The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-08-10

.assins having inflicted sufficient wounds GIap ~
| person 70 let out halfa dozen YES. SusI'Wl' wa"
| aycite,l agatpst Maine who WAS taken INFO Gus,
| - - art,rov,edg,d that he was connected
| y,i,L thn two rnurdorers, and THAT Tor some time
they had been implicated in series Oh iiuidefs anu
rohbefies one of which theS h"u ~ o'i.
.bort ti,nc urcyious to the assassination OF ste"
| ,tl'.a onI lad cast the body into the river This
| rnpE.s.ion was fully substaniiated by marks of
LI'ni f,nd upon the river bank. well az by the
nor and other articles of clothing which found
| belonging 10 the murdered man. The excitement
,gaa intense. and the two associates Of Mainze
| speedily captured. The next morning the feelings
Of the popuace could not be controlled, the Jail
| was broken open and Maine and one of the muir
| lcrers named Quarrel taken ont and hanged 10y the
| mob upon the tree nearest the prison. The third
miscreant was spared under the impression Of his
making further developments.
THE SILENCE OF An ARCTIC NIGHr-The following
eloquent description the silence Of an arctic night
occurs in DR.. Hays lecture the Arctic Regions:
The moonliguts of this period fwnter) ARE the
| most grand and impressive OF anything have ever
witnessed. The cleaTness Of the air the white
face OF the snow and ice give effect mOnOtouou,
aud chcerlsss but truly grand. But there il
| elemcsa which makes this mid-wintcr moonlight
| seem almost terrible III its mpressiveness;-it is
| yilence.
Il have often, 10 escape from the trying monot0-
ny Of ship board life. gone of ak eight miles into
the interior in search Of novelty and in order that
| might be alone. There, seated upon "a rock OF
| snow bank, look around me, and see great uuc-
even country: rocky hills and glacier covered with
snow: myriads Of crystal gems sparkling in The
| light Of the pale moon. which shoots its rays down
through the crisp air. making it almost as light
! day. I look seward. and II long plain Of ice
| melting into the horizon. dotted all over with
| huge. towering bergs.-nOthing more.
All nature is in the repose Of death. am too
far from shore to hear the crunchiug Of the table,
they rise and fall lazily with the tide the roar
like distant thunder az some huge crack opens
E,s.4r -,
cross my path no tree among whose stiff branches
the wind can sigh and moan. There il no song Of
bird to cnliven the sccne--no wild beast to howl
+ stand her" alone. the only representative of
Gods living worldthe only being that has liio or
can move. Ever sound that hear. every motion
that gee is made by myself: hear nothing but
the pulsations Of my own heart my own footsteps
rr now and then possibly in the distance the deep
Rubbing Of a falling sHow-hank.
The sensation of utter loneliness and isolation
crceps over me. My heart beats, il PUSHES the
blood through the sensitive organization Of tso
rjiI, am oppressed with diSfOrdant sounds
silence has ceased to be Hegatiye-it has become
st"rnly positive. hear. and feel it. Its pre-
Scuce IS uncomfortable. | spring to my fact plant
them heavily in the snow. to drown its presence
and rush back to the vessel. and glad even to find
refuge in its dull dull life Of horrid inactivity
TRUE BILL ForyD-The grand jury Of Prince
William county, Va. have found true bill against
John Underwood, for maintaining by speaking that
al '"ii'l HTS ' lit vi !'lptti' III i'l' 'i"''7t
&c, and he has been held to bail in the of son
for his appearance at the November Court. The
Brcmtsvile journal says:
This cnsc has created the NEST intense intcrcs,
and excitement, being the first case Of the kind
that has ever occurred i'll our county. The fact
that Mr. Underwood is Justice of the Peace fol
this county, has tended in 10 small degree to adj
to the excitement and has called forth violent eX
pressons Of feeling in regard to the matter.
III. . 1
the Cincinnati Gazette:
We published two or three weeks since an nc
count Of tbs death Of Miss Florence Mason at =
hotel in St Louis under peculiar circumstances
We then stated that she was supposed to b" from
Michigan. We have since received an Anonymous
letter, from some one who evidently knows NOR
than he wants to tell, stating that She WAS most
probably from Alexandria. u. C.. or rather Va. anu
that if Investigations were made, thrilling Incl
dents would be obtained.
