The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-01-16

VA, SATURDAY, JAN
Dreadful -HorribIe su1.
ferings and Death Of Three Of she
The Liverpool Post, Of the 2ath December, give,
tne particulars Of the total loss of the shin wal
'see, OF Leith, Captain Cormea, and the dreadful
snnerings OF the crew, who remained on the wreck
during period Of IL days, without food or drink
Except the body Of dog, and what water they
could procure during the short intervals of rain.
The details are horrible in the extreme and -.
ieiate them as onrreporter received them from
tne ups OF six OF the crew Of the ill-fated vessel
VINO were last night brought on shore from ths
lyme, ana conveyed to the sailer's Home
on oh sne lt,h November, the Wallace sailed from
quebec, timber laden, for Greeneck Shortly .ftsr
putting to sea, gale Of wind came on and conf.
nneo with little fntermisson until the tn iustanf
wnen the ship was about 500 miles from Cape Clear
soo sUon susr twelve O'Clock on that day, while
.he. hands were at work at her uuu,na .
tremendous sea struck the ship and capisixsd her |
-Ine crew having to crawl up the lanyards 10 e.
cape being drowned. After great exertious. thsv
Gu. away tho lanyards, when the msia and mixzen
the ship shortly afterwards rigastsd w8,eu auo
tner sea struck the bowsprit, carried ii away and
aiso the foremast, a. the same time sweepin9 tbe
deck OF all that left. and also washing oysr.
board Mr.. Lindsay. the chief officer. and the s,ew.
ara toeionging to Davenport. but whose name the |
crew could not recollectl aud they were unfnrtn.
haseiy drowned. The remainder of the crew held
ua ~ me wreck ali that afternoon night, and
paft VI tne next day, when the gale abated On
sne sth tney were enabled to ascertain that tn, |
matches and deck had been forced nm. the ro'.,' |
cspla cleared of its contents aud that not NOR
sei OF provisions was to be obtained The weather |
having further moderated. the crew cut awsy. H.
search for food. ''"oi
y Ultimately couple of casks of water ware d;s.
covered in the forehold and half a huckst ~ s
cult; but on the 9th unhappily. ssa stcve - ths
water casks, and thus was lost what ths men vsrs
now craving. On the 10th, the poor fellows had
become greatly exhausted, from hunger, thirst.
readily imagined than described. No vessS, ia
move In sight, and their hunger now became of
mat character that they could seat ANYTHING :.
w,sn was deterIained to kill and divide the dog
by each, uncooked, for they could obtsi,, ~ g..
Un the iith and succeeding days showers Of rain
iei, ana Inc poor fellows managed TO catch smaIi
auany; out not suicient to asy their parchine
tnirst whiie small bits of their once favnri,a as
were the only food they had from the 7,h t .k .l
Ian december, on which day the joyful cry of 80
sail was given and ultimately the Civna c.
hooyhs, core down, took the crew off the wreck
got them on board and behaved in tba ro,t -;
ana humane manner to them; but care yas ,h
necessary in their treatment, for although wall
nigh exhausted, their appetites were rarsnons
Au apprentice, however. who was insensibIe vban
taken OIL the wreck, died soon afterwards
The captain (Comea) and all the crsw ay,.. a,
three above named, and the six now at the SsiIor,s
Home, remain on board the Ciyne in the riysr Is
ing too ILL., from swollen feet, &C., to be immediate.
iy removed. -' CIV
THE TRAGEDY AT PooLvlLLE, y. IA correspond.
ont Of the Utica Telegraph, writing from UamiI.
ton, N. Y, January 18th, gives the following par.
