The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-08-13

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GossR raox raf vinessIA Ssnases. i. mr. q,
numerous letters pnblishsd insAs peessu. - 80
| what is going on, and who y q the vutsrins
places. The corrsspondsst ~ sks psssssSure fva
Democrat, writing from shs Moutgcnsry Wkioe.
| says:
Among the visitors, I sosies ~ sauily q u.
late distinguished statesman anA soldles Hos. Jne
A. Quitman. They are all drssesd IA d. moars.
log, and there thrtesa Or fsurtssn is - -.
". Being IN ardent admirer Of Cen oultnas- <
Of course, feel deep interest In this party. es2
sympathise with them tn their a0ceios.
.h;.h little .se,s.ss s.pp'.ss hsss %. sss.iss.
Mississippi went TO the pistol gallery with VII.
gnin belle, and she shot him; bat is vae ecclaenf.
., OF courss He held the pistol for her q shooe.
sna e she pulled the trigger, his hasd slIppsd ~
consequences, the blood followed the report. ne
"onnd was not very serious, however.
correspondent Of the Chaslssten Meseusy.
writing at the Greenbrier Whiss Sulphur, ssye.
there are 1900 persons there with the usual creed
ing inconveniences, &c., and adds:
Insre Is oge complaint, however, wcuA usss
20 tne etyie OF the visitors There 10 too eeeaf
= r.a moo oI young girls with unformed maspsrs.-
Inc consequences 10 want Of vivacity and enser.
prise IN getting up amussmeuts Thew M -
freedom OF action, and arc constrainsd ~ -.
ward In entering into anything that prosissa
yeu,ur. tos moss 60 % ess = tee They eaasss
even iHto the moonlight Young marrisS vo.s.
are wanted here to give life end freedom "a ~ -
tarailed faculties OF she juvenile populssIon.-
,. ms.s I'm anen up ana pus them on the track, sad
nag Bat they have mono to enter thee,-poor
things! and 90 they "wasts their svsosnese On -
desert air." to very considarabs sxtent 1or vsss
OF opportauity-poor, poor things?
From the same spot, writer 10 the Natiosa
Inteligencer says:
AMONG the visitors here, recognise Secretary
OF war and OF the Interior under Mr.. NllmoFe;s
Administrations; former Governor Of North Care
Ina and Mississippi. and Judge Of the Suprens
Court OF the United States whose late decision IN
.ne soutn IN regard TO our Neutral oblgatious In
duced some editors Ia Alabama to pronouncs M,
politically dead" =
HoRRipLE Confession or A PIRAfE.-Pstsr VII
liams, under sentence Of death ct Auburn. NJ
with eolored man, named Abraham Coz. q, ~
murder 1t sea OF the captain, two mates, and one
man, OF the brig Albion Cooper, Of Portland. ~
made confession, which 10 printed in the Lewis
was born in Ostend, Belgium, in 1880, his fsther
being sailor; he ran away from school, and never
learned to read. He FIRST went to ssa when nine
years OF age, and has served on shipbosrd n ali
parts OF the world ever since-at ono time on .
German man-of war, aud then again IN the employ
OF the East India Company, acting ~ captain Of
the main top in one Of their vessels.
In July, 1857, he became acQuaiated with an
irishman named Thomas Fahey, and both went to
Portland and shipped in the Albion Cooper. TIE
brig, soon after leaving port, wac found 70 bs
leaky; the second mate is stated to have treated
both Williams Snd Cox, the negro, with great bar
barity. and finally Williams stabbed him, Tor which
he was placed In irons Afterwards, the mate calf
ed him into his room, drove nail into the beau.
and hung him up BY the beam, the forward part
OF his feet just touching the floor. He was In
great pain, and finally tainted.
Finally Cox broached the project Of murdsr AZ
the captain and crew: and supplied some knives
and razors, which Williams fastened TO sticks.
The Irishman fahey alone taken into their
confidence. They nrst killed Captain Humphrey,
who was asleep on the deck, with two blows 81,
the bead With q hatchet. His head partially
turned, but he died without struggle. He thea
went behind the second mate and struck him on
the head with q hatchet. His cries brought out
the first mate, who was also struck In the head
He retreated to his cabin, where no had hard
struggle with his murderers, but wss Ansiiy dIe-
patched. As he came out Williams met the second
mate, whom he had left for Cox, and finished him
with few blows of the hatchet. The last r,ur-
put iron with the bodies and threw them over.
board. Afterwards they set the vessel on frs aud
abandoned 1t, and were picked up BY another YES.
sci, when fahey disclosed the horrible tragedy In
will be hung on the 27t6 inst.
