The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-04-17

last, the British brigantine Victoria. Can,ain
Knowles, OF Nassau, N. p, in charge of n niIot
and schooner LC. Kelley, Captain Eaton. of CaIai.
Me., which sailed hence for Providence q. sa,rr'
oay' came into collision about the middle of the
chesapeake Bay, Smiths Pt. light, ,house bear;,,
N. N. w. 1s
The schooner sank in Ave minutes and Tho hr;,
10 about ten uaisntes both in seven fatboms urs e
.Gr 'sr Inc victoria had on board ten passengers.
az oi "hom, vita the exception of ". g. Marriott
oil Nassau together with the crews of bn,b yassois
amounting to fifteen persons, were saved by the
oeh.s OF the two vessels, and subsequently, taken
pn noafu schooner AdriaDa, Capt Sarreant. og
~, 1a auu arrived in Baltimore Thursday morn
.nB LII IL supposed that Mr. Marriott. ths unfor.
.unaie gentleman who Is missing returned 10 The
U % eaoih TO get something, aud whilst tbare
y "sns NV uo"n with the vessel The brig yictorai had
20 consisting Of 45o boxes, 20 hhds, 90 seroous
sasat, 10 balls spoHge ii teshoney a LOT of wract
e. sa materials and $1,000 in specie CONSIGNED to r
n,iohteii and was insured in New York and Phil
a u1ip,,ia-sesseis supposed insured The schr r,
neIiey' had cargo of $50 tons of coal f,r Prov
luence, shipped by Messrs. Dobbin and Waraald
winch Is covered by insurance The vessel wa,
uninsured ~ Nv s'ooV' anu
FREE Lover NORTHERN OIHo-Tbe CLEVELAND IIar
Au nas an article upon the progress Of Free Love
frec Love Associations, in the Northern part Of
o.,oIorlgnaiiy settled by the people from Conuecti
he "A lnI-
et or the town election in Berlin il seems hos baan
carried by the Free Lovers, under a disyn;sed
nane,-and the respectable Inhabitants of the
t' tonh' VINO DO not beileve in the ISM treaten 10
ea'e the place. II they cannot be rid of the lenrnsv
fonr acres Of the heights of the town are now a.
,oten TO the purposes of the association and Ave
houses have been erected within four weeks Uara
persons OF both sexes can come and. finding their
anitles, pair with each other ~ The association no.
paper there. which is forced upon the attention of
.hose VINO do not subscribe by slipping it uader
their doors at night ''
THE FLOOD IN the MISSISSIPPI pr-Frieb.f,, oo,.o
quehces are likely to eusue along the lower Nis
slsslppl, which is now higher in some places tba,
ever known before, by the accession of tbs com
olnod noous from the upper rivers running from
the MlsslsslppI, which are rising from Sc pn1l
down. The Missouri and Illinois rivers are botb
high and rising, and all their tributaries are at
flood height. The high water is occasioned Inv the
heavy rains which have extended through the
whole western and northwestern country The
usual spring mountain rise has not yet taken
place. aud should it do so before the present food
subsidies, the whole lower country, doubtless win
be inundated.
AN AMERICAN CITIZEN MuRDERED-The Panama
correspondent of the New York Times, writing
under date of April 18th says that ON the 1st instant
an American uamed Frederick NJ. Mcfarland, late
of New York, was attacked in a scurrilous commu
nicati0n in an illiterate paper edited by Jamaica
negro, named A. H. Judah. and established as the
organ of the Government party for the election o.
Senior Marcelino uurtado for Governor of the State
Dir. NJ. having threatened to cane the author o
the article, was set upon by the negro editor ant
stabbed to death.
ACCIDENT TO CARL FoRNEs-A serious acciden;
occurred to the reat.basso. Carl Formes on Mon
day last, at Salem Mass. While he and Mr. Gosche
were taking ride together, their horse took frigh
at some object in the road, aud dashed away fnri
ously, upsetting the carriage and throwing both
the gentlemen with much severity upon tn,
ground. Besides other injuries, Mr.. Formes hat
his leg abont the knoe badly hurt, which may re
suit in the loss of leg.
