The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-05-22

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/ "scsyE on THE oHIo.--At Psrksrsbarg, Va. o>s
Saturday. last, when the steamer Intsfchaars
stopped at the wharf,a very handsome lady aocon.
| panied by her brother, stepped on The boat, and
SEARCHED among the psssrugers uasil tAsy fouod .
wealthy old geutIsmaa. named Taylor. Who hsa.
/ gp;ten on beard at MsysFiils, KY, with his two
children. The Wbeelisg Inteliigsneer OF TassdAy,
says:
!. The woman announced herself a. the wifs Of
| Taylor aud stated thst he was running aTsE With
| her children. Her eompani0n was a brother, vhs
intended to see Justice done Tbs wboe party RsfS
now in the bail of ihe boai, whom Tay Tor. kffh . :
unrst Of INDIGNATION proclaimed his viis.s bad !
woman, told Of her inf ieiity and exposed all thS
circumstances which Lad to- the separation.N ft :
SEEMS that iha Tsyers lived near Maysviiie. ny.
1he hnseand ts a pae about ffty years fakS,
yhiie the wife is much his junior. .eld her gsy, =.
fsuntiDg style of dress causs~ her 10 look even :.
Younger than she Is. The husband IL aaite wealthy
ana Tor some years they bad 1ssd pleasantly TO.
zether. Various ef prts we're made hy the psssen-
gers aud officers of the boat to rscOnc e fAe y ~
ties but to .no-ef.ac:* The children seemed u h
the oUly objects Of contentonin the settleme az az
the affair, esclf party wishing to retain them. fhs.
husband, vie and children Hrrivede here on Sun :
day on beard the. Interchange The womio kebef-
qonstantly quarreliDg and paesdiue with her bus.
band ioF the children and several times threat
ened his hfe he did not give them mp. Yesterday
morning, Tag Ior took the oldest child away and
len II IN charge of gentleman Aain,streef.--"
lie then went back 20 the bugt and hiraf b1y to-
steal away the ether and eake it 10 tho Baltimorek
-Qhio RailFosd Depot. Dust ss the train moyipg
81 the father and two. children cot on and we're
horne rapidly eastward. The mother was perfect
lr frantic with mingled feelings Of grief and anger Z
when she discovered that the children we're gpnss
From the large aDoaat Of money IN Taylor.s pos
stseioH-it s.suPP0sed be must have disposed Of
trs property At saeriace in anticipation Of the
avepts narrated. - '->-
st Grafton, Va, the unhappy husband was Or.
rested, BY telegrapbic dispatch. aud Was, with a
IDS children to have been carried back to Wheels
lag, where his wife had resorted to law. - :, 80
The CArAsTRopHE on TIE LArAYErrE AND IsprAyi.
FcLs RAIlRcAD-- Miraculous Escape or TEE PAssgN-s
GgRss--rhe occurrence Of fatal acrident on ihs
Lafayette and indianapolis Railroad, about. forty
miles from indianapolis, has been noticed The
escape of the passengers 10 deseTbedss most mira.
cuious. The indianapolis Journal says;
The fFeshet had tnrnad ihe adjacent prairie into
a lake, probably halfmile wide, apd transformed
the sluggish sirice' into turbulent river that
would have noated the biggest steamboat on tho
ohio The briagu over 1t was an ordinary ,trestIe
tTidge, probably sixty or eighty fees.long.. Tho
curIeat had Washed out the. supports fr, U under
his bridge, aud left mere shell on the top, almost
floating III the water. upon whfch the uniortunasss
train ran, and sank instantly in the rushing ter
rcBt. No warning Was given, aud thsra, was no..
way the accident could have been avoided, except
by stopping the train and examining the bridge,
which Is trains had passed il bat few hours bels
fore. would very naturally be th1usht unaeees-ss
tary. -f- s-.- - - -
The locomotive passed over the bridge to the
h.rher side, when IL sabk "ilting" up the ends Of
che ts " this side, one Of which struck the ad-
Fancing baggage car, dashed through IL and then
penetrated the first passenger car, IN which it ex-
tended eight OF ten eet the whole train siuking
down al tie same time, leaving beth the forward
eud rear ends out Of water. the lRtter clear up on
the embanknent. The sill, us 1t pass cd through
the front end Of the passenger car, struck Mr.. .Jas
W. lrvi in, the conductor, and splinter entered
his skull, wouudlng him fatally he died about an
hour after the occurrence He was sitting on the
left hand side OF the forward car, near the stoyesz
MIR. Ltlley the Superintendent, kat few seats be-,
hind him. ......s-.. ....,.. ,.---.s-.,
When the crash Informed bIr. Lilly that some
accident had happened he dashed ont a window
near him, and hearing the rush Of water, got cut
through the window and climbed to the roof OF
the car, when he got the frat idea OF the extent.
Of the catastrophe. lie at set 10 work to
rescue the passengers, all of whom, so far could
he ascertaiBed, saved without injury, any
o! consequence, This is remarkable, Considering
how one Car was sunk in the water, and another
banging almost Perpebdiculary in the water from
the bank. The water, however does not appear
to have entered the cars at first. Mr.. Irwin wss
found and laid in the aisle on some cushions--f
Search was male for the engineer and firemans
who were found towards morning, dead, The a,
first, MIR Jacob h. Beiiinger, was found with ope
arm janmed in the wreck so that he Was hetd
fast. Some of the iron work had struck him in
the back, cutting his body amost entirely in tive,
except small strip along the abdomen:' lie was
dead when found. =. -. -.
The fireman patrisk Maoney, was discovered
/ by one hand sticking above the water Histhigh7
/ and smashed, aaa his body seri0nsly'
| bruised. he dogblless killed instantly -,
/ Iheso were the only persons much hurt, hrakes.
man, who was standing at hts post on the rear end
Of the first passenger car, vss struck by the next
/ car, but luckily stardIGg by the. window, 50
/ that the blow dashed partly through it, and saved
him. except cutting from she glass., If II had
been against the wall Of the he would have
| been killed instantly. When the engineer was
taken out of the creek his watch vas found In his
pocket broken 10 pieces. The accident had stop.
ped thc hands exactly at cne o'clock hIa t'af'ess
SENTENCE oP PoIscSxx Isaac L. Wood, who
poisoned his brother and brothers wife, in Buff
! fAo, n. Y, has been sentenced to be hung on the
25th Of June next. The Dcrsocrat says:
lie was tried for the ncfdsr Of Mrs Wood st
! Genuesse, last January bEsS, the jury. disagreed,
aud now his second tT,al has cIoee, enfing, 10 bis
/ conviction and se2teaced TO be executed on the
| 18th Of June next. Tie condemned is Described a.
small man, " itb sinister features and unfincir
ing netye, as fer tic death oi Mrs. Wood no led
in the family deyot,oRR after the return II
Wood to New Jersey, kis ovu wife suddenly died,
yictiu to his fendiss psssions, it 10 surmlssd.--
He was attended during his trial by relations Fem
New Jersey, who e1prsss their belief in his innor
| ceuce. While the sentence OF death was being
pronounced, Wood was coaynsed with grief, and
said be was entirely innocent OF the charge. HIS
ccsnsel intend applying fag writ OF error and
stay OF proceedings, OH the ground chat portion
OF the testimony admitted was Irrelevant aud Inn
material. -. -. -.
CANDIDATES FOR CFPICE.eH