The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-08-13

Khfeet u Neye1 nea1ine- "A Ysune Girl II
Male Attire. y
a young man made his eppeayance ~ Jus.
tsce Ferdyss, 0dloe last eveujnG Il eompans
and generally psiiss appesrsncs 3 Saes 8.
fracted ettenticn.s He hed = pretty faes, I
@ Mor!a q brewn ringiefA melting blue syss
ana sucn z wtnntng little month, with dimpiea
| sisted falling In love with him ON the spots
circumstances that, to experienced eyes, sharp.
ened with long familiarity with feminine &C.
centr1cittes, suggested doubts Of sexual identi-
4 at all, but only pretty giri in boys clothes
/ With the doabt came the confirmation in the
account Of the officer, who stated that he ar
rested nls prisoner at the instance Of q board
| ing-nouse keeper on Randolph street, named
| mrs. Murray, who alleged that she was run
away girl in b0ys clothes. She was quite
| ahnshed At her detection and at the inq uiaitive
| eyes directed upon her, and, for some time,
decHneo 10 make any answer to the questions
put except by spiteful little pouts, but she
nnally regained her temper, and gave an &C.
count Of herself with many hesi,ations and
naii-Ilgatened giances at the listeners gath
cred around. She said her name was Minnie
harris, and that she belonged in Canada some-
where near Woodstock, ii anybody knows
where that is, and that her father was 3 mas
teE mecnanic, VINO had no appreciation of the
troubles Of young ladies of q romantic dispo-
| sition. ~.
She had received a tolerably good education.
the principal element of which was an exten.
sive course Of novel reading, from which she
/ mad gathered enlarged ideas Of the sphere de-
signed ior the Development of young ladies in
the bud. She thought that washing dishes
was the last thing for = heroine to engage in,
and ad sue sue tnougnt some OF becoming heroine
ana told her father SO. He did not appreciate
her romantic sentiments, and sent her to bed
AZ snn-down for being obstinate and stalking
,rasll,. as ne styled it. She improved the time
between sun-down and morning in reading
Rinaldo Rinaldino, by the light of = tallowl
otp. Being unacquainted with the plot Of this
| Iulenseiy interesting work, we are unable TO
s.a.e M In substance, but gathered from her mar.
| rause that there was q young lady in il who
| ran away from home in boys clothes climbed
over mountain, rolled up her sleeves to
nght big giant, but succeeded in subGuipR
rarr;sd TN IN glance OF her mild eye, and then
| 70 . great city, where she had many Charming
ried rich. '''->' 'i""Ai5 AA"i
M Minnie awoke in the morning, with her blue
| eyes suHused with tears at her hard fife
WHEN were not done away by the events OF
| .ne Ay. consisting, as they did of several
hours application to the wash tub, in compii-
1 ance with the demands of her parents Her.
mind was made up that night to follow in the
footsteps of the brayeand virtuous Geraldine.
NC more wash-tub for her-no more dish-cIoth
| 70 disturb her romantic visions-no more
| dTuogery 70 dash the aspirations of her sen III
mental soul-an should be novelty. adventure
ana success. She would go and teach school.
sell dry goods, embroider fancy work or en-.
gage IN any other light diversion, until some
| Tich gentleman came and threw himself at her
| leet, offered to kill all her prosecutors and
married her in halo of happiness
| She went, in the best suit of her youn1e
uioheI, ana arrived IN Detroit couple of
| weeks ago. Here she found herself alone and
1 lrlendless, among multitude of stranrer.
ngt one OF whom cared a straw'syalue for her
| welfare. What on earth to do she did not
| know, and in despair she went to the boardiug o.
dnrt Aest
| two OF three days, after which she settled
| down into a listless, bewildered state of mind
ana made no effort whatever to help herself
| The consequence was that sharp ewes soon
discovered her secret, and she WAS speedily
handed over TO the police SO here she was. and
that was her story, and all she wanted was to
get nome. Glad enough was she to hear that
she would be sent there by the first train in
the morning.-Detroit Free Press.
DISTRESSING DEATH.-The death of VIM A.
