The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-02-25

on the 23d ut the wind rose aud the sea washed
continually over the decks; next dag, poor Irish
passep ger named FL nn succ u bed to the severity
of the weather, which was intensely cold He was
sewn up in his hammock and the canvas was load
ed with COAL to the body to sink but oated
I long time after being thrown overheard. TN the
24th, PASSED within one hundred yards of the wreck
OF chip. 25tll. ~ , P VI .atremenGous struck
the vessel. stove in the portfolios. knocking down
the men at the pumps. and flied the apartments OF
deep i'll water. The passengers were now at the
pumps continually. Ma ht and dav. On tbs 26th at
9 A. NJ. the leak gaining on the ship. Capt Hutch
Inson gave orders to put back to Liverpool, where
| they arrived oD Monday.
| The poor creatures ON landing presented truly
miserable appearance a. owing to the severe wea-
ther, there could be no cooking on board ard they
| were quite exhausted by the Ipcessaut working ct
| the pumps being engaged in the ser sice fran the
18th to the 9th neither could any ashng be dore
They all set med rejOiCsd at their safe return to
Liverpool and have nearly all consented to sail in
the Harvest Queen. i'll the same line, to-day. Thus,
those passengers who originally ssed in the James
| Foster. Jr, will have baen detained three months
and those OF the Isaac Webb oae month.
The New OPERA HOUSE IN CIScISHsII-This
| mammoth establishment was lighted up on Mon.
| day night, and snone brilliantly with it's thou
sands OF gas jets. 1t was bniit by individual!
enterprise, and it is said, surpasses in splendor
| any similar ejfce in this country or Europe-
| The Gazette Gays:
| The trout of the building is of a delicate BLUSH
gray sandstone, i've stories high, with bold arch
1
high. springng from the c0ruice of the fifth story
| crownipg the centre and forming & niche filed
with group of colossal figures in stone represe,I-
ing Music Painting, Poetry, Agriculture and A4-
sroEomy, supported on either side by massive SCI oil
| work, cupids vases filled with flowers, bas relefs
| of Shakespeare Mozart, mnsical instruments. &C.,
| together with highly finished NEUROLOGICAL group
| Immediately over the grand entrance The front
| i'd one hundred and thirty four feet the depth of
| the building is one hundred aud ninety feet. At
the head Of the staiTs grand lobby, laid in black
| AID white marble tiles. runs the entire width of
| the building. From this lobby you have inmed!
| ate entrance to a spacions aud elegant reception
| room for ladies, the gentlemen's reception room,
the managers room, the ladies' toilet and retiring
| rooms, q splendid promenade hall. one hundred
feet long, tbirtVthTee feet wide, and TWENTY-FIVE
feet high to be thrown open on grand opera nights
and TO the parquet circle and patquet of the
| auditorium, into Which the hall opens i'm mediatey
| by a commodious side door.
| The auditorium is ninety-eight feet wide ninety
| eight feet from the curtain TO the back of the
boxes and eighty-two feet from the fl ,or of the
| parGnet to the crown of the dome. Tie tiers are
| three in number. The adornment Of the interio
| 10 very rich and tasteful, the seats covered with
| crimson plush and the pasEsges covered with ia,
| pestTy carpet The prosceniuIn is twenty-five
| feet wide, fifty feet high, finishing in an eIapan.
eled arch, and is fifty feet in the clear from righ.
