The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-04-05
\ STRANGE CRAFT AND AsrRANGER yoY.
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A STRANGE CRAFT AND AsTRANGER voY
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In the Chicago harbor, a short distauce from m,
burlington railroad BRIDGE lies strsnge iookins
craft 1t is not easy to describe IL. In genera
appearance, u may b~likened to Mississippi IA
Soas, OF email size; and yet 1t 10 very unlike
mIssiseippis nat boat. The latter, heafius dowr
stream with the tide, resembles huge obloug I'm.
ssi case helpless and ifeIess. The craft we speai
OF ~ provided with q motive power Of its own
IN length II In about 35 feet; la breadth about I.
we,s tne breadth 10 uniform except at the how
IN .apefs near to point, and turns mp after
.he ,ashion OF sled runner About two.thirds O
.he ength, from the stern, is enclosed and form,
-. oau.n some seven feet In height. The remainder
wha,a s open, forming ''forecastle," s'deck," Of
placed q portable steam engine and boiler q
WE'VE morse power, which connects by shaft pear
,ne with al paddle wheel at the stern-the prone,
iing apparatus of the craft f''fe'
The "huii" (if not the who,e, of ,h;s .uA..,.
aseamooas 10 built of Material know 70 Iumherme,
TWO men plank. The sides aud roof Of the cah;,
are o nail inch boards, the object ia usinc so tb;r
noss;s,a IT, ucing 70 render the craft as light n,
bo bbesioe. Inc Iact that none Of the boards hav y,
neen planned is thought to add pictures nenass :,
their appearance. 'eq qae"esS u
ihe name OF this singular craft ia Genava -.,a 4,
ros "ppea'ance Is remarkable its mission is still
more more 30: IL is bounk for Pikes Peak Il Ia m,
aesign OF It's commander to leave this mort nax
week, the day will be hereafter annonncad, 90
s,eaT through the Illinois and Michigan canal !,
.ne iInois river, down the Illinois to the Missis
s,ppi. up the mississippi to the Missouri. mn m,
Missouri to the Platte, up the Platte to tha sa.,
Fork, up the South Fork to the city of Aurar;a IN.
golden depot of that Pike which lifts its .row,
Peak in the distance. "'
The officers and crew of the Gapeva mill -
Der about twenty-five men, and Capt Rarfhnlo
new c. Yates 10 commander
Her cargo will consist of provisions for nj,
mouths, and the machinery for a saw mill to h,
erected at Auraria on the arrival of the craft a
that point. The steam engine used to propel tbs
boat on her long voyage will then be degraded I,
the task of propelling saw mill.
The length OF this novel voyage is somewha
over fifteen hundred miles. Capt. Yates expect
to accomplish it within three months, provided n,
unlocked for delay should happen. The greates
difficulty is to be encountered in the Platte. Thi
stream is one which has never been uavigated b,
steamboats, to any great distance. 1t is represeu
ed as a wide aud shallow stream, With swift cur.
rents aud numerous sandbars. But should thu
Geneva Il nd it swoilsn by the spring foods as il
| not unlikely she will, the navigation may not b,
very difficult. Drawing only ten inches of water
she will be able to proceed with sixteen eighteeI
inches in the chaunel.- Chicago Times, March 9Th
| MELANCHOLY AccIDENr-On last Friday morn,
| ing, while Mis8 Julia Moffit was crossing Hitl,,
Creek. some seven miles from this place. her hers.
fell, throwing her into the stream. which from re
| cent rains, was much swollen. Her body sank
| morning, when she found snme distance be,
| low the ford. Another young lady was in compap,
with Miss Moffit, aud came very near meeting tht
| same melancholy fate. Both were riding the sam,
| horse, and both were thrown into the stream TO.
| gether; but she, more fortunate than her compan
| ion, caught hold of limb and supported bersel
above the water until her cries brought resistance
which reached her just in time as she was erest,,
| exhausted by efforts to save herself.-Kc MinnrN
| tTsnnD Farmer
| PosroFFIcE AFFAIRS Vuginia.-The postoffice a
| Grows, Allegheny county, Va, ia re-established
| and A. j. Hayset appointed postmaster. Office
| Observation-Disclosures Grove. Washington coun
| ty, Va, Queens Mills. Randolph county, Va
! Grass Run, Upsbur county, Va. Appoip
j. Albert Scott postmaster at Middle Mountain
| Botetourt county, Va, vice G. NJ. L. Kinzer, re
| signed. Alfred Neely, postmaster at Smithtop
Doddridge county. Va, vice R. s. H. Heirinimus
| resigned. John Prtchard, postmaster at Whit
| Oak, Ritche county, Va, vice Wm. Pritchard, re
| signed. VIM S. Ely, postmaster st Walnut Hill
Lee county, Va, vice Andrew NJ. Ely, resigned.
