The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-05-04

BURNING OF TIE STEAMER GEORGE Is.
UrToS-HER CARGO AND THE INSURANCE.
Quite All excitement was caused III the b,lsl-
iicsS community Yesterday morning bt the
receip. OF L. telegram from Princess Anne,
Nd, stating that the wcll-known steamer
George Il. Upton. Of the Virginia Steamship
and Packet Company, plying between Rich.
monu and New York. had been hcaclied al
some point near ChincoteaSre Island ana
! burned 10 the waters edge. The telegram
| (which was received by the President oil the
company also stated that the captain ana
crew had escaped from the burning steamer,
| but that only small part OF the cargo was
saved. No further particulars were given.
The George b. Upton left here for New
| York on Tuesday night. She was passed on
"Wednesday night oil Hog Island by her con.
sort the ". p. Clyde. Captain Scott, OF the
| CIvdc, says that according 10 his reckoning
NJ the time and place Of the fire it must have
broken out shortly after the two steamers
met.
The following is the manifesto OF the
burned steamer:
\. u. LYON, 8 hEds. stems to Olvich q
! Co. New York; Gid 10 cases tobacco to ).
Fesyhic, New York; Turpin & Brother, l..
udS. stems TO Ulyich 4 o., and 60 cases TO-
hacro to Richly & Boniiace. New York; y. IL.
Ciildrev, hhds. stems to Olvlch & Co., ana
- ouarter-tierces tobacco and 3 half-tierces to
W. o. Smith. New York; 4. Mcmahon. 90
eases handles to +. +. Em!nitt 4 Co.. New
York ! eases handles 10 Stlatton X Co.. Bos-
| Ton. AMI 10 cases handles II \. Hannocher x
! Co., New York: T. SNOW l. Co., y cases
| handles 10 W. 7. Shltt,lrk. New York; =
cases handles to Z. II. Undcrhill 4 Co, andn
eases handles 10 II. J.. Nir!:olal, Boston {:
| Is iilialn BridgelS, ; hdS. tobacco 10 Blake
| man. MAYO Il Co, New York; III. {. :. ii.
| Co.. 10 eases handles tn ,JohnSouville ANt
| Company, New York; :. 5. Cottreli X Co., d
bales leather to Dickinson 4 H.. Boston
Tredegar Company, l42 kegs bolts ana | ,92'
kegs spikes to IreGegar Company, New
York; Thomas 4 Pilkiuton, l22 eases tobacco
to &. W. Holman K Co.. New York, and !
ease, tobacco to {. Dohan 4 Co., New York
| 4. Sa!nrels. | case SHOES to {. w. Foroush *
Co., Boston j. II. Grcanor, 10 hogsheads
tobacco to ORirh Il Co., New York; % eases
and Il hali-hoXcs tobacco to Dullal, C.& Co.,
New York: l.. O. Noting Il Brother, bon
to G.. K. b. x Son. and bundle steel bars
10 Nav!or 4 Co. New York: Thomas Branch,
ho@shruds 1ohocco 10 order; II. w. Lub.
book, :. bales wooleu rags 10 Buwestcr \
Brother, New York; G. b. stacy d Son, {
bales Shuc1S to Miller & Co., and 20 bales
shueks to J. =. Kittle, New York; ". FL
Hill, II bales warp to j. NJ. Conway, New
York; II. W. Oliver, IS cases tobacco tt
Dohan, c. & Co., Purcell, Ladd Il Co., cases
water to Fisher & X. New York; u. Curtis
! bales sheeting to Wyman, B. Il Co.; Ran
doph l. English. box merchandise to Il
Fl. Raw r. \. Peterson, - one-thlrd boXc>
| tobacco to Il. Leay Il Co., Galveston, Texas
| Yarl,rough < Son. IS eases tobacco to Dollan
| {. 4 Co., New York; L. {. Jones x Co., l.
| balchoXcs and eases tobacco to Bulkley, III
/ Co.. New York; r. a. Peterson, 80 half
| boxes and A one-third boxes tobacco tc
polun, c. & Co., New York; j. w. Pember
ton, J} halt-boXcs tobacco to Dohan, {. q
Co. New York: Deane 4 burlington,
hogsleatlS tobacco to order; j. IS. race, ll'
oases. and % half-boNcs tobacco TO Dohai
{, E To,:C. p, Prescott, 10 cases tobacco Il
Nartiu & johnson, New York; i. Wilson
| II cascs tobacco to Dohan, c. & Co.; l.. W
! wise cases tobacco to Lewis Center; Il. +
Blankenship, IS kega nails to Buchanan x L.
The George 3. Upton was rated an Al
.teomer: tonnage, 607 neuter register; t"o
decks; copper and iron fastening; dlmen'
| s;nns 175x3T. She was built in East Boston
in 1866. aud was thoroughly repaired III De
rcmber. 1871, In September, 1870, she wa,
bought by the Virginia Steanlshipand Packet
! Comuany. the price paid being $50, 600. Fol
| while previous she was Il blockade-runnel
| in the Gillian war. Since she has been the
| property of the Virginia Steamship and
| Packet Company she has piled regularly De'
tween Richmond and New YORK, toucnihs
also at Norfolk and City Point. Her sister
| ship (the name Of which we 90 not recaiij
| was burned ctf Hattera5 several years ago.
There was IN insurance oi S2o,ooo Oh ,ht
Upton, that amount being secured Dy .
polio; in the North British ana Merchtin
for Si0. 900, and another for the same sum III
the Imperial. The insurance upon llle catg'
could not be definitely ascertalheG nSt n nisn,'
but we hear of policies for about So,ooo es.cl,
IN five CeorGia Home, Virginia Home, and
M.rcbonts md MpchanicS-the two last being
Richmond companies. The Petersburg say
inos and Insurance Company VIII lose .
small amount, IT is estimated that two-thlrds
of the loss is covered by insurance.
Drrpr,sE IN RECEIPTS OF TOBACCO LAX,
The following figures compiled from returns
in the office of the collector OF internal reVe'
,,e for the third district OF Virginia snow
how the delay In the settlement OF the 4lies-
lion of uniform taxation has alfeetea this
great interest:
roliectioas In YHird District a4;p Plug f0t'cco "
tie Thiyty-ttco Cent 'cf"SS. ro,ro,so
~, ls7. I'm Is72.
,,r s,aa ~, et S,a5as1 - j. s,l33 u
Ihhua, I. iSS az ~ ioC AZ "a 4s,6s3 81
wmh '''' aIs al "a ia saI d, 6O.l77 Y
nnrt, ois0Ts 20 ul5sT @! lUl,l7s s.
s55o.lg0 az Ss.s 7sB "a S.2I.a73 S?
Or il nay be said in few words that the
Federal Government received from this
source S221, 1882 less during the tirst foui