The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-03-22


Va. TUESDAY,, MAI
hoRsIRIr Taaorpr IN sr. Lours--l .J,g,ov, n, :.
odna !sA"oss his Wife and Himssie In q, Ion,.
on wednesday last, - already briefly mention A.,
ny telegraph, James Hamilton, q meat .a,Iar
| twenty four years Of age, 10 paroxysm M ;,.,
ionsy, shot his wife, yonng girl Of eiph,ean ),
whom he had been married only thrse mon,h. -
afterwards discharged pistol into his own hoav
iheicting wound from which he nan NIL,
cover. Mrs. Hamilton's recovery "a deemsd n,o-
bable. The St. Louis Republican says: f'N
The diff Guilty seems to have originated ,.,.,
rsSs few ssys snes wso bs Tsrs g
company ~ with young lady to whom he had ADJ far. ,n
esnn nr ss n;s win
tnem very cooliy and at once made knewn 10 -
young lady that her presence was NOT a~rsaob,
sienay sarcastic aud reprsachnl ana and 1:ca-
| sen with pair OF pistols. His wife hecama f,;nht
ened and was entirely at loss to &c c:ount for his
Matters went on in this way until weepesaax
| wnen 'ady residiDg in the house heard Mr. ary1i
entering the room shs found Mr., aTGat1on asmaann On
ing her trunks. She asked her visitor to 90 wi h
q R.s s9g w, s;S ssa;SaDg
a-p'y: He then g-asped her by the arm iand drew y
ha
discharged another. which took effect in her :rm ne
scss sna passed thence into her side she ran ont
rear into the next honse north ward, occnn;sd nS
,s M,s Nn rrson: The desperate man fllowed. whiis
~ eoufr, 1feen ran for aid He was boldly and .hsrp
tina. be shoud do no shootug In her honss anu, anu,
who despite his drawn pistol summariix e;ectsd srd
loudly swore he would kill himself and wa. coosr
;m har 1y MRS N. to do it In the yard ani not
hsard ner na' The report of pistol was instan.iy
i Ia d,cr1 h.
pros and bleeding in the outer and rear donr
way, Assistance having arrived, be was convex ed
dence. and laid on pallet of -traw. most hor.
fioIs wound had been inf ficted for the wretch had
the upper abdominal region. near the navpi In
lnteslines. spleen AMI liver we're shockinUiy man,
alea aa ~, pool OF blood had n ,wed in the yard
the torrent was still flowing despite
| As has been before stated the woman will nrob.
ably recover. but Hamilton's situation is desner.
ate He was removed to the hospital. where hs
1 bitterly bewailed his folly and begged to see hi :
wife once more before ne died wv LII
DREADFUL DEATH PROM HYDRopHoBrA Some n; r
weeks ago, Joseph Wright was bitten by his own
dog, that afserward, biting several persona and a
numoer oil animals, and giving decided syu,p-
toms OF rabies, was put to death. Wright thou ght
little OF the circumstance at the time supposjnp
tho animal vicious rather than u.ad and NOTHING
occurred to Cause alarm until last Wednesday y
whea he experienced great doal of pain in the
Tho pain increased until he deemed it advisable IN
send for physician, who gave him lotion. but
intimated to no one the danger of his patient
"rights suffering increased. the pain extending
to almost every part of his body, until SUNDAY
| morning, when be became raving mad, and his
disease was declared to be hydrophobis He raw
ed at times. and tore his hair and flesh, and
| fosmed at the mouth, and screamed like demon,
presenting sight terrible to behold. 1t WAS Me-
cessary TO bind him to the bed to prevent him
from committing violence upon himself, and often.
in his exquisite misery he prayed to be killed at
once, and relieved of his agony. The sight of wa
| -er. or the mention of the term, threw him into
| spasms, aud he fell trembling and groauiug upon
| the floor. Those who witnessed the poor mans
madness, say they never knew before how an.
premely wretched man may be-it was awful to
contemplate, snd would have startled and horri.
fed the dulest and most unimpassioDed nature -
At last death came, in mercy, aud touched him
with the hand Of eternal stiffness. Nature was
exhausted, and he expired about III O'Clock night
before last. Wright was young man, moulder
by profession. and had been married bu. one year
He leaves wife with an infant chiid.-Crn. Enq,
March l5th.
