The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-11-16

How 4 DRUNKARp FEELs-An Tncid.nt.-A
graduate of one of the Universities OF Great
Britain came to me- shaking and trembling
He said he had "come to me as he would 90 to
physician" said, You must stop drink
ing.' Il can't" "You will die" Il am
afraid shall, if give it up; L can't" My
wife and two gentlemen were present. l said,
| "What good does the drink do your mo
good" why do you drink ;" II must have
it," Thinking that, being an educated man,
he might give me some ideas. l asked him !:
"Will you tell me how you felt before you be-
gan TO drink, and afterwards p l shall never
forget! He stood up and said: "All can say
is, must have it," why :" II feel as if
there were insects in my veins Oh 1t is hor-
ribie. horrible L touch my coat touch my
hands, and l jump! On! l shall go mad
mud-mad! If L could not get it without
having sound tooth torn out OF my jaw.
bring the instrument and wrench it out; l
must have the drink, you see-so get il. Aud
then l stand still, that l may not disturb Its
effect. That's what want-I want relief md
l feel il. Quick, quick, now, II sends the blood
through my veins the insects are gone, ana
begin to peEspire Yes, l am better, better -
It's what want-it's coming-its coming
il has come TO me-relef--iike flash of sum
mer lightning and it has gone, and get an
other" "Fhen," l said, you will die" Il
am afraid L shall, can You save met" "Not
unless you stop drinking" ~ can't die; l
haven't offered prayer to God for sixteen
years" You must give it up II can't."--
l said, God Will help YOU" "No he won't"
II will" said l, my wife aud will take care
OF you for four DAYS, if you will. l have just
four days to spare for you" We took him.
though we could get no promise from him.
We nursed him night and day. The third AZ
ternoon he sat with me, his hand in mine,
and spoke 10 him of God and Christ aud
eternity. He said, II am a man of some COM
mon sense, I'belleye; and am very well aware
that can never be happy in another world"
He then went out and cut his throat fr m ear
TO ear On, my friends. srhall we not try TO
save our fellow men fr sm such a fate!-From
Speech Of John b Cough.
FURTHER FROM MEXICo-A letter received
In New O!leans from Vera Cruz, confirms the
accounts we have already published OF the
massacre At Il uadalalaTa. Among other things,
il is said that miae was sprung upon the
Liberals, in their assault upon the city, and
five hundred of their number were instantly
killed. So tar, however, from nrresting their
progress, this only infuriated them the more,
aud forcing their way in by six different
breaches at the same time, they bayonetted the
enemy at their works and slaug tered all who
stood in their way. The execution OF the op
posing General, Castillo and his officers, is
doubtless to be attributed TO this infuria ed
spirit. The same writer says that Gen. Mar
Quez ut the head OF some 1900 10 5,U00 ReAc-
tisnnfy troops had occupied Queretaro. He
adds that before the evacuation Of the town by
the Liberals, they seized all the church plate
they could lay their hands on. from which
they realized something like Sl00OdO. At the
CIV OF Mexico, no actual change had taken
Mace up to the 10th, or latest date, but II was
Generally believed at Vera Cruz, that there
wouId bs no protracted resistance on the ap-
proach of the Constitutional army. All par
lies were alike averse to renewal OF the
bloody scenes OF Tacubaya.