The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-07-08

AHc hHeIf wa biiH lof. DbHn hhibs OF tnebt
shells runs fuse snd this Is lighted to ignite thu
charge in the mortar by which IL ID carried into the
air After leaving the mortar this fuse still keeps
| burning until it consumes s. coli 1t forms the
top Of the shell, when it explodes the contents.
In this case Patrick Cook, a young man 10 years
Of age, and brOtherin-law Of Capt. Copeland,
touched the match to the fuse, and the two imInc-
diately threw themselves at full length on the
ground. Capt. C. lay with his fsce downwGrds, as
is tho custom, Cook did not do this but restedh
head on his hand looking towards the mortar. In
monent q fizLing WAS heard, which was unques.
uonably the charge burning, and in another mo
mont or two the fuse act the sholl fire, and this
explosion burst the body Of tho mortar into two
pieces, and shattered the brecch into fragments.
Ono of these struck Cook in tho head, shatterin2
| II IN horrible manner, and another struck his
neck. He was killed instantly. Another piece Of
! the iron struck son If Dir. John Aahar, No. =
Hartford Place, High street who was sitting on the
fence within rod Of tho mortar and literally tori
tho upper part Of hs head off, of causing in
slant death. Mr.. Asa Libby walking with .
young lady on the Chsrles street mall, and was
struck in the abdomen. whore the iron enterod-
| ii" was immediately got into carriage and taken
| to his residence in West Ce4iar street, hut died on
/ his way there He cabinet nskcr in thi-
city, ~ years Of age, and leaves wife and several
! children in Elliott, Ma.
| Immediately after this mno of rockets expic-
dad at tho south corner Of the enclosure, ami
one Of them struck Mr.. George r. Tewksbury Win
was standing near. in the lower part of the face
and went out through the skull mangling thu hced
| IN II shocking manner, and cau,ing his death in
iew hours.
EXCITEMENT AND THREATENED LYScH LAW IN KAN.
sAslt has heretofore been stated that at the poI,
in Leavenvorth Kansas, on the 2oth ult a man by
the name Of Mitchell shot at James II. Lyle twice
snd tLen another man, by the name of IIaller
stabbed him in the back and killed him dead on the
spot The affair created the greatest excitement
and a letter 10 the st. Louis Democrat ssys: .f
=
ted crowd in an infsmmstory speech and there
was \ manifest determination on the part of tn.
friends of Lyle to lynch IIaller once from which
they were only d"tcrred by the superior number OF
armed citizens, who thronsed tho streets deter
mined at all hazards to sustain the authorities
A message WAS immediately s~nt to Judge Lt-
conpt" to come over and examine the matter
But it wan openly declared that Hallcr should b.,
hung before suurise. When the steamer left Mt 81
T. NJ. R was quiet in thn city, but tho friends Of
Lyle, Henderson. Murphy. Moore, Brown and 9th.
ora, msddcned with liquor, we're endaavorinr Il,
excite riot. Assistance had been summonei b,
them from Delaware, Weston and other points IL
order to lynch lialler, aud it is more thn probable
that the atteTapt has, ere this, been male But il
would certainly be unsuccessful, and result In l.
scens of bloodshed unequalled by any tragedy YET
-nuct"d in Kansas, the citiZens being completely
orgauiI"d under the direction of the Mayor, with
orders thst no gatherings bo permitted in the
rrrt+ts utter dark.
AMERICAN HORSES IN KsGLASD.-Some interestins
information concerning Mr.. Ton Broeck's horses IL
given in Portors Spirit: ...
Tho hrbt race of any of the American horso- In
England is tho contest for the Stockbridga Plate
for which FryoresS ia entered. The time rot for thi,
raco the 2tth of last Inonth--e0usequently it
Friday of lart week Locnmpta. tn,
oldest Of Nr. Ton Broecks horses now in England
Id not entered for tn. tOodwood cup. lie inait
three nonlinations but has concluded to withhold
Lrc"mpt" for othcr work. lie is entered however.
for the Champagne Stakes at Brighton, to come of
August 3tb, Immediately after ths GOodwoOt Pry-
nress ia also entered with him in the same race Thu
weight placed in the backs of Pryor and PryorcsS l.,
officials Of tho English Jockey Club is exactly H.
accordance with the Cup conditions The formers
weight for age ~ five year old, would he l3S his
from hch IL pounds ID deducted on account Of hit
heng torei9n-hred horse, leaving him l2l pounds
Tho weight OF PryoTcss Houd be Ia pounds ,leduCt
II pounds fUr her American breed, and four pounds
her allowance 40 mare, and she Is left at 10y lbs.
lay of August next there will h0 a fremen's tour
namon ut Elmira, n l, at which it ia expected all
! tho principal cities If the Uunion will DO repre-
a"nted. There will be trials Of sll the engines en-
tered for competition, and premium Of 81 900 will
l." awarded to III" engine throwing tho groate-t
distance perpsndicuaTly and horizontally through
| a nozzle i inches In diameter. To the best sec
nnd class engine. urings1 inch nozzle $3.50, aud to
the second Of tn" same class $500. To the best
| third class engine, using y inch nozzle, 500, ami
I" tho ID, 3d and 4th respectively, 500, 500 and
| 800.
