The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-07-27
DAILY DISPATCH
MONDAY NOR MING

III DAVIS had caned odenheimer the week before
because he had warranted him. For this 0ien
| nelmer took out warrant for him.
ihe parties met for trial before Magistrate, il,
tne store of Messrs. Washington Andrews 4,
would appear that Odenheimer was very insuttin,,
III his language to Dr. Davis. calling him liar or
using words 10 that OBJECT, and as Davis was ahnt
to lay hold of little Are shovel To striL. rim,
odehoeiner step son drew pistol and shot Davis
the ball entering just about the Iouar en of a.
lungs, on the right side, aud lodging in th. back
ths ,odsnheimers, father and sou nred in all nv,
shots, and as tho elder had his pistol TO Davis La
/ 20 Shoot nin again, young Winfield Robinson. a
nephew OF the Dr s. snatched IN snads ami s,r,tot
ndenhcimer on the head Knocking hin, Iou.n 81
itScturinS his skull shockinsly. This Turned tL,
9leSuoh OF tho pistol NO that the contents intsn-
sea ior Davis, entered tho back OF young O-Ien.
holmer, nsar the back bone Tina The tIa1,ad,.
closed odeAhsimer aud son aro in i.il and nsifhay
expected to live. although there are some hop.s nt
m .he younger II Is supposed to be Impossible for
.' VI" o'a man 10 survive. DR. Cogdell took out
pT. Davis was removed to DR.. Crayton's Office.
Shere he remained a, last accounts il was feared
& .nN' ne could not survive the night. He had no
"e"PCn Whatever at the Sme Of the occurrence
mrs Davis ID deeply affected, and, owing TO her
critical situation fasrs entertained for ber hf,
100 u Is needless to say that tho excitement In
"oidsooro is Of the most painful character
letter to the Petersburg (Ea.) Express dated on
Friday, says:
\ butchman who has been hore but short tiu,e
name not known to mo. 1t WAS ascertained had
persuaded the edenheimers TO pursue tho course
they did. aud last night a large party amonr whom
were many OF our first, and some Of our wealtLest
citizens, seized him and rode him on rail through
town The tar would have been applisd bnt mona
could 10 obtained Thoy save him notice this
morning 10 leave. Tho feeling against those who
remain - very strong and Mt public meeting held
last night at eleven O'Clock, believe 1t deter
mined to run all those fellows from the town
/ fI,a al
lac" will most assuredly, wrest tho two Odenhsi-
neTs nom the authorities and hang them at once
dispatch from Gold-boro', Friday night BAYS:
DR.. Davis is much brtter this evening. The elder
odenheimer Is lying in jail, exceedingly low, and
not expected to live. The particular friends Of the
Odeuhelmers have nearly all fed. 1t is thought
another public demonstration will be made ght
EFFECTs oP LIGHTNISG-SrucL but net Killed
The Manchester n. IL Guardian contains the fol-
lowing account Of a narrow escape from death:
Miss Clars Heath, who works on the Stark Cor
poratiOn, another lady, Miss Merrill, and Mr. Geo
Riley, were sitting in tho entry. Miss Heath was
sitting IN a corner when the lightning catue down
and was hit and knocked sensslsss. The fluid
struck her neck on the lefl side, ran down her arm
to her body, aud down hor left leg. Both her shoes
were torn to pieces leaving large holes whore the
huid escaped. The bottom Of her foot was black
ana blue, and her limbs aud body are very sore
though she will soon recover. The other lady did
net feel the shock nj all. Riley hit and knocked
back against the ceiling; the sole Of his boot was
! torn OIL.
LIEUT.. GEORGB VI. TorrBS. who died a few day.
ago, has been in the United states navy for about
eighty years, and had performed much valuable.
aeIvico. He served with Wilkes in tho United
States exploring expedition. and commanded the
United States steamer Water Witch, during the
Mexican war. In both these positions he acquitted
himself to the entire satisfaction Of his pectivc
Commanders. lie afterwards obtained furIUuah.
and WAS for some timo in command of the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company steamer Tennessee, run
ming between Panama and san Francisco. He was
very recently III command Of the Pensacola navy
yard.
TnB WAGES 0P SEAMRs.-Ths New York Courier
learns that number Of shipowners of that port
In the liverpool trs1e, lave agreed to attempt
modification Of the advance pay system, since its
overthrow ut least far this trade is concern
ed, has been fund impracticable They give the
sailor the privilege Of choosing the present ruling
rate Of fli per month, and one month advance pay
Or 50 per month with no advance Upon what
, success attends this movement, depends. almost
entirely, all hope Of Hore complete reform.
