The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-11-08


frogress ef the Hork.-A correspondent of tn,
Ne" York Tribune, writing from Sebastopol on fhs
isf OF september, gives the following statemen,
respecting the progress of the American company
In raising the Russian war vessels:
l. In my last stated that we had raised fbs IA,
lowing vessels sunk at the head Of South Bay Wig
Empress Catharine, 100 guns Chesma. 81 gaus
HIgate te--., oo guns: small vessel name not
known. These were blown to pieces, and of course
raised In fragments. The compauy's share of tbe
materials was probably 100000 rnbles; expenses
| however. TO be deducted
We have nov lying at our wharf the gun bring
oeHeisi, or boia which We raised entire. Nexs
| was the beautiful steamer Turk captured from
me tarks during the commencement of the war
| Sne WAS built expressly for the Sultan, and used
as yacht' Her engines were comparatively in
perfect order-her hull but little injured ard no:
at all worm eaten. The Russian Government ap.
praised her at 60 000 rubles si5 GOO aud accepted
her at a trife under the valuation. The next was
the doisaoi, a war steamer, which was built in
1885, and is of course. quite old, but nevertheless
perfectly sound, uniniufed by worms. her engines
| In good condition. with massive copper boilers
and cost in England. when new, fl5ooO The
government has not decided to accept her; If bro
| ken, the materials will be worth probably 10000
We have four steamers slung aud ready to raise
Millions of dollars worth of property lies buried
here which can never be recovered unless some
Yankee will invent wind mill pump Of sufficient
power to empty the Black Sea. Everything gnes
| on harmopiously, and I happy to state that
| Mr.. Goweu has succeeded in obtaining an amend
ment to his contract, whereby he is entitled 10
all that is raised, instead Of the moiety, as here
tefore.
| CHANCE FOR AN IRON FousDER-An iron founder
| of proper qualifications, has an opportunity for a
good business in Clarkesvle, Meckenburg conn.,
| ty, as appears from the following, which we cut
| from the Tobacco Plant of that town:
| foundry 10 Clarksville, with all the necessary
| fixtures, and a steam saw mill appurtenant, driven
by an engine of twenty horse power, at present
| in disuse. only because there is one here pos-
sessing combination of capital and skill requisite
| to manage them. The foundry is especially i'm
portant 20 this community. Located in the midst
| OF one CT the weatthest and most populous agri-
cultural districts of the South, the demand for
| farming implements aloue is immense, aud even il
the founder should acture only the sim plest
| implements of husbaudry, his business would be
| an extensive and profitable
In addition to this the existence of good numher
of tobacco factories in town. of numerous erist
| mills and saw mills in the adjacent country aud
ola railroad company having it's principal Office
| here without any machine shop of its own, must
| make it palpabie that we'll conducted foundry
| here is an abso ute necessity.
| better opening for an enterprising intelligent
| machinist with moderate capital was, We be.
| Iieve in our conscience, never presented If auy
one should be prompted by this notice to make in
| duiry into this matter, letters addressed to the
Editor of this paper will be promptly answered.
| INTERESTING DRAMATIC ITEMs-Madame Lagrange
the countess and actress. who left Paris short
time ago for Rio Janeiro, with a salary of two mil
lion francs for tive years and half, has Just writ
| ten home description of her reception by tho
| Emperor and Empress of Brazil:
| "Whie His Majesty received me with the great.
| est sf4bility as artist, the Empress received
| me with the most delicate ceremony as a counte,s
| As my husband mado me countess, and made
Cf ind
| OF reception gave me the most pleasure"
| Memphis papers state that upon the NC Iusiou
| of Mr.. Murdcchs engagement in that CITY, he
Joined hunting party aud proceeded to the Cum
| berland mountains on a camp hunt. lie is repre-
| senttd as an ardent lover cf such sports and
| makes excellent deer hunter and camp COM
panion. He is now in that celebrated region
| known Grow Creek. The paper adds that he il
| looking out for q farm on the mountains, and if
he aucceed5 in obtaining one, will become a resi-
| dent aud cultivator Of grapes and manufacturer
| of wine, besides the growing of other fruts-in
| all of which he has much theoretical knowlt dge
| as well as much practical experience
Miss A. Bertha Isaacs Menkin, young Jewess
| who recently went upon the stage at her benefit
| at Dayton, Ohio. played Corporal Max, in the
Swiss Cottage" The Dayton Light Guards vol-
uneered for the occasion, and Miss Ada Bertha
Meukin put them through dress parade on the
stage. The next day the Dayton Light Guards
held a meeting, when Miss Ada Bertha Menkin
was unanimously chosen captain of'the corps.
