The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-03-07
vIRGINIA.

ATTEMPTED .su1c1Ds. The whseIins Intelli.
count of an affair which we have heretofore NO
| tced
Last evening about half past six o'clock, young
woman, whose name and residence we could mol
learn, was discovered about midway on the Sus-
pension Bridge, by two women who were crossing
She was without bonnet, and taking her mantle
| from her shoulders, handing 1t to one of the wo
men saying, keep this until my friends call tor 1t,
| then tell them where have gone" and commenced
climbing over the cables when the screams Of the
women, whe firmly held her, drew to the spot a
man from Bridgeport, who was but few rods off
and who prevented the rash act, and led her back
TO the toll house, at this end of the bridge
THE SCARLET FEVER is prevailing to a conside-
| rabe extent in Fredericksburg. Mr. Henry D.
Bowman has lost three children within week, and
fourth is very i'll of the same disease.
The BooN CHILDREN.-These little favori.es are
playing in Alexandria. They deserve and should
receive liberal patronage.
APPOINTMENT By THE GovEaNoR.-William ].
morrisett Esq, has been appointed by the Cover
nor OF virginia, a member of the Board of the
directors OF the Eastern Lunatic Asylum. TO fill
.ne vacancy occasioned by the death of Rev
Robert Morris.
SINGULAR sENrEscE.-The mayor of Frede
ricksourg has sentenced Elizabeth Anne Iucas a
negro woman, to a tri weekly fogging of fifteen
iasnes each. for disorderly conduct.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE ON THE BALTIMORE ANN
oHio hAiLRoAD "A flre of q very serious nature
occurred during Saturday night last, at section
no. ee, near Wheeling, On the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, by the burning OF the engine house Of
the machine shop at that point, together with the
principal part OF their contents including three OF
the company best passenger engines, which were
valued at about $4,000. By this disaster the
company will sustain a loss of about $40, 900.
THR WELDON TRAGEDY-The account given
under our telegraphc head yesterday, of the BLOODY
affair at Weldon, N. Cs was correct in SUBSTANCE
The following additional particulars are furnished
the Petersburg Express by an eyewitness:
MIR. +. McGowan Is a married man, about 50
years OLD, has vile and seven children In Raleigh
ano stands very high in public opinion He
has two brothers in Lynchburg. He has been for
some time mail agent ON the Raleigh and Castor
line.
His dispute with Everett, of Spring Hill, Halifax,
n T., arose about the sum of one dollar and eight
cents, which E. said the former owed him. and
wrote to him for it. MCGOWAN wrote back to saw
that he was not aware of owing them this sum, and
this brought on an insulting letter from Everett
and gave rise to stronger one from McGowan.
Yesterday, the Everetts, father and son, and a
man named Price came on armed to waylav Nc
Gowan and shoot him.
Our informant says the scene was really terrific
ana McGowan was one mass of blood, and that the
cool way in which Everett went I'D to him and put
his pistol under the cheek of the already shot down
man and fired was awfully vilainous to behold, and
then exclaimed that he had come to kill him and
had done so.
Some of the people present were for lynchin q
the murderers, but finally they were strongly
bound with ropes and carried guarded to Halifax
jail
Last evening clergyman of this city, who knew
tne t wounded man, went on to minister to him, but
the chances, were very much against his meeting
him alive.
From an account of this affair whichiwe find in the
Southside Democrat infer that it was one of the
most brutal outrages on record. During the whole
difficulty MCGOWAN never fred once; his intention
seemed first to conciliate and after the fray be-
gan, he was too severely wounded to be able to
defend himaalf