The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-10-10
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THE FIRg AT SasDrsEY, oHio-ExCrfsG ScESE.--
A Cleveland paper says Of the burning of the N.
! York and Erie Railroad Company's boat Republic.
at sandusky:-"The flames were so furious and
spread 80 rapidly that the men had barely time to
get of. and passenger who was on the wharf had
no chance 70 get his clothes. There was sixteen
head of cattle deck, whose bellowings were ter
rible TO hear. shed Of the depot extending over
| the wharf caught fire and communicated the
| fianes 10 the immense depot full Of merchandise
and flour. fire company rushed through under
the burning shed and took position on the end OF
the pier They were finally cut of from getting
back by the burning warehouse, which rendered
their position so dangerous that they were obliged
to look out for their lives. The bay on one side,
and the fire on the other, made their situation ex-
ceedingly perilous. One or two abandoned the en-
gIne early enough to run away by land but the
rest was obliged to take to boats and escape. The
engine was burnt up. The loss is q heavy one
The propeller was taking In cargo for Dunkirk,
and "as burnt to the waters edge. The
house burned to the ground with all its contents.
A large number of cars and several locomotives
were got away frem great danger only by great ef
| forts. The loss Is estimated upon the depot and
| goods at hundreds of thousands of dollars.
A QUESTION OF LAW AND LoNafrUpE-Among q
| great number of cases which have been submitted
| TO the Surrogate of New York, curious has
recently arisen, growing out of the matter of the
estate of Patrick McCIoskey, who died in Paris,
! leaving legacy of $4,000 TO a niece residing at
| Dubuque, Iowa. 1t is now ascertained that the
testator and the legatee both died about the same
| hour on the same day. If the legatee died FIRST.
as is supposed the legacy lspsed; but if she sur
vived the testator, then the legacy vested. The
case therefore, turns upon the relation of solar to
true time; or, in other words il is question which
| difference of longitude must decide The New
York Post remarks that the difference between the
solar time at Paris and Dubuque is little more
| than six hours, and adds:
'Suppose the testator to have died at 10 o'clock
A. NJ, the time at Dubuque corresponding to this
at the precise moment Of the event, would have
been near O'Clock on the same morning. Thus
if the legstee had died at Dubuque at o'clock and
the testatOr in Paris at TO- the of their death
would have been identical. Assuming the above
the hour of the testators death in Paris, if the
legatee died at Dubuque at O'clock A. NJ. of the
same day, though the legacy apparently reverts to
the estate in point of true time, the egatee actu-
ally survived the testator some four hours, and the
legacy bequeathed vested in her and her heirs"
Advices from Caracas. Venezuela. mentions the
failure of T. W Filler. Winckelman & Co. and Har-
asowitz Co., for about S500,000
There is a great sugar crop in Cuba and the
price is beginning to come down in Havana, in
spite Of the Obstinacy of holders. The dons must
give way.
Colonel Benton is rapidly improving, and hopes
in few days TO be able to leave his room. lie is
reduced from corpuency TO a mere skeleton.
| The steamship Vanderbilt, her recent trip
| from New York to Southampton, made the run in
nine days, two hours and forty minutes
| j. A McEwen was elected Mayor of Nashville by
| seventy-fve majority over b. E. Cheatham, on Sat
urday last.
! Isaac J. Cooper, a gentleman of some literary
reputation, committed suicide at st. Louis on Mon
day.
| Mr.. James Hunnewell of Charlestown, Mass
| has contributed 81 900 toward the Oahu College,
| Sandwich Islands
sugar mill is in full operation at Chelsea,
Mass, which manufactures one barrel of Chinese
| sugar cane syrup per day.
! An American actor named Roberts has made his
debut at Drury Lane, Sir Giles Overreach. He
was successful. r
Prof Copeland, of Tennessee, died at Savannah,
| Ga, Tuesday.
The amount expended by American travellers In
| Europe is estimated at Sl0,000,00o annually.
in Harvard College, this term, there are I34 stu
dents.
VIM. p. Vaughn, youth employed by Booth &
Sommers, Petersburg, has been arrested for pur-
Joining Sl25 from his employees.
L. 5. Waterman, Esq, formerly Wholesale mer-
chant of Pittsburg died in Illinois last week.
About thirty remain to be disposed of by
the three naval courts of inquiry, which will occu-
py, probably, some six weeks.
Gen. lamar, of Texas. has arrived at New Orleans,
en- route for the Argentine Confederation as U. S.
minister.