The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-09-10

4 EMulArixo fHs JsSsv LIND FuRoR There 10 q
very pretty little .canfafrice called Piccolomisi,
who has been singing the ssTrayietas in London,
rome tune about setting the Thames on nrs, and
recently made trip to the .'gem," to give the
1 Irish touch Of her quality. Lucia di Lammer.
moor was sung At the Theatre Royal, Dublin, when
the following is related by one Of the city papers
On her Issuing from the sfage door and entering
her carriage the cheering of the assembiage became
most vehement and enthueiastic. Tho fair donna
smilinsIy acknowledge the compliment paid her.
But she was hardly seated In the vehicle, when the
horses were unyoked from the pole Ia . twipkline;
| about one hundred young gentlemen collected
| around the carriage, and drew IL at . rapid
pace to tho Gresham Hotel, followed by on
/ immense crowd. cheering he,rtiiy all the way
| On the carriage being drawn up to the hotel
| door Mademoeelie Piccolomini alighted, amid the
dense throng Of enthusiastic admirers, and re-
newed ber expression Of thauks FIR this msnifes-
tatfon Of popular regard She retired within the
hotel, bot there the cheering recommended with
redoubied vigor, by way OF conveying the general
desire that the much admired donna should present
herself ct the window. She at length come forth
| upon the balcony in front OF one Of the drawing
rooms Of the hotel. Lights had to be held at each
side Of her to assure the crowd Of her IDENTITY
The hpzzaing, shouting, waving Of hats. &c be-
came immense. Again aud again the fair canta-
frice had to crafty her worsbipersby coming forth
| and howing. She was led forth by Signor Giuglini
and had to remain for several minutes, while the
vast breadth ofSackvlle street echoed with cheers
and vivas.
| A ACoNroRrABLx EsraBLIsnMENr.-A correspond.
| ent Of the New York Independent, thus describes
| the domain of the Duke of Devonshire at Chats
worth:
"The domain of the Duke of Devonshire would
| cover one of our largest counties. The park i'm.
mediately surrounding the palace is eleven miles
| in circumference and contains three thousand
acres. The principal garden for vegetables, fruits,
greenhouses, etc, is twenty-five acres There
thirty green houses, each from fifty to seventy.
Eve feet long. We went into three or four con-
tanning nothing but pine apples. ripe; others
| tanned nothing but melons and cucumbers One
peach tree on the glass wall measures fifty-one
feet in width and fifteen In height. and bears one
| thousand peaches. 1t is the largest 10 the world
The grape houses, five or six In ALL six hun
dred feet long, and such grapesi We saw pine
| apples weighing ten or fifteen pounds EACH One
green house had only fgeanother only mushrooms
But what shall be said of the great conservatory
filled with every variety Of tropical plauts7 1t
is one Of the wonders of the world. 1t covers an
acre of ground, is one hundred feet high. of oval
shape, and cost $500, 900. 1t Is heated BY steam
and hot water pipes, which 10 all are elk miles in
length. The apparatus consumes six hundred
tons of coal In year We saw banana trees TWEEN.
ty feot high. with clusters of fruit, sugar cane
coffee trees bamboo. and in short every tro1icai
plant that can be named Several Of the PALM
trees are from fifty to sixty feet high. The smoke
of the immense fire underneath is carried in pipes
under ground to an outlet In the woods The
coal is brought in tunnel six hundred yards un-
der ground. One fountain throws a let of water
TO the height of two hundred aud seyenty-fye
feet
NoAH's ARK As A MODEL SH1p-We observe In
that admirable work by Frank B. Goodrich. recent.
ly published by Lippipcott Co a very curious
passage. in which the author states that the Ark,
the first and the largest ship ever built, had pre-
cisely the same proportions as the steamers of our
own day. It's dimensions were three hundred Gu
bits by fifty, by thirty. Those Of reveral Of the
fleetest Atlantic mail steamers are three hundred
twenty eight ard a half ip depth. They have. like
the Ark. upper. lower, apd middle stories 1t
least singular that the ship builders of the present
day. negecting the experience acquired by man
from forfy-two centuries spent more or less upon
the sea, should 80 directly return to the model Of
the vessel constructed to outride the flood. 1t vas
therefore with ob7ious propriety that. at one of
the late convivial meetings in England, held in
connection with the interests of the commercial
marine and the Atlantic telea raph. that toast
offered-"To our great ancestor. Noah" Though
the proposition was received with hilarity and the
idea seemed to favor somewhat of Jest, yet the
Patriarch's claims, as the first Admiral record
to be the father of seamen, the great originator OF
navigation were willingly and vociferously &C.
knowedged-P Inquirer.
