The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-03-05
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Saturday Msrnins, March 5, 1853.
n Desultores, was the name OF vaulters
or iespers who jumped from one horse 70
another. In ancient days the Scythian Indian
snd Numidian cavalry were very expert at il.
Every vaulter carried two horses at least to
'ne neid. When one was weary be jumped
~1n great agility on another which he led By
''.e nand. This sort Of equestrian activity
as = ''''ie ahead of our Vaultguers in the
aeAican war. some of whom had az much m
taey could do to ride one horse.
iS.AUsuR-Arros- "A term indicating the bs.
ginning OF period of four years Of bor;u. !.
which the President of the United S,.,,. !. ~
De victim. During that time he ia IN. ma,,,,
TO- thousands of office hunters, who with ua,en,
brass sxgxrs are ever boring after the can.
fort and emoiuments of Office.
MURDER AND ARSON "A letter to the En-.
quirer, dated Fluvanna, Feb. 18th, sta,es ,b.,
on tie Tuesday previous, the house Of Mr.. +.
w. Blackburn was discovered to be ON ERE.
When the neighbors arrived they saw the dead
body of Mr.. B. lying on the floor in one of the
rooms Of his house; but the flames were too
intense to allow them to recover it, and il was
burned along with the house. Mr.. B. was 4
constable Of the county, and was no doubt
murdered for money, and then the house fired !.
Suspicion had fixed itself upon some person
in the vicinity, but The letter does not say that
any steps had been taken to arrest him.
MosT REvoLrING GTRAsEDY.-MURDER AND
SuIcIDE.-One of the most shocking instan-
ces OF murder and suicide we have ever been
called upon to record, occurred in the town Of
Leon IN this county, on Friday last.
The facts, so far as we have been able to
learn them, are these "A Mr.. franklin a wor-
| thy farmer, left home in the morning of that
day, for the purpose of chopping in the woods.
some distance from his dwelling, taking with
him luncreon, as he intended to be gone all
| day. The family consisted of himself and wife
and three young childien, two of whom were
| twins.
On his return at night, he was somewha,
| surprised on nearing the house, on seeing no
| light. He opened the door. against which
something pressed heavily, and by the light
| ofthe moon, discovered that il was the body
| of one ofhis children lying on the floor, well
tering in it's blood. ',.--
In his frenzy he rushed out and alarmed
| the school teacher of the district, who CHANGED
to be passing by, when the two entered the
| house, and on looking farther, they found tho
| other two children in the same horrible condi.
| ton as the first. One was badly frozen but
| all were alive, though insensible, when found
l by the almost distracted and broken hearted
| father.
Two of the children died that night; il in
hoped that the other may recover, although
| the condition Of the little sufferer is most crit
ical. On searching for the mother, she was
found in the woodhouse suspended by the neck
| with skein of yarn, cold and lifeless.
The skulls of two of the children were frac.
| tured in most revolving manner, which had
evidently been accomplished by the mother,
with an non used about the stove, that was
literally bathed in blood. What mstivs could
have led this miserable woman to 80 atrocious
an act, we have not heard coniectured.-Coe.
saraasus N. T., Wig.
A SINGULAR FAMrLY.-In a small village
in the Bouches du Rhone, France, there is
family OF three persons--husband, wife and
daughter-who have made a solemn VOW to
preserve the must profound silence. A trav-
eier who lately passed their dwelling, finding
il necessary to make some inquiries respecting
his way, applied to these eccentric people,
Not receiving any answer to his questions, he
repeated them, when, to his astonishment, they,
in fit Of evaporation, seized cudgel. ton gs,
and turnspit, and threatened him viii, sum.
mary castgation. This extraordinary conduct
is explained by the fact that the parties had
become the dupes Of clerical impostor, who
had taken advantage of their credulify by
holding out to them the acquisition Of great
treasure on condition of their maintaining q
strict silence. They have formed the resOlu-
ton TO keep such silence for the space of nine
years, only one half of which term has yet ex.
pired. But as so complete an inierdiction Of
intolerable to the female portion Of the family,
the impostor granted them permission TO in-
duIge their natural propensity anywhere be-
yond the limits of their Commune. In order
to avail themselves Of this privilege, the two
women regularly repair every market day 10
the little town of Belfort, where thy enjoy the
conversation of their neighbors, and mitigate
in some degree the privation which they vels
UNFAIRLY endure - Courier des Eats UHss.
81 thank God,n writes Washington Irving.
II was born on the noble banks OF the Had
son! l think il an invaluable advantage to be
born and brought up in the neighborhood OF
some grand and noble object in nature-a riv.
er, a lake, or a mountain. We make a friend
ship with tive in manner ally ourselves 10
il for life. 1t remains an object Of our pride
and affections; a rallying point to call US homo
again sfter all our wanderings.
Items.
II Comic actors attached to the circus
are appropriately styled "saw dust Come
dians."
/: Two hundred thousand people daily arrive
n, and quit London by rail.
T. thsk