The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-07-30

"A MaSSacnuSettSpa paper describes an en-
tirely new apparatus for manufacturing
lumber-a complete saw mill, having its
engine attached directly to the saw sash
by the piston rod. The sash works in two
upright standards Of cast iron, which are
made to carry the feed-rollers, pressure
rollers, &C., thus bringing the work within
very small space. Indeed, the whole
mill only occupies a ground space of ten
feet eight inches by four feet, exclusive
of the cars for carrying the logs, and yet
1t is calculated to carry forty or fifty
saws.
It is stated in Washington that we'll
laid plan to hatch up evidence for the
prosecution in the Surratt trial has Just
been discovered by the treachery of one
of the persons engaged in it. Important
testimony to prove Surratt's presence in
Washington on the night of the murder
was made up and committed to memory,
and three or four persons were supplied
and ready with other evidence in corrobo-
ration. One of the plotters, however, be-
trayed the plan of Mr.. Bradley, and the
rest, learning Of the disclosure, abandoned
the enterprise.
/ We understand that the Board of Di-
rectors of the Orange railroad have order
| ed the Immediate commencement of the
work on the extension Of the road from
their depot in this city to that of the Vir-
ginia and Tennessee railroad. The route
selected is understood to run through by
Langhorne's mill on the north side, cross
ing the canal at the aqueduct, skirting
the Piedmont House, and connecting with
| the Tennessee road on the north side Of
their depot, between it and the river.
The work to be completed in sixty days
| Ly,acHwg Neuos.
Experiments have been made at Pari:
with the view to transmit letters from one
post office to another by means of subter
ranean pipes, the parcels being propelled
by atmospheric pressure. Seven office!
are now on the point of being connected
by the new system, and it is said that the
whole of the post-offices in Paris viii
eventually receive their letters by thi
process.
The Muscatine Qowa) Journal record!
the discovery of an ancient brick, supposed
to have been made something more thar
| ten centuries ago, on bank of the Cedar
river near Lords ferry, four feet below
the surface Of the ground. Further in
vestigations are to be made in the hope O
finding ancient ruins
The New Nork Herald publishes ridi
culous story that Colonel Percy Wyndham
while in command Of regiment nea
Washington, entered into an arrangement
to abduct and to deliver up to the South
ern Government in Richmond Mr.. Lincoln
and his Cabinet. Humbug
| A sleeping car on q new plan, with thu
coaches arranged at right-angle to the
track, has been introduced on the Pitts
burg, Fort Wayne and Chicago railway
The car is sixty feet in length, and COS
$4,000
at recent sale of the assets of bank
ing institution in Virginia, $4,000 Orange
and Alexandria railroad eight per cent
bonds sold for sixty cents, and $4,000
coupon bonds of the same road at fifty
eight cents.
The Dayton (Ohio) Journal states thai
in that city more than thousand dwell
ings are being built. The Toledo papers
houses will be erected there this year.
The Troy Times says that Congressman
Morrissey made upward Of 100000 il
stock operations in Wall street last week
Chandler has won from the New Or
leans Picaytne the title Of "smooth
bore, FOUNDER Congressman"
Mr.. Z. a. Paul, late Of Forney's C1roni
Gle, is to be the new editor of the Whining
ton Dispatch.
Attorney-General Stanbery intend
shortly to visit the White Sulphur Spring
in Virginia.
The authorities Of Belfast refuse t.
allow the Introduction of billiard table
into that city. a..E
Barker's bank at New Orleans is now al
honest cake and soda shop.
One hundred and Lightweight acres OF
the Hudson sold for $4,000.
J Agassiz says the Florida reefs wer
| 70, 900 years in building.