The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-05-04

q stated by the Surveyor Of the NAVY. in a ,
port OF the committee appointed by the Ire
, suIy 10 inquire into the navy estimates. tn
al Tue END OF fifteen years Oh IN average 4
nun OF each ship in the navy requires n cor
| piete and extensive repair. And further IN
: the duration of ship-of-war cannot be es
mated at more than thirty years. The surve
o. took Tor his guidance the average Of thu :.
, years from 1919 to 1859. when thirty five shi,
OF the lire and forty-six frigates were r
moved from the effective list of the nayy. "a
hnch Tear that none of our ''converted.' shin
nor indeed any of our finest specimens of n,
val architecture, will stand the wear and to:
Ior the periods assigned TO them by the nav,
surveyor and 1T is supposed. when he maf
.iie ABOVE statements, he alluded to the dur;
| uoh OF sailing ships only; for We have had
lew warnings lately to the fate of our vi,
| .ofias, Duncans, Howes. and Diadems by ri
Introduction IN of steam into ships-of- war
We nave found instead of requiring. a com
plete repair once in fifteen years. that as man
months are sometimes sufficient to send a sh
| Ihto dock. ShipWrights know to a plan
wHere 10 prick for rotten wood in Steam
mp; win uneTring prec ision they try he
| Just In the "wake of the boilers ;, where aItar
nations of heat and cold are the erps stest am
wh'ch are sufficient to destroy the bes, seas on
| ca hhper 1t is in these places that steam
suips require repairs Oftenest There is, how
| ever another destructive power that bla
Il steamship of war in a very marked manns,
| anu that is the "shake of the screw"
| sa"i continued screw propulsion at full
| si'eea soon tells tale. We have had indica
| IONS I'D the Princess ROYAL 81 now under ra
par at Portsmouth, OF the destructive ae.e,
vi tte 'lbra1ory motion of the screw Sh.
M usei almost rebuilt abaft, after hayiuf
pas passed through one commission only. 1t i:
Said, also, in confirmation of this th,. ~.
whole of the Channel fleet is Ieokv and tha
.'e hoyai Albert, the flag ship viii reauire :.
anorough canlking. When we remember how
ieceht'y this ship was bnilt and commissioned
tnese reports are by no means satisfactory -
th.,1
"eii'eu from the few years the screw has been
~ '1 ''nNy' we must expect To find defects in
.'1 ut.i- WOOD of all our ships, which is
suDteCl TO the cross strain il recei ves in mass
ing through body of water in a state of ner.
tuIoatioh. vi course other naval powers
,it n','e tiie same destructive elements to
co"'ehd with as ourselves. Indeed. we hap.
pen 10 know that the vibration in SOM. Franrb
IN. -patHe greatly exceeds that of our
best ships. The Emperor. however aims
al eI,eeu he knows its Importance IA well as
we 90. But 10 obtain this very desirable
Guality in screw ships Of war l,e ,nust ha ma
i'afeo 10 40 as we Go, and that is to anticipate
Il very serious increase in his navy estimates
Inter the mead of "Eepairs."-AYmy amt Nary
Gazstte.
lake DRINK.--The following il orc Of 1ba
many photographic sketches reported from
the Charleston Convention:
Mr. Cuttings, of Md, renewed the motion
10 lay on the table. The President was ah,n,
s,:tulIg the question, when a voice cried out
VT PRESIDENT, IT'S mistake; l didn't second
,n''a rnat man 8 motion down there Mr. Cuttings
rose 10 demand an explanations He wouId
Ike to know who it was that spoke so d;sre.
spect1uiiy OF HIM. He claimed to be q delegate
from Mary land. Mr.. Hooper arose. lie did
not ,,o Ia nlend any thing disrespectiu to the gem
tieh1an from Maryland, but nav name is Tom
Hooper, of Alabama. Mr. Giting.-Ifno in
suit was intended, the gentleman will cali AT
my room and take u drink"
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OCEAN AND NAVAL TRLLIoENcE.-Durino
the month OF April there We're 10 American
Nessels reported as lost or MISSING of thnsa q
We're ionndered at sea, , sunk by collision
capsIzea, j burnt. Is were wrecked and , arc
gwen up AS missing. The vessels are classed
as ioiio"S ships, q barks, brigs and 16
SchooheIs The loss in money amounts to
aooul Sl'3Otu Oh vessels, exclusive of carpoes
! ! ne vessels missing are the Robert Kelly, from
NV. ipooi 10 New York, and The st. Patrick.
rom We" orleans Tor Liverpool. Those burnt
are me James a. Westervelt burnt in tho n
1 oik Bay and the Fanny Holmes, burn1 AZ
~ hpaiachlcoia, the former of which involved n
,o.s M on vessel and cargo Of Si05, 600 and the
latter of S95,00O.
