The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-08-29

The Rspe.Walkius s1sniar- -Blsndin Cesks
Meal on the Tixhf-Reps.
The last and grsatest feat Of Mr.. BIondin,
At Niagara Falls, came on on the 18th inst
II was nothing less than carrying stove on
his hack TO the middle Of the rope, and there,
suspended over the cnasul, cooking and eating
An omelet. Before he performed this feat, he
appeared on ths rope sin chains, which are
described a. links Of tin fastening his arms
and legs, and, with these encumbrances, went
through his usnal daring gymnastic perform
ances. After this came the cooking, which Is
thus described by the Buffalo Courier:
The stoys was Of Russia iron, the same MAJ
teriai as the best stove pipes are made OF, ard
weighed, with fixtures, Sc pounds. II was
two feet six inches leng, eighteen inches wide
and about twenty inches high 1t had one
length OF ordinary stove-pipe, with twooyen
doors and a hole in the top of it. The fixtures
consisted Of three tin plates, one tin dish with
three chains fastened to it. This was TO be
used In passing down the omelets. There
were also q small hand bellows and a larre
spirit lamp. Two pieces of wood about ten
feet in length were passed through the feet of
the stove, which were to be used to support It
on the rope and guys. Two leather straps
We're fastened to either end of the stove in
tended to hold it upon Blondins hack
About i've minutes past o'clock, M BIon-
din appeared on the Canada end Of the rope
He was dressed as French cook, and wore
the clothing of the chief cook of the Interna-
tional Hotel. This consisted of white can
white jacket and apron. Soon after appearing
at the other end of the rope he fastened the
stove to his back, and, with his balancing pole,
started for the American side. He walked
along quite smartly until he had crossed the
centre of the rope, when he paused and laid
down his balancing pole. He next sat down
ON the rope and nnfastened the stove. He now
rose to his feet, fastensd the stove to the rope,
and got over the stove to the other side and
sat down, facing the American shore The
wind was blowing very fresh, and he had
great difficulty in lighting the lamp the matches
seeming to go out. In a second or two dense
smoke was seen to issue from the stoyc-pipe.
and deafening yells arose on both sides of the
river. de commenced to prepare the omelet.
Having put the flour and water into pan, he
stirred 1t up, and set the pan down. He next
broke q couple of eggs and beat them and
poured them into the pan with the flour and
water, and added the seasoning. The blaze
could new be distinctly seen issuing from the
top Of the stove. In minute or two, the ON
elet was baked, and he thre W it up, turned it
and caught it in the pan again.
Two omelets were baked and the signal given
to the steamer Maid of the Mist, which was
stationed a short distance above, to come down.
This steamer was crowded from stem to stern.
The pan containing the omelets was let down
by means Of a string, but the current was SO
swift that the boat was carried down stream
several hundred yards. She had great diff
Guilty in ascending against the current and was
compelled to come in towards the American
shore, and when she had got a good headway
on, started for the pan and the passengers
board of her made grand rush and secured
the contents. The scramble, as seen from the
bank above, was ludicrous. One would grab
small piece of the omelet and for fear some
one else would get it, would swallow it. An
other would obtain a small portion, and run
off to the stern Of the boat to exhibit it. and on
the way would be tripped up and lose it. 9th
ers who we e fortunate enough to obtain pieces
of il did them II N q .pafuily N their dEar-
chiefs for future exhibition.
M. Biondin having fed the hungry crowd on
the steamer, put out the lamp, packed up his
kit, ard having stepped over the stove sat
Ger. lie evidently had hard work TO regain
his feet with the stove on his back and baian-
cling pole in his hands. He made several at
tempts to get up and finally succeeded ard
came across safely, consuming Just Is minutes
In the passage. On reching the shore he was
greeted with immense cheers. The train for
Buffalo having arrived from the Bridge we
were compelled to come away, without seeing
Blondin after his arrival.
His next exhibition will take place on We'd
nesday next at O'Clock in the evening, when
he will cross and re-cross the ehasm of Niaga-
ra river, on his rope surrounded be Bengal
Fires. This will be the grandest and most eff
fectiye performance ever witnessed in this
country! The grounds both sides of the
river will be illuminated with locomotive
lamps loaned by the Central and Great West
ern Railway Company.
FEIGHTFUL TRAGEDY AT ST. LOUISA Bar
giar Cut to Piecss.-A public house on the le-
wee al St. Louis, having been lately frequently
entered by burglars, the barkeeper, named
John Davis, armed himself with a revolver
and bbwie-knife on Monday night, with the
view of keeping watch. The Morning Herald
says
Between u and / O'Clock he was awakened
by hearing some one enter through a small
window in the rear. There was no light in
the bar room, and after demanding of his visi-
tant who he was and what he tied, he fired
at him charge of his revolver, which,
strangely enough, was loaded with powder
only. The load took effect in the right shoul-
der, setting the fellows clothes on fire, but of
course inficting no injury upon the burglars
person.
subsequently proved to lie Nicholas Watkins,
made an attack upon Davis with pocket
knife, which Davis succeeded in wrenching
from him, not, however, until he was severely
injured by having the open knife drawn
through his hand. Davis, terribly frightened
and with full comprehension of his own
great danger, made An attack upon his violent
and unseen assailant, which is without a par
allel in the most bloody rencounter of which
we have ever heard. With one blow of his
bowie -knife--a new, sharp and most murder
Gus weapon, with q blade seven inches in length
he stabbed Watkins to the heart, the knife
the heart and lungs. The blow was quickly
followed by eighteen or twenty others; some
sixteen or more of which, ii was found ON the
post-mortem examination, were necessarily
mortal.
In the mean time Davis was Justify calling
for the watch. Officers Ryan, Logue and
Pollard, of the night police, happened to be
in the immediate neighborhoOd raped at the
door, and were admitted by Davis, who was
in the act of lighting the gas. Watkins was
found IN the other room dying. He lived but
a few seconds after the entrance of the off
GERS. In the rear of the premises were found
his hat and shoes, which had evidently been
removed for the purpose of enabling him to
operate more noiselessly and safely.
THE CINCINNATI TRAGEpY-De Marbais In
sane.-The Cincinnati papers state that DE
Marbais, who attempted TO kill himself and
wife, has become insane. The Enquirer OF
Thursday says:
Night before last, De Marbias. who had been
tragedy, became very res tless, and at last
wildly delirious, calling upon his wife Blanche
with tears and lamentations not to desert him;
declaring that her love was all he had to live
est heart. Then he would become furious. and,
yowing ne would kill the man who had ca used
all his unhappiness, he made such efforts to
get out of bed that several strong persons
could hardly hold him there.
Between these paroxysms of passion and de-
lirium DE M. would be listiess and Indifferent
and weak, often sobbing like a child, until a
new idea-a memory of the past-would flash
through his mind, when he would again fall
to raying. In an hour or two he re-enacted
all the scenes of his life since his marriage,
and performed once more, in imagination, the
fatal acts of that memorable Tuesday night
Such changes as he underwent were singular
and painful to witness, passing from the ex-