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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-08-24

Tbs VAULTS OF Sr. SEPULcHkE IN LoNpov.-P.-
mdrkadlc Preservation Of a Cbrpse.-A correspon.
dent of the New York Evangelist, now in London.
gives the following curious narrative of his visit
TO the vaults of the Church of 81. sepulchre. in
that city:
A. strange sight was recently disclosed to me in
st. Sepulchre, oLe OF the Oldest If not the very Old
est church edihce in this city 1t stands onnnsita
St Paus csthedral This church was partially par M fce
stroyed by the great fire ia London, but early re.
built: Itis an Immense edifice. with very wealth.
parish. yet emily two or three hundred persons a.
ath the church series of great burial vaults
where intermeHts have been made for many hun.
the, were 1900 collins now eutirs under th. Lu,Id
lug. and from an examination, have no doubt Of
its truth
Tbea,mosphere Of the vaults seems to have a re-
marksble fleet in preserving the coins, if not the
bodies, from decay Descending through an iron
door from the church the oiner day, we entert d
very large apartment. but dimly lighted. here
piles Of mOuldy, black looking collins we're pned
upon each other These Collins, with all the,r ele-
composed. Climbing up over heap of them the
sex,on opened largo wooden box, and out OF il
of preserva ionl The limbs we're unbroken. and and
the body perfect except the flesh shrunken, yet it
was still oft aud flexible to the tou-h.
The sexton stated that the offlcers of the church
had recently been examining the vaults, and al
burials there had long since ceased they designed
to close the entrance. Before doing 90, they had
been taking careful survey OF the pre mises, and
uuder mass OF rubbish in one corner, they founda
stone enc osure, sort OF sarcsphasus out of which
this female hgure was ken. 1t is believed to be
three centuries DID, aid evidently from its DO
sltion, and the stone .Rcioeure, It female If
rank II was strange sight in ,his subterran. an
the nigh ceiling al arouGd, to see this entire human
figure rsieed up bodily from its resting place and
standing erect upon coffin before ou The fact OF
its existence is obably known to but few persons
and before THIS reaches rou. the entrance to it will
be closed TO all further Inspect.
Hhy / hapDened to have the priViie0 Of seeirp
this strange sight extended TO me, Was rather Gu,
GUS in itself The sections wife, seeing me look
ing in at the door of this quaint old chuicn made
some remark which led 10 the disclosure that wa;
au American she then inquired if / knew a rpia
tive of he's in New York. Upon giving me his
name, ami showing me his daguerrsotype. discov
public institution in Broadway. 0f curse, they
Were delighted, aud were unusually civil to me.
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DRAIN BAG5-Msnufsctur without
~ seam, for sale at the Penitsntiary Store.
X. NJ. NIMMO,
an 10 Genl AR't Virginia Penitenfiary
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COAL.

CoAL.-f6s SubsSri6sr 1cnj1 -ss,s1
~. Inuly lnsorm hi eussoasrs snf rc...-I-. Z :
3 dsssr sns 8Lack LiHss = . sad ps.ssrsd
LUMR. HAIL and BNTf6nr es5A I. ~ AyXnlAn
=; aad g rsa.osd Dfissa rsssocs .
49,. y cieaa winters supply VIII Aad d = 49, R q
Of september. - pssoes tAe lot
W wAnh.STV-Ths wn.TV & bset quality Philadelphia nm 80
Once on l4ih street. near Mayo's Srids.
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IN WISH to purchase competent Female
IL COOK without incumo orsnce, and am willing 30
Bpsy for such the full value.
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Mo. i PERUVIAN GUANO.-Constant-
~ ly on hand and for sale by
au tI-tlstD BACON q BASR ERt1LL
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DRICE 20 CTS Try SEMPLES IN
l. FALLIBLE BAKING POWDER. For sale ev.
eryxhsrs Au FL
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COR sALE-The LEASE, BAR, FIX
l. TURss, BOWLING ALLEYS. &C., OF an old
established Restaurant, in the business part of the
cisy At private sale. TO good tenant the term.
viii be very accommodating Apply 70
ty s-ts ALEX MOTT.
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T,LOvEa HILL AND ANT1Rx0fT1