A WIFE MURDBR.-Johu Beswick, an English
man. and said to be u brutal drunkari, has boen
arrested at Marietta Ohio, for the murder Of his
wife Elizabeth. After striking hsr on the head
with billet Of wood, he flung her the fire aud
oought the assistance Of neighbors to lay her out
telling them she had fallen in the fire aud burnt
herself ~ death.
! REAL AND PERSONAL ESTArB-The Tax Commits
soners corrected list Of the value of real and per-
sonAI estate in this city, as assessed in 1856 and
l'1't shows the following Is5treal estate, S34U,
esl ,iyS; personal estate, $l72T677sl. lS57-real
estate, S352S6S, ,203: personal estate Sl6s,2l4T49
Prom 1855 to 1857, increase in real estate sl1 e96
I05 decrease in personal estate 81 553 O32. 1S56-
total amount assessed, sSl3,T31,27s. 1S5T-total
amoun; assessed, SS2l, ,ls2952. Total increase,
! f7,445,473.-N +. jour. of Cbm.
VALUE oP CLovAR HAY.-H Caprou, of Illinois
who has been largely concerned in the dairy bus
ness, .haVing sold $60O0 worth of milk in single
! year, informs the Country Gentemsn' that he
made accurate experiments to test the value of tim
Othy and clover hay. These OF peTiments extended
! through period of two years, were accompanied
| with accurate weighing and measuring, and the
| food was changed nom timothy TO clover, and vice
versa. once month and the results wore that the
! clover hay uniformly yielded ten per cent more
milk than the timothy. 1t will be observed that
this was not aingle experiment but scri>s of
! periments extending for long period. 1t is also
! proper TO state that the clover was well cured.
! Mn. FnLxoRs-EI- President Fillmore was In
| GeneTa, \. Y, on tho 10th inst He the guest
Of MIR. Stewart, Of that village In the evening he
! was s-renaded by Scott's Band, of Rochester, who
| we're in the village in attendance on tho commence
| ment exercises of HOhert College. Mr. Fillmore
! acknowledged tho compliment III a very happy
| speech.
| A Car CoxaIGNARSr-A New York merchant To-
| Gently sent for cargo OF Maltese cats from that
| celebrated Island per, scho> h,r William f Calis
| of Nantucket, Captain Smith. Fifty kittens were
| received on board the schooner, as a part OF the
| assorted cargo. On the voyage very rough weather
| was experienced At first the tars attributed the
rapid succession Of gales to the comet, but one old
sailor told the crew that it WAS nothing outside the
yesseLhat oCcasoned the storm; that one cat was
enough TO send any ship to Davy Jones locker and
as they had ffty on board, not of them
| stood chance Of setting foot dry land again.
This was enough for tho superstitous crew. and
he ipnvn afAlu p6ai nF ,l,o
tain, given up and drowned. By a singular coin
cidence the storm thereupon abated Tho owner
of the cats has now sued the owners of the weasel
for damages, laying the value of the cats at s50
apiece, or $25Oo.-Aibdag EIprfS'.
THs FOURTH IN LivHRPooL-The American resi-
dents at Liverpool England, celebrated the Fourth
Of July by dinner at the Adelphi Hotel, at which
| Captain Hudson and the officers of the Niagara
were guests Speeches made by Capt. Hud-
son, Captain Eldridge, of the steamer Atlantic,
| Geo. Y. Train and others.
ANOTHER RAILROAD TO OPEN THIS FALL-The Ma
ti0na Intelligencer understands that the AleXan-
drio, Londoun, and Hampshire Railroad Company
! intends to lay down the rails during the coming
nall, between Alexandria and Leesburg.
SALVAGE OF rHE CITY OF NEW YoRk"-The own
ers Of the Philadelphia steamer City Of New York,
which Was abandoned Nantucket Shoals last
June, and afterwards picked up by tho schooner
Ida L. Davis and taken into Harwch, have awarded
the sum VI tizVVo 10 the fortunate crew who saved
| her.
WHAT NEXT A machine has been invented for
| sheaTinS sheep, the operation requiring but three
| minutes, when the animal jumps from the machine
! 30 smooth that one would suppose it never had
| an outer coat to its back.
| STRUCK BY LGHrNSG.-The mill of Jacob Marker
of Hampshire county, Va, struck by lightning
| "A few days ago and lvo men prostrated. The barn
of o. johnson, Ia the same county, consumed
by lightning. AT Belfast, Me. a OF G. W Read
was Instantly killed, WAS also Joseph Roby. at
tlarksSile, n H., aud John kimbsll at Augusta