The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-07-10
Rra.nk.nLy oAsr OF c.scuxsr.vr,.L EVIDENCE

REAaEKigLy CASE OF CIEcuMsrAETfAL EVIDENCE
case of considerable interest has occurred In Mou
roe county, ARK. which show how ong chair
OF circumstances avise against innocsn mt per
son. Two men, named Passmcre and Lewis hac
rats contiguous toeach other, in White river. Ar
oar escaped from the raft OF P. and lodged IN th,
netghborh9od OF that OF who secured il. and the
former bad the latter essd for stealing t but n.
was acquitted Very naturally l. gave vent to some
hard words against p. The latter did not resent
them. bat vowed his intention to give L. IA hot bed
In bell befJre thee days. short time after Pass
more vas seen going ia a canoe towards Lewis
rtft armed with double-bsrreiled shot gun and d
Bowie knife " hen about sufficient time had psed
for z. to reach LIS raft. two discharges of q gun
were heard. Next tday Lewis was to deliver his raft
at a mill in Clarendon, close by but, he did moi
do so suspicious CT ofsometbing wrong were excited
and humber OF persons we3t to where the ran
had been. but 1t vas gone, and traces bod
connected with il could be fogud. Some weeks af
ter this period. man going mp the river found ia
some drift wood body whose size and dress ans wer
ed description Of Lewis The body had in it buck.
shot holes and stabs. Passniore was arrested and
held ina heavy bail Shortly after this, the steam.
er sam Halo arrived at Clarendon, and the pilot,
Bateman and the captain. Dsugherty, cleared Pass.
more of all suspicion by tes;ifyiug that they had
seen Lewis at Napoleon. three weeks after the oc-
currence and that the boat had paid him money
that had been owing him. Passmore was ofcourse
discharged
PosroFFICs RoBBEs CONVICTED DIR. Z. W. Eel.
lows has just been convicted at Buifllo Of robbing
the mails in 1856. He had been out on bail ever
since, and was confident of his acquttai On hear.
ing the verdict he became entirely prostrated.-
The Courier says:
Fellows is a man about Il years old. and has 9
| family. lie employed as a copying clerk in
the Buffalo postoffice at the time he detected
He was suspectef of robbing certain letters re-
ceived at the office and watched by Msj IT Dickle
| the postmaster, who found that he used to visit
| the office the night af four
o'clock in the morning, he was engaged in open
ing packages within four FEET of the place whore
M.jor Dickle was standing on the watch. Finally
| after being frequently seen iu his movements. he
! was surprised upon the spot by the postmaster
and did not attempt to deny his guilt He had
hitherto borne good character, and found some
sympathy in the community, but the proof against
him too strong 20 be resisted. and il has car
ried him down. He has not yet been sentenced
but the least term Uf imprisonment is, We believe
ten yearszs
ORDINATION -On Friday morning last an ordiua
tiou was held at the Chapel of the Episcopal Theo
logical Seminary at Alexandria. Va, both the Ri
shops of the Diocese being present aud officiating
After the sermon, the ordination of ca adidate,
for deacoU's orders, performed by BishcI
Meade The number admitted to the order If lea
cons was ten, AMI the names rs follows: John Cos
by, VI, IL GaiGshs, c. L. lIarri,, w T. NJ. Jacabs
i; j Keeling, 4. VI. Randolph, Walter W Vii
ams. Henry Wise Jr., all of the Diocese E,
Va, aud J McA. Harding. of Ptnnsy lvania aud C
A. l.. Richards. 4. ID. of the Diocese Of Ohio -
>"Zr Bi.hop Johns admitted priests order
Rev. Messrs Henderson. Suter. H. j KeTsh Nv
and Il. II. Mason. all OF the diJcess OF Virg nia.
| PEEMIUMs.-At the Academy Of Visitation. George
town. ID q, on Thursday evening, the premiGm4 .
the Institution. were distributed by presiIen
buchanan. Miss Eddie Frederic, Augusta, GeOr
ga; Mss Hannah MayhAa, Msrtin.vllle. Indiana
are the names Of thore who received the crown n,
gald medal. Among the exhibitions Of art,
drawing by Miss V. PizZini. aud embrJide; b,
Nis. l. pzzini, both Of aichmond, are prominent
y noticed.
