The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-04-12

HossrBLR MASSACRE AM BuarrNa or Bar.
rrsH SHIP. -Informatson has been received of q
| trae'cai occurrence on board Of the British ship
| beren,ce' the master Of which Captain Cundy)
WIN nis wife. chief mate and others have been
massscred BY the crew, who afterw set fire to
me vessel to prevent detection.
The Berenice sailed from Shanghai on the 18th
W su'y, 1857, with cargo of tea, for sidney Her
crew, shipped at Singapore consisted almost en-
nseiy OF men from different parts OF Netherland
,ndis, who, thinking there was much gold on
BOARD, conspired to take the vessel. The captain,
mate and three seamen were killed at the outset !:
the captains wife dragged from between decks.
Wnere she had flown, and thrown overheard
=, arTehch passenger 10 also unaccounted for, and
. .hree Bengslese and Amboyua men were among
a o,e lew All the money that me witches got
~. Jsa so oil one hundred lorins and forty Span.
s.a uoiIsrs, which they divided among themselves:
ana was agreed among them to saii for Tauban
na mere to abandon the vessel, after having sci
ken far T..t ae snip gaining Tseal, which was Ia.
- sha asuesn. sne was set on fire, and they took
10 10 .ne eoa's Several were LETT behind. and were
a,nsu 10 the vessel. Finding their mistake on
s.n a, the heights OF Tags they we're compelled
overheard. The uthorities however, cansaa * y
stfest some OF them coniessed-four of The rina.
leaders were executed, and nye others sentannaS
TO twenty years Punishment
The NuNNKRy COMMITTEE OF TIM M...,,,
sErrs LEaIsLAruRR The committee appointed
by the Legislature to investing ate the CHARGE of vo
lasion OF their duty. Oh the part of the committee
to inspect the nunneries, met Tuesday morning =
The Lady Superior, of the school st Roxbury, tea.
tilted as follows:
81 should Judge that the committee pu,,erss
about twenty individuals. attended them in thsir
examination of the house. One of tho Committee
who gave his name as Mr.. Evans tsrried after the
q and fntA hax
IN ST. mary's church, Baltimore, and that 10 desired
10 return to the church. He asked If would give
ha pc rmiss,on to visit me, saying he would like to
nave some pleasant conversation with me | declin-
ed giving him permission. He ssked IL the Bishop
would OBJECT to his visiting me. / told him he
dc shook hands with me twice. and appeared very
familiar. was much offended al his conduct then
ana isel more indignant every time think of it,
toid the committee when they entered the house,
that a lady was sick. When the members Of the
COMMITTEES entered her chamber. / was present.
hey bent 30 cosey to her that she has since stated
That she felt their breath. had previously desired
ths patient to remain quiet If asleep, if the com
| iattee entered.
While was conducting a part of the committee,
Ctnef me moers OF 1t were going about the house by
themselves, examining the closets sinks, &c. was
| not present when one of the gentlemen took hold
| OF the rosary. Upon being asked if she could de.
scrios the gentleman who desired an interview with
her the witness replied that she could not we'll de-
| saw him. ~ - 'A0
|
| MYSTERIOUS CAsE.-Our readers will remenber
various news paragraphs about the ship James Ches.
Ton, OF Baltimore, which wss found IN the Atlantic
Aoahoohed, ana two auger holes in her bottom
| Sapt' " mite, her commander, was one of the most
ship maste in the country and his CON
duct In the affair is most singular He declares that
| the ship was in such condition that the crew wer.
Obliged to desert her, and the crew, who were re'
osived on the the bark Two Friends make the fol-
lowing statement. which is entirely opposite:
npf ta0 .Fr MI
smooth, the ship making very little water and liz
every respect In good order, all hands we'll and CT
auty, with the exception of one man who fell from
the topsal yard, with two ton butts of GOOD water
| snfhcent for p days allowance for the crew the
snip was hove to to swat the coming up of the bra
| Two Friends" Colors hoisted union down This
boat was sent with message to be taken oH which
request was complied with by the captain of the
70 no t frsnas They had met with damage up
70 me tlme or the abandonment and that when thew
otI nef sney sounded the pumps and found thrice
The affair has been placed in the hands of the IT.
District Attorney of Baltimore in order that wbits
and others may be prosecuted. Capt White. unon
arriving at Baltimore, was changed that he was
hardly known, which adds much to the mvstsrx
which already surrounds the affair.
| MASSACHUSETTS LEGIsLATukE-The Senate bava
called back the liquor bill from the Secretary of
| states office, in consequence of an Amendment
made to It by the chairman of the committee nm
The committee of investigation in regard to the
visitation OF the Nunnery were in session Tuesday
morning. The Lady Superior was under examina
| ton, and her statement generally confrms The
charges made against the visiting COMMITTEES.
Us OFFICERS ORDERED TO sEBAsror oL-It IL
| stated In the New York Tribune that the Admin
| tration at Washington have detached Col Richar I'd
Delsfed of the Engineers, Major Alfred Mordecsi
| of the Ordnance, and Capt. Geo. B. McClelland of
the Cavalry. on special duty to proceed to ssbasto
pol to Inspect the works there and view the opera.
ton: OF war They are ordered to depart soon as
possible.
A DISTINGUISHED FOREIGNER IN THE ENcLrsr
| RECRUITING SERvIcE.-Count Microslawski no.
ted revolutionist leader of Germany, prominent In
the instructions of 1e49 in Berlin and Baden. has
again turned up In Halifax, where he is recruiting
men for the English service In the Crinea. He
| will head the company he is enlisting.
SDEATH OF OLD LADIEs Mrs Ellen Bowen. at the
advanced age of 90, and Mrs. Patterson (mother
of John C. McKelden Esq., at Co. old residents of
Washington City, died Tuesday.
THE FUGITIVE SLAVE LAw.-Orsamus Cole who
has just been elected Judge of the Supreme
Court ofEWisconsin, holds that the fugitive slave
law is unconstitutional while Judge Crawford, his
opponent, contends that 1t is constitutional
ARSON AND SuIcIDE.-A negro, belonging to Ja 9
Mayberry, of Prairie county, Arkansas lately ran
OH from his master, having first set FIRE to a Gin
house, which was entirely consumed The negro
| was found dead the next morning near by having
hung himself.
ANovEL CAsE.-The Louisville Democrat savs
female named Madelaine Fambaug has been held
TO ball. In that city, to answer charge of seduc-
ton, preferred by Bendct Brock
YOUTHFUL DEpRAvrTY-A lad about faurteen
years OF age, Ia Charleston, s. on Thursday last
tapped liquor cask in the street and drank enough
of Its contents to render him deranged His reco.
| very was considered doubtful.
Frederick Franv. for several years past editsr of
The Valksfrcund, German paper, published in Mil
waukee died at his residence in that city on the 9Th
| inst.
8. w. Furmap, recently connected with the edito.
nal management of The Charlottesville (Schoharie
co.. Journal died at his residence in Albany the 18th
| March.
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