The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-09-26
AFFAIRs ls NEW oRLEANs.

PRICE ONE CENT.
AfFAIRs in NEW ORLEANS.
we learn from the n o. Della that the city va
quiet on the night Of Sunday, Sept H. wit the ex-
ception Of m oceasionsl slight disearbsnce A
great deal OF shooting was heard in tho dir,,cr ~
the river about II O'Clock wbieh The patrols sound
to proceed from Algiers where : pary wars an
gagged in .'charivarinsr newly married connie s.
With regard 70 the other disurbsnces. he Del,.
says:
About half past twelve oclock the patrol ON PHI
lippa street.. encountered 6gs mea, firishmen \
stopped and questioned them; and one of theif
number, Martin Iiynes, resisting their authority.
wss arrested. They were bringing him to the
guardhouse when q portioa of the patrol overlook
them and stated that one of the parties they bad
just passed, had been stabbed.
Returning to the place, they found man named
Thomas McShane lying on the banquette badly cut
IN the abdomen. His companions had all LETT
The patrol conveyed him first 10 the Circus street
innrmary, thence ho was taken to the Charity Hos.
pttsi: He 10 badly wounded, snd mot expected to
survive; Il is impossible To say who stabbed this
poor fellow, though somethink Il done BY those
who were with him. The man, Martin Hynes who
was previously arrested was locked up BY order Of
Colonel Forno, in order that he might be kept to
Another patrol, while marching through St.
Thomas street, heard terrible screamina smong
the women in the second story of house They
reconnoitered the premises, and found that three
or four men were assembled there, engaged in the
delectable pastime OF beating their wives. The
patrol endeavored to gaia admission, and we're
warned If they entered they would be shot |; but
enter they did, and arrested the brutal fellows
The womeE said thsy were bsatina mem because
they favored the 'Know Noshings' sT4
Richard Holloway. the individual who was ar
fo1 rAa sclk
shot Mrs Adams while she was seated in her balco.
ny on the previous night was arraigned on Monday
and required TO give security in the sum of $2 0O0
for his appearance. This, says the Delta he failed
to do, and was remanded to prison. The Picayune,
however, says he gave the required bail.
The number of interments in New Orleans du
ring the week ending on Sunday morning, Sept.
II, was $50, including $40 of yellow fever.
SPEEDY JusTIcE.-James Mcclure and Joseph
Jones were arrested in Brooklyn N Y, on Sunday
week, on a charge Of knocking down and robbing
Mr.. Richard Roberts, of Richmond, Va. They
were examined before Justice on Monday; the
grand jury found true bill against them on Tues
day, and on Thursday Jones was tried and found
guilty. Mcclure will be tried this week, and both
will probably be sent to prison.
|
Col Bissell, a member of the House of Repre-
sentatives from Illinois. who has been lying ill for
several weeks at Berkeley Springs, has so far re.
covered, to be able to reach Baltimore where he
arrived on Thursday.
TOUCHING INcIDEnT.-The following ID an ex
tract from letter written by sailor in the Baltic
tieet to bis wife In England The incident Ia nara
ted with that simplicity and purity of expression
which conveys every idea and image in the most
effective manner.
"Every man on board volunteered 80 the cap.
tain picked a crew, and was sent ashore with the
marines. There were regular troops ON the bank.
who fired on US as we pulled to land; but the broad
sdes OF the -, what with the shell and what wi b
the smoke, covered our landing. We dispers sed at
few hundred yards distance from the beach. TO
keep the coast clear while the boats crew made
prizes of the guns. The enemy had the advantage
fthe wood and also knowing the country well. and
a troop ofthem showed In advance Wewere or.
dered to fire. took steady aim and fred on nv
man at about sixty yards. He fell like stone.
s'At the same time broadside from the - wen,
10 among the trees and the enemy disappeared, we
could scarce tell how. felt as though T must 20
up to him, to see whether he was dead or alive
H lay quite I'D, and was afraid of him living
SO than when he stood facing me few moments
before IL is strange feeling to come over you all
| at once that you have killed man. He had un.
buttoned his jacket and was pressing his hand over
| the front of his chest, where the wound was He
breathed hard, and the blood poured from his
| wound and also from his mouth every breath he
took His face white as death, and his eyes looked
80 big and bright az he turned them and stared al
me, shall never forget 1t. He was fine young fe
| low, not more than five and twenty. l went down
on my knees beside him. and my breast 80 full
| az though my heart would burst He had a real
| English face, and did not look like an enemy.
"What felt can never tell, but If my lie would
| have saved bis, believe should have given It,
| laid bis head ON my knee. and ne grasped hold Of
my hand and tried to speak but his voice was gone
| could not tell a word he said, and every time be
tried to speak the blood poured out SO, knew II
would soon be over. am not ashamed to say that
was worse than he, for he never shed tear, and
couldn't helpis. His eyes were closed when a
| gun was fred from the -. to order us aboard,
| and that reused him. He pointed to the beach,
| where the boat was pushing off with the guns we
| had taken, and where our marines were waiting 10
| man the second boat. and then he pointed to the
| wood where the enemy was concealed. Poor fel-
lowi he Iii. le thought had sho. him down. was
| wondering how could leave him to die and no
| one near him when he had something like q con-
vulsion for moment and then his face rolled ever
and without sigh, he was gone. ! trust the al
| ly down on the grass and left him 1t seemed &C
| strange when looked at him for the last time;
somehow thought of everything had heard abou
the Turks and Russians, and the rest of them; but
all that seemed so far Oh, and the dead man sC
| near" elIse sftzs 81
/ ~I1efo were IOur oeatn6 from yeitOW Iev6I IN al
gusta, for the fortyeight hours ending at O'Clock
| P. M on the 20th inst.
A fellow was doubling whether or not he should
volunteer to fight the Mexicans. One of the haga
waving before his eyes, bearing the inscription,
| "victory or DEATH somewhat troubled and dis
couraaed him. Victory 10 q very good thing, said
| he, but why put it victory or deathi just put il
| victory or cripple, and u 60 that
The State of Connections ID out of debt, and hai
money loaned out at interest. The school fund il
valued at 81 076 600 and other productive property
of the State Il estimated at e400 000 the creates
| part of which is invested In bank stocks.
| Mr.. Grimes, the new Governor Of Iowa, is not
as some supposed, son of "Old Grimes, that good
| old man, who wore hb coat "all buttonsd Down be
l FORE"
| A SHAWL IL In the New York Crystal Palace ex
| hibition which is invoiced for duty at 2.70O.
offered for sale, IL would, doubt soon be on the
| back of some lady, even II her husband found
difficult to get his note discounted y two per cent