The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-08-05

[ 5, 1857.
TIE FORM OF CONTINENTS DETzarsSxb sr THE Sun.
-Ihe recent discovery in PHI steal Z Biography OF
froessor Peirce that the form OF continents s de-
1ermined by the sun. is exciting much attention in
scientific circles. The Christian Examiner. allud
ing to it, says
1T is almost impossible to exaggerate the impor-
tance Of this fine dsscovery proving AS il does bv
geologcal facts. that the obliquity of the eciptic
mas been essentially unchanged since the dawn Of
creatlon and that solar heat the agent to car
ry out ths command on the second tay to let the
ury land appear The line of separation between
light and darkness, between solar heat and the
cooiness OF night, travelling daily for two months
h summer anu again for two months in winter,
~ such position as to coincide in passing with
the lines of upheayal, Indicate unmistakably that
IL was connected with the determination of those
hhes; the slight expansion and shrinking being
sumcient 10 determine the line Of rupture of the
crust. From comparison of the forms of the con-
tinents, Professor Perce also draws the order of
their upheavs!; showing, for instance that the
Western Continent is older than Europe. and that
tue uulf stream, during the scOud day of crea
ton caused the great variety of outline in that
continent"
FROM South AaERIcA.-Dates from South Ameri-
ca are from Buenos Ayres ID Bahia 18th and Per-
nambnco I'D Of June There had been sent on
freight to England diamonds of the value of f7O-
500. The Anglo Brazilian Bank was the object of
great attention on the part of the imperial govern
hent. III reported that dispute had arisen be-
tween France and Brazil with respect to the fixing
3t the boundary of French Guiana and it was even
'aid that French troops were being landed on the
banks OF the Rio Araquary At Bahia no transac-
IONS OF Importance in imports had taken place
II Goldfish stocks were rapidly diminishing. In OK
ports, great dullness prevailed with the exception
y sale of leaf tobacco, at $500 per arroba for
closed leaf seconds and 800 for firsts The sugar
market partly regained its former activity, and
considerable lists of whites changed hands ut 600
per arroba. Cotton and coffee continued neglected
ma prices of hides and rum remained unaltered-
he pernambuco market is thus reportej: Sugars
continue active, and entries have been since LIST of
uhe, $1,000 bags. Stocks for sale and sbipnent
'bout $4,000 bags. Channels 3fs Id per cwt a.
'ected, 39s cd per cwt.; whites Ais lid to sos Cd
per cwt t. o. b.. ex-freight Paraibas and Maceios
ui1s@c0Sados') SEQ Dos. lid per cwt. Cottons, 3I-32d
"a per h. f. 0. b.; Paraibas. 23-G4d Hides
ll3sd. per ID. ''''
INTERESTING TO PAREyrs.-DAsaRR OF ALLOWING
TIA phhN 10 Use IMPROPER PLAYTHINGs-A little
n!iu uhoer one year of age, a daughter of ope of
uI citizens, died suddenly on Saturday ey.nipg
90 . oIu the symptoms presented, an inference
49, tnat the illness proceeded from some
!leish oody being lodged in some of the dioestiy.
ana this opinion was based on the fact tb,t
noIe thah three months since the child had swai
- 'eh OF dozen pins which passed uuint.r
'uPte.i' needle Of midding size was at the SAM
iodStu III tne Cp5ODhagUS. WHARF ha1
euI"ihea Week or more, and after much difSruI
was salety extracted hy Drs KIinstein sna
III Inv nv chlld since that time did apparently
veil untii short time before its death. when i
ave efi1ence OF internal mischief whom II uas ia
nonslr"ted, by post mortem examination made
t'e same gentlemen. Drs X. and D. who f,upd
iptller large needle firmly lodged in the convex
ue ol the right lobe of the liver preternaturslly
'hlarged, and also the vestiges of tho nina naarI
lecOmposed, between the InuscuIar and ,,,,onry
'oa' oi the stomach-Alerandrio (yu.) Ssatin,l.
