The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-05-29
PRICE ONECENT.
Ths Atlantic Tslerr.ph

Ehe Atlantic TsleHfnph.
Inc ships engaged Ia the submarine telegraph
project win START for the grest astsmpt on or about
the 10th OF Juns next. The experimsutai trip,
we're to have been made on the 2sth inst, ana Il
eonsinae about ten days. During this. shout one
hundred miles Of cable would BE- used In expert.
mentipg with buoys, under running The wire, &c
The ships would then return 10 Quseustown, Ire.
land and after brief preparation take their Ina,
leave. The London Times says:
After effecting splice n the midd,s of ,ha -
lantic, and sately sinking the wire to the bottam
OF the sea- "a depth Of 500 fathoms) the Niagara
VIII at once steer for Newfoundland. and the Aga
memnon FOR Ireland, each vessel steamisx a. iss,
20 hel ward destination as 10 consistent with
.he safety OF the great undertaking In case OF
DANGEROUS weather arising the rst con usidsratjo,,
Will be- OF course, tho safety Of the ca bee "A mo
matter how advantageous such aud such eaf,rsss
oi action may appear, nothing will be done by
whlch the success OF the undertaking Il feonard-
lied. or event left to chance
Each vessel Is provided with reels of strong wtr.
rope which Can be attached tc buoys made n the
manner OF ordinary fishing floats. though. Of
course, capable OF sustaining weighted several
tuns. Provided with this apparatus, the cable NAV
De eut without reluctance, II ever the weather
threatens, and the end of 10 firmly secured to the
rope and buoy allowed to rest almost mon the
pea OF the ocean to be hauled up directly ~ storm
nss passed Proper precautions have oiso been
taken TO make the floating ends of the baoys con-
spienous and easily found in case Of le ships be-
Ing driven from thcm.
II is stated that fInl is to be the great interme
diate station of the Transatlantic and British and
Irish Telegraph Company for the Transmission Of
messages between America aud the Continent OF
Europe. four-wire cable is now being laid 10
the neighborhood of Hull for this purpose Lon
don, Liverpool, Manchester aud Glasgow wiIi&
placed in direct ssmusieation with Huif q xsiY
as with valentia, on the Irish coast, whence mes
sages will be received from America
GgEtr RAIN STORM IN 0HIo--The Cincinnati GA |
zette says that one of the most violent storms Of
rain, accompanied by heavy wind, which has
visited that section OF the State In many years |
commenced on Monday forenoon last, apd contiuu. |
ed throughout most Of the day with Undated se
verify. During the evening the storm abated |
somewhat but commencedaga about one o'c 10 L. |
aud from that time until daylight, perfect fsod
of water descended overlooking streets, culverts,
the canal banks of the creeks and rivers carving
away bridges aud dams, and doing an amount Of |
damage that it would be impossible to estimate
The Ohio River rose more rapidly during Tues |
day than has been known since the great flood OF |
IS41. During the forenoon, the water advanced a, 4
the rate Of about one foot per hour reauirius |
the greatest activity on the part of those having
freight lying spon the leVee to get it farther |
up the bank to escape the food. The total rise al
Cincinnati WAS about ten feet |
The distinctions of banks along the Whitewater
Canal is supposed TO have been immense. and the |
loss sustained by the food very great. At two |
points near Cincinnati the borme bank was wash |
ed into the river, in one place for u distance of
perhaps fifty, and at the second near Sedams- |
vile. fire hundred fest, and to a depth below the
canal bed. An extensive land slide occurred near |
California about four miles from the city, which |
filled up the turnpike road, the Kentucky, side |
Tor considerable distance. Another slide occur
red at Stepstone some twenty miles distant. by |
which large fields of grain, trees and fsnces were
n lad intn fhn rsU hfr1
opposite New Richmond, and fourth just above
that place, on the Ohio side which carried large
quantities ofesrth, grain, &C.. into the river Two
other slides took place near Teatmans, west of the
city, OF less disastrous character.
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BILL FOR AN INCREASE OF THE PAY OF NAVAL ORR
cERs.-The House committee on naval affairs have
prepared bill providing for an increase of the
pay of naval officers, the main provisions OF which
are given follows:
This bill proposes to give to captains command
ers, masters and passed midshipmen on the activ.
list; to pursers surgeons, passed assistant aud
sistant surgeons, chief engineers first and second
assistant engineers, the pay allowed by the exist
ing laws, with addition of 25 per eentum there
on. La no case is the pay Of captain to exceed
$1,000 per anuum.
