The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-08-05
RICHMOND, TUESDAY. AUGUST5 s Iss6 :

RICHMOND. TUESDl
DEATH AND BURIAL OF EDGAR A. PoE.-Ths
clergyman, DIR. Snodsrass, who attended the au
thor OF THE Raven" In his last sickness. givs'
the following account Of Il in the Womans TEN
perance Paper" Of New York:
/ on achilly and wet November evening, I re-
ccived note stating that man answering to the
name OF Edgar Alton Poe. who claimed TO know
me, was AZ drinking saloon In Lombard street
| baltimore, In state of deep intoxication and
great destiiution repaired Immediately to the
spot II was an election day. When i entered
the bar room Of the house, instantly recognized
inc race OF one whom had often seen and knew
| wen, although IL wore aspect of vacant stupid
| ity that made me shudder. The intellectual fash
OF his eye had vanished, or rather had been
| quenehed IN the bowl, bat the broad capacisus
| forehead OF the author Of "The Raven" a. you
have appropriately designated him, was still
tnsre; with width in the region of ideality. such
as few men ever possessed. But perhaps /
would not have really have recognized him, had
not been notified of his apparel His hat-or
Istnsr the hat Of somebody ese for he had evi.
IDENTIFY been robbed Of his clothing. or cheated in
an exehange-was cheap palm leaf one was
| without band and soiled; his coat OF commonest
| aiaPaca and evidently second hand; and his pants
OF grey mixed Cashmere, dingy and ~bady fitted
| He wore neither vest nor neck cloth if 1 remen-
Der right, while his shirt was sadly crumpled and
| soiled. He Was utterly stupefed with liquor
that thought il best not to seek recognition or
conversation especially a. be was surrounded by
| crowd Of gentlemen actuatsd by idle curiosity
| rather than sympathy. ! Immediately ordered q
| room for him where he could be comfortable until
got word to his relativss-for there were sever.
al In Baltimore Just at that moment one or two
of the persons referred to, getting Information
| river at the spot. They declined TO take private
care # him, for the reason that he had been very
| abusive and ungrateful all occasions when
drunk, and advised that he be sent to hospital
N i1rvIu uS,l~n AL l..
| ed to the Washington College hospital and put un.
der the care OF competent and attentive resident
physician of that institution. So insensibe was
he, that we had to carry him to carriage as if q
| corpse. The muscl of articulation seemed par
| aiJzed to speechles- mess, and mere incoherent
| mutterings were all that were heard
He died in the hospital after some three or
four days during which time he enjoyed only
casional and htfui seasons of consciousness. His
| disease as will have been anticipated; was mania
potu-a disease whose finale ia always fearful in
| It's manacal manifestations. In one of his more
| lucid movements. when asked by the physician
| whether he would like to see his friends he ex.
| claimed Friends My best friend would be he
who would take pistol and blow out nay brains
| and thus relieve me Of my agony. These were
| among his last words
| Now for the manner of his burial.
| The Rename of the author of The Raven" do
mot lie mouldering in . corner Of Potters Field at
Baltimore. The trath, as / remarked, is bad
enough, and discreditable enough to bis relatives
| Hot 10 Say tne city WneT6 ne 0od. tie was inter-
| red in AN old Presbyterian burying ground IL
Green street, which has not been much used for
many years On portion of 1t . church has
since bsen erected ,sbut not his grave. In the
! removal of the dead which will sooner later
fake place. 1t Ia quite probable the bones of Poor
Poe will be collected among the remains of the
| frendless and the unknown. and removed beyond
| recognition, for nothing but q couple Of pine
boards were placed at his grave, In lieu Of grave
| stones"
| COMMERCE OF NEW YoRK.-We learn from the
Journal of Commerce that the imports of foreign
dry goods at New York for July, is 81, ,647, ,925
larger than for July, 1855 81 9s7 sls larger than
for the same month of 1854, and el,ls9 779 larger
than for July, 1853. The Journal adds:
| The increase is apparent in all descriptions Of
fabrics, but is comparatively least in silk goods
| The total receipts of dry goods since January lst
are s25 $40 $50 graatsr than for the corresponding
seven months of last year. 81 1887 953 greater than
| for the same time in 1854 and g. S75 327 greater
1 thaa for the same time in 1853.
| HONORARY REWARDS TO BRITISH SEANEN -
The following testimonials have recently been for
| warded by the President of the United States for
presentation to British seamen:
| And gold chronometer and chain to Capt. R. Will
son. apd medal each to George w Blanchard, Geo
Finns. George Lse and Wilisn Lee, being respect
lively the master and ssamen of the British bark Sa
rah, of Belfsst; Also gold chrononet.r and chain
/ =.
of Liverpool Mr.. Dallas, in forwarding these pre-
sens, scquaiuts Lord Clarendon that these testimo-
malls are presented to the parties enumerated 'lR
grateful aeknowl for services rendered to
| Amencan seauen, under circumstances sommun-
Gated to his by the Consul of the United
| States at Liverpool" "
| EXTRAORDINARY POLICE CASE IN LONDON "A
| son Of Sir Jas Graham appeared before the Mayor
| at Windsor, to complain of brutal treatment from
| police officer. He had been dining with the Of
ficers Of the Grenadier Guards, at their mess ON
| Saturday evening, and on arriving at Windsor
bridge about halt past twelve o'clock in the morn
| ing, policeman took hold of him and said, Il
| arrest you sir, for uttering counterfeit COIN
The officer persisted in taking him to the station
house. On their way thither, the defendant, turn
| ing round, said to complainant, You are trying
to swallow something" and knocked him down -
The policeman put his ioger into complanants
| mouth, and thrust II under his tongue, and down
his throat. Complainant struggled to extricate
himself from such rough treatment when the po-
lieeman hit him in the face, the effect Of which
was still visible. 1t turned out that it was q case
altogether of mistaken identity on the part of the
officer, and he was fined 9l Is, including costs,
orin default, one months imprisonment.
RETURN OF FUGITIVE SLAVE BY THE CAR
| TAIN OF A BRITISH SHlP.-The Pensacola ella }
Gazette, of the Goth nit, records the following:
The British ship Sarah, Capt Alfred j Martin +,
| which was towed TO sea Sunday last by the
| steamer Cuba, returned on Tuesday last, and
| maoe sgnA Ior apilot. Upon the pilot boarding
| the ship, the Captain delivered TO him q slave
which he found concealed on board This we con.
si,er noble and praiseworthy conduct on the part
| of the Captain and We wish we could say as much
for some OF our Northern Captains who have visit
| cd this port.
"A CHEAT OF PRovERB.-We beg to state
that the proverb Lightly come, lightly co." does
not apply to the gout, nor to ones mother inlaw
| nor to the rheumatism, nor to freckles, nor to a
light sovereign for all these plaques come lightly
enough, and yet there Is the greatest difficulty
| sometimes in getting them to GO
BOTTLE aignsni's Messenger in
| its summary Of news from the Crilnea to the Goth
ultimo, says" The English sodiers, in order to
occupy their leisure time bad constructed on the
| heights of Inkermann an immense battery with
10 200 bottles. 1t has been ehristened Lord Car
digans Black Bottle Battery 1t is said that the
| Russians intend to build similar one opposite
REAOY-NADs CLOTHING The value of the readv-