The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-08-14


VA, SATURDAY, AUG
Tns5aASH LaEz 70 San FaAncuuo--Ths Nsv
Hcfk Jssrna q Oommercs, spsaking Of the pm.
posed telegraph from the United States 70 Havana,
sAys the Company viii probably BE- orgaalssd il
September, and adds:
The distance from Key West to Hsvsna l. Only
sesssv miles. and the cost OF laying the cable Il
70 said. viii be about $500 mile The cable uili
Dc d the sthree threaded patfern-that Il. Win
ehree nsulated coaductors, The Magnetic TeJe
graph Company have agreed to build branch fron
savannah ga ), TO Key West, 90 that 1T no distant
day Ne. York Can be put in telegraphic copnsc
| ton with Havana The advantages Of such line
shippers and traders In New York and 81 q vhsrs
| srs TOO obvious TO need pointing out.
| :, me same company proposes 10 run wires from
| Havana to Cape Antonio, the extreme westerly
point OF Cuba; thence across the channel 20 Yucs
tan, distance ct about forty miles, where is will
connect with limo already built to the city Of
Mextco They also propose 70 extend the wires
from Yucstan to Tshuautepec on tn a Pacific sbou.
four hundred miles, and south froui eTehusutepec
| 70 Panama, about eleven hundred miles. passing
through Nicaragaa--thus sfordiDg tsiegraphic
communication with the United Staten and Cuba
| for the steamboat and railroad companies at Pana
ma. the steamboat company of Nicaragua aud 70
all ships that may choose to send messages from
those points.
Lastly. this company propose to construct line
from fehuantepec 70 Santiago, where there is al
ready line to San francisco, three hundred
miles north. ihe distance from Tehuauteoec u
Santiago Is not far from two thousand miles -
The line will pass through a country pretty we'll
settled. E
ANOTHER REVOLUTION IN MExIco.-Later advices
announce another revolution 10 the city of Mexi-
eo noA fho a tt<x,, <xf
Bsx to the supreme authority. The New York Her
aid says: @h "A n 49, @
This intelligence has come by the way of Pana
ma and Acapulco, and few particulars of the re
voiution are given. It would seem, however that
tits not 10 favor of the advanced liberal party that
has recently been battling under the bapuer of
the constitution of 1857, against Zuoago aud the
church party. The army has been placed under
command of Generals Parodi, Rangel and Traconi.:
and II some Of these gentlemen have not changed
their plan OF action, the whsle thing would seem
70 Indicate an early recall Of exPresidsnt Comon-
tort IL may be, however, that each has sspira.-
tons OF his own which would prsvout that. Ssnor
Bas was Governor of the federal District of Mex-
co under President Comonfort, and was one of his
strongest supporters
Kx-Presdent Don Valentine Gomez Fsrias, died
q hie residence in Mexico, on the I'd Of july at
the advanced age Of sevsnty.seven. Senior Gomez
aarias mas oeen chief magistrate OF the Mexican
Republic four times. b
NARROW ESCAPE FROM srRANsuLArroN-Cs,cun,
stdnt'dt Erdenee Two phpsicians, DR. B aud Or W.
entered the Metropolitan Bath.holse, on Sy Syeapore
above Fourth street, at late hour q night or two
ago, and asked for a double bath, which was given
them One OF the two, DIR. W., disrobed iramedi
ateiy, aud during q merry conversations, Ieaped
iaughingly into the tub, inhaing quantity of
water, which strangled him at once He threw M
his hands and made every ef)rt to regain his sus
pended breath, but to no purpose. He suffered
immensely, niI and struggled until he grew liyid.-
a "A nd nr u
by terror stood by his side and waited for the mo-
ment that death would come to his friends reljet
suddenly y thought struck Dr.. b aud reason
began to act He knew that men had been saved
from choking by blows upon the back, and in
| moment he struck his companion, who, with pro
truding eyes aud liyid face, was undergoing all
the horrors OF ofstranguIatinn, heavy blow between
the shoulders. q - ,7as =. ..fs=1E y
DR. W.threw up the water, and was relieved at
| once, but so exhausted he by the terrible
scene through which he had passed that he sank
helpless into the tub, and would have been drown
ed but for DR.. b. who lft ed him in his arms And
| supported him until his strength was partially re-
! stored -Esfs- = =
| Itwas narrow escape, indeed Had Dr. W. re-
| mained ten seconds longer in his then condition.
