The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-07-02

Taa psRsIs or RAilao.D Taayrr-ws most sin.
ccrely hope that the pAIlroad between Iewistown,
and Suspension bridge Is an exception to Ameri
can railroads 10 general In te matter Of careless
nessf the following, from theNev York Times, Ia
anywhere near frae. assl ~, F..
"This road. for most Of this distance is ON t.,e
very brink Of the gorge IN some places of
feefasove the river; sometimes inserted into the
perpendicular ledge, with large msascs tf rock
| suspended frarfuiiy over the track. At a point
about midway between the Fails and IAvisiovn.
where the track lies about two hurired feet above
the river and where the deecenf Ii nearly perpen-
dieusr, nearly seventy feet Of the road bed siid OF
The cob house, perpendicular wall, no broader Mt
toe base than At the top, which wan relied on to
make things safe, began to give way (as the track
master assured me.) nearly or quite week before
Tho giving out Of the whole structure had been
isohcd upon as certain for @me hme, and yet cafs
niied with passengers continued To be drawn at
least twice a day Such reckiessHess is without q
parallel In railway management IA gentleman.
who was too late fbr the train started to walk that
crning over the track from Iewistpwn to Snspen.
sion Bridge. 1t was he who first discovered the
slide, but he came within hairs breadth of going
down thechasm himself. Not dreaming Of an thing
OF the sort he walked to the very brink before he
discovered, by the din, laht of the moon tho fear:
iui state OF the ease. Another step and 1t would
be the last Of him. $50 - tsRlgls !
Fortunately he caught gIimrs SO of the yawpirg
gulf. His TetrogTade movement was both timely
aud rapid; slide had probably taken place imine.
diateiy on the passing over Of the train a short
time before, for the rocks were then tumbling and
tosriDg into tho abyss, and the gentleman felt cen
sibiy the earth giyes way under his feet as he
sprang back No marital can tell how near de-
struction and total anublation that train of cars
came lts own weight and motion COUNTLESS start
ed the avalanche. Its speed-an instant Of time,
fingers weight-msy have been all that stood
between eternity aud every soul Gu board. But
te train did pass, the pleasure passeppers
Clr1aQ n dat aterar had
And yet for days previous the trains had been ex-
posed to this danger, and an officer ia charge of
the road assured me that he knew it. When In
formed at the t-fice at Suspensien Bridge that a
slide had occurred, they knew precisely where TO
locate it, and said they had been expecting it for
week: and still bad been sending ont trains each
way twice day all the while. Words cannot ex.
press the cuipabiliy of those in immediate author
,ty. presentation by the grand jury of Niagara
county will probably attempt it. .s ;ss5
LIBERIA--AN AFRICAN CoNGREss.-The Rock Is
land (iii) Argus. has an interesting letter from
Purser Banforth, u. s. n, who has visited dberia
recently. Ho went to see the Congress, now ia
session, aud says:
The Senate consists Of eight .fust family mig
gers and the House of Representatives OF eleven.
The exPresdent, Roberts, is nearly white. aud
wears white moustache. The present President,
BENSON, is u full beoded darfey, as is also the
Vice President Gates. | was also introduced to
he Supreme Court. and to the Attorney General,
q.
IN the United States, and sent out here by the
colonization Society.
They had up great question in the House of
Representatives; viz: the propriety OF Increasing
the salaries OF the Cffcers and the speeches were
highly amusing. One fellow who did not seem to
be in the secret, had vontured TO assert that a,
diton of $50 to the judges salaries might break
he colony. An honorable member replied with
much spirit, as flows-
Mr. Speaker add fiemman:-De gemman last up
says Liberia may broke. Gemman you can't do it
Liberia can't broke-oniy rich folks broke. Yah
Yah! Great applause
They have four colonies, viz Missurado, Bassa
Since and Cape PGimas. the last of which was for
many years a colony IN the Estate of Maryland
.ad was called the Estate of Mary land in Liberia "
ur State of Mary land has started tue colony and
paid rnnnaliy $4,000 for its support. Recently
he State of Maryiaud in the Uuite1 States c1,I
cluded that she had paid money eAough for that
purpose. and she stopped the supplies. The colo.
ny therefore annexed itself to Liberia.
