The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-08-06

DESTRUCTIVE HAIL STogM.-on Friday,
the 9th ult., most destructive hail storm
passed over Spotsylvania county, Virginia.
doing much damage to corn and tobacco. and
completely destroying fodder. The Freder-
ieksburg Recorder says:
Passing over the farm of l.. " pohvns ,
tobacco house was blown down William =
buchanan had two tobacco houses blown
over, and his crops seriously damaged by hail.
r. w: Dusal also suffered very much from
the effects Of the hail upon his crop of corn
and tobacco The storm also extended to the
farms OF r. @. Duerson, VIM. Wait, and Others
In this neighborhood. Mr.. Duerson was
eaught from nome, being on survey of his
land-Which he has recently sold for SI2 per
acre 1t being very warm, he had diyested his
person of all superfuities of dress saving
pants and under linen, and caught the full
force OF the storm. He, however reefed his
sail and anchored safely home In the yicin
lty OF Danielsville the storm was terrific M
roofing the largest trees, and doing other
damage. The hail was very destructive. strip.
ping The stalks OF corn OF the blades and in
many instances beating them into the ground
Mr. Jas. B. Rawlings seems 10 have been the
principal sufferer in this community. His
Held OF fifteen or twenty acres of tobacco, all
in top, was SO utterly destroyed that nothing
but The naked stalk was left.
AFFRAY ON GOVERNMENT BoAT-The
Sieux City Times gives the following partIcu-
lars of an affray on the government boat Key
West, in the Rocky Mountains:
Just as they came in view of Fort Pierre an
elk was observed standing on the shore which
the soldiers and Lieut.. Carr were very desi-
rous to shoot, when the pilot as is customary
when boats come in sight of places, blew the
whistle, which frightened the elk away This
snraged the soldiers and the Lieutenant and
the latter seiZlng rifle fired at the pilot, but
fortunately missed him. The pilot, in turn,
drew a revolver and fired four times at The
lieutenant the last shot taking effect in the
shoulder. lie endeavored TO fire again, but
the pistol snapped without going off, when the
soldiers rushed mp into the pilot-house and
selZed and bound the pilot and pricked and
peat MIN with their bayonets, and then dragged
MIN down and fastened him in one of the
rooms. All parties implicated were taken to
Fort Randall, where the W hole affair is under
going an investigation under Col. Munroe.
FOURTH OF July AND AMERICAN VoLUN-
TEERs.-The correspondent of the London
Times, who accompanied the Great Eastern
TO TINS country, in late letter from New
York says:
"The 4th OF July has gone past with it's
usual parades of the volunteer corps of this
city, and its usual hideous uproar Of guns,
drums, pistols, sQuios, and crackers The
whole city may be said to have been under fire
Tor some thirty hours, during which the din
hardly ceased or slackened tor an instant
The parade of the volunteers, however was
very fine sight, and some of the corps, more
particularly the seventh, We're equal in the
steadIness OF their evolutions 10 our very best
Line regiments"
FROM OCoQUAN.-Affairs at Occquan are
now quiet, and it is not pro bable there will be
an attempt to renew the cause of the disturb
ance. A letter from there, in the Alexandria
Gazette, says:
ut was rumored here few days since that
a Rnn h Ial hon
Gov. Letcher, asking permission to erect an
other pole. 1t is also said that j. q. Under
wood has ceased 10 claim to be q citizen of
Virginia, and refused on Saturday last 10 ex-
ercIso his commission as justice OF the peace.
His commission expired on Tuesday. He has
closed his establishment, and declares he Will
have no more work done in Virginia. Some
of the Republicans are still anxious to raise
the pole again.
LARGEST SALE ON RECORD IN ARKANsAs.-
The Chicot (Ark.) Press says:
Joshua NJ. Craig, of Chicot county, has re-
Gently sold to Judge Griffin, of Washington
county, Miss, his magnificent plantation
known as Leland" situated about ten miles
below Columbia, and consisting of 3 200 acres
100 OF which are under cultivation, the bal
ance III timber. Also, his negroes, to the num-
Der of 163 old and youDg-l2G being working
hands-90 head of mules, and the entire stock
of farming implements, &c, all for the sum of
four hundred thousand dollars. In addition
TO this, MIR. Craig reserves the present years
crop of cotton and corn, and eleven family
servants.
WEATHER AND HEALTH OF NEW ORLEANS
Extract of letter, dated New Orleans, July
2Jth:
Last week the heat was intense. Three
hundred deaths during the seven days attest
the terrible vigor of the suns rays. Forty
two persons died of sun-stroke and forty OF
apoplexy. These, with large majority of
others, were all produced by the prolonged
and intolerable hot spell. 1t is gratifying.
however, to note that the mortality from fe-
vers is very small-far less than has been
usual at this time of the year-eyen in healthy
season.
WHAT THE MANAGERS OF THE GREAT
EASTERN DEMAND FOR VISIT TO BOSToN.-
The Committee of the Board of Trade who
visited New York for the purpose of treating
with the Directors of the Great Eastern, with
the view OF having that vessel come to this
city for exhibition, did not agree to the terms
demanded. The Directors asked a guarantee
of ST, 500 to pay expenses of a passage 10 BoS-
ton, like sum for the expense on the return
passage, and 81 500 for each week day she re-
manned here. They would listen TO no other
terms, although they We're offered $4,000 10
pay the extra expenses of the trip. On the
terms proposed, the Great Eastern would
have come to Boston this week.--BoSton Irar-
eAeT.
ARREST OF AN ACTOR IN THE MOUNTAIN
MEADOW MAssACRE-A man who had COM
mitted a larceny, near Elwood, Nebraska Ter
ritOry, recently, was caught by the Vigilance
Committee of that place. who, TO alarm and
punish the criminal, hung him by the neck
until he was nearly strangled, when they low
cred him. Fancying that his end was near, the
terrified rogue, upon recovering his powers of
speech, confessed that several murders had
been committed by him, and that he was en-
gagged III the Mountain Meadow massacre
about two years since. He was handed over
to the authorities.
OUTRAGEs ON THE PREss.-The Alleganian,
paper published in the village OF Welisville,
N Y. and which has heretofore been in the
interests of Mr. Douglas, has recently changed
hands, being purchased by widow lady in
that place. Some parties, fearful that 1t
would hereafter be published in favor of
different candidate, resolved to destroy the
press, and on Tuesday night IL was broken
into by some ruftians, and portion OF the
type, leads and rules were taken out and
thrown into the Genesee river, and several
columns of matter were pied, aud otherwi Sc
damaging thefixtures of said office.
A SNAKE SToRY.-A mammoth snake has
terrified the good people OF Wendell, Massa-
chusetts, TO an indefinite extent. The person
who first saw ii, says that when his vision fell
upon it, it was standing with its head raised
from the ground at least six feet; that his
snakeship was at least eighteen feet long, and
nearly as large round as mans body. It's
appearance was formidable that he was
afraid 10 attack IL, and when IL craWled away
its head raised at least three feet from the
ground. Others have seen the ugly thing and
given chase with guns and dogs, but without
effect.
FROM COSTA RIcA.-The Congress OF Costa