The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-07-11

.oPsth anu american Steam Company. uu-
successful Overtures have been made to France
PAPAL STATES.
A dispatch from Rome announces that Fer.
,ara, Hayena, Forli, Ancona and other towns
lave lave been replaced under the authority of the
rope by Intervention of the Pontificai troops
me officer who commanded the Swiss troops
promoted "A
AUSTRIA.
r, lac railing TO Pieces Of the Empire
me Vienna correspondent of the London
Times asserts that for the last ten years affairs
a.e ,ha. eeen SO terribly mismanaged in Austria
escapes dissolution
y Ia an autograph letter. the Emperor Francis
osepn mas caused ordinances relative to Pro-
;. ;es.thts IN Austria to- be issued without wait
'Ae Ao1 INC revision OF the Council of State.
NAPLEa.
Ds uecTee just issued (June 26) one hun
W uieu . .tnu thirty seven refugees are permitted
10 return, and all other Sicilians holding per-
'-'''oA "n" promising obedience to the laws.
crime In Kentucky High Life-Sen,ence of
the Criminal.
The Lexington (Ky.) Observer not;ces tho
conclusion of a trial which has erci,ed tho
most intense interest there and tn. sentance
OF the prisoner, Robert H. Champ to aftaa,
years imprisonment in the penitentiarv for
committing an outrage on the person of his
dead brothers wife. The most able counsel
in Kentucky were engaged on behalf of the
prisoner, and the case had been removed frn,,
the county in which the offence was Commit
ed, to avoid the great excitement which exist.
ed there against him. The Observer gives the
following particulars of the case:
Mrs. Sallie Champ upon whom the crime
was committed, is the widow of the brother
o1 the aecused-a lady twenty -eight years of
age, the mother of four children, and has been
widow six years. In person, she is attractiy
slender in form, rather above the medium
nelghf, With a adeilcately chiselled face chesnut
nalr. nne eyes, and the air of a Modest INTEL
.ectual lady, accustomed TO good society In
her youth she had been accounted beautiful
From her birth she has resided in Bourbon
county, where she has sustained a character
of the highest respec liability. Robt. Ii. Champ
is married man, with a wife and children
living, and his residence is also in Bourbon
county, in the vicinity of that of the widow
lie Is stout, athletic man, of fine appearance.
about 35 years of age. Being her brothe in
law, and paying her affairs some attention. he
was, at all times, welcome visitor to her
house, and she regarded him in the light of a
friend whose advice and counsel might be i'm
plicitly trusted.
Both are said to be in good circumstances, if
not wealthy. Three days before this shame
less and diabolical occurrence he accompanied
her to a picnic in the neighborhood ; when
riding alone with her he used language so Of
tensive to her feelings, and shocking to her
sense OF morality and virtue, that she repulsed
MN scornfully; and after that she was more
guarded IN her intercourse, and kept IT'S much
as possible aloof from him. On bright June
morning, whilst in pursuit of her domes tic
duties, Mr.. Champ was announced, and she
politely received him at the door of her hospi-
table house. He took q seat in the hall the
| lady seated herself on the opposite side, when
after the customary saluations had been inter
| changed, she informed him that she expec ted
| company that day, and had some preparations
| for their reception and entertainment to su.
/ n in vi ffafin on tnrh lin
| to retire had not the desired effect and he i'm.
! mediately said, Il wish to see your new par.
| lor curtains, rs l intend to buy a set like them
| if they please me. Will you show them tc
| me p $50 soon,'' said the lady, 'as L give
| some directions to the cook will do SO, but
have little time to spare just now"
Upon her return, they proceeded together tc
| the parlor, and when reaching the window she
| attempted to open the shutter to better admi
| the light; upon turning her head she discovered
| that the door had been closed by Champ, who
had now approached close to her. She askeC
| him if the curtains We're not handsome. "They
are beautiful said he, ''but not half so beau
| tiful as you are and in an an instant hi:
| strong arm encircled her waist, while with th'
| other hand he applied vial to her nose. He
| senses deserted her, and she knew no more
| until, when recovering, she found hersel
! stretched upon the floor and saw her pursuel
| rising from her. The lady, terrified and faint
| feebly staggered to the door, and in an attemp
| To call assistance, fell; again she rose ant
in the meantime, had skulked from the scene
| of his guilt.
