The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-04-23

IL %, 1858.
Col BEsToS's RELIGIOUS ExpKRIEscEs The 81
Louis Journals of the 18th, come to us full Of tn
Benton obsequies, which took place on that day
Ia the course of the funeral sermon-preached b.
Rev. MIR. Cowan, OF Caroudeet-the following inc
dent, illustrative OF Col Bentons religious exper
| ences, were related
"The deceased has always been believer In tn
| truth of the christian religion. He was not on
| Of those who supposed it necessary to repudat
| the christian religion as an evidence OF superio
| intellect. He was trained by pious mother, VIII
was an Episcopalian, and to whom he was indebt
ed, ia great degree, for his distinction, in subse
quent life. Tho mind of the deceased doubtles
has long been interested In q greater or less do
gree, on the matter of his salvation. 1t may no
| be improper to mention a circumstance which oc
| CURED in the year 1851 1 was engaged in pro
| traeted meeting, in Scott county, in the town o
Benton. Tho deceased visited the place during tn,
| meetirg. He attended the exercise which took
place during his stay in town. He listened atfen
| lively to the sermon. My text was almost thou
persuadest me to be Christian At the close hs
came up and took me by the hand, and placing bis
| mouth close to my ear he remarked, in alusiou &c
| my text, 1T is all my own csse-it is all my own
case, and bursted into a food of tears Those
!. therefore,wh have intimately known his history
especially in the later years of his life have not
earthly career. They have been expecting 1t, and
j., have not been disappointed.
! AN ENGLISH TRAGEpY.-Lerwick, England has
been shocked by the murder of a wife, her two
J sons, aud daughter, and the suicide of the muir
derer. 1t appears that between six and seven
O'Clock in the morning of the 25ih inst loud cries
of 81 Murder were heard to proceed from the hsuse
OF Mr.. Peter Williamson, Merchant aud Shipping
Agent, No. ], Foxane. The only person who
seems at first to have heard the alarm was a car.
pensr employed at an adjoining shop, but he was
so frightened that he unable to 90 to the
house alone. He eventually obtained the assist
aDce of Mr.. Dickson, superintendent Of police.
VINO, upon entering the premises, found Mrs Will
Hanson lying in one Of the rooms with her throat
frlghtfuiiy cut. She was alive but did not survive
more than half an hour. The bodies OF two of the
children were found in another room. their heads
having been battered in with large hammer. In
an adjoining apartment were the bodies of little
boy two years Of age and the father. The latter
had IN his hand a razor, and by his side wore ly.
inga large knife and the hammer. The father =
head was nearly severed from his body.
0UR EAST INDIA SQUADRoN-A letter in the New
| York Times, dated Hong Kong, Feb s. states that
Com Armstrong bad left for the United States and
that Com. TatDall had assumed command of the
United States squadron. The Mississippi had been
ordered to Whampoa. The Minnesota, San Jaci into
aud Portsmouth were at Hong Kong, but the two
latter would proceed TO Manila in "a short time.
Mr.. Reed had chartered the American steamer An
telope to take him to Shanghae and was to pay her
$4,000 per month for six months.
FROM CARAccas.-Dates from Caracas to the 3lst
ult., have been received The overthrow of Mona.
gas is complete, and his banishment or execution
is clamored for. Pacards have been posted giving
list of rObberies perpetrated under Monagas' rule
amounting to over 1900 ,00U. 1t was reported
that the American Minister had advised Monagas
to declare Caracas in state of siege and himssli
dictator. The whole diplomatic corps would pro-
bably receive courage from the provisional govern
ment.
ENGLISH J0cKEYs.-Porter's Spirit of the Times
says the yearly profits of the engagements of first
class English jockeys will average from six to ten
thousand dollars year. They fre quently tcharge
their first master, or the gentleman whose horses
they must ride in preference TO all others'at the
o ma meetinga hi sh as f40c, or $4,000 year.
fheir next subscriber or master, they OF course
ride much less for, and so on down to the ninth
or tenth Besides these regular engagements
aud income. 1t is the custom to give them fifty
guineas when they win a large stake, and often a
hundred.
