Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-01-23
Fran ne Loui,r:ile Journal, Jan 6 }

Fran NE Loui,r:ile Journal, Jan 81
uoanlnLE TRAGEDY- Yesterday, at about nav i,us s
. o'clock F. M Mir. H. S Julian the Treasurer y, H.: ~;
Mechanics Savings Institution on returning rom '''
I;,nn- fnurd the door O. the Bank house iasleheu-
He soun succeeded in forcing it, and, on ehlehns' %
CAPTAIN Clarendon E. Dix, standing before nun T,.n
the canceing hammer of the Bank IN Ills manu. , ~
INSTANTLY rushed upon Julian and struck him Two OF .ee
ines on The head with the hammer but the ialtrf
w,rncbed the INSTRUMENT from his hand and risneu "u'
the door, and neda,ey afterwards heard Inc 'epO
OF pistol I i,;voos
The alarm was Of course given and several ci!'zehs
entered The Bank and found that Dix hud SHOT hse'
through the head after having prior TO Inc entrance
IuIiam murdered the Clerk, alr. Oven faIKef ny sim
ing him lie head with the hammer, ana Glusheu ~
dreadful manner the Whole OF one size III MS s"''
Parker was struggling in he last agnnes oil trlh VIE"
h.. w,s discovered Wr Saw Dix al about i ucock yes.
teday when lle s':ll breathing, but lie dieu aD"n,
half an hour afterwards SeVera! quarts I'll o",u h1o
s,rrgn,cd Tryn The dead and the dying mf, 1ai'h
r,ouda ii is feared are dangerous uuI s'fo"S ""''
entertained that they are not So
The money drawer of the bank was found open, ana
tIer. is little doubt that Capt Dix entered the aahS "a"
the purpose uf committing robbery. lie mas i''u ~
this civ Tor several years and has generly eern eS-
leerued respectable young genesnan although we are
informed that suspicion attached 10 hI'n Two or hee
years ago The affair Of the robbery on board ihe s'sh
boat rhiIude phia lie recently married. ana ms
highly respectable mother living in Wheeling. Mr.
parker hi, victim was II gentleman Of high Standing IN
This city, and has lett wife and several small chiloen
Dix aud Parker had been regarded as intimate friends
Srr,nRo.r DisAsTEK-h slip from the Cincinnati
Whig Office Of lie lOh inst, furnishes The lo'owIng:
The Steamer Home from the Wabash river, collapsed
ue shoul nine o'clock last evenings just as she hau
landed ut the wharf Four men were blown uverDn-ro,
two Of them badly scadcd but they reached The Shore
and were saved.-There were, in ALL SIX scauro' TWO
or three Of the number dangerously oil oil lne' com
posing the crew Of the boat. fireman, named wy
alt, died this morning.
Al tho ,imc Of the accident the Home about put
ting oul 10 go 10 a ship yard t" repair. The captain
and passengers had left the boat only few minutes pre-
viouS 10 the DISASTER
letter has Just been received in this city from the
Chief Engineer of The Chesapeake and ONO Cannl
Company saying that upon hearing oi the disturbances
upon the line of the Canal, he went to Tie uhHc' ana
oerpd the principal of rners, about o0, to be DIS
charged The remainder OF The hands, however, aO'u
800 in NUMBER made common cause with them ana shiu
that if any discharged, the whole should De. IN
the mean time The volunteer company oil Cum'tri'HH
Guards with many OF the inhabitants from the Mary
lad and Virginia sides of the river assembled III via
Town; all armed, and the Chief Engineer accom-
panied them back to The Tunnel Most oI The w"rkheh
DISPERSED rs soon as The troops appeared iwelVe oi
them however were arrested and lodged IN jail IN Gum
bsrand, and al the time the letter was written Tie eX-
cicmeni already over.
There is no doubt that this outrage is tn be attributed
solely 10 the Ituds which have so long suos's"
the luboring rishrn in this country, between Tue fW
dGHigns and "C0rk0nians and that Ryan lhe person
whose house was destroyed al Old TOWN. was consider
cd as belonging 10 Of these parties Nil Int
TREASURY No1Es FOR PosrAGE.-1'he following let.
Ter of The Postmaster. General is taken from the New
ark On j. Daily Advertiser, ana was addressed TO the
Postmaster Of that city:
Posr OFFICE DEPARTMENT,
January Z, 1885
In reply to your letter Of the 81 ns have tn slate,
TINT Treasury Notes being receivable by law Tor all pub
lie dues lawfully be refused for posnges The
&C. IL, daft mont
will permit change 10 be given for hen unless The
difference between the amount Of posiage to bc PAID ana
of the Treasury Notes offered be small in which case
change should be refused In paying The drafts oil
thr Department. you ut liberty 10 pay out The Urea.
suy Notes if the holders Of the drafts prefer them, but
you will mol pay under any other circumstances -
The interest is too small to be regarded at present i'll re-
ceipts disbursements
The monthly return of the Bank Of the United States
the Auditor General Of nsyvnnla for the first OF
| January 1885, shows the following items:
Specie, 1910 SAP %
Mites in circulation. SAT 900 Al
Notes outstanding of the late Bank Of
the United States, 7O2O,IG7 II
WAsnlscroS, Jan. II.
Congrcss;onai.-A lnng debate took place in The Sc
male today on resolution offered by Mr. Webster, call.
ing on the Secretary Of the Treasury for information as
the payment OF pensions and h:Ing onuntles IN te
bills of the Commonwealth Bank Of Boston, and under
what direction The payment had been mace m SUCH ps'
also for information the amount oil public moneys
deposited in such institution and when deposited. An
amendment, to the resolution offered b. Mr. Niles,
and after modification, adopted, with the original reso'
lu,ion calling for information 10 whether Inc iate
Dunk Of The United Stntes has accounted to the Govern
ment for the withheld under prelence OF damages
on protested bill on The French Government. Messts'
Webster, Bayard Hubbard Niles, Strange, Clay OF h!a
bana took part in the discussion which ensuen on 'e
nJou,ou of these resolutions On motion of MIR. Nor.
veil the vote of yesterday, making the Divorce Bill the
special order for that day wo weeks was reconsldered
and the bill made the order for Tuesday next Inc pc
nate then took up the hill 10 amend The acls IN relation
to crimes against the United States. The bill! with ihe
amendments previously proposed by MI Buchanan was
| ordered TO be engrossed for Third readng-G!0'e
APPOINTMENTS BIZ THE PRESIDENT,
BIZ and aoiih The odricc and consent Of The Stndtc
Patrick H. Fonaine, lr be principal Surveyor OF The
/ Chickasaw Ia nds in tie place Of John Bell resigned
George w Gayle Of Mobile, 10 be Attorney OF the U
States, for the Southern District Of Alabama, in the