The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-07-25
Interesting from China.

/ H"s fom oh board the United states steamer San
'aeih'' on Hong Kong, China under date of MAY
| lgence: '>'
ahhtsry operations since the departure of the
overland mail from this place on the o5tb ~ 49,,
nave been mainly directed against the t,iratas
"h'ch swarm, multiply, and yeeetate I'm III. f,a.,
t, %,seis. hef hYe5tys steamer Sampson has of
@ ,@s'e none good service in the native and FOREIGN
'aue oI tbtna, by totally destroyipy lar.a A.,
VI plra9loHi Jnnks TO the northward Of Amboy.
i"o Di ltI>h with their large fleet of small sta.
iheir III these waters. are doing the coD,p,.rc;aI
world invaluable service by their .ih
,"e f,id'''h tnrdos which have been too lony nj
,.II ~ eAist anu multiply in this part of the
,h., ~ u.. M cohlmerce with China exceediu.
''a' oi bfitains aud trade of which We arc f.st
eet'thh the MONOPOLY have failed 10 cnn,r;h,,t
y it'p towards the protection of our commerce
- NP' ia one case our forces in the East Indies
cv Iet bera 'aa service in suppressing pira
"e,o; anu then some service will be done
hofthiehts Of All offensive kind have bse, d,a
% to s loss 30 OF the frgate Raeigh-spokep of in
my ietter of the 18th of April Co.nniodn-a E :"
pei oi that vessel, will transfer his 6ag 20 81 III
'i Noits, smaii steamer and forthwith. no dnuit
'enuet material aif" to that nation which nr.ach
P,on, peace on earth and good will to men
; I'm Nou'ih"Fore heppel much is expscted h. be
tus a man noted for energy and boldness srd bar
rug peth on tins station before. has a more tho
colleagues S''i" "'tor thah his
FROM tho river and In the vicinity of Can,o,
near bHt MI" OF interest. The Canton (oyern,n,t
nave employed divers, at great expense Win q
'le" 10 blowing up the British men-ofwar cr H."
,i'oI' an attempt was made q few days since 10
oio" up nor MaJestys brig Acorn. The attcmnt
was not auccessful the explosion was too aoo,, ~
very iltte the box containing the powder expio
led under her Jibboom. without doing any dama,a
Nter few more attempts on the mart of tho 81
nose they Will no doubt succeed in this line of bu.
ness.
There is not single passage at arms, IN rccor,
between MDndtrins md
lr ailoat. The danger to this colony Tong Kong
IL considered by Gov. Bowring to be over and h.
has accordingly dismissed the three military magi.
| rates Of the place. This step is strongly diaan
| proved by tho magistrates Of Hong Kong who are
| no, ss yet disposed to fold their arms and cry
| little more sleep and little more slumber Rumor
| has II that feh is disposed to treat, but it is not
| credited by the knowing ones.
! No new movement on the part of the L. States
| squadron. We rest quietly and peacefully on the
| broad bay Of Hong Kong.
| Result oP Coop CoNDUcr-There lives in affu-
@nce At Nantucket in the eightieth wear of his age
| ana IN the full posseSsion of sound intellect. and
| III" enjoyment of all the respsct aud affection
| which a well spent life commands, real whaling
| aptain, the keel of whose ship never touched the
| b0ttom-who was never ut sea day without going
| d0ft except in gale of wind-who never lost a
| man by abandonment or otherwise, or had one Of
| duty more than week hy sickne4s-who never Lost
but ono spar though distinguished for making short
| passages-wh0 never returned from a voyage with
| out full cargo of sperm oil. He had sixteen ap
! prentices, mostly uneduCated boys from the lower
| walks of life whom he instructed and trained to
his own calling, and every of these he has lived
to see in respectable standing, and several of them
| holding high rank a. ship masters.
". =. Jour- Of Gam.
| OSs or THE LYSCHERs IiUSG-A young man nam
ed Finch, son Of Deacon Finch, of Massilon. Cedar
| county, Iowa, hung himseflast Tuesday, ahout
clock, i. VI. He with the vigilance commit
| tee at the time they took KelsO and his comrade
| and on casting vote whether they should be hung
or NOT, he cast his vote i'll favor OF hanging, but
| lett before they were hung. When he returned
nome ms mother asked him if they had caught the
| men. He said they had, and he had voted to hang
| them His mother told him he ought not TO take
| that which he could not give. After she had talk
! ed with him few moments he left her and went to
his plowing, attended 10 that for a WHILE when he
| hitched his horse and taking one of the rpins
went to tree, tied the strap to a low limb and
| around his neck, then let his weight down. and
| when found his knees touched the ground and he
WAS dead.--inamosd (Iood) Eureka.