I HILL AND ANTHKACITE
OOAL The subscribers are noW preparsd N
S 81 for tns delivery Of Glover H Coal
11asy sisS Hecp constantly on hand Red and White
- xood tsrms - It can be purchased In the city. ~
CTdes zen ct their Office. near Pstsfsburs Bepok
Ot - OApt. Libby's. corner Of 1lst and Carv -
VIII bs promptly attended 90 '1
JyM-sm WM H DAVIS q 90.
LOVER HILL COAL undersign.
Oted 10 prepared to furnish CLOVER HILL OsAI.
% ns lowest market price, Throughout the sesson.
~ 6~O n 0I nQ0N
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ENGLIsH MUSTARD, manufactured
~ by Taylor Bros. Ali lovers of this excellent
g ndime2t should try packet of it. To be had at
Gil tS 3 DAWspN'S,
euccesssr 10 ] r Wood
suIS Garner Main and 18th streets
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LNLiUE ISLAND GUANU.-A full sup
IL ply of Eide Island Guano. f,r sale BY
aa lg EDWIN WO tTHAM 4 CO
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E0R SALE-At q low price, SHOW
J. C4SE, So feet long, feet inch in width, 3 feet
inches in height-gisss all round.
Iy B-ts MYERS JAHNKE
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ElIALL'S VIRGINIA PATENT SHIN
OLE MACHINE, which is capable of making
II Eu Shingles, Barrel Heads. or Slaves per day
= be seen At A. Rham's Foundry every day, from 7
N. NJ. to z NJ.
AZ For county and shop rights. apply to
pM ID. z. VAkRN 4 CO.,
~ An 6-2m Richmond,
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18th Bylaw: "Prox,es to represent stock in their
general annual meetings, shall only be valid for the
space of two years from the cate thereof ~
By order ofthe Board of Directors
an ii -dtl3e VIII II HUGHIA ear,v
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THE RUsH AT THE VIRGINIA SPRINas.-The Peters.
burg Intelligencer has the following extract of Q
letter from the Rock Alum Spring, dated the l7th
instant:
"The crowd here Is immense. At least one
thousand. Stages answer the purpose of bedrooms
every night. The ball room has likewise been
converted into sleeping apartment for lad ies-
that every body who goes to the White Sulphur is
hard Of The Sweet and Little Red Sweet are & He'd
to their utmost capacity; not less that one thou.
sand at the former and Ave hundred at the latter
The Rockbridge Baths have been crowded for more
than fortnight, and many are camping out 1T the
sulphur spring above there.
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DEW FOR SALE-No. II in the First
l. Presbyterian CDR Moore-s) Church. Inquire OF
SWORDS 4 THAW,
10 2a-ts us Broad gtreet
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GREEN GINGER AND PICKLING
VI SPICES; Celery Seed snd Cooking Extracts, at
MkADE 4 BAKERS,
auM Is5. N W corner Main and 10th SITS.
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DEFINED SUGARS 400 bbls G, extra
N c and Circle a. Coffss Sugars; 30 bbls. Crushed,
Powdered and Cut Leaf sugars; for nale By
ar I4-Ss LEWIS N. WEBB co.
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NEW BOOKS AND NEW SUPPLIR9--

becrethry OF comm IN,
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nations When, therefore they all gathered together
before the telegraph station, they understood the
purpose for which they we're assembled. Captain
Hudson took up his position On pile of boards,
the officers and men standing round amid shavngs,
stumps trees pieces OF broken furniture, sheets
of copper. telegraph batteries. little mounds OF
lime and mortar, branches of trees, huge bouders,
and long catalogue of other things equally in-
congrnous. Captain II. then repeated prayer and
addressed a few remarks to the company on the
completion o! the great work.
At the close OF tho remarks the audience OF "ca-
Bile layers" dispersed, sogno 70 amuse themselves
in short excursions about the grounds adjoining
the station and others In exploring the mysteries
of the brilding ITSELF About an hour after, the
officers and men assembled on the beacn
W here the cable had heen landed. and where tney
re-enbarked for their several ships up TO TINS
point everything had been conducted with silence
and ia a spirit Of moderation, which some might
consider as III suited to the greatness OF the WORK
and the feeling which the occasion might reason,
ably be supposed TO call forth. Had such scene
occurred in the harbor OF New York, u would nave
been impossible to restrain the wild enthusiasm
and ex itemept Of the people. Ana who IL there,
nnder the circumstances. that would desire to do
sog But the men who laid that tarred line across
one-hslf OF the Atlantic, and who had passed SIX
days In anxious Watching, In terrible suspense ana
in the midst Of spprehensions, one day hoping
against hope, and the next fearing when the pros
pect appeared brightest, thinking Of the one thing
BY day and dreaming Of the one thing in their
short and troubled sleep until 1t seemed ~ II on
that slender cable their very lives depended, and
the accident that proved fatal to its safety we're to
put an end TO their existesce-these men were not
devoid Of enthusiasm. No, no, there was no want
Of nthusiasm among them; but 1t was determined
that they should not give vent TO II till the work
was wholly omplished-till the cable Was land
ed till they had carried the end in safety to the
station, and till they had returned
thanks to that Providence whose agents they were
In the working out Of the greatest achievement
which has ever beer. conceived or performed By
man.
Want OF enthusiasml Oh, had the people Of
New York--cf the United States--of the two
worlds, heard the Wild huz1a that vent ringing
over the htlis chasing the deer from their covers,
peoding thsusands Of startled sea birds ont upon
the ocsan, % II the land 10 longer Afforded them
j place OF secnrity--had they seen tbs faces OF
theee men, they would understsnd what eashusi.
The Placer herald., 1858-10-09
EMPIRE LIVERY STABLES!!!
AUBURN, CAL.

