The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-08-27

first day on which the arrival of the telegr.nh
neet with the cable, could have been expecsed
The ships, however, did not make their annaa
ancs, and have not done so as yet A letter. dat,
faienfia Bay, August Z, the day the expedite
started, notes an accident to the cable which full
Illustrates the difficulties attending its laying. an
shows that the slightest entangling of the wi,
VIII ensure its being broken, and create the nece
sity OF undermining it from the Shore The lett,
says:
At four o'clock everything was ready for a IA
start; the anchors were weighed, the men statiope
at their places on the coil and at the paving o,
machinery, and in half an hour afterwards Oh
vessel was moving slowly and steadily out of the ba
atthe rate ofabout two miles an hour. The mach
merry appeard to work better or as well as when tre
before, and the cable passed out over the ster
without interruption of any kind for about thre
quarters of an hour, when suddenly it surged O
the sheaye of one of the wheels and was jammed i
the machine.
An attempt was made to extricate it; but befor
IL could be accomplished the great strain that wa
brought upon it by the onward motion of the We,
sci, ana which could not be arrested, parted th
cable 1t was impossible under the circumstance
10 prevent such a catastrophe. for once it got o
the wheel no means that could have been adopte
at the time would have saved it from breaking :
Had 1t parted on board the difficulty might iiav
aratlon was in the water
MS at once brought matters to a stand still bu
as the only thing that now remained to be don
was to sh for the cable, or to underrun it. the sci
wees OF the Willing Mind, the little steainboa
which played such an important part in the land
ing OF 1t, were once more called into requisition
There was no difficulty in finding the spot wher
the end lay. as buoy attached to an anchor ha
been dropped right over it, but as the process a
hshing Tor! was rather tedious, it was decided t
nnderrnn it from the shore-a distance of abou
four miles.
One of the boats from the Susquhanna and anott
er from the Leopard were detached in coDuectio,
with the Willing Mind, for this work. and afte
trouble they succeeded in underrnn
ming 1t out as far the buoy when the little steam
~ 'ooh nhe ehd on board for the purpose of spl
clDg. lhs, however, was found to be utterly in,
possible, on account OF the roughness of the sea
aud having made several unsuccessful attemnts
they were Obliged to drop the end the NIAGARA
uhaer THESE circumstances, anchored once more i,
=, ' NehIN bay, and this morning the process of ur
from the shore was once more accom-
p!ished The end of the cable which was to h
spiiced was put on board of one the Susauhanna'
boats, and the end from the Niagara taken to il h
me Wiling Mind. The joiners, as the operative
from the gutta percha works are called, and tn
wire splicers now went to work and in about t,y
honrs accomplished the task The cable was the,
dropped into the bay, and the contin atty hayin.
been found to be perfect, the Niagara once NOR
weighed anchor and stood out to sea.
ARREST OF THE EDITOR OF THE Crfrc,Go DENocp At =
The arrest Of James o. b.. man, editor of the Chi
caso Democrat charged with robbing the post ofiic
in that city. seems to have created painful sepsa
ton. The Press says:
Mr.. Braymsn has shared for the few years =
his residence i'll Chicago the entire respect and o,
TEEN OF our citizens as a gentleman of uuiet m
unostentatious worth and excellence lie is ,
middle age, has family of his own. and come,
tons OF the highest responsibility among our mos
esteemed citizens. lie has hitherto borne a mos
lrreproachabie character and is at present an no,
ored and trusted officer i'm the Rev, DIR. Howard
church, (tae First Baptist) and superintendent ,
the Sabbath school. His present painful positio
ILLS with sorrow the breasts of wide circle of ON
citizens, among whom he held n most enyiabl
place We can but hope that Mr.. Brayman wi
yet he able to clear himself from this most seriou
charge, which is that OF purloining letters froI
the post office drawer of McNally & Co., the we
known newspaper and periodical dealers on Dea
born street.
PAN THE PESALTY.-The London Post, of Augu.
