The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-09-01

cribed BY the Enquirer:
Tho Herndon medal IL Of pure gold, about two
inches 10 diameter. On one aide ID depicted in bold
rsiei tue scens ofthe tempest, the life boat crowd
90 with passengers and struggling with the waves
| steamer bali dismantIed aud tho heroic con, n,man
asf standing resolutely on elevated part Of the
wreck The necessarily small scale Of the picture
doas not admit Of any strict accuracy Ia the dc.
pietion OF the human figures, but, like the beaut
ui symbolic engravings from the antique Il Is suf
ncient!y distinct TO relate Ia uumistakeabls Q
torfn the now we'll known story Of the Christian
nero's selfsacri1cirg devotion. Around this
device are inscribed the following words:
'DLsoffoN TO Duty, cHRIsfIAN CONDUCT AND erNuIyu
HsRoisN RESPECTED AND xsvERsD"
The reverse Of the medal bears the following
Inscription, surrounded by delicate olive vrssth
wrought with exquisite finish and mfnuteness -
Presented to the widow OF Captain William Lewis
hsrneoo, United States Navy. BY Virginia, as .
testimonial OF respect for her virtuous son. a
noble and gallant ofilcer, 1858.
The blade OF well tempered steel offered to Lieut.
Pegram, Is beautifully decorated with variety of
appropriate eublems, maritime. national4rd nv
'noiogiea,. On one eide appears the inscription
4 mothers gift to her devoted soH. On the
other side Of the blade is inscribed, Virginia to
Lieut. Robert b. Pegram, U. 8. Navy, KuIau, 4th
August, 1885,
The hilt OF the sword is surmounted by an eagle
surrounded with thirteen stars. the guard being
10 the form Of a dolphin. Two handsome sosb-
bards accompany the blade; one of black shark
skin, With gilt mouutings, according TO service
regulations; the other of gilt metal, highly orna
msnted with maritime devices.
TIE RESCUED SLAVES AT CHARLEsroN.-The capture
Of SLAYER. with three hundred negroes on board,
by an American cruiser has opened field of sur
mice iu coDjectures as to the disposition of the
Africans. A letter In the Courier of Charleston,
says:
They are here on the very Threshold of civIiza-
at the dawn of CHI stianity-shsll we send them
back to heathen darkness? They are almost
within the pale OF Law and social state, where they
can take IT atons-sh. Ill we send them back to the
realm ofno law but that of brute torce no relations
bat those that brnt-s takes They are here almost
spd where every ply steal want will Be surely sun.
plied-will We send them back to the precar isus
subsistence snatched from wretches as starving as
But why should we send them back! Do we moi.
want themf They are wanted everywhere-our
railroads want them, our waste Janus are in want
OF them. lsit from any sense, among ourselves of
| the inhumanitv Off ndering them usefulg We put
cur sons ana brothers under masters TO learn a
trade, and is IL humane to do this and net hunene
to do the same to creatures that are certainly as
nuch in need Of training and instruction? There Ia
no resson why We should send them back, but in
this. that " has become agreeable TO another sec.
.ion of this Union to look with disgust on our insti
tutions and We are called upon to make this sacri
nee OF interest and humanity to proritiate them
The ARREST OF CAPT. BRADFUrE.-fhe San Anto-
MO Ledger, of the Goth inst, has the following q
particulars Of the arrest of Capt. Bradfute, U. s.
A., for killing soldier at Fort Bstnap, Texas:
Captain Bradfuts, commanding companies G and
X, second Cavalry, encamped on the Gear Fork of
the Brazos, about fifteen miles from Belkpsp.
About the 18th of July, and on the opposite
| side OF the river from the camp, several
men were playing dice on box, and among
| them some soldiers. Capt Bradfute rode bis horse
| across the river to where the men we're playing.
and ordered the men to return to camp, striking
two Of them, and he also struck the deceased twice
The latter struck back, but his blow did not mock
the cabtainpdown. or even cause him to stagger;
upon which Bradfute stepped back, drew out his
pistol with both hands, cooked it and shot the sol.
dier. The soldier was unarmed and sober. When
strengthening the body Of DECEASED, Bradfute is
said to have remarked that the death Of that man
would be burden upon his conscience during all
his af.er life.
About five or ten days afterwards a court of in.
quiry was held at the camp, but what took place
bad not transpired. The civil authorities sent 10
have Bradfute arrested, hut he denied their juris.
diction and refused to give himself up and s still
| at large in command Of the companies, Deceased
belonged to company X.
