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

rHa Dr. RIvrras RoMascs IN sAvAssAH.--Arres
If gts zoaass--1hs steamer Alabama arriysi st.
savannah. Wednesday, with the Biounta on board,
Md on the next day the IIunssvt.ic, from New
York. arrived With De Rivisre. n IA large crowd was
awaitiugshisssrrfval .onsthcrwharf The Republic
can says:
The steamer having neared the wharf. Sheriff
Prendergast was The arst 10 20 aboard. followedby
certain suspicious looking gentry, looking for all
the world a. II they we're charged with some OF
the delicate offices OF the law. Upon consulting
the lss Of passeugers, the name Of De Rviere did
not appear, but the captain politely Informed the
sheriff that one Lewis Darfd corresponded In every
particular with the gentleman who Was the object
OF his search. This Mr.. David being pointed out,
the Sheriff gently took him aside, addressed him
by his proper name, which he acknowledged. and
informed him that he his prisoner BY virtue Of
two warrants issued ut the instance OF Col +. s.
Blcunf, one to keep the peace toward the said
Elaunt and the other for the abduction OF the
Daughter of the Informant from the State OF Ala
hama. with the intention OF defilement. The law
of Alabama makes this offence punishable by con-
finement In the penitcntiary. and Col Blount. we
learn. clearly make good the charge by proofs,
now In bis possession, that orr gallant Lothario
was at the date of the abduction, married 10
lady in the State OF New York.
The Zouave took the awkward circumstances tnat
bad so suddenly come upon him with much COOL
ness and c6mposure. Heacknowledged tho autho.
rty of the Sheriff aud expressed entire Willingness
to do his bidding The stage having been run
aboard aud secured to the steamer, an immense
crowd Immediately thronged the cabin of the YES
seI until the air was almost suifocatibg The
Zouave was quietly seated In the at pars OF the
saloon by the side Of the Sheriff, and earnestly eu
gagged in conversation with a gentleman familiar
with his native language. He Is, upon the whole,
a iiueIoosiog man, some six feet in height, we'll
proportioneG $50 far we would judge while he was
10 sitting posture) dark hair and eyes. while his
general ect is more German than French. A
patch Of court plaster on bis right cheek marked
The wound recently received in duel at Mobile,
which is well Nah healed. He evidently trav-
eed and has learned to brave the uphill points
in the Journey of life and TO look with the eye OF
philosopher upon every fate.
Matters having become somewhat quiet on the
dock, Sheriff Prendergast came ashore with his
prisoner, when both entered buggy aud drove
down the bluff This movement revived the SEN
saton, and the crowd rushed down the Bay. halt
ing at every block to be prepared for sight when
the party should drive up into the city. The bug
gy eventually emerged from below and was fol-
lowed by the multitude to Justice Connelfs office,
at the corner of Bull aud Bryan streets. where
full beuch Of justices, composed Of Messrs. Con
nell, Staley and Russell, were convened for pre-
liminary examination of the matters charged in
the warrants. and Riviere WAS committed to jail
The telegraph this morning announces the re-
lease of the Zouave. A Savannah editor urges
that he is pretty we'll ''played ont" the best
thing to do now is to shoot aud thus finish him.
ANOTHER PEABODY INTERCHANGEABLE London
correspondent of the New York Commercial, under
date of the 23d ul.., writes:
Mr. Peabody yesterday gave grand entertain
ment to Mr. Mason, the United States Minister to
France, who is for few days his guest at the Star
and Garter Hotel. Richmond Hill. The number
present was about eighty, of whom .wo-thirds con-
sisted of the principal Americans now in London.
The English visitors comprised the Lord Mayor aud
Lady Mayoress, the Countess of Glasg w, whose
father. Sir John Sinclair, was close friend and
correspondent of Gen. Washington. Lady Chant
rey, Sir Emerson Tenrant, for merry vice president
of the beard of trade, Sir Joseph Paxton, &c. Mr..
