The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-10-09
The Storm NJ the SsuaA-rarther P.rtsru.

The stsrm at the ssa.A-Fa,tAer p.rtIcr.
l. laFs. ssssa9s zs S.
The New Orleans papers Of Thursday bring
the particulars OF the storm In Lopiaisna and
! Mississippi. on Taesday last. The Picayune
sAys: .sE So
From Louisiana and Mississippi We begin
| 10 obtain sad accounts Of the loss by the gale
Of Tuesday last. For It's duratfon, and for
equalied for many years. No similar record
OF large aud deplorable losses Of bulldogs and
machinery, to say nothing Of the growing
| crops. has been la,eiy experienced.
river below and above. the evidences Of de-
| struction, even now, when only the frat items
Of intelifGence begin to be received, are start
/ ling. The preparations for cane grinding
were fully made on almost every plantAtion,
| and in some few instances the machinery had
been started. Hundreds OF sugar planters have
now extensive aud costly repairs to make be-
fore they can crush caue or light fire. Such
. disaster, coming AT this inopportune mo-
/ ment, fs aacalamity that cannVasAssfaliy ap.
preciated by those who are not thoroughly
acquainted with The whole routtne,0f sugar
| making. The derangement of mathinery and
the destruction of sugar houses. bagassee
| chimneys, and other buildings, will delay all
attempts 10 save the crop BY early resort to
| grtndtng. The prospect OF the sugar crop Is
| most seriously damaged by the late storm. II
Is 10 be hoped the great damage reported Is
conf1ned to a very narrow belt Of the sugar
region.
The loss to tho cotton planters, though not
| so serious, will still be unusual. We have
heard sufficient TO believe that The storm has
| been violent far into the Interior. Monday
| night 1t was bio wing half hurricane At Can
| ton; The violence Of the wind was the cause
OF delay to the trains on the Jackson Road,
1 from Jackson to Premier station, creating the
| apprehension that the best cotton district at
least Of Mississippi, has felt the full force Of
L hn Sfarp a III
| ~. The wind fell upon fields white with
| open bolls. AT least tweA ty- tour per cen l.
would have blown out of its receptacle, much
OF 1t being Entirely carried away. That w hich
remained In the field cannot but be deterio.
rated In quality, being stained with dirt and
rendered trashy. 1t Is impossible 10 estimate
the loss which has been sustained, but 1t ia not
improbable the impression that this diaster
Will hfuence tie markets emporarily. will
be realized. * = 80
The barometer, on Monday night, fell sud.
denly to a point below which tbs mercury has
not desce ended for len years. 1t gave ample
warning OF the storm that was near-the gale
a. Its worst, scarcely, however, realizing the
anticipntions that had been eated by obser-
vasions OF the sudden barometrical changes.
During the prevalence OF the storm in New
Orleans, the cigar store of Rsuker & Co. fe.i
in, killing a clerk and porter. Below the city,
| nearly twenty lives were lost by the sudden
| risir OF the water. The Delta says;
German gardener, living off the lower or
lake side OF Tho track, lost his wife and two
children. The children were found vest sterday
They lay in death, entwined in each others
arms, and near by Them stood faithful senti-
mel u balf breed Newfoundland dog-who, on
the approach of persons, howled pitsously.
and revived MS waning strength, and leaped
about with joy-one moment licking the hands
| and faces of the dead children, and then
bounding towards the lookers.on 1t was an
affective and impressive sight. Ths bereay yed
iather has gone about in a boat looking for his
| lost wife, and the last heard Of him he was
unsuccessful in his endsavors.
HARRIET MARTINKAU IN D1FENcs OF MRS.
DIcKENs.-The last number Of the Anti. Sla-
| very STANDARD con tains q long letter from Har-
| riet Martineau, ending with this paragraph:
Il am one Of these who think that domestic
affairs are not proper subject for ne wspapers.
