The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-01-08
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ABSTRACTING PUBLIC DOCUMENTS.
We find the following statement in the
Washington Republic of the 5ih "a

ADS hhI INU FObLiC DOCUMENTS.
We find the following statement in the
Washington Republic of the 5th d
The President yesterday communicated 10
the Senate a message in reply to Mr.. Cass's
resolution calling for information relative TO
the establishment by Great Britain of a new
colony in Central America in violation Of the
treaty of Washington. We are informed that
the message and accompanying documents
were temporarily and unsuspectingly placed
by Senator in the hands of person connected
with the New York Herald, and up to dark
last evening, when the Office of the Secretary
OF the Senate was closed. they had not been
returned to that Office. Of course M copies
oil the papers could be obtained for publication
to-day; and It may be presumed that opporti.
mites Will not hereafter be given to the party
FOR parties concerned to repeat proceeding
which is too reprehensible to pass without re-
Duke. IL may not amount to positive pur-
ioinl1g, but II IS certainly an abuse Of conf
dence, which Is at once unfair to other Journals
AID insulting to the Senate.
The publication of documents before they
have been sent to Congress has grown to a
scandalous abuse. Some law ought to be
passed rendering it highly penal.
The DOUBLE MURDER In New JERSEY
ARREST CT THE MURDEREk.-Cating, who
murdered the little dau ghter and son of Timo
thy O'Brien, at Hackensack, N. J., gave him
self up to the police. He was in the woods
adjoining the house where the deed was COM
mitted. He lay secreted in the brush as the
funeral procession of his victims passed along,
which excited him so much that he made an
unsuccessful attempt to cut bis throat, which
at the time of his discovery was festered and
materiated in a shocking manner. The girl
Mary, aged eleven years, he killed in the house
with knife; the boy Daniel, nine years old,
he deprived of lie near wood pile about $50
yards from the house, where he was at work.
Immediately after his arrest, he made full
confession of his guilt to the Coroner, alleging
that his reason for killing the children was,
that O'Brien would not give him the money
which he had deposited for him in the Savings
Bank. The body of the girl was not critically
examined previous to interment, therefore there
is no evidence to prove that her person was
violated, as was rumored. The prisoner is
now confined in the Hackensack prison,
where he will remain until next spring, when
he will be tried for his henious offence. The
following is given as a confession, which he
made to a reporter: .....,
WAS born near Clonmell, county Tipperary,
ireland, and am now about fifty Eve years OF
age. murdered the children Mary and Dan
iei O'Brien, with an knife or axe. 1t was
Timothy O'Brien's fault. If he gave me nv
money | would not have killed them. | had a
bad mind at the time, but am now sorry for
what done. | did not like to live with Timo.
thy O'Brien. was not in my right mind at
the time | murdered the children. I never
asked O'Brien for his daughter in marriage.
The little boy followed me, and il he had not
done don ,oovsa o mould ms Ana ksa hfEs t4sd d hR
them both with a small knife, Uack knife,l
after which | fed to the woods, where re-
mained all day, and in the evening when they
were searching tor the boy. was within a
few yards of where they stood. / saw them
when they found the boy, and then returned to
the woods. went to the graveyard where
they were buried, and cried on their graves.
cried great deal over them, and was crying q
long time. visited the place during the night,
and returned to the woods during the day. 1
wandered Though the woods, and did not eat
with the knife. l am very sorry for what l
done, but if il was not for Tim (meaning
O'Brien) he would not have been without the
children he would not give me my money
when | wanted it aI s3st
He told several people on his way to the
prison, that he tried TO drown himself in
pond, but he could not keep his head under
the water also, that he intended to kill the
whole family. When brought into prison his
clothes were all wet, which served to corrobo-.
rate his story of sell destruction BY drowning.
This horrible tragedy has created the greatest
excitement throughout the State for miles
around the scene Of the calamity. No one
can form any opinion OF bis motive for COM
mi.ting this double murder.
AN EXPLOSION OF GAswoRKs.-The Gas.
works in Weonsocket (R. IL exploded on
Monday morning, shockingly burning two
workmen and blowing the purifying house,
which was of stone, entirely TO pieces. The
accident was caused by the men going into the
building with a lanern to search Tor leak
which was supposed to exist.
MOTIVES FOR MARRIAGE.-Men marry from
as diverse motives as the subjects they wed are
opposite in nature, look and genius. Goethe
married to obtain respectability. Wilkes de-
clared that he welded TO please his friends.
Wycherly, in his old age, took his servant girl
10 spite his relations. The Russians have
story of a widow VINO was so inconsolable for
the loss of her husband, that she took another
to keep her from fretting TO death; and we
read of an Irshman who declared ne would
never have taken second vile. bat having q
chance for marrying Protestant gTi, ne Juss
took herto save her soul. A young ana
ra,her fast gentleman married woman old
enough TO be his grandmother, because ne
owed her debt OF $50 tor board.
An old gentleman living in the county Of
Monroe. Ala whose years number 80, attend
ed party near Claiborne, short time since,
and danced four or i've cot,ilons with some o.
the yonns ladies'. with all the ease and grace
,I,sss ns f Of youth, and really enjoyed the plea
arr. Of tripping the light fantastic toe"
SwrrzERLAsD.-A letter from Nenfchatel
of the Sth, in the Fraskfort Pest Journal,
states that on the evening OF Sunday, the 5th
inst, Frenchman, named Fame, formerly
cook to Queen Hortense. who keeps a cafe at
Neufcha,el, thought proper 10 illnr mate his