The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-08-19

particular locality III that smoky city, The
alleged bribery, Il appears, was accomplished
his agents. who expended about p,tspD 10 ;tc-
eou,pllsh hts election In Dartmouth n borough
polling but zoo or 800 votes, and his return
was only effected by a small majority. The
pittshurg Chronicle says.
1t is certainly great cause for regret that
bribery and corruption 10 SO large an extent
should beeharsed against one who has lived SO
long among Us, who welded Gin a IA Their hurried
manner, 1t is true) n Pittsburg lady; who has
been one of the most liberal though many
think unwilling, contributors 10 the internal
Improvement fund OF Allegheny city, and who
was the first and stannchest friend and sup
porter OF the republican movement in this
country.
Another member, w. II. Latham, was un-
seated ut the same time and on the same charge.
Mr.. L. on being asked as TO his expenditure
at the election, said he had expended one thou
sand one hundred pounds, and he believed
there we're some small accounts unsettled
1t was testified to before committee that
George Griith, Richard Mitcheltner, and 9TH
ers had received sums of from fifty to three
hundred and fifty dollars each, and that Capt.
Bulley received no less than forty-fiye bank
notes of f20 each, or $3.50.
A CAMr-MrgrIxGf AT MATTHIAS yIsz-
rARp.--i,mmenss Tma oa..-The eamp-meet-
ing al Martha's Vineyard is a prodigious af-
fair, according TO a correspondent of the Bos-
Groye:'
"A grand avenue has been laid out haif.a-
mile iii length, and the plan OF the streets Is
generally we'll advised new building has
been erected, two stories high, with rooms for
various purposes ut an e1penseof about 5000
The whole amount expended for improve
ments the present year is Si,6Go. Other i'm
pr1Nements, contemplated another year, will
require about the same amount. And proba-
bly, the same amount, annually, will be re-
quifed for inany years TO come. There are
about ten acres that may be conveniently oc-
cupied with tents and from the present APP
pearances 1t viii not be many years before the
whole space will be thus occupied. 1t is esti-
mated that the tents at present ON the ground
are worth about SiO,oUo, each tent being valued
from IS 10 sic This, we are satisfied is very
moderate estimate. Ii is estimated that there
are now 5000 persons the ground, and a.
We pass through the various streets and ave
nnes, though the rain IL descending freely, all
seem dry comfortable and happy"
EXPERIMENTS ON THE OLD ATLANTIC CA
BLk.-The Buffalo Republic says three pieces
OF the Atlantic cable, which were purchased
by Measrs. Tiffany S Co, OF New York, have
been laid across the Mississippi at St Louis,
in order 10 put that Office in connection with
The Eastern lines. The first cable worked
very well for about three weeks, the second
about thirteen hours. and the third, which WAS
laid Saturday evening, gave out on Sunday
nj ght. On Thursday the second cable was un
derrun by experienced electricians, but no
flaw was MISUNDERSTANDING perceptibie to
account for the cessation Of the working Ca
pacity of the cable. Tho last cable was put to
a good test. hay ing been entirely submerged for
over two hours before being laid. The first
cable was examined from ST. Louis to near the
Illinois shore, where the cable, having been
imbedded in the sand, gave way. Up to the
place OF parting there was nothing perceptions
that could lead to the discovery OF the exIstin.
trouble. The third cable also furnishes no ev-
idenee whereby the cause of difficulty can be
detected Why don't the St. Louis expert
mentors send for lie Sanity!
REVOLUTION AT PoRro CABELLo.--The
bark Dallett, with Porto Cabello dates to the
LIST of August, arrived ut Philadelphia on
Wednesday. General Falcon, 4: the head of
500 ReyolutiGnists, had landed q few miles be-
low Porto Cabelio, where he WAS Joined by
General q uerasa, and was preparing to attack
the city. He had prepared IL plan to enter the
city, but was foiied by the arrest OF his ac-
completes in the city. General Falcon was
enabled to land through completely with some
OF the chiefs at Cabeilo, none of the Govern
n2ent vessels III tefiering until his landing was
effected. Porto Cabelio was barricaded and
defenued by 200 Government troops and six
pieces of artillery.
