The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-02-19

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MASSACRE OF MIsstoSARrss.-0u Tu esday the vice
President laid before the Senate a communication
from the Department OF War. made IN compliance
with resolution Of tho 9th uit., calling for a
copy of tho typographical memoir and maps Of
Col. Wriget's late campaign against the Indians in
Oregon aud Washington Territories which was
read, and the motion to print referred TO the Com
mittee on Printing.
| Among the subjects contained 10 this report is
| what pIrports to be An authentic account of the
| murder Of a Methodist Missionary Dr. KIituap
who crossed the plains aud settled in the valley OF
| the Nalla Walla, whore he soon had. around him
all the comforts Of rural life, and where. with his
Interesting family, he commenced his efforts to in
struet aud enlighten the savages Of that region.
The small pox having broken out among the In
| dams, spread with great rapidity, hundreds of
their numbers falling victims to the disease. The
family Of tho missionary did all In their power to
| mitigate aud assuage the suferings OF these sav-
| ages, by nursing them and distributing medicines.
But the missionary family not being afflicted With
the pestiience, created suspicion 10 the minds of
| the Indians that the pestilence had been brought
for the purpose of destroying the red race and OBJ
| tanning their lands. With view to test prscti>
cally the truth, two Indians were seut over to The
mission farm, that had not been sftlcte with the
| malady, Ia order that the missionary might pre-,
scribe ior them which kindly DONE aud the red
patients returned to their friends TO await the
issue BY some strange fatality, both Of those In
dams died, which confirmed in the minds OF those
savages the truth of the suspicion, and the next
step was revenge. A stalwart savage was selected
for the bloody deed, who stole into the chamber OF
the sleeping family and buried his tomabawk IL
the brains of the missionary and that OF HE vile,
and then other indians rushed 10, and helpless
4, children, male and female employees were butch
cred, the house RACED to the gronnd. fences des"
| troyed, and every yestigs Of once happy home
| disappeared.
MURDER IN D,UPHIS COUNTY, PA.-The body Of
/ woman, horribly mntilated, was found 10 the
woods, not far from Elzsbeth, Dauphin county,
Pa. The Harrisburg Telegraph says:
| The unfortunate woman was the wife Of one
| Henry Smith, aud the compile were what might
be termed travelling mepdicauts. Some time on
| Monday last, Smith called at the residence of Mr.
John Hazy, and desired shelter for the night, sta
ting that his wife was sick in adjoining woods
| MIR Hszy perceiviDg, however, that the man was
intoxicated, refused TO grant the request and no
! thing more seen of the applicant until he
| was arrested on Tuesday for tire crime OF mur.
. der. On Monday evening Mr. Iiszy and his neigh
bors heard groaus aud cries issuing from the pre-.
vousIy mentioned copse of woods, aud on the
!; following morning the body of the woman was
found stated. Suspicion was at once directed
/, to the man Smith as the author of the deed, aud
! he was traced to Hghspire, where he was
rested by Mr. John IIyers and others, and is now
+; confined in our prison to answer. The club aud
stone by which the murder was committed, is in
the hands of the coroner, and will be produced as
1 eF ieehSc oGoihSt
| TEE DASvILLE CosEEcrIoN.-A correspondent of
the Petersburg Express, writing from Raleigh, N.
| c., says:
| The bill which has been regarded by some as the
/ Dauville Connection in disguize viz: the Rocks
FEns CHAM and Coalfields Railroad, paused the.Senate
\ Oh yesterday, with an amendment allowing q con-
| nection with the .nvie Road: but prohibiting
the road to approsch within 20 miles OF the North
Carolina Railroad, under penalty Of forfeiture Of
aka kn N,R RIuIlt IN
| Danville road, and run to the Coaifields in the
| county of Rockingham The bill formerly al
lowed tne road.to run from Greensboro TO tho Coal
fields iu Rockingh ham. but was prevented from
| app! oachins within 20 miles OF DanvIie. The
amendment OF the Senate was concurred in by the
House of Commons.