| Catastrophe AvERTED-0n Wednesday of last
week, farmer living on the line of the Indisnap-
oils and Cincinnati road above Greensburg saw
4 tree fall across the track, and knew that within
| fifteen minutes the express train would sweep over
| II from behind "A curve that shut the obstruction
from sight until too late to hold up. What should
| he do! His voice wouldn't reach-he could make
| no sound heard above the roar and clang of ma
| Chinery. He knew that red was always the sVn of
| NtHgei, ana rRH 10 the mouse Tor red cloth. but
| there wasn't a scarlet rag to he found uut his
| wife tore on her red flannel petticoat, with which
| her husband got beyond the curve in time TO wave
| II before the startled engineer, and saye-tiod
| knows how many lives.
| The FIRE IN ST. LOCIs.-}y the fire in st. Louis
| ON Sunday night Caveuder 4 Marston had 5000 or
| 5000 painted buckets, ,2O0 brooms and a large
| quantity OF willow destroyed. Loss 227 900
| to 100000; insurance $20OD0. David Rankin owned
| the building; valued at 10000 and insured for So
| 0O. COnant 4 Co. sustained loss of $1,000, but
insured. The loss OF the proprietor of the NOnro.
| House is about $1,000 Robinson Co, of Ports
mouth, Ohio, owned the building occupied by Co
nant Co., and were insured for $1,000.
| MEXICO AND ENGL4ND-A letter from Havana savs
| that tho difficulty between Mexico and England
| has been satisfactorily arranged, and the British
Commodore sailed for Jamaica about the middle of
| last month The Mexcans have agreed to pay to
| England S2400O0 within four months assigning Il
per cent of the total amount of duties received "a
| security for the payment of the money An ample
| apology has been offered to the British consul at
| san Luis Potos and when he hostcd the flag it
was saluted with twonty-o guns.
| CLERICAL AFFAIRS IN WAsHISGroS.-Dr II. j. Pow
| ell. of North Carolina has been appointed to a
| fl2D per annum first class cerkship in the Gen
! eraf Land Office. Also, Mr. George Is. Simpson, of
| Oregon. Both these appointments are made under
the act of 1855. Mr. 5. Alburtis, of Virginia, has
been transferred from his first class Clerkship un
der the same list, to be first clerk the regular
| roll OF the same bureau. Mr.. c. Worthngtun. of
Mississippi has also been appointed to first class
| (Sl,2oo per annum) temporary clerkship in the
General Land Office.
| Messrs. J. L. Cathcsrt, of Indiana VIM. Clyde
| do. and A. i. Nhittescy, have recently resigned
clerkships in the same bureau, the first mentioned
one OF $1,000 per annum, and the others of $, zoo
| per annum
| ONE oP THs FROGS.-Some of the bows caught a
frog In Frog Pond, on Friday, that measured from
the up OF his nose TO the end of his toe II inches
me length of his body WAS p inches, the breadth
| 312 inches and the weight one pound He would
| nave made soup enough for dozen Frenchmen
The residents about the pond say that he is one of
| the original proprietors, and has been known by
| thenl these ten years. On a summer evening he
could make noise enough to be heard half over the
town This is the largest frog ever known In these
parts. Several years ago there was one at Byfipd
Tor long time, something like foot long, that
the schooi boys were accustomed to play with even
more noisy than this, and which, they said would
| cry Ike child when worried too much or fright
ened by the Young rogues.-Necbryport Herald
| SoIREE.-A very pleasant soiree was given by the
American Legation at Paris just before the sailing
| of the last steamer, which was presided over bv
Mrs Mason and her three charming daughters as
Il welcome TO DIR. BigelOw, the hysician of the Ie
CATION who had just returned from matrimonial
excursion to his native city, Boston. whe e he had
found beautiful wife in the person Of Miss Barton
also, of that city.
ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIpE-0n Monday
night, at Lancaster, Pa, man named John Show
ers made murderous attack upon his wife with
razor, inflicting two shocking wounds upon her
neck and throat, which, it is feared will prove ia
tai. He then attempted TO cut his throat but
the wound is not dangerous and he is now in pri-
son. He is an Incorporate man, and charges his
wife with iDfidelity.
SuIr FOR DAM4GEs.-MF. Louis Vunnod, who some
years since served the famous Miss Gamble in the
capacity of ''courer" and who is made to figure in
very creditabe light in the Cheyaler Wyckoffs
''Courtship and Marriage" book, has commenced an
action for libel against Wyckof, and claims 10000