The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-08-25

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There IL still a gny and elegant company 2.
this delightful place Of resort, ana the gniey
is not ended yet Under the auspices o. me
fair Iady guests Of the fygeia Hotel AID q 10
officers OF the most and their Iadfes, 9ranu
fancy dress and masqueraeae 800 Svsss Soes.e ~
on Thursday evening next, the 25th instant,
which viii h.. doubtless, 1 brilliant affair.
Whatever commands the good will and ener-
gies OF the ladies' must succecu. unless the
gentlemen be lost 10 all sense OF gaLianuy ana
chiya,ry. which (as John Randolph used 10
saw ssis hardly asuppcsable case
The arrangements are all ordered on the
hest Of principles. Among them Is a selection
Of rentimen and lady managers, whose inter.
lend to il attraction, grace and dignity.
A. the head Of the list of the gentlemen man.
ayers stands Ex-President Tyler-a noble IL
lus tration Of yirginia's older. better era--and
III the head Of the list of lady managers Is ms
beautiful and accomplished lady.
In this connexion will be found Mrs. Ex-
Senator Linn; her accomplished daughter,
Mrs Barr; Mrs. Gen. Gaines, Mrs. Capt Gar
diner Mrs. Capt. Drum, Mrs. Moore y. FAILS,
of baltimore; Mrs Alexander and Mrs Webb
of Washington; Major Chapman, Capt. Nag-
DIES, Capt. Gardner, and others OF the army,
and still many more, "too tedious to mentioh.
Undoubtedly the affair will be grand one
The result Vox
SHOCKING TRAGKDy-Murder and Smetde.-
shocking tragedy occurred in Galveston.
Texas, on Sunday, the 18th instant In which
the principal actors, a courtezan ana her nus
band, came to a bloody death. Inc par'ies
were Thomas Chamberlain, native OF mary
land, 81 years OF age, and Mary Jarvie Cham-
berlan, his wife, aged about y. She hao
refused to live with him, and had 1ed from
New Orleans to avoid him. A letter to the N.
o. Delta says:
The quiet of our Island City was startled
last Sunday about neon by the report OF three
pistol shot. at a house of flame, kept by
one Dorus Adeler Upon entering Inc mouse
an awful sight presented itself On the tower
floor back room, lay the bodies Jnsf suiienIhg
in death of man and woman, the index nm
ger of the woman's left hand pointing up
wards. and her right hand grasped in has leit
while his right yet held five shooter. Inc
floor was profusely covered win olood rush
ing from a bullet wound in her breast, and
large cash in the left cheek, penetrating the
throat, besmearing her features completely,
while the blood oozing from the mans mouth
and nose, evidently showed that ne haa re-
ceiyed his death wound from ball entering
the right nostril. ,
The evidence before the Coroner's jury ELI
cited the following facts:
That Thomas Cham berain, who had arrived
from New Orleans on the mornings steam-
ship had killed his wife, Mary JarvIe IMAM
berlain, and then committed snlcide. nat
the murderer, some years since, nad Decome
acquainted with the deceased at a mouse OF III
fame in New Orleans of which she was an
inmate and, becoming Infatuated with her,
married her in June, 1857. 1hey were sup
posed to be living very happily together untll
Il little time since, when difficulty arose, and
she declared she would live with him no lon
ger.
week ago last Saturday she arrived here
from New Orleans, and entered the house In
,;,,pt tad T --S
time Chamberlain followed her, and making
inquiries for the house, in two hours time after
landing was under the same roof with her.
He then entreated her to return home with
him but this she utterly refused to do, saying
that she was s'done with him forever The
conversation between them lasted for about
half an hour, when womans shrek was
heard in the room in which they were, where
upon two or three of the inmates of the house
rushed into the room, when they found her
upon the bed he standing by her with bowie
knife in his hand, whilst the blood flowed from
her neck.
One of them Immediately wrested the knife
from him, cutting her hand badly in the eff
fort Mrs. 9. then jumped out of the window,
ran around to the front of the house, crying
out. sSaye me ! save me !" Chamberlain then
followed his wife, who had re-entered the
house into the back room, when almost in
stantiy three shots were heard. The alarm
was quickly given in the street, and when the
police entered, which was in three minutes,
the man and woman lay stretched upon the
floor. yet warm, but already dead.
Mrs Chamberlain was a French Canadian,
rather Petite Previous TO her marriage she
had for some years led an abandoned life in
New York, Mobile and New Orleans. Mr..
Chamberlain was native of Maryland, and
rather gentlemanly in appearance. He had
resided for the last fifteen years in New Or
leans, following the occupation of 4 steyedore.
He belonged to the Odd Fellows, Sons Of Tenn
perance, Screwmen, and Fire Department
Upon his body was found Sl74.95 in gold and
silver, with valuable gold watch.