There is a case however, in which jus lice seems
| 10 req uire a few words of testimony. A letter
WAS some lime since circulated in American
newspapers, and copied thence into English
journals, IN which a man who has the ear ot
| the public, brought charges against his dumb
aud defenceless wife. The case being one for
demaLd Of fair play, and the wife having many
| II. ENDS in your country, feel IL right to say
I that old family friends of Mr.. and Mrs Dick.
| ems, who have known Mrs. Dickens through
| her whole married life up 10 the present hour,
| entertai toward her an unaltered respect aud
| regard"
II
great engineers of Great Britain are falling
| iast. They have lost this year Br mel and
Stephenson, and death has now struck down
Mr.. Joseph Locke, the Member for HonitoD.
whose name has been intimately associated
/ with every great railway undertaking of the
| last thirty ears, and who was an excellent as
/ Well as an able man. He died in Scotland on
l the moruing CT the 17th uit.-suddenly aud
unexpectedly, to the great grief vi his nuyae.
! rous iriends. Mr. Locke WAS oorn in 1896 and
| was the junior of the two istipguished epgi-
| neers who have preceded him to the house of
| clay. Connected with the school Of engineers
OF which the elder Stephenson vas the found.
| er, Mr. Locke has made a priLcsiy fortune by
| his profession. and has risen u q social posi-.
| ucn higher, perhaps, than aay civil engineer
Of bis day. His private fortune Is little less
| than million sterling He was George See
! phenson's favorite pupil, and superin tended,
| under his eye, the Liverpool and Manchester
| line Of railway. the success of which has given
such an impetu US to the modern mode of trnv sl.
ing On the death of Mr.. Robert Stephenson
he was elected Pres tdent Of the Institut ton Of
Civil Engineers For his railway services in
France. King Lonis Philippe decorated him
with the Gross of the Legion of Honor.
| DIsaRAcEFUL STATE OF AFFAIRS IN MEN,
| PHis.-Uu Wednesday last, y desperate outlaw
! hamed Tom Stokes, who but a lew days pre-
4 vious had made mnr rderous assault upon the
| local editor of the Memphis Avalanche
| mnIC he'd into the Recorders Court, in that
city, accompanied by a body guard OF len
rough characters, and announced to the Court
| that he had violated the city ordinances in a
certain particular, aud desired TO submit his
| case to the Recorder. That fuuctionary i'm.
posed fine OF $50, which exceeding the expee .
larions of Stokes, he coolIy mai eh.d out OF
Court, surrounded by his body guard NO at
| tempt being made by the officers preeent to
arrest him. The rufiau was subseq uently
arrested and lodged in jail. :,
| WALKER DID NOT MAKE SrEEcH.-Ths
| New Orleans papers con tain an account given
II b.,
| cutien. ia whilh IL Is denied that Walker mmae
1 any speech before his death as reported By the
| Havana paper. The only words he uttered
| were his whispered Iespoases to the priests.
| After The exec - tion of Gen, Walker, Col. Rud-
| ler Was sent on q mule into the interior 10 be
| Imprisoned in the mines-that Le WAS greatly
| red uced and exhaust ted, aud his friends were
concerned lest the cruel trea,meat he was
| subjected to might produce his cea tn, before
steps could be taken by his friends TO effect
his release. s'' - = ,
DEsPRRATx AsYRAr-A few days ago, q
| desperate affray occurred in Psrquiman' :
! county, NO. The Southron says the parties
| 70 Il were David Jackson aud his wife ON Que
side, and sanford Davis aud two men named
| Sharhoro and Jennings, on the other. Guns,
pistols, sticks, &c., were freely used, and, il
! SCENE, with teaTful effect. Jacksor's wife was
badly wounded, having an arm com; .letsly
shattered Sharooro, it is thought, is faraily
| wounded aud all tine parties were more or
less injured. A child which had followed
Jaeksons wife 70 the scene Of the afrray was
accidentally killed. sse E. ss.t .s.-si. =
FALL.-A young woman, named Lizzy
Donaldson, essHyed 10 walk across one OF the
| streets Of Cincinnati on u wire, hast week, and
had nearly accomplished the feaf, wheu the
holder OF one Ut the guy ropes, in bis admIra-
| tion for the spAugle0 petticuat above him.
locked upward, forgot his business, and threw
| the iair performer from her foothoid. TO The
1 terror and dismay Of the witnesses Fortu-
| naieiy, she bad already passed this middle Of