The FfsHERIgs-The Carleton. st. John Racoraor
Il the 18th says: Until the commencement of Tho
present week the prevalent opinion among our
fishermen was that the salmon fishery this wear
'Ould be failure. We are glad to find that their
Expectations have not been verified, and that there
a fa1r prospect of ample returns for the labor
nj expense attendant upon thu prosecution of
this branch OF our pscatOrial productions 1t il the
General opinion that the catch of salmon within
ne past four days is larger than that of the same
'erlod Tor the past fifteen years. MANY of them
re ofextrs size. some weighing as high as twenty.
hree pounds. The newfoundland papers state that
ne fishery is expected to be fully an average
atch. Prices are expected to rule about the same
~ last year 1t Is not thought that oil will com.
hand as high rates. The French have had mos,
.uccesstul season on the French shore No &C
nnts have been received as to the progress of the
fishery at Labrador.
SOME ALLIGAToR-The Corpus Christi Texas
Valley, of the 18th inst. says:
Capt. Low, of this city, with posse of hovs Ian,
own yesterday morning with about the sams do
termination to kill alligator that old Put did
nee upon time, to slay certain she wolf The
alligator, who was All old offender had made hi
tome i'll small lake some five miles m the r;var
nd had long familiarized himself with the calves
which came there for water. He refused To Weld
intil after he was shot seven times-three Of the
more f"k'ng effect in one of his ewes He meas.
ured IA feet in length.
Bricks IN ENaL.SD.-A paper lately read before
he English Society of Arts, states that the auapti
y or bricks made por annum in England. is =
OO,0000O9, Manchester alone making 1870 900 600
.ondon averaging about the same. Taking bricks
It the low average of three tons per thousand the
annual weight would be 100000 tons, and the
apital employed 100000 pounds sterling The
number of patents connected with the manufacture
stated at go.
ATTEMPTED DEsERTIoS OF BRITISH TRoops.-We
lave dates from Bermuda to the 2lst ult. On the
morning of the 18th four men of the 10Th regi.
nent, at Georges, attempted to desert in a sail
1oat. Suspicion was attached to an American wha-
ing schooner then lying in the harbOr. privy t.
he movement, and an embargo put upon her
aing for that dag. On the 10th the boat was dis
'oyered 20 miles of, mastless and tossing on the
waves, and was pursued and captured. The desert
| 'rs surrendered quietly.
| STEAMSHIP BUILDING IN ESaLANp--we see il sta
| ed that at this moment there are no less than
hundred steam propellers ranging from one thou
| and to fifteen hundred tons, building on the
lyde and in the ports of Great Britain. The Bri
| ish steam engine builders were never more busy
| han at the present time, and learn that Ma
| ier, the celebrated steam engine builder, has
more work engaged than can be executed by him
or three years TO come.
LARGE ARNY.-A letter writer, speaking OF
he outbreak in India, and the killing of the Euro
oeans, says, such is the feeling which these facts
/ rave inspired, that they may be said to have i'm.
parted 10 each European in the country the
| # hundred men, Ten thousand troops are to be
| 'ent Immediately from England to India At this
computation, they will be equal to a million, a.
| many as Aerxes had.
| YALE CoLLEGE.-The oldest graduate of Yale Col
| ege now living, is John Mcclellan of Woodstock
Conn., of the class of 1885, ninetyone years old
| sll the classes previous 10 1855 now dead and
Of all those classes that graduated previous 1900
'nly forty-six members are now living. The whole
number Of academic graduates of the College since
its foundation in 100, is 6601. OF these 1851 are
| dead 0fthe 3,240 graduates now living, $50 are
| ministers of the Gospel
| LEGAL DECIsIoN.-The Superior Court of Ohio ha.
decided In the case of the Union Mutual Insuranc,
| Company of New York against the Indianapoli,
| md Cincinnati Railroad, that the defendants wer,
liable for goods destroyed upon their trains by fire
| of which the cause was not known. The court
| ruled that, falling to show that the fire was una
| yoidabe, the defendants were liable
| House FIRED BY LIGHTNING.-A few days since
| the house of VI. Baldwin in Templeton Mass wa.
| struck by lightning and his wife and three son.
we're prostrated the oldest boy aged 16 being onl,
restored by bleeding and drenching with cold wa
| ter. In few minutes after the first stroke the
lightning again struck the house and set it on fire
but the flames were extingushed
| EXCITEMENT N CASApA.-A good deal of excite
ment has been caused in Upper Canada by an order
| from the superintendent of education. compelling
the recital Of what is called the Apostles Greed in
the common schools, on the ground that all sscts o
Christians believe il.