The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-05-28
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Asorhkk 6aEAT FLOOD IN THE WEsTEaN RIyKns :
dispatches from Sc. Iouis announce another ri,e
~ that quarter, and the Iilinois again AZ aood
neight-ev.u higher than overland over jfs han IN
10 every direction. The Pittsburg ChronieIe. Of
Tuesday says:
The Wabash river Is higher than was ever knorn
aud spreading all over the country in the yicinity
ol o siocennes, where the river ten miles wide.
| THIS is a world Of waters. indeed which. -shsr,
added to the hpod In she Mississippi will be very
apt 10 aeiuge the lower couatry In earnesf. White
now. IS eqnsiiy ss high. and over It's banks ip aI
airee.ions, and the ohio aud Mississippi Railroad
| Is much damaged aud obstructsd, a. we'll as tle
Illinois road, thus interruptng travel to cairo
FOR miles the water is level with the track
OF the Il and G. railroad. The grain crors of the
oest iai mers In the country are ruined, past re-
dempti0n We learn that the river nj Tarr.. ua,,.
has oyerflowed the whole country. and has r,sen
four feet since the rains OF Friday evening. ana
was still coming mp at the rate of an inch per
hour. Three ben's Of the tall bridge had given
way. and hundreds of the citizens had assembled
on The banks, moinentariiy expecting 20 witness
the destruction Of the whole superstructure The
foundation OF one of the piers OF the H. H. and Al
ton oad bridge Was washed away aud the tres.
te Work, about three quarters of mile of the
river, was also giving way: the danger had become
80 imminent that the trains bad been forbidden to
pass
The SUICIDE OF HERBERT-TuE LADY The Cincin.
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young lady, whose romantic" marriage with Her.
bert, the author, has been remarked upon in con-
nection with bis suicide:
The lady mo has CARED SO largely in the late sui
eide of"Frank FORESTER" in Ne@ York. is not nm
known In the world. though never before so con-
spleuously brought to public notice Same five years
agoas yUung gentleman. then and now connected
win the theatrical profession, and at the pre-
sent time member of one of our dramatic comma
nes in this city, met the lady in Providence her
tive city. wa-m and romantic attachment grew
up between u IN. lie Was young, talented and
good looklngshe was beautifu ias cinsting and ac-
eomp'isbed. Time passed, and subsequently the
pair met in New Orleans, where the youthful can |
didate Tor Thespian honors had followed his frasao-
rata The iHteI position of freuds. under whose
charge the lady had been placed. threatened to cut
short the happiness of the romantic pair: but
Love laughs at locksmiths.'
The yoGpg gentleman scaled the walls OF the ady's
castle, where her cruel frieads had coufined her,
and bore on his love by stealth to Mobile whers the
twain were made one at the Battle House in that
city. on the tth oiJsBnaty, 1o54. They lived very
happily together tor two years. Relatives became
feconciied-tbe young gentleman abandoning the
stage ior study OF the law AT the earnest solicitation
OF his wiIes friends. All went n happily and they
seemed blessed in each others society, until the
lady striends began to saw the seeds ofdiseord be-
tween the pair, aud he from love of the profession
again essayed the stage. The ladys friends, to sc
cnmpish their Designs falsely accused the hus band
and threatened her with dsihhsritance
II she did not leave hiH.
Finally they succeeded, and under the preteuce
of visit to friends in New York, she left her hus-
band with parting kiss aud smile of fond endear-
ncnt, III the same mapDer that she has her late
husband. declining aoy further communication -
The youthful husband. Of course was frantic
sought tor reconciliation, and resorted to all
kinds OF expedients TO bring it about AT last the
lady seemingly reientcd. aud promised to return to
hun, provided he would consent to a divorce as "a
means OF pacifying her relatives, at the same time
pledging her word to marry him agaia in secret
Full Of confidence aud trust, he acceded; the di.
vorce was procured by default in the Rhode Island
Courts The lady never kept her faith, aud the
young gentleman lives to cougratn late himself on
his escape from false hearted woman