The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-01-16

Wednesday SIsrnins, january 10, 1855.
Niaxssss WITT HlesAsi n II.
Under this head, me PhIIAdsipAiA Tines has The
oIlowfng
On Wednesday last : neatly dressed. very pre-
possessing and pFestily spoken woman, somewhere
between sweet sixteen and twenty-five years Of
age. drove up to the door Of the Insane Hospital
over which DR. -- presides, and inquired for
that gentleman. she was ushered into the recep
tion room, and awaited the coming of the doctor
with IN air Of aenckalencs whlchrasher fascinated
the servant, who looked upon her with eyes OF al
miraticn and unfeigned pleasure. When iefs alone,
gratifying her curiosity by inspecting the various
articles in the room critically and thoroughly -
The doctor being announced, she received him
with one Of those bewildering smiles which some
women know well how TO bestow, and whose
influence no man of feeling can resist The doctor
welcomed her with more than usual warmth, and
. Don learned the object Of her visit.
She had come, she said, with glance fun OF
melancholy, and q tone Of more than womaniy
tenderness 10 ascertain Of the doctor, IN persom,
whether she could secure private quarters ioI nei
husband, who was subject TO intense fits OF ...
ton Of mind, but whose conduct towards hef, oiuer
and cruel IL was coud not alternate net iose IoI
him. which was the all-peryading passion On ner
soul He had grown so violent OF late tnat sne
wished m have him secured from violence to him
self as well as TO her. (and here the charming crea
ture went for some moments,) ana II she could
make An arrangement with the doctor, she urged
that should be kept as prvsae as ner mos. secIeI
visitors And then she said her heart would break,
she knew IL would, and wept bitterly and long.
The doctor, as all who know his kind and tender
heartedness will imagine was not nsensible to the
tr,cbjng recital of his visitor, and with that frank
ness which always characterizes him, he promised
10 comply with her wishes, to give her husband a
private apartment and his special care; and also
10 shield him from the gaze of curiosity seekers
who run down public institutions.
The lady was not long In arranging terms she
was not long in expressing her thanks intermip.
ged with tears she was not .oDg in settling the
details of her husbands confinement; she was not
long, In short, in taking her leave. And as she
stepped into her carriage, aided by the KIND hand
of the DOCTOR she turned her beautiful face towards
him. and cast upon him glance that was full OF
tenderness and solicitude and inspired him anew
with admiration and pity. =.
The carriage drove away, the doctors eyes fol-
lowed amid the clouds of dust which followed in
its wake, until it was entirely lost in view. Down
to the bridge along the crowded thoroughfarc,
over the pebbled way Of Chestnut street to q fash
Unable, If not the most fashionable jewery estab-
iishment of city, the carriage passed its sweet
and solitary inmate glancing out and smiling with
in, and growing radiant with thought that re-
quires another paragraph to learn
She alighted, and glided into the bazaar of gold
and silver and precious stones with all the staieli
attendants ran to learn her wish. She wanted to
select set of silver ware not too elaborate in de-
sign or workmanship, nor yet too plain something
neat, tasteful and beautiful The various patterns
were sbewn, and set valued at $500 was selected
by the lady of stately tread She desired the arti
Gle to be put up, bill made cut and she would
settle it, Her wishes were complied with, and the
lady took out her elegant port monnaie but alas |!
there was but $40 in it. She had picked up her
wrong porte monnaie, she said, with bewitching
md aha VIZ -
She, however, could arrange it. She was the wife
of DIR. -, the principal physician of the Insane
Hospital, and she desired her attendant to accom-
pany her to that place, when she would pay him at
once Who could resist such request from a
beautiful woman-a request spoken as much with
the eyes as the voicel Not the clerk, certainly.
The two got into the carriage together and back
il whiried to the Hospital The lady jumped from
the carriage, and was warmly greeted by the Doc
tor who was at the entrance.
doctor, this Is my husband" said she, with an
air at once sweet and sorrowful.
The poor attendant started He struck
aghast. He could not fathom her meaning.
what did you say"
"Doctor, this is my husband please take him in
charge"
what do you mean"
Bursting into tears she sobbed aloud, ''He has
another spasm-he has another attack. Oh Doc
tor If you have pity in your soul, secure him, and
save yourself and me from violence" 5...
In vain the poor fellow attempted to explain
He was hurried along the corridor and into room,
and confined securely-the woman all the while
following close behind weeping as though her
heart would break. The Doctor and the lady re-
turned TO the reception room, and the latter, after
giving the other outline of the peculiarities of
her alleged husbands attacks, together with some
directions in reference to the she desired to
have bestowed upon him, she left, promising
TO return again in a few days. And away whirled
the carriage, the silver ware and the lady; neither
of which has been heard of since.
The poor attendant was confined for three days
before any one about the establishment could be
induced TO convey letter to his employers, who
all the time were suspecting his honesty and pre-
pairing to advertise him in the newspapers. Upon
the receipt of the letter it did not take them long
to discover that they had been sold most brilliantly
and upon their appearance at the hospital it did
not take the Doctor long to discover that he had
been sold decidedly the poor attendant was salts
fed upon his arrival at the hospital, that he had
been sold most sorrowfully indeed And here,
we think, we will end the story, which Has been
talked over in fashionable circles for the past three
or four days with many hearty laugh