The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-08-07
DAILY DISPATCH.
FRIDAY noRslSG......-........AUdusT :. i.. 1857.

FRIDAY MORNING. :. lss-.
TRENEspors Han sroRx, TORNADO, WATrE spour
N'' "h'fLsiSe.-a letter In the Detroit Advert.
So'' u"'ed Clinton, Michigan, July 31st, says:
Az eleven O'Clock to-day the sky became denseIx
oiack, and soon the rain began 10 fatI a., c1,iy
! torrents, followed by the most tren,and,us L.;I
storm eyer witnessed I'm this section GarJsnz .,f
, Ell severely IN this village, but the scene two
hiies south OF this place perfactIy b.ggar. a
| eliption. The hail stones, incredible as II nav "a
| p']'' "e'e Ia many instances larger than goose
| '.s' "' common sized teacup. These huge LsII.
:" uIiten AZ they were before furious gale of
"'td' "e'efed the corn from the root totally do.
tIUy y'"5 NhoIe helds of the most promisinv corn.
M o.'io INSTANCES The corn stalk was left stHnfing
over i'al stripped of giving to it the most unpa1
iooAIh5 10 the north was demolished have heo,,
IuIoInHl by gentleman of unJoubted v.rac;,y
'ta' 'he hai was driven with such force "A 10 p.n
si4t" i through the siding of his barn. which wa.
u"iit OF lnch white wood lumber We are f,arfnl
that We shall hear Of cattle being kil,ea hr.hnr
that direction. " s""i'" 1"
a letter from Boame county, Canada. thu1 de-
portion Of that county: "
a iArSe and dark cloud was overhauring the
49, lI't-o oh sunday afternoon, 18th of July when
'sp H AS that Oh The sea in storm, gave warning
u, 'ho spproach OF something unusual Soon the
cloud seemed to burst Letting fan to,rarJ IL
tarli iong train somewhat in the shane of a fun-
MOI with the small end turned downward II re
'olNeu rapidly, hiasing like escaping steam. and
swinging 10 and fro and initiating the contortjons
OF a snake. When the small end reacb.d tho
ground 1t lifted and carried away in its revolving
impetus whatever it came in contact with Roards
iImDer' stones and portions Of houses were whirlad
III 'ho air ana thrown to distance with fearful
report. ~
Several houses were thus razed to the ground
'ne horse and three cows were drawn bv tho
power Of suction to the waterspout. and after he
n fhn IL
lhey escaped uniDjured, and were only cornrcd
WIN mud five carts were carried to a great
hsight and thrown across some fieIds into the
woods, being smashed by the fall Large trcea
su' % u aS litpIeH nave been uprooted and removed
distance Of five acres
IhE RETURNED PIIBUsrERs-Among the 2o4 Of
""iher men who arrived at New York on Tues
U"y In 'he Roanoke, there were 27 who are sick
ana VIII have to bs sent to the hospital The na,nos
Of the sick are:
j. Carroll. J. B. Crambo, r. McGiu. G. Cannon
" ". hogtrs: T. Bartell z. Hesse, W Stone. G. Ham
Iitoh, Ir H. hliltr, b. Ludlsm, ". Hail. o. Ellis. "
iienaficE' T. Hecht. J. r. Giles, j. C. Driukbouse
d. I. Graham, J T. McNeedy. H. TricoD. G. " WI.
stcr' Il. Saunders, l.. T. Pollard w. Apder.cn I
elIl"r, NJ Do"d, -Jones,G. W. Hamilton. J. Jarnb
The Herald says:
Althongh the number of wounded WAS not great
II was truly horrifying to pass through tben, ~
'loS Jay III their hammocks. mingled indiscrimi-
ha'ely WIN those OF their companions in arms who
were laid up by sickness Many of the.c nonr
men have lost limb, (either hand or foot) Others
have received wounds equally severe though not
depriNlng them Of the use of any particuIar nam.
Der, while some are suffering from contusions and
allSht"r wounds, which the not weather and oriyi-
hll onu treatment caused to become liberated and
therefore painful. They speak in high terms of
their Treatment on board the Roanoke and all con.
demh Walker as careless of the lives Of his men
VIM. j. Smith died on the passage to New York.
