The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-07-11
A LIFE OF ADVENTURE.

Gen. Roberdo Chatham Wheat is probably tn.
most prominent. lie WAS born in Iso6 in AIeY
"uth'' va. and was educated in Nashville Ten
| "hen war was declared with Mexico, b.
.nd . 1h 'ne L. = army a. captain Of dragons
| - - 'ef'"a throughout the canipaign When hi,
| .esuheht was diSlai.jeI. tien Wheat then n car.
| -, '"'un,eeted again with his command and
| ~ IL ' WIN M "eh Scott To the city of Mexico A,
| S"e close OF the war. he was mentioned nv .en
scott IN his report t. Congress in tern,s az - &
| " ne Mas subsequently admitted to the bsr n.
| 81. ~, 'eahF' but immediately afterwards joine,
i.i.na an eAp,'ilton under Lopez, with the Lo
| - ~. S'hteht. VI hen that failed, he retrrn.i
| C"-' "a Ic"-' nc was Wounded al Cardcnas wbiIa w;tt
| III .u9ai' ia The revolution in Northern M.xirn
% smI was also "onnded at Natamorss at C.rpI,
! anu ~ 'ainarGo. In 1854, he yss again inr;,I
| heAico, ly President ComonG,rt tn cn,,n,an, "
| TtleiS. Accepting the invitation he w. n,aa -,
! h'EadItf teneral in the Mexican army n,';
Nv 'i','' nc l'lnntd ho WAS Military Governor ot
| vera Htits' ana mad command Of the army an,
! fect, lie was in command when the castle -, C.,
Juan dc ii"a wa" iakon from tho in,uryant, n,
| August lS"h' he re- igned tia Mexican service r.
| lo'n "c". walker III Nicaragua. leaving thi. cit,
IN December "f that year, he arrived in the harho
/ Of SAN Juan del Norto few ,lays after tho Wv,
| Sau Juan had been taken by the Cost. Rican. :
| Finding that he could not reach Gen. Walker ami
| that there was party under Col. Lockbridge ON
Punta Arenas, preparing to force the river he i'm
mrdAtrN offered himself a volunteer, to do any
| thing for The advancement of the cause. soldier
| NJ ms cxreiic O." wa" great acquisition I,
tlV llttC ItfCC; ann ut war immediately offered tn,
| command of the Art .llery. which no accepted He
suprrintGn1rd the Hountin. of tho gum and after
! the little army had been reinforced bv the part,
| under Col. Titus and Capt. Farnam, commanded
| the Artillery at thr taking of Cody's Point and
| Serapiui. iu both f1hts his experience and cotir
| age commanded the admiration of all. Whom tn
| delay Of Col. Lockrige, and the peculiar retreat
Of Col. Titus from before Castillo had dispiriteJ
| the n"u, they not backward in expressing
| the opinion that with Grn. Wheat as Commanders
| in-Chick ani Colonel Anderson to Lead them
| tho plan Of operations would have bean different
! and the fall of san Carlos This Opinini"
| VA not, by any means. confined to the ranks
" lieu sucC-rr became impossible on the river. Gel
| Wheat returned with the others to tirrytown.-
tir WAS on the W. Sott when the boiler exploded
| and was blown into the river. A. Lo rost
to the surface he. ID his custom did not wait t4
ahk hinEelf whether he Was seriously injured. but
Srssping the first Of lis comrades that came within
| hiT reach SWAIN with him to shore. 1t proved t.
DC young Coghlin. of Philadelphia, who a Lieu
| Tenant AMI AZ brave as any man in the army
But, poor fellow, hr dead After aiding with
| tho utmost of his power ho went down with til,
others TO tirrytown and after making every effort
to join Gen. Walker the other side. without sue
cr"ding, hnaiy returned to ths city where he is al
| present Whom III the nitr2 states ARMY, Gen
WHEAT was considered the finest looking usn in it
aud Also man Of unduubted courage. He il now
MAI OF noble presence. and his subsequent eXpe
flehce has enlarged his military know ledge, and
nxed the fact that the original idea of his brAYer,
Was not exaggerated. In case smother expedition!
to Nicaragua should not he organized for some tim.
VA have been informed that ho will remain in tn,
| city and 'omh"nc" the practice Of law
SAD CASH OF DsowNING.rhs telegraph yesterday
| mentioned All accident at Port Chester. New York
fue-day in which eight persons lost their lives b,
tho capslin& of n ssil boat. A correspondent Of
| tho New York Herald says:
This h~s thrown gloom over our community
and Also h""n ,or' sitiirti"n to uamy f4miIio- il
Mamnaronetk, bve Of the persons druNned DO
| iouSihS to that place. From the Investigation
which toek place before the Coroner it appears that
Daniel Bergen decsssod hired a scow capable oi
'nntsnin-, h'e, or ri most xix prrsoIs and uto
which were put ten individuals. seven full grown
| the rest children They sailed alons tho Sonud nn
I'll they got NJ Tar az Milton iIsror near Ry- WHOM
shdddsI sInsll coming on. tho rail, through nau
teal ignorance. bUing tsstou"d dow to the storu
ths boat, CtlsiZod Csunins the depurshls result
! The shrlsks ot this two wUln1n who held Oh t. the
scow soon brought the urighbors to the spot And
| thoy wcre proridontisls saved from a watsrv grave
| On turning the sCoS over one man wac found dead
"utangled in the rigging This was Daniel Bergen,
! worry rronlaing Young MAN of - years of age
and of good education He Wa married only =
| short time previously. and now with hmselt wifi
and child, all the nectng joys of life ara passed.
