The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-09-21
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P..ssd NidAipm.h Ia.ses Arn.s4osr. .. NJ
died m Norfolk, on Monday lest, sfler : ,o,. =;
painful Hines. NJ. Thomss yoassou. ,ueier, -
builasr at Gospors navy Yard, died a nsnes.
springs on Saturday last.f #. So -
The crop Of Irishpsss,oss proaucsd = .i,r.,,,,...
y OF N<folk w0 vsry lafss, and de prue.e-. !.
promising fora good yie,d Of swest posasoe. m.
corn crop In Southeastern Virginia win be :. .b..
dant ones judging from the present appearance Or
the felds =
Inc ship Ashland, from New Orleans for. Hayre.
put into the portof Norfolk in dresa and eisht of
me GREY improved the opportunity to desert Il
consequence OF alleged bad treatment on board "a
They were arrested, and the Mayor committ.a
them an to jsn. sal d tsa s. s al1--- !.
x The facs noticed abovs We gather from The -.
lumns OF the Argus, whose local department. i ke..
up with much spirikii aaise il,3 asl5 s.
heAbingdon virsinisn Of the I'm inst .v,--
THE fux is sti prevailing IN the soutAsasssrn mart
Oh this county to very alarming extent end. not
less than ~ deaths have occurred within the lass
u dsys. We have, however, learned of the death
o. but two adults-Mr. Christopher Catrcn md
Mrs. Moore sstas sHial.s {. ~ iss,l3ss4a- =
: ~. = t4usf
fhs disease b also prevailing 10 an eo,,.,,v
alarming extent il and about Marion and =.
county OF Wythe has suffered severely from he
ravages. ..s .e@ s.s 81 ssl.s ssslslss--- 80
we learn from the Petersburg Express that Mr..
Joseph Z. Coldwell, recently OF WiImineton. haa
been appointed chief operator at the teleorsnb AZ
nee IN that city. vice Mr. j. r. Dowell. promo..d.
Adolphus N. Smith has been arrested In Alex.n..
dria on charge Of obtaining goods and board Of
several persens In Warrington city under false
pretences. The Sentinel learns that he vill be re-
manded to Washington, on the requisition of the
President upon the Governor Of this State. 49,
The religious sernces connected with the late
session of the Winchester Presbytery at the Grove
Chapel, lower Fauquier. were protracted for 4
week after the adjournment of the Presbytary. and
were productive Of much good. Twenty-Five per.
sons attached themselves to the Church at the close
OF the meeting,-among them q number ofthe most
influential citizens of the neighborhood.
The Norfolk Beacon states that . man was ares.
ted on board the Jamestown, last Sunday tor steal
ing JswelFy, &C., from the pass.engera during the
Col James H. Piper. Of Wytheville, died on FIJI.
day, the 9th Inst, at the Grayson sulphur Syringe
of fux. ''"''f Sa 27" IA =
J" negro gir!, supposed to have been drunk, laid
down to take a nap on the Orange and Alexandra
Railroad the other day. The train coming along
soon afterward, she was caught up by the @seow
catcher" and thrown Of, but not Injured In the
least In fact, 1t il mot probable that her slumber.
were at all interrupted by the occurrence. aisi a
a OuTRAGKous CRuHIrr.-MUaDEao OF CHrLD.-
An inquest was heidi Ia New Orleans, on the 18th
instant, on the body Of Christian Bohn, ased2 years
and four months, native of Germany. The jury
returned q verdict that the deceased rcame to her
death from injuries indicted on the right aide of the
head by William Young and Frederiks, his wife, -
details of this case present series of acts of
atroeious cruelty on the part Of the Youngs toward
their adopted child. For weeks and months they
had beea In the hsbi Of treating the poor infant In
the most inhuman manner, beating 1t with ropes and
sticks, starving her, and using every means to kill
The Delta says - !, al fiYstl is.sstsf5e,..v
The child e 1t lay exposed before the jury, pre-.
hiding, and the evidence Of inhuman treatment
were plainly visible, and IN some places, pieces of
desh were stripped from the poor, emaciated half
starved Infants back. Al the spectators beheld
toeDC coItdAu OJ was WIN DIM
Guilty that they could he from taking sum.
mary Justice upon the perpetrators Of the foul out
rage The evidence before the Recorder was to the
effect that the child had been all along cruelly treat
cd BY Young and that his wife had not fnterered to
save It. For days II had been locked up in garrett
deprived Of iood. and almost starved to death. A
young Irish woman testified that having seen the
child incarcerated in the garret over
hours, and knowing that 1t had no food she pro-
and conveyed It food, which II devoured with the
most avidify; and also when YOUNG found
out what she had done, he csnsured her very %.
yereiy and warned her never again to step between
him and the accomplishment Of his cruel acts.
The Recorder committed the accused for trial.
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EDWIN FoRREsr--Mr. Forrest made his frat sr.
pearance this season before New York audience
At the Broadway Theatre on Monday evening last
In aRichelieu" He was receieved with vehement
cheers, and at the close Of the play be appeared
before the curtain and made very pretty
speech upon the Drama. We copy the concluding
portion & ~ = - ~ a'' 't
The most distipguiahed orators Of antiquity have
Acknowledged their Indebtedness to the Stage
Demosthenes owed his Improvement to Safigrus
the tragedia, and Cicero confessed his Obligation
to Roscius, his preceptor and his friend. And, to
come down TO our own Time ladies and gentlemen,
least al the orators Of ali the world, was the son Of
( traaedian, and himself the manager of theatre
(Grest applause.) Onthe memorable occasion to
which refer, Lord Byron said of the orator =
When the loud CRY oftrumpet Hindostan E4si
Arose TO Heaven Ia her appeal from man,
His was the thunder-his tn ayenging rod suites
The wrath 1.-THE delegated voice Of God If a Z.
Which shook the nations through his lips-and
blaEed
TIL vanquished senstes trembled y they praised.
Let NJ now hope, ladies' and gentlemen, that the
dawn of brighter day for the drama has appeared.
The drama which has withst0od the prosecutions
ofbison and superstition. The drama! which he's
outlived the language and the nation which seve +
birth (Prolonged cheering) The drama which
has survived the decay Of Empires and of feigions
(Continued applause) The drama coneecrsted
ss Il now il By the divine genius Of Shakspesre,
shail descend to all poster1fy, and win ~ soaee
Of ever living truth awaken the Numbering asea. 8
Srrocxrrc AcclDEnr.-DEArH or AZ EpiTsa.-
Mr. Samuel Nichols, editor Of tho n. \. Sunday
Mercury. ielI from, railroad car last Tnesday
morpius and was crushed under tho wheels.
Death ensued in . short time. Mr.. Nichols was .
n.tive Of England, but had resided for long period
in New York, where hs made many friends. Al q
humorous writsr, be was quite celebrated. He
was The orfeinsi sDow, Jr," and his 'Hhort Patent
ssa.~nor.s kava hn6 N 0xt0uG1p0 oiroulntion z