| 10 left. It contains six spacious private boxes
fifteen feet long by eight in depth, lighted by au
| interior chandelier, and goIgeOusiy furnished
| throughout with blue and silver drapery and tas
sells. The auditorium has a seating capacity of
| about three thousand, with standing room for
about a Thousand more. The stage, which is fifty
five by ninety eight feet, is very complete in it's
| mechanical arrangement and appointments, and
every dressing room has pleuty Of light, heat and
ventilation This structure will coat its protector,
| on the night of its opening, haif a million qf
dollars 1t will be brillsntly iDaugurated on next
| Tuesday night. February 22d. by testimonial
festival given by the citizens OF Cincinnati to the
proprietor, Samuel N. Pike, in honor Of the sue
% sfut ot ha flor y-hj oh,
| Strakosch, with an immense troupe, is engaged to
produce twenty grand operas
| NATIONAL CONVENTION OF SUNDAY SCHOOL TEaoH-
ERs-This body assembled in Philadelphia on
Tuesday last. Among the delegates was s. II. D.
| Vaughan of Va. committee was appointed to
| report q permanent organization, and Ex- Gov.
Pollock was reported their choice for President.
The selection WAS confirmed by the Convention.
The ledger says:
! During the absence of the Committee, aome inte-
| resting statements made respecting the con-
dtion OF Schools in different parts o! the country
| A gentleman from Richmond, Va, said that ont of
| population of 1000 white children. 5000 en-
rolled in the Sunday, schoois-that, too. without
any FpecsI effort The colored children are not
| enrolled in the runday Schools, but they taught
when they attend. About 1909 are nov being taught
| in them.
| A delegate from New York city said that there
about l3O COZ children there. 10000 of whom are
the offspring of professional Christians; of ,be 9th
The other 50f0a are running the streets The cause
is progressing there Mission schools being es-
tablished in the remote portions of the city
| The Committee on Credentials reported that 800
names had boen registered of delegates in attend
anee: some OF whom were not provided with ere
mit:ed TO seats.
| tbs MISSOURI AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS UNITED
The St Joseph Journal of the 18th inst, thus au-
nounees the arrival of the first train of cars
through from Hannibal, on the Hannibal aud St.
Joseph railroad:
| "Agreeabie to expectat and announcement,
both ends of the Hannibal and St. Joseph railroad
| we're made to meet on Saturday evening last, the
18th inst, aDd the first train through from the
| Mississippi, Father of Waters, reached here on
Sunday evening, thus uniting by iron bands the
| two great rivers. and drawing the great West into
the middle of civilization. st. Joseph is no longer
in the West; that mystic region 10 now somewhere
| ID the latitude OF Pixies Peak and tho Rocky
Mountains.
THE CANTON CIAIMs.-Lioutenant Habersham,
in bis last letter to ths Philadelphia Ledger, say,
| Ibad shcrt conversation with Mr.. Reed upon
| the day Of his departure, during which be meD-
| toned the fact of the American Canton claims
having all been acknowledged by the Chinese
These claims amount, in the aggregate, to $T00.>
600, and are TO be paid from the custom house res
ceipts Of Canton. The reader is doubtless aware
OF their origin. They are to cover losses sus-
| tanned by American merchants of Canton, duriDg
| the troubles Of the past year, in and about that
| city. Would you like to see how a claim, some-
thing similar to these fthe English and French
demand t~enty.,wo millions, in addition TO our
ciaim) was paid by China to England sOme twenty
years SINGER 1t was at the close of the opium
| war, and England demanded $25, 100000, as a res
| turn for the outlay which it had entaiied upon
] her. The Chinese government consented, and the
money was paid, but not by the government
| Five or six rich merchants of Canton met the OBJ
| legation, and then commenced, slowly but surely.
| 10 refund themselves by slight addition to the
cost of every pound of tea that subsequently left
| the Empire. And the present claims will be met
in the same way, for the great merchant .'How-
qua" has already volunteered (repert says) u
| large amount toward that end. In the Uaited
states we are accustomed TO look upon the Chi.
nese as y semi-civilized people, nevertheless some
Of their first merchants are men OF vast wealth.
| "How.qua" for Instance, 10 unquestionabiy worth
| his millions, where John Jacob Astor was worth
| his hundreds OF thousands.
| The EdgArtown, Mass, Gazette aavsrtisss for &
young lady 10 teach skating in that town.