CURE FROM LEAFNEss-A letter from Cawnsore
says that brother of Nena Sahib, crossed from
Dude into Doab, recently, at night notwitbstand-
ing eleven native soldiers In the English service
were placed at the river tord TO watch. The na-
tiyes said he crossed at night without their hear
ing him, " hereupon the whole eleven were hung
PosT OFFICE AFPAIRs- Vir0inta Appoiatmefts.- -
Geo NJ. WinB, postmaster at Cady's Tunnel Bath
connty, Va, vice Leonard G. Watson, resigned
J. b. Burts, postmaster at Persimmon Creek, Che
rokee county, Va, vice r. Nj. Craigs resigned
Jordan II. Mcmillan, postmaster at Fort Ridge,
Marshall county, Va, vice John Ii. Robinson, re-
signed George Qusenberry, postmaster at State
Mills, Gappahannock county, Va, vice Thomas IL
johnson, resigned. William F. Baker, postmaster
Mt Annsyille RappahannOck county, Va, vice Ro.
O. Lateam. resigaed. Henry A. Morrison, postmas-
ter at Estlville, Scott county, Va, vice Henry C.
Wood, resigned.
LrBERIAN AFRICAN ExPLeRAfIoN.-Ths interior of
Western Africa is to be explored by the Rev.
George l.. Seymour, q colored emgrant from Hart
ford, Connecticut. Of twelve years standing, and
now a minister in the Methodist Church. The
exploration will be at the instance of private cti-
Zens and the government of Liberia, by whom
several hundred dollars have been contributed to
aid the enterprise.
IRELASD.-A Belfast paper, which devotes much
attention to agricultural matters learns with salts
faction that the extent OF soil turned by the
plough in the north Of Ireland this exceeds
by large figure that of any year since the famine.
Southwark the reports are equally gratifying; bat
there is drawback upon the prospects, serious
fail in the prices Of almost everything which the
farmer supplies.
DECISION C0NFrRMED.-The decision of the col
iector at Baltimore has, on appeal, been confirmed
Is u
duty of "a per cent " guitar strings" composed
OF metal and silk. The importers claimed entry
ut duty OF l5 per cent. the rate assessed on
strings for musical instruments composed of whip
gut or catgut.
THE Ericsson EXCURSION TO THE MEDITERRANEAN.
This excursion seems to have been abandoned, not
more than half dozen berths having been taken
up to the l4th. The Ericsson was to have sailed
GU the lst of May. She is new up for Bremen,
and is advertised to leave ON the Sth of May.
LOVERS QUARRELs.-Young Newman, who created
| so much excitement in St Paufs church, Brook
| lyn, N. Y, by attempting to stab Miss Bennett,one
the ladies connected with the choir, because she
had refused his addresses protests now that 1t was
''all in iun The lady herself is said TO be inter
| ceding for his discharge from custody.
| DAMAGES REcOvERED--A jury of the Brooklyn
(N " City Court has returned verdict OF 81 500
| in favor Of Mrs. Malvina I. Wade, who sued the
City Railroad Company for damages sustained in
consequence of TALL from the platform OF one OF
| the cars. The ground of complaint was that the
conductor started tue car before the plaintiff he'd
| time to step off.
ARREST oE AN ALLEGED FoRaER.--H. d. Stone
| who was arrested in Springfield on Saturday fol
forgeries, in Worcester, Mass was held to bail IL
the sum OF s. 600. He was also arrested for debit
amounting $40 900, and in default of bail to th,
| amount of 5 1000 was committed to Jail.
NAVAL TNTELLIGENeE.-Lieut.A A. J. Hays, Unitet
States Marine Corps, has been ordered to the com
| maud of the marine guard of the United State'
sieop-otwar Macedonian, ready for a
| Boston, and soon TO go in commission.
DEATH.-Offieial information has been receive,
ar the Navy Department of the death OF Capt. Ben
lamin Page, at New York on the 10th inst Cap,
Page was on the retired list He had seen eighteen
years active service, and last at sea in 1885,
AN ATTEMPT AT BRIBgRY.-Ex-(ioyernor Bashforl
OF scoDsin, states that he was offered $3.50 600 d
approve of the first bill reported for distributin
the lands granted by Congress in aid of the rail
roads OF that State.
MULES PoR THE ARMY.-Under the contract TO
furnishing mntes for the army the stock raiser
OF Sangamon county. Illinois, hsys furnished ant
forwarded 10 sc. Louis two hundred and seventeen
mules The total amount for which they sold i
$4,000, a very snug little sum.
SHIPMENT OF Coon SKIss-A shinmant of ls ooi