Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-11-25
A SENSATION.
CAPTAIN HIGBEE OBJECTS 70 ONE OF
THE COURT.
Successful wrscking Expedition-Ds
Of a Citizen Of Portsmouth-Havy-
Yard Notes.
correspondence of the Richmond Dispa ,ch,

NORFOLK, November "a, 1856.
The wrecking-steamer Nettie and wreck
ing-schooner Joseph Allen returned last
night from a successful cruise up Chesa.
pease hay, having raised and pumped out
The schooner Crowess and the pungy Nora
Ellyson, which were capsized IN squat
last Saturday of the mouth oil the Potomac.
Both vessels were taken 10 Baltimore, where
they belong. Favorable reports were re-
cejyed Yesterday from the Norfolk wreckers
at work in san Domingo on the stranded
British steamship Siyerdale. They expect
10 float the ship very shortly.
There was d slight sensation in the court
martial room at the maynard yesterday
when Captain John ii. Higbee objected to
Colonel Charles Haywood as q member OF
the court selected to try him. Another Of
ficer was substituted. Colonel James
Forney Is here as witness against IIigbee.
Colonel Levin Gayle, OF Portsmouth.
died last night, having been i'll for some
time. He was eighty-two years OF age, and
lived in this neIghborhDOd all his life. He
was a man Of large family and father Of
the late Captain John II. Gayle. lie lost
his wife about three weeks ago.
Mayor j. T. Bard, Of Portsmouth, and
Captain c. T. Phillips, clerk OF the courts,
are in Warwick county on weeks deer
hunt.
The submarine cable, to connect Capes
Henry and Charles by telegraph, Is daily
expected here from London, England,
where il was manufactured. Lieutenant
B. NJ. Purssell, an electrician, OF the signal
corps, Is here 10 superintend the work OF
having the cable. This connection with
the sea-cOast system north OF us will be
very valuable to our marine interests.
A movement Is on foot to connect Glou-
cesieT Courthouse with Norfolk by tele-
phone line.
Professor W. 4. Sheppard, OF Randolph
Macon College, who was stricken with pa.
ralysis while attending Conference. lett for
Ashland TO day, accompanied by his wife.
The Brazilian steamship Finance sailed
from Newport News last night before the
arrival OF the Chesapeake and Ohio train,
and the mails from the West had to be
taken down the Roads TO her on 4 tug.
The old dismantled slOop-0i-war Dale,
which has been receiying-ship at Washing
ton navy-yord for some years, will be
towed here next week TO be placed in ordi-
nary.
An effort is 10 be made to have the JlmeS-
river ironclads sent TO this nayy-yard for
repairs.
Ensign Albert W. Grant reported at the
navy-yard to-day for duty as assistant ord
nance officer.
Mails for Richmond now close here At
l:45, nearly an hour sooner than they did
last spring.
Captain II. A. Bourne, superintendent OF
the Old Dominion Steamship Company, Is
here investigating the labor troubles, and
says that the company prefers the employ
ment OF the home labor here. and IL the
striking darkies in sufficient numbers
eyipce a desire to return to work the i'm.
ported men will be withdrawn as soon As
their contract expires; hut II not, the force
Of white men will be increased rs needed,
IS the source OF supply is practically un'
limited.
Some twelve thousand bales OF cotton
were shipped from this port yesterday,
which is considerably above the average.
G.,