The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-05-28

L LS. 1905
DELhRaArE MuapIR.--Mnrders aud suicides fea
fully abound. A murder has just been commit.e
!. In Townsend, 0aie, NJ we learn by the sandusk
Register, that for deliberate nlalic. and atrocit,
has few parallels. The Registers account says
:" II seems that James James. q cousin Z
June, harbored an old grudge against the latter
aud having prepared himself for revenge by cor
: structing an Internal machine with powder an
I some other material, aud arming hiuseif with
revolver aud knife, and called at Jnnes house yes
terday morning at an early hour, saying, rs h
came IN, Iube am in time to take breakfast will
you He was Invited TO do 50. and sat down I,
the table as cody as IL on a friendly visit. Affe
the meal was done. and June's workmep had left
he rose and locked the door. putting the key IL
bis pocket; and drawiug bis revolver said, 'Juue.
have come here TO commit murder, aud going
TO do IT, As he said this he presented and snap
ped bis revolver, which missed fire. June then
seized him, aud a tremendous scnflie ensnsd be
tween June. aided by his wife, aud the misc reant;
the latter by this time cutting right and left with
| sharp khife Mrs j., percevipg that her hus.
| band was being cut Fiece-meai quit her bold.
burst through panel OF the door, and shouted
| 'murderP On the arrival of the neighbors. arous-
cd by her cries. il was found that the murderer
| bad succeeded In disemboweiiug June, and had
| only failed in his diabolical purpose by his knife
being broken OF at The handle. James se-
| cured' and on his examination before Justice,
confessed his purpose freely, and said. he only
wanted June to die, aud then he would die happy
| expressing no contriton whatever He is now in
jail at Fremont Awaiting his trial. June died
shortly after the affray.
REGUL.roRs IN FLoRIDA-The Savannah (Ga }
Republican, from gentIaman Just returned from
Florida, learns of some crueities committed there
BY persons styling themselves regulators" Two
or three persons have been hung arourd Tampa
Bay without trial. 1t adds:
One of the volunteers in the late service against
the Indians, for some offence, was arrested by
them, whipped within hearing of the camp TO
~bich he was attached, and given t9 euty four
houts 10 leave the state The intrepid soldier.
rather than meet the threatened vengeance of the
Kegul lators preferred deserting, aud has not been
beard oil since Two women OF i'll repute were Ia
Ken up in Tampa aud whpped, egch receiving fl 4.
teeh iashes, and given notice to leave in twenty
i"uFs; at theexpiration of the time, they seve no
evidence OF any Intention TO move " hen thew wer.
again arrested ard another hagellatiop iufiic fed
besides having their heads shaved and them sci
assisted out OF tue place.
BILLY BowLEG5 GETS AN ASsvER--The famous
lndian, Billy Bowiegs, has received "a telegraphic
answer, to his message to President Buchanan a.
follows:
'fhe President returns the greeting of the great
Indian warrior, Billy Bowiegs. aud wishes him
long life, health and prosperity in his new home -
DiiIys rs our rea1ers are no doubt left NpW
Orleans on the 18th with his warriors wosen and
children, on board the steamboat Ouapaw nm
der charge Of Col. Rector.
FaTALIrY.-The New York correspondent of the
Charleston rs. C) Courier, says:
The late suicide Of Herbert has called to mind
singular fatality which has attended many of his
literary associates. In 1851, Thomas pictop. who
now claims llerhert's library, started newspaper
called the 'Sachem," aud gathered around him
-rtI.Y Y..fn nanh rif L.
orrespondiug-included pictoB, Dr. Bachelor.
HERBERT William North, Geo. q. Foster, Major
richardson, and Capt Bradley. OF these PicGon
and Or. Bachelor are livng-the other fl ye have
lied suicides-ihough with reference to one Fos
ter, the fact has been denied.
INGENIoUs BuaGLARY-Ju.t before daylight on
honday mornings wagon, with several nil TX cans
vas driven up TO the grocery of Johh Cornish, ia
Avenue ID, New York. when some men took The
cans and carried them up to the door The police
saw the proceeding, tut had no suspicion Of any
thing wrong Meanwhile, one of the party effect
ed an entrance through the rear of the premises
and collecting all the booty he could find-nameIy
$500 in cents-it was placed in the cans aud cartel
away. Peter Brush, German pedar, was soon
afterwards al rested with $37 in cents upon hi
person, aud the police found bag containing sl2o
IN house in Six III street.
