The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-07-24
DAILY DISPATCH.
FRIDAY MORNIND -, -, - =.

A"" DAD DISASTER BY LIGHTNING AT THE WHIY
a'SNIANS.-it has already boon mentioned tha
/ NV W H. smith, Of the firm Of Wright. Dnyi. 4
20" carpet dealers in Boston, and another vop,,
man were killed by lightning on Saturday AT ,h
fiume House of the White Mountains in NJ,
Hampshire. The Boston Traveller has tho fo,,nx,
/ ing particulars: ''''"
a, Az the time Of the stroke, Mr. W H. Smith wa
s'I'hs on tho portico with his chair on the hin.
,vss Ahu the back OF his head against the opts,I
blinds OF window. He was ahnsran,I,, ..un
MIN admiration the Storm his eyes being to,,a5
,he clouds The powerful fluid descapdeJ Lv 81
~, ni1S 10 the window, through which IL pass,
h ,h'o tne nHrk part Of the head of Mr. Smith Ar.
'ne shoCk had passed, he was stili s;,tin- 3; y =
~uaIi, ~ ana apparently watching the clouds with a.;
YES hal closed but those who look ed rno, tL'r
at,er,t "s''h was There" For two or three hour,
- p's pFe were made by applying cold water s,t
olnci means 10 restore life but in vain thc IL
rP"'k hAd hed The only mark that co,,la h. 50
-, noi" ~ 'he back Of the hat and of the benJ
about ar large as = small shot Tbsra NJ, ''.1 eai
bly, departed 'i'c huid proba
Al the umr of the shock the Rev. Theodore n
h"iheNh. OF New Jersey, was conyersino win NJ
! smith. lie was thrown to tho floor ma . - ~,
hut shortly recovered and was abIa -, I lnSu ,
hotel soon after. Mr.. BIandon of BetbIabar, n
IL, the clerk OF tho house. was standiry nj 81
desk perhaps twelve feet distant from Mr. smith
! One shoulder Was against the wall ana rara;,,a,
the fatal fluid il descended by a beD vyira 7,
passed through the body and out of tho foot shat
t"rtng the foot and setting the stocking on fire 90
that II was burned when hs was reached lie wsr
killed instantly.
Mr.. Frederick A. Tyler, tho keeper of the hopsa
was standing near the counter, in such position
that the huid passed very near him as il left the
room. He was thrown down and rendered insens ii.
bic to such an extent that il WAS only after an
h"if labor with cold water and other anuliances
that he was recovered. One eve remained blind
ana II was feared that he might not again recover
IT, slEht. Otherwise he was uniuiured
Three other persons, two ladies and A gentleman
who we're at corner of building some tifty feet
distant from the place occupied by Mr. Smith
WeT" thrown down by the shock hut soon recover.
ed others FELT the shock severely, tut received ne
perronal injury. lad of ten wears a waiter il,
the house, war standing near Mr. Blandon. and
was thrown down. He jumped up again howcy
e. aud ran out of the house in a hewjldered state
Mr.. W. 4. smith, just before the accident was
setting ntaI thr bell wires, but had laid down Va
rIuus articles in her room were thrown down and
broken by the shock.
THE LtsT LYNcHlNG TRAGEDY N IowA-We have
already noticed the fact that the Regulator. O,
Iowa had taken from the Jail two horse thjeyes
named SoPer and Gleason. and had threatened
tham with death. From tho Upton Advertiser OF
the llth, We learn the following particulars:
Alter they had been taken from the court house
thel were brought to a grove on YanL.e RuD
Gieas0n kept up his spirits but Sonar wa. in t.r
/ LNF't was III Ter
F"f ana when told to confess, Gleason replied with
Joke, and Soper with protestations Finally th.y
uld confess 10 have dealt ins counterfeit money
treason mas firm and iau .shud IIswas t,ken ayr.
and SOper brought forward He confessed thc
Whole matter, telling how aud when they had STOLEN
horse'' that he and Gleason had been stealing to.
