The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-07-21

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Quick AND DESPERATE DurL.-A man
named JACK nixon rode up In front OF a eofe,
house, kept by another man naInai Melton In
Amite City, La, on Friday week for thn mr.
pose rs he sad of killing somebody: nor did
he care much which. In ihe same moment
! the two men raised their guns Nixon sitting
on his horse, and Melton standing ON The
| ground, about twenty yards Off Each dis.
charged both barrels of his gun Mixon,s first
shot was harmless; Meltons first shot with
| the bird shot barreD sent several of The sho.
| into Mixon's left side, to the front near his
breast Melton's second shot missed Nixon,s
second fire sent buck shot into the forehead
Of Melton. As may well be imapined III,
| people around, in the highest eScitenenf
| rushed In after the quick and desperate duel
Nixon was not supposed to be seriously
hurt. The small shot did not seem to have
| more than penetrated his skin Melton wa
| found 10 be mortally wounded, and In n shor1
| time died. Then arose high excitement amopc
| the people in the town. Melton had been uni
yersally liked as a quiet, ,peaceable man N;vop
who had been arrested and confined was take,,
| from his confinement and dragged off bv an
| infuriated mob to be hung to the nearest tree
The rope was already round his neck and
short would have been his shrift had not some
| of the more cool-minded and law-abiding of
| the party interfered and stopped the proceed
| ings. Nixon was taken back to Jail, and there
next day. he died.
The small brdshot wounds vera moi snn
posed to have caused his death Tho rpmor
was, that whilst the frenzed mob had him
! they beat him over the head and that from
blows on the head he died
Another Nixon, having heard of his broth
ers death, came charging into town. wanting
to kill somebody, but he was at once seized
ana disarmed by the crowd, without undue
violence, and prevented from doing any harm
LATEST PROM ARIZoSA.-dnotaer 1Tnyd>r-
A correspondent of the St Louis Republican
of July 18th. writing from I.ulac. Arizona on
June 30. 1882 states that on the evening of the
2-th John Ware was killed in front of his own
rancho by party of Mexcans. The Mexi-
cans had been beset by Wares dogs and he
went out TO see what was the matter, when the
whole party set upon him with knives. Jas
Caruihers, Mr.. Wares partner. came to his
assistance and with n gun shot one Mexican
dead, Knocked another down with the butt-eEd
of his weapon and put the remainder to light
Ware was found to be- stabbed in five places
and he died of the wounds in about :}6 hours
after their infliction. One Of the murderers
named Raphael Palaneo, has been arrested
The deceased, John Ware was a native of
Virginia. and the correED Dondent says had one
brother purser in the Navy, and another
teller of a bank in Richmond, Virginia [This
last Is a mistake. rs there is no bank teller in
this city named Ware.l
LAND SALEs.-Mr. Johnson Fitzhugh has
sold his Green Bank estate in Stafford county
containing 1000 acres, to Hugh Scott ESD of
Fredericksburg, for $4,000 cash and 500 acres
of land in SpottsyIvania. DIR. VIM. Writ sold
his Bleak Hall estate in Westmoreland county
to Mr.. Robert Borst of New York. together
with some III negroes on the farm. for COCO.
The farm contains 1000 acres. The farm in
Caroline county, lying on the RappahannOck
River, known as Moons Mount, belonging 10
MI +. n. FitZhugh, was sold at public sale on
Friday last to Mr.. John Coalter for ll,lU0-
The farm contains 53l ]. acres. The Richland
Farm III Stafford county, loo acres, was sold
on Saturday, for s. $50 A tract OF land :id-
joining, 50 acres, on which there was n mill,
fN RI
for 2,725. Purchaser, Mrs. A NJ. FitZhugh-
frsderickSjnrg (FG) Herald.
a New 'FILLIBUSTER.'-The rirtuous and
patriotic Mexican commander, Maxatlan, has
taken fire at the announcement of the name of
4 tililbuster chief-Who with Henningsen.
