The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-07-02

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Off CaHceft.-On Thursday nfsht next tho
Al1nofy Eand VIII give grand Concert ut the
mechanics Institute Hall, when will be dis
! tfibnted 10 the audience fifty mani1eent gifts
Loss OF THE STEAMSHIP ARGo-Safstv of
/ the Passengers and Crsr.-The steamship Argo.
which left New York for Galway. Ireland. on
Thursday, The :3d inst, went ashore, in Ire
ri,ssy Bay, in fog, Tuesday night last. and
/. was wrecked. She had - cabin passengers.
and I76 in the steerage, of which number al
least 100 were women. Among those on
board was Miss Hey wood, the vocalist, who
lest her wardrobe, as did nearly all the other
passengers. Tke passengers were rescutd by
steam-tu2s from st. Jonns, n f. The New
York Herald says:
The Argo was considered Is first class
screw steamship, added TO the fleet of ocean
steamers which now comprise the Galway
lihe. She arrived here from Galway via ST.
Johns, n. T., on Monday, lie 18th inst She
! was sold to the Atlantic Steam Navigation
Company Tor very high figure. She was
four years old, ranked 4 / at Lloyds, and
Was one OF The strongest propeliers afiuat.--
She was an iron bark rugged steamer of o2iu
tons register, and 3 100 tons burthen. She was
divided into five water-tight compartments
'y four buikheldS. and she was well proyid
. .iralE1f DTF any othtf aCcEient. Her length
over all Tts $50 ieef her breadth of beam 81
feet, and her depth OF hold ;}5 feet. Her ma
elInery was l4ia*siya, and was itU horse power.
She hal three decks. and was permitted by
III" British regulations TO carry l.ui5 passcn-
gers. of these, her first cabin had accyinmo-
datIons Tor l.u, and the second c:bin iUp. Her
saloon was large and we'll furnished. and pro-
'l4ed with tables at which $50 persons could
rnNeniently dine.
The entire vessel was waII ventilated and
there vas good light on each of her decky-
She WAS well finished in every part. and her
lha>ts were coppered one-thirsi OF their length
IRON the deck. II is said that on her wav out
she passed through coneit. ri bic masses Of ice
and rode over some OF it. She experienced
head winds and tugs since she lett Galway on
her last trip; nevertheless she made 81. Johns
on tho eighth day and New York ON H..
thirteenth, exclusive of the day she wa4 de-
tanned at Ut. Johns.
How PIGEONS ARE CAucHr-It is e>tima-
ted that s.eGt0 worth of Wild pigeons are
caught in Essex county, Mass, every season.
As they sell for about q dollar IL dozen. this
makes the nunher caught about a quarter of a
million. The Salem Observer gives this ae-
count Of the way they are caught:
''rhe pigeons are attracted to partieuIar
parts of The wood by the strewinx of grain in
open spaces cleared Of bruslwood for the, pur
pose. In this way they are not only tolleti
! around the spot where traps are TO te set and
/ tened iefore being taken. They are fed for
some time previous to the spreading OF their
! nets. When Il sufficient NUN Der have con gre
gated to make ii worth while 10 entrap them,
/ their grain Is saturated with Whiskey. which
steals away their silly brains rs it does silly
mems brains, and they become willing stu
plned victims of the trappers. The net is set
/ in such Il way, that bv the Use OF Young sap
I lings for drawing rings, il is made To Jump
! over the dense Ilock OF tutidied pigeons gath
! efeu III front OF AZ aad when they attempt IL
rise they are entangled III it's inesiirs. The
pigeons, we are tolt, " lien enticed by the grain
and whisAey, Will huddie together in con-
+. pact mass, as II for the special convenience
and qualification OF the trapper When once
caught IN the net they thrust their heads
/ through the meshes, and the trapper, by GER
tain pressure upon TIE neck, kills them one af-
ter another with great rapidity, and with
| more deXierity of touch than tenderness oi
feeling
/ CROSSING THE NIAGARA ON A RoPE-This
| feat of Mons. Biondin required the descent of
! an inclined plain 70 feet, according to the fol-
| lowing description of the arrangements, given
f.! by the Buffalo Courier before the experiment
was made
The rope was two inches in diameter and
unput thirteen hundred feet long. 1t has
vast number of stays extending 10 either
shore. giving the rope an appearance like
net spread the chasn. These guys do
not extend 10 the centre of the river-there Is
clear piece of rope tor about two hundred
feet in the centre, without stays. The cate
marian curve OF the rope gives il 4 depression
in the centre of about seventy feet from a true
line To draw the rope any inore, TO straight
en it, would be likely to severit Ii has now
all the tension il will safely bear.
THE aYoKE BRoKgS."-In Il sermon re-
Gently preached by Brigham Young, he used
the following language:
s'We are free. There is no yoke upon MS
now and we will never put it on again. The
congregation responded, Amen.) That is the
way for every man and woman 10 feel. When
il is necessary, and the Lord calls lie to do 50,
would just ~ soon preach about war as any
thing clrr, or 60 and Hight battle Us do any
thing else.
SPLENDID PaEsYSTs.-On Wednesday last
Miss Fannie 4. Anderson, daughter of The
celebrated snuii dealer OF New York, was
married to q. b. Barnard, the Recorder Of that
city. A letter gays:
The wedding presents 10 the bride were very
splendid. They consisted of u solid gold lea
service. elegantly aud clahoratciy wrought,
brought from Londoa by MIR. Anderson As the
paternal gift; a massive silver dinner and des-
s.ri service, the gift of the recorders father;
and another elegant silver service the present
of the Hon. John g. iiaskin. Articles Of jew.
clry, glttering with diamonds, the gifts oi
other friends. were very numerous.
| PETgRsBusa AFrAIRs.--Thc following
I items OF Petersburg tVa.) new, we take from
/ ,ae Esrress Of yesterday:
/ Deafas--There were - deaths In Petersburg
i during the month Of June.
I Tesatee.-Thc inspect lions of tobacco for ths
/ last six months reach II, IA hhds. An iners ass
/ Of iyis hkts. over the ak months previous
| Kysigaaiies.--s. n. payn, Superintendent
| Of the Appoma.tes River Improvement, has
| resigned.
Nse WA2at.--Tha first North csroiina nev
/ wheat, 81 bags of red, was received Thursday
| fram Guiiford county.
nsrma.-TThe Parker family. including J, y
/ Studlcv, Hokce aud MaiIlti, arc doing fai
business at Phoenix Hall.
CaRrsE Farsp ox rnE CUaoi.A ~ A HurEi
Il A few evenings ago. the bosls VI a man. far I'd
yaneed In decomposition, WAS found on =.
j cupoln vi the Mansion House Hotel. IN kcnti
ing. I'm. A eogonsr's jury found = verdict y
death from cause~ unknown." Hu Nfas All
10 he i strolling phrcnologist, aRda MAttye z
4 IEwistuwN, Miistin county.
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