Perrin, at Stribling Springs, Va, from the
bite of rattlesnake, has been noticed The
Rockingham Register says:
He devoted much Of his time to the singular
! and hazardous business of rattIesnake- catch
| ing and ''taming," if such thing as tanning
such yenomous serpents could be effected. On
| Saturday last, some friend or acquaintance of
his sent him rattlesnake from Monterey,
which he proceeded to handle and to deal with
| as he had with others before. with immunity.
but in putting it into a box, he enraged il some
how or other, when it struck it's fangs into one
of his hands, and before he could secure and
get rid of ii, it renewed the attack and sunk
its teeth twice more into his hand and wrist
| Intelligent physicians We're upon the spot
| when he was bitten, and resorted to the means
usually employed in such cases; but they all
proved inefficient, and poor Perrin died in
great agony next day about O'Clock, having
fingered in excessive pain Until death relieved
him of his sufferings. He presented a shock.
ing spectacle before and after death. The arm
to,which the bitten hand was attached turned
black and his other arm assumed a yellowish
dark spotted color. One Of the remedies ap
extraordinarily the surest and most efficen
in such cases--was French brandy; but thi.
remedy had no effect whatever upon Perrin
as he had been in the babit of using sfimulant.
to excess. The poison, from the inflamed con
dition of his system, passed through Perrint
| veins like fire through dry stubble.
THE ACCIDENT ON THE ALEXANDRIA, Lou.
DouN AND HAMPsHIRE RAILRoAD.-The Alex.
andria Gazette says that James Gallaher and
Patrick McCarty, two of the men injured on
the Alexandria, Loudoun and Hampshire Rail
road, cannot live. Speaking of the accident
it says:
The disaster was caused by the materia
train being thrown, in coming in contact with
a COW crossing the track, against the support
ers and braces of the bridge, knocking them
away, and of course causing the fall Of tht
whole structure. The bridge was about lot
feet span, and some Is or 70 feet above the Run
The bridge was entirely demolished.
Six of the gondola cars We're carried down
with the bridge. Ferty-two of the laboreri
were on the cars-and it is wonderful that sc
few, comparatively, were killed or wounded
Two unfortunate men, as we stated yesterday
| were killed outright-and several wounded
| three very seriously, and the otnerS more OF
less injured. ts
The cars We're descending a grade to the
bridge with great rapidity, and did not seem tc
| be under the control of any particular person
4 as it 10 thought no brakes were applied W hen
the COW was seen. 1t was supposed that the
animal would clear the track before the train
| reached her.
THEATRICAL PRoFIrs.-In reply 10 the as.
sertion that Mrs Sinclair has been prevented
| from prosec cuting her suit for alimony in con-
| sequence of poverty, the affidavit of Mr.. Young
| is cited. He stated that he was the business
agent of Madame Anna Thillon, whilst she
performed at the Metropolitan Theatre, at San
! Francisco under the management Of Mrs
| Sinclair in 1858. That the average receipts
of the theatre for each night of the four months
| that Madame Thillon performed there, were
| from s1sO0 to S2000, and that the expenses were
only $3.50 That Madame Thiilon played but
three nights per week, and that the other tour
! nights were equally successful. This Mrs..
Sinclair divided equ ually after deductng the ex-
| penses, and that this four months engagement
| Yielded to Madame Thilion over thirty thou
| sand dollars as her individual share.
| He also swears that, for six months subse-
| uuent to that Engagement the receipts averaged
! slsW uer night. with such performers rs Mise
Heron, Miss Keene, a ballet troupe, Mr. Muir.
| dock and others; and that at least oEe-haif
Of these large sums, after deducting $3.50, night
| ly expenses. were received by MIS- Sinclair,
| Amounting. within period Of ten months, az
| ter aeducting the nightly expenses OF her thea.
| tire. to over one hundred and thirty thousand
/ dollars in cash! The position assumed by MT
| Forrest we understand, is, that Mrs. Sinclnir's
conduct. since their separation, ,,has been licen-
| tious. and that husband, after divorce, cannot
| be made to support his wife in licentiousness,
| through the mandates OF the iaw.-EreAasse
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