The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-10-28

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ITO Louis Hayden y Southac street Secre.
tafy OF State Office. State House Boston.
Order MISREPRESENTATION broken. Paw
>. Immediately balance of my money-allow
| If not spent" W.
fgY TELRGRApHl
CHARLEsrowN, Oct. 21-The trial of Brown
- progressing. jury was obtained yester-
day afternoon.
ierrfhie Observation-Disclosures and Death.
me steamer, the Admella, Of about GOO
tons, and 300 horsepower, running between
Adelaide and Melbourne, was wrecked on the
o'h August Saturday. by striking on a reef
''irty m.les to the west of the imaginary line
separating Victoria from South Australia
lhe detaiis are the most frightful of any ship
wreck mat ever occurred on the Australian
coast. Inc sacrifice of life, although large, up
wards OF iifty persons having been lost is not
| 'ne most horrible part of the catas trophe The
| suherings of the unfortunate survivors ex-
ceeded anything described in the history of
suffering and disasters at sea. For seven DAYS
| 'hey were on the wreck, during five of which
they We're without food Of any description
The London Advertiser says:
The ship struck at half-past four in the
! morning, the weather being thick, with much
lightning, whilst steering, as was thought, the
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| the appalling shock the ship parted into three
! pieces. About forty people continued clinging
| 10 the bow portion for two days, when they
We're nearly all washed off and lost, with the
| exception of about fifteen, who We're brought
| TO the after part of the vessel by means of a
| rope. Some very narrowing scenes of separa-
| tion among the families of the fore cabin pas
| sengers occurred at this time. All he pro-
visions that were saved in the first instance
was one filter full of water, a small bag of al
monds, about 20 lbs. of cheese. half a ham, 10
| lbs. of beef, eight bottles of porter, and one
| bottle of whiskey. but portion of these was
afterwards washed away. The surf dashed
| over them night and day, yet all appeared
| composed and collected. The chief mate
| (James Hutchinson,) in describing the scene,
| says each night carried off its victims-about
| twenty died on Tuesday night from cold-t
was bitter night; deaths were so frequent as
| to lose all terrors to the survivors, who looked
| callorsly on. Captain Harrison, of the w aite-
mata, did all man could do, diving for pro-
visions; he suffered so much from the exer ton
| that he died from exhaustion on board. He
| relates other acts of heroism and self-denial,
| which to an extent relieve the pain of the
| melancholy narrative.
The country near where the wreck took place
| is very thinly populated, and it was not till
| Monday morning that the two sailors who had
| got ashore on n raft reported the calamitous
| accident to the lighthouse keepers at Cape
| northumberland Information was imme-
diately communicated to Melbourne and Ade-
| laide. 1t was at first supposed that there were
| no more survivors, and the South Australian
| Government contented themselves with send
| ing the Coria. The Victorian Government did
| nothing. On Tuesday number of people
| from Mount Gambler visited the scene of the
| wreck and discovered that a number of people
| were still alive, but this tact was not known
| in Melbourne till Wednesday morning, when
| the Messrs. Honty Immediately ordered the
| Lady Bird, then lying at Belfast, to proceed al
| once to the wreck. The CoIia did not reach
the wreck until Wednesday night. On the
| following morning she launched her boat,
| but the was too heavy TO permit her 10
| reach the wreck.
The Lady Bird was unable to find the wreck,
| and had 10 return TO Portland for information.
so that it was Friday at midday before she
| reached the spot Equally unavailing were
the efforts of her crew, augmented by num-
| ber of experienced whalers from Portland, to
| effect a communication with the wreck. The
seventh night closed upon the wretehed sur
| yivors-now reduced TO twenty-seyen--theil
| hopes Of relief almost utterly eXtingulShed-
| Four men died during the night. On Satur-
day morning the survivors were safely brought
| TO shore in all twenty three. A great deal o1
| feeling has been manifes ted against the govern.
| ment for the apathy they eylnccd, and ilbe-
| raj subscription is being raised 10 remunerate
the crew of the Lady Bird and the boatmen
employed in rescuing the sufferers. A hume
rously attended meeting was held at Portland
on the 10th of August, to take into considera-
| ton the best means of eyincing the gratitude
| OF the people in that district towards the va
| rious persons engaged in the rescue OF the un-
fortunate creatures from the wreck, and FOL
| the relief and aid of the survivors, and q large
sum was collected.