| SARDINIA AND MExICo.-The rumored collision
between Sardinia and Mexico according to which
| Miramon contracted to cede to Piedmont som
| Mexican provinces for five millions of dollars
| denied Three years ago an agent Of the Mexica
| government, says the Eco dItaia, proposed to tn
| Sandman Legation in New York to cede certa
| territory to Sardinia, but the offer was not &C
| cepted The Italian colony that has for the pas
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wholly independent of the Piedmontese govern
| ment.
| NULLIFICATIos.-The Legislature of Wisconsin
have passed resolutions sustaining the decision O
the State Courts in the decision of the case of MI
S. Nj. Booth. who was arrested on charge of heIr
| ing fugitive 20 evade the Fugitive Slave act an,
discharged by the State Courts on a writ of habea
| corpus. The Supreme Court of the United State
| has decided that the action of the State Court
| was illegal, and the Legislature denies the author
| ity of the Supreme Court.
THE FRIaArE NrAGARA-A private examina.io,
was made Friday at the Brooklyn Navy Yard OF
| the T. s. steam frigate Niagara, which has jus
been put in the dry deck. The result revealed th
| fact that the injuries sustained by the ship il
Trinity Bay were far more serious than were q
| first supposed. Her bottom is dreadfully hacked
over forty feet of her false keel forward and twe en-
ty aft being literally ground into atoms or don
bed over.
LATER FRoR RIO DE JANEIRo.-The ship Grey
Eagle has arrived at Philadelphia from Rio
with dates TO February 2lst. Wet weather ha(
prevented the bringing of produce to market
The stock of coffee was consequently reduced ant
higher demands made for the article. The steam
er Metacomes. of the Paraguay expedition, arrived
on the 10th of February.
Travel TO EuRopE-The United States mai
steamship Arago sailed from New York on Satur
day, for Havre via Southampton, with the Euro
pean mails and 203 passengers and among then
| are Jerome N. Bonsparte, of Baltimore, and j. Ii
Goundie, U. S. Consul to Switzerland.
THREATENED DIFFICULTY. - Judge Paschal, o
Texas, and DR. Steiner. late of the army, and wh'
shot Major Arnold, u. S. A., recently got into
difficulty, which threatened to end in bloodshed
Both parties have been put an der heavy bonds t.
Keep the peace.
A BRILLIANT BLUNDER.--A sensation was made IL
London, Canada West, a few days ago, by the an
nouncement that fifteen notorious counterfeiter
from the States, armed to the teeth, had beef
taken from the cars by the high bailf and tive
assistant officers Thousands of spectators rushed
to sec the criminals, when arraigned, or to inspec
their arms-ffteen rifles, eleven dirks, and thir
teen revoivers. The party arrested turned out Il
be fifteen Pixies peakers from Northern New York
en- route by the great western railway for st. Jo
| seph. for which they had through tickets. TIL,
blundering officials did not make this discover
until the prisoners had spent night in the sta
ton house, and were brought before the alsyor.-
Explanations and apologies followed, the arms
aud 81 400 in gold taken from the party restored
and broad grin at the expense of the chief bal
lift was on the faces of the crowd of outsiders.
SCENE IN ROME A solemn act of adhesion Il
the Roman Catholic faith has just taken place il
smen in Abyanns hi. Sovereign dd not
pear in person, bat sent three of the natives of hi
States to represent him, namely Prince Ghiorgis
one Of his relatives the Catholic priest Emma, q
and young man, com paniun to the prince. Ghicr
gis is a yeuDg man of twenty, with coppercolored
skin but uncommonly handsome and regular fea
lures He dresses in scarlet cloth vest. wide white
Il ousers Shoes silk stockings mantle of lon-skiI
on his shoulders and white turban. His arms art
bare, the left alone bearing thick geld bracelet
the sign of his high rank. An attendant sswayt
follows him. carrying crooked sabre. such as are
seen in the East EmUatou js dressed oil in white
his wide clerical robe being bound round bis waisi
with sash of srarlet SILK, When the party y ert
introduced to the Pope they all prostrated them
selves at his feet and the interpreter stated the oh
ject OF their long journey. His Holiness kindly
ing the health of their eovereiRn relative 70 Mgr