The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-08-07

VA, SATURDAY, AU(
! D1srRKssrso CASUALTY IN DslRoiT-Gas Esplosio,
IN ssnator Czandlsrs House 1T has already beel
briefy mentioned that di stressing affair occurre,
| on Monday evening at United States Senate
Chandler's residence, ct Detroit, Michigan, whicl
resulted in very serious Consequences, Mr.. Chand
Ter, his little daughter, aud two men having beef
very badly burned by means Of gas explosion
The Detroit Press has the following particulars o
the accident:
| About seven o'clock IN the evening q strons
smell Of gas vas observed In the house This wa
| found to proceed from the store room, and Mr.
chandler, in company with o serving man and hi,
little daughter, went into tho room. gas pipt
| in this room had been carelessly left open By Z
workman, and full stream was issuing from IL
The windows we're open, and the gas had couse
quently collected In the top Of t1e above the
| windows. 1t had there formed an explosive CON
| pound, by i.ingling with the atmosphere in pro
| per quantities. Mr. Chandler entered the room
followed by his little girl and the hired msn, who
| stood rear the door. Mr. Chandler placed q pair
of steps in the middle of he room. directly under
the pipe, which was in tho ceiling. and a-cended
| them. The man at the same time elevated the
light which he held in his hand A soon as IL
came Ia contact with the gas au explosion epsued
with loud report. The man was blown outside,
and the door closed by the force Of the conens
sion
! Mr.. Chandler was knocked down, and upon re-
covering himself began to search for his l.:ie girl
The light OF the burning gas which issued from
the pipe enabled him to fad her. The flames were
still Pickering ahont the esliiug anii in ttS room.
as the gas was discharged, but no fgrshH expio-
sion epsued. Mr. c aud his daughter are burned
over the entire surface of theft face neck and
Il. ~ - r.. e. -
gas works, Immediately after the explosion. He
shut off the gas at the meter, and went into the
room where the explosion had taken place. As
cendiug the steps in the same manner as Mr.
Chandler had done. he in the most thoughtless
manner pulled out a plug which had, in the mean
time, been driven into the end Of the pipe The
moment he did this, another explosion, exactly
similar to the fret, ensued. He was throsen down
aud was brought ont terribly burned 0n the face
| neck and hands. His injuries are fully equal to
those Of Mr. Chandler, il not worse. Fur persons
are thus suff-riDg most intensely from this mos,
lamentable affair.
FaENcH OPINION OF CUBAN ISyINctBfIIrY The
Paris Pays states that il is anxious ito correct al
error too generally entertained in Europe, to the
effect that Cuba, ifabandoned to her own resources
and to those of the mother country. wou,d infaij
bly, succumb to the efforts of the United States 4
1t says:
Scuba is divided into three departments, which
are organized In very vigorous manner. Tn.
garrison generally insists OF regiments of tht
line, OF light infantry. rifle companies, bat
teries OF horse artillery, 4batterieso of foot artillery
regiments of cavalry, and several special corps
the f,t ce forming a total Of 900 men TO thi,
army must be added 10000 men dispatched by ths
IN ,ther country, and composed of the best regi
m.nts of the Spanish army. Now, the standing
army of the Unitei States is nos more than GO,
sropg, and in spite Of the immense activity of tbs
~.
raise an invading force OF ten 10 twelve Thousand
men. Cuba Is, consequently, able TO defend her
self frpn an aggression. Moreover, Spain has
military organization which would permit her Il
dispatch necessary reiufoi cements to her colony
The Spanish war navy is superior to that of th,
United States In enumeTaiDg these facts, we hare
no wish TO establish any comparison between tw,
uations which are our friends and aiiies; we merely
desired to show that Cuba s, in strategcal sense
capable of defeating any American invasion, were
the latter to be attempted ut any time"
SIR Il. BULwEa LYrToN AND HIS WiFg-Mr Rob
ert Lytton, son of Sir E. Buwer Ly ttou aud Lads
Lytton, has published letter denying the accura
of the recent reports that his father caused the
confinement of his mother In q mad house. lie
says:
"As was natural, put myself in constan' com
olumcation wi'h my mother. and The gentleman
with hose family, in his Rri, ate lse she was
placed. for beg distinctly 70 state she nev
for u niore1t taken to a lunatic asylum and Cal
red out the inJurctions OF my father, WHO confidd
| TO ME implicitly every arrangement which my sf
fiction could suggest, and enjoined me to avail m
sci. of the ADVICE of Lord sh siteshury m whatever
WAS jud sed best AID kindestto Lady Lytton. Ny
mother ID nov with nae. free fram all restraint
about, at her own wish: to travel, t,r short time
| in company With myself a. female friend and re
| iation sf her own selection 80
From the moment my father felt compelled te
auitorizs those steps which hase bsen made the
subj CT OF SO mrch misrepresebi att n, his arxiets
vas 10 obtain he 0p MON of the most experienced
and able physicians in order that my mother should
lot be sui to restraint for one moment icnge,
han was strictly justifabie. such was his chsrg.
