The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-01-18

anch0ly eyent were held ip all the churyhee.-.
MayC Sf y .a .hs
lAmiV which has falleu spop ouFeity- like .
shnnderhOA from . cIoudlsss sky, cfushins u
with = weight OF misery which mo- earthly +
anguish sW1f6ch No human nand can aispeli Z
binding it IA chains OF woe which despair cAns5i
not tbreak, recommend and earnestly beseeeA 4
e l.ss N:
oort; that they s<t apart that day a. one Of
prayer, that they then meet Ia their respective
places Of worship 70 join In those religious g.
renaonies which the occasion demands, and l
there publicly ask Of God that he would tenn.
per our af1iction with mercy, that he Would
restore TO health aud strength those now Ian
guishing in pain and suffering; that He would !
provide with Fathers care for the orphan
and the widow; that h wOukl comfort and
support those ,bereft OF husband and wiz,
parents and children that He would % order
this signal destruction Of property and life % |
that good may come out OF our evil; and that
our esI Ell experience may teach wisdom throusnout
! The Printer,' Union. Of Boston, subscribed |
500 for the relief Of the sufferers.
The Duck Mills. located near the ruins OF |
the Pemberton Mill. have stopped workihk |
the operatives refnsing to continue, at labor |
| TO Its safety; .afit 7ai Z az /
The Boston Herald of Saturday says:
About noon yesterday the dead body Of Q |
female was exhumed and carried TO the City
Hall, but such was the frightfpi mutiiaton OF
| her body that all attempts at Recognition were
| in vain. Shortly after this hour, however,
man entered the room in 4 state of great ex-
Clement, and scarce had his eye rested on the
| RENAME other rcl0thing-her features were per-
| feetly obliterated-than with deep cry he an
nounced that the body was that Of his wife,
whose fate until now was unceft tain. her
name was Augusta Ann Ashworth, and she
was about thirty years Of age. ..s ~
The following pointed language, relating to
It, - A.~~~
York paper: gs0sa. ,..sr
1 As fact after fact connected with the Law
! renee massacre Is developed, the conviction De.
/ comes stiil stronger upon the mind that the
! responsibility of the calamity--the blood, the
fears, the groans, the agonies Of the victims
thy capitalists who built and owned the mill,
and attempted to patch it up in the penny
wise and pound-foofish manner for which
| Massachusetts manufacturers have been noto-
| rions any time these wenty-flye years back
| 1t appears distinctly, from the evidence, that
the walls were too thin, that the foundations
were insecure, and that the general weakness
OF the building was SO far understood IN Law
| renee that many operatives refused to work IN
| the mill at all, while some who had been en-
ployed there gave up their places through fear
] | Of their lives One of the owners of the mill
testifes that he did not know it was insecure.
and that it was the intention of the company
to make it as strong as possible.
II He is Obliged to confess, however, that the
centrated; and from his statement 1t would
| seem that the accident might have been caused
! | by g difference OF q quarter Of cent pound
| in iron. The conviction that the white slaves
of Lawrence were massacred in carrying out a
t | system which was supposed to be most effective
J | in epriching the fine old Boston gentlemen
who furnished the Sharp's rifles for the ex-
tension of their delightful institutions, includ-
ing free white labor in the Territories, ano
. | who helped John Brown in his "work, !" is
I quite irresistible. And SO, while the white
n kith and kin slain by their philantrophic mas
t ters the black chattels of the South are making
= merry with their holiday festivities. In thu
name of truth and common sense, which posi-
a tion-that of the cotton picker in Georgia, Ol
| the cotton weaver i'll Massachusetts-ls tn
g preferable one .-., .4.r-..l...