CROPS. &c, N TgSSEssRr-A letter TO the edi-
tors OF the National Intelligencer, from Middle
lehhrF7ee' contains the following information re-
| SpectlnS agricultural prospects in that region
''Ihe farmers in this region have planted very
large crops of tobacco, but, owing to the aeness of
| the season and the want of rain, not more than
three-1ourths OF an ordinary crop can be eNpacted
very small proportion of the tobacco is yet topp-
| ed, while Il much larger proportion has scarcaly
| begun 10 spread the hill
w heat crops were never finer. have not heard
| OF single bad crop of wheat in middle Tennessee
| or southern Kentucky Our farmers ar. more.
thrifty than any other class of our citiZens not
"Ithstandlng the enormous price they paid for
| land-from S35 to $50 per acre / have heard of
no land within ten miles Of this place for the psst
twelve mouths selling for less than the lowest fig.
ures above IAeutiOned.'
SINGULAR ACcIDENT-SURGIcu OpERArIoy,-Th.
| Harrisburg Telegraph says that on Wednesday y
| night last, canal boatman named Tomach a res
ldeht OF LoyalsoCk. Pa, while living asleep On the
deck OF his boat, came into collision with hrids.
near llighspire which struck him on the back part
OF the head, knocking therefrom the perietal bone
which Was found shortly after as free from extrsn
eous substance a. if it had been extracted hy the
| hands OF n dsmonstrator of ANATOMY Tie wounded
man war of course instantly aroused by the concus-
slon' and what is most remarkable, to his feet
perfectly unconscious Of the extent of the iniurips
| he had receivcdby the collision.
The sllght pain III the back of his head gave him
no trouble whatcNerlt was only after he had dressed
himself and one of his comrades had found the
bone on deck, that he WAS made aware of the nm
fortunate ILutilation of his caput After this III.
| covery the unfortunate man was taken to High
| splre, where DR.. Rutherford waa summoned who
| after washing the mans brain, and replacing it.
and arranging the splinters of the adjacent parts
| ot the skull in aproper manner informed him that
was all he could do for him. With this tho wound.
ed man departed in perfectly rational state, to
his home at LoyalsOck
| SAILING OF THE GERNANTOwS.-Tho L. s sloop of
war Germantown, which sailed for China from Nor
folk, Monday, has on board a crew of 300 Two
thirds of whom have signifed their intention to so
without Srog' the voyage. The following is list
Of her officers:
Comnander-Richard l.. Page. 1st Lieutenant
| Charles Deas; 2d do.-Charles ". Place; Sd do
John e. tebiger; 4th do.-Lewis A. Kimberly: 5th
do-Jos. 7. Fyffe. Purser-II. NJ HieskeII. Sur.
Seon-Wm. b. Sinclair; Assistant Surgeon-A. c.
Gorgas. Acting Master-L. A. Beardslee Mid
| .hIpmcn-J. W. Alexander, +. NJ. Burice Clarke
|
| fhus. : Jones. Pursers Clerk-Wm S Fore.t ir
Bostswan-Michael Hall. Gunner-C b. oliver.
CasPenter-R NJ. Balm. Acting Sailmaker-IIenrv
Stremmel.
FISH IS 4 HUMAN SKULL.-Two sons of Mr. John
| H. Iseet, OF Greensburg. Pa were in the habit of
setting might lnes in the Allegheny river in or
der to become possessed of the fnny tribe One
morning very mysterious looking thing was OBJ
served from the shore, being attached to one OF
the lines out some distance On drawing in the
line, tish fast the hook with its head pro
trudlng from the oritice of human skull, which
rests upon the yertebra column. its body being in
the skull and too large to allow its escape there
from. The theory is that the fish became domiced
in the skull some time since, grew until Ii became
imprisoned therein, beyond its power TO escape un-
| aided. The skull is sound and has yet four teeth
| in it, the remainder having dropped out It's shape
indicates that 1t possibly belonged to a negro and
was perhaps that Of a female.
| Disastrous GALE on THE FIsmNG CoAsFs-GRrA At
| Loss OF LFE-A most disastrous gale occurred on
| the eastern coasts on the 22d of July, causing a
great loss life among the fishermen on the North
shore Of the province of St. John: sixty boats are
supposed to have been lost Fifty dead bodies had
| been picked up. 1t is calculated that POO boats
were out fishing, and many more disasters are
feared. One hundred and thirty American fisher
men put into the port of Prince Edward Island for
shelter. A number Of fishing boats had foated
| ashore.
| MECHANICAL MISUNDERSTANDING. as they do,
| to our most immediate and pressing wants-appeal-
| ing to the eye by their magnitude, and often by
their grandeur and associated in MANY cases with