The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-12-16

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VIRGINIA NEWS.
sHocKISG MrRDER.-0u Sunday affsrnosn .Iast,
the wife Of Ba.il Hail. residing In Aisxandria eeun-
", was murdered in the moss horrible nasner, ~
oas OF her servants According to tbs dspesisisa
OF Mrs. Hall, her husband vas walking ever ~
fAr and the rest Of the whites Of the family vsss
at church when slave woman named Jsnny, pss
On arm full Of dry plank on the nre, which Mrs
Hall orderded her % take on. she did % bua
quickly put it on again. Mrs Hall again ordeeed
her to take it OF The negress then sssrd her. -
forcing her head down between her (she sssstisps,)
legs. hscksd her into the tre Three truse accord
ing TO Mrs Halle depo~itioH she managed 10 break
iss,se from the 6end. who 90 often sristd her suA
placed her back ON the ere. On the last cccasees
her screams brought others sf the family, sssroo
and ber hushand TO her rescue. Mrs. Halt did
about midnight. Mr. II. made an attempt 70 shoot
the servant, but wss prsssased, and she was takes
to prison.
TIE BuHMSe Or BErHASr CoItEsR. nsar Thsslfsss
ta- involves the losa Of sboas $1100o. No htoeus,
however. sppears to have taken place IN IT, epep
rafions OF the college and measures hare b., -
on feot to restore the philosophical appsrpsas -
larger scale than before. A larger and more ap.
propriate college edfcc viii be pus IN isnrnedIsss
course of erection. The Faculty report shkt thsrs
exists no just reason for any Of the students te -
Withdrawn, nor In fact for any Of the frIspds q
the institution 70 be discouraged.
suReIcaL.-An old servant woL,an, upwards ef
6fty years Of age, who has not seen for pumhsr
Of years, has had her sight entirely restored. by
most successful operation for cataract, rerfsrIsA
on Saturday lat. BY D. u. N. Lewis, Of Alexs
audria
OPTHALxc 0PERArIoS.-An immense tumer ne
remSsed from the eye Of negro In rss.rsb.rG,
or three other surgeons Of the place.
RElforors.--The Piedmont Presbytsry was /, -.
sion at Lynchburg last week. Rev. j. D. MiteSell
was elected delegate TO the United Synod Of the
Presbyterian Church. which ID ~ meet in K.ax-
ville, Tenn, next April. s..s. 81
. RUNAWAY NaoRoEs--on Wednesday night last,
three runaway negroes were arrested on the Psnn.
sylvania line. In Monougalia county and lode.d In
the MorgaRtown jail They sere the property a.
man by the name Of Pendleton, Of Berkeley 60.
va put they ran away from farm In Alleghssy
CO., Md. They were nearly exhausted fron stArys.
tion.
KILLED ny FAILING TaEE--wm Giles Hrov>
son OF Mr. Craven Brown, was instantly killed lsst
week, In Barbour county. by falling tree.
SALE OF fcnscco.-Mr. George Crump, Of Mercer
county, sold his crop of tobacco,a few days sines,
TO Mr. Minter, of Bedford, at SOS round. Mr. 81
had about 20, coo pounds amounting 20 a5O0o.
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LETTER FROM PoRrUGAL--In q letter from La
bon, dated November I, there is the following m.
teresting account ofa recent epidemic there, and
the heroic conduct Of She King, Pedro IL, In the
distressing circumstances:
''0n the yourg Kings birth day, September 10,
first broke out pestileuce which has since strich.
on t..ousauds Of the Inhabitants some call IL vel.
low fever. some typhus IL is probably mixture Of
the two. and has been very fatal. There IA some
thing very insidions In its nature--it advances 10
the various quarters Of the town 40 slowly and
sureiy, and carriers of IFS victim so swiftly Ths
Portuguese are timid nation, and over A hundred
Thousand persons have left the city. Cintra ana
haaAia vii f.xlI
there is scarcely person Of society In town Il is
sad 10 go into the city. IL is silent aud deaerted
the shops are closed business 10 suspended and one
meets only funerals, anu litters carrying the siek
to the hospitals q. - =
"The young King has behaved most pobIy Hs
had gone to one of his country places for month.
but upon hearing Ut thes appearances Of the fever
ne immediately returned. and since then has done
all that he could, The physicians pronounced tbs
disease contagious, but he has never hcsitatsd IN
the path OF duty, though. implored by his old
cnunselors with tears in their eyes, not to risk his
| life. lie visits the hospitals at all hours ana
cheers the sick and dying with Kind words ana
| his own sweet smile. 1t s very touching TO zee
him going about, so young in years, with all the
his aunts said TO arortuguese lady ofur scouaipt.
ance, Poor bowl he il heart broken he eoes 10 his
room, and believe it is to weep.
i For Portugal such eypher among the patious.
to have vie 'ded such flower of maissty IN ind.ed
wouder aud portect."