y. J.ZENTMYER, Proprietor.
FNHE undersigned having become pro- II
L prietOr of the above stables, and 0
being desirous of share OF public pa Nh.
tfonage, would call attention to the fact that he
Is prepared at all times to furnish customers with
HORSES and BUGGIES-dOMble or single,
AND GOOD SADDLE HORSES,
Also to keep Transient Horses.
-, The stock is as good any in the country, and
she bugges new and strong Terms liberal.
J. J. ZENTMYER.
Auburn, August LIST, 1857-my.
The Placer herald., 1858-10-09
Making Themselves Miserable.

Opposition editors are making themselves
miserable about the probable action Demo-
cratic Congress may take on a Kansas Consti,
tuition, should one be presented at the next
session. Sufficient unto the day is the evil
thereof" is scriptural saying, and it seems
to US that there is no use whatever in worry
ing over Kansas Constitution until it is sent
up to Congress. A Democratic Congress
has given peace and quiet to that distracted
Ierritory-a thing an Opposition Congress
failed to do and it is very fair to presume
that Democratic Congress will settle this
whole Kansas business in satisfactory man
ner to the nation. Every new State that
has ever been admitted into the Union has
been admitted by a d mocratic Congress, and
it would be Strange, indeed, if Kansas should
be admitted by an Opposition Congress.
The Placer herald., 1858-10-09
Valuable Information.

The width Of the United States is 1850
miles, Its length is 1890.
Area of square miles, 2,o39,lO6.
Coast line of rivers and lakes, 15.2O4.
1t has thrty-two States, of which seven
teen are free and fifteen slave States, and
seven Territories.
Its population is 23,lSo,s7s, of which
there are l3,349,749 at the North; and in
the South G,2l 1918, and 3,2O4,3l3 slaves:
there are also 427,305 free persons of color
The area Of square miles of the ST. Law
renee basin is 10000.
Atlantic slope, basin of square miles is
100000. :
Pacific slope, basin of square miles is
100000.
Mississippi Valley, basin of square miles,
100000.
Texas slope, basin of square miles, $780,
900.
Utah slope, basin of square miles, $780,
900.
Red river Of the North, basin of square
miles, 10000
Area of the North in square miles, 81, ,397
Area of the Territories in square miles, L.
500, 625.
Number of miles Of railroad, 22 200.
River and lake navigation, 10 72O miles.
The Placer herald., 1858-10-09
Native Wines.

