The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-11-07

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sxDucrfoN cAsE.-The particulars or : se.,uc
ton case. ofpeculiar atrociy are thu. n.rr.te, i
the Cincinnati San Of Nov. .:
Mr. George WoodinRtou Who 4 : ss..,rhc..
gineer, LEFT this city for New Orleans week or tWs
since leaving bis daughter Martha, pretty snd III
.eresung girl Of fourteen yesrs In charge Of gen
Lower Market. While in his house. Martha Is
some way. became acquainted with . man named
David Perry, at whose solicitation she was Induced
70 accompany him on buggy ride, last Monday
evening. Fearing that Mr.. Keeler would object,
she stole from the house BY the back door, and soon
aiier meeting Perry, she got infn the veicIe Alter
| liolng about Tor some time, Perry drove up 10
sportsman Hail. aliehted, and called for q room 10
Mnlcn ne escorted Martha. Alter being treated abe
sxPicssed desire TO return, but was put off with
uus pIetext and another, until faaliy she was told
was too late to return, and had better spend
o nisht ct the Hall, to which abe finally assented
n n.o 'ne apartment with whom she was told to re.
| LIZ ue. Sne did as she was bid, but had hardly en-.
| sconseo herself In bed, when Perry entered the
,e. ana partly by threats and parity by entrea
80, sieging that he would make her his wife, oh.
taInoo her consent to share her couch Al an early
nuu. .he next morning she returned TO her home
| I .uoo ana sorrowful girl. Suspicion having al
attached itself to Perry a. the partner Of her
1gnt' 1t was not difficult matter for Mr. Keeler to
oIaW from her the particulars as recorded. What
maze this case one Of more than ordinary ssroeity,
me tender age Of the motheriess girl he hrs %
nerciessy betrayed, and the fact that he isalfeay
Z married man, aud therefore can never make good
ms promise to marry her,
John Williams, third mate of the packet ship Ex-
| ceisior, was arrested on Thursday, charged with
the murder Of John sweeny, one of the crew Of
ship on the 18th of July last This case Is one
OF shocking brutality.
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IN New York, on suspicion Of setting fire to his own
| store. -,
AN iHIaH OFFICER AT ALMA-The British papers
| contain numerous notices of the heroes of Alma
vi Lieut.. Dudley Persse, we are told that he wenr
| up to the Russian entrenchments, fred his five
rounds with his revolver, and then threw his pistol
| at their heads There are many extraordinary facts
related of Irishmen in the Peninsular war. by Mag
well. in his Stories of Waterloo" and others, but
| anything comparable to this we have not read Ell
| ther in romance or reality.
NEW DEBUrANrE.-Miss Matty Bridges. an
| American lady, ia about to make her debut on the
stage In New York. Her friends say that siace the
| appearance of Mrs Mowatt no lady has essayed in
the arduous paths of dramatic life with stronger
claims upon the attention and favor of the public.
THANKsGIvINa.-Gov Reid, of North Caroliua,
has Issued proclamation setting apart Thursday
22d inst. to be observed as a day Of solemn and
public thanksgiving.
AceUITTED.-Lee Dixon, tried at Kershaw Is. c.
Court, last week, for the murder of Graham. has
been acquitted.
nj An 5e~
Jackson, boy eleven years OF age. was tried in
Marion district, s. C, afew days ago, for the mur
der of q cousin of his, of the same name and age
and found guilty of manslaughter.
EXPLOSION On the 26th ult the steam tow boat
Daniel Pratt burst her starboard boiler, near Mo
bile, killing one white man. deck hand and
| negro freman-besides severely wounding several
Others = $500 s4'-.
Levi Hanford, an old revolutionary soldier, died
In Delaware county, N. Y, on the 10Th ult, He
was native of Norwalk CT, enrolled in the mi
litia of that State at the age of sixteen and was an
active participator in the stirring events of that
period until the close of the war;
Hon. Josiah Butler, formerlya member of Con
gress died in South DeerfeId. N H. on the 2eth
ult.
Coal IN CANADA.-Tbe Toronto Colonist an
nounces the discovery of rich bed of coal at the
village of Middleton, In the township of West
Gwillmburg. The discovery Is considered i'm
portaut to the province generally.
SOMETHING RARE.-There is a gentleman In this
city who still considers himself passably juvenile
| having just entered upon his nineiy.third year
l. 10 Naw nelA L.
resided here only seventy-two years. This spright-
| ly and vigorous veteran complained day or two
ago of something .trange-one OF his teeth ached
| him He had never lost tooth, and had never up
to that time suffered the slightest pain In any of the
| thirty two brilliant masticators which still adorn
| his mouth.-Neao Orleans Bee
| SAD DIsApPoInTMENT.-Last evening at seven
o'clock that being the time appointed for the end
| ing of all sublunaIy things, according to the Mil
lerite belief forty of the believers in that
doctrine assembled at the corner of Fourth and C
streets, South Boston, arreyed in white robes and
anxiousy awaited the moment when they should
make their grand ascension Whether they are
stiil waiting we know not, but they were certainly
disappointed in their expectation OF "going up"
last evening" Boston Journal, Wednesday.
The National Intelligencer says THE Chesa-
| peake and Ohio Canal Company held an adjourned
meeting of its stockholders on Thursday The at
tendance was very limited, though we suppose se
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| hope measures will be taken to give the work the
greatest possible efficiency
It is announced that Senator Atchison, will not be
in his place. next winter, designing to stay In Mis
souri, to attend to political affairs there. What
departure this is from the customs OF the formes
days OF the Republic
| Dr. Ives, late Bishop of the p e. Diocese of N. G |,
it Is reported is about to assume the editorshp of
Roman Catholic Journal, In n. 7. city.
The King of Bavaria is a suitor 10 the courts OF
| New York. an action having been entered 10 the
Superior Court, in the name of Maximllian IL /,
King of Bavaria a. the plaintiff against Jacob Neu-
| stapster, now established % merchant In New
| York, 10 recover thirty thousand forins (about
sl2 a0O alleged to be dne and owing said plaintiff
The New York Express understands that the claim
d on alleged advances in establishing silk fsctory
at Bavaria Some six years ago. The answer has
not yet been put In.
LARGE STOCK OF
/ SUPERB READY-MADE CLOTHING.
IN anticipation Of a very heavy trade du-
j ring The State Fair, haye had manufactured end
am In recent this week, Of very large ADDITIONS
my stock Of WiEter Clothing. comprising all Of tn.
veiy latest Of every variety and qaality Of