ENCOURAGING ABOUT TIRE WHEAT CRop-A gen.
tleman connected with the Land Department of
the Illinois Central Railroad, whose position
brings him in frequent contact with the people
| along the line of that thoroughfaren us that
| tor the last week or two he has maGs inquiry of
every person he has met from the interior of the
State as to the state of the growing crop Of winter
wheat, and almost Invariably received the answer
that the crop is 10 the best possible condition all
| along the lines of the Central Road, and that
| where month ago it was supposed that much f
the wheat had been ''wnter killed. farmers are
now fully satisfied that their apprehensions were
groundless. As far as present prospects are con
csrned, there is every reason to believe that IL
iiuois will this year raise full wheat crop-Chi-
cago Journal
MoRPHY AND ANnERssEN.-The Chess Editor OF
the London Field. in speaking of the supplements
tary encounters Of the American Champion at
Paris with the Breslau Professor, says: ssThe
result of the half dozen spirited skirmishes
which came off between Morphy and Andersen.
after their match was over, was even more in
favor of the youthful American master than that
of their set encounter. Of those six sparkling
games, Morphy won fl We and lost only one. There
fore the entire score between these remark able
players stands thus MIR Morphy II, NJ Anders.
sen 4, drawn 2 Probably no encounter between
any two players was ever more Chivarous, more
brilliant, more interesting"
VIRGINIA PosT OFFICEs.-Change site and name
of Murfee's Depot, Southampton county. Va. to
BlunFs depot, and appoint W. Y. Blunt post
master.
observation-disclosures W. Brady postma aster at
Arden, Berkeley county, Va, vice Robert A. Som.
mervie. resigned. David G. Wise postmaster at
Bath g. H., Bath county, Va, vice VIM. H. BRYAN,
resigned. Wilson Bane postmaster at White Gate,
Giles county, Va, vice David Kyle, resigned
David Henry Smith postmaster at Blue Sulphur
Springs, Greenbrier county. Va vice J. III. Arka-
brite, resigned Samuel Walker postmaster at
Oldham Cross Roads, WestmoreIand county, Va,
vice b. Walker, Jr, resigned john K. Agee post.
master at Well Water, Buckingham county, Va,
vice Francis N. Maxey, resigned.
THE PARAGUAY ExpEDITIoN-The latest advices
received by the government from the Paraguay
expedition, coufrm the former reports that Bra.
zii and the Argentine Confederation have ffered
to act as meGitators between the UUited Ststes
and Paraguay. Commissioner Bowiin, Of course.
informed them that he bad no authority to accept
their offers, unless be should receive further in.
structions from the authorities here. Meantime
he will proceed in conformity with his previous in
structons, aud it probable that the difficulties
with Paraguay will be settled without the prefer.
ed pterpositioD. The tenor of private letters
from persons in the Paraguay expedition is gene
rally favorable toa peaceful settlement of the
dispute.-Sdr.
MURDER IN WARSAW. KY.-During the progress
of drunken row in Warsaw, Kv., day or two
ago, q young man, Thomas NJ. LHlsrd, son of
steamboat captain, shot another, James Heudreu,
through the head. killing him INSTANTLY. Lillard
was Immediately arrested and carried to prison,
and the rand Jury being at that time in session,
bill for murder ia the first degree was found
against the prisoner. Much excitement exists in
the community there respecting the murder, aud
somc of the friends of the deceased threaten TO kill
LilIard before be is brought to trial.
CLOSE yeriNa-From the returns Of the New
Hampshire election reported in the Concord Stafee-
man we find that in thirtyfnur instances the Re-
M hlicau aud Democratic candidates bad exactly
the number Of votes cast at the election IN 1858 by
the same parry In forty instances the party vote
WAS within one of that cast the previous year. In
tw.uty.nine cases it within two; in twenty two
TmY. twenty.fye cases within FIVE; twenty six
cases within six; fourteen Instances within seven;
seyanteen cases within eight; aud eleven cases
~ 1nzt m
hundred and forty.ve instances in 81 whsre there
was not ten votes difference betw the two years
Boston 7rdase7tpt
PRESENT FOR TIE KING or sARDISrA-The
Italians of New York, propose 10 open subs
scription throughout the United States to offer
10 the King of Sardinia sword, the hilt OF
which shall consist of small statue OF Itaiy. 10
...,.a O.I;ea.aia srold On frihufa of aYmnathY