gethcr. "
They were then allowed time to prepars for the
execution. Gieas"n Was composed and quite nirth-
tul saying he WAS ready to die. He rat down and
wrote letter to his mother, telling her he WAS in
the hands Of the Regulators that his cOurade had
betrayed him, and that in "a short time IA. r,ust
die- N"pcr Was overcome with grief and not nre-
pared 10 die Two ropes were then attached 10 the
/ lmb OF tree and a wagon brought beneath in
which the victims were placed and ,ba ,o,,.,, Ga
I cned around their nccks
The Regulators were then ahont To drive or rather
call III" horses with the wagon from under the free
"heh "ieas"h voluntarily jun ped from the wagon
ana soon became a corpse Soper struggled for
NE but th7 horses were called away With the wa
gon, leaving Soper hanging on the limb. when he
tDo, soon gave up the ghost
FROM BRITIsHGUIANA.-By the arrival of the bark
Monte2umH, We have files of the (;eorge+oXrn lRrit
sh Gulna1 ROYAL GaZrtts TO the 2j ~ Tulv i,,cI,
| ave. The question that seems to epgrOss nubIir
attention there just IS tho Importation nt
coolies and the immense mortality and other eyile
| attendant thcreupOn. The effect appe.rs Ia have
been to discourage coolies from coming 10 the W.,
! Indies. No such disiuClnaton prevailed with re-
speCt 20 the French Islands. The emigration agent
| al Madras having promised certain Goodies a mas
sage back 10 India after five years industrial real
dence in British Guina seemingly in EXCESS ofbi,
| instruction, the Governor had published decree
! confirming the agents promise
RELIC OF THE PAsr.-We yesterday had the nj, !.
! sure of an interview, says the New York Iourpnl
| OF Commerce, with Mr.. Waldo, late chaplain r.
Congress, aged %. lie would be taken for a VERY
Tprightly Old man OF about seventy. He hears
we'll, speaks distinctly, and in short has few or
none of the marks Of extreme old age He preached
twice last Sunday, with the thermometer ut SIS or
90 and remarked to us that he felt all the better
| Tor IT, We asked him how much longer he should
like 10 live. just rs long" he replied ..as the
Lord should please to make him useful" Unless
attacked by sickness, we reason why he NAV
not live this twenty years. He a classmate in
college with the father OF the senior editor of that
paper. Rev Moses HallOCk, who died twenty years
ago, at the age of seyenty-seven.
Posi- OFFICE AFFAIRs.-A post Office Is established
at the thriving village of Troy, in Gilmer county
Va, and Benjamin F. Foreman appointed postmas-
ter This is directly on the route from Weston to
PaTkershurg, which will furnish mail supplies dai-
ly, except Sunday. The office at Hubbardstown.
| Wayne county, is discontinued.
To fill vacancies created by resignation the fol-
lowing appointments are made: Thos. G.. Elliott
postmaster at Locust Mount, Accomac county Va
vice n. j. W. LecatU l.. c. Watson. postmaster at
Cady's Tunnel, Bath county, Va. vice j. W Chan
man; Charles ". Ferguson, postmaster at Wayne
N.
Route 5302 Virginia Sweet Springs 10 Jarksop
river. Contract with Hartman, Brown & Co. Of
stanton, for carrying mails between the Sweet
| Springs and the jackson river terminus of the
! Virginia Central Railroad during the watering
season.
| RAILROAD CONVENTION IN WESTERN VIRGINIA.
Railroad Convention il to be held at Buck hannon
| Upshur county Virginia. on the 5th of August
next to take into consideration the policy and fras
| iblity Of extending the Manassas Gap Railroad 10
/ the Ohio River. Delegates have been appointed to
| attend the convention from Hampshire Hardy
| Randolph, Upshur, Lewis Gilmer. Calhoun. IA
| nawha and Jackson counties The present termi
nus Ofthis road 10 at Strasburg and the routs con
templated will be through the most fertile and pro
| duCtiye portion of Virginia.
Miss LIvERMoRE.-Harriet Lvermore the yener
able second advent enthusiast, still lives and /.
| lecturing in Philadelphia to raise money for 8
| third tour TO the Holy Land. She is the lady who
preached that the end of the world on hand il
lS47 and who went to Jerusalem TO be gathered III
with the chosen people of Israel on that occasion
Ii does not appear that her mission successful
Although the daughter of the late Judge Liver
more, of New Hampshire, Miss Lvernore for
long time haIbored the impression that the blood
Of half the twelve tribes of Israel in her veins
CANDIDATE FOR UrAH.-A school teacher who
was married at Upton, Ind. the 1th inst, wai
ARRESTED the same evening at kokomO on a charge
| ot bgamy. lie is said TO have eight wives.
Rev. Ma. ALGEI.-The Massachusetts republican
Legislature has invited the Rev Mr.. Alger, the
Boston 4th OF July orator. to make an address 10
| fore them.
DAMAGES FOR A KIss-Mrs Helen NJ. Dodge has
commenced civil suit against dry goods mer-
chant doing business on broadway, Albany, for
kissing her against her will. The damages are laid
at 5000
LoUoR LICENSES IN CHIcAGo.-The Chicago Demo
crat states that eight hundred persons and firms in
that Guy had paid the liquor license of $52 each,
making revenue of $4,000
BALLOON ASCENSION on HoRsEBAcK.-Mr GODDARD
day afternoon, mounted OH live pony After a,-
eending some distance lie clambered into the has