The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-09-23
! T He DISPATC n.
THURSDAY NoRNINosEprENBES :, Is,s

THURSDAY 0RNIN6...-sEPrEMBER q 1858
PofsoNKD vAILEy.-A singular discovery ha.
lately been made near Batten, In Java, Of . poison
Cd valley. Mr.. Alexander Loudon visited it last
July, and we extract paragraph from conimu
nioation on the subject addressed By him to the
Royal Geographical Society:
| "It 10 known by the name Of Guevo Upas or Poi
soned Valley; and following path which has beer
| with couple OF dogs and fowls for the purpose
| OF making experiments. On arriving at the ton Of
the mountain the party dsmounted and scrambled
up The side CT the hill, at distance of mile with
the assistance of the branches aud projecting
When at few yards from the valley, a strong
nsuseoos, suifocatng smell was experienced bui
| on approaching the margin the :nconvenience was
| no longer found. The valley is about half a mile
circumference, OF an oval shape aud about thirty
The bottom Of 1t appeared to be nat, without
any vegetation, and few large stones scattered
here aud there. Skeletons Of human beings
tigers. Gears, deer aud all sorts of birds and wild
animals lay about in profusion. The ground on
which they lay at the bottom Of tfe valley appeared
| to be a hard sandy substance, and no yapor was
perceived. The sides were covered with vsgeta
tion.
| 1t was proposed to enter it, and each Of the
| party having lit cigar, managed to get within
| twenty feet of the bottom, where q sickennQ
| nauseons smell was experienced without any dfh
| Shf'y VI ptohthibk- N uok WAS now tA5teDeU 10
| the end Of a bamboo and thurss to the bottom OF
| the valley, while some OF the party with their
watches in their hands, observed the effect.
At the expiration of fourteen seconds be fell a
his legs without moving or looking around, and
continued alive only eighteen minutes. The other
dog now lett the company and went to bis compan.
ion. On reaching him he was observed to stand
motioness, spd at the end Of ten seconds fell down
| he never moved his limbs after, and lived only
| seven minutes. A fowl was thrown in and died
| Ia a minpte and quarter. And another, which
was thrown In after, died in the space ofa minute
| and a half
| these experiments were going forward which,
| from the interesting nature of the experiment
vas quite disregarded On the opposite eide of the
valley to that which was visited lay q human
| skeleton. The bead was resting on the right arm
| Ihe enect OF the weather had bleached the bones
| as white az ivory. This was probably the remains
OF some wretched rebel, hunted toward the valley
VINO had taken shelter there unconscious of its
| character. "
THE BLACK TONGUE A MIsNoaER-Gray Boul-
ware, Esq, of Caroline county, writes to the Rura,
| southerner, an agricultural letter in which he
denies the existence of any ''black tongue,
disease among the cattle In that section He
says:
| II bad a COW afflicted with what the nsighho-s
pronounced q decided case of black tongue but
| on investigation found that it was the cows t1I
and not its tongue. that was afflicted think thnt
the other cases OF black tongue in Essex and othe
| places, will be found, II mean DO jnke) .Iollo,r
taa' Iexamined my COW, and found that its tail
| WAS diseased about two thirds Of the way up, aud
had it amputated few inches above the disease
The COW rapidly recovered and is now perfectIy
well.
"This disease can be easily detected ty soueezing
the animals tail, it appears to give pain when
touched. The tail appears as if bored out by some
peculiar kind of grub or worm, and when neglect
cd the disease affects the spine and the animal
dies"
Amputation, it will be observed, is the only
remedy suggested by Mr.. Boulware.
DEPARTURE OF THE E''AFgIcANs"-The Niagara ar
rived at Charleston on Monday morning. ard that
evening took the rescued Africans on board in the
following style, described by the Mercury:
The steamer General Clinch yesterday forenoon
visited Fort Sumter, took board the Africans
and conveyed them to the frgate. heavy sea
| was running. and it required all the ingenuity Of
the officers 10 charge to ship their cargo. Finally
they hitupon the eXpedient, so successfully prac-
t,ed among the Indians OF South Amer lea in
crossing rapid streams. The frigate and the stea-
mer were connected by two bawsers, and a large
tub placed upon third line. run from the span
ker boom of the frgate to the deck of the steamer
and tb as the awful chasm was bridged Upon this
line the negroes were placed, and hauled by tub
fulls 10 the frgate. The ceremony was, Of course
very slow and tedious, and it was late in the even
ing before the Clinch returned to the city. We
OF the authorities at Washington before We can
state automatically the precise number eff negroes
departed The ssmber is, however, understood ia
be about two hundred and eighty.
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the neighborhood of st. Barpabas, lover conduct
ca us in'euueu u.ise W tne ai.ar. me marriage
ceremony pro-, sueu WIN IesI.aJ unli, Ihe Iair
| w ~ r ~ - ~ IL - iu' nos, " ~ ~ '"ou us'o WI
! . "u ~, 10y .ny "euGou t:. nusou t "n,In, wi.n
iueu app1. one ii'y' Sno .eP!.eo, NO. Inc
poVi u seu t1n 9 "'.h aS.ouishuen'' u
Nv Sa trtI Tu i;s aIs n.i ~ Ste' hei
| seen gentleman Wno'h sne ilked petter. inis de-
| c'ata.'ou sooh Drought matters 10 Cfisis. Inc
marrlage eIenlony was suspended, anu me clergy
| u'fh poi1uely cohuuc'ed the parties 10 ainerent
| doors. Inc of'deerooin, more oisgnsted with such
| conauct thah morhneu al MS disappointment, de-
| clared that ms anections from that moment were
aiienated and that nothing should induce him to
take the lady even II her resolution were to alter.
| Mr.. q. b.. the lady's own brother, finding him in
such good spirits intiinsted tnat, as splendid
dinner would De prepared at his house. much time
| aud expense would be spared II he would return
| to the churcn ana eouoinde the Ceremony with
one Of the bridesmaid. The hint was instantly
bersef had no objection n special Iicepsa Was in
stantIy procured. they got married at the ;dentt
cal church on the Identical morning. and aftervard
partook of the identical dinner prepared for the
chanpeable one -Csurt Journal
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ROUTES TO THE PAcIFIc.-Last week, small iron
steamer was launched in New York, to take place
on the waters of the Tehuantepec. preparatory to
the opening of that route to San Francisco. The
Isthmus of Tehuaptepec is but 130 miles wide, and
is the Darrowest neck of land separating the At
rnu,a .haii ha onanaS !. arO.o,sa ~ ""on He
Jess than dav and half. and bsra will he O..
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