The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-04-09

The scene Id court during the trial Of W. &. |
Land, in Princess Anne county, Va, caused
by the wife Of the prisoner tearing up letter
which she had written, and the contests Of
which directly contradicted her oral testimo- |
ny in court, will BE- remembered. The Nor. |
folk Argus publishes the letter In full. II is
written to her brother, and she requests him |
to show 1t to the citizens of Princess Anne II |
her husband was not acquitted, as vindica. |
ton Of her character. She says In it that on
the 10th of June she discovered that her hus- !
band was unfaithful to her, and on reproach- |
ing him, he replied by charging her with inf |
deity. The letter goes on
He said he believed that Mr.. Flanagan was |
that MIR. Flanagan had always treated me |
with kindness, and never said An y thing disre.
spectful to the in his life. Itseerned that Wal.
ter was almost insane. He was walking and |
throwing himself all about the house. On the |
18th, in the morning, / started to 60 to Mr.. |
Flannagan's to tell his wife of my troubles, |
but he would not let me CO. and he caught mp |
his gun and loaded it. asked him what he |
intended to do, bat he made no reply. After |
ne loaded the gun he sat down, and I sat In |
his lap and told aim that ~ns yirtuous GIRL |
and was surprised at him thinking otherwise. |
l also told him l would forgive him for his |
conduct towards me. He sat in the house |
sometime, and then kissed me and went out |
asked him where he was going, and he said
"in the field.'
1t was late in the evening before he came
hack. aud he brought me piece of paper
Said he had been TO see II. M. WOOdhouse, aId
SAID had to sign my name TO the paper for a
divorce. or he intended to kill Flanagan.
told him that wonld not sign it, because was
virtuous, and did not intend to tell n fasehood
for him. He said he was glad that would
not sign it; but l did not think he was in
earnest about MIR. Flanagan. / wrote sister
Margaret note, but he would not let me send
1t or 60 out of doors; go did not know what
ne intended to do. He went to bed quiet that
night. but he would not talk to me. Neither
dld ne eat anything for four days and nights.
he got up very early next morning but did
not go out of the house. l saw him talking to
Laura at the door, but thought he was telling
her what work to do. Lsat down to my work.
and it was not long before l sa Mr. Flanna-
gan At the front door. Laura asked him in.
and he had just taken his seat when Walter
took up his gun and shot him. I screamed
ran out and tainted, aud when came to l.
found myself behind the kitchen. Laura car.
ried me there and laid me on a plank did
not know that Walter had sent for Mr.. Flan-
nagan.
Whilst lyiEg behind the kitchen Walter
came TO me and told me that he was dead ard
SAID, "Amie, for Gcd S sake, what shall do.'
told him to kill me and then kill himself; but
he would not agree to this, and said If would
| make confession and state that Mr.. Flanna-
gan had seduced me- it would clear him. l
| told him would be telling a lie, and he said
| il did not write the con fessiOn he would be
| hung; so wrote it rerbntim, as he wished it.
| He took the confession and carried it TO IL. NJ.
| Woodhouse, who advised him to leave, and he
come home ard told me to get ready, as
| he was going 10 Norfolk. lie was as kind to
| me AS ever, after he saw II. NJ. WoodhOuse
| aud when got to Norfolk l told him that
had rather stay and le. MIN 60, aud after he
got out OF danger l would come TO him but
| he would nor agree TO it. He kind to
| me rs he could be all the time. heard from
| him several timas whilst he was a fugitive,
also when he was in Carolina and we intend
| ed to meet in the Western country, where he
| would 60 to place of safety to live. / was
| ready and would have started in a few days il
| he had not been retaken. This is all true, and
l wish it to be shown after the trial, ii he is
not acquitted Your affectionate sister,
. annie S. LAND.