4 BLOODY BATTLE N SoNoRA.-A letter
from Sonora to the New York Herald says:
Cuuriers have arrived (2sth July) bringing
official intelligence OF a severe battle between
the Liberal forces and Taneres army, which
lasted half day with varied success, when
The Liberals received n reinforcement OF
two companies OF lanceTS, who, making 4
vigorous charge, broke the enemy into frag-
ments, and they We're cut down at Il hor
rbie rate. The Liberals lost sixty lnen killed
and wounded, while their opponents had one
hundred killed, iifty-fve wounded, and about
thirty prisoners, who were taken ont and shot.
PosT- OFFICE AFFAIEs.-The following has
been ordered by the Postmaster General -
~ lIrtH IN ton,
county, Va, and Jackson Creek, Randolph
county, n. G.. Discontinue Camp Creek, Mer
Ger county; Crags Mill, Washington county;
Hallas, Marshall county, and Thompsons
Landing, Rockbridge county, all in Virginia.
and The following iii North Carolina :. Sum
mers' Mill, Guiiford county; Potato Greek,
Ashe county Jenny Lind, Chatham county
Bakers Creek, Bladen county, and Clingman,
Cleveland county. Change Bar be town, Hardy
county, Va, To Mountain Home.
THE LAST COMMISSIONER 1EH.-The body
OF Commissioner Yeh arrived at Canton MAY
IL, from Calcutta, VI here, 1t will be remembered,
he was imprisoned and died. The freight mo-
ney on his remains was 500! In Canton the
body was re-clothed in full uniform iacl uding
hat and boots, ana was then placed with six or
eight silk -coyered mattresses of very handsome
descriptions, into the Chinese coffin, and sup
ply ofyarious human wants being placed there
III for the use of the deceased, the lid was tas-
tened down, and the whole left in charge of
his domeStlcs to be sent up the country.
Wool TRADE IN OnIo.-During the present
season, one individual at Columbus, Ohio, has
purchased 100000 pounds of wool, at q cost of
| about SiSo,UuU and il is estimated that the
! quantity bought and sold in the State during
/ the season VIII reach f0,JuOQU1 pounds. and as
it is principally purchased by foreign dealers
AID man uiacturers, will bring into the State
| nearly four millions live hundred and fifty
| thousand dollars-a right snug sam OF money
| which Will TO some extent conn ensate tile
| State for the loss said to be sustained i'll the
| grain crops.
| WHAT is A FRENCH PEACE FooTING =
| The projected reduction OF the French army
and navy to u peace footing, continued to oc-
cupy the attention of the press both i'll France
and England, and there was great diversity 81
| opinion Us to what peace footing meant
! The Gazette de France says that peace foot
| ing 'iuust be understood TO comprise the abil-
| ity to have 500, coo men under arms at a months
! notice, and with view to an extension OF
colonial possession" constant progress Of
development in the iieet, which is already
"the finest naval force III the world
! A CRUEL HoAx.-The Paterson IN. y
Guardian says that q well-dressed lady resi-.
( ding in Connecticut, whose husband named
| Oswald Moseiey, Is engaged in that place, was
! induced to come on hastily by receiving q
| letter which stated that her husband had eI
! pired on Sunday last, but that his remains
! would be- preserved in an ice coffin until hel
| arrival. Mrs. Mosely, of course, hasteaed &c
| Paterson, but instead of dead hns band found
| him alive and kicking.
RETURN or CAPTAIN PoPE.-Captain john
| Pope, of The u. 5. typographical engineers, ar
! rived at St. Louis on Sunday last. He is the
officer who was sent out by government lu
charge of the artesian we'll expedition to Llano
Estacado and other waterless regions on the
great plains lying west of u.s. Ills experiments,
it is said, proved successful and he succeeded
in obtaining water by boring 400 ieet--the wa
I n IL. nt,aff he