ticulars of revolving parricade, which we have
briefly noticed heretofore:
A tragedy, unequalled in the annals of crime
occurred at Thompsons Mills, about five mi,ss
southeast of Hamilton Village. on Sunday night
Jared Comstock and Clarissa, his wife, we're brutal
ly murdered by their own son, Vim. Comstock.-
The murderer was arrested by officer Tucker on
warrant issued by Justice Peck, about 5 oelock
A. NJ. yesterday. The parricsde is man thirty.
seven years old, about feet inches in height:
his clothing besmeared with blood when
found. lie has always resided with his parents In
this town, and WAS unmarried. He lead been
drinking bard for some time, and is evidently la
| boring under the effect of n,oaia-apot,s
He conyersed calmly in relation to the awful
deed, manfesting ne concern for himself, speaking
of the manner in which he deprived his parents of
| life, as if he had been butcherng hogs He saws
| for abont four or five days something seemed to
| tell him he must have number of hearts; this
was repeated to him many times dnriny the day:
| he seemed to live In Sherburne, aid a wire came
| over the hill, connecting with the room telling
him he must have n number of hearts; some one in
Sherburne seemed to telegraph for them. sIhree
| or four days ago attempted to kill nv father TO
| get his heart. Yesterday, went again. placed an
| axe in the room. intending, If could hud my
brother and his wife setting down to kill them
| both Mt once. 1t seems as if must hava both
| their hearts, but did not ind them so situated
| About dark went over to my fathers, and found
| him and my mother sitting-she was sewing. l
Immediately struck her with skillet on the head
| and broke 1t.
| 81 than struck NV father over tbe baa5 ,,,rao -
four times with the remains of the skillet and at.
tempted TO get the axe. After knocking nv father
| down, ] got the axe and cut out their hearts and
nut them in the stove and burned them This
| voice seemed to tell me that the hearts mnst be
! burned. After the deed washed my hands, and
after remaining in the house a short time left and
\ went down to A. Gustins.
| "When arrived found my brother and his
| wife there, visiting. told them had some fresh
meat up to father s; after remaining there short
| time, went down TO the house of Harmon Gus
| tin and told them to get me quart of cider and
bottle and after obtaining it, left for my father
| house without mentioning anything concerning
| the deed. On arriving 1slay down upon the
| lounge, near my father and mother and slept for
| some time,-until near moruiDgs-on awakening I
| left the house and met several persons coming
| towards it. do not recollect who had informed
| of the deed, previous to this As they approached
| me some one said Here is Bill" This was about
| 8 rods west of my fathers. They asked me what I
| had been doing. told them II was none of their
| business. ThTG VI pdEty iuo> Wultt u
couple of them went to the house, and afterwards
| they took me to Potter's where was arrested.
"During the night, after the deed, attempted
to end my own life and thus close the tragedy. l
afterwards went to my brothers house to kill him
aud his wife. l kicked the panels of the door in,
but they had gone away"
The Coroner's Jury in the case have rendered a
verdict that the terrible deed performed by
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Comstock.
Tup CoYr n,-vp. 4
ent of the Augusta Constitutionalist, writing
from Fort Scott. kanaas Territory, 2eth makes
the following statements:
About the first of the present month, n band Of
some thirty-fye men, who respect no Law, forCied
themselves into a Vigilance Committee or Court
for the purpose Of regulating matters (ss they
say the Little Usage, river about twelve miles
from this place. They armed themselves, took pos
session of q proslavery mans CLAIM, arrested sew
ersl of the peaceable citizens Of the neghborhood
on frivolous pretexts. As matter of course, their
prisoners were all found guilty; some were fined
their cattle, corn, hogs, &c; others their claims
and some required to leave the Territory One poor
fellow was stripped of almost all his property and
required to leave his claim forthwith. To have
seen the poor emaciated form OF this mans wife
she laid her complaint before the officers, would
have melted q heart of stone. The sheriff ard dep
uty L. s. Marshal Immediately started with writs,
to arrest those men, on q charge Of rebellion
They found them forted up In strong position,
armed to the teeth The officers were unable TO
execute the Wits, ana were compelteu 10 rcttre-
They summcneda posse of forty men and returned,
when they found the outlaws had increased to six
ty-five or seventy men. They refused to surren-
der and poured volley of Sharpes rife balls into
the Marshai's posse. One Of the officers men was
slightly wounded In the right arm, and his horse
shot completely through. A few shots were fired
from our party, one of which took effect in the
stomach of one of the outlaws. Six of them were
taken prisoners, and the rest escaped to sugar
Mound ten miles distant. where they have been
increased TO some four hundred men, commanded
by the notorious Jim Lane.