The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-07-01

ocs urred At the shove place We give ali the bar
usuAs - detailed to Us by parties who witnessed
It s.s@s thsta young man named Austin, who
live. 10 the neighborhood of Coon ey, and who is
pAen school teacher In that place. he's for soms
tn p,st hsa oecssonsl difficulties with HE scAoo
eompsnion:, and yesterday, on going to the Sab
bath school, witch 10 held Ia the neIakbor,ns school
n'ese. hs was there attached By two young men or
ooys sad driven into the school house. He got into
aHses' win two young men, name John Bolin and
SOD Shompson, who had undertaken to whip him.
In TIE seuris he threw one Of them against tree.
~nereepon james Bureh who wa sittipx on his
horse nssr BY, said he could not stand that" and
dsmouatsd for the purpose the parties;
he ran towards the school house door and Aus ran
or ued The house and tried to get In when Bureh
interceptaa hun, and pushed tried to push him
out Al that Austin drew revolver and fred three
balls oas strikins him in the neck aad the other
two In the breast, killing him almost instantly. A
ran up a. sexsd Austs and empted TO wrest the
ives on from his b and, at the sans time striking
n 'veral blows with his tst Austin thea snapped
the pistol three times Denosop but D. had caught
heio OF the barrel Of hs pistol which prevented the
chamber from revolving 60 the hammer came down
on the od cap. At this point man named hoesit
Mssi csms mp TO Dennison's assistance, VINO
wTenehed the pistol from Austin's hand who there'
upon fed down the rnsi towafa Georgetown Mr.
w. surch, uncle Of the deceased, drove on after
an oticsr and after finding one, they proceeded 10
the house Of Austn's parents and were told oy MS
| mother tina: he not st home; they proceeded d
Aowtver. TO hi, chamber whore thsy foahi him In
The Alexandra Gazette gives the following
Young Aust3. had been tarsstsNsd wit ..ts lie
during the paAt wesk by the parties VINO made the
attack upon him. IL he persisted 10 going to sunday
schoo; that on his appearance there they attacked
him, striking him with stones and clubs the faoe;
| that James Birch on intercspting austin at the
school room door seized hin ty the hair Of the head
by one hand and by the leg by the other hand that
Austin asked Birch to let him alone, hs did not
wsnt to shoot M that Austin ed a, far az be
M ha fnki nd haati
him; that Auitin fred three shota refreshing after
eah shot and that he third shot took effect in the
region CT BIch's heart killing him almost instantly
A RICH AND HYPoCRITICAL THIEF UNMAskED'
The Cincinnati Commercial publishers the
particulars OF the exposure cf q pilfering dry
goods dealer, worth property amounting to
S4o'COO, and who pre;ends to rigid church mem.
bersbip. For a long time i: has been observed that
though he did less business than bis neiehbors he
managed to make more money This was attri.
ouied to miseriy patrimony, while his conceded
high standing" in the church repelled suspicion-
II appears he has for years been in the habit ox
supplying his stock by pilfering from bis neigh.
bors. The Commercial says:
Previous to being detected. bis singular prosper.
ity in view Of the fact that his trade was not ex
tensive, excited surprise and comment but he yyss
not suspected of criminal practices Meantime
DIS nei8noofs constantly complained to each other
of the mysterious disappearance of goods from
their counters Satisfied they were being robbed
and aggravated by repeated losses, they invented
schemes for the discovery of the rogue. Suspicion
inaily fixed upon the guilty party though his fsl.
low merchants were 10th to believe what appeared
TO be the evidence of their own senses-bis pros
perity, social standing, and seeming sanctty being
30 absolutely inconsistent with the fact. But
hually the proof became positive. Goods thai had
mysteriously disappeared from bis neighbors'
shelves were found in his premises, their private
marks erased, his own substituted. Other irresst.
IDLE corroborating testimony accumulated and the
inctitedbypocrite was uDmasked.
The church of which he WIS member COMPEL
ed bis presence. and he confessed with apparent
contritiCn that nordinate desire for wealth had
invaded his integrity, and that for years he had
pursued systematic course of trckery and rss.
cality, by which he had accumulated q handsome
estate 1t 10 super fuous to say that he was iruo.
miniousy degraded from his membership and
elected from bis congregation
Unfortunately, however, it is impossible TO
bring him TO justice upon any but a charge of
petty larceny, his filchipg operations, SO far as
known, having been always confined to amounts
below the statuary provision essential to q con.
viction OF penitentiary offence
Affecting bad health, he habituaIIy wore An
ample cloak. and under its friendly drapery would
conceal his Ill gotten booty, purloiued from other
premises during the momentary absence of their
custodians.