The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-09-21

VA, TUESDAY, SEPTE
Tas DEaD AtrvH,-A lev days ago. respectable
msn tn the employment ef one Of the largess
mercantile houses IN Quebec, took psssaee 10 :
schooner for Bale st. Paul, on . visit 70 bis rela-
tIons. He carried with him good stock OF wear
ing apparel, and check for the amount of his
wages, considerable ann.
On tho voyage ne fell sick, and apparently died.
OF what 10 more probable, became inseusite, froni
some narcotic adnInisfered to him. The captain
on tne schooner having taken possession Of his
cIotning and money, sent two Of the crew ashore
TO bury the dead passenger. They dur the grave.
tnrew him IN, and had begun t0cover the body
"nen tho dead man, contrary to all Law in such
cases made and provided. suddenly sat bolt up.
risht and inquired, "Have We arrived at Iaatf.
Ine amateur sections took to their heels and
med, leaving their task but half accomp pitched -
ne corpse yindfcated its vitality by cries which
Drought the assistance of q gentleman fsbisg
In the nefghbof hood, and the half buried victim
was released from the grave we'll cared for and as
soon ~ Mt TO travel forwarded home.
In the meantime the afalse sea captsios pro-
cseaeo on MS voyage; arriving At St. Paul he told
nedelivered to his friends portion of his vorst
wages.
When asked whether he had no check or money.
Nc seuieo IT. Proceeding thence TO Quebec he
changed the check, invested the money In 6.ur.
ana returned homo with flying coiors, little dream.
ing that the buried man was following in pursuis.
Montreal Ad - P~.'S'''
fs.RTuL AccrDESr.-Early in August, John Raw,e.
iad OF l6 years, living In Volcano, Amadsr coma.
~, oa., VINO bad vainiy been endeavoring to OBJ
a,n MS miners consent to 60 to Fraser River dis.
appeared, taking with him valuable horse. belong
ing TO the family. 1t was supposed be had starteS
Ior frazer River, and no little anxiety was felt iu
regard u him On the 18th of August his body
was found IN the Butte Ditch a few miles Eat =,
jackson, attached by "lariat TO a half dead borae
from appearances, the boy, on the night after leay
ing nome, lay down to sleep, with the horse tied
70 ms person, to prevent his escape. The animal.
becoming unmauageable through fright duriny
the night, had run of, and dragged his master by
the rope until the boys life was extincr. After.
wards the horse had continued to Craze around.
dragging the body along for three weeks Finally
the corpse had been dragged into ditch. where II
became entangied beyond the horses strength to
extricate It,. In his Efforts to pull loose the horse
bad cut his neck to the bone with the rope. The
boys remains were horribly mutiated. Most of
bis limbs were broken and the flesh rubbed bare
from the bones.
GAsLIGHr ON CARS AND BoArs--We are informed
that the New York Car and Steamboa Gas Com.
pany have applied their gas lighting fixtures to
the trains of the New Jersey Railroad with much
success and are now engaged in putting them into
the cars of CtheIgs oatis We have seen certificate
from the Vice President of the New Jersey Rail-
road. in which he speaks Ia the highest terms of
the succrss Of the apparatus. He says: "rhe
light is cheerful, bright and unifJrm rendering all
parts Of the car distinctly visible. and much sups
rior to the gloomy light furnished by candles and
lamps. Its management is simple and easy, and
free from the objections OF other modes of lighting
cars; and in point OF economy. there is a saving OF
more than two thirds the usual expense"
The locomotive headlights are also OF gas.
The method of applying aud carrying the gas is
OF follows: each car 10 provided with wrought
iron cylinder, of capacity of four and half cubic
feet The cylinder is Of strength capable of
as.,sr L..
greater security are made copcave. The gas is
compressed under a pressure of twenty atmos
pheres, 5000 pounds to the square incb) 80 cnbic
feet Of gas being forced into each cylinder. Each
car is provided with cylinder, which is placed
upon shelf under the floor. and ,,led In
the usual manner, with pipe leading to the burn
ers within. An improved regulating coutrivance
controls the delivery of the gas to the burner IN
der all pressures. and is interposed between the
cylinder and burners 30 that the light is always
steady. The pressure of the gas ensures the con
tinuiiy OF light, no matter what the concessions or
roughness Of the road.
