The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-02-25

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Press and Tribune, gives the following particular.
Of the recent iusans hazard at Niagara Falls, o
signor Gaspa MoreIli alias Andrew 9reenleaf 8
dare devil Yankee boy, who, for wager of xl,00o
on Monday week, actually crossed Niagara river
walking upon stilts, between Goat Island and the
Falls. This writer says:
Punctually at o'clock, Morelli appeared in fine
spirits and condition: He had with him pair Q.
| stilts absnt twelve feet long. made Of wrought
almost precisely ike doubIeedged dagger. -
These were firmly lashed to his legs. and he walk.
Cd towards the terrible river with confident
was sttr.d very lightly, in dress not unlike that
| usually worn by professional gymnasfs. At ten
which 10 another moment was boiling. sarEing,
and rushing beneath his feet. The bo.dest OF the
lockers On he'd bis breath in suspense. as the daE
ing man receded from the shore He alone seemed
| unmoved; and passed on, slowly and carefully
avoiding the larger rocks which we're made appa-
were very short and carefully made but eff rwaris
became bolder and longer.
The stills OF course. were so placed that the
Ieat strnck only against the sharp edges and pro-
| ducea but little effect; but the danger from the
sunken rocks and the conviction that single false
that was horribly painful Once or twice he seemed
% lcse his balance. and sickeniDg shudder ran
himself he still kent ons, nS reea pas m
sfra'ning eyes he could scarcely be distinguished
from the foaming waters. The middle Of the river
1
was barely seventeen minutes since he left the
| shore As he approached the deepest ard DANCE.
fearfuy intense. No word was spoke en-, except that
one man offered another five dollars for moments
use OF MS lorgnette. which offer passed nnheeded
| just as Moreli reached the swiftest and deepest
portion of tha current, he seemed to totter-snk-
| ne threw up his arms! closed my eyes. Opening
the IN moment after, saw that he was still stand
ing A few 70 'ments more and he had reached the
| Canafian ban k-and fell exhausted into the arms
| oI I'VE men VINO we're waiting for him.
| At this hour f3 p Nj he has ri
and though still in bad. receives the congratula.
ions OF dozens Of visitors who came pouring in.
he LETT the American shore $50 feet above the fa .
and cane ont about .O00 fee. above the Canadian
The money has airesd7 been handed over to him,
ana ell Will agree that it was fairly won.
Apv:oEs FROM u 5. sIoop OF WAR DALE-Advices
| from Africa to the 9th of November saw that the
| slo0p of war Dale had arrived at Joapda after an
| interesting cruise on the Gulf of nnea At Ell.
mira the Governor and Dutch officers of the castle
OF St. deorge paid most disting nguished considers.
tion to the officers of the Dale. aud the Governor
| and bis Aid went into her as passengers to AGRA
| fhe Dale was 10 leave on the lst of December for
| Cape de Verde. She had been at sea almost con.
| stantly.
THE WADnING OF CANNON GOES THROUGH A CAR.
On Tuesday. while the express train on the Balti.
more ard Ohio Railroad was passing Caaeron sta.
| tfon, the Inhabitants, who were celebrating the
"a OF February, fired heavy piece ofordin ance
| 10 the direction of the train. The concussion
| broke the window glass of ono Of the cars and the
| WaddIng OF the cannon passed through the side
which is four or five inches thick, and came nigh
striking lady who was seated in the car. Had
| the waddihg struck her, she must have been in.
| stantly killed.
PeRsoNAL.-A Washington correspondent Of ths
Alexandria Sentinel says:
| 1t is said that Roger A. Pryor, Esq. intends re.
turning to Virginia at early day aud will devote
himself to the practice of law. 1t is said that he
Will make Petersburg his place of residence.
Posi- OFFICE APFAIRs-pirg Appointments
Henry Jenkins postmaster at Anna, Fairfax coun.
| ty, vice Charles 3. Mscke, resigned. julius c.
| Wafdle postmaster ut .Cspou Springs, Hampshire
| county, vice Samuel VI. Mullen, resigned. Harre,
| L. Mitchell postmaster at Tug River, Tazewell
county, vice Jas. II. Shaunar, resigned.
MrssING.-Samuel NJ. Wolfe, Jr., about 20 year;
of age, arrived in the city the 5th inst, from
Lynchburg. Va, and is missing When last seer
he was at the daguerrean gallery 4i3 Broadway
| where he left carpet bag.-N. J. Letter.
SENATOR SuMNER's HEALTH-Lstters from Sera,
tor Sumner, of Massachusetts,, rec eived pei
steamer Africa. sag thae his health is much I'M
proved, aud hopes TO be able to resume his seat il
| the event Of an extra session.
TaE ATLANTIC TEIE0R.pg-It is stated tha
| when the words "Hsnley" and lyon understand,
| we're recently received at Newfoundland, the sta
ton at Valeatia was locked up and deserted. Wher
| as De Sauty?
GoNE HOME Hon. Shersrd Clemeus, left Wash
ington on Tuesday for Wheeling. A special ca
| was obtained from the railroad company for hi
use, as he is yet confined to his bed.
The Senate OF Missouri are sitting as a Court o
| Impeachment, for the trial ofJudge Jackson.
A lad nine years old, in Carthagena, n. Y, drown
ed himself in the canal because his papa chastiseC
him.
All the candles in San Francisco, and ell to ars
! rive within sixty days had been bought up OF
speculation-40 or $4,000 boxes, at from 20 10 q
cents per ID.
DR. J. S. Peacock, an eminent ply scian in Mem
phis, Ten, died OF pneumonia, day or two ago.
| The roting among fremen 10 Washington
stopped since the execution OF Powers, has agaiI
commeuc
/ VIM II. Parker, of California, committed suicide
=. the National Hoteiin Washington, on Wednes
day last.
General John A. Brown, editor of the Badger
State, and postmaster at Portage, Wisconsin, die(
| suddenl at Madison, on the 10th.
1t is only in Massachusetts,, that Washington
birthday is a legal holiday, and that banks ar
authorized TO close their doors.
| Martin Hazen, a marine on board the United
States sloop of war Brooklyn, died in port at Beau
fort, S. c., on the 10th inst.
The profits of Mrs Kemtls's readings for III
past season, estimated at from $4,000 10 s. 0OO
+ Mr. Parton, in his researches in Nashville fo
materials for his biography of jackson, il two o
three days discovered such mass Of matter tha
the mere copying involved an expenditure OF Sloo
MILE. ANNA DE BONNIE, French ballet girl of tb
Opera Comique has determined to wear the mantl
of Rachel, and will shortly appear in one of Racine
tragedies.
church for outcasts, exclusively, is about t.
| be built in Cincinnati. Nearly thousand dollar
| were subscribed on Friday.