The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-07-25
RICHMOND, SATURDAY, JULY %. Is

VI ciSHty-iSnt tOiofeu persons who sailed
from New York, January 81, 1920, in the ship
Elizabeth to found settlement on the shores Of
Western Africa, died in Philadelphia wednes-
day His name Joseph Blake He was ma
tive OF Philadelphia having, for several years pre-
Vious to his embsrkaton, worked in one Of the
shipyards of kensington a journeyman ship car
penter.
Blake passed through many stirring scenes. He
was one OF the band who. under Samuel Bacon
7 nahkson and Grocer, attempted a settlement ON
| ohefbro Island, where. owing TO the marshy
ground anu bad water, with the total absence of
| accommodations, the want of proper reeulatiops
ana the conti.red fatigue and exposure incident
10 iiieif situation the gentlemen nan ed and TWEEN
| " "i the party died in short time. The survi-
fors esta'ilshed themselves at Sierra Leone until
| IN ioZZ, under DR.. Ayres and Commodore Stockton
| then Lieutenant in the L. $. Navy-tbey were
| removed to Cape MOntserado, now the civ of Mon
| r0'la, and capital of the Republic of Liberia =
olaEe accompanied both these gentlemen in their
search for territory and was present when tbrGoob
1 the address and firmness of Stockton this noted
slave territory was purchased for the American Co
inhlLatlon Society the site of their African CcIo
| n.y. He participated in the early STRUGGLES and
war; OF the infant settlement, and lived throngh
IliE BODY oP THE MISSING MIR CHANDLER poCSn on
MOUNT "ASHINGT0NIt will be recollected that last
t"tumh' Mr. Benjamin Chandler, of Wilmington
| oel'' was lost upon Mount Washington \ IL
correspondent OF the Boston transcript writes that
| his body was found last Sunday:
"tie left the Alpine Iouse for the Glen tho frat
w n N Vi august and started from the Glen to walk
Wy .luuht washington late in the afternoon A
part from the Glen House. with guide intending
~ ~ oI'3 All night on the mountain. passed him on
| fLiso so s.nCe winch time nothing has been heard
| "a nlil' until sunday morning MANY supnosed tha.
ne was murdered for gain IA II was tnny.,, th. H.
'u I ooh9lderable money with him and gold watch
onie supposed that he lost in the woods in try
| road. f " 'ho Il""ioIu
" But Sunday all doubt was solved bv the d;.co
~ VI ms remains not more than forty rods from
| 80, siU u.,Ilit OF Mount Washington. and only
s'ohe throw from the point where Jizzia Rorrr,
| found her death. The coat was huttnnnt nns ~
she oo"! tue Done OF one leg was presarv.,l. the
80 .o. ".iu iiaHuS were gone. His watch and money
| SAFE IL IS very singular that the corpse shsuld
"1t nave "eeh seen before. Our Correspondent savs
must have passed very close to il in NV ran,Iio
C'el Wel iie zone. ten days ago. The night when Mr.
'hahdler was lost was not q very cold one so tba,
ne must have died from other caIses than frae1inc
| or starvation The mountains are receiyino sad
| conservation every year. AZ graves and tnnmh
StOues." ~ O
| The GENTLE LOLA MoSTBR AGAIN OK gpn s.Nrsrrr,,
Last Friday morning week Lola took the train
| from Niagara Falls for Buffalo. and without nd
wee from any source she seated herself in the baq
gage car to quietly puff her cigarette While thu.
costly throwing off from her lips the curling smok
| 'hc was discovered by the conductor and Informed
that passengers were not permitted to ride in tho
| baggage car. She paid no attention to the init
| nation, however but continued to smoke as if Il,
| one had addressed her.
The Assistant superintendent was at the station
| md WAS informed what Lola was doing He said
that she must do az other passengers did and that
she could not he permitted to ride in the baggage
| car. The conductor called upon her, and politely
| told her that she must take IL seat in one of the
| ears designated for passengers Lola drew herself
up into attitude of defiance and told the conduc
tor that she had travelled all ha nd
had always rode where she had mind to- and pro
posed to do so in this case
! The conductor further eypostuated with her
and assured her that he was hut executing tho or
der Of the superintendent and the rules Of the
company. Lola replied that she had horsewhipped
| bigger men than he. This settled the matter
| The conductor withdrew and Lola was not again
disturbed She rode tn Buffalo in the baggage car
| and had no occasion 10 use the whip The railroad
men did not care to further disturb the tigress
| iousE:-Ihe Thomas Jefferson, which arrived at
| New York some time ago from Jamaica, West In
| hles' brought amongst its cargo twenty-six pun
| cheons OF rum. consigned to John 0rson & Co.
