The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-09-28

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~'srss 49,, $500.
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l.. ELf-DEsTRUCTipN.--lO reAchy
held An inquest last saturday afterpoou. over the
I body Of whits worIia, named Louisa Brown ~
4 Ing dend In Emma Joress hunse, In Exchsngs a.
ley. The svidenca before the Jury wss substsa-
/ TALLY ~ follows Some ten days since this unfor.
/ tunafe woman declared to hsr companions In ih-
| fsfay That she was greatly trotbIed aud designed
putting an end TO her iiAe. Tirat night shs pro-
cared A. quantity of fsudasum and sw.Iaawe ell II hut
| In and aided by Dr. Burweil succeeded In ridJieg
her stomach ofthe poisonous drug. She contin-
u-h to complain 0f fndispositfon up 10 Thursday
night Last. when DR. Parker was agstn called in,
and informed by hers shat she could not sleep at
night. At her request he sent her two grains VI
morphine 10 produce sleep. but instead of taking
IT, she concealed IT, and on Friday managed 20 get
four grains more That night she swsifowed the
six grains and the next morning her associates
found her in a dying condition. Or. Parker was
iary rendered a. verdict that she came 70 her death
by poisons voluntarily taken '''.*' 80
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ACCIDENT ON THE CENTRAL RoAD.-The
down train on the Central Railroad met with an ac-
clent last Friday night which came nigh proving
q very serious one At n crossing ai,put 40 miles
this side of Louisa Courthouse, a negro teamstsr.
in attempting to move boiler with twelve moIe.
upset his vehicle upon the track and being un.hla
to the obstruction, left 1t there without giy-
ing any notice some time aftsr fhs train
drawn by the locomotive eJohn " TY,.h.ri.sas
came lashng along NJ the rate Of th,r,v ,ai,. -,
hour and dashed full tilt upon the obsfrnction =
The coneusson washer icIsnd caused eonsiasrsh,.
alarm at the moment but II was soon ascar,a,raa
that no person had been injured The sscoxv c.,ch
err TO the locomotive was torn off Yha laron,o,iv.
slightly damaged and all the bolts on one .ida ~
the cars from end to end were torn ont or brok.
The great wonder is that the train bad NOT hsa,,
crushed into fragments and the nassengsr. snd
hands killed or crippled Their escape was indsed
a miraculous one
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ACCIDENT FROM CARELEssNBss --Yea-
teriay afternoon about o'clock mat n. tba trair
on the Central Road was about arriving at tba a.
not n small colored how paynaa Rohart suaa -.
L, years son of Jane Ruttin. a free woman sn ~.
| b, nptina to iump anon the cara had h;s Iss, e..
| caught in the machinery and dreadfully cru.hsJ
| Dr. Narng was called in took out a nortion ~ ,ha
| crushed bones and dressed the wounded Hu,h hnt
| the injuries are 80 serious that amputation MAJ
| prove cessary '
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THE LATE RoBBERY-The friends of
Mr. A. d. MORRISON of Roekbridp. will ha srat,
| fled To learn that he ia steadily imnrayin, So
the care of DIR Warnv and that there are noy stron
hopes of his speedy recovery from the iniur,ss IS
ceiyed at the hands of the assassins ,ho rnhh.t
him of "a leo aud at,emn,ed 10 tata hi. He NJ
NJ has no idea who the three men were tbs, ~.
tacke him and when he saw them standng re-
the mddleof the street had no suspeions that they
were on the look ont for him or he conla rasJ;Iy
given an alarm and brought fiftv narson. 10 III. Il
in Eve minutes Even when The rnfIians sdvancaa
to the south sidewalk of Franklin strest .ions
v hieh he Was passing and the largest ons rsm.rt
o. to him. II think know Won" he ,lid nor spsnsct
sn ~, pat PASSED Sn' because ne recognised
on the back of the neck wa, 40 seyere that !, .,n
ns him. and the second one on the ton of tba hs.d
| c,mpietely paralyzed his tongue so that hs corE
make no outcry; but when two of the rohheys tons
him Inv HIS arms and stsrtsd off with him b ra,e,,
hers hearing them tell the third ono t ncL mr H.;
Mr. Norr;s,, IA satisfied ,ba, M .,,;v.r .s p,,,
,nnnd knew what money he had aLaut him ,.hiIa a.,
the crcumstances of the robbery oo to show a.
