The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-09-18

help mo God, had nothing to do with II on God
earth, and II the facts could be known, was q
much opposed to it as her father could possiblJ
be. These are the swords Of dying man. Nj
object In going to the North was to fnlfl duty
which felt to be Incumbent on me- have twt
sisters living there aud wanted to see them ant
give them some aid These sisters had not seei
for SO years. This IL to be considered as upol
cath, and a part Of the deposition which hsv,
given. August 9th. 1855"
Mr. An6sonys Explanation.
The defeuce asked Mr.. Anthony to state to th,
Court the circumstances OF his presence when th,
dying declaration was made. He said that he VA
10 Roanoke when the shooting occurred, and va
sent for, IL having been thought that my presenc,
would tend to ailay the prevailing excitement.
Close Of The Testimony.
Both sides here said they had no more testimony
TO offer, and the counsel retired 70 consult. Afte
announced that they had mutually agreed to sub
NIT the question without argument
The magistrates now consulted together, and tn,
ssrictest silence prevailed. II was with many
moment Of deep suspense. The accused 1azed 10
tently upon the Court. his handkerchief placed
against his mouth, aud his face slightly flushed =
Soon the Presiding Justice made the announce
ment-
"Tze Court acqit the Prisoaer.''
An outburst Of applause followed, which the Of.
icers promptly checked. Mr.. Bcvyer was sur
rounded by his friends, who tend, sed him thei
sincere congratulations and then accompanied hin
forth. a tree man.
-Four of the Justices on the bench voted in favo
OF an acquit,sl, and two were for sending th,
case on for trial.
Thus closed the long investigation Of this mos
exciting affair. The reporter has endeavored t.
give faithful transcript Of the proceedings, aa.
the reader, at distance from the scene, may form
his own opinion Of the merits Of the case 81
far as we could Judge. the result was generally ap
proved in Piucastle, and We doubt not that Mr.
Bowyer will continue to command the respect ant
esteem Of those amoHg whom he lives, and of al
who know the fall extent Of the unhappy circum
stances which blighted his domestic peace and led
to tragedy.
THs PEospHcT or WORKING TAa PRESENT CABLE
The Scientific American. speaking Of ocean teie.
graphing, and the difficulties experienced In
working the Atlantic Cable, has the following
comments on the instrument which the public
have been assured is to do the work. IL any insru.
ment will. 1t says:
"The Tribune, of the 9th inst. contains letter
from Mr. Field, In reference to the siepce Of the
ocean Telegraph He attributes the difficulties to
the use Of the instruments Of Professors White
house and Thompson, but states that these will
soon De removed. and those of Prof Hughes will
be substituted. In reference to this telegraph, he
says, there 10 no reasonable doubt that Professor
Hughes will be able to transmit Intelligence
through the:cable reliably at the rate of about
three hundred words per minute"
"Mr. Field, we think, is inconsiderate In his
statements. In endeavors to send simple currents
through the ocean cable, these have sometime,
ceased to flow for q considerable period Of time,
without aoy apparent cause; then they would flow
again, IN the same inexpicabls manner As
Hughes instrument does not generate, but 10 ope-
rated oJ these currents, 1t cannot remedy this diff
WI L. - -.
TO the operating instru ments. The Hughes teIe-
graph also requires strong current, whereas the
currents sent through the cable have been yei v
feeble The correct operations of this telegraph
depend on the simultaneous revolution OF type
wheel in Ireland and another iu Newfoundlaud,-
IL ono revoves one instant faster than the other,
wrong message is sure to be sent. In ouch q
long ine this must frequently occur, and thus by
the instruments getting out of register, they wilt
often be rendered incapable OF satsfac tory opera
tion."
