The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-08-21
An English TrAsedy--Girl n ard cred
by Her Lever. sas

II 1CH M(JNDs
An English TrAsady--Girl n cred
by Her Lover. A
great deal Of excitement has bcsn creatsd
near Leeds, Eng, BY the murder OF Mary Jane
scssfs, girl, 70 years old, BY her lover, james
atkinson, nAx spinner end man of considerable
property. The Leeds Mercury, OF the 23d ult.,
gtyes the singular history attending the AFFAIR:
Tue parents Of both reside within 1 short dis-
lance Of each other Asd the deceased asd the mur.
aefer nai been companions from childhood, the
auection OF children extending itself 70 that love
a. they grew to manhood and womauhood. and
eacn learning 70 look upon the other as q future
pastner through life. Unfortunately, the father
o. Atkinson and the mother OF the deceased did
not approve Of the match, and about . ear ago
after more perhaps than the usual crosses In lore
the connection was broken on, the deceased accept.
Ing the addresses OF = young man named Gill The
nsw iose, however, did not prove permanent. and
| after few months, Mics Scaifs broke Oh the
eonrtship with Gin and permistsd the renewal of
that Of her old lover. The attention Of the lat.
ter we're continued % before their interrup.
tfon twelve months previously, but on Tuesday
| last on the occasion Of gala at Beverly Park,
Atkinson saw Miss Scaife iH conversation with GIL
| and this circumstance appears to have excited
strong feeling Of jealousy; and day or two after
he met Que of Miss Scafe's brothers, to whom he
complained Of her conduct. Whether his pas,
sion ut the time suggested the fearful crime he
| Afterwards perpetrated is uncertain, but nothing
occurred to excite any suspicion. and the two
met each other as usual. On Sunday night they
ATTENDED Hartwith chapel In company, and on
| returning they were seen to 60 up stump lane,
apparentiy on very good terms. This WAS about
| 9oclock. Shortly afterwards Atkinson returned
home and went to bed The absence of the de-
ceased created no unessness at, home, as she
had been in the habit of staying with her uncle.
MT. Downes, farmer. At dsybreaky next morn
| Ing, Atkinson's brother, who slept In the same
l teodh lnnA thas ~: 49, ~
aud asked how IL cams thsre, when he was horri
fed by being told by his brother that he had NOR.
dered Mary Jane Scaife, the previous night. The
father was immediately called up and the family
reused. In the meantime, however,a a man known
by the name Of Potter Dick, while going along
Stump lane, abou o'clock, found the deceased
laid in the ditch with her throat cot and quite
dead. He gave an alarm, and Mr., Geo. Horton,
surgeon, and Policeman Clifford, were soon on
the spot, but thcir services we're of no avail The
deceased, when found, was laid on her back and
she presented most fearful spectacle. Her head
was nearly severed from her body, her dress and
face were saturated with ciotted blood, her eyes
pr0truded from the sockets with the mJst ghastly
expression, indicating the violence of her dying
convulsions. and the ground was covered with evi
dences ofthe fearful struggle that had TAX en- place
The parasol OF the deceased was broken to pieces
l and her prayer book was found by her side
The body was removed to the New Inn, and At.
kinson being the last person seen in her company
| he taken into custody, when he admitted the
-
knife, which he had secrefed in Mr.. Myers wall
and declaring thatit his mother and her father
who bad caused it by opposing their MARRIAGE
| fhe knife ian ordinary clasp knife,) was after.
wards found stated, the prisoner taking the po
lice officer to the wall, and pointing ont where he
had placed it. 7as-g sE<
Atthe spot where the murdered body was found
is a small embankment or earn, consisting of the
mud taken from the adjoining ditch and Il is sup
posed that Atkinson had thrown his victim upon
it, and then cut her throat. As we had previously
stated, the ground shows that q violent struggle
ensued, the deceased, though only a weak person,
being with difficulty overpowered.
