The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-10-15
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THA ATLANTIC CABLa.-The Last Reports. s.-Th,
sa'entia correspondent Of the London Times
writing on the 24.b ult. says that it IL nov con.
ceded oy competent authority that the ief defect
in the cable exists go miles from the Irish shore
and that savers' smaller flaws exist still nearer
| land. In opposition to this pronunciamepto o
| tho electricians however, he cites the following
| case:
| A very similar defect to the present occurred =
short time ago ia one of the North Sea cables
MIR. tsrIey aud other scientific gentlemen tested
the cabe, and pronounced the defect To be 170
miles on The cable vas accordingly upderruu ana
cot at distance Of 80 miles from the shore vben
| twas found that the defect was much nearer and
aver sar'ety et other experiments had been tried
me Jd1y pace ." the cable discovered not oss al
sed az aa but actually in The portion of tte cabl.
| buried in The beach,
huasisr battery Is about to be tried on the
DEAD cable, which &c 10 believed Twill make the
animal kick during some portion Of the day at
least The correspondent thus noticesit:
The Cork steaIler, which arrived here on Monday
lsst brought Ar. Henley's gigantic magnetic cleo
were put together and got iato operation on the
following day. The machines are a slight madid
eafion OF the msgneto-electric machines which in
place OF batteries are used for working over all
gigantic scale, being the largest and most power.
ful instrument of the kind yet constructed. The
Two permanent magnets, from which the electric
Induction Is obtained are each composed of thirty
morse shoe steel magnets two feet and half
long. and from four to five inches broad The in
duction coils attached to these each contain about
s'x miies OF wire. Some idea OF the power OF tn il
Instrument may DO gathered from the fact that one
snock from II. If passed through the hunsn body
would be sufficient TO destroy life With the aid Of
tins instrument Mr. Henley hopes tn be able To ,oork
through tte cable during some part Of each day,
eren y the .fa"A sho'dd proce rrepardbk.
tbs CHsss DUEL IN EURopz-HARRwIrx IsDts-
PosEp.--In regard TO the chess match between
Morphy, the American champion, and Harrwisz,
the London Era says:
Since the days of Deschappelles and Labourdon.
rails. since the match Of the French and English
i champions, st, AmsDt and Staunton, no similar
interest has been exhibited by the cbess players
France, and Of the termination of the contest with
HarrwitS A. greater chess treat is expected
with the q lHsn Of the New World. The score
between Morphy and Hsrrwisz now stands Nor.
ply t. Harrwisz drawn o. Since the termination
OF the second game Harrwitz has not scored ono,
and has requested an adjournment Of hostiIities
until 2oth September. The last game was played
on the 18th instant
The announcement, in the correspondence of the
Courier des Etats Unis, that Morphy had won
the match was premature. The next steamer will
doubtless bring in the termination of the match
FILLIBUsyERING.-The New York Express. speak.
ing of the steamship Hermann which lately sailed
from that port TO 'couuect' on the Nicaraguau
route with the Atlantic steamers says:
Our own impression aud belief 10, that the stea-
mer and the passengers we're never really intend
ed for San Francisco line, but for San Juan del
Sur. in Central America. and that the $50 psssen
ard faad nf he -
operation above described. were, in good part fl
busters iatended to meet Walker in Central Ame-
RIGA, with arms and ammunition on board there
provided for his use-and that Walker him
self disbursed here the money to start her. Bnt
time will determine whether or not our gaesses
are right.
EPISCOPAL MISSION CONVENTION The Episcopal
mission convention assembled in Baltimore, We'd.
Aesday. Bishop Meade of Virginia, took the chair,
aud Rev. DR.. Van Pelt, Of New York, acted as sec
retsry On the call of the ROLL the following epis.
copants we're found to be present:-Bishops Otey,
If Tennessee; See OF Delaware; Delaney of wesser
New York; See of Iowa; Boone, Of China; Green, OF
Mississippi: and Doane, Of New Jersey. consid
erable humber Of presbyters were also present
| from various parts of the country.