FATAL RESULTS OF AN APoTHECARY's MIsTAKE.-
Prof John Wilson, of .'Southwood School," at Tai.
ladega, Ala, died ON the 23d ult., from taking
morphine sent through mistake for quinine A
|
The morphine which caused the death was PRO-
cured q drug store by MIR. Wilson's sou who had
been sent for Qutnine-that me dicina having been
ing to the P, Of ssor. who was lying dangerously
ILL., She died shortly after its administration. appa
rently from the disease under which she had been
iaboring. Nothing particularly was thought of
this; but shortly afterwards Prof w was attacke cd
by chill and was ordered to take twenty grains of
be quiniue nut which was really the mo phine pur-
chased By his son. and soon aft.r fell nto stupor.
in which he died. Mrs II Lawler alec died few
citement in Tslladega in consequences of these sud
den deaths is said 10 have been intense.
FIERCE ATTACK BY BREs.-Yestsrday morning, q
blind horse that had been put to Craze in sn en-
closure the premises OF Mr.. Fowler. in the low
part of towp, got foul of some bee-hives, Of
which there are a large number there. The bees
attacked the horse and covered his head and a
large portion of his body. MIR. Fowler bearing the
horse pluneing went to try and get him out. The
bees attacked him, ALSO etingiDg him very eeverely
much SO that we learn that he faiuted yesterday
two or three times. Others who came to his assis-
tance were also stung more or less. Finally the
horse was got ont and free FROM the bees. but he
died in short time from the effects Of the stinging
We presume Wilmington, " C., Journal.
A SPLENDID ILIUMINATIoS.-The illumination Of
East Rock, New Haven, on Tuesday, was splen-
did affair, viewed from the city. Wires we're
trung along the brow of the Mountain, supported
oy otdhos uuu tfees, eAt6DulDg ITOm the fA6L enc
around to the Western side. Large balls of Iudian
rubber SCRAPS. wired together and dipped in tur.
pentine, were hung upon this wire and the whole
simultaneously fired, exhibiting for some twenty
minutes flame that from New Haven had the ap-
pearancs of line Of dre in the heavens. Hedges
we're formed upon which tar was poured and sixty
tar barrels we're distributed 10 every accessible
nook in the sides Of the mountain. The whole
wAen hred, amid ascending rockets. made grand
appearance. Upon East Peak huge bonfire was
kindled, and burning wood iilumined the summit
lighting the adjacent country
ARREST OF An EMBEzzLxR FOR AN OryENC1 CenMMIr
rlD SIX YEARS AGo.-In the year 1852, Mr.. Abram
Jackson gave a clerk in his employ, named James
Farris, $Il00 to deposit in bank. He absconded
with il, and managed until yesterday to keep ont
of the way Of Boston officers. During the time, he
has Travelled south aud and has spent one year
in the Maine State prison, at Thomastop, for soms
offence, having JUST besn liberated Yesterday he
seen on State street, by detective officer Heath
nation. He is rs years old, aud is q brother oi
Jack Farris, the forger.-boston Traveller.
EFFECTS OF NOT TAKING TIE PAPESs.-The Rock
VILE, Ct, Republican tells of . man. living near
Stafford who had actually never heard of the At
lautc Telegraph. Hearing the bells all ringing 10
Stafford, he saddled mp aud rode to town post
haste to what was the matter, and when To-
formed that the cable was laid, he wanted to know
what cable. and said he never heard OF the thing
aud couldn't understand IL.
FROM TExas.-We have Texas papers of the 23d
ult In Houston, Mrs. Monroe had been arrested
for poisoning Miss Abby Gilhendy, niece OF her
husband. The Democrats at the recent election
carried their Stats ticket-includng Royal T..
wheeler, chief justice Of the Supreme Court, and
Malcolm d. Graham, Attorney General. Corn il
selling in Austin at 80 cents per bushel. Indian
horse stealing still continues-a drove OF Soo had
been driven across the line into Mexico.
REruRNxp.-On the 10Th ult.. the bark ]. i. Davis,
Capt. Fairchild, of Boston, which sailed from Mo
bile, Ala, two days before, returned to that port
and put OF a fugitive slave who had been iound
aecreted on board Some Of the merchants Of Mo
bile are getting up testimonial to present to the
coptain.
ARMyID--The schooner K. Segar, noticed yes
=. :. ~fahI roisafuu AFTER leaving