The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-12-02

EMBER 2, 1853
SHOCKING ArsAn.-At Detroit, on the 25th uit..
Michael McNsmara attempted to murder bis vita
and sfep-daashter, in order to obtain a 600 iefl
them By relative. The girl Was abcat 10 years
old; and was frishtfuiIy Gu. about the neck and
hsuds, a. was her mother. The Free Press ssys
The hrst intimation the intended victims had Of
the intenttons Of the father and husband wss his
coming up tho stairs into the back chamber where
the family, consisting of the neither, the Oldest
daughter, and four little ooes, ranging from two
to ten years old, were in the act Of retiring The
mother vas on her knees In the act Of praying,
With her listlc ones already in bed, when be adj
vanced 70 position behind her, took her BY tho
hair, and pulled ber head back.
The exact nature Of ths Struggle between the
TWO Is difficult to give froEl the fac, that shs re
fused 10 describe IL for fear of iupicatjue him
most Extraordinary instance Of womsn's fidelity
under extrsmet circumstances. He succeeded in
fnnicttBg several severe wounds on her throat auo
tneu, probably becoming fearful lest the children
should make their escape aud give the alarm
seized ths oldest girl, who was about to run down
stairs, aud made desperate attempts to cut her
throat Sue screa med and struggled with ell hsr
strength, using her hands to defend her throat,
BY which means the razor was drawn directiy
through one Of them, which was cut In q terri.
Bile manner. She succeeded in getting away from
him after he had cut her neck open both sides,
and cut her head In one or two places, and ran
down stairs, followed by her mother, and out into
the street. The neighbors, hearing the screams.
ran out at the same time, and describe the sight az
shocking in the extreme; the two women running
for their lives, the blood streaming from their
gaping wounds and besmeariDg their faces and
clothing with it's sanguinary color, which, with
their fright and screams, rendered q most sieken
ing appearance
The assassin gave himself up to the police and
was sent to prison.
HORRIBLE csuELry.-The murder of q negro
owned by George Brent ia Northumberland CO
by six white aud free negro; men, has been
noticed. " ite witness has turned up who saw
the murder. The Alexandria Sentinel says:
He said that several days before az he was pass.
ing by the place he heard the cries aod groans of
person apparently in great agony, and upon
leaving bis wagon and going to the spot whence
they proceeded he found the coiored man suspend
ed TO tree and the persons mentioned cutting
him to pieces with branches Of switches, and had
at the same time q IRE baruing under him, and
that he cut him down az he could, but too
late to save his life be died soon after suffering
intense pain He also said that there were some fres
negro accomplices, who cut the switches With
which he was scourged. They were Immediately
arrested aud given nine aud thirty ou their bare
backs and ordered TO leave the county. The ex.
ctemebt was so great, that many were in favor of
lynching the demons who committed the foul act
but law and order prevailed and they were handed
over to the authorities who committed them to
jail to await the Judgment of the law. The reason
given for the commission Of the deed wss that the
negro, with whom they had been trading. had iu.
formed againat them. His name was Bill and he
belonged to MIR. George Brent.
RAILROAD BILLS From the proceedings of the
North Carolina Legislature the Goth ult., we
make the following extracts interesting In virgi.
mia
Mr.. Simpson, a bill to incorporate the Greens
h0rO and UaDytlI6 kaitrOad. Ordered to ha nrjnf
ed.
The bill, It's second reading, to repeal the
81 tn section ofthe 6lst chapter Revised Code pro.
hibiting the building OF canals, roads, &C.. with
out authority of the Legislature, gave rise to a
long debate, in which much feeling was manifested
as il involved the Danviiie ard other connections
with the n. C. r. r. Messrs. Ashe, Houston,
Bledsoe and Edney, took strong ground against
the repeal and Messrs. Brown, Mcdonald and
Davidson in favor Of it. The bill postponed
aud made the specialord for Wednesday II oelk.
NAVAL Lieut. Z. Allen, e. s. N, has rendered
bis resignation to take effect from Dec. 1s for the
purpose of acceRtipga position offered to him by
the U. 8. Mail Steamship Company, running be-
tween New York aud New Orleans
Lieutenant Chss. NJ. Fauntleroy, Z. 8. Navy, has
been ordered TO the command Of o IIydrographic
in the Coast Survey.