The population of Liberia is estimated to be
ibout 200 GOO, nearly all of whem are native
.bushmen' Tho colonists proper number abous
y 900, and cast about | ,20G votes Their countie
(ourl answer to our States, and their government,
modelled after cur own.
They have Jail, three churches aud a "reoepta.
cie'a house where emigl ants are kept until they
,:an take care OF themselves Their defcnccs ARE
our small howizers clounted on bill near the
| ;wn; four more which lay unmOunted aud hall
covered with sand on The beach, where they were
first landed; aad one more which is in the same
| condition. on lnsghtly place they call q gov
srDment square. TheIr navy consists of little
| schooner, the Lark, which presented to then,
| by Great Britain.
| The whole business of the colony seems to be
controlled by few families, who nonopOlize al
The fices. control the funds and tax the people
TO the extent OF tirr ability to pay. fair oppor-
tanty. forty years, aud under the aid Of the Home
Colonization s. cery, has been given what
the negro can do What little evidence of civil
cation they do exhibit is only that reflected irouI
the whites. l believe now. if the aid afforded
Them from abroad WAS Withdrawn, that the,
would nearly all tako TO the bush in very short
time.
How TEE SUN CAUGHT THIEF IN TIE AcT.-Fve
II SIX days ago. says late Paris paper, Nj. "
lhotograp her, allured by the brightness Of the
un aud the softness OF the air, provided himself
with necessary baggage and hastened to Foutaipe-
bltau to take views in the forest Iio installediD
avery picturesque quarter, erected his apparatu =,
prepared his plates opened his object glass, and
cnvoloping at opce his and his head in large
iak aud fincurant veil, set himself TO the task Of
eizing the objects ia view He had just TAX 20 out
sis prcot from the dark chamber. aud was sutjec.
ing it to chemical reactions, when strong hand
was placed on his shoulder. He turned round
| hastily aud found himself in the presence of II
peces OF giant meauly attired, who, by gesture
md voice, demanded his purse. III. u is not II
Hercules, and, trom the first glance cast toward
his adversary he concluded that all resistance
| useless He therefore politely offered his purse,
which was accepted with thankfulnoss The rotber
bowed. aud, leaving him to his resignation, went
INTO the depths OF the forest. Poor u, medita-
ting, on his sad lot, remained sometime motion
less !; his looks were mechanically set on his pho
ographic proof; he unused upon it with diverted
and unconcerned eye: suddenly--"What is this ~
Exclaimed be; "what is the human form in this
coppic, under the shade of this oakf Heaven
>houid believe my eyes! IL is him, it is my rob
ter, perfectly delineated, aud very easy to be
coguiZed. u Pro.idaDeei o divine sun. my CO.
tnt hnx tyal dn fhinpStf On I'M
he repaired to the police commissioners at f0n-
ainhlean, related his adventure, exhibited his
proof plate and the maletaclor's likeness. Next
day, with the aid of this singular descriptions the
robber was arrested
RETURNED TO HIS FIRST LovE.--Yesterday two
youths. OF nearly full age were at the Farmers uo
se their way TO the far veet,' TO the home If
heir chiidhood hch they preferred TO all others.
&c appears that they were stolen by Indians when
very young, and raised by Que of he Western
tribes. Their friends ascertained the whereabouts
# the lost children some time ago, aud induced
them to leave the Indians aud return to their reIa
'ives in one the Eastern States. The Toys, after
'rying civilized life a while, concluded that they
didn't like 1t. and were here yesterday ON their
way back to their western home. We could not
learn their names the tribe of Indians they be-
Ionged to.--IBdidaap0fis Journal.
INDIAN DIFFICULTIES IN DAKorAa-A Town Dgs-
TRofED BIZ TIE SIOUX We learn from st. Paul
hat the Indian troubles apprehended by the War
Department In Dakotah Territory have comme nc ed
The fankton Sioux. jealous of the encroachmenl
OF white settlements in Dakotah, ard dissatisfied
at receiving no. pay tor the road constructed by
Col. Mobiles through their lauds, have undertaken
To redress their grievances. lar 40 body Of them
consisting of 1a lodges, lately entered the settle
ment OF Medary, burning all the honses there and
All the cabins In the Deighoorhoed, and carried off
all tho punder they could get. The Inhabitants
Of the settlement had fed to Cottonwood river
where they had determined to make a stand. The