| The names of those lost Daniel Bergen vii.
and child; John Agity. Tmothv and Michael Fol- V,
! Michael 0'Brien, Daniel Farrell.
| The accident which occurred at Lake Ronkouko-
! MA, New York, Friday Of last week which h.
been briefly mentioned was of u most d,tr.,,irg
character Johu ". IRslio book publisher. of Nav
| York, David Is. Porter, and Ms. Minnie C. L,.Ii.
srand-dan., Lter of Mr. H.. we're all drowned They
Nrfe fishing excursion, in boat with tiye of =
era when it was overturned by 20 uall Person, on
rLore the disaster and hastrned in boats TO TN.
spot:
When they arrived thsv found that Nr portar
MT John Itriir and thu Iittl, ri
missing. After yainly searching for the hodias
the survivors were taken ashore to their ws.Dinp
! friends. From the accounts of those in the boat
it ID clear that Mr. Porter and Mr. Lerliu pohIy loaf
their livos il their efforts to those wLo they
knew were helpless. They were the only swim
| mors in the party of eight The little boat war
.ailnS under stir breeze. and sll the party were
lifting side. suddenly stilizII struck her
tho boom gibed aud all were INSTANTLY ur-cinjtatj
into the water Mr.. Leslie trst secured his augbt
eli Minnie and placed her the boom: hs next p.s
cHcd the little boy, and placed him Oh tho mast and
WAS last seen swimming around endeayurius Ia
save the others. 1t is supposed the exertiou and
brnumbnS Influence of the cold water ray. him "A
rush of blood to the head. which with the weight
| If his wet clothes, rendered him helplas. Tr
| Porter active in saving the others and vh.u
| last seen WAS heard to say with smiling face Il
have got the little girl safe nneaniuw Harriet
fnlm"r,) hut III ni"msht he MAS gone beneath the
placid waters OF the lake, with the little girl in hr
arms. Thus peri-hrd two noble men in tn. rrim,
OF lie and vigur. in their self sacrciny efforts to
| do good unto others There wore no taCilitie.
Tor recovering the bodies near at hand and the re-
mtlnd"r OF the party which had left the old home
strad so full of life sul huoyancy in tina mnruiny
returned IN the evening with sad and sorrowin.
hearts. Mr. JUF:%- Leslie was 30 much overcome
by his exposure IN the water that his life was dos
pairt~l OF, but he finally recovered ON Tuesday
| morning. the requisite apparatus having he,u ,r-
cure~ the party returned to the lake for tn, Iur
pose of finding the bodies, but found upun their ar
rival that the ncighbors lad at o'clock succeeded
IN recovering them, and they were then living ON
the beach.
ANEcDorn OF Lokp ELLhSBoKoUGH-Lord CsmI,
bells recently published life of Lord Eluuborough h
contains good many capital anecdotes of him
among which arc the following:
young counsel, who had the reputation of being
a very iInpudont fellow, but whose memory fsileG
him when BEGINNING TO recits n long speech which
he had prepared, having uttered thesc words-.Th,
unfortunate client who appears by me--the unfor
tunato client Who appears by me-Iny lord, my un
Fortunate cont-tho Chief Justice inter posed AIT
almost whispered In soft and encouraS ing tone-
"l ou may go on sr-so far the court is quite witt
. YOU = = Mr.. CHldeCot. n great Ses
sion Lawyer, but known dreadful bore, was Al
sning question upon the rateability of certail
lime quarries to the relief OF the poor and contend
e, at enormous length. that, like lead and coppe
mines they were MT rateable, because tho lime
stone in them CoultFUny be reached by deep boring
which was matter Of science" Lord Ellcnboroug III
{. J.-"NOu will hardly succeed in cunyincin. us
.ir that every species of boring is matter OF sci
| euce"
| 4 Quaker, coming into the witness box at Guild
hail. without broad bru dittoes, and rxthe
smarty dressed, the erer put tho book into his han
and WAS about ~ administer tho oath, whsu he re
quired to lie examined on his affirmation. Lord II
lruborough asking il ho was really Quaker, an
being answered in the Affirmative, exclaimed, I'd
| you rsaliy mean 10 impose upon the court, by NJ
prarins here in the guise of n reasonable boing !!
A witness dressed in fantastica manner, havin
given very rambling and discreditsble evidence
was asked in cross-exsIrina nation, Whist he was !.
! Witness--.'I smploy myself AS surgeon" Lor
RIe thorough, C.J.-"But does any one else empto
| -, 90 =, a,-.x., Harry Hmm