THE ExCoMMUNIcATIoN OF VICTOR EMAN-
| UEL.-The Paris Constitutional states that
the Pope had addressed monitory to King
| Victor Emanuel, intimating that henceforth
all relations between his Holiness aud the
Royal Family must be considered as broken
off. That his majesty will understand that
he has openly violate the laws OF the Church.
and is formally communicated. The Holy
| Father reserves to himself the duty OF taking
into consideration the interests Of the Univer'
| sal Church and the good Catholics Of Pied.
mont, before proceeding to severer measures
which, in any event, weigh from heneefol tn
upon the person Of the King. L. Nerd says
| the moment the Popes bill is fulmi ted the
cities OF Milan, Genoa, Leghorn, Turin, Bo
logna, and Florence have agreed to illumi
nate, and give the character of national cele
| b-ation to the event.
, SIX MEN KILLED IN Coal MINE-A fright
full accident occurred Thursday at Hays Il Coz
coal works. on the Pennsylvania Railroad. 81,
men entered the shaft for the purpose Of 90
ing to work, and were being let down in tn
= | usual way, when the rope attached to tn
2 | windlass through which they were being low
cred, broke, precipitating them at a distanc
of some one hundred and twenty feet to tn
. | platform below. The result is easily imagined
t The entire party were killed, and their re
r mains terribly mangled. They were all mi
K ners, and worked in the pit Three of ther
r were married. and men of families.
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: Nkw ROUTE TO CHINA.-The government c
: & rea. Britain is about to take steps for tn
$ construct ction of a st-class highway or rail
l road from the valley of the Irrawaddy to tn
southwestern frontiers Of China. Half 1t
!. !. length, or $50 miles, would be construc:e
9 through British, the remainder through Biz
mese territory. The part Of China thus mad
commercially subject to Rangoon, contain
e about 100000 inhabitants, and the region
Z munication will also be shortly establishe
: between that city and England, by way Of Ca
cutta, Bombay and the Red Sea.
!, THE LAST SERvIvOR OF THE WYOMIN
h MAssACRE.-The Harrisburg (Pa) Telegraph
- | of the 5th inst, announces the death of Mr.
= +. Weeden, the last survivor Of the Wyomin
- | massacre. Mrs. Weeden was twelve years Ol
| at the Tllne, ana she Tetdtne2d VIVA TeCOliet
ton of the massacre until her death. She w:
prisoner with her sister in the fort whe
| every male was put to death by the tomahaw
,e The sisters left the Valley with their faths
:. aud mo. her, and travelled with flag Of true
- through the then dense forest, till within TO
y ty miles of the Connecticut river. There ths
I. were met by two white men and taken to Go
- chester.
l. NOT so BAD As REPORrED-The Troy q
, " Times contradicts the story that Jon
u, | MOrrissey manifested indifference when to
l. OF the sudden death of his mother. On Il
l. contrary, he gave $500 to a friend with il
70 structiOns to return Immediately to Troy an
T. provide for her funeral. That friend did r
u turn to Troy, and under his direction pO
n cofiiu, with silver plate, screws and handles
the funeral taking place from the residence
Z Morrissey's mothe -in-lav.
n BURNT TO DEArH WHILE READING IN BE
ID Some week or two ago, in Cheatham Count
ie Tennessee, Jas. Morgan retired to bed 10 rea
se and after he had fallen asleep the family W
aroused by his screams, when they hurried
his room inst as he threw the door open nj
he fill PROSTATE to the floor He was SO bad
IS burnt that he died in a day or two afterwar
A. He had some O., 600 in his room, the great
d. part Of it being in gold, some Of which h
he been recovered in q damaged condition, b.
r the paper money was entirely lost.
e. ASTAeE BURHEp-On Friday morning Ia
Id the coach carrying the mail from Lock Hav
IN to Tyrone. Huntington county, N. r., to
X, fire from q lighted match thrown into
p straw in the bottom Of the coach, and was 9
e. tirely consumed, together with the mails q
w the baggage belonging TO the passen9evss
a. Il was with GflcuIy that the passengers
'e- caped from the stage unhnrt, the horse ha
e. ing taken fright and run on.