The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-12-01
sPIRIT THEPRE Ess.

ae VA1S aliudes to John Mitchels vigorous op
e'.uos to the know nothing organic alton, but q,
rehenos thaf the savage ferocity with which he ID
o~n upon them in his issue of the 2ssh instant
VIII do the foreign population more harm nan /,
WI do the know nothings. The H1sr does not
""n to be understood as entering upon the defence
Vi 'ne order, but submits ssst when foreigners
"no nave not been on orr shores twelve months
.osrcefy, undertake to Eenounce IAN orderr which
."ey nave mo longer any doubt Is going to rule
Aese onited States for certain years." as "a gross
a"" 'se tmpostare" they take the very last way in
.ae world to put that Order down, or to allay the
AMerlcan prejudice against foreign interference
"netner know nottingham is to rule these United
esa1es for certain years not, 10 perfectly evil
oent 70 the mind of the writer in the Wi that such
"hoiesaie, reckless denunciation of it by unnatu.
fa'sed and influential foreigners, amongst u.s. Is the
most eiflcaent course they could pursue to bring
ABOUT Its ascendency not only for .certan wears.
out Tor very considerable length of time The
spirit OF the American people Continues the wri.
ter) is just SUCH at the present day. to be aroused
against foreign influence by the use of language Of
that character towards them by the foreign popula
ton
r. Ihe Reasg foss publishes translation from the
VI suO NoNFfftF 0es EtatS LH1S, Win
respect to the celebrated Rostopchine. to wson
hsstory, In spite of his formal DENIAL persists In
sstributing the burning of Moscow in 1912.
We copy from the Enquirer the following para.
graph relative to the Staunton Convention:
To-day the Democratic State Convention meets
in Staunton, to selects candidate for Governor
and other State officers The Whigs anticinate
some sport from the introduction Of Hunters and
bill, the Nebraska question, the etwothirds rule and
other outside questions. 1t remains to be seen
whether there will be any Democrats In the Con.
ventioR green enough to crafty their eneues-
We anticipate that there will be more in the pro-
ceedings calculated to draw tears than smiles from
the enemy
HORRIBLE MURDER AND SUIcIDE-The Buffalo
Republic of Nov 81 furnishes the following details
OF horrible affair which occurred in that city on
the previous evening:
A man by the name of Patrick Kane, an Irish
man and soldier in the late with Mexico came
to the Poor House the present fall with his wife
Jane and child, about four years old Kane had
but one arm, having lost the other by premature
discharge Of cannon. 1t appears he had become
jealous OF his wife, and last evening Sunday
about six o'clock he went to his wife's room and
called her to come to him. She readily obeyed the
call, meeting him at the top of the stairs Kane,
without moments warning, caught her and drew
a razor across her throat severing one of the prin.
cpal arteries. She escaped from his grasp and ran
down stairs, crying "Oh, God! oh, God!a he fol-
lowing after until she passed through three unoc.
cupied rooms in the basement when she fell either
from the loss OF blood by blow from his power.
ful arm. The alarm had aroused the inmates AL.
though scarcely two minutes had elapsed before
Mr.. Rathbone reached the scene he found her dead.
and the brutal husband was sitting by her side
bleeding, having also cut his own throat in dread.
full manner
The keeper describes the scene that here took
place as awful beyond description. Kane held the
razor still In his hand and would draw it across
his throat, then kiss his wife, who lay dead by his
side. An attempt was made to take it from him.
but he seemed frantic, fourishing the instrument
of death about and around as if be would cut ali
within his reach. He would again draw the razor
across his throat and repeat the kiss until it was
finally knocked from his hand by blow given by a
stick in the hands of the keeper. Kane also died
in about three quarters of an hour after this horrd
affair took place Mrs Kane is represented as a
kind.hearted, modest and unassumng woman, ,who
at the time, had charge of sick-ward In the hospi
tai.