tome"
THE CoTToy MANUFAcruRE-An intelligent cor
| respondent of the New York Times, writing from
| Providence, furnishes some interesting informa
| ton in relation to the cotton manufacture. He
states that the best cotton now costs, when deliv
cred either in Providence or Boston, 1871 cents pei
pound. Cotton has been steadily advancing in
price for eight or ten years, notn outstanding a
rapid Increase of production. In l8iS the crof
Xported from the United States was 814, IA ,00t
| lbs the average price was 7S1 cents per ID. This
crop of 1886 exported 1851 431 ,T0l ibs at II
cents per Id The exports of 1857 were ,04S ,2S2
475 lbs, at II 55 per 10. The home market in ls5t
absorbed 640 600 bales of 400 pounds each, little
less than onesixth of the entire crop. At preseDt
| prices this amount Of raw material would be
worth S31 600 600 tits impracticabie to ascertain
what additional value is given it by the labor
| skill and ingenuity bestowed upon ITS manufac
| ure, but it is probably no exaggeration TO esti
mate the gross proceeds OF this uranch ofindustry
in the New England States at Sl5o, ,000, 600 per an
NUN.
VESSELS AND FREIaHfs PoR TIE GOLD REGIONS
For ports in the gold regions of she Pacific oceaI
moderate freight business has been reported, in
Guiding measurement goods at 30s3o cents for Saf
Francisco; 35a40 cents Fraser River; 25a30 cent,
| for Sidney. aud % cents for Melbourne. The mum
Der of vessels advertised for each ofthese ports il
| seven Qncluding the steamer Hermann, to sal
| hence Aug 2l,) for San Francisco; four (steamel
| Hermann, and ships yisurgis; A. W. Lawrencs
| and Rockland) for Fraser River; four for Mel
| bourne, and one for Sidney.-N T. Times.
JoHy DEAN AND MS MARY ANA New Yors
correspondent of the Boston Gazette writes:
You remember the story about John Dean ane
his Mary Ann (Bokerl-poor girl, her romance il
converted into miserable reality. He, as statec
| some time since, is marker 10 the custom-house
and they now occupy the second floor Of q house
over corner grocery on Second and Sou Thirt
streets, williamsburg, surrounded by tumble
| down shanfies and beg. arly looking tenement
houses. The only sign of refaement in the aparf
| ment, is piana, which the young lady continual,
strums upon, to the great annoyance of her neigh
bors; for, truth to say, she Is ty no means Thai
berg.
EXPLOSION OF A SODA FoUNFAiN.--A soda fountain
| in the drug store Of Messrs. Knowles Brother
| in St. Louis, exploded last Saturday, with q tire
mensous report, causing general devastation it
the establishment, and seriously If not fatally in
| juriug Mr.. Henry Knowles. The fountain was ly
| ing upon the floor, and Sir. X had occasion :.
| move it, upon doing which, the end was blown out
throwing him with great violence to distant par
| of the floor. His right arm was broken near tn,
wrist, the right wrist was dislocated, y severe GU
was inflicted upon the chin, and very dangerous
wound in the abdomen. neaisthe groin.
| CRun WHIPPiss.-On Wednesday last, Sla,
Pratt well known citizen of Ftchburg, Mass.
was arraiened before +. X Ware, Esq on a charr.
| of assault and battery Of aggravated character
| upon the person OF Frederick w. Houghton, a Lao
| of about ten years Of age. now living with Fred
| erick A.. Hale. 1t appears that the boy wa
| fund by Mr. Pratt in his bueberry pasture, neal
pond of water aud entirely destitute Of clothing
lille thus defsnceiess, Mr., Pratt Inflicted q se
we're whipping with q common cart whip TIL.
justice faed Pratt fifteen dollars aud costs, in al