! This man returned to confront his vic tim
| that he might hear himself denounced by hel
own lips, and his damnlng deed proclaimed in
the presence of terrified witnesses. He declar
| ed her to be crazy, and endeavored to impress
this opinion upon the bystanders. The pool
woman, in her agony, turning TO relative
said Robert Champ has ruined mel am
ruined woman-get the gun and shoot me-
Robert Champ, get out of my house"
The lady remained in n state of great pros
tration for several weeks after the occurrence
Indeed, from the feeble manner in which she
tottered from the Court House, after relating
from the witnesses stand the painful story OF
the terrible and aggravated wrong she had sus-
tanned, it would seem that she had not yet
wholly recovered.
THE u. s. GOVERNMENT on ARTICLES Con-
TRABAND OF WAR.-An i'm portant State paper
as to the position of the United States upon
the quest ions of neutral rights has been COM
pleted, and was dispatched to all our Minis
ters i'll Europe by the Persia, on Wednesday.
The principal points are with reference to IL
limit alton of articles which shall be deemed
contraband of war. The United States holds
that nothing should be embraced in this list
but the direct and immediate munitions OF
warfare, such as powder, muskets, cannon,
lead and saltpetre, &c. Coal, which is the
very foundation OF manufacturing and COM
merciai transactions, is declared by the United
States not to be contraband o1 war, and any
attempt 10 construe it otherwise Will he view
ed rs an encrOachment upon our commerce.
So, also, are breadstufs not contraDaud OF
war. The broad doctrine is also reiterated
that a free flag covers the cargo. Whist the
dispatch makes no alIusion to privateering, II
is we'll understood rs a settled principle Of the
American doctrine, that under no circum-
stances will we abandon that right.
MORE REroRTs FROM PIXIES PEAK-TAe
Other Side.-The express from Denver City
brings dates of the 3uth ult. The Indians were
y-nrN Pt1Ith hlASn q lD :
them was talked Of Mr.. Mccoy, who lett
Denver City on the 24th ult, Informs the ST.
Joseph Gazette that only eight or ten Claims
have yet been discovered that pay. These are
on the Gregory road, the rest being all de-
sert He says the reports of the richness of
other claims are absolutely false and that the
miners were leaving in large numbers. Some
three thousand wagons are now on 4 return
trip. Mr. Mccoy es Inmates that there are now
about the mines from IS 600 to $4,000 persons,
most of whom are doing nothing OF working
for their board. He says the mines Will not
supply more than $500 people, ana advises
every body to stay at home.
THE AERIAL EXPRESS LINE-A letter was
received yesterday, in this city, which had
come through from ST. Louis TO Lake Ontario
by Kinsley L Company's Aerial Express, IN
the balloon Atlantic. 1t was one OF those In
the carpet bag which the balloonist had TO
drop into the lake TO Tighten the balloon, IN
order TO rise above the storm. 1t did not come
to hand soon as expected, but II Kew over
eight hundred miles of the distance quicker
than intelligence ever went that distance be-
fore, except by telegraph express. The speed
may be better estimated by comparing IT with
the length of time (fye days. II has required TO
come by mail the rest of the distance, from
Lake Ontario to Phiadelphia-onlyo one third
as far as from St. Louis 10 Lake Ontario. This,
for first aerial trip, is doing very weil--Phti-
ads!phia Ledger.
THEAGE OF GKNHRALs.-When Alexander
the Great fought his first pitched battle at the
Granicus he ~ years old; Napoleon l. was
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