NEW GRANADA KNOCKING AT The DooR.-The At
torney General of New Grenada, in submittins
the new federal constitution to the Congress of thai
republic, for its action, accompanied it by a report
advocating the incorporation of New Grenada into
the great American Union, under the same condi
tion5 as the States already constituting our con
federacy as remedy for the difficulty under which
the country now labors. He argues the case, too
quite ably urging that annexation to the Union
will secure external protection for New Grenada
foster internal prosperity, and place it, generally
in the same condition as New York, Pennsylvania
and the other States of the c0nfederacy.
BUSINESS AT PARKERsBURG, VA.-The shipment.
OF freight to the east via Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road from Parkershurg, Va, during March were
quite heavy aud ncluded -. .SS7 bbls four u GSt
los bbls whiskey anu other articles, making 4
total 22,33S ,0O0 bbis. The Parkersburg News o
Wednesday gays:
The shipment freight at the railroad depot il
this place still continues to be very heavy witt
no prospect of abatement SO long AS the payiga
ton continues good. As an evidence ofthe amount
OF business done, we note that on yesterday tines
day some four five boats unloading at on,
time, who put off over one thousand tons of pro
duce.
| FATAL ACCIDENT.-John p. Stanley died on tn,
llth inst. in Roanoke county, Va, from Il youne
i'll the thigh, which he received from pistol bal
about Christmas. He crossing "a fence ant
the pistol fell from his pocket, the hammer strik
ing rock and cansing it to explode and drive The
ball through the leg, entering above the knee ant
| passing 0bliquely upwards came out near the hip
| The wound healed and to all appearance the pa
| tient was doing well aud walked out after whicl
| it iuilamed and mortified, aud in this condition h,
| fingered. suffering most excrutiatingly, for owe
one hundred days, the flesh during that time fall
| ing from the limb.
| ANOTHER AMERICAN TELEGRAPH.-There is pro
ject on foot at St. Petersburg for establishing
strictly overland telegrapiiiC company with Nortl
| America. The plan has been presented to tn
government by n Belgian engineer and, consists il
| carrying telegraphic line by Siberia, and to es
| tabiish submarine communication between Cape
East and Prince of Wales. then to join the lines Z
those of the United States through the territorie
of Russia, and England.
BiRNUM HIMSELF AGArN.-Phneas T. Barnum i.
| in luck more. He is again at the head of tn
New York Museum, which has been lauguishins
| for want of his paternal care, and with the assis
tance of $2 600 lately received insuranCeis pre-
| pairing to rebuild "lranstan,' his late residenc
| at Bridgeport, Conn, on a magnificent scale
TIE REMAINS OF MR. BgNroN.-rhe remains O
| Mr.. Benton arrived at st. Louis at O'Clock Tues
day afternoon, and were escorted to the residenc
of Col. Brant by the military and large con
| course of citizens.
| ACCOMPLISHMENT LIVES LosT.-The steam
boat FalisCity exploded her boiler just as she wa
leaving the city of New Orleans Tuesday Afternoon
Seyen or eight persons we're killed and o numbe
| of others wounded. The explosion also damage
| somewhat the steamer John Simonds
| SuRGlcAL-A surgical operation was perf0rme
recently on Mr.. Tho. H. Smnierman, OfWythe, b
DR.. Gibson, of Richmond City, by which RIB wa
| taken from Mr.. S.
DEATH OF AN OLD CoUPLE-In Woodstock, shenan'
doah Co. Va, last week. ''Father and Mothe
Werman" old residents OF that place died with
few days of each other. They had been marie,
for 40 years.
| PReGREss-The first woollen goods factory o
the Pacific coast Of the United States has recent
Iy been built and set in operation at Salem, Or
gon, with four hundred and eighty spindles.
| NAvAL-Commande James H. Ward has bee
ordered to the naval rendezvous at Philadelphia
vice Commander 0oldsborough, whose term ha
expired
Purser Nixon has been ordered to the sloopo
war Marion, now on the coast of Africa.
Gen Wm. Miburn, who was surveyor geper'
of Illinois and Missouri under President Van b
ren, died on the 18th inst.
Erastus Willard, brother of Governor Wi
lard, OF Indiana, died at New Orleans on the 81
| inst.