Father WALKS INTO THE WATER WITH A CHrr n
| IN HIS ARMs--The st. Louis Republican, of tho
3lst ult records the following:
Ose of the most awful results of sleep-waIkinc
of which have heard for a long time, franspired
at the Upper Ferry Lasding during the night
preceding yesterday. Friday evening farmer
named John Bray, from Indiana, who was remov-
ing to some point on the Missouri river with his
wife, f4ther-in-law aud four children came in on
the Ohio aud Mississippi Railroad. Being in
straishtcned circumstances, the family obtained
permission to stop for the night in small room
on the ferry DOCK at the foot of Carr street. Be-
tween twelve and one O'Clock in the night Bray
arose, an hiS Seep and taking bis youngest child
AGED three years, in his arms, actually walked
from the room he used into the water. The pite-
Gus. waing cries of the child, and the loud calls
of TIE father for help, soon drew nuAber of per
sops to the melancholy scene from the adjacent
places on the Ievee. The frantic grief of the fam.
ly partGok Of the incoherence and wildness of the
maniac, and is described to be Of the most heart
rendiug description. Before ingenuity could res
solve on any means OF rsscuing the drowning OBJ
jects, both had sunk, TO be seen no more alive.
WONDERFUL STIMMING.-The Hawaiian III J. J
Advertiser says that on 10th Of August a schooner
plying between the islands, with eight natives
aud three foreigners on board, upset. The natives
picked up the Foreigners put them on the bottom
of the vessel and then started to swim to the near
! est and-ffteen miles distant. They swan during
the remainder of that night, through the following
| day and night, and on Thursday six out of the
| eight landed on Nihau, au old man and strip
| ling having proved unequal TO the task.
| FATAL RuSAwAY.-Mr. Waring started from
| home in New Kent county, Va, few days since,
| and when near Taileysville, the horses away
| throwing him out and dsiocating bis shoulder and
| il turing the negro driver that he died day
| two after Mr.. W. and the boy started for home
| in the carriage, the reins had been cut by some
| person unknown, and consequently broke when
| the horse came declivity. The negro screamed
| on discovering that the reins had parted, when
the horses took fright and started o at full speed,
forcing Mr.. W. and the boy to jump for their lives.
| The negro struck the ground upon his head, and
though he received perceptioe external injury,
| no never spoke after the accident, but fingered
until the following Monday. when he expired.
| MOVEMENT OF SHAREHOLDERS IN MARYLAND-The
Baltimore papers contain a report Of the proceed
logs of convention of Shareholders Of the Eastern
Shore of Maryland, held at Cambridge, in that
| State on Wednesday and Thursday Of this week
| The Shareholders complain that the free negroes
among them are Idle and worthless set. aud re-
/ commend the holding Of general State Conven
tion In Baltimore in June next, for the purpose o
| devisug some means of remedying the evils under
| which they labor, aud the passage of laws to ren.
| der the free negroes producing class.
| An ELEVATED RAuRoAD--In Chilli, a branch OF
| the Copispo Railroad, between Pabeiion and Cha
naricilie passes over the Ataeama mountains. al
| anselevaton higher than any other railroad In the
| world on the 81 of August, part Of this railroad
| was orened, and locomotive assembled to the
| terminus ut an elevation of 400 feet above the
level Of the sea. This attitude 10 about 1000 feet
creator than the highest point of the Jenna and
| Trieste Railroad in the Austrian Alps. The highest
elevation of the railroad which passes through the
Blue Ridge in Virginia, is 200 feet, ld4e feet leas
| than the highest point on the Copapo Railroad
WHOLESALE PoIsosING.-0n Wednesday. 9th
| nit, all the boarders, % In number, at Caspaf
| Muhlmans boarding house in st. Louis, No. were
| attacked after dinner with symptoms OF poison
| ing. physician was called In, who, by the use
| of proper remedies, prevented any fatal conse
quences. The food then anaiyged, and the
soap and the salt were found to contain large
quantity OF arsenious acid. Suspicion rests uper
| ooarder who had departed the same morning al
| ter quarrel with the landlord