The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-01-19
AFFAIRS IN NORFOLK.
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NoRroLK. Jan 10.
The schooner Faupie, Of Philadelphia, with =
cargo Of sugar from New Orleans, 10 In Hampton
Roads, bound up the river.
Dr.. Lugg, Of this city, shot man in the head
last nigh. la bar room. The wound 10 pad
one and II Il does not Kill. will dishgure. Tnefs
hss been no srrest up to this writing.
Al meeting Of the Council last night, there
vas . secret service fund Of $500 per annum
placed Of the dispose, Of the Mayor, for the put'
pose Of detecting iuceudiaries. IL was aisc ,e.
solved TO stop the city ferry boat: rom ,ne
This VAS done the better to accommodate the mef'
chants. A resolution was slso offered requesting
the committee Of gas and lamps TO enquire into
the expediency Of establishing gas works TOT .oe
use of the city. This resolution has grown ous OF
the late large bills for lighting the streets The
present gas works are In the hand: OF solnt
stock company, ADD pay IL per cent, aud We
have seen the stock seIl for Sis per share.
Another daring attempt to burn d~ei,iag
aouse was made on Bermuda street, last night
about IL o'clock; by the timely discovery OF which
q whole family was saved from . horrible death,
AZ the torch was 90 applied TO preclude Gil pos
.ibiity Of egress had the flames made little more
Roadway.
Tnes. are five ships 10 Hampton Roads, with
guauo. AZ, .;.v
Lewis r. Barvis, President of the Danv,tie hai
road, Thomas H. Campbell, President OF inc sou.n
Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, ana Da'ia eu'
RE, Esq, Of Richmond. ,...
There were twenty.eight candidates initiated IN
the Sons of Temperance in this city last night,
The Order never was 10 a more hourisnins uonu
tion. fAhoes'i'"
EXECUTION IN VIRGINIA. Distressing Scene.-Bfay
Saunders, who murdered his wife in Southampton
ronnty. Va was executed at Jerusalem, IN that
county. on Friday last. He confessed that ne shot
hi, wife while ehe was sleeping, and said, tnat
though be loved her, he was driven to tt by his
father-in-law who would not allow them 10 i've
happily together. minister prayed with the
,risoner. after which, letter in the Petersburg
Express says:
The sheriff approached the cell, aud announced
that at the expiration of 10 minutes he would ro
coed to execute the sentence OF the law. The ten
minutes soon expired (mere seconds with the
doomed man, and the unfortunate culprit was lea
TO the scaffold. His hands we're pinioned oehind
him, his counteuance was complete picture OF
woe and he walked with trembling and unstea
DIV step He ascended the steps aud took his posi-
ton upon the fatal trap-Goor. The sherin then
addressed him, saying If be desired to speak, an
opportunity was now presented. lie renamed
silent and motionless
The fatal noment had now arrived. The cap
was drawn over his face, and the trap-door caused
to fall. when the knot in the rope slipped, ana the
miserable man fell heavily to the ground. In the
most EiteO08 tones ne lmpiOFou IOF merry, nuu
begged the officers not to hang him again. But
the sheriff informed him that be was bound to
execute the law, and the wretched prisoner.
trembling in every joint, was again conducted
to the scaffod The knot was re"adjusted, the
trap door restored to its place, and second time
it was announced all things were ready. At a
given signal the trap-door fell again, and the
body of Bray Saunders dansled in the air. But
little agitation was apparent after the lapse OF
moment or two, then slight trem or and twitch-
ing, and all was still.
After hanging thirty.fi minutes, the physi-
clans pronounced him dead.
His body was let down easy according to re-
qnest) placed in coffiu. and given in possession
Of his mother and brother, who proceeded with
the remains the late residence of the deceased,
where they were Inferred.
SHAMEFUL CASE IN TEyNEssER.-A law in Tennes-
see Furnishes the offence of obtsning goods under
false pretenses by Imprisonment in the Pentens
tiary. A grog seller had poor female ARRESTED
for having dsfrauded him out of twenty five cents'
worth OF liquor by false pretenses; she was tried
and found guilty, but the Jury recommended her
to mercy. The Judge paid no attention to this,
and sentenced her for three years. The aid of
the Supreme Court was invoked in the woman's
fax3r, and the Judges Of that Court, expressing
lthv opinion that the law was never intended to
Include cases of such petty character, reversed
the judgment, and passed an order that the wo-
man be set at liberty.