The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-12-10

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pressing iof sale stiI the supply Is 80 much in
oI the aeiaad, that prices arc irregular an vsn,
rally "a rsr To- lower thar on Friday last In Man
there II even Scareer and dearer thar, here uil;n,
Orleans, s>sd Mobile 6'sd Upands si6d. to sd.
THE VERY LATEST.
LIVERPOOL. "Wednesday, Nov. 23-2.P.M.
Messrs. Richardson, Spence Co report br.ad.tuas
oSns dons Cotton rress1s
Con'ols sosSoS for money. and SkGeoss s ior .c-
Wreck OF the U. .. Nail Steamer
Welaka.
Tbs Savannah Georgian, of the eth inst. contain.
the following account Of q recent disaster on 81.
Johns Bar:
The Welaka, Capt. McNelty, left jackson VILE.
fia, al ~ r. NJ, on Thursday, the Sd inst for this
port. On crossing the ST. Johns Bar the next
morning about l 0 clock, some part of the mach i.
merry gave way, which prevented Capt. McNelty
from having any control over her. high sea was
running at the time, and the steamer drifted land
wards and ran the breakers where she pround
I ed and thnaiped heavily for some time Atlenpth
heavy sea struck her and she gave way. barring
| almost entirely in two The passengers (about -
IN number9 chung TO the wrecked steamer until
daylight, when fortunately the steamer Evsrelade
came up and lowered her life boats and took them
all on. hany Of the passengers came on the Ever
glade to this city yesterday. We are pleased to
learn that no lives lost, aud that the passen
gers speak in the highest terms of the cpopess of
oapt. NcAelty 10 the honr of peril commander.
Inc Nelaka has been long and favorably known
. 70 the travelling public, and all acquainted with
the gehtiemany courtesy of Capt. McN city will re-
! gret his severe loss.
] The Welaka was not insured She had a large
lot OF cotton on board, which caused MeNelty TO
remain by the wreck TO secure much rs possible
OF the freight, &c.
INTERESTING STATEMENTS FROM Nrw Mrx,co IT,,
Western papers are publishing the progress of
the ella Expedition" Most of the country was
found to be barren and deserted but here and there
were spots of great fertility. The Southern expe-
dIton, in the Coyetoro country, discovered extern
sive ruins, supposed to be of Aztec origin Capt.
| Ewell says:
| 81 reached the Gila in valley the lower end of
which was out Of sight, but evidently twenty fl We
or thirty miles long, and from three to We wide
lhe SOIL Is rich, and lies well for irritation There
was enough arabic land passed through to support
| twenty Thousand people, surrounded by fine prai-
RES for grazing. Broken pottery w.s everywhere
! so plenty, that it amounts to a puzzle A great
many ruins, some of large villages or puebios are
| to be seen and at points the marks of what mp.t
once nave been noble acequia, cut through such
bard, strong banks that it is iicult to believe no
iron was used in the construction. The PiIno In
dams say these were the homes of their ances-
| tors"
| NhaCA udtc Vi NAY lLth, colonel Bonneville
writes:
I'VE are now in the middle of the Jornada coun-
| try, with the Burro mountains thirty miles due
south OF u.s. the san Vicente at the same distance
| to the east. a low range of bald hills to the west
and the lofty Mogollon fifteen miles to the nerth
| cut IN two by an immense canon, through which
| the ella river issues. The bottom lands are ex-
tensye canOns and hills. of fertility never have
| met with before. Every is in admiration of
this beautiful region. No doubt this country has
haAF lnt if.t g.
tion more industrious, more civilized and more
docie than the rascally Apaches who now infrst it,
| INDIAN TROUBLES IN TExAs.-A letter from Ell Pa
SO, Texas, dated Nov. 9, gives the following:
The Indians made descent near this place on
the 9th inst. and run off with twenty five head Of
mules belonging to Fort Bliss, one mile from tbi,
place. Lieuts. LaZelie and Dubois have gone in
pursui: with a company of Rifles aud Infantry,
but am fearful they will not he able to overtake
them.
On the 9Th, Mr.. Brad. Daily, travelling in car.
rage with his wife, about twenty miles from here
was attacked by eight Indians. and, after a sharp
conflict, was enabled to escape with his lady, but
losing his horses. One of the horses was killed.
Since the campaign the river Gila last sum-
mer and the withdrawal of the troops from that
section the Indians have become very daring aud
| am afraid they will modest us during the winter
months.
INTERESTING FROM IIAyANA.-Madame Santa Anna
VIII" oil the e4-dlctat0r OF Mexico. arrived in Ha-
| vana on the 18th uitimo, from st. Thomas She
was accompanied by Senor Velez, formerly an aid
de-camp to the general, and it thought that
the distinguished party had been sent to sound
Gen. Concha to the extent of Spanish aid ON
which his highness might calculate in his attempt
to return to power The African slave trade was
never more fiourishing. Four cargoes of negroes
had been landed ON The island within ten days
They numbered 0,400 and three of the vessels
which brought them we're built and are. it is
thought, owned iu Massachusetts, The French
had placed a large steam propeller in the coolie
trade and landed from her S42 Chinese, who were
sold by first hands to Others and by them to sub
contractors, for labor, realizing profit for each
party. Each speculator made about $3.50 profit per
head, and the full price for Chinaman was
s42o75.
THE WEATHER In IuXA-A letter dated CLAYTON