The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-01-20
strange Occurrences q = runeral. :,
The Chicago Times of ~ 18th inot.. tell
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strange Occurrence ~ Funeral.
The Chicago Times Of ~ 18th INIT. tells |
he following story
yesterday ~ TIE funeTAi Of Mtchael Guthrie
Who was accidentally kflled the day previous
on the Northwsstern railway, which ws have
ever been called upon TO chrOnicle The fam:
i6ree chiidren, had made extensive arrange
meats Tor the accommodation Of tbs frtends
Of the deceased At the funeral A lsree nnm.
Der Of carriages and Z numerous Assembly OF
MP. Berry, arrived with the hearse. About
the same time, another carriage, containing
woman richly and fashionably dressed, was
driven to the door. The woman alighsed ana
assembly, to all OF whom she was total
stranger, she greeted the children OF Gnthr1e
~ her own, and they, in turn. addressed ner as
their mother, mauifesting the greatest Joy
mingled with surprise At seeing her. the
wife on the ether hand, was cOnfOunded.-
She knew not what to say, nor what to think
Of this sudden and strange appearance OF one
who claimed also TO be the wife OF the deceased,
and who was addressed by his children as
their mother She knew herself to be their
stsp.mother having been married to their
father in due legal form, and in the full con-
fidence that his first Wifi was dead THIS
sudden appearance Of one claiming to be that
deceased wife, the other wife began to upbraid
the children for not telling her that their mo-
Their was living. The real mother (for such
the stranger was) assured her that the chill
dren were not to blame, as they, as well as
their father, had reason to believe her dead
She had deserted her husband in the city OF
ST. Louis. where they lived and shortly after
ward caused an announcement of her death TO
be published in the newspapers OF that CITY
But she was not dead. Leaving ST. Louis, she
had lived in Chicago, not knowing that her
husband was here until she saw the acc uni
IF tsd hod TVt
morning She had come to reclaim her chill
dren and to behold for the last time on earth,
the form Of their father.
The appearance of the stranger indicated
that she was one Of that Numerous class OF
abandoned women who sail along our side
walks and at tract the gaze of Hcentious men
by the gaudy trappings Of their trade.
III may be well supposed that "a scene" 1oi-
lowed the announcement OF Der relation 10
the deceased in that funeral assembiage Inc
| friends who had cOngregated to pay the last
rites to the dead, suddenly changed their
minds and refused to follow the hearse TO the
! cemetery. They also declared that the wife
| (she whom they supposed to be the only Wlfe)
| should not do SO. The stranger offered 10 pay
| the carriage expenses Of the family, but the
| friends would not permit 1t. In the midst o!
| considerable confusion, the stranger invited
| the three children into her carriage. Ihey
| obeyed, and the carriage was driven away
The hearse left the house shortly afterwards,
bearing the remains Of the deceased, but not a
| single mourner to follow 1t. On arriving At
| the cemetery it was rejoined by the carriage
| containing the new-found mother and her
| children, who, with the sexton and unoer TAX
| er. alone witnessed it's burial. Then the chill
| dren were conveyed by their mother TO new
| home-where we know not, and would that we
| could suppose it to be better one than that
from which they were SO strangely ana une4-
pectedly taken.
| THE CAMPAIGN IN MExICo-We learn by
| Mexican gentlemen direct from Vera Cruz
a Z al <,f fho ~ iUh
| that the fears entertained at the former city.
| of another visit from Miramon the present
| winter, is not without some degree OF 1ound;t'
| ton. The so-called campaign OF the North Is
definitiyely closed by the total dispersion o.
| the Constitutional forces. and no excuse now
| remains to the President why he should not a
once undertake the long threatenede expedition
Besides, he is sadly in want of money, and tht
| only way in which his party friends can be in
duced to replenish the empty treasury is TO ylelf
to their wishes IN another crusade against thell
| only outstanding and rather insOlent enemies
| on the coast. BY SO doing it is believed tina
the President would at once command q mil
| lion of dollars which would be suffclent u
| support himself and his staff for six months Il
| come.
