The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-01-07

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rWs oufaAass IN SOUTHERN KsssAs.--Au'dtr at
ksrs .Sets --Ths Fort Scott tKsnsas1 Dsmccsss W
the ed nit. gives the part cuisrs Of the outrage
! committed there BY the bandit Capt" Monsgom
cry and his men, Numbering one bundrcd 10 All,
| armed with riaes and resolvsrs. They placed
guards at the doors Of the ctisens TO arrest tne"
~ they came cut and rob them. The Demoera'
says:
Meanwhile the house and store Of DR. blsxe LII
20 the hotel r "sse i b tie Doct HE
son. John H who was recently Deputy Marsha,,sna
h mac ssr,as Il. ARD Lite
should come They were walked, a, day was a. bIe: AZ
town was i OF Jay .aav kerr and the hotel was
taken. A soon as they could dress. john stepped
n1sSer w The "s guard for
advanced and was told not 10 come TURNER ~, s m
40 and in an instant John bred cosn ,Ss ,ne The
guard lodged ball in the aide Of the doer ao''' an
| inch above his head. ..~,x,
the window the stovepipe and the PARTITION wall
spies were set to watch every door and WINDOW UT;
.ook his friends gun 70 n ,ssa snu o mounted
box and was looking te the hotel out OF winoew
over the door, when Shapes rs bal. Re1eiH He
foil Instantly, his blood and brains pouring our I'D
on The door DIR. Little and Mr.. G. for Two ,ong
| hrfra rem
hands bsna, ksery window and door was guarded even On
| IL they desirfd to get away At last thsy M
threats Of burning the sa,ast the HOUSE,
and the investing of every dosr anil winao" WIN a
another array OF rifles The order to mage EsmpSeiI
lid the cry that women and children were ]" lhe
house few minutes were given 70 g e. that
| Durug the pause IL was ascertained outsi9e ",es
Inv + is,is was Killed The ladies rushed In. snd
socn any further attempt at p'coaSheu "A' '''p
ped. of,h-, ar,nr xonup man was carried
| into the next room They stole article, from me
room when he ives dying. Before We fatrlykne~ WIN.
| IN " were about the fiepds we're CARING away
from the store armful after armfnl OF BnctoI most
yaluabie goods They took at least % Wo wor :.
| ihey had previously taken from the youoS men OF
ths hotel whatever they could find was valuable,
They took rife worth SO beionsiug 70 ar. "a ~.
laher. the Postmsster ihsy to .ns Il mn Having
done their work OF rescue robber, and murder they
started for the North. Many of them he a ,as
away frsm this coanty The company Of .uid sonn
Brown y of Ossawattamie memory, was among
them.
SAVANNAH RAors-The races over the Ten Brock
oourse. near Savannah, commenced on the Avn
inst. The rst race was for year olds mile heats,
in which Jackson's Socks, though winning the hrst
heat. wa, distanced by Doswels Planet Ia the Sec
ond Time-I;5l-l:52b. The second race was
for the Club purse Of $500, mile heats In winch
r7o,r<y Bail won to wheats to Don Juans one.
-1:5315-1:5l1 @-1:543.
A VERY SAD ArfAIR.-on her last trip to Nor
folk. the steamer Roanoke, from NJ YORK, orousns
n youpg lady of enteen, banned Georgiana Caa'e'
who, after the vessel got to sea, proved 10 DC
maniac and made the ship resound with het
screams until they reached Norfolk, where she was
taken to the aims house. letter from Nor'oiK
says:
,tronc that she il q victim to the seductive wiee
of A betrayer: which, indeed, has without doubt
caused her insanity. Her conduct cerflhes 10
this She appears to be about seventeen years OF
age. of finely moulded form, interesting in fea-
tures and at times Of rare conversational ablles.
Bsipg we'll up in the classics she no doubt has re-
caivad unusnai educational advantages She says
abe resides ia Williamsburg, opposite New York
city sometimes states that she is married, at other
times that she is single, and was betrayed by some
DR.. Parkinson.