The prisoner is a good looking young man, and
appeared to beoverpowered by his feelings. Pre-.
vious to the charge being made, he gave utterance
TO several matters connected with this melancholy
| affair, among which-"I have been very happy
ever since left Pately Bridge. have comm tied
| great crime, but am quite content. lean go
| freely to the galiows eau forgive the vilest Of
tue vile. L am guilty. left her about ~ oclk
| last night" On leaving the dock, the prisoner,
turning round raid: 'sGentlemen, hope to meet
| you all in heaven" sl7 s9sff
| LARGE AUCTION SALR OF DaY GooDs-On We'd
| nesday 5000 pieces OF plain and fancy cassimers
aud doeskins, Of the manufacture of the Man
chester Mills, were offered at auction in New
York, and brought together a large number of
the trads-the largest of the season. The Express
| says:
The cas- sinners and doeskins were in very poor
style in quality, and prices went lowin fact con
iderably under the owners views, but this might
have been expected from the style Of the goods
/ The biddiDgs were quite animated, but buyers
were very low in their ideas The sale opened
with one lot of side band coIored doeskins which
sold at 46c. large line of plain coored doeskins
brought from 39c down to 3Sc Alsc some sixteen
lots of black dseskins-she only in the cata-
logue--sold st 39a4l 1ac, but mostly at 39a49c.
larger line of colored doeskins, of finer quality
| than the above, brought from 40 up to 44c., most
/ Ixo /a n 1Ix ls,,.~ I1N
| aud 4ic. Tie fancy cashmers sold at IS and SOC
| for a line of wove goods. The checked cassimers
brought from 2s15 to 2912c.
How THE PEOPLE TAKE THE 'sGREsr EVENT OF THE
AGE."-Mr. Smith was highly delighted; declared
that it was wonderful; that it the first
within his recollection of cable having been laid
| across the Atlantic. 3.
MIR. Jones was "neariy crazy" Immediately or
dered dozen on the half shell, and said it was
| hard TO beat. sE* - :
Mr.. Brown doubted whether it could really be
| true; stated his willingness to drink ii invited
Mrs. Thompson was wild with Joy; said she ne
| yer did-only to otbink--goody gracious.
| Messrs. johnson, Hail, Miller and Green who
were attending private primary meeting at the
"Pitcher and Three Glasses, resolved that it was
. great thing, and was additional cause for su,l
porting the general admnistration-N Y. Post.
THE. CHANGE OF LrvEL IN THE LAKEs-Tu. H,eH
| IWArER-lTs CAUsE.-Chester Dewey, LII. D., of the
University of Rochester states that Lake Ontario
is seven inches higher than in October, 1857 " hen
it was the highest that had been known for eleven
yers. He states that there is regular time of
rise fall in the lakes-no periodical changes OF
i've, or seven, or eleven years. Lake Ontario is
high or low when or soon after the same fact ia
Lake Erie, and the fluctuations are about equal as
they are in Lake Michigan. The difference in the
level is very rarely four feet in year, when the
| waters are at rest.
The conclusion he arrives at, after eleven years
observation of the lakes, and of meteorological
conditions in their vicinity is, that the fuctua
lions OF their level depend on the quantity OF
| water poured into the lakes by all the streams
| which carry OF the rain and the melted snow, and
upon the amount of evaporation.
HAD RIGHT fo.-Another kissing difficulty has
occurred. In Philadelphia q conductor on horse
car railroad was observed by fellow conductor to
kiss a pretty girl she aIighted from car. The
latter conductor reported the matter as gross
| tndecorum, and violation of the moraiities oi
| raiiroad conductorsm. The former was accord
| ingly Summoned before the Board of Directors
| and his prospects looked very blue, when as At
last resort he introduced the young lady who wa.
kissed She satisfactorily proved herself to be his
sister Consequence-conductor No. was homo
rably continued In his occupation, and conductor
No. dismissed as an impertinent busy body.
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4 Box MEASURES FOR farmers AND PLAsfsRs.-A
box "a by 16 inches equare, and 20 inches deep
will contain barrels bushels, or 10 ,336 cabiC
inches. box "a by 16 inches square, aud 14l {
inches Deep will contain half bsrrel-21 bushels
or 1916 cubic inches. A box 16' by 1914 inches
square, and inches deep, will contain bushel. OF
/ ll50ls cubic inches; each inch in depth holding
one gallon. A box "a By III inches square, and
oches deep, will contain also bushef, or 2l58lz
4 cubic inches, each inch In depth holding one
gallon. A box IL by II "a inches square and inch
80 deep, viii contain hslf bushel, or lo75k cubic
inches; eAch inch In depth holding half gallon
box 8 by 81 inches square, aud inches deep.
will contain halfa peck, or 1885, cubic inches
The gallon dry measure. A box 4 by 4iuche,
square. and AZ deep, will contain one quart or
/ 621z cubic inches. .s9l
DISTINGUISHED yIsrfoas AT NEwPoaf, x. I-
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