The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-08-05

ment Ii is firstrate.
Az aejourn for families consider the noun
tain House, place Of rare excellence, and hence
the idea of making it known to the business men of
Richmond through the columns of the Dis.
patch.
visited the great Blus Ridge Tunnel, which
passes under the mountain about half mile from
the house and was surprised to find them prepar.
ing to work IN it again. 1t seems there ia con-
siderable job of work to do to it yet before il is
completed, though the trains run through regu
lsTiy. learn from the farmers that the wheat
crop turns out even than they expected bile
harvesting, but finer cornI never saw growing,
and underssand that throughout the county the
crop will be avery heavy LRx.
Virginia springs-southern Rail-
roads, &c.
lcoRRFsroSDEsoE OF TaB RICHMOND DAILY DIspATcH.l
WELDON, N. c., August 2.
few days ago, was at the Montgomery White
Sulphur Springs, where l found q gay aud lively
company, IN the midst of the most pleasant and
exhiiratiDg enjoyments of that delightful resort.
The number OF arrivals mp TO the night of the 2Sth
were ten hundred and fiftytwo, of whom learned
some three hundred to three hundred and fifty
were then present.
The bail room was gay scene, and sparkled rich
with besuiy. was particularly struck with
sweet little lassie from your city, and she danced
like top.
The place is conducted in the most superb style,
and the officers are all courteous and attentive.
The crops seem to be in thriving condition, and
when they gathered, the result will show
abundant y ields of everything except wheat, and
that will far exceed the predictions that have been
made.
The travel seems to be on the increase. The
Wilmington and Weldon and the Raleigh and Gas
ION and North Carolina Roads, in excellent con-
diton, while il is entirely needless that should
say the Seaboard and the Petersburg are equally
so. The time made by the trains on these roads
| shows that the locomotives are in prime running
order.
The fall trade will commence now in few weeks
and Judge it will be pretty heavy.
Health is generally pretty good, and the ohly
disease that seems to be carrying people off is
matrmony, aud they take TO that ''as natural as
life"
The election excitement wakes warm Next
Thursday decides the matter, and many 40 one
who has fifty or n hundred staked the result,
feels deep interest in the result and does every
body else. EsrRANGERo
lOur correspondent will see, that good deal Of
Springs putting, notices OF eating houses on
railroads. &C., &C., has been treated as confidential
and stricken out. The public see SO much of that
sort of thing, that they won't miss the little We
deprive them of on this OCCASION
ExToaTIos AT NEW YORK QuAgAYTINE.-The Can
tains of twenty-five vessels have united in siguing
paper, exposing the exactions practised at the
New York Quarantine Station. The Captains state
their case as follows:
s'We will state few only of tho exactions i'm
posed on vessels, and will commence with the
Health Officer, who boards the vessel upon her ar.
rival. His fee is SO 80. He is followed BY the Port
Warden, whose fee is 50 for looking at the matches
| This must be done before the FuinigSter can be
| supposed to expose handful of chloride of lime
in the cabin aud forecaste, for which his fee is Sc
| After which, the Stevedore (one of whom monopo.
zes this busness) presents his bill for discharg-
| flor siguatural before ha
this work-and he will not commence until his
bill is signed as correct he charges A cents per
| hid for discharging sugar, and tor other articles
| in proportion; the charge for this work in New
York is but II cents per hid. If We refuse this
Steyedore's services, aud prefer discharging with
our crews, we can wait for lighters until the par
| lies in power think proper to send them, the de-
| tention probably amounting to more than the ex-
| action of the Stevedore. We are charged cents
per hid cooperage for each hid. on board, even if
| not hid. should require coopering.
| After our cargo is discharged we are again
| charged six dollars for the farce of exposing q
| handful of chloride of lime in the hold Alter
| which, whether We have any dunnage on board or
Got, it is supposed to be burned for which we are
| charged six dollars Many vessels, after having
| obtained permits from the health officer TO dis
| charge, have been detained ircm one to two week.