lhe would have been beyond the TO ser or hope OF
Restoration. Had he died there by s,rangulation
| in what q position would his demise have placed
DR.. b, who had insisted at the . metropolitan up
on. donbe bath. and urged his friend, who ap-
peared ind, ffarent to the matter, before the ne
/
hare been made by the horrid mode Of dying, ami
| the first known of the casualty would have been
| the announcement of DR.. B. that DR.. w. was d. cad
Cincinnati Enquirer.
TIE CABLE PREPARATIoNs.-The following is u
| programme Of the cable celebration in New York
| if the Queens message ever comes through:
Agraud salute OF 100 guus and the ringing of all
the church belts, Immediately upon the trausmis
sion OF the reply Of the President to the message
L nj rIn Yishf bon nfraa and
| era illumination will be added to the demonstra-
ions. There will also be military and civic pro
cession some days thereafter, followed by a muni
cipal dinner, which festivities expected to
place simultaneously with those ia London.
| Throughout Great Britain aud on the Continent -
| IL is requested that the citizens of the United
States and the British Provinces unite in order
| chat the festivities may take place at the same
time and In the same order, of which due notice
will be given.
TaE KAsAwHA DELINQUENT LIST The publica-
| tion of the Kauawba county, Va, sDelinquen,
Tax List under the new law. produced no little ex
citement throughout that ,unsy. The Rspubli
can says: saf s3a4a 81 s7
The list was taken by good many, as the lis,
| of letters remaining in our post Office, uncalled
for, and of course there was great focking to tbs
| post cf1ce for the advertised letters, to the an
ncyance OF our patient and accommodating post
master Many county ladies called Ut the Office
insisted upon taking all the letters advertised for
their respective neighborhoods. stating that they
saw that almost all their ueighbors had letters -
This was almost too much, even for the galiantry
of our postmaster, and be threatened to s.prose-
cute the County Court and Us for the publication "
|
PROGRESSING FAvoRABLY.-The interesting Chess
tournament, which has been 10 progress for some
| three months past, between Petersburg and Rich
| mond-the former represented by two leading
| members Of the Morphy Chess Club and the latter
by prominent citizens of the metropolis-is going
forward most favorably for Petersburg. The moves
| are made by Communication through the mail, ,And
rhus far have numbered about sixty.-Pesersburs
Erpress. et s
ALLEGED Wire MURDEs---Alfred Norrell, living on
the farm of Governor Msrriweathsr. near Louis
| vile, Ky lis under arrest for the murder OF
his wife Sarah, aged fifty years. She had beer
| missed for some days, and on Monday last her
body was found in the woods not far distant, very
| much cut and bruised, aud In Q very advanced
state Of decomposition. tF
DIED AT sra.--Gsorge Stalman. formerly resi-
dent Of Petersburg Va, where his heirs live, died
1t on the 2sth ult, on the whale ship Psls
Star He leaves $5, 5,0o0-something unusual fol
sailors to do.
TIE CAss HERRAN TREATY, The report that New
Granada had amended aud ratified this treaty 1.
confirmed 0ue of the articles stricken out con
ceded TO the United states the privilege of buy
ing or leasing track of ene huudred acres o
Hand, to estabtish coal depot on one OF the II
lands iu the bay Of Panama.
CoTros IN New OaLsAss--The New Orleans Plea
yune says that the anonut of cotton found In
presses, pickeries aud on ship board IN that por
on the 4th inst, by actual count was 46,7W bales
|
ARRrsr FOR FoaGERT-sunday last Mr. John W
Resresen tative Of Hamilton co Tenn, In
the Legislature of that State, was arrested upon
II. L. 40 bat u