Mason produced o most agreeable impression, not
only by his speech in reply to the toast 10 his hon.
or. but by his extreme benevolence of manner
Mr.. Kennedy, Of Baltimore. proposed the health of
tue Lord Mayor, and the other speakers were Sir
Il. Tennant, Mr. Raymond, Of New York, and Gen.
era Campbell, the United States consul in London
Previously to the dinner concert was performed,
and the general qualification experienced certain
y equaiied if it could not surpass the beat of the
numerous meetings Of the same description.
ApPoINrMssr.-It will be seen by the telegraph
that Mr.. Barber late English Minister to Naples,
has been appointed successor to G. P R James,
Esq who has been offered and has accepted the
post at Venice.
DEATH OF WEALTHY PRINcE.-The Prince Ana
tole Demidoff. Russian Minister to Tuscany, well
known for his immense wealth. for his historical
works on Russia, and as the husband OF the prin.
cess Mathlde BoDaparte. from VI HON he lived Sc
parated, had just died at Turin The Princes
wealth was mostly invested in the silver and dia-
niond mines of Russia He owned and worked,
some years ago, seventy Live thousand serfs. The
sum he was obliged to pay the Princess Mathiide
Annually for her sustsDance, was fifty thousand
roubes, about forty thousand dollars. When the
Empire was declared in France. aud the Princess
Mathde took the position Of frat lady of the I'm
peral family. she was asked to renounce this 10.
come aud to receive one in common with the other
members of the imperial family from the French
treasury BIT she refused. because sho re.
garded the silver mines of her husband as OF
more certain duration than the Empire in France.
1t is said that the Princess still continues to live
upon the forty thousand dollars furnished her by
the act of separation from her husband ard re.
fuses to take a sou from the French treasury.
To DE LAUNCHED to day, another new
barge for the Virginia Towing Company to be
called No. +, length 80 feet, breadth of beam II
feet, capacitated TO carry 100 hogshea's of tobac-
co or 1000 barrels of -four, She was built under
the supervision of VIM. Ii. Brown, master builder
for the Company. From our knowledge of his
practical Information and good Judgment. we have
no doubt she will prove asnbstautia and servicea
Bile craft to the Company. May success attend her
John B Floyd. Secretary of War, on bis return
from the West to WashiE s.on called at the United
States armory on Saturday last, and spent the
day IN examining the arElory in company with the
Hon Charles J. Faulkner. The Free Press says:
We learn that Secretary Floyd favors the in
Production of pure spring water into Harpers Fer
ry. by tue means of pipes from the mountan-a
much needed element. Water cenld be ip. reduced
at cost less than $4,000, which would afford an
abundant supply not only for drinking purposes
t1f ifr h1iI tbe
possibility OF destruction by fire.
SHOCKING AccIDENT-The fashionable world in
Paris. is thrown into state OF CONSERVATION by
the horrible death Of one of its fayorite members
the Marquse de Rouge. who was driving out near
Amiens when her horses took fright and bolted
across the country. She attempted to get ont Of
The carriage but her foot caught ia the steps and
she was dragged along on rough stony ground for
about mile. When the horses were topped
she had already expired; all the flesh on her face
had been torn off
DROWNED Edwin Mcdonald aged four years son
of VIVA. Mcdonald, of Portsmouth, Va, was acct.
dentalIy Dire wued Wednesday afternoon He had
been gone from home but n few minutes. and then
against the admonition of his father, when the
melancholy news was brought that while fishing
from one OF the wharves, he had fallen over board
John Bolter, plasterer of NoIfolk, Va, has dis.
appeared under circumstances indicating foul play
TeHry ~ Ne"kTk,n NeNpurg, ~. T., committed
suicide at Augusta, Ga, on the 4th inst,
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M CHARMING WATERING pLaCz.-Fev news.
papers can be taken up Il is seas without the
reader seeing letter from or notice of the cele.
arated "Hor SPRINGS" Of Virginia. A very natural
curiosity regarding their 10; ation by those who
have never visited them, can be gratifiei by the
statement that it is in Path county. only 20 mile,
from Milboro' Station on the Virginia Central Rail-
road, and accessible FRI IN Richmond in fourteen hours