The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-07-17

r9rlaer Particuiars : 1t bas already been brit hJ
Tensioned - BY Telegraph that youpg man namsd
r. essng had murdered his sister ct 81
Loaas, s, aud then pat an end to bis own existence
1noef very Distressing circumstances. The 81
LOUIS Republican of the 1lth inst., has the follow
Ing particulars: ~ es
Ine name of the unfortunate girl was Emily
D'essine' who. having no parents, was lett 70 the
ger. who lives In this ciry. We do not profess to
oe Slricty accurate, but are informed that she was
p'aceo 10 convent in this city, from which place
sne frequently escaped, and gave such eviaences
ceedfoely unhappy. Young Blessing, her bro.
Iner, was particularly affected by her behavior.
eno Tor some time previous to the dreadful occur
renee, seemed at times low spirited. On the af.
ternoon OF the fatal day, be got buggy and pro.
ceeded TO a house on Fourth street, we'll known
i'r us bad repute, and there his sister,
whom he prevailed upon TO take ride with him.
hls manner is represented a. having been quiet,
soo exhibiting no sign OF the terrible resolution be
mac evidently conceived Ia his heart.
The brother and sister left that house together.
IL - known that he went up to the Beetontaine
rosd with and returned without her. He came
oacK to bis hotel near dusk, where he was Joined,
we are told, by bis brother aud brother 10. law.
with whom he spent the evening 10 bis own room
tney little dresmipg of the dreadful act he had
committed. His conduct, 10 fact, appeared rather
gay, ana he sent for bottle of champagne which
was ofank 10 the meantime he occupied himself
10 wiring aletter. After an hour or 90 spent they
lsif, and 10 the morning he was found q corpse.-
The TACT of his having taken bis sister out With him,
and returning without her, aud his well known
sensitive nature, created q suspicion that he had
Killed her az well as himself and accordingly
search was made in the direction which they had
gone, and yesterday mornipg the BODY OF Emily
Blessing, his sister, was found near the Watkins
ro&d, 10 The woods, about seven miles from the city.
and there were two bullet holes through her head
one penetrating above the right temple and the
other just below the cheek bone, the ball passing
out through the left ear.
Upon the coroner's Investigation, 1t was proved
by three Witnesses that on the evening ia question
i've succes sive pistol shots were heard. There
was fence near by, and q close ex amin nation OF
the road led to the belief that he had hitched hs
horsa sud taken her a distance Uf some thirty
yards 10 the wood where he peTpaifatej the act.
The repeated nring can only be accounted for from
the Gct tlat she saw his purpose too late, and
sisting. aoLne of the barrels missed. The conclu.
sion is clear to our mind, from his subsequent con-
duct thai hs intended killing not ouIy her. but him.
self there but his weapon wss exhausted in sacri
hcfng hls sister, and he was compelled to return to
the city without putting bis fatal resolution in re,
gard to his own lite into effect Certain Il. that Ia
few hours aiterward, with his own hand his soul
was raiealed from al earthly troubs and sent into
that world where the spiri: Of the sister had just
preceded aim
MIR. Blessing was young man only about 90
years OF age, an engineer ON the river, and was
his sister was but few years his junior.
DREADFUL ACCIDENT New York letter OF
yesterday contained notice OF a dreadful accident
at Kingston New York, where the National Guard
OF New York were encamped They were firing
by battalion. A writer in the Herald gives the
following description of the scene which ensued
The cry was Taised-.A woman shot la wo-
man shotl" whereupon a rush was made to par,
OF the field where a woman was seen to fall. She
raised herself to her feet, when. to the horror OF
all present, young infant was found In her arms
wounded in the head by bullet, and It's blood and
brains scattered over the face and person of the
mother, as she afterwards proved TO be-
The greatest excitement ensued, and the females
present mantle ested the utmost feeling for the
fortunate mother and were profuse In their effers
of assistance, and 80 affected were many OF them
that they shed tears. The wounded mother and
child we're taken to q tent ard doctor sent for -
IL found the wound caused by bullet
which had first struck the breast of the mother
passing through the mamillary glands. then en-.
tering he frontal lobe OF the child head and pass
Ing out at the top, and again wounding the mother
by breaking the bone OF her arm Nor was the
course OF the ball here stopped, for 1t struck q
young man, but without injuring him much. The
child, which is about ten months old cannot sur
vive but the mother is pronounced out OF danger
The wounded woman is the vile of Jeremish
Cassel a farmer who lives about ten miles bach
OF Kingston. the ball was found to be f4ttenec
and had piece OF bone attached to II. How IL eoj
into one OF the muskets is a mystery IL is sur.
missed that it came from the second COMPANY
Capt. Shaler's) who were directly opposite Mrs
Cassel when she fell. II further appears thai
they had been shooting at target in the morn
Ing, and 1t is surmised that a bail cartridge by
some mistake, was mixed up with the blank car,
tridges
The men are loud in their expressions of svm
pshy for the bereaved and wounded mother
and the affair cast gloom over the gaia dsv
which was progressing most pleasantly to all con.
cerned.
10 order In some way to atone for the mischief
a collection in aid OF the woman was taken 10
and nearly thousand dollars collected The
ball, which was to come off ia the evening anc
Tor which great preparations had been made, wal
dispensed with, to the great disappointment O
some five hundred young ladies. VINO had com,
from New York and the surrounding country te
participate 10 the festivity. The grand review wa
also postponed Indeed, tie uniortup ate occur
renee put stop to all the pleasure the Guards an,
ticipsted.
Correspondence OF the Dispatch
Liquor LaU-G0fRg to Russid-U s Friqate Con
gress etc.
NEW YORK, July I6
No seizures OF Equsrs have yet taken place In thi
city. ln Brooklyn writs OF replevn were sued Gu
Saturday, to get back he liquors taken possession
of by the police theie. Most of the cases befor,
the courts will not be finally sdjudica,ed for somt
days.
DR. George 81 Oliver a youpg and ta!snt.d rbv.i