Tox CoRwrs ON rHx sruMp.-Ths Hon. Thouas
Corwin addressed q political meeting 10 Warrsa
county, Ohio, on the 9th inst.
Mr.. Corwin processes Independence Of politics
organization, and with freedom discusses the W
rious questions of the day. He differs from Re
pnblicans in respect to the admission Of future
slave States. On this subject, while declaring his
hope and desire that no more slave territory OF
States shall come into the Union, he declines 70
take the ground that the existence Of slavery shall
operate invariably to the exclusion Of Territory
asking admission. In connection with this sub
ject, Mr. Corwin refers to the probable acquisition
Of Cuba, to which he Is not opposed, though hs
ASSERTS that Cuba, when purchased By this Unitsd
States, will by general consent OF ali parties, bs
admitted as State with slavery.
CENSUS OF CHINA AND PExrN.-The Russian ME.
sion now at Pekin has, in q recent report, made
know the result of the last census, taken BY or
der Of the Emperor Of China. The present popu-
lation 10 sad By this document, to amount 70 49,
0oO,ooo-tbat Of Pekin being l,e4S,s14. Pskin
was, mp to recent period, set down BY writer's Of
geography as the most populous city in the world,
bat il would appear that IL IL but two thirds e
large as London, England, and that is does not
greatly exceed New York, Brooklyn, and thsir
snvirons.
A FOOLISH TRsrAHENr.-A curious will has been
contested before the Probate court OF Cheshire
county, n. II. Capt. John Town, late Of Keene,
devised bis estate to the eldest son (yst uuboru)
OF his four sons; or il there were no sons, to tho
eldest daughters; In case either son has neither
SOU nor daughter, after the time when such .
blessing Is possible In the course OF nature, he
then receives his portion Of the estate himself -
The plea of insanity was set mp against the VIII,
but the will was sustained. as. a
AaRIvAL Our or Tue N. c. srsvxSs--we have a.
vices from Captain Heaps, under date june l4ah,
Monrovia, giving account Of very quick passags
Of 32 days to Cape Mount. One death occurred on
the passage, young woman, By name susan Nsl-
son. Other correspondents in Monrovis give Cd.
vices OF a tolerably prosperous condition Of AFFAIRS
Trade improving; palm oil moro abundant, ~
though, from parties trading on the gold coast
aud in the Blight, We learn mono ID TO be obtaiped
there.-M. ColOmisdtion Jour.
CELrBRArED RACER DEAp.-The cele ebeatsd roc
ing stallion Ambassador" wac killed BY lightninl
en- Thursday last on the plautation Of his owner
Mr.. Charles N. Merriwether, about ten miles from
CIarksville, Tenn. .'Ambassador'' was the wionsI
Of the great Alabams stake of twenty-eiaht shoa-
| sand dollars In 1854, and his tins 10 among III
best on record.
KILLED By LtoHrsisa-Mr. Tolbert, resident
of New Richmond, OHIO, was instantly killed By
| lightning in Cincinnati on Sunday afssrnoon. I'D
was walking with several companions on the Co
lumba road, in the seventeenth ward, and casrte<
an umbrella. As he passed under the telegraph
wire current Of electricity struck him aad kils<
him instantly.
| the GREAT Coxsf CoNE AT LAsr.-We lear
| from our dispatches by the Arago that the grsa
comet Of Charles W. - II ID somettfnss called b
| better known to astronomers ~ that Of fabstcfg
has at last made its appearance, and viii yss
shortly be visible to the naked eye. Il hes bee
seen irom the Paris observatory through 10 tsl
escopes, and ie pronounced By Araeo the gsuuin
article.
SUICIDE rRon FEAR On wAsf.--Georgs eilvsrmai
tailor BY trade, committed suicide In Piteburt
Tuesday. He Was the owaer Of fvo clothing store
and considerable other properly. snd yss, it
said, put end TO bis life through fssr cf conis
| 60 want.
ii from the Bible, ve havs yet ersn, u Es1ereos
70 the Telegraph, whch 10 soon - sire1e - 49,
appeared In the Nstionai latslitgsoeel q -
.7Hefr Line Is gone osf thyespA 81 - esSss,
$500. dof dsk-~Rn0kmD Nv