10th, has the following:
On saturday morning. Mr.. James Davis a cit
merchant, put period to his existence at his mr.
vate residence, No. 4 Upper Ranelagh street. Re
grave square. 1t appears that in consequence
some heavy Losses, said to exceed slO0 OOo with
the last month, arising from the ftilure of lar
commercial house. an Ne,U York. he had been yer
Responding. On Saturday morning Mrs Davis foun
him absent from his bed chamber. and the unfort,
nate gentleman was ultimately discovered hangin
by two SIX blndkerchiefs, Joined together, from
hook, upon which large oil painting was suspen,
ed, in the drawing-room. He was cut down. h,
life was extinct.
PosToPFICE TABLIsHMEyrs.-Broadfo,
settlement, Barbour county Va Braxtop r. Du
rett. pDsfmaStnr. northeast Of
Parkersburg will receive special suppiy fro,
Roaring Creek, miles distant. Moses Potion
Jackson county, Va, Thomas Coleman postmasta,
directly on the route Jackson c. H.to Parkersburt
ilockets Bottom, Amherst county. Va John /
Burch, postmaster; immediate on the route Amhers
Z. III. to Big Island. The site and name of kinde,
hook, Washington county, Va, SamI Evans post
master, about 10 miles from Washington, directl
on the steamboat route from the seat of govern
ment to Aqua Greek.
A IIIGH TITLE AND Low PovERrY.-It has bee
that the life of the Earl of Morninoton
lately deceascdn in England, insured by his cred
itors for about a million of dollars. This noble
man was nephew of the late Duke of Wellington
and was formerly known as Long Pole Wellesley
and has been long living in poverty, brought upol
him by improvidence In early life. He died yer,
and on the inquest his valet told tn
Jury, with tears in his eyes, that his master hat
frequently lacked the common necessares of lifp
MS COuuteSs from WHOm he mas been separate,
thirty years has occasionally been dependent upoI
parish assistance.
WHEAT AND FLOUR At RuFFALo.-The Buffalo Cou
rier Of Saturday notes large receipts of new whea
and flour at that port. On Saturday $4,000 busl,el
Of wheat were received before neon The Courie
adds:
White wheat is selling at sl.40, and red at 81 80
Eight thousand bushels, for which 81 As was re
fused few days since, sold yesterday at 81 80
ttnrr x1.x,t 8.
the large supply. The receipts at Chicago. Toledo
Detroit and Cleveland, are becoming large aud W,
may soon look for plenty of business for tn
large fleet now lying idle in our lake ports.
STATE DEBT OF TESNEssEE-we gather some valu
able information OH this subject from the Nashvnl
Daily News. The present State debt proper is 81
lie,S56. Besides this she has issued eight and
half millions in bonds to her railroads of whicl
she has now in progress 1869 miles in twenty d
f"rcpt lines. She has agreed to issue tl1,67S 30
bonds to these roads as they progress il
ten mile sections taking first lien as security
This makes her entire debt, present and prospct
tive, 4,254, $50, of which over twenty millions g
fIr railroads.
GETTING CHgAPBR-prices Of -four commenced
movement yesterday, that must be graft
'y ing to consumers. TN all brands there Was 6 de
cline of . cents per barrel and some the faI
was jo cents from our quotations of the previou
MY 1HfS Nf''i'Hc w cOHSfueTeu not Only ptrfnA
ncnt for tho r"ason but also reliable promise %
much lower rrices-4f 4fiboag Argus
DIAMOND Tcr ypIN ILIINoIs--A large and hand
some Diamond valued at $1,000 was found by al
Irish laborer, Michael Thelan, while engaged il
boring an artnsinn well for Mr.. Van West, n
stryker, village about 80 miles from Toledo O.
the Air Line Railroad. MIR. Van West waived ri
claim to it in favor of the finder,
ROBBERY or BANKING HousE.--The banking ofo
of Locke & Boyd, in Lyons, Iowa. was broken int
on Sunday. 10th inst, the safe blown open wit
and between $500 and $1,000 ia none,
and quantity of silver plate stolen.
JENNY LSD.--Mr. Otto Goldschmidt, the husban
of Jenny Lind, is at present in England, maxim
arrangements for the removal thither This famiI.
which is passing the summer at the village
OberlGssnitZ, near Dresden. aud has recently bee
increased by the birth of daughter.
DEATH OF AN Ex-MISIsrER.-Col Van Allen. fo
merly United States Minister to Eucador, died nsa
Ponghkeepsie. n. Y, ON Saturday, the I'D, of al