The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-08-17

Horrible Trayedy-Mnrder Of Family.
The Manchester (Eng.) Guardian contains
the particulars of a horrible tragedy winch
oceurrad there on the ist IL st. young man
named VIM. Godfrey Yonngman, murdered
his mother. two brothers, and a young lady
~ whom he was to he MARI led that day. The
Manchester Guardian says;
shortly after six O'Clock Mr.. Bevan, the
landlord oi lhe house heard what he described
a. a "iumherinE" noise overhead, such as
might have been caused by children running
ahout 4 slight scream followed, aud be Ten I
ny stairs, when he found some dead bodies on
the lsnding. The alarm was given, and several
,eoIce officers entered. The landing was sat-
urated with blood which had scarcsly con-
s-aa led, and lying in the midst of ii We're three
bodies fearfully muiilated. The first was
found 10 be that of a boy about six years of
age, lying on his hack, with his head towards
the stairs. The next body was that OF a young
female in her night dress lying on her right
side, and partially resting upon her was the
body of an elderly female. Mr.. Inspector
Damn was then informed that young man,
the son of the elderly female. was or that
story, aud, on stepping over the bodies, he
saw a man, about twenty five years OF age,
standing perfectly calm and apparently quite
indifferent 10 the horrible scene around him.
Inspector Damn told him he must take him n to
Gus tody, when the young man made The follow
ing remarks Il WAS in bed with my brother,
when mother came mp 10 the bedside with
kutie, ana kllled my pTothef, VINO was steep"
ing with me-; then she made stab at me, and
l wrested the knife from her and killed her in
self-defence"
The young man was then taken into custo-
dy, and Inspector Damn proceeded into the
back room on the same landing, aud discover
ed a fourth body. that OF Il boy about eleven
years of age. lying in bed weltering in blood
The supposed murderer is PANIED William
q Godfrpy Youngman. aged - years. and the
victims are Mary Youngman. The mother of
the prisoner, aged aoout5u; Thomas Young
man, aged II Chas. 1oungman, aged (his
brother and Mary Wells Streeter aged -, a
Young woman 10 whom the prisoner, 1T is said,
was TO be married yesterday. Miss Streeter
was the da gh ter OF Mr Streeter, farmer of
Hunters HlI, W odhurst. Sussex. The pris-
oner has resided away from the other mem
hers OF the family, but treturned TO them week
or ten DAYS sinCe. aud men TONED TO some other
persons who lived in the house that he had
been footman, bat not liking that occupa-
tion, he intended going into the farming busi-
ness. He is described as having been quiet
and steady in his habits. On MJuday night
he brought home with him Miss Streeter, who
slept with his mother, The prisoner sleeping
with he elder of the two other boys. Be-
tween the bodies of Mrs. Ioungman aud MISs
Sreeter was found a large Spanish dagger
clasp knife, with patent back-spring. The
kuife, which was completely encrusted in
blood, is about ten inches long in the blade.
with a cross guard. About an eighth OF an
inch of the point of the dagger was broken off,
~ also portion ofthe guard. This fact is no
doub- 10 be accounted for by the frigh tful
wound received by the younger child the
bone or veTtebre OF whose neck was conn plete-
Iy cut through. the head only remaining on
the trunk by portion of the flesh; and this
poor child had also received stab III the left
breast. The body of the other child also bore
similar wounds. The prisoners mother had
received n stab in the breast, her throat being
cut principally behind one of Ihe ears. The
fourth victim, Miss Streeter, had likewise a
dreadful stab in the breast her throat being
al al r,arfpp tlV from
Ii is supposed that The prisoner, soon after
his father left the house for his usual occupa-
tion, killed first the brother, with whom he
WAS sleeping, that the noise alarmed Nj ss
Streeter, and that she ran from, one room across
the landing TO the other door, where she was
met by the prisoner and Immediately stabbed.
The mother, il Is surmised, followed her i'm
mediateiy, which suppositipn is borne out by
the fact that her body was partially res ling
upon that of Miss Streeter. The other by,
no doubt left last, and seeing what had been
done, endeayored to escape by running down
stairs, but must have been caught by the
murderer, thrown backwards. and thus bu tch
cred.
FIRES IN NORTHERN MIcHIGAN.-A cor
respondent OF the Lake Superior journal,
writing from Marquette, Aug. 9th, says:
Il is now nearly a week since the fire began
20 "run." 1t first made its appearance near
O'TraIn river, thirty miles TO the eastward of
this place. Since that lime it has steadily
pursued its westward course, leaving a char
red and tlackened track 10 mark its de vas Ia l.
ing course, until yesterday, when it made rs
appearance in the vicinity OF Marq uette. BY
some means fire was started but short dis
tance 10 the southwest OF the village. The
woods, being prepared, by the continual
drought of the past six weeks, were soon IN a
blaze and for Il time serious fears were enter
taned for the safety Of the village however
the fire took westerly direction, and after
consuming suudry fences, passed our town
harmlessly. The scene last evening was such
As has not been witnessed in this vicinity for
q long time before and crowds of all ages and
sexes fiOcked 10 the fire TO witness its progress
From the top of the hill one m ght look down
into the burning valley as in 70 the crater of a
volcano; all was fire, fire. Here and there
would be lofty tree girted with fire from its
base TO its summit, and resem bling pillar en-
circled bya fiery serpent, and again, the fire
would reach some unusually dry subs stance, it
would shoot off kissing and cracking as though
fresh from Pluto's regions. But for the op-
perfume shower of this morning, the country
Tor miles around would probably have been
laid waste.