The letters are from brother Frank" and
from a lover signed Henry" and one from "Ma.
nv A. Webb" 1t is hoped they may lead to her
identified ton and recovery By her friends The
purser of the Roanoke offered to carry har back to
New York, but her condition was such that she
could no. be removed.
PRoprrABLE RAILRoAp.-A letter from one OF the
officers of the Don Pedro II. Railroad, in Brazil,
dated the l0tl Oi ceptetuuet, ehJe-
aWe are running 80 miles, and expect to sddSR
miles in about a month. The whole length of the
road will be about $50 miles. Our receipts upon
the 80 miles average now between $500 and $500
per day. and reaching sometimes 81 coo. When We
reach Biiem, lat the end of 3S14 mies,) We snail
much exceed LOCO per day"
This shows a most astonishing result-$3GO 600
of road earnings per annum on 3S1% miles Of road
upwards of $4,000 per mile. Allowing one half
Of the gross receipts for running expenses, the
nett earnings would be nice per cent on cost Of
$50 900 per mile for construction aud equipment
Old PApEns.-The new year brings some an-
uouncemeuts of the ages of our contemporaries.
from which we learn that the Petersburg Intelii-
zencer is IS years old, the Alexandria (Va) Ga
zette 60, the Charleston Is. c. Courier SO, and the
Troy IN. " Budget 81.
suppEE-A supper was given by Jefferson Grove
of Druids, In Danville, Va, on the 18th ut anon
| the guests at which, Rev. D. G.. A. Michelbaccah,
from Richmond, and three editors were present.
| PRINTER STARVED TO DEATH IN NEW YoRK-The
Plaiufield IN y Gazette in abiding to the death
| in New York recently, of MIR. r. L. Blanchard, a
| printer, says
We knew him personally, having worked in the
same Office with him many day. About three
years ago he published paper in the city of New
| Brunswick, called the Middesex Independent.
He then worked On the New Brunswick FREEDMAN,
but work failing there. he went to New York to
seek employment. leaving his wife and three iute
esting children remaining in New Brunswick.
About every two or three weeks he would return
to New Bronswck to see his family A short time
ago, his prolonged absence from his home alarmed
his wife to such an extent that she went to New
York for the purpose of seeking him, and with the
assistance of several friends and afer two or three
days search, they succeeded IN finding him in a
garrett in that city, where he had laid unweli and
foru M hair ahta IN halr II ;s
supposed hs bad literally starved to death for the
| want of the common necessaries of life. When
| found, he was dead that he lived buta day
longer. This occurred IT, q city that annually
spends from eight to ten millions to govern it.
ANOTHER DIVORCE CAsE.-In New York they are
| likely to have q second edition of the Bennett
| div cree case. Mrs. Cora Hatch, the spiritual me-
| dum, has filed petition for divorce from her
husband, Dr.. Hatch. The petition sets forth that
the plaintiff was subject to the most cruel treat.
! ment by her husband; that he often guilty Of
the mOet immoral practices in Der presence, that
he represented to plaintiff before marriage that he
was worth $40, 900, which representation is false
that he pretended to be physician; that he
would not labor for his living, but depended en-.
| tirely upon thu industry of plaintiff; that she
had often been withou. the common necesssries of
life, and on one occasion, he had even refused to
| let her have money to purchase flannel for uu.
1 der garments" The doctor is about to give
| counter statement.
| SPAIN WISHES TO PURCHASE PORTION OF THE UNI
TED SrArEs.-Tbe proposition to purchase Cuba
had come 80 often, that Spain seems to have
| grown tired of it, and hence is about to propose
to the United States to sell Key West 10 Spain
! The reason given for her desire to possess a
portion Of the United States territory are so plans
| sible those usually given why the United
States should have Cuba, and 10 fair retort upon
our Government.
Ar HOME Benjamin Fickin, jr., who penetra-
ted the hills and mountains of Utah. aud the ada
| cent country to procure supplies for the army
amid the dangers arising from the bands of rowing
Indian sayages and hostile Mormons has for the
past week been q visit to his friends in this
place. He looks we'll, although he had at one time
to feed on horse flesh and hide Charlottesville (Va)
tefersoniGn.
TESActIY TO LIFE.-Mr. Louis Il. Grant, of La,