,Iia,as rot onIv l. nav That ba bsS ne , ts as
| ~. h had !, HaItoa srn',,5 h;s - NUn, ua'
"rs esucIuds that he was either foowsd hsrs S.no
py son'. or .hs' iniorma.
knew ali abont his affairs 'A'' '""'
| AZ the fine the attack was uada thar. ,,us.
| have been nersons nassino near tha sno, E,, .ha
ouer,tions ~ the biohwaymen would NO, hsya -,
~ ctad tho att.nt;nn of anv ono uho MA ~, -,
| - nartias n,,lass the blnys haa hsan 80 T
Iya,, .ntieInan had tnrnad from, Nal, s,ra, 49,,
| ~ e., az tba instant Norriso, s,ax~a.as -
| th.y had ser tx,o man taI-e him hv ,hs arn. ~
| IT ~ ,.ith rim ana ,ha thira 90. t,'I % ..s az
| hi. hat ,hay yvo.Id readuv have cnncIna.d ~.
| the .taggering man had been indnlging too frsaix
anu that the other thiss were taxing him home
ant hot; ,h.; .,ssn;cinns ar"nssd a,as a.,i.
it, tbs Iark hotto,, no,hin,, ,yas ss.;.r ,s, -
the three to roh or murder their victim, ~ithnnt
the fear Of detection The daring enormitv of his
nntrags has thoronghIv arnnsed our ,aon,. anJ
~. var trust Thai somathing NAV Ieak nnr ,vhi"h
will Load I, the datertian NJ the guiltv nartis.
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5000 REWARD-We are authorized hv
| 81 rn.nonstIa ,,entlen.r NJ tb;s c,,y 30 oesr =.
ward Of 1900 for the anprebension of the nsrsan.
who robbed and attempted 10 murder Mr. A. D.
o on lh1rs1y hient ias.: or yg any nyeF
! 4. there ore many susnicious cbaractsr. nro.,jny
atout the CITY at this time II Ia nor imnrobsht.
| that some of them NAV have been Concerned In m.
outrage, and may betray themselves by exhibiting
| large sums of money Every good citizen will be
| on the alert for these fellows and furnish the
! Mayor with every fact that may have a tendency
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DEATH FROM alNTEmPERANcE.- Thurs
day night last, the Watchman discovered, lying In
All allty,ia jefferson Ward, free mulatto, known
JFssg BRIT1oS, aud finding that he insensi-
bly, drunk, removed him from there to the cage
The next morning he WIS seized with vomiting and
became so i'll that the Mayor had him removed to
the city jail where medical attendance was fur
nished him. but all to no purpose-he breathed his
last on Saturday morning. Coroner Peachy, at
tended by Constable Butler, held an inquest over
! the remains, and the jury rendered verdict of
! Death On Intemperancs
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IAsic oihiohEs news vi oahk
suspenslons at the NoTth' which came oy telegraph
last saturday created quite SUR IN our city, and
caused the price OF specie TO run up to high rates.
some oi the brokers holding IL at ten per cent,
while others were selling Tor nye What effect the
on the financial operations of Richmond, remains
to be seen II our banks suspend specie payment,
merchants may get accommodations. but IL they
hold out as the probably viii, sell preservation
VIII compel them 10 circulate US lew OF ther notes
| AS possible
| Ou,n Wo,y W. ,,ndars,.nd ,h., ~
go " IN -, ' S
oiu cotton ntct1iy III nos Ia,' Nork,
because va Tue nish pi"o " eo''oh ano s''o pahic
mostly women and children. have been thrown out
OF hIen' oy tnis VI business ahn
nhtess % 'ile MI, resumes opstato"' ~ Sho'' 'ne'
VIII pe LII ospehueh' cohui'oh-