The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-03-21
RI. .A...nst,>s Of Murder. :"

ono Of the 6ne artr," snd a eequai 10 The sam
giving An account of three remarkable MUIR
.icrs 10 London in 1872 Il IL 70 be regre,.s
that ths opium cater Ia not still living, for b
might end in ,he psesen. wa, and especial,
in The last raid upon Richmond illustration
Of his subject which no ren eau 90 jaeae' u
like HE own.
Dean Swim proposed, Observes "f. ~
Qainey, to turn 10 .cc onut the snresn" "', :"
,nfan,a az Great Bri;aia, which IN se"se os'
were provided for In fenndins "'ep'
cooking ard eating them. Fh's eA'''''as
ofths nsan was evidently npKno"h % s"s pro
;...o,. NJ The Dshlsrsn rait, or the programme
=. AZ. "o.sun sni Tarp,at!ne Brigade"
,.a r.rer have omitted 90 phianthrori,
and practical suggestion. The Factions mon
stropsi.y Of the Dean nigh. have been carried
on, in sober earnest, aad the hungry treeperf
sf Fitzpatrick have RECALLED themselves on
shoies biss Of rebel babies, roasted to tnTp
on ,he spits Of bayorets II ycu cock yenr
game, why nc. eat III and even Yankee me-
aacity has not the efiron,ery 10 deny that they
meant to "ceck" tbs MOI: defeacs'css psrl OF
the human species. Not ona line or word o.
Dahigrsn's n,inu,, orders for bnrniac M III"
rsopls. big and little, Of this city, has bee
dsnisd by the Yankee press. They oniY as
derssks to say that the o-ier 80 kill the Pre- :
den, and hi. Cab;ne: was inserralsioi By The
rebels, a. IL that wers u greater crime ina"
burning aud numbering population OF cne
huodrcd thorsand eouls, inc udiHs women and
children.
Some allowance must be INSIDE. hqwsrar,
10, the reaued and cultivated :as.ss Of TIE
Yankee nation. fhe critical valuation Of rlur
dsrs is nowhere SO naivevssl rs III the EaDkse
nation. To this tie police c0lTmis OF their
CITY Journals. even in t;9s. oi psacer tcGT
mo ase.ioEable evidence. \ sans9s,E c, f.
a. breakfast L. as ineip3 witecu ti,e scc2r:
p,ui nsnt OF ics, rate mlyta. IN his an.air.
paper az cup Of rii!sisss md s"saIisss Con
feje-ais rye The ''sceaieal features" o. lii.
esvsral ,nrrisrs sTe woiaso up ~ sccor--
plished caterers fcr th. Northern rsta.o u the
highest s;yle o. at. a e.ss his shst ct Helen
Jewel. minslers refesshn-n, !, a caiti"ate3
Yankee i'm agina.ioa for IT least q qasrtsr 81
q century, snd tie gray headed N7w Workers
Of that era lock down with as mrcl conee1lrt
noon your Colt ard Bur3eil bu,cil-r.s rs the
contemporaries Of Raphael ani Canoga rligtt
have :sls, i: they could have beheld 'i.oa,, t,J
tins n1s. huaziinS pictures and sane, of the
present day.
1t Is pleasant, therefore, 10 conjecture tia:
the Yankees, in pnrposing to destroy The
whole population of Richmond, to impaie
the men upon bayonets, and to burn up The
women and children, were not so much &C
mated BY an auimal thirst for blood, ss BY
an elegant taste for grand scenic specSacies
How magnifceutly the account Of Rich
Inond in flames would have doomed up Ia thf
New York Hsra'd-.he turpentine blazing
the gunpowder roaring, the river rcd With
tbs con1agration, the cutters red with blood
the shrieks OF women rushing from threat
ened shsms to Il more merciful death tht
death groans of the fallen mingles with The
curses Of these murderers, and the thunder'
Of Dahigren's torpedoes succeeded by III,
plteous walls of children from the burning
dwellings All, what beautiful feast for III.
cultivated Yankee Imagination. What in.
justice to their critical taste to deny that they
proposed to give the finishing touch to thi:
picture, and impart complete dramatic har
mony to its effect By hanging the Presidcn;
and his Cabine. upon the lamp posts Of The
capitol.
II Is remarkable that the portrait drawn by
DR. Quincy Of the artistic London murderer
o! lSl2 might be adopted with little modih-
cations for sketch of Dahlsren. The latter
Is said to have been o light haired, cadave-
rous, smooth faced gentleman; very polite il
his manners, and treating his prisoners
{whom he carried with him in the front,
where they would be likely to fall a. the first
fire of the Confederates,) with great suavity
and pleasantness. The London artist is de-
seribed as a low, slender man wiry, but
muscular, with hair something between an
orange and lemon color, and his face of c
eloodless, ghastly pallor. 1t was only the
oily and snaky insinuation of his demeanor
that cOunteracted the influence OF his ghast-
~ face. BE generally carried the tools of his
trade buttoned up under his loose roomy
coat, and 30 prompt and unfailing was his
politeness that If the deadly mallet under his
garment CHANGED to brush roughly against q
passerby, graceful apology was ready to
avert the idea of Intentional rudeness.
He once playiully said to young woman
whom It Is supposed he intended to Kill,
"What would you think If you should wake
up in the night and find me at your bedside
with razor at your throats" "Oh, l should
be dreaafully alarmed at first," was the an
ewer, shut when saw it was yov should
cease to fear" After q succession o: the
most mysterious and frightful murders thi.
miniature Dalghren was on,as.sd by a cow
ardly London mob, who, bowling like de-
mons, followed him 90 Jail, wherein he dis
appointed their vengeance by putting himsel
to death. We have not heard whether the
viilainous assassns were denounced by the
public Journals t.. their hideous persecution
OF great artist but. If not, tie contra,. 10
the tone Of the Northern press, with refer
snce to the treatment Of tar greater naste
in the fine art OF murder, affords one NOR
OF many illustrations CT the superior civllis
zation and refinement OF tie United States.
a1eClsllan's STATE ment or Hi, Losses.
Mcclellan, In the Official repor: wLici. he