DFsTEUCTlvE FIRE the Jth inst: the hons.
| Of Wm. Woods Esq on Catawba, in Roanoke ca.
Va discovered by the .ervauts when the f ,nl
'ly were asleep, ia ha on fire Loss estimated II
shout sl000. The cutire buildings, such as dwal
ling. smoke house and cabins were consumed -
| Nearly all the furniture was saved. The buiiiiDj
was supposed to have taken fire from cOokiDi
stove. There was no insurance upon the property
Tas Antiquity OF LADIES' IIoors -Onr Iady rea
doris will find, by turning 10 the third chapter q
| the book lsaiah and reading the 18th verse. tha
not only were hoops worn in those days by daugli
| sers of Ii1n, but they were also an abominatinI
| in the sight of the Lord. To save them tn
trouble, however. Of hunting it up, here is th
verse: 'ln that day the Lord will take away tn
bravery of their tiu ling ornaments about thei
feet. and their cauls and their round tires like h
| moon"
The DrF,Lc,rIoNs liz TENNEssEE-We learn from
the Memphis Builetin that. in addition to tin
punierirg by the Sac. of State ofsome So $50
the embe ZZlemeut of % 900 OF bonds, that shOu
be in the controllers office, by-npbody know
~ho--tbere has been discovered by the investisa
ting Committee futther piundering of 600 900 b.
and nohsdy seem- 70 know who-in the shape o
coupons taken in the Bank OF Tennessee. SO far
theu there is found ont to have taken place pill
e-ing 10 the amount of some $3.50 0O0.
| RASCAIITY -O1 Sunday mnruing. some youn,
rowdies two drunken men (John Welsh au
J Inn Hen,y) asleep on one OF the piers in Nee
| Y"lk, and. by way of having some "lun,'' placed
,ma keg Il powder near the men, which they tire
with lnnS train. burning both men. severely, an
blowing Welsh into the dock. from which he wa
rescued with difficulty. The youGg scanlps es
capped.
LYNCH LAW IN VIRGINIA We learn from til
Shepherdstswa Register that q stranger, who's
Game that paper withholds was rdd<u a rail
iucked in pond, and driven away from that tow
on Monday night, the 2Sth ult, "for improper an
suspicious conduct in regard to q certain specie
Of property about which the public mind is pecu
lariy sensitive nj this time"-which, We infer, al
iudes to tampering with slaves.
TRAGIC OCCURRENCE AT Sr. LOUIS, Mo A few
days since, Joseph King, book keeper In st
| Louis No, was discharged from his situation fo
inteinperance. He bought some strychnine, mix
ed it with lager beer, drank about half the dose
| lay down and fell asleep. Meanwhile, Patrlcf
| Burke, porter, coming in, drank off the baIauc,
Of the beer, and was Immediately TAX sick Medi
cal aid was procured, but they both died.
| TaE New LINE OF STEAMERS BETWEEN GALWAY AM
| NEW YORK MIR. Lever, the protector of the new
line Of steamers between Galway and New York
had been entertained with a public dinner at Gal
way. Mr.. Lever announced in his speech that hi
second steamer. the American Empire, would soor
| be completed; that she n large, frstcias,
ship, aud that she expected 10 make her pas
-ages in less time than they have yet been accom-
plIshed.
| Moss B2LLY. .-Tais famous trrnchmsu. Wit
sailed from New York on "Wednesday Oh his 10
turn home. has published - manifesto tn tht
American people, in which he declares slat h'
dti not 20 to Central America in an official pasi
ton lie went there, he says, in his iDdividna
character, and rs such received, aud etfec cieC
his canal treaty.
| GaADUATEs.--The commencement Of Dickinson
College, Pennsylvania, took place Saturday even
ing Among the graduates were the following
from Virginia:
| Joseph e. Broadwater, of Accomac; John c
Brooking of Winchester; Samuel VI. McPherso'
and Joseph J. Stewart. Of Lewi.burg; and John
hite of LoudrHu county
The CHoLEaA.--We fad the following in the In