POST OFFICE AFFA1Ks-V;r.;,,a PAST
',DtceN establishments: Hickory Flats, Lee
county, and Joseph p Eyeritt onpointaJ
postmaster to l, specially supplied from IL
'h's Mills. Point of Rock Mills, Cumberland
county, VIM. I. Wilkinson, postmaster; to bn
supplied specially from New Canton. SHADY
springs, Raleigh county, re.establish.d and
IN. B. Thomasson appointed nostm,sisr
q appointments: Jacob Conrad postmaster at
alley Head, Randolph county. vice A. pear.
y, deceased; James w. Dorsey postmaster at
irass Lick Fork Jackson countv yica J.n,as
L. Winter, resigned. james Mickle pos1m,s-
tr az Darlington Heights, Prince Edward
'ouh'y, wee John T.. Cunningham, resigned.
n YOUNG GIRL HANGING ERsELF-On
Itvlt l.act
t3ed seventeen years, whose mother a widow
'esIdes about two miles north of lie Claire
Iowa. was found hanging NV tbe
leck, osaa IN Il stable near the house 1t ap-
'fus 'hat ineEe was a singing class in the
ieighborhood on that evening and her brother
lnd sister attended it. She left the house and
,er nother supposed she had gone also Upon
he return OF the family from the selma, har
lpsence being made known to her mo her
eaTch was made and her body found Is al,o> ;. |
'escrioed Disappointed affection is said 10 |
ave peeh the cause OF her com miJtiug the ac, |
RENDITION or FUGITIvEs-Two runaway
laFes, btiohgiEg 10 citizens OF Frederick
ounty, Mary land, were on 1h. Ist insI,nt
" ""ifeHuereo 10 the agents of their owners by
commissioner Belts, of New York clty Unou
ntiI oehtiiicaton both Of them said they |
wanted no lawyer, and We're ready to 20 homo
gam. where, ii appears each has a wifi, ,nd
hiioien. There WAS no excitement on their
email ana no attempt 10 Rescue them The
'oniinercIai advertiser says that, since the
nactmenf OF the fugitive slave law there has
ever been a case III that district which has
realtd SO little excitement or given SO lit,la
rouble 10 the authorities as this
"A SLOW RUN.-There has been for n v-aek
;ist run upon the Tecumseh fOniol Rank
lolters OF bills. 10 the amount uf abuut fan |
housand dollars, have beset the doors of the
but as the notes are redeemed il, |
Pecl-, and the only coin used in iuuii1tion |
bo /
-ood lhat but little progress is made. in the |
'oIk. Durlng The foreuoon of Tuesday last |
ut one hundred dollars were thus Redeemed |
! Is saiu that the hoiels IN the place get more |
liter wait long enough, they will get their
tire claims.
COURT MATTERs.-At the recent term of tbe
county (Va) Circuit Court. in
ctments We're found against Abraham i
lger and Barbara Ann Aiger for unIawf;,i
arrlage, Alger having married his niece-
he punishment, upon conviction is a fins of |
)t more than five hundred dollars and inn
rlsonnent moi less than six months Anthuny
lOW, convicted of horse stealing in Mason |
'unty, Va, has been sentenced To three wears |
the penitentIary. Felix Briggs, tried at the
me court Tor killing free negro was ac |
lifted.
NOT ORDAINED 1t seems that Harden, the
mister who Is being tried AZ Beividrre N ! |
tue murder of his wife, was moi an vrtiainei |
mister. man does not Iuliy become "A |
mister in the Methodist church until after |
has been OH trial foar years. lie had b,.rn |
trial OF year, and was discontinued NJ tn. ! .
ST Conference after his admission He WAS
ce rejected, bnt by displaying uncommon ;
al IN distributing tracts, etc, he succ eedea in
akihg more favorable impression.
ADVERTISEMENT FOR Young MAN WITH A |
lALL CAPITAL.-Beii's Lille la London con. /
ms the following "rhe Pope has a.iopteu a !
W system OF advertising A few days aeoau !
vertisement was inserted in one uf The Vi, !
na papers, inviting youns men of good health :
apply for 'an engagenent.' at certain al | :
ess in one of the suburbs. Upon application v