The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-02-13
snow storm-Painful Accident
Steamship Roanoke, dc.
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PETERSBURG, Feb. 18th.
IL has been showing all day. The GROUND y
sovered Ia A depth Of three or four inehes, auu
from the present steady continuance o. .ne 800
and the incorporating appearance OF tne e,ouas
70 fs l,tetv IN be increased mnch more oeioto "'u
night. schoolboys are enjoying carnivai, ana
romantic misses the superlativeiy eGhiieraIins
prospect of a season of sleigh-beii gaiety; o..
An unhappy accident occurred on the Soatn
Side railroad, last evening, 10" hiie' s,,.S
Iynebbure A Waterman on the ROAD, naheu
Fast, was arranging something about the cars
when they were In motion, and slipping between
them fell beneath the wheels. one veg was cut
entirely off, and the other leg LETT dangling oy
thin shred of flesh.
gbere was nothing of interest at the police court
TODAY. An old man was found In the streets, last
night, nearly frozen, and placed IN JAN ior pro-
lection. ,..; a..
murder of myriads Of robbins in the woods OF
Prince George and Chesterfield. where, u ID said'
any quantity of the game abounds.
The steamship Roanoke, arrived at her wnari az
CITY Point, last night, at l o'clock. she mas re-
ceiysd a comnjete oyerhauing, and looks as fresh
as when first placed on the line. Caps. sklnne
understand, gave a select entertainment at ms
hotel at the Point iu honor Of her return 70 DUTY
Little was done on Change to-day. The snow mas
had the effect of slensing all out door operations,
and those who are enthusiastic for finding pur-
chasers for their wheat and cotton, must tramp
from door to door. and appeal to the good nature
of their weather bound patrons. bEfro'
TIE YALE COLLEGE AFFRAY.-The accounts receiv-
ed by New Haven papers, concerning the late al
fray between the Yale students and the firemen,
do not differ materially from the published tee-
graphic eport. The difficulty seems to have ORR
ginated 10 sundry insulting and aggressive acts on
both Sides each claiming the other to have been
the aggressor. The New Haven Courier Of yester-
day says:
oLast evening, about six o'clock, while six or
eight of the members of No. we're in their en-
CINE house. party OF students, marching three
abreast, passed by the house One or more OF the
firemen went into the street, when brick was
fired at the house. and Iteration at once COM
menced The firemen began to rally, and soon be-
came as numerous as the students; and while the
dispute ran high, several shots were fired from a
revolver in the hands of one of the students, one
of the balls taking effect in the person of William
Miles, member OF No. 2, and steward OF the
Company. As soon as the iremen saw that Miles
was shot, they raised an alarm OF hre, which
brought large crowd to the spot.
One of the number, named Nahum Hayward,
who is a member of No. 2 seized man whom he
| supposed had discharged the pistol and, as he
| saws gave him q severe blow over the face, with
| wrench which must have left n mark upon his
| person but HAYWARD was rushed upon by num-
| Der of students and obliged to let go his mold,
| when the students separated and lett the spot
/
reached his house, found that his clothes had been
| badly cut by knife, but no wounds had been in
| hcted. Miles taken into the engine house,
| where he was examined by Drs. Whiting and
| Austin, who probed the wound, but were unable
| to dislodge the ball. He was afterwards removed
| to bis place of residence in the upper part ofthe
| city, where an examination was had by Drs
| Knight and Jewett. 1t was found that the bali
had entered the right hip, passing through the hip
| bone. and lodging in the abdominal cavity. His
| case is considered hopeless one. 1t is claimed
| by the 6remen that the assault was entirely an
| provoked no cause whatever having at the time
| been given, the part of those in the engine
house.
The affair, though it enlisted warm feeling, did
not create that excitement which other similar
| affairs have done, and except the first alarm of
fire. which was not generally taken up there was
no attempt ut a breach of the peace.
We understand that the person who fired the
pistol, Ia not known either to the persons present
or the officers of the College.
There is a report tonight that Miles is dead.
With so many conflicting accounts OF the affair,
it is of course impossible to get at the real cause
of the disturbance, to tell who are tho aggres
sors. No arrests have yet been made, and until
there are, and the matter is brought before the
proper authorities the true facts ia the case can
not be brought to light.