I The DOUBLE SUICIDE, AT FAYETrEyuL. Noars Ca.
RolIsA.-A correspondent Of the Petersburg Ex.
press, writing from Fayetteville. gives soms sddi-
tionai particulars of The suicide of wm T. Whit.
man, editor Of the Carolinian,) aad NJ. s. Elliott
who were found dead in one bed last Friday mora.
ing In the room were found two notes written by
| wightmaD, in one Of which he ssys: "a sss 90 asss
"0ns Of US [wightmsnI has had this In contsm.
plation for two years. and that, now, having soed
company, he has concluded TO start for better or a
| worse country; that he wished Drs. Gillian and
Hagh TO examine his brain, that the Jury Of To-
quest. and the public wvnld be nyncsd that thia
mode of death was not from any temporary in.
sanity, bat was the choice Of both Elliott and
! himself"
In the other note. Mr.. wightmsn requests that
as Mr. Elliott was the only true friend Ls ever had,
that In death they might not be divided but de-
sired that both ,pight be inferred together.
| The verdict Of the jury was that they both
came to their death by taking Cynare Of P6tasaa.
Mr.. Elliott came from Gfifin. Georgia; had lived
| here for eighteen months. and was much beloved
| by the few intimate friends which hs had made
His remains were Inferred to-day by the II sonic
Fraternity, of which he WAS nien,ber.
How THEY Do THINGS IN rHK wxsr-The way In
which they do things out West sis q caution 70
offenders. The eldest brother Of Miss Carter, son
and daughter OF Judge Carter, living ON Jersey
Prairie Illinois, finding that she had been Injured
| by,a wealthy yonng man named Shelby who had
been paying attention to her armed himself with
reNOiSer noTscWuip, repaired 10 Shelby'a bout0
| found him at dinner, and Immediately commenced
beating him violently about the head and shouldsrs
with the butt Of the whip. Two hired men vbe
were also sitting at the table, attempted to assist
their employer, but young Carter kept them at bay
with his pistol, until he had severely punished his
sisters betrsyer. He then departed threatening q
shoot Shelby like dog, II he ever NIT him In the
neighborheod Of his (Csrters) house. Here ths
matetr Rested until Shelby had quite recovered ffo
a serious illnesa into which the faSellation hs<
thrown him.
He gathered a set Of young fellows, and waited
for young Carter, and when he passed, rushed out
and unhorsed him before he could have time d
draw his revolver. They took him about tvs
miles into 'the timber, where they had sevsrsl
gallons Of tar, a sack Of feathers, and boners
and sfter heating the tar 50 hot as nearly 70 taxi
the skin on, stripped their victim, Completely co
vered him with It. and rolled him In the feathers
giving him thick coat from head % foot. No
) satisfied with this, they tied him his horse
facing the wrong way tied bis elothing bshia4
him, and then sent him on, Maxepps-liks, upo,
the prairie, and about one o'clock in the morning
his horse took him straight home, and he wa
found more dead than alive, at his fathers gate
daylight. Tho authorities were infcrmed sns
they found the house locked mp and deserted, eve
ryihins Of value having been taken away.
} THE PLuspss or DgLHL--A private letter froa
Delhi, dated sept nth. says "for description q
J the riches Of Delhi. my pen Is inadequstc. Cash
mere shs sIs inlad with gold, bodies covered visI
gold lace, skirts Of dresses, watches, bars 81 eoId
: beds Of silk and down, sneh as no nohlsmas'
house in England could produce, you wonld q
Sikhs carrying ont Of Delhi the first day. a. IL the
. were almost nothing. shawl, which, in Enslan.
, would fetch flco, they were selilng for four =,
PEGS and you may dspend, onr islio.s wsr. q
will go 70 England with upwards Of El00o eel
though General Wilson has issued an order tia
the prizes shall ait be put together and divides
Most OF our men are worth upwards Of 100 r,
tpees." 8
/, SUMMARY JusricE.--James rhompson, Who lille
, John J. Calhoun, In Columbus Ca, last rrida
week. has been tried and convicted Of the murds
This Is indeed summary iasticr. In lesa than