The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-09-08
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WEDNESDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER $, 1883
AfEsRruL 6ALs.--Loss Of Bavque and ERE a
ne Crew on Lake Eyts~--The Chatham, canad,
west, Planet learns the particulars of the foun
deting ofthe barqus New Brunswick, Captain Nc
lavish, during the gale Of Thursday night Last
Ave miles on Point Pelee:
So fearful was the gale that all management o
the vessel was lost. and after weathering the SCI
some time she fonndered. Az might be imagined
tho position Of the entire crew was most perilous
without any apparent means of saving themselve,
at hand, the faint hope OF preserving their live
seemed groundless.
Upon fJuniered vessel in the midst of q to
rife storm of wind and rain, At midnight, aut
Eve miles from land, hope OF reaching tho shor,
10 safety might we'll be banished from tho stout
est heart. And little wonder was IL that fiy.
persons, out Of the sine posing the crew. fou
. watery grlvs ere yight dawned. Even whcr
morning had come, the prospects Of reaching tn,
shore was but little improved. Not tool to helr
to construct raft was obtained, and had it MOI
been that Capt. McTavish with the assistance O
u small pen knife enabled 20 detach "boom'
and "gaff." and with these materials to construct
= miserable raft, not one soul would have been
let to 70 s.e the sad tale Of their sufieripes.
However, With this little instrument the raft
was sunched upon the angry waters freis hted with
the precious weight of fye mortal beings who ief
the fonndered vessel, with the hope that By pad
ding with their hands, they might gain the shore
Ave miles distant. This slow process bad been in
dustrionsly preserved Ia against the wind for Va
hours, when to the great JOY CT the Captain. be
sspied relitfcoming tpwnrd them In the shape OF I
little bost manned by Mr. Robt. Shank and bis fami
ly, which boat was in such bad stste that it wa,
oaly kept from going to the bottom of the lake
tAoE haa
However, in this boat the survivors of the crew
of the New Brunswick, consisting of Captain Nc
Tavish, Joseph Daree. mate, John Banks and Don
can McNicar, seaman. were with much difficulty
brought to shere The names of those drowned
are as folows: Duncan Turner, James Riddle
baker. Archd. Mcmillan, q young man named Thos
-, aud the cook, Isaac Campbell the latter O
whom. during a, Of deiirium, sank from the raft
not moret than ten minutes before Mr.. Shaul
came to their succor
EXTRAORDINARY INSTANCE or HoARpIxs MONEY
The Paris papers say that a remarkable 10 stanc,
Of the mania for boarding mp money has just bee
brought to light in the Fanbourg st. GERMAN
during the process Of taking an inventory afte,
the decease Of an old woman, who had for many
years lived la a very retired manner in that par,
Of Paris
When the notary who was engaged 10 this ope
ration, went down into the cellar 10 take an ac
count of what the place contained his attention
was attracted to a small opening just over low
door. This door was opened, aai ths notary found
himself in presence Of an immense pile of bags o.
money. In order to take them ont aud count
their contents, he was Obliged to seud for nearly
all the clerks of his office. There in the bags
quantity Of gold and foreign coins but five-frant
pc es formed the principal part OF this rich store
Some of the bags were completely rotten, and fel
TO pieces on being touched. The inventory 10 moi
yet completed, but the amount of this treasure i:
estimated at not less than million. The origin
of this immense fortune is follows:
'Abou; ninety years ago, apoor savoyard boy
frcm Chamouni came to Paris, and engaged him
self in singing and dancing in the streets, and a
other times in sweeping chimneys. At the end 0
u few years he had saved mp n little money, ant
comm, ne d business on his own account. By din
Of industry and economy, he at length became
wealthy man, married, and at his death left h
widow $4,000 francs year. She scarcely spent
d 600 francs year, and the remainder she pm
into bags, and threw through theabovs mentioned
opening into a sort Of cupboard in the cellar
she died, which occurred at the age cf eighty eight
She had besides purchased several houses, and wa
the owner Of the Theatre du Luxembourg b,
her will she has left ,000 600 francs to the hospice
oftbe city of Paris, 100000 to other charitabl,
establishments, 20 600 france to her servant, ant
come legacies to distant relatives OF her husband
~ho still live in Savoy. Her notary and avone arr
Instituted her universal legatees."
THE GOLD DISCOVERIES ON THE PLArTE.-Tho fol
lowing is the article from the Missouri Republi
can 10 regard to the gold discoveries on the Platte
river:
gentleman of this city has put us in DC ssessio,
Of letter dated at Fort Laramie on the 18th O
August, giving some additional and more reliabl,
particulars in regard to recent discoveries Of golf
on the South Platte river We attach more i'm
portance to the statements OF this, because til.
nth anna yph m iyad har ei4as for
entire truthfuluess IF the writer. We give th
pith Of this letter:
At the time Of writing, he had just returne,
from Cherry creek. The Cherokee company hal
returned home before the writer had arrives
there, having 'prospected" Cherry creek, ,Ralston'
fork and Longs creek without having found mucl
gold. Thinking it would not pay, they becam
discouraged aud went home. Capt Russell, Q
Lumpkin county, ia who was with them, re
manned to prospect still further, aud, after the
departure, was very successful. The writer saw
where they had been digging, and from the amour
OF work done at each place, and the amount o
gold obtained, be thinks the prospect very goot
one. The product is said to be very irregular.
The first diggings are about four miles up tn
Platte river, aud about half mile from the rive
towards Cherry Creek. Here two or three mel
would work with rocker, While the others wer
on the lookout for better diggings, and they mad
from seven to ten dollars per man each day. Afte
working here few days, getting all the gold the
rather up the river, in ravine. Here they worh
ed in the same way, making from eight to ten DO
| lars per day, till the diggings failed. Then the
moved again to the river, about six miles fror
the first work, aud the procseds were about q
| good.
MIR. Russell says be has gotten as much as thre
dwt. per pan, aud the three men with the rocke
have obtained from one days washing of one hur
dred buckets Of earth, which they had to pack fft
yards, 49 dwts. aud gr As the result of all thei
| work and prospecting, they obtained sometbin
this aide OF five hundred dwts. of gold, or abot
| 25 oss.
| The writer examioed the country for sever,
| miles round and up the river, and expresses tn
| opinion that five and six dollars day can be oh
| tanned by several hundred men, without an
| further discoveries.
| The whole country was covered with elk ant
ope and deer, aud herds of sheep We're to be foun
| all through the mountains.
| TIE MEXICAN RAnRoAp.-Ths following accoul
of the Mexican Railroad appears in the correspo
deIce of the PicAyune:
| "In Mexico / met with Col. Tolcott. engineer
chief Of this survey being effected between this eli
and the capital, for the purpose Of locating lii
Of railrea1 for account Of Manuel Escandon
learned from his that the line had been locatt
| as far as Oriz$bs, and that they found that the
eoaM ascend the Cumbas between that city an
pueba, with RET more than 20 miles of heavy gr
d' r. and with grades over 20 feet TO the mile.
| will Quire bridge cf 1850 feet in length and
| will be about 800 feet above the running water
| meath. This road is work Of great magnitude b,
il is the My thing that can save the Eation. Ma