The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-09-12

THs MILITARY SHOOTING CASE IN CAsApa-Ths
montreal Pilot supplies fuller particulars of the
shooting OF man by an officer Of the thirty.nlnth
/ regiment, already briefly mentioned. From that
regiment there have been numerous dssertions,
and on Thursday night of last week, Col. Munro.
the commanding officer, ordered Lieutenant Tryon
proceed to Grilntown to ascertain If any of the
deserters there. The Pilot thus nsrrates thu
results:
Lieutenant Tryon was to have obtained the as.
sistance of policeman to help him to search any
suspected houses but this he did not get the no.
lice being unable TO search any houses without a
warrant Tryon then proceeded alone on his peril
ious orrand, and between eleven and twelve o'clock
fonud himself in the very heart of Grdintown.
lie soon saw two men standing talking on
the corner of a street; one of them had a bun.
die in his arm, and his hair was clipped close and
hy strange coincidence they were talking of lea
wing Tor the United States Tryon suspected they
were deserters, and for the purpose of getting a
glimpse at their faces, asked them what o'clock il
was This question had the desired effect the man
looked up, and Lieut. Tryon at once thought he re-
cognsed man Of his company; and he quickly
said Sir, you are desertsr" He at once recei y.
for an answer, mo, Pm not YOU b. accorpps.
MED with blew which made him stagser lie then
said, Well, men, see you are not the people
TOOK You Tor, and you 20 your way and let me go
Mile do not want to interfere with you" Thi,
did not aPpease them, and they yelled Murder
hlin Kill him?' This soon collected quite a
crowd Tryon then ran away, but finding that he
wa. pursued, and that they were gaining On him.
he turned round and said Il am an officer in Her
hFJestys service, and on duty take care am arm
ed and will fire."
He had slung around his waist by leathern cir
,le' an oillcers Colts revolver-such as they used
IN the Crlmea. This did not intimidate them and
he hred shot into the air, at the same time saving
ne had revolver. The crowd gained on him fast
ana ne again nrsd with the intention of wounding
IN the knee, but this shot did not take effect 1t
seems that the crowd must have thought he WAS
armed with single pistols, and his means ofNefenc-
thus exhausted. for they closed upon him at once
liere he hred his third shot, while in the act of be-
ing 'elzed by the infuriated people, and this one
took effect in the abdomen of John Deynpsey-
Iryon again took to his heels and soon came IN
with policeman IIackett, who took him into custo-
dy' large and excited crowd followed him to the
station house.
telegraphic dispatch has already announced
the acquittsl of 1t. Tryon.
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL SroRx-A correspondent of
the New York Express, writing from Desert Island
Die, describes hail storm which occurred there
on the Both ult. He says:
The storm ranged East and West affecting strip
OF country varying from two to three iniles in
width h,andasted from hour to an hour and half
Many of the hail stones large as hens eggs
some measured two and three quarters inches
across and a resident of the same town declared
weighed
pound. In Que instance, near Goose Cove in
trenton, the hail even split tho clapbosrds aud
shingles Of one building, if not more, DESTROYED
all vegetation in she vicinity of his dwelling and
an acquaintance from Hancock Point. East Treu-
ton, whom he met buying a box of glass In Ellis
worth, told him that it had ruined all the yegeta-
tion and smashed all the llass in his ueghborhood
also. Not only garden vegetables but the field
crops pumpkins, wheat. oats, barley, in fact every
thing destruCtable. Alders. from half AN inch to
an inch In diameter were cut or rather broken of
IN the pastures and field. The narrator's csbbagee
looked as II they had been shot TO pieces by mus
ket bullets. neighbor who had II horse tied
out in front of his house, did not dare to go out to
bring him in, aud the aLimal. having broken hi.
halter went almost wild, tariEg, like an Insane
creature, about the enclosure, until the storm was
, over. vessel under sail in Jordans River, more
properly styled Trenton Bay. had the canvass torn
from its spars as if it had been done with bullets
or even knives The skipper succeeded in letting
20 his anchor and then dove into the hold, where
he remained per force until the storm WAS over.