Not the least among the interesting. fea-
lures of the California Horticultural Society,"
Fair, now in process, is the exhibition of
California wines. Specimens of the genuine
article, manufactured from the grape upon
the very locality where the grapes are grown,
admitting of hardly possibility of ficti-
tious article, were produced from several
grape 81 owing localities, as an evidence not
only Of the fitness of the grape for produc-
ing the finest kinds of wines, but also the
skill Of the manufacturer.
That there is large quantity Of fictitious
wine made and sold in San Francisco as the
pure Los Angeles or California wine, we are
we'll satisfied, from repeated hastings, and the
effect of such hastings upon our circulatory
system.
The pure native wine, from the California
grape, is mild, pleasant and agreeable beve
rage, with very little of the alcoholic or ex-
citing principle in it, and it is this that dis
tinguishes il from the imitation article
There are already several kinds as well as
qualities, of wine made from a single variety
of the California grape, and when properly
manufactured are of superior excellence, and
as many of our largest grape growers are
turning their attention to the introduction
and cultivation of fore On varieties, the time
is not far distant when California will be as
noted for its variety of fine wines as the
quantity produced
The grape is found to succeed admirably
in all localities along the Pacific coast, from
the extreme northern boundary of our State
to its most southern, except in few isolated
sections where the cold ocean winds seem
to break through the coast mountains, and
the fact that in some volcanic countries the
finest wines in the world are produced, rem
ders it next to certain that California with
her vast extent Of debris in every stage of
decay, from the finest mold of unreasonable
depth, to the coarser scoria that has hardly
yet felt the corrodngs Of the elements, must
certainly possess every element Of soil that
can be desired in the production of the finest
wines. That our climate is entirely congenial
to the absolute perfection of tire grape has
ever been acknowledged
With every requisite for the cultivation of
vineyards in the highest perfection, and the
material for the manufacture Of the fines.
wines, it seems like an imposition upon the
real capabilities of the country that the base
limitations of California wines from acids,
sugar, water, and alcohol should be pa!med
off, either upon our own people or the mar
kets of the world, when the importance Of
establishing character for our wines is so
clearly essential to our reputation as a wine
producing people. If every purchaser OF
California wines would put the test: SIS the
wine you sell me made wholly and exclusive
ly from the juice of the grape, without ad-
dition or alloy in any form?" it would soon
put stop to the vending of the spirituous
and vile compounds Culturist
The Placer herald., 1858-10-09
1.-The Mother of Waters"

Lieutenant Habersham, in his letters from
China to the Philadelphia Ledger, asserts
that the Mississippi river, which we call the
Father of Waters" is not to be compared
to the Yangset- Kiang river, to which he ap-
plies the name of Mother Of Waters" In
proof of this he compares the width and
volume of the two streams.
The Mississippi at New Orleans is not quite
six hundred yards wide, with a mean depth
of one hundred feet, and mean velocity of
nearly one and half miles per hour. Thus
body of water one and half miles long.
six hundred yards wide, and one hundred
feet thick, is driven into the Gulf Of Mexico
every hour. A little more than one hundred
miles from the mouth of the Yang tse. Ktang
(the Son of the Sca) is located the city Of
Kiang Yin. The river here is nineteen hun
dred yards wide, has an average depth of
nnety-nine feet, and a mean velocity of two
miles per hour. Thus we have, he remarks
body of water two miles long nineteen
hundred yards wide, and ninety.nine feet
thick, hourly urged into the bosom of the
Yellow Sea. Compare this volume with the
first, and it will be found to be almost double
Were the length Of the great Chinese water
course only knowu, the comparison might be
complete; but that cannot be till the interior
of China is opened to the world. It's esti-
mated length is three thousand three hun
dred miles. Lieutenant Habcrsham estimates
that the waters of the Yang, ,tse- Kiang carry
along in suspension the remarkable quantity
of about thirtythree and a third per cent Of
sedimentary matter According to this es-
innate, l,9S6,OO0 cubic feet of mud is hour
ly transported to the sea by this river. 1t
seems quite incredible but as the earthly
matter discharged by the Yang-tse Kiang
colors the waters at its mouth, giving to them
the name of the Yellow Sea, besides forming
immense flats, the amount must be very
large.
The Yang tse Kang, however, bears no
better comparison with the Amazon. than,
according to Lieutenant Habersham, the Mis-
sssippi does to the Chinese river. The ANA
zon, which is the largest river in the world,
is one Thousand seven hundred and sixty-nine
miles in length in direct line, or, including
its wndings nearly four thousand miles,
while four hundred miles from the Atlantic
it is more than mile in width and has We
locity of three and half miles per hour,
and in mid current no bottom is fouDd with
twenty fathoms or one hundred and twenty
feet. This noble river, with its tributaries, is
estimated to afford fifty thousand miles OF
inland navigation,
The Placer herald., 1858-10-09
Wealth of the United States.

