The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-08-11


SAD CASE OF DRowN1Ne.-The drowning
OF L j. Badget, of North Carolina, at Cape
May, Wednesday, has been noticed He was
medical student, about % years of age, and
had been prosecuting his studies in Philadel.
phia. The Press, of that city, says;
The bathers were assembled on the broad
beach 10 the number of thousands large
excursion train went down in the morning
crowded with passengers and the hotels Were
depopula ted of their denizens. The bathers
dotted the surf in every direction The timid
Kept near the shore, but few, more venture
some, WaGed some distance cut. Among the
latter young medical student was cons picu-
Gus. He made several attempts 10 swim be-
yond his depth, and finally, when at soma dis
tance from the beach, was taken up by great
wave, and swept out toward the sea. Two of
his companions went out upon the same swell
They found themselves unable to reach the
bottom, and, after much struggling succeeded
IN swimming to foothold. Their fear was
not greater than their SURPRISE after securing
themselves, to find their comrade missing
He had, suddenly and unseen, gone down,
without cry, and apparently without a
struggle. 1t was useless 10 make any effort
towards recovering the drowned man.
There are no surf boats on the beach and in
mute, but fearful suspense the survivors
watched the its of the breakers and scann-
ed The surface of the tide, Vainly hoping TO
catch the appearance of the body. After the
lapse OF three-quarters of an hour, the dead
man was heayed upon the sand by a wave
Medical aid was at hand, and efforts were made
10 resuscitate him But the time of submerge-
ment had been too protracted there were no
yestiges of life. He had been boarding at the
Lighthouse Cottage, in Atlantic City. His
body was washed up opposite the United
States Hotel. The deceased was probably
borne out by the powerful undertow, and. it
may be, was seized with cramp. The bathers
received the news of his death with a mute
fear, and the beach WAS deserted by them dur
ing the remainder of the day. The remains
will be brought up to the city day, and at
once forwarded to North Carolina.
VICIss1TUDEs OF FAMILIEs.-Among other
interesting facts mentioned in a review in the
London Quarterly, of Sir Bernard Burke,s
work on this subject, it is stated that the heir
OF the ancient and illustrious house of De
Courcey was discovered in hardy seaman
sailing near 4 century ago out of the harbor of
Newport, Rhode Island, and at a later period
the legitimate owner of the i'm neuse estate of
the Grosvenors was claimed to have been
found IN poor farmer of New York, who,
however, never inheritedit. We have no doubt
that in our own country, as in England many
instances of family changes could be found
quite as striking. One of these, which has
been mentioned TO us, is remarkable and sug-
gestive in high degree. The Rev. Jno. Points,
the late gifted Rector of the St. Johns Epis.
copal Church, in Richmond, Virginia was a
direct descendant OF Oliver Cromwell, and
mouiderng in the same Richmond soil in
Hollywood Cemetery, are the remains of an
aged lady, Miss Mary Everett Hinman, de-
scended from an officer of the Life Guard of
Charles the First, who fled to this country to
escape the vengeance of the Protector Here
was descendant of The indspsndent Cromwell.
an able and respected member of the Episco,
pal Church, whilst, on The other hand the de-
scendants OF the old Cavalier became so tho
roughly republicaniZed that not less than
thirteen Of them bore military and naval com
missions in the war of the Revolution, And
in the Virginia soil, SO remote from the theatre
Of that furious strife which once rocked Eng
land to its centre, the ashes of those who
SGrang from the chief contestants, from the
ptector and the Guardsman, the pursuer
U0ad the pursued, sleep in fraternal neighbor-
hood and peace.-Bdit. Amer.