BUsGLAks CAUGHT BY BLoopHoUSDs AT IN early
hour ON the morning of the 18th instant. the resi-
dence OF Dir. Gulat, on l. uisiaHa Avenue in New
Orleans, La, was entered by bnriars and robbed OF
leweify and plate TO the value of 81 900 After The
-hrgiars had decamped, the owner of the house
informed a policeman of the robbery. who having
two blood hounds with him. put them upon The
trail. and in five minutes one of the rohbers was
captured, and soon after the other They were
rretty badly bitten by the dogs before they could
be taken off.
THE GREAT ECLlPsE-S John PakjnSton has
ohereu 10 place vessels at the disposal Of men OF
SCIENCE tor observing the great eclipse of the SUI
when VIII iake place 10 September next. This
eclipse will be total, and its astronomical appear
ance VIII be best seen III South America, particu
lally about Lima.
TaE WHEAT CR0p.--We very much regret 20
near that the wheat crop in the counties of Cum
9erland, Buckingham and Appomattax will he cut
short at least one half by the joint wcrm. Tn to
few Gays since, the crop promised 10 be a very
ahur d1nt one, but our iainrmaut Gays, (who is a
reiiahie gentleman) that all their hopes are dash
cd to the sround-Lyachtarg, Va, hel,u6iicaa.
CAPITAL OF CANADa.-Mr. Dorion. member of the
Provincial Parliament from Montreal has moved
address TO Queen Victoria que sting her to re
consider her selection OF Ottawa the seat of gov
ernnebt, and to name Montreal as the future cap
itai OF Canada.
THE ARMY IN SpA!N.-From the discussion on the
Military Estimates in the Curtes we learn that
the Spanish army now on foot consists Of $1,000
snd 10000 trops, exclusively attached to the Custom
house service. Tie staff Is enormous; it consists
"f nearly GOO geuerals--a number more than sui.
hcient for the command of all the armies Of Europe
DEATH CAUSED BY IGNoRANCE-0n Stturdya last.
An inquest held Oh the body of child IN Ne~
York city, resulted in the verdict, that the childs
death was caused by the ignorance of the Crug
clerk, who had substituted "tinctare of opium
for elixir of parcgOTie," which was ordered The
clerk Was Committed TO await the action of the
Grand Jury.
ENCOURAGING Coon HUsBANDRY.-The Glass of
1851 in Hamilton College, N. Y, instituted fund
OF $50, to be expended in the purchase OF Silver
Cup, as p-ize to the first boy born 20 any NOM
Der of the class.
SINGULAR AM.LGAMATIoS.--The Hightstown a.
j. Excelsior, gives ap account of a log containing
three different kinds of wood-~hite oak, maple
aud bckory-aii grown together i'll the most per-
feet manner.
THE paIzE or 5000 francs offered every five
years by the Belgian Government for the best
literary work which has appeared 6nrng that
period has been awarded to the poet NJ. Andre
Van Hasset.
RoHBxEY-At Poweirs Hotel, Petersburg Va
Tuesday night the room Of DIR. John W. Gregory.
of Neck enburg coubty, was entered by thief
and robbed of $3.50. The room Of j. w Smiier
Wa4 entered aud gold watch saiued at S2D taken.
and the room of J W. Davis was robbed Of s15. No
clue to the robbery.
BROKE JAIL.-Joe Turner, whose recent corvic-
ton aud sentence TO The penilentiary, for theft
in Campbell Co. Va. WAS noticed, broke jail at
Campbell C. H.. on Monday night, and has Dot
since been heard ffem
New York REGAfTA THE annual regatta of the
New York Yacht Cnb will cane OF or Thursday.
Sd of June, 10 New York barbor, under the direc-
ton of the Committee of Arrangements There
will be prize, valued at $3.50, TOR each class Of
yachts.
No WONDER THEY EMIeRArE The working days
in Swtzeriapd, are from ii TO - hours. Wages
for ehiidreD, cents per day; women, from III to
80 cents: men, from Al 10 so cents.
ISpI,S Carr KiILfD Joseph DeroiD. half breed
chef Of the otoe tribe Il Indians, was recently
shot dead nj ST. Deroin, Nebraska, by one Bedow,
hasa lfta Dsrnin had threatened TO take.