THE CooL1E TRAFFIc-The Havana correspondent
of the New Orleans Delta, in noticing the arrival
of the French steamer Francis lst with S36 Coolies
| from Macao says
This cargo brings up the Coolie in Introduction to
30,520 delivered alive, and perishcd on the way
by disease and suicides 5.6l4-alI in due course
| Of British philanthropy. In this year many con-
tracts for Coojie service will expire, ard we can
begin to calculate the proportion OF mortality
which pertains to this system Of benevclercs and
| labor,
Miss JUpsoN (ioEs To INDIAN, AND GETS Divorce
Miss Judson, the heroine OF the Anglo-African
elopement, which caused SO much commotion
about six weeks since arrived in town yesterday,
on her way home ward, having been to Indiana. in
company with her brother, and advertised Joe for
| Il divorce. Joe hadn I any money TO take him
there to pleai his own cause, and time being up
| he was Iepudiated, and his bride made free wo
man. She Just 10 the nick of time, as the
statutes were Immediately afterwards amended so
TO cut off all such operations in future. Indi-
| ana is longer the haven of domestic Difficult
| ties.-DetTod Free Press.
| DEATH THE HISTORIAN HALLAM.-Almost tho
| same moment that the announcement of the
death of the ilustrious American historian, VIM
| II. Prescott, reached Europe, received here
the Intelligence of the death of the no less ius>
trous English historian, Henry Hsllam. He was
born in l71S, and graduated at Oxford University
| in 1899. In lSlS, he gave TO the world the first,
| and perhaps the greatest of his works, the View
| of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages
| lie waited nine years and then gave to the world
| his Constitutional History of England, from the
| Accession of Henry VII. to the death of George
ii.
| yETnE BURNS CENTENNIAL IN GREAT BRITAIN-The
Burns centenary appears to have been celebrated
| with enthusiasm all over Great Britain. Some
| flea may be formed of the number of celebrations
which took place in different towns from the state.
ment that the secretary of the Crystal Palace re.
ceved about two hundred applications from vas
| rious local celebration committees for copies of
| tho prize poem. The centenary celebrat ted in
| London by banquet at the Guildhall Hotel, Mr.
| Hannsy in the chair Fourteen thousand persons
attended the Crystal Palace fete. The number of
poems presented for competition at the CRYSTAL
Palace exceeded 600. The successful competitor
| was apparently a lacy who signed her name
Elsa Craig, y Ranelagh street, Pimlico, London"
| MR JEFFERSON AND THE FRANKING PRIVILEGE
| Mr. Jefferson never franked letters for any mem.
bers # bis family, and correspondents frequently
enclosed in those directed to him. letters for come
of bis family, but Mr.. Jefferson invariably gave
notice of the fact to the Postmaster of this place.
and had the postage OF all such letters charged
| him. The example Of Mr.. Jefferson is worthy Of
imitation by all those who are entitled to :he
ranking privilege, and we commend it TO them as
| a Jeffersonian principle that would be we'll to
carry ont to the letter In this respect all ought
TO be strict aud rigid constructionsts. Every
editor in the Union should make the above fact
known to his readers.-CTarlotteseili (Fa Jetier-
S0niGn.
THE BURNING OF WILLIAA AND MARY CoLLEGE.-
Friends writing US from Williamsburg tell us that
the conf sgration of the venerable e6ifice WAS mel
aDcholy 10 the extreme. sit was affecting to see
the tears of bearded men, and to lear the cries OF
women. Nor was the distress confined to the mas
ters and mistresses it extended TO servants. All
were for time overwhelmed" "After doing eve.
thing in their power TO save what was possible.
citizens, professors and students folded their
and looked onan silence. with feelings far too deep
for utterance." Norfolk (VG) Aryns
GEORGIA SouTH YVES, ERN RAILROAD The ne,
earnings Of the South Western (Ga) Railroad, for
the past six months, was one hundred and eighty
eight thousand eight hundred and ffty-four dol.
lars or at the ronpd rate of thirty-ope Thousand
four huHdred and sevHty hve dollars per
month-or over one thousand dollars per day of
net profits All the railroads in Georgia exhibita
like prosperous condition, which is accounted for
by the large crop of cotton which has been made
and the general prosperity which prevails in all
departments of industry.
DAMAGES FOR SLANDER.-Pb9be Allison formerly
domestic 10 the house Of Mr.. Thos. Bratt, Of Al.
leghepy city, Pa, lately sued Mrs. s. for slauder,
and laid her damages at $4,000. The case was
tried day or two ago, and the jury gave verdict
of 81 500 in favor of the plaintiff The defendant,