DAMAGE BY RAIN.-The storm of the +th inst
proved quite destructive i'll Stafford county, Va
The fredericksburg Herald says:
Mr.. L. J. Huffman lost = very largo crop Of hay,
and Mr. H. L. Brooke had part Of his wheat
which was standing in tie shCCE, carried away
The standing corn was Injured, and vast deal rt
fencing carried OF. Robert 4. Gray had SON.
eighty shocks Of wheat swept away W,n. q. Poi
lock had his oats damaged and may lose srY"re:
hundred bushels. Nn. pollpcks A.il dam Oh Lit
tie Fails run WAS carried away. Tlios H. iIAy had
large crop of oats almost entirely swept of lying
along White Oar wntf, n" dsIHaI - - Gr"atj.s
We also learn that col T. 2. 1aylo-'s mill dan. i.
King George, WIS broken and carried of by tL,
high water.
THE BRITISH IN CHI3A.-Thc Navy Departmental.
received letter from flag officer James Arm-tIor Q,
dated L. s ship san Jaciuto, Hone-kons. May 2.t,
i'll which he says:
From the enormous force the English are col
IpCtug at tins and the tItX
making for its permanency. it is clear that Chi
is TO be compelled to throw off her exclusive
ness"
lie adds:
There will be total Of sixty vessels, mountin.
7S3 guns
Accompanying this force are several sca-going hos
ptais and transport ships with very large super
uumerury medical staff.
KENTUCKY LsGIsL.TuRE-Thc Louisville Courier |
Of Thursday says:
1--WE publish this morning list Of II Democrats
and X. y. 3 elected to the Senate, and 90 Demo !
Gratis and y X. Ms elected to the House Of Repre-
seutatives The counties yet 10 hear from will pro /
badly elect Democrats and . X y. 5 10 the stat |
senate. and Democrats and 10 X. Ms TO the lie. |
gislature. The Democratic majority in the lower !
branch of the Legislature will be from u 20"
THE NAvEsrNE TRAGEpY.-PRoBABLE INNOCENCE OF
DONNELLY.-The late murder at Navesnk y. j. |
has assumed a new and singular phase. The limo
cencc of Donneliy, to whom Moses laid his death. |
Is now claimed. and strongly urged by many who |
heretofore believed him guilty. On Monday last
the body of Moses was exhumed at Chapel Hill |
graveyard, and another autopsy made by DR.. Fin
nell of New York The wound inflicted on tn,
throat was found not sufficient to cause death, had
prompt and proper steps been taken A wound
was found too upon the arm, indicating that a
struggle must have taken place. 1t is claimed that
Donnelly, being medical student was sufficiently
sersed in surgery to know where to strike the
throat fatally, and the wound in the arm shows
that much blood must have been shed, yet 10 |
blood WAS found upon any of DonDellys clothing |
The direct accusation Of Moses against Donnely l. |
accounted for by supposlpg the former to be great
y excited and that seeing Donnciy first he accused
lim. 1t is even claimed that the man may have
suicide while temporarily deranged
Ind that under Authorization he laid the deed Oh
ponnelly.
We understand that a rumor is in circulation in
some of the Southern States, To the effect that
- 20 students died ut the University of Virginia
asst session, OF typhoid fever. This IS untrue ana
nus 40 foundation in fact Of the $50 students at
IL University last year only ttoo died, and there
,lcra hot ten cases of Typhoid fever among the
Whole Of the Students. The University of Virginia
uurivalled both for the beauty and healthfulness
f ia location-C charlottesville -idcocate
7rlziSG \ CORPORATION PAINTING FOR DEBT.--The
portrait of the ftnous Jacob Hays, which hang
nc IN the Aldermans private room in the City
tall New York. was seized Oh Thursday. eX-
,cution i'll the case OF Hawkins and Gordon against
the city, tor a debt Of about $500. The portrait of
Jack Hays cost the city $500.
The "GRHy EAGLE.'-A large number of persons
assembled at South street wharf, Philadelphia, ON
Thursday last To witness the departure OF the fine
clipper ship Grey Eagle. Her first destination is
where she loads for Rio.
CAGcEsi, the Italian, who killed officer Ander-
son, in New York, has been indicted for murder Oh
two couuts-one IN the usual form, and one for ho-
micide III the commission of felony.
BRITISH ENLI>TaENrs.-rhe report that agents of
the British Government have been trying to enlist
recruits in New York for the service in India is