A late number of De Bows Review gives
the following estimate of the wealth of the
United States. 1t will be seen that the value
of farms, stock, and implements of agricu-
ture, amounts to nearly one-third of the
whole valuation, equaling the combined esti-
mated value of the public lands, navy yards,
and vessels, Notifications, public buildings,
commercial marine, railroads, canals, factor
les, mills, gold and silver coin and bullion,
and foreign and domestic goods on hand.
Value of farms and cultivated soil, S., 900 600 900
Value of horses. cattle, sheep, &c, 1900, 900. 900
Value of agricultural implements, 100000, 900
value OF mines, 4500, ,O00, 900
Value of dwelling houses, $500, 1000, 900
Value of railways and canals, LOO. 600, 900
val OF factories, mills d mache shops 400 900, 900
Value of commercial marine. 10000, 900
Value of agricultural produce do
mestc manufactures, and foreign
goods on band 100000, 900
Val. of gold and silver coin Il bullion, 3ODOOO,OOO
Value of public lands ships Of war,
Notifications, navy yards, public
buildings, &c., 4,0000OOOOO
The Placer herald., 1858-10-09
4,OOO,OOO,OOO.
Total,
100000

The GREAT DIrcH AND REsERyolR.-No
enterprise in the mining region will compare
in cost and magnitude With the ditch and
reservoir of the Sierra Nevada Lake Water
and Mining Company. The ditch when
completed will be % miles in length and
extend from Truckee Lake to Campton-
vile. The work was commenced in tho
Autumn of 1854, and is completed to the
head Of Oregon Creek, near Forest City,
already supplying Aieghenytown, Chips and
Smiths Flats, Minnesota and other gold
yielding places. The Company have reser-
voir at the head of Middle Yuba which en-
braces an area of one and three quarter
miles, giving capacity of three hundred
millions Of cubic feet. The walls will be
ninety feet high; at this time they are sixty
fve-feet, and the water is forty-fve feet deep
The capacity Of the ditch is 1000 inches, and
the work will exceed the sum Of $45O,O0O
Sierra Citizen.
The Placer herald., 1858-10-09
The Democratic Party Contrasted with the
0nnOsition.

Caleb Cushing, in his splendid 4th of July
oration at Tammany Hall, drew the follow
ing admirable portraits of the Democratic
party and Of the opposition. First of the
Democracy.
81 can see, on the one hand, political as
sociation which holds in its keeping the ira
ditional public policy of the country-whch,
at both ends of the country, North and
South, courageously and conscientiously as
sumes the burden of nationality, 10 defiance
of local jealouses and principles-which
alone processes Constitutional political
creed, and follows Constitutional theory of
action-which calmly but resolutely main
tains our international rights in all emergen-
cies, and which is consttutionally conserva
tive because it is Democratic in principle,
and thus conciates together the rights of
the States and the rights of the universal
people"
Here is the counter picture:
II see, on the other hand, political asso-
citation which is not, indeed. an association,
but loose conglomerate only of the frag-
ments broken off from other associations,
which has no definite platform of doctrines,
and floats at random on the tide of public
policy, in the hope of picking up some
chance heImsman, it knows not where who
may bring it into port; which lives only by
hateful vituperation of the South: which is
the refuge and receptacle Of the crotch ,tyism
of the day."
The Placer herald., 1858-10-09

RLANK ATTACHMENTS
Office. ~ 'A' '"0o' tiefa4u
The Placer herald., 1858-10-09

OVERLAND MAIL.-A letter was received in
Stockton, on Tuesday, by the overland mail
route, from San Antonio Texas, in q days.
The Placer herald., 1858-10-09

LOST STARs.-Those who study the heavens
say that often a star drops out of the firma-
ment or dies there, and is lost to sight for.
ever after. 1t may have been the bright
star OF hope OF many mariner On tie un.
certain sea of life. Its calm, gentle radiance
may have shed good cheer and comfort upon
many path, dark with doubt, and sorrow,
and dread. Like these dropping, dying stars,
our loved ones go away from our sight. The
stars of our hopes, our ambitions, our pray
ers whose light shines ever before us, lead.
ing on and up, they suddenly fade from the
armament of our hearts, and their place is
empty aad dark. A mothers steady. soft
and earnest light, that beamed through all
our wants and sorrows; fathers strong,
quick light, that kept our feet from STUN
bling on the dark and treacherous ways;
sisters light, so mild, so pure, SO constant
and so firm, shining upon us from gentle,
loving eyes, and persuadng us to grace and
goodness; brothers light, bright bold and
honest; lovers light forever sleeping in our
souls and Illuminating our goings and com
ings friends light, true and trustv-gone
out-forever9 No! no! The light has not
gone out. 1t is shining beyond the stars,
where there is no night and no darkness, for
ever and forever. H