The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-08-19

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| Terrific Aceidemf--Some few DAYS since = ne.
gro woman owned by Mr.. Mills, met with 4
pnaniul M accident, At her masters farm in Hen
lco county, about six miles east OF Richmond.
Mniie the threshing machine was at work.
se.nng out the wheat, she approached near
enough to have her clothes caught In the ma
.nine, -. ana quick as thought she was drawn In
- it and horribly crushed and mutilated Her
.Ight arm, up TO the shoulders, was broken in :
~ ~ n,ecrs and her left leg, near the ankle was
pau,y fractured. DR.. Mills. of this city, was
s, loI ana amputated the arm near the ell
DOW, and at last accounts the injured woman
"A@ III ah improving condition.
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Ias oHtoa Hilfers-men, women and children
,..s.s an excursion to Chickahominy Swamp,
Yesterday, to have fish fry and Brunswick
sIew,ana TO spend the day in social endowment.
some OF the sterner sex are known to be ex-
ceiIent feeders, and for that reason a whole
aus u.s.a Was takeh along to ensure snack to ALL
provided the creek failed to furnish an abun,
cant supply Of the finny tribe. The day was
eairmlng one for outdoor amusements and
- :, tue entlre company was made up of reigh.
trin ,yas = ,.,aaN, we nave no doubt that the
up was Pheasant one, and that all who par
ucipated In the frolic were highly delighted.
Going at Large-A negro fellow named
saamaers, p mh, owned by COL Barksdaie, and hired
corder, yesterday. to answer the charge of 20
ing at large, making contracts for work and
receiving the pay. Several witnesses were eY
amIhed. and testified that they had empIovea
and paid Saunders to discharge caropes Tor
them; but they had supposed he was author.
ized TO do work and receive the money for his
labor, OF they would not have engaged him
Ihe Recorder did not think the evidence suffi.
cient to send the prisoner ON, and therefore
discharged him.
Sudden Death-A.yaluable negro man nam.
n MrS ltxo obotb II,
OF this city, died suddenly last Wednesday af'
ternoon, when on his way to the coal pits af
ms mistress, in Henrico county. Grandson
was charcoal seller, and when he left Rock
etts, in his cart was apparently in good health
On arriving at the pit, two men went to the
cart and found that he was dead A pos NOR
tenn showed that he died from enlargement of
Tie heart ana Inflammation of the stomach.
Improring.-IIenry Hassan, the sailor. who
was accidentally shoton Friday last while on
board the schooner VIM. Severe, then lying
t, peicW Rocketts, Is steadily improving, and
hopes are entertained that his physicians will
be able to save his life without resorting to am
putatlon. He is receiving every attention from
DR.. Michaels and the Professors of Richmond
Medical College, and if his right leg is saved
the cure will be remarkable one.
Summer Complaints are more numerous in
the city now than at any other period this
season. The abundance of fruits and yeQeta-
bles give children and servants abundant op-
portunities for excessive indulgence, and aid
ed by cool nights and oppressive MONDAY
suns, produce biliousness and diarrhma AS
all diseases seem to have Il typhoid tendency
parents cannot be too particular in res training
thelr children in the use of improper food.
Lost his Baeon.-Yesterday morning Il slave
named Tom, in the service of c. p Word
passed through the second market, and fancy.
ing ham of bacon belonging to John Hans
berry, picked it up and walked off rs uncon-
cernedly as If he had paid for it. After going
short distance he was pursued, captured and
taken before the Recorder, by whom he was
ordered twenty five stripes.
SoJa.-These delicious birds have made their
appearance in the James river marshes and
Will soon be in shooting order. The wild oat
on which they feed, is very luxuriant, and will
ripen and fall in a short time if the weather
continues as at present OF course, the birds
are poor at this time as they always are after
their long flights but with good feeding, will
fattcn rapidly.
Capture of q Murdersr.-About four months
since, u man named MATTHEW RYAN, q resi-
dent of Charles City county, while in state
OF intoxicat1on, cruelty beat his mother-in-
law, and, on being demonstrated with. took an
axe and killed his wife. After this bloody
deed, Ryan made his escape but was captured.
few days ago, and committed to the Jail at
Williamsburg to await his trial.
Nearly DToUned-W hlle u party of white
boys were bathing in the river. near the raft
at Mayo's Island yesterday morning, one of
them, named Clarke, resident of Manches-
ter. struck his head against 4 stick of timber
and so disabled himself that he sunk imme-
diately. Two of his companions, seeing his
condition, went to his assistance and rescued
him from watery grave.
Good Ord.r.-The city continues unusually
quiet and the police, therefore, have very little
To do except look after the streets and cutters
and keep them in order. We heard an in telli-
gent physician remaI X, yesterday, that the gem
eral health was SO very good, that it would be
next to impossible for any thing TO disturb it at
this particular time.
Taking a Horse.-Yestcriay a country gen.
tleman hitched two horses near the north
ern abu tInent of Mayo's bridge and came up
into the city. On his return one of the ami
mails were gone, carrying on his back q strange
man.
Long Toagues.-Johanna Gay was arraigned
before Recorder Starke, yesterday for beating
Bridget Ryan; but as neither of the witnesses
were ready for trial, the examination was de-
ferred until this morning.
BATHS -Ground.-Two pugilists stripped to
the buff in the presence of anumber of ladies'
on Gam bles Hill, last Wednesday evening
and settled an affair of honor a Ia prize ring
--..s...n-.s-
IEXAS-1er PyeseHf.-EXtendlnS over elgh,
degrees OF latisude liz its extreme length, and
over eight of longitude in its breadth-from
the Gulf of Mexico on the south to the Red
river on the north; and from the Sabine on
the east to the Rio Grande on the west, this
great State covers territory of pa 1862 So uarf
niles-a territory equaling the combined ex-
tent of all New England, New York, Virgi.
mia, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, New Jersey
and Maryland-and far exceeding iii super
ficies the little insular kingdom over which
waves so proudly the royal banner OF the
four quarterings-the lion and the unicorn
the shamrock. the thistle and the rose
This regal empire has, exclusive of bays
and inlets. over 300 miles of sea-coast. and is