The method of charging the cylinders with gas,
adopted Oh the New Jersey road, is simple and ex-
peditious. Near the Compspy's machine shop at
Jersey City, stack # the cylinders are arranged
| into ~hich gas is forced by the rapid movements
otsfeam pumps. TO pressure of about $50 POUNDS
The cylinders connected together by small pines
and thus form strong and capacious reservoir
conducting pipe leads from the stack to the large
depot on the Hudson river, where all the passe
cars arrive and depart, distance of a quarter of
mile. The conductor terminates in horizontal
| pipe running beneath the depot platforms, with
atop cock openings at suitable intervals. When
the car cylinders are to be charged, an attendant
simply couples them to the conducting pipe and
opens a stop cock. The gas then Instantly rusbes
into the cylinders and fills them, under the pres
sure of the reservoir, and they ready for use
| The filing Of the cylinder for the whole train
occupies oDly y few minutes, and the work of
supplying all the trains with gas is, we are told
pRr frnpn heu nil 10 nd ky
man.
As developed on the New Jersey Rsilroad, the
lighting of cars by gas seems to be highly prac
| tical and economical enterprise. We presume that
other companies will not be backward in its adop-
ton. 1t would also seem that gas companies, by
providing proper pumps for filing the cylinders,
might find an extensive use for gas iu country
churches and dwellings. 1t said that the gas
may remain coUfned within the cylinders for any
length of time unimpaired. A single cylinder, Of
the dimensions befsre named, would supply
country family with gas.light for a week.-Scten-
| tifc american.
AMERICAN SECURITIES IN GERMAyY.-We learL
from late foreign journals of public demonstra-
tions made by the holders In Germany of Ameri
can railway bonds that are unsaieabie, because of
the repeated failures of the corporations to pay the
interest as it became due. From the German pa
pers received by the Persia perceive that an
organized movement, controlled by the most in.
faential men of Frankfort on-the-Main, was Oh
u,
efforts Of the Erie railroad to adjust its financial
diffcuities-the expense that may attend the pro-
posed enforcement Of the letter Of the different
companies obligations, 10 be betrayed by sub
scriptions. The move originated with the Erie
ID mortgage bondholders.
ARREsr.-Four young spaniards, from the Island
Of Cuba. named Vicenti Ramalie, Jean Grader.
rested on Monday last at Mobile infornation
sent by telegraph from New Orleans, where they
are charged with stealing 600 ounces Of Spanish
god, and also with the murder of a young Cuban
named Francisco Blanche.
LONG TRAIY.--A train of nibety-seven cars,
reached Cumberland, on the Baltimore aud Ohio
Railroad, in the early part Of last week. The
train was composed mainly OF coal hoppers. 1t is
said to be the longest train that ever passed over
the road.
A MERIrED CoMpInEsr.-we learn that the dip
iona OF honorary mem bership in the Berlin Geo
graphical Society has been for rwarded through the
Department Of State to Professor A. ID. Bache, the
distinguished superintendent of the coast survey Of
the United States-Uaion.
LIBERAL The family of VIM p Molett ESQ,
OF Dallas county, Ala, consisting Of the father,
mother, son. daughterin-law and seven grand
children have given $50 each $3.50 in all, to the
Mount Vernon fund.
AN OLD MINIsrER.-The oldest minister of the
Society of Friends, is Miss Mary Wright, formerly
OF America, now Of England. She Is now one
hundred and three years old, aud at the last quar-
teriy meeting at Leeds. England, she stood up aud
began to preach, but fading standing position
painiui, she sat down and continued preaching
about twenty minutes: her voice was clear and
distinct, and her sermon in some parts of it, said
to be truly Impressive.
Down ON Uoors.--At the last Methodist Quarter
~ Conferences OF Rumly Station, Ohio, the follow
ing resolution was adopted: Resolved, That We.