence & Co.'S Circular.
| LIVERPOOL, Sept. s, l856.-The arrivals Of Bread
stufs this week are very heavy consisting exclusive
of several large csrgoes in the river Iepoted OF
5s3 1874 bus. Wheat OFT bushels Corn, u 164 bbls
aud S24 bags Flour from the states aud Canada; 4O
qrs. Wheat from spain; $3.50 qrs Wheat; 4oo qrs
| Corn from the Mediterranean. Farners' deliveries
of W heat fer the week ending last Saturday, were;
65 1855 qrs a.0 Cd against IA COS qrs 72s I'd in the
| corresponding week OF last year.
On Tuesday reported, per Atlantic, a very dull
| trade in Breadstuts Fine Wheat 20Sd tS bushel
lower, with very little business, demand for inte-
rior and where sales of such forced very low,
| and irregular prices had to be taken. Flour dull ana
IL ~ Dbl lower. Indian Corn-A slow sale at reduc-
tion OF Cd a Is y quarter.
The weather has continued very fine, and to-day
| we had q still more lifeess market SO little was
done in any description of grain, that 1t is impossible
to give correct guotstons; but PRIME Mnes % io GdGa
other kinds quite unsaeabe. Flour, with httls
or no inquiry, again ls G2s. per bbl cheaper
Indian Corn neglected although obainable at ls per
| quarter under fussdays rates We quote-W neat
old Red g., lD8s 3D.; White S. Sd 0ios nsw Red Us
3D. White los. Sd 0los Sd. per 10 lbs Flour, Pha-
dsiphia and Baltimore, Zs.dS2s Ohio SIS 054s per
| Dbl Indiaa Corn, mixsd and yellow, SIS I'D; white
S5s ass sd. per quarter. ,
past week than for length of time back, and an sd
vance of 1l6hd13 per Id has been paid on The cur
rent qualities Of American, the trade being the pIln
cIpa buyers The sales TO Gay amount 70 ovoo poee,
The market closing steadily. Imports for the Past
week consist of 20 $40 bales Total sales a. 4o bales
of which spectators took Is, go American and l3eo
Surats exeorteIs 42S0 American and 1850 surats eav
l ing to the trade &C, 500 bales.
THE LATEST.
| LIVERPOOL, Saturday afternoon, sept. The Cot
ton market cloaed stesiy with limited business No
change IN quotations. Prices irregular. The sales
TO-DAY are estimated at 1000 to SoOo Breadsufs dull
! Proyisions steady Lard frm--hoders demand 79s.-
The ,yea her continues for agricultural purposes
HlvRE CoTToS MARKET, Sept. 2--New Orleans
Trssordinar 93f and the market firm The sales foi
! the week were 860l bales
RELIGIOUS MATTERS "A series of religious
meetings at Mount Edward Baptist church in Al
bemarle county, Va, have resulted In 70 protes
sons of conversion and 49 baptisms. In Ebe
nezer Baptist church 80 conversions have taken
place at protracted meeting. In Fluvanna Bap
tist church % conversions have resulted from the
same agency. At the annual session Of the Gosher
Baptist Association, held in Hanover county OF
the 9Th, 10th and l1th inst, there was contributed
by the churches for missionary purposes, the sun
OF $500, and appropriated Is follows: Domestic
and Indian missions, 1850; Foreign Missions
!, @l,450, State Missions 90, 500.
A BLOODY INDIAN WAR APPkEHEspEp THi
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