The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-01-29
L III E DISPATC H.
SATURDAY a-..JANUARY - lsss.

THEAIRR-The scenes 10 the carnival of asIonte
Christe' continue to vary every night. Thursday
pof tournamentcamc on, and such tourns nent-
tasio,hers hereafter hide their heads The charge
TO the knights was great, and the charge of the
Knights was equally iudicrous. And then that ring
which was eventually taken by the succes,fuI
Knight riding through IL, sseed, spear and ALL
Altogether 1t was the broadest buriesque seen
ior many day, and was received literally with
screams Of laughter. II would be unjust 10 ne
giect mentioning that the successful Knisht was
'the night before last" whose daring horseman.
snip entitled him to the mammoth turnip pre
sented few minutes afterwards, and received
WIN snch exquisite grace. That elephant did
"o' appear IN the lists In consequences Of his
having 'chawed up"two of his keepers. and torn
'he stage manager into three pieces, In which be
~'iappear on his benefit night The animars ora
senee on the stage after such performance be;n,
deemed imprudent, it was kept securely obainad
in a neighboring beer saloon during the re,t q,
the evening.
An afternoon performance ia advertised for 20.
day, at which We are sure the children N, Iarsh
heartily.
DEATH OF A VENERABLE LADY-Mrs Elizabetb
E"ell, mother OF the President Of William and
Mary College. and daughter of Ben J. ddert the
first American Secretary of the Navy died at Viii,
iamst urg, Va, the 18th inst, in the 74tb wear
of her age She enjoyed daily association, in her
youth, with the statesmen of Washington,s time
The Norfolk Argus says:
She was present when the death of Washinp,op
was announced in Congress, and saw Gen. Harry
Lee, OF the Legion, when he offered that lannon's
resolution in honor Of Washington, ending in the
words, now known over the EARTH first in ,so,
first in peace first in the hearts of his cou0fyyn,en
She had known Gen. Lee from having often seen
him in her fathers house, aud was present when
he delivered before Congress his celebrated ora
tion on the character of Washington. She marked
his extreme embarrassment in the beginning OF
his speech, which had we'll nigh overcome him
his subsequent self possession, and his ultimate
success. She saw John Marshall, as Chief Justice
of the United States, administer the oath of Office
to Thomas Jefferson in 1901, and heard Jefferson
deliver that memorable inaugural, the phrases and
the spirit of which msy still be detected in every
similar paper down to the present times.
ANOTHER FEARFUL CAMPHENE WARNING. Mrs
Chas. Dennis was burnt to death in Syracuse, N.
Y, on the Gath instant, by Canphene explosion.
She attempted to rekindle fire by pouring tie
LIQUID on 1t, when the fluid took fire in some un>
known manner aad instantly communicated to
the contents of the can, which exploded, driving
the bottom out of the can and throwing the burn.
ing fluid over her person Her clothes were im-
mediately in blaze, and the poor womso, frantic
with excitement, rushed through the hall aud into
another bcarder's room to obtain assistance. She
| threw herself upon lounge, upon which little
child Eleeping, setting fire to the lounge and
the child's clothing. but without succeeding in
nguishing the fire on her own person. Finally
some o. the lady boarfers, who ran to the spot
| had the presence of mind to throw some clothing
| ever the burning woman, and extingu: shng
| the flames. On remov.lg her to her room, il
f0uud that her whole 0rGadfIlIly
burned, and the skin peeled other neck, arms and
hands at the touch. Her body nearly burned
to a crisp, and the sense of feeling almost entirely
destroyed.