Walker, and the rest, is soon 20 invade Mexico
and writes To the people his proclamaticn of
which the following is part "One Horace
Greeley, q most diabolical. blood thirsty and
unmerciful man-worse than the infamous
Walker, or even the minions of Miramon-a
man whose very name struck dread to the
hearts of thousands in the United States, so
many We're his crimes and so terrible was his
conducts now at the head of the most extern
sive band of fillibusters ever collected and on
his way to Mexico -
PEDEsTIIANIsN EXTRAoRDINARY.--Two
Indians started to run foot race, on the trot-
ting course At Troy, n. Y, on the 18th instant
matching themselves to run one hundred
miles within thirteen hours. The day in
tensely hottie mercury reaching 90 degrees
in the shade-and after running 2s miles one
of the Indians gave out The other continued
to the sixty first mile. when his feet became
so swollen that he was almost unable TO walk.
and gave up The time occupied III The sixty
one miles was hours, 70 minutes and 80 sec
onds, the quickest for the distance, record
SENTENCE OF A L. s. SOLDIER-PriYate AL
enson Bently, OF X company, 1st Dragons
convicted OF deserton and horse stealing, was
sentenced by the court-martial lately in
sion at Fort buchanan, TO receive fifty lashes
with 4 cuWhide, well laid on tie bare back to
be confined at hard labor until January, 1862
heavily ironed, 10 forfeit all pay due him. to
have his head shaved. and be branded with Il
red hot iron with the letter d. to be dr,mmed
ont of the service and receive dishOnorable
discharge.
THE GREAT CRICKET MATCH.-England rer-
sus A,nerie0.--It is stated that all the arrange
ments are a. length concluded in regard 10 the
great match between all England and Ameri-
ca. The Eleven OF England Will arrive in this
country the latter part of next month, and the
match against the best twenty-five that the
States can collect together will be played on
the ST. Georges ground, at Hoboken, n. j.,
between the LIST and 10th of September.
ToBACCo SALEs.-The sales of tobacco yes-
tsrday Were animated and the prices paid
showed an advancing tendency. We might
quote an advance from 25 TO 4oc. on all grades
of leaf and lugs. This advance is perhaps ow-
ing TO a good home demand, assisted by Specu-
lators. The aggregate sales yesterday amount
ed to l6l hogshcads.- Petersburg Int, 2Uth.
FROZEN TO DEATH.-A letter frem Auraria
Kansas Territory, dated 10th June, says: "The
remains, at least the guns and hats, of two
young mon from Georgia, belonging TO Green
Russell's mining company who were frozen
to death on the 24th May last, while out hunt
lng were brought in yesterday. Friends have
or will go cut and gather up their bones and
give them burial.-St Louis Repnb., July Is.
SHOCKING CAREL LEssNEss.-Af few days since,
Mrs. Jackson, a resident of Cincinnati, OHIO,
wishing TO get rid OF a troublesome dog streWed
around The yard of her dwelling several bits of
meat, sprinkled with strychnine. Her little
daughter, unfortunately, picked up piece a nd
ate It, when she was instantly attacked with
vomiting, followed by terrible spasms which
after four or five days terminated i'll death.
SUDDEN DEATH AN NOFFICER-Lieutenant
Bayard f. Hand. of the United States navy,
died at Wilmington, n. c., on the 10th ins tant,
after i short illness. He was his way TO
Join the steamer Fulton at Norfolk having
just returned from the Paraguay expedition
being one of the officers in command of the
Southern Star. He was native of Rome Ga,
and about4e years of age.
Goop SAILING AND SrEAMrN0.-The steam
erGenerai Admiral, built by Mr.. Webb ofNew
York for the Russian q Government, made the
passage from New York to Cherbourg, France,
in II days and 10 hours. She made, during the
passage. }tJ1 miles i'll one day sfeaining, and
26t miles in the same time, under canvass
alone.
ToUNG Ds:NEALE kILLED.-1nformation of
the death of Wm. +. Deneale son OF Senator
Deneale ha. been received by some OF his
friends in this city. He met his death while
on his way TO Texas, by being run over by n
wagon II will be remem mbered that the de-
ceased occupied q cons pic nous position before
thac Of last WiUtPf.-RtCHE1Uad