The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-05-11

o'ed ~ Mempnis, Xenn., on Sunday. He was q
most promising yeung man, aud his death 1, ran
dered still more sad from the fact that he va. ou
his way to New Orleans to be married.
ADDITIONAL FROM CALIFORNIA. by the Coatsaco.I.
cos, at New Orleans, We have the following addi.
tioual items of news not included. in the regula,
dispatches:
The steamer for New York, via the isthmus oi
Panama, has on beard 81 zoe, 600 Ia geld.
The receipts from the mines have been large
amounting to $735,000 in specie.
The amount Of treasure exported since the 1st Of
January is $12, ,325 900.
There had been DO arrivals at San Francisco
from the Atlantic ports since the departure Of the
last mail, nor had there been any clesranccs.
The papers furnish dates from Oregon to the 9Th
ult. s. J. Mccormack, democrat, has been elected
mayor of Portland by large majority.
The California Leg gislature adjourned " ithout
taking any action on the outstanding State ndebt>
edness.
SHOCKING SCENE AT AN EXECUTION. The Chicago
Times, in giving an account Of the execution
there, on Friday, of Michael McNamee, for the
murder of his wife, describes the following pain.
ful scene at the gallows:
1hs ss hsc x boz. a.ss and sud len motion
BILE to relate, the jerk severe that the leather
collar broke. and the poor man fell nat down on
the stone o iocr Of the prison below. The fall could
prisoner was very much bruised and stunned No
Sooner. however,, had he touched the floor than he
attendance, and this time carried up the stalrs-
1t was come minutes before the rope could be again
prepared. and during this interval, his sufferipgs
must have been very Erest. At length however 8
runnin0 Doosc was made In the rope. aud the rooe
itself placed around his neck. Again was this
drop; again wa, the cap placed over is eyes, and
again was the bolt withdrawn. and the murderer
work was better done. The poor man struggled
violently. and swung to and fro for seme minutes;
bnt his ssruSg lea grew fainter and fainter and OF.
Ter ten or twelve minutes. ceased altogether.
TEE OBERLIN SLAVE RsscuEns.-Infammsotory
Lctter.-We stated yesterday that six of the Ober.
lin slave reecuers had plead guilty before the
United States Court, at Cleveland, aud we're fined
$25 each, aud Imprisoned twenty. four hours. The
cases Of these prisoners have drawn forth letter
from the Hon. J. r. Giddings, Of Ohio, In which
he indulges in most inflammatory aud treason :
bic language, as will be seen by the following ex.
tracts:
I'm disrecardng this law Fugitive slavs) tie
ing the lives of the slavec itchers These pirates
should have been delivered t. the co,ore men
and consigned to the doom Of Iirates which should
this is the doctrine which proclaimed in ,ngress
l adhere to it. Had the prisoners executed the
y
administration a iesson not coon to bs forgotten
We sheuld have teen nc more troubled with that
class Of Mi creants.
"CIevelapd is now the Boston Of l775, and trust
her sons will meet the responsibilities thrown up-
them with becoming fl irmness. As to the future.
see no other course for the isonerS than patient
ly to await events Their counsel will apply to the
Supreme Court of our State for q habeas corpus
whenever sentence shall be pronounced upon any
OF ther number.
FEARFUL ACCIDENT ~ MKNAGERIB.-A singular
accident occurred in the month of April at Holy.
we'll, Engand, where travelling menagerie was
exhibiting. A sudden and violent gust of wind
Overturned four of the Caravans killing four per.
sons and frjuring upwards of twelve others. The
caravans, eIeyen 10 number, formed the four sides
of q quadrangle, being covered with canvass, sup.
ported on poles running down the centre, and fas-
tened to the outside of the vsDs- Towards the
evening the weather became stormy, the rain fall.
ing heavily, and the wind blowing with great
ierceness. A large number cf persone. never tbes
less, assembled to visit the exhibition, the quad.
range being well f!.ed. By half past eight O'Clock
the wind had increased almost to a hurricane
The keeper had just come out Of the lions den,
and had descended the ladder to describe the an.
imals in an adjoining apartment, when O sudden
burst of wind blew the four caravans on that side
over into tho quadrangle. These, in their fall,
carried with them the canvass roof, which in its
descent extinguished the lamps by which the ex.
hibition had been illuminated. terrible scene
ensued. The spectators, who had been listening
to the descriptions Of the keeper, we're gathered
sreund the vans that fell. Those nearest the
vans perceived that they were toppling over, and
pressed back upon the persons behind them. The
crowd, however, was so great that, before they
could escape, the vans had reached the ground,
burying beneath them many of those who had
been in the front ranks.
The shrieks of the people we're mingled with
groans of the animals. The place was wholly in
darkn ness, and for few moments the utmost con-
fusion prevailed. Immediate efforts, however,
were made to rescue those who were lying beneath
the vans. Ropes we're obtained, and in a short
time the vans raised sufficiently high to ad.
init of the extrication of the unfortunate suffer.
ers. Four were taken out dead, and twelve dau-
gerousy wounded. The animals in the overturned
caravans were lions, tigers, leopards and bears,
aud these seem to have been greatly terrified by
the upsetting. They made no noise whatever,
while the monkeys and other animals in the OPP
poste vans screamed and yelled frigbtfully.