SPECIALIZING sPlRIrs-The Buffalo IN. " Repub
lie gravely assures the public that banks brokers
and spectators, in that city, in the habit of
visiting mediums, and tahle-turning and spirit-rap-
ping circles, and instead of attending their le-
: gitlmate Calling have been consortiug with hairy
faced men and strongminded women We have
heard, it says instances where spirits have been
, consulted prior to engaging in large speculative
, operations, which since have proved disastrous.
| Loans To large amounts have been made by banks
and brokers at the suggestion and on the RECON-
mendation of spirits. Railroad stocks have been
: purchased and produce in large quantities bought
gu the advice of table tipping mediums.
The CRors OFT Wrsr-We have reports Of the
late crops from various parts of tine States Of Ohio
; | Michigan, Illinois Indiana and Wisconsin and
!, they uniformly of a favorable character The
wheat crop has been gathered generally in good
order. There are comparatively few complaints
this year Of injury from rust and in quantity and
quality the yield will be above the average. (iuw-
ing accounts are given of the oats crop and the
corn crop-the latter part of the being very
| favorable. If the frost does not set in early the
corn crop West will be- splendid one. Potatoes
have done well. The hog crop i'll be about an av-
era.e.-N /. Mn.
PRosT At THE EA.r-Tha "cold snap" On Sunday
and Monday nights extended over large extent
81 country. In New Hampshire il was quite geue-
raj, with more or less frost. At Concort the frost
vas light. At Manchester on Monday night there
Il heavy frost There wsts u slight frost upon
the low grounds in the vicinity of Worcester.
Mass, on Monday night. On Monday morning frost
was on the sidewalks in Bangor, Me. There
was heavy frost on the Kennebec on Sunday
night.
EXPLOSION OF PHosPHoRUs-On Monday morning
a can, containing phosphorus, in the iron safe Of
Hcssrs. Dexter Nslligsr. in Albany. N Y, was
discovered to he on fire. the water having leaked
, from it. The clerk, Henry Clement. attempted to
, remove il, when it exploded. setting hre TO his
clothes and slightly burning his log. The porter
Nm. Becker, was also severely burned, and had his
clothes set on fire.
LITERARY 0PINIoSs.-Thackery, in his lecture on
r "Thc Weekday Preachers" calls sterne "a wbin,-
perlng scoundrel,'' and treats Swift like driveI-
ling idiot. Does he consider where posterity
I will place himself: at the same time he tells the
author of "Pickwick' he is a man specially sent
from Heaven to amuse and instruct mankind; and
falls into raptures about the qualities of Mark Le-
mon the conductor Of Punch
! Az AcCoMMoDATISg FACR-The astute critic OF
, tho n Y. Herald says Frezzoliuis face is of tie
"Iictrnw typo." The Times-that 1t is of ''0ri.
entail mould" The Tribune calls it "a fine Roman
face" While the Mirror says: Everybody is
struck with her remarkable resemblance to the ac-
complished wife OF one Of the leading members of
The New York bar"
A LITTLE UEEoISg-The Auburn Advertiser saws
that two Of Mr.. John r. Hopkins children.
, q girl Of sevcnan' hoy of five years, were play
ing hy mill race the little boy fell into the water:
the sister uttered n scream, and then plunged in
after him. Both would have been drowned but for
| q gentleman who was attracted to the spot by the
cry, and rescued 10th.
. STRICT DIsupLISE-Under the head of "Army
and Navy Intelligence" in the Liverpool Times Of
August ~, we find the following: Sergeant Wal
lace. of the S4th regiment after se-enteen years
. faithful service has, by the sentence of a court
martial. been rednced to the ranks for drinking a
! glass of wine with private in hotel at Chat
ham,"
| LARdEsr PARK IN THE WoRLD.-The Phenix Park.
Dublin, is the largest public park In Christendom
Ii Is a beautiful domain very handsomely wooded
and watered, and contains IL So statute miles.
I DRowSED--Dr. Spear, wealthy Georgia planter.
. was drowned In the middle of Lake Monroe, last
> sday. by the sinking of small steamer
which he had built tor his own use. One Of his
negroes went down with him also.
THE WHEAT Crop IN Iowa-The most glowing
accounts are received daily from eli parts If the
: state, say. tho Dubuque Iowal EXPRESS, of the
yield Of the wheat crop. 1t is believed the average
yield throughout the State will be p hrshels rer