The United States steamer Vixen sailed from Ha.
vana on cruise 23j inst.
The United States steamer Westernport, Capt.
aguay, via Bsrbsdoes.
The Secretary of the Navy has appointed Board
of Engineers 10 examine the engines for the steam
er being bull. at Norfolk.
ANOTHER REVOLUTIONARY MovENErr.-We learn
| by private letter received from gentleman la
Sonora that another revolution is about breaking
| ont, that the Gaucora party, once tho powerful
| party of the State, are about TO take the field
against Pess neri, the present Governor. Gspdoras
army 700 strong. j, now on its march north, hav-
ing entered the State from the south. and are be-
ing Joined by many of the citizens. 1t is thought
| there Ia no doubt of his success, as the people
| tired of Pesgueri's government, and are desfrous
of a change to a more liberal policy.-Ee0 York
| Times.
TEE 'CURFEw Bella revival Of the Norman
| curfew, says Paris letter, has been in operation
for these few evenings past all over Paris. and
strange to add there has been no noise made about
it the sound of the drum by which it has been
proclaimed in the more refractory streets of the
Pays Latin, and other uuruly localities. At the
hour of IL p NJ all the cafes. billiard rooms, pub
/ lie houses, and similar establishments, are punc-
tnally closed, having been previously evacuated
| by their habitual or casual frequenters. The in.
tense cold just now prevalent has come In aid of
/ the new regulation.
! THE GREAT CHESS PLAYEa-Mr. Morphy, who IL
| DOW 10 Paris, has been beaten by the Duke of
| Brunswick, Count Cassabianca. Count Isonard and
| the Princess Murat at chess. In the last nurnber
| OF the 1fiu0tThteC LOuu-D NEWS HT CtAurtou
sconts the idea that he is afraid to play with Mr..
| Morphy. He reIerates the plea of literary en-
| gagemente, and says that although pawn aud two
moves below his old strength, he yet offered to
break lance with Morphy, in pure chivalry, in
viting him to be his guest. This invitation, he
says, Mr.. Morphy has never noticed.
BEouEsrs Daniel L Scheuck, late of Marlboro,
| Monmouth county, N. j., has bequeathed to the
| Theological Seminary of Nav Brunswick, the sum
of $1,000; and to the Chassis of Holland, Michigan,
$1,000, for the support of INDECENT churches with
| in its bounds.
| NEW THrArRE-A splendid theatre Is being
erected in Cincinnati. The front is of drab sand
| stone, highly ornamented. The facade is eur
| rounded by a representation Of the Muses.. The
theatre itself 10 very large, and 1t is TO be flushed
10 superior style. Il will seat 800 persons, and
will cost 100000.
| onpEs or FUNERALS Roman Catholics OF
| Cincinnati had q meeting the Other evening
Bishop Purcell in the chair, to agree upon certain
! rules for preventing 'sesndnlous scenes at fnners
ais" One Of the resolutions adopted, is, that no
moro than six carriages shail be permitted.
MoRE "LYscH LAVA man, named Myers, was
wan tonly stabbed and killed at Hannibal, H.. a
| few days ago, by desperate, named Adams The
citizens Immediately assembled, seized Adams, an d
strung him mp to the first convenient tree, where
he HING antil life was extinct
MURDER RI SLavEs-0n the night Of the Goth
inst. Mr. Benjamin Bruce, OF Huntsville, Mo, was
| murdered In his bed by two slaves who bad been
| wiiled to him during his life. efter which they
were to be freed. They we're arrosted
|
VrcrssrrIrEs-The Bury (Ensland) Post says
that Mr.. KijsdaIe, who died recently with only
| threcpencs 10 his pocket, and whose fnucral exs
penses were betrayed by subscription, was
wealthy few years ago and owned 100 horses, bat
| was ruined by his Losses On the "Tgffo
|
EARLY WINTER IN MAISE.-Presious TO the 10th
alt, the mill pond of Jonesboro, Maine, Was
90 veil frozen that the boys skated the ice for
a distance Of two or three miles above the mill -
Such an event does not occur oftener than once In
twenty years 30 early in the season.