The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-07-29


Tas ATLANTIC TnssRapH -Captais 2. 4. Nov
gan, Who has crossed the Atlantic one huparst
and hfty-six times, wfites to the New YorI
journal OF Commsrce, that hs has no doubt d
TIE psacticabiIity OF laying Submarine teis
graph cable between Europe and Amsrica. II.
says:
"rhere has never been any diElcui.y In Iayin,
telegraph wires In shoal water, aud the sole
cause of the failure In this case ID owing 70 ths
depth OF the water: by reason Of which, the areai
length Of wire held in suspension causes 90 heayy
strain upon It, that II not parted altogether
the inside wire is broken, or the gutta pcrcha
coating 80 strained that the water reaches the eec
tric wire, aId of course instantly stops the com
munication.
"The plan would adopt is this: when slowing
the wire away in the ships hold, attach it to q
three inch Manila rope stopping the wire and rope
together, whish might be.done By four or q We m en-
as last ss IL could be coiled away There 10 no OBJ
lection to the additional number Of ships needed
| TO carry the quantity Of rope that would be re
quired by pursuing this method. Next dispense
with the machinery of every kind hitherto used to
check the cable, aod instead thereof provide eve
ry ccnvehience for getting It cut. No step or
soe, Of tss .os' o"S BE- the
and would prevent it from running ont too fast
Ihere 10 no difficulty in coilipg the wire away 30
that II Will not shift or foul; aud as to the sinking
30 long as square inch Of tn. material to be sunk
10 heavier than square inch Of water, IL will 20
down.
.'The wire should previously be passed through
hydraulic cylinder, and under pressure equal to
three miles depth Of water to ascertain n in all
this length Of cable, there is no place where the
electric wire.
.Ihe bottom Of the ocean is, without doubt,
quite level enough for laying wire: IL il probably
| more 90 than the land, and all the currents met
with in i.s descent woald be of no consequence -
1t wonld in three hours, be quietly on the bottom
| TWO miles below the surface, and where nothing
caa ever disturb 1t. No living thing ever goes
| down lower than about one hundred fathoms. ex.
cept occasionally wounded whale might exceed
that depth There is no place quiet as the bot
tom OF the ocean. where the water s over two hun
dred Athoms deep; and that the great telegraphic
cable can be safely placed there, look upon as
| matter beyond all doubt.'
ARMY MovRxENrs-Leavenw worth adyices of the
23d. per United States express to Bonneville, state
that an express from General Harney's head quar-
ters at Cottonwood Springs 14th instant, brings
copy OF the general orders issued by Iarney,
duly 18th, on the receipt of the instructions from
General Scott, for the disposition of the Utah
forces.
Col Monroe, with the Fourth artillery and two
companies OF Dragons, remain in the District of
tne pIatte Colonel May is ordered to take post ut
fors nearney with three companies of artillery and
one OF cragoons. Two companies of the First cav
airy, under Major Sedgwick, repaired at once to
Fort Riley Six companies OF tho same command
under Colonel Sumner, concentrate q. Fort Kearpy
Ior service on the plains. Two companies of the
same regiment, now in Utah, are ordered to 20 to
Fort kiiey Lieut.. Col. johnson ia relieved from
ooty as inspector General of the Utah forces and
olrected to take command at Fort Riley. Surgeon
wright returns to st. Louis. Major Brown, of the
Pay Department,is is stationed at Fort Kearny-
assistant Surgeon Smith is assigned to duty with
the First cavalry; and Assistant Surgeon Smith.
wth TWO companies Of the Fourth artillery, in
the vicinity OF Cottonwood Springs Capt simp-
BOD, Geographical engineer, proceeds to Utah.
Under the movements directed in General Orders
NO. IL, detachment of recruits, about three
hundred strong, under Major Backus, left Fort
Leavenworth on the 2lst for New Mexico.
TURNED UP AaAIN-The following paragraph
from Paris letter, shows that our old friend Geo.
Jones, or 'Count Joannes," former lessee of the
Marshall Theatre here, and father of Miss Avons
Jones, has ''turned up" again in Paris, and been
''turned Off too, il the letter ia to be believed
gentleman. styling himself Connt Joannes,
had Tor some time previous been advertised in
Galignani's Messenger about to deliver an ora
ton on the anniversary of American Indepen-
dsnce, upon the "History and Character Of Wash
ington and the American Revolution, and its
Effects in Great Britain and France" The meeting
was advertised to take place at the Sale Beetho-
ven, Passage de f0pera; admission gratis In
consequence Of the Fourfh occurring on Sunday,
thu day fixed was Monday, and the hour eight
eicCAt i hStofuin8t9rd u very numerous as.
| semblage of persans-Freneh as we'll az Amer;caus
had determined to attend, and in point of fact
had collected at the door OF the Sale Beethoven.
when Commissary Of Police. attended by a nu-
the portal, with the information, very politely
conveyed, that by order Of the Minister of the In
terror the promised oration was prohibited.
SINGULAR 0ccURRESCs-Boy .Smotaered in a Chest.
A little boy named George Prickner,9 9 years Old.
died in Brooklyn, n. T., last week, under singular
circumstances On Friday last his mother direct
ed him to wash the dishes, and she went to a
neighbors for the purpose of doing some work
The boy did as he was direct to do, and Their,
playing with other boys, received a penny from
one OF them, with the request that he sh ,uld buy
4 stick Of candy to divide between them. As soon
as he got the penny he ran into the house, and
ascending the stairs, jumped into large chest
which was standing 10 the garret. The chest was
provided with lock which became fastened on
the closing of the lid; and the boy having, doubt
less, pulled it down to escape from the observa
sion of his pursuer, was unable to raise it, aud re-
mained there until he died. The other boy being
unable to find him, went away. After the mother
got home search was made about the neigh borhood
but without success. Inquiries were made until
Sunday night, when the attention of the occupants
was attracted by an offensive smell, which was
traced to the large chest On opening it, the body
of the boy in an advanced state Of putrefaction,
was found.
YoUSG WOMAN FsIGHrENED TO DsArH-Emma
Evans, girl fourteen years OF age, died suddenly
in New York on Sunday evening from fright. It
appears that on the evening named, deceased
went with her father and others to a saloon to get
supper, aud on returning to Mr.. Martins house
the went in the basement way, followed by her
father. As she entered the hall the servant girl
called ont "halls, or something that sounded like
that word, and Miss Evans became suddenly frigh.
tened and fell to the Tagging Every effort was
Immediately made to the restore her, but she con-
tnued in swoon and died in few minutes. DR..
Bonton made post mortem examination of the
body and found that blood vessel ia the brain
had been ruptured. and the jury rendered as fol.
lows :-"Thst deceased came to her death by
shock to the nervous system in being frightened
by thinking she perceived some strange shadow
in the basement above alluded to-" In Baltimore
Tuesday night, James Shanpessy, q lad of Is. In