Leutensnts the active list are to receive the
pay allowed by existing laws, with addition
two per cent. thereon for every full year durius
which they have been in the naval service Off
GERS under sentence of suspension are not TO b.
considered as in the service, and the period of ss
pension will be deducted lie ascertaiuiug the PEI
centage to which any lieutenant may be entitled
The pay of lieuteuants on the active list is not L
exceed the following rates, viz Employed as lieu
tenants commanding, &, 500; other sea ser
vice, $2250 on shore duty, 81 600 and waitns
orders 81 800. Professors of mathematics at thi
naval academy are to receive the same compepsa
lion as professors in the military academy q
West Point The pay of boatswsins, carpenters
sailnlakers aud gunners is also increased. No pro
vision is made for officers on the retired list.
WHAT CAN DE DONE ON ONE ACRE or GaouSp-
The editor of the Maine Cultiyator published a fss
days ago, his management of one acre of ground
from which we gather the following result:
One third of an acre of corn usually produe. d
thirty bushels of sound corn for grinding beside.
some refuse. This quantity sufficient for
family nae and for fattenipg large or two
small hogs. From the same ground he obtained
two or three hundred pumpkins and his famil,
supply Of beans. From the same bed Of sixty rod.
square he usually obtained sixty bushels ofonions
these he sold at one dollar per bushel aDd th.
amount purchased his flour. Thus from opt
third of aud one onion bed, he obtained
his breadstuf The rest cf the ground was ap.
propristed to all sorts of vegetables for the sum
mer and winter-potstoes, beets, psrtnips, cab
bage, green corn. peas, beans, cucumbers, me.ous
squsshes, &C., with fifty or sixty bushels of beet.
and carrots for the wister food of COW. Then h.
had flower garden, also raspterries rurrants an.
gooseberries in great variety. aud few choice
apple, pear, plum, cherry, peach aud ounce trees
VERY SHORT yoYaeE-The bark Gay Head, Capt
Mayo, arrived at Boston, Mass, on Sunday last
from Constantiuopie. She sailed from Boston Oh
the 5ih OF February, reached Constantnople in 80
days, discharged, loaded and sailed for home on
the 9th Of April where she arrived the 23d inst.
thus performing the voyage In three months and
-hteen days. which s believed to be the quickest
on record.
| CHARIrAsLs BEoUEsTs.--Charles H. Brown, Esq
| OF Boston. who died about six weeks sgo made be
quests to the AN Education Society $4,000, Am
| Board of Commissioners for Foreign Mission.
| $1,000, Boston Sesmens Friend Society, Mass Home
| Missionary Society. Am. Tract Society, Mass Bible
| society, and the Mass. Sabbath School Society
| $1,000 each.
| DsAp-Capt. Henry Russell, aged 70 years, dies
| in Brooklyn Gath inst Capt r. was one of the old
eat aud most respected ship masters IN the United
states. He was son Of the late Major Benjamin
Russell, and proprietor for many years of that well
known paper, the Columbian sentinel, published IL
| Boston.
| THE TARIrr-The Tribune's Washington CORES
poudent corrects itssysopsis Of the tariff invests
/ gatioa committees report, by saying that Mr
reynolds received sl,i60, instead Of 5000 as re
ported.
SPEcIE-Eighteen thousand dollars In specie wa
drawn out OF the Southwestern BANK OF virginia
| at WythevflIe on Tuesday last, By broker fron,
| the city of Iynotburg.
A. pegrau Of Virginia, sailed for Liverpool on
| Wednesday In the Persia, from New York.
| Jersey City. by censuNjast taken, has popu
ation Of q ,60o-an increase Of 1900 in one year
A clergymsn named Mclean has been arrested
| in Michigan, charged with roboing the u 3 mail
The people of Maryland, have refused to cali
| convention 10 revise the constitution
| Ak Blythe, Esq, late United States ccnsui ai
IIayaps arrived at New Orleans oa the 2lst inst,
| in the steamship Cshavba.
The city csuncil OF Chelsea, Massachusetts, hss