Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-09-01

ard With the tsilsman In his pocket but Of no uss
King Is inexorate and Dove goes back somewhat sAa-
asn. 70 his mentor Never mind" .ays Harrison "hs
has the spell upon him he Is lrishman. and viii take
good deal Of WORKING upon" Dove u quite s.sisned
~h this philosophical explanstion and hs faith In the
Hut before this time Hsrrisoa ana he have s.ked ar
hrs Dove, Harrisoa her bis vi-it TO the faru
aud says that she looks wesk and scky. Dove assen,
declaring that she IL scarcely Of the doctor
hands, and both then and AFTER gives b. understood
that he Is unhappy, and somewhat tired OF his we Har
sou recommends certain herbs which will cure her CON-
plant The herbs brought, but Mrs Dove has sus
picion Of Harrison, and only takes them or twice
And this not strange for the wizard l.
between the and wife Dove complains on one occs-
turns Harrison, "or she Is always vIyns and S.cst,nr
you TO her friends. and she is twofaced However he
promises to work spell which shall reconcile theu for
this and the nativity he receives hala-crown he had
got ios. for bewitching Soon after Dove again
complains Of nnhsppncss The wizard tes him that no
had missed his mark by marrying his wife at all that the
only remedy is to give her the herbs Tor that then she
would be better
About this time Harrison makes Successful prediction
Doves father Is in bad health rapidly sinking. In De-
cember the dutiul asks II Harrison
" whom he will die. Harrison says he IN not live till the
25th Chrsmasday, and accordingly he dies the GATH
"from this says Dove 81 was impressed with strong
belief that Harrison possessed Of supernatural pow
err In March, 1885, he changes his residence and goes
to reside at Normanton The quArrels with his wife still
continue and he to be outspoken his
ciae about his desire to be rid Of her. Harrson too
quite explicit "You viii have any happiness until
she's Of the way Then he produces the nativity which
had been long in preparation Dove Is "a years old
and great events to happen when he IL At32 the
and moon would be In conjunction and at that age
Dove would lose his wife, marry again, have q child aud
receive addition to bis fortune. Dove asks for descrp-
ton of his second wife 'The person you ought to
~, Harrison twill have auburn hair light CON-
plexion, and good fortune" Then follows something
about stick which Dove gave Harrison and Mrs. Dove
would have back. "Ncver mind" the wizard sal
win be right; she'i die before March, or before
the end OF February IL will be remembered that this
exactly the case and the prophecy, doubt caused
its fuhlment Dove however, WAS az first surprised
and asked she to die at 32"-that is when he
himself So. "No" answers Harrison ''before s2n
Palmer committed his crime aud the case was talked
about Dove wants to know strychnia be detected
"No yet any vegetable poison, answers Harrison
In the ul! confession Of Thursday last the prisoner sta
ted that Harrison promised get him some beladonns
that he told Dove he could be happy until his wife
Of the way, and in the month OF February at the
close Of which she died. he tomised to Law her bed
OF cknes und that she should get better tho
WHOLE would appear FROM the confession that this man
worked his wreched dupe, and that his
Is due the preparation OF most foul murder He proph
estes the death for the end Of FEBRUARY and Dove firmly
believing in his supernatural power flfls the prediction
The murderers last words, postscript To his confess
sion are ~ committed the crime through the insgston
of that bad man, Henry HARRISON of Leeds" Nowhere
In the range Of fiction Is there story strange and
terrible than that have related We TO be car.
ried back 10 wehcra OF the 18th century, with
its barbarty and Its revolving and udcrous superst
ton How Is &c that such Harrison still pying
their nearious trade among Does England still with
ts boosted enlightenment furnish enough OF ignorance TO
support such imposturet