At all events we are assured that these art
| the expectations en- tertaned at Vera Cruz
| and in consequence thereof the CONSTITUTIONS
Governments preparing for the worst N %
only are the defences of the city being put II
| better state of repair, but everything Is Deins
| done that can be done towards the efficient re-
| organization of the army. And in this con
| nection we learn that the Consiitutionalists
| will not, the last winter, await the enemy
| appearance before the walls OF the city of err
| Cruz, but confident in the support OF the PEG
pie and their own strength, viii meet the IN
| vaders on the confines of the State, there Il
give a decisive battle-t..it is, decisive ior In
| Miramon Government, which, supported bj
| hayOnets. it Is believed would not outllVe
| reverse while the Constitutional Governmen
| making common cause with the people, Wouit
| AZ n I
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ACHILD ROASTED ALIvE.-One OF the mos
| narrowing incidents we have ever recorded
| occurred few days ago in the household o
| one of our most respectable creole families
| the relation of which makes US shudder.
| lady, Nine FRANKIE e, Ga daughter of that wei
| known citizen DIR. Landraux, who lost hi
life some years ago, by an accident on 1h'
| railroad having occasion to leave her hous'
for short time, intrusted Ter two youni
| children-one an infant and the other two ant
| half years old-to two nurses the nur SCI
| doubtless thinking the children were safe iron
harm on account of the Fireplace being pro
| tected by a high fender, which was fastened Il
| the mantlepieCe locked the room in which
| they were and went out on the street. IN
| child two and a half years old, left 10 itself
| attempted to climb up on the lender Tor tn
| purpose of taking something oil the mantle
and in doing so, fell inside between the fende
| and fire, and was thus roasted alive. The cool
heard the cries of The child, but having jus
| seen the nurses in the room, concluded tina
| it was nothing serious and thus the poor lit
tie creature was left exposed to severe fire
which soon reduced its body to Il crisp.-N. o
Dei!a.
TRAGEDY IN NEW ORLEANs.-An aTray oc
| Cured in the office Of the St. Charles Hotel
| New Orleans, on the 18th inst, between DIR
w. H. Peck and Charles II. Harris, two re
| spectacle plan ters, which resulted in the dealt
| Of the latter There was an luminosity be
| tween them. and while Harris was settling
| his bill, Peck entered, some words ensued, ant
both drew their weapons Or. Peck, being
| quicker fired first. They exchanged shot.
rapidly. until both revoIvers were discharged
! when Harris ran into the private bar-room
| jumping over the counter, fell on the floor be
| hind Peck had dropped his pistol, and draw
| irg his bowie-knife, followed Harris closely
| He leaped over the counter, and falling upoi
his pros trate foe, seized him and stabbed hin
| repeatedly. Harris was MORALLY wounded
| and expired shortly after. He had received
seven Wounds-three shots taking effect in tn
| right shoulder in the left side between tn
seven tn and eighth ribs, penetrating the liver
and in the breast, between the first and Secont
ribs. The stab wounds were, two in the lef
| shoulder, one in the left arm, and one in tn
| left side between the fifth and six III ri bs, pen
| etrating the lungs. Peck was not wounded
lie remained in the hotel until the police ar
| rived when he surrendered, and was impri
| soned.
VESSEL BuRNT.-The steamer Louisiana
| Capt. Russell, on her way down the bay from
Baltimore to Norfolk, on Monday night, saw
vessel on fire and sent a boat to afford relief
| The vessel proved to he the British brig Sylph
from Trinidad de Cuba, loaded with sugar an
tobacco and bound to Baltimore The fire wa
discovered at Tx O'Clock, A. NJ, on Monday
having broken out in the hold when the bri
was off Plum Point; aud continuing to in