Upon an examination Of the at the Custom
House, the fact discovered that q false invoice
| had been returned, and the rum appraised at less
than half its value. The rum was accordingly sriz
| al and the Custom House authorities, usual in
such cases kept the matter quiet till the fact of the
attempted fraud upon the Government leaked out
! through a sale of the rum at public auction. The
| twenty-siX punchconS held from ll5 gallons to
l2S gallons each. They sold from Il to II l2
| gallon.
| SINGULAR CAUSE or FIRR-0n Saturday last. Sam
| uel NJ. D0Ckum, at his furniture manufacturing
room in Daniel street emptied hair mattrass from
| the sack, and rolling up the ticking-about ten
yards-in compact form. placed it the top of
| An old secretary, which had been sent in for re
pairs. The latter article laid against the side
| If his work bench slightly elevated above it. On
| Monday morning, on entering the shop the tick
ing had been consumed by ire-not a single SQUARE
inch OF 1t could be found In the piece of furniture
| on which it was laid was hole burnt equal to ii
| square foot and Charrrd beyond, and in the floor
| was a place burnt half inch deep. The mystery
could not be solved until it found that pano
| rama lens a pedestal which had been sent in
for repairs had been accidentally left on the bench
! before the window, at just such distance AS 10
bring the focus of the sun, at early hour in the
| morning, directly on the cloth.--Iutsmoattt (N
| H. journal.
| FERMoNT.-Vermont is model State. one among
thlrtyone, and very lovely. One of its papers says
| oft:
There is but city in this State and not a sol
| der We have no police; and not murder has
| been committed in this State within the last ten
| years We have no Museums nor Crystal Palaces.
| MISSISSIPPI POLIrICs.-The American State Con
| vention of Mississippi met at jackson last week
| and nominated the following State ticket: For Go
Venor, j. l.. Alcorn for Secretary of State James
| b. Ross; for Auditor of Public Accounts W r
Coates; for treasurer, c. q. Martin; for Attorney
| General, A. X. johnson.
| The DEATH BED OF BERANGER.-The steamer
| which arrived here on Sunday brought the sad
| intelligence that the poet Beranger was lying on
! his death bed. Probably the mortal part of the
poet ere this has been embraced by the earth. but
his influence Will still live in the hearts of the
| French nati0n.-N T. paper.
Mon LAW IN I0wA-The mob spirit has broke
| out in Poweshieck, Iowa. few days ago man
| suspected of murder taken from jail by mob
| and hung upon the limb of q tree. The mob then
being dissatisfied with the conduct of the prosecu
ting attorney in the case, resolved TO hang him
also, but We're induced to defer action for a few
| days.
| MAMMOTH MACHINE.-iioes new patent ten cyIn
| der printing machine is made up of l4,730 pieces
and 10000 yards of tape and blankets are used
The presses weigh twenty tons three-quarters and
| fourteen pounds, and the cost is $4,000.
| New BUsINEss.-Frogs are exported from Albany
| TO the East in large numbers. on Saturday last
1000 were forwarded from that city bya speculator
/ in the article.
! PRIzE-The Massachusetts, Medical Society of
ters prize of Sl00 for the best dissertation the
| following theme ''ro what affection of the lungs
| does bronchitis give origing"
| Lord Napier has gone to Newport.
| The Americans Of Maryland have nominated
| Hon. Thomas IIolladay Hicks for Governor
| The proprietor of the Tehama House, San Fran
| cisco. advertises it as earthquake proof"
! At ST. Louis last week there were thirteen death.
| from sunstroke
Counterfeit SOS on the State Bank Of Ohio alter
| ed from rs. are in circulation.
| The Massachusetts Legislature has reconsidered
the vote requesting the Rev. Mr. Alger to deliver
| an address. Sensible at last
| Mckim, the condemned murderer made an un-
successful attempt to escape from jail at Holidays
| burg Pa, few nights ago
| The secretary of the Ladies' Mount Vernon Asso
citation, in South Carolina, acknowledges the re-
| cept Of 900 from the Hon. Vim. Aiken
| The dog war continues to be prosecuted in New
York. without me.cy. Last week 1877 dogs were