Anew York letter, dated Sunday, in tn
IL Philadelphia Ledger, says:
n, The Lawrence calamity was referred TO II
2 many Of the churches to-day, and in some s-
l. | at the Mount Olivet Baptist Church, tor ex
II ample-it was the theme of a special discourse
n One would think that upon SO sorrowful
ID subject the irrepressible "nigger" would b
n, kept out of sight-but no! A Brooklyn preach
m er, and another near Union Square, In thi
city, are said to have alluded to the falling c
the mill as judgment from Heaven upo
~ Massachusetts for not opposing with create
:" zeal the extension of slavery!
8" -.- - ..,-
y, ACCIDENT IN MExPHIs.-OnF Friday mornin
Il. last the foundation walls of the rear porto
/
on Adams street. Memphis, Tenn. gave wa
ne causing the eentirebuildng 70 fall to the grour
rn burying beneath its ruins six valuable negl
a men. The portion Of the building which GA,
On | way was three stories in height and separate
lte | by narrow court from the main structur
Ne which escaped injury. Soon after the accidel
e. the ruins took fire, bnt the flames were speed
ly " subdued, and the work of exhuming the vi
= fortunate negroes commenced with vigor.
ns req uired but brief space OF time TO reno
H. the bricks and rubbish beneath which the n
ms that two of them had been killed by the acc
~ | dent, two dangerously injured, while the OF
an ers escaped with some slight bruises and CO
" ! tusions of the body.
Gn i the above disaster, the walls of new buildi
,ae ~. erecting for the Appeal newspaper in Mel
10 phis, corner Of Union street and Front Ale
ny | gave way and fell. At the time OF the acclde
on three persons were in the building, all Of who
~ | escaped with the exception of carpent
nus | named Milligan, who was buried nearly t
-" feet beneath the ruins His cries for assistan
fo- however were distiRctly heard from withol
- and activeexertions for his relief at once COZ
49,. menced. These efforts were ere long crow n
no with success, and the man was released frt
ter the tomb wherein he had been literally bufl
ich alive. n, n-,- t.
These disasters coming directly upon
lin, track of the Lawrence massacre, should be
IN means ofcalling public attention TO the in
,oa ,os cure manner of erecting buildings.
ta a. ASpIRITUAL LMARRIAax.-The Boston Trs
the e!io1 to..s .nc eSo' y. ~ . 80 y: S: w
zen, 49, S.y ~ - - - y .,, 49,, hi
- mate dissolution Of that affinity, after eghte
~ months. The dentist was introduced. so
his two years ago, to lady whose husband
orv | deserted her, and gone to Kansas, since VIII
~ she had taken up the profession of spiritl
~. mediumship. She was fair and attractive, q
sev admiration Of her spiritual gifts combir
es. with her personal charms 70 captivate
rs bachelors heart. Resides. the spirits t
them they were made for each other Q
lrr they were wiliiagly obedient to the heavel
~ | vision. -t&H @-
n;2y n;y They were married, bat the honeymoon /
hardly began when the wife became subject
i In strange frances, during which she would p
:, ~ her hus bands hair, scratch him, and otherw
hs- violently belabor hina, most commonly wi
he was in bed and exposed and defeaceless
When she was aroused from the trance
was full of regrets at what had happsnet
Lr. At the bidding Of the spirits he took her "
day him to Texas, where she proclaimed him
OF abolitiOnist, aud he narrowly escaped viOle
at the hands Of the mob. When they got b
. the spiritual prosecutions continuing, and
TINS poor husband finding that his su6sring
in. miud, body and estate were greater than
,uid could bear, suggested a separation, aud obts
alrs, ed il by paying Handsomely. Aftef the sc
lse | ration the Woman confessed that she had
TWO posed upon him throughout that her traI
inst were fefrned that she beat and scratched
9 TO becauss she wanted 70, that all the spirit
oaa3 message abs had receiyed Wero OF her 9
ana mann1notuIe. The dentist has had IN exp
,uld eneo hard aeneugh - mako him Wiee. bu
ter sttii hsiisvssi in spirttaaiism, only hs thi
Nc the devil must be1ntt. - .
suie A Youxo LADY DxNDERED DngH1RAr
9e1o | voun1 lndv living In Shaker PrniEiA