The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-02-04
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An English paper, received by the Arabia, con,
sains the following additional and interesting par
iiculais Of the blowing up Of steam war frgat,
in the harbor Of Naples:
"The universal panic produced by the awful oe
currence was almost incredible; consternatior
reigned every where. and In no places more DC
than In the Theatre Of San Carlo and the Royx
Palace In the former the confusion was indescri
his Msjesty's brother, Prince Luigi With the ex
ception of the King and Queen, most ofthe mem.
beis of the Royal faulty we're present. Doors
slammed, the curtains were violently agitated and
the lights were extinguished by the shock. The
guards on duty wished to prohibit all egress bu,
the rush from the corridors to the portals of exit
was overpow ering.
Arrived Ia the open air, scene in many res
spects similar presented itself, as the lights in
large portion Of the city put ont, and the con-
fusion was heightened by horses having in some
instances run away with the carriages and in 9th
ers having been driven off from their masters by
the panc-stricken coachmen, whilst In some diree.
tons the cry of Fly, fly was raised, and on this
many of the alarmed inhabitants rushed into the
streets In their night dresses Within the Palace
such was the sorce of the shock that no fewer
| than 3.C7e paues of glass were destroyed. The
Queen, whose accouchementi is shortly looked for,
| tainted. At the moment of the explosion the King
exclaimed to an officer, who was in the act of ap-
preaching him. -Ehis is the second draft Ct ex-
change'e rWest uR secondo di c0mbio'
'To return more Immediately to the ill.fated
ship, its victims and survivors, and the noble and
| efectual assistance rendered by the British
vette Malacca The vessel went down almost
| immediately and property to the amount of shout
quarter Of million of duca.s has been sacrificed
| by her destruction. Her machinery was of great
value-her four boilers, each of fifteen tons being
| OF copper, which had been fitted bv an English
| engineer. She had also on board 1000 new Mimic
rifles 1t Is not at present easy to Ascertain with
precision the actual loss of life only two of the
sufferers have been found, one of whom was Capt.
Masseo, who was dreadfnlly mutilated having
| lost his head from the jaw upwards, and both bis
arms; his remains were inferred on Monday last.
| He leaves wife and two children. Her com-
| mander, Lieut. Col Faussee. who had been at the
theatre fell down in something very much resem
bling an apopec,ic fit. The survivors of all ranks
are under arrest. including the chiet engineer, an
Englishman of the name Of Hack. Great A. has
| been the sacrifice OF human life, it would have
been much larger but for the prompt assistance
rendered by Capt Farquhar, the officers and crew
Of the Malacca, who picked up twenty five of the
survivors"
THE NEW YORK MURDER.-The New York
papers of Monday contain little additional evidence
Ia the case of the murder of DIR. Burdsll. AT
the coroner's inquest dirk was produced having
been found in the house, but it was not such a
weapon as the wounds ON the deceased were inflic.
the scene of the MURDER and the mos. intense ex-
citement prevailed. In stating the result of the
examination on the premises by the coroner, the
Herald says:
The front room was occupied as a sleeping room
by the deceased; he was murdered with all hia
clothes on. 1t appeared from an examination OF
the room ss though ne had not been in the house
long, bis shawl was thrown upon the sofa, and be
was probably sitting in chair by his case of den
tai tools, looking over some papers, for blood first
found there, and his papers were lying carelessy
upoE the case Il would seem though at least
two persons bad entered the room together to
commit lhe crime The one probably threw 9
cord or rope round the neck of deceased choking
him, the other stabbng him a. the same time with
an instrument which, Judging from the wounds
might have been d bowie knifs. Considerable
blood was found on the case of tools and on the
chair by it. The blood was then TRACED along to
the chair by the centre table; 1t found ON that
chair and on a newspaper, the Herald, lying on
the centre table From there it is fund in greater
quantities to the ball door-(see diagram)- which
place it seems as though there had been q desper~
ate struggle; the door knob, the panels and frame
of the door, with the door casing, are marked in
several places as if hand covered with blood had
grappled them
Dr. Burdell was probably struggling madly to
escape from his murderer or murderprs by this
door when the carotid artery was cut from which
the blood spirited in q stream, covering the whole
corner Of the from the hall door the closet
door, ana especially The latter doo-. with blood
which re ached high ss FIVE feet five inches In
| this corner of the room, between the two doors
aforf said the body of the murdered man was
found his head towards the hall door. the body
tending along parallel with the partition, and just
| in front of the closet door. The body was lying
on the left side, face downward beneath ii was q
perfect pool OF blood. The deceased was dressed
in plain black clothes the instrument had penetra
ted through them, making incisions into the body
about four inches deep. The wounds are about
| three quarters of an inch in width The instru ,
ment Ia supposed TO have been about eight inches
long
The marks of blood were traced into the closet
where the person or persons committing the mur-
derwashed themselves. Blood was also found on
the door which leads into the frGnt room, or the
sleeping apartment of DR.. Burdell. The traces Of
blood were then followed up stairs to the fourth
floor, into sort of store room, containing ladies'
skirts and some trunks; there, a sheet: containing
cotted blood ives found, also night shirt, with
blood upon it,. From there the traces of blood
were followed into vacant front room, on the
same story Several Spots Of blood wertf ound on
the floor OF that room, and also blood on the door
mob. There was CRATE containing coal partially
burned out in this room; the fire seemed to have
been extingushed by pouring water on it, as the
man.elpiece and hearth were covered " it'll cinders
and ashes. the same rs they usually are when wa
ter is poured on fire. Some spots of blood on the
flor were covered up with grease from . sperm
candle; such spots of candle grease were very
numerous on the carpet of the fourth floor. La
dies slept in the directly opposite this vacant
room, but there no traces Of blood leading to
| their room or to another one occupied by gentle
men on the same floor The blood could be traced
from the fourth story back to the room where the
| murder was perpetrated, and from these to the
front room
DIR. Harvey Burdell has held several pos itions
of honor and responsibility in his profession. He
was honorary member Of the Phiadelphia Medi.
cal Society, member of the Medical Society of the
city and county of New York, member of the New
York Historical and Statistical Society. also . d-
rector of the Artizans' Bank Of New York. He
was prominent member of the dental pro fession,
and one of the chief parties in getting up the
dental conventions that have been held In this city
and Philadelphia of late years Nor has he been
unknown in the field of dental literature. As early
as 1888 he published, in connection with his bro.
ther John, rather elaborate work entitled sob
servatons on the Structure Physiology, Anatomy
and Diseases of the Teeth"
Eckels and Snodgrass, two of the boarders at
Mrs Cunningham's, have been arrested and com.
mitted TO the station house, though no positive
evidence seems to exist against them.
CORN AND WHEAT IN OHIo.-The auditor Of
State reports the grain statistics of Ohio for ls55
In bis annual communication to the legislature
The number of acres sown with wheat was Sl
4OY 7T3: bushels gathered 10 $50 800: the aver se