HEALTH OF THE AFRICAN SQUADRoS.-The Colonial
tion Herald publishes tabular statements of the
comparative mortality of the several squadrons of
the United States, for various years. prepared by
Dr.. Wheland, OF the Bureau Of Medicine and Sur
gerry at Washington, which Shove that that
station on the African coast is the healhiest with
one exception-the Brazil feet alone preceding
IL. TIE following ls tho order and rate Of per
centaae: Brazil, 1.2S; African. 1853; Pacific, l 81;
Mediterranean, 2.66; Home, 2.9T, ard tie las, In
dia, sos. This result, the Herald Says is 'mea.
surably due to the unusual care taken to protect
the officers and men by the enforcement Of whcle-
some sanitary regulations such as their ton
from being on shore, on the coast, ut night: the
ascent OF any Of the African rivers, except upon
imperative public service; the anchoring OF vessels
at a distance from shore, beyond the influence of
the malaria q ,ated Oh by the land breeze; the
exemption OF men from boat duty, wooding, wa
tering, &c, BY the employment of native Aft leans
OF the Kroo tribes. &c.
VIOLENCE OF LIGHTNING -"Flrst Private" in \
letter to the New Orleans Picayune, relates the
following strange event as having recently oo-
Cured in the neighborhood Of Point Clear:
In the rear OF Caleb Denny's honsa staDds fine
large live oak. beneath which children have frnl-
icked. horses been hitched, and pistols practice
INDUCED in for many years-tbe old oak tree being
the constant target staff A violent storm coming
up in the evening, Mr.. Denny shut down his win.
dow. and white playing with bis children on the
door, the electric fluid descended into the fork Of
,he old tree. cleft 1t distance down. drove ont
the large hichng staple and sent it some eighteen
feet away, but what WAS still more surprising IL
scattered some of the old pistol bullets that bad
been fred through the window of the room where
the family were gathered and 1t struck little girl
the breast with sufficient force to abrade the skin
and produce heavy bruise.
INTERESTING 70 NEWSPAPER PRopRIsroRs- Of
the courts Of the State Of Indiana, recently made
q decision, which 10 Of interest to al! newspaper
proprietors throughout the UnioB. A controvsr-
sy existed relative to the charge for advertising,
between the Commissioners Of Hamilton coup,y
and the Patriot newspaper. It was held by the
Judge that ''the published terms of newspapers
constitute contract II work IL given to news
paper publishers without a special contract con-
trsvening the published terms the publisher can
charge and receive according to the terms so
published. IL is not necessary to prove what
the work cost, or Was worth; the publishers
have right to fix the estimate valne OF their
columns and II 80 fixed. no other question need
be asked, but the price thus charged can be
cred.
TIE ATLANTIC TELEaR.PB.-Another reason for
the silence Of the Atlantic telegraph is given. to
the effect that Prof whitehouse was under contrsct
70 be allowed to experiment for forty days after
the A0ing of the csble. to be paid $4,000 for his
services, If successful, besides an annual salary
OF ta,oo0 for twenty years, for the use Of bis in.
to have the use Of the line for fifteen days, at
similar salary; aud 10 the event Of his failure,
Prof Hughes to have 1t for twenty dayr, without
stip ulation ~ to remuneration.
SWIMMING THE Sr. L4wRKscs- One day last
week q Mr.. Woodroofe, of the 39th regiment, sta
toned at tQuebcc. performed the feat Of swimming
across the st. Lawrence In twenty fve and half
the stream. this feat may claim to be placed eide
by side with the similar schievement Of Lord By
ron across the waters of the Heliespoint.
SPANISH bEsEcRArioN.--A singular proof of Span
isb indifference to tho monuments OF ancient art
has been recently given. The famous bridge Of
Acantara, which spanned the Tagus, with the
iriumphai arch Of Teagon, has been demolished
for the sake of the stones Of which they were
The bridge was go feet long and IS
feet wide. The arch uron the bridge was 40 feet
in height. 1t was one Of tue noblest Of Roman re-
lies in Europe.
ANNIVERSARY OF THE STEAM FIRE DEPARTMENT OF
81. LoUIs.-The fret anniversary Of the steam fire
department OF 81. Louis, was celebrated Wedaes-
day by grand parade Of all the steam engines,
seven in number; aud trial and exhibition of
each engine. The average time Of raising steam
was about minutes, and the average distance OF
streams thrown through 100 feet hose, with IA
inch nozzles, was $50 feet.