! Cot kIHXRY TURNS Up AGAIS-Capt Saunders OF
| the schooner Sarah Bartlett, informs us that Col
| Kinney, Of fillhuster nOturi-ty, was at Ruatan
when he left. the 18th inst. 1t seems that sftrr
! leaving Gr"yt0Sn, the Colonel had directed hir
Courr" tD Omna, or some place 10 tho eastward on
the Honduras. coast hut account of hiA supposed
| sympathy and connection with hlliburterism wak
| not allowed to land. llo afterwards went to Rua-
tan, whore thu schooner which bore him and hir
| tortunea Wus condemned she having sprung leak
in a ,.'v"f" gale in those waters Kinney was Seek
ing opportunity to return to this c0untry.-.S,tc
! orleans ItcdVp5H.
| SUICIpg.-.Ismas Hail. an employed attached to
! Adams Express Office in Philadelphia, committed
suicide by drowning himself, saturday. Somo years
ago, during the Miller excitement, tho deceased was
of the victims of that desion and ho was among
those who left the city for the purpose of ASCENDING
to Heaven ''sea of glesS." More recently he
became convert to spritualiru and under the in
| fuence Of this modern insanity, ho committed sui
! eide.
| TORNADO IN KAysAa--A letter from Ossawatomic.
Kansas, lated the 18th ult. brings Intelligence OF
| a most destructive tornado in that locality. The
| town Was almost completely destroyed Mr.. q. C..
! Brown one of tho principal sufferers. new
dwelling, nearly completed WAS utterly dcmolsh-
! ed aud the house he was living in was Partially
destroyed. Other citizens suffered similar LOSSES.
| Nothing, it is said could present moro vivid
scene of ruin than the appearance OF the place after
| inc toTHdlO Hhu swept over 1t.
| CASE OF DRowNISs.--ln Friday night last, sailor
nsRed John Iisnrie, employed on the brig Athens.
Capt ". H. Swopp, was drowned within few ysrs
of tho wharf Tho unfortunate man had taken the
captain from the shore on board ths brig, and was
hitchng the boat to the davit tackle, when he fell
into the river snd was drowned almost Immediate
| ly. Henrie, We learn. was native of IT. Helena
anu assisted In tho disinterment Of the remains of
Napoleon some years ago.-fsfersdurS Express.
4 BIsHOr BUnSsD IN EYFgr.-The Catholic popu-
lation oi tho kankSkos Valley, Illinois appear to
| lie very much ncensed against Bishop ORegau Of
that State, and on the 4th burned him in sffigy.-
lie had been at Bouronais to take part in some ro-
iigioua exercises, when he was mot Mt the depot
with banners Inscribed. Depart, you Judas"
II ..
i VALrH OF Hosss PtEsH.--A pair of horses were
| offered fer sale in Cincinnati last week for 1910.
but tho purchaser thinking the amount too largo,
! offered sixteen cents a pound The horses were
taken to All adjoinin$ ha yscslc, AMI weighed $3.50
pounds, making their value $3.50
| RESGSEp--We have every reason to believe thai
the resignation OF the Hon Carroll spence of Ma
| ryland, as United States Minister to Turkey has
reached this city, and that among those suggested
to tho President his successor are the Hon Hen.
| ry May and James ". Buchanan, Esq.. of Balti-
| more,-Wssh- Ndr. .s
! TIVE Cs0Ps WEsT.--A correspondent of the Cincin-
natl Gazette says that he has watched the crops for
| forty years. and he thinks that in Ohio Indiana
! Illinois and Kentucky. there will bs larger crop
Of wheat harvested In the coming than evsr
| eefore. tft tH t.
ARRIVALS AND CLBtkAycEs.-During the month OF
Juno there were os4 arrivals at Boston. of which
j0o were foreign and 81 coastwise. Clearancee
| eS9, OF which S25 were foreign, and 3l4 coastwse
| Ssaul,R.--The Milwaukee wis Pree Democrat
4 says'tha two persons named Lynch, father and
| aon, were killed by lightning in Muskeso, last
week while the shining in all it's spiendor
| They were ut work I'M field
dREAr BAsk RosBsar.--rhe. Central Bank Of
freaeriekton, \, ,B, was broken open and robbed Of
large amount OF money in Is nstes and gold
The officers Of the hank eer reward Of two thons