The anniversary meeting of the Evangelical
knowledge Society. was held on Tuesday in the
same city. The meeting was presided over by
Rev. Bishop Meade, OF Virginia. Addresses were
delivered by Bishops Lee, of Delaware: job ps, OF
| Virginia; Nottingham, of Maryland, and Bishop
Boone. missionary to China. The secretary's re-
pert showed the society to be in prosperous and
| satisfactory condition. Over 500 members had
been added during the past year. The society 10
rot only free from debt but has surplus of $33 900
in the treasury
ELECTION SCENES IN NORTH CAROLINA A cores.
poudent Of the Pendeton, =. c., Messenger, rs.
porting trip through North Carolina, gives some
illustrations of ''election times" which may be
interesting:
"Arriyed at the election ground, there was a
sight worth seeing. Apple brandy ruled. There
were about az many women as men on the ground.
This is peculiar feature in North Carolina gath
erings-the women nearly all attend, and il re-
suits bene fcialiy sometimes. once saw a fellow
get into fightat one of those elections, while his
| wife was along with him. The front yard Of the
doggery bad been gravelled with very course gra.
vel. Our hero pulled off bis shirt aud pitched in,
but soon made to bite the gravel Hero No.
| 2 Jumped On him. but was sooner On than of.
| for our first named heros wife gathered a hoop
| POLE and such iamiBg as hero No. . got it has
| Dos been my fortune to see since. All hands stood
| off and saw it we'll done. Hero No. l was sight
| Imagine q mans back full of coarse gravel
| gouged in through the skin.
"In approaching the election ground, young
| men and women could be seen sitting ON logs in
| the woods eating ginger-cakes and drinking cider
| and brandy. Heap or Ia00 to the acre there -
One fellow jumped out OF a shanty there where
| they kept their apple brandy, aud swore that be
could whip the man that had anything against
| him. Everybody seemed too drunk to take much
| notice of him. Two fellows got to scufflipe on a
large scsffold, and down it came, causing gene,
raj row. Some were knocked down by the falling
Of the scaffold, and, supposiug somebody had
knocked them down, pitched in promi.cuously
| thought IL was time for peaceabe man to leave,
| 80 took the road"
REVIVAL OF TRADE IN ENaLAND-Trsde OF eyery
description appears to be undergoing the pro-
cess OF rapid revival in England, while the turn
things are taking at the Stock Exchanged 10 stroug
ly indicative of another imitation. Money is abun
| dant and cheap-and with tie apparent near ap
proach Of another era of flush times" the panics
and bankruptcies of the past Year are likely to bs
speedily forgotten. The "fimes," however, throws
out timely cautions against crushing ahead" toe
fast Here, in the Usited States trade is revfving
too-slow, but sure-and the New York Stock Ex
change is beginning TO exhibit a corresponding
lactivity-but ''John Bull" seems to be "goins
ahead" considerably fsster than we
| A STRIKE AND RIoT.-Militdry failed Ossf-Ns
learn from gentleman from the vicinity that con
siderable excitement existed in the neighborheod
Of dams Nos. 4 and on Saturday last, in couse.
queuce OF q strike ct No. for higher wages
| Failing in their demands, they proceeded to dan
| No. and by threat and intimidation sought tt
compel the bands to join with them. The copse.
| quehce was broken bones and bloody noses, anG
| the result would have been much more serious had
| it not been tor the courage of the contractor
| Mrjor Israel Robinson, of MartiDsburg, who i'm
medately telegraphed to the Governor, and in re
ply received authority to order out any force which
he might deem necessary. The Major called OF
the Hamframck Gusrds," Capt. V. ~ Butler apt
they were 10 = short time on the march in full
force to the scene Of conflict. At the appearance
of the Guards the rioters broke ranks and ecat
fare in al fbIr