| waiting for the stevedores (who monopolze this
business) to discharge them'
The sguers also say that these exactions "absorb
sll the vessels earnings and if persisted in Gu
10 be sufficient cause to prevent sending vessels to
this port during the summer months"
| PERIIoUs BALLOON AHyFNTURE-Mr. Coxwell
| the wellknown eronaut, who saved the life OF
Albert Smith in cloudland, and who made the ceIe-
| brated night trip year ago from North Wool
| wich, arriving at Tavstock in five hoDrs, making
| fifty miles an hour, made q second ascent from
| Wolverhampton on Tuesday evening. There was
strong southwest wind, and the balloon was soon
among the clouds, travelling at rate exceeding a
mile minute. Mr.. Coxwell was accompanied by
Mr. Masters, wine and spirit merchant, Wolver-
hampton, Mr.. John Jeunison of the Belle yue
tiardeDs Manchester; and by servant of the VOL.
| yerhampton Gas Co., named Brooks. When the
party had travelled II miles. they determined 70
descend upon Cannock chase at Heduesford The
gas was being let out, tile grapnel was down, and
the voyagers were descending quite pleasantly, in
the midst of sheltered valley. Just, however, az
they were nearing the ground q terrible gus, oil
wind seized the machine with such force that the
chief prong of the graphing iron snapped, the
aecklne at the same time went, aud the valve line
| was torn out of Mr.. Coxwell's hand. The ueckline
| having gone, the bottom of the partially emptied
| balloon tapped towards the top, aud the machine
| became somewhat like an umbrella,-both it and
she four yoyagers at the mercy Of the wind The
car fell ON side, and the travellers were. there
fore huddIed together, some of them with their
legs outside of the car. They continued in this
alarming position, scuddipg along through hedges
aud over banks, with great force and rapidity.--
Their position indeed perilous; but Mr. Cog
well counseled compOeure, forbade any getting
out, AnG assured nlB coBpADlpnS tnab tnSy were
safer in the until it could be stayed. Some OF
the country people came up and succeeded in seiz
ing and holding the car and the eronauts escaped
with only few bruises.-English Paper.
/ A MAN OyEn THE FALLsl-Tbe st. Anthony min.
nesota) News of the nth inst. says:-"Yesterds
morning, at about 10 O'Clock, the citizens in the
| vicinity of the Falls we're startled by the cry oi
| 'man over the Fails! and in few moments hun
dreds rushed to the rescue, but all their efforts to
| save him were nnayailiug. He was seen by a
comrsde for moment or two after ne went over,
| after which he disappeared, and as yet his body
has not been found. The accident occurred as toll
| lows-Ile was standing on some planks which pro-
iect over the platform of the mill directly above
| the Falls, turning log with cant hook, when
the hook slipped, and be fell backwards down TIE
precipics He rose to the surface OF the water and
attempted to swim to ledge OF rocks within ley
| feet of him, but was swept down by the strong
current. He who has thus been sent into eternity
l without moments warning is young man rom
Palermo, Maine, by the name OF Geo. W. WOOD"
waking 10 the morning, was introduced 10 . new
conner In the shape OF baby sister. After glanc'
| ing first at the baby and then at bis sick mother,
the little fellow suddenly turned to his father and
| said -"Pa, I should thought YOU would have
known better than to bring this baby here when
mother was 20 sick and unable to take care Oft"
| BuRsrp 70 DxArH-Mrs Welsh. residing q
| Spuyten Duyvil, New York, was 50 shockingiy
burned on Thursday, by the bursting Of can o.
camphsne, as to render her recovery impos ihle.--
It appears that she was lighting IRE, and = ths
wood kindled slowly she tried TO moisten IL With
some camphene which she poured ont OF can
the fame ran up the stream Of duid, and exploded
the can, scattering it, contents over her body
burning her IN . terrible manner.
/ A NEW wolK NJ aBox "a new work By Dicksni
| isln preparation. The subject has been favorite
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