The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-06-04
Ruxoarp COLLISION srrwsrs rnr STEAMERS FuIros

RUxoRKp COLLISION BETWEEN THE STEAMERS FuLro,
AND SrSx.-A New York paper Of Wednesday hat
| Q rumor Of q collision between the q. s. steamer
Fulton and the British steemer Styx, OF Pensaco
Ia, In consequence Of the latter having fired int
an American vessel and killed seaman. No suct
intelligence has reached Washington, where th'
rumor is said to have originated It Is stated aIss
that the American brig Abram, from Savanlla fol
New York, hove to off Key West on the 18th nit.
landed several passengers, and then proceeded fol
New York, and that the Styx, which was then al
Key West Immediately weighed anchor, and start
ed apparently In pursuit. to overhaul aud eearcf
her. The following Is the dispatch from the ageni
Of the press at Augusta, Ga which is probably tbs
foundation Of the above rumors:
"AUGUsUA, June Am American vessel was
fired into off Pensacola, and one man was killed
The steamer Fulton Is alone In chase"
The Washington Union of yesterday, In publish.
ing this telegraphic news, accepts it as reliable
and calls it the "first gun" II adds.
"The hour at which the dispatch was received
will not allow US to in suige in the Indignant COM
ment which this outrage upon the American flag
would justify, aud we content ourselves with the
single remark that the most efficient measures
should be adopted to vindicate the honor of the
nation"
The following dispatch was received by telegraph
last night, from Augusta:
AUaUsrA, Ga, June 3.-The contents of last
nights dispatch, relative to the British outrage off
Pensacola, is all the information which has been
received. The Agent of the Press is endeavoring
to obtain further information from Mobile and
Apalachicola.
HORRIBLE AFFAIR IN IowA-A Jealous Lorey Kills
a RicaI.-A clergyman in Des Mones, Iowa, writes
to his friends at New York, under date of May "a
as follows
elizabeth King short time ago, rejected the
suit of man named Rossiter in favor of another
named Chandler. A week ago, to day. eucosted
him in the street, and expostulated with him on
his reckless intemperance-a new vice with him
He declared that his rival should never marry
Elizabeth, and said that he chose drunkenness
for IL was that (which would give him more ia
vor with king"-the girls father. said, .'remem-
ber Charlie, the judgment of the great day and
Gods punishment" He replied, "There is no
more hell than L now endure; | now suffer the
worst / can suffer-" 1t is supposed that be has
been neryiDg himself by brandy for six or seven
weeks, for this deed of murder. He slept with
his victim, who was generous open hearted fell
low. a brick mason by trade. He ate with him
las teyeuiBg.
''After tea, Chandler and Elizabeth walked out
together. Rossiter bid himself in the copse STEP
ped into the path behind them as they were
coming home, and fired at Chandler with a
pistol placed within inch of his head. Chan
der fell dead. ROsster then fired at Elizabeth
She fell, but rose again. He presented his pistol
again at her, when she seized il, exclaimirg: oh
Charlie, don't kill me-. He fired, but the ball went
through her hand, struck her shoulder, and pas
sed In and out between her skull and scalp. ma
king two holes in her bonnet. Rossiter then put
the pistol 10 his own head, aud. fel with horrid
wound in the right side of it, from which blood
flowed in great quantities. Chandler will be
buried from the Church this afternoon"