The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-08-14
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" Mr. p. of Alabama, and many others,l
s.me 10 The rescue with great difficulty, and
sf,er several knockdowns. the walters were
eYnelled from the room. MIR. I. was taken to
his room BY his friends. lie was un'n)ured,
s.ye = wound in the forefnger. Great alarm
| nrev,iled among the ladies, and tor a while
sHigh Life Below Stairs" had the sway.
Mr. Y. was urgently requested to leave with
his family, as there was every chance for an.
| other attack, which must have ended in great
blood shed. He left yesterday, accompanied by
at least fifty friends, and hundreds of Southern
ers who could not leave with him, have deter
mined to leave o-day.
Thus much for order and comfort here. If
gentlemen are TO be thus treated, it would lie
we'll TO remain at home.
The gentleman referred to above was Mr.. E.
M. Yerger. Of Mississippi. Another accounted
the affair states that the monsters engaged in
the attack were negroes.
BEWARE OF MAN TRAPsi-We copied from
one of our exchanges yesterday, a paragraph
to the effect that the supreme Court OF New
Hampshire, had decided that correspondence
between manageable female and an unmar.
ried ma IN is presumptse evidence of an engage
mept. Ii is now stated that Connecticut, the
land of blue laws and wooden nutmegs, has
the honor of giving birth to this thumb-screw
decision. This is what the Judge says:
"That an engagement exists, or an offer has
been made and accepted where a correspon-
dence takes place between such parties, as are
described in this case, is We think, in accord.
ance with general experience, which Is one OF
| the usual and most satisfactory tests of human
evidence; and although, when taken alone and
| disconnected from other facts, it may not be
| so strong as some evidence that might be
suggested, yet we hold il competent to be sub
mited to jury, and from ~hich they may find
a promise TO marry, if the evidence satisfies
them of The fact"
- The Maine Liquor Law operates Gu
riously in Massachusetts. Notwithstanding
the frequent seizures and destruction of the
ardent, the police record of Boston indicates
any thing but dry times. The numerous cases
of drunkenness, however, are attributable to
| the fact that the lovers OF strong drink had
their demjohns filled while dealers were sell.
ling at cost, few days previous to the laws
going into operation. A northern paper sug.
gests that. as in old times executioners had, as
| their perquisites, the clothes of the victims,
| the Maine Law should allow the spillergene
raj TO keep the jugs and demijohns.
The REGATTA AT OLD PolNr.-We learn
| from the Norfolk Beacon, that the following
| crafts were entered Thursday for the contest :
| Breese, Antelope, of Norfolk, Ukurina and
Coquette, of Baltimore. The breeze was fine,
and the ground was sailed over as laid down
in the programme. MIR. Aliens Yacht, the
| Breese, was the victor.
| - The Naval Court Martial, we UNDER
stand from the Norfolk Beacon, sentenced
| Commander Payne 10 be reprimanded and to
be deprived of the command of the Cyane.-
1t. Weir was honorably acquitted of the char
| ges preferred against him.
DROUGHT IN THE WEsT.- While this Sec
! lion Of the country has been blessed with album
dant showers, advices from the Western States
| represent the drought as most severe. The
condition tthe corn crop in Indiana, Kentucky
and Ohio is unfavorable. Nearly all the far
mers refuse to sell, while parties wlo have
large contracts are purchasing all the corn and
stock hogs they can get.
| LYNCH LAVA man named Jonathan
Pillsbury, formerly of Lowell, Mass, was
| hung IN California, with two others, recently.
They were charged with having murdered and
robbed man. Pillsbury was on the point of
| taking the steamer at San Francisco for home.
when he was arrested and taken back to the
| mines.
Is An article was copied into our columns
some days since, from the Fredericksburg
News, in which it was stated that MIR, Beck
ham, of Culpeper county, cut one of his ne
groes so severely as to cause his death. 1t
now appears that the negro, thong badly hurt,
| was not killed.
| DESTRUCTIVE FIRE-A Town DESTROYED.
"A dispatch from Memphis, dated August O.,
states that the town of Helena, Ark, was
almost entirely consumed by fire on Monday
night. Only two business houses escaped de-
struction. The loss is estimated at 500 900.
IL AT Mrs. Howard's concert, in St. Louis.
on the night of the 29th ult., rich bouquet in
which was a diamond ring, was thrown to the
gifted songstress; tribute paid to the talent of
the lady, by two young Philadelphians soiourn
| ing in the city.
"HooRA''-The political papers are begin
ming to wake up to the realities of the cam.
paign. Here is some fighting poetry:
"0nce more our glorious banner out
Upon tue breeze Wen throw,
Beneath its folds with song and shout
Welleharge upon the Zoe y
Wewarn our political friends of both par
lies against the dangers of oyer.excitement.-
| heep cool, genllemen-f you can.
Ey MAJOR Sarpy arrived at 81. Louis on
the 3lst ult, from Yellow Stone. The Ma
Jors suite is made up as follows: An eagle.
prairie dog, two grizzly bears, two badgers,
and ten children belonging to the Crows. Black
Feet and Chienes. The children are 10 be ed.