MR.. BCCHANANs BEST AFTER-DINNER
SPEEcu.-Eandendof, in his new work
| "I4eayes from an Actors Note Book tells the
following story of a Lord Mayors dinner:
| 81 find in my note book on that night, the
following memorandum: Dinner capital
| speechfying shy And so it was.
| s'Afr J. BuchanGn's hit.-The solitary flash
| that lit up the tabes-the solitary stroke thai
to!d-came from the forge of Mr.. J. Buchanaa
| the American Minister. In reply 10 some
toast of the Lord Mayors complimentary &c
the United States, MIR. Buchanan rose, put his
| hand think. into hi. broad, white waistcoa
| pocket and began
"'My Lord Mayor, my lords and gentle
| men en:-Republica as / am,' he paused for {
| moment, and rather there was a solemn 81
| lence at his formal and rather omlnoEs begin
| ning-Ccnfienere omneS tHteatiqae ora tehebaht
| "Republican as l am, there is one insiitu'
| tion of Great Britain for which feel the deep.
| est respect and the most afectionate admira
| ton. l fervently pray that, whatever changes
may take place-whateyer reforms may os
| carried out-whatever alterations may bs
| wrought by public sentiment and opinion
| whatever revolutions, even, (Which Heaven
| avert y may take place in this country-l fer.
| vently pray that one institution, at least, may
| be spared-that 1t may continue 10 nourlsh, te
| grow, to increase and be strengthened and con.
| firmed! I alIude, my lords and gentlemen, &c
| the public dinners Of Greet Britain! -
| 'EImagine the surprise, The shouts of laugh
ter, and the cheers that followed this unex'
| pectcd humorous turn to the solemn and I'M
| posing opening of his republican exordium
| The American Minister had made hit; he
| clinched it by courteously acknowledging the
| hospitalities he had received in England; anc
proposing the health of Lady Moon, sat down
amidst general applause"
| xe----
A CLERICAL ATTEMPT TO 'FoRcE VorH.'
Some years ago, a celebrated Methodist minis
vel biS oil
quence and zeal i'll converting souls. was
preaching in Louisville. The feeling had go
pretty well up, and one night, after a very
| 'powerful' sermon, he came down from the
pulpit for the purpose of receiving the mourn.
ers, while the good old hymn of
Canaan.'
was struck up and chimed in by hundreds o.
voices. The hymn was concluded but there
were no peniten1s at the altar. In vain he ex
| horted-his words and appeals fell upon the
ears Of his listeners without exciting any emo.
ton. At length he concluded to make q bold
| stroke and follow it up with a test, and res m.
ing the pulpit, after q few words of exhorta.
tion he solemnly announced that he would PM
quest ton, upon which he expected all to vote
in view of the estimation they placed upon
their souls.
| With finger raised most significantly. and in
a most solemn manner, he announced: "Al]
those in favor OF Christ will please rise to their
feet" Only some eight or ten responded tc
the announcement; and while the ministeI
was watching intensely for others to signify
their position by rising, worthy member W he
| was on his feet, in terfered and sugges ted thai
sthe reason might be that the true disciples
were too me dest to vote" Al TINS Juncture q
loud voice was heard in the gallery, 81 say
brother H. its no use talking or trying to
force this vote-this congregation is for the
devil by at least twenty five hundred majori.
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AN EXQUISITE SwINDLE AND a VERDANT