A BANK BLOWN UP"-The Bank of Memphis
was blown up by gas, on the 9th inst. The Mem.
pbis Ledger says:
On SATURDAY last, t0s gas burner IN the
vault was left burning. As soon the atmospheric
air within was consumed, (the oxygen it contains)
the burner went out. When Mr. Roach opened
the vault and lighted a match inside, the gas hav
ing filled the vault, at once exploded, sending him
and Mr.. Gilelapd with great violence to the front
end of the room, bursting ont the front doors
which had not been opened. and also breaking the
heavy oaken back door into fragments, which.
strange to tell. ia Immediately behind the yault-
The vault itself is unipjured.
A CLEsGYNAN's WIFE ELopISG WITH A RAILROAD
MAN-The people Of Lafayette we're clarified some
nary elopement. Mr.. Sherwood, the Secretary of
the Lafayette Railroad Company aud Mrs Allen
wife of a PRESBYTERIAN minister offbat city, ioined
company and left for parts probably unk nowD.-
Mrs. Allen left her husband on pretended visit to
ST. Louis. Her husband was TO meet her there
but on reaching the city found her not there and
the truth OF her real intentions and action was re-
yealed to him. Sherwood left wife and two chill
dren and sent word to bis wife after leaving Lafay
cite to dispose of her goods, and with her children
90 back to her father.-[ Indianapolis Journal
September 2.
FOREIGN MISSIONARY MEETING The forty.nipth
annual meeting CT the American Board of Commits
sioners for Foreign Missions opened 10 Detroit on
the 7th inst, at the First Presbyterian Church. In
that city. The Rev. Mark Hopkins D. D.. Presi
dent, was in the chair, who called the Rev S. c.
Aiken. d. d., to lead the devotional exercises The
treasurer reported the receipts from all sources as
1854 0SO, and the expenditures s372041. leaving.
with the debt of the previous year. a deficiency of
fi0,S10 Two corporate members and We mission.
aries died during the year. Nineteen mis-
sionaries had gone out. The Rev. George Shepard
ID. d., preached the annual sermon.
SUDDEN DEATH OF AN AcroR.-The veteran actor
j.. T. Harley, was suddenly struck with paralysis
while performing his character of Laucelot Gobbo
"a the Merchant of Venice at the Princesses
Theatre, London. He died shortly after. The de-
n IN izHu
PRIZE FIGHT IN ENGLAND The fight between
Charles Lynch, an American, and John Sullivan,
ayoung aspirant for fstic honors in the English
Prize ring, took place on the 18th ut., near Lon
don. After twenty nine rounds. at the exniration
OF iorfy-eight minutes, Lynch was declared the
victor.
MELANCHOLY DrsAsTER.-Calvin Henry. aged IA
son of Asbel b. Abbott, of New York, was drowned
while in sw inning In the Nashua river, at Ian
caster, worcester county, Mas, last Wednesday
afternoon. Tbs family we're just closing their
summer in the country, and the lad went ont for
his "iast swim"-and such it too seriously proved
DROUGHT IN FRANcE.-There is less waters iu the
rivers OF France than any body remembers to have
Seen. Many of the mills have stopped, and those
situated on larger streams not able to do more
than half the usual amount Of work.
PREcrpIrArE IsrERMsNr.-The Etoile Belize, Bel.
Gium, gives the following example Of the danger
OF too precipitate interment. A few days ago,
while the Clergyman was reeiting the usual pray.
ers over the coffin ofa child, the supposed dead
child, who had only fallen into a trance awoke
and knocked at the sides of the coffin. uttering
cries. The coffin was opened and the child taken
to the hospital.
PorArO CROP IN Misunderstanding to the com
petept authority of the Banner of Ulster the
breadth Of land under potatoes this year in the
northern couuties will be found, perhaps, to ex.
coed ,250, 600 acres, and IL adds: "Last seasons
crop turned out we'll, ample In yield, and, a. .
crop Of the early varieties is very superior. We
are now only In the second week OF August, aud
yet the prices for excellent potatoes 10 the Belfast