The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-08-30
VIRGINIA NEWS.

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Lutheran clergyman, who came to that
city two weeks since and preached three
sermons, protesting to desire to get up q con-
gregation, has been missing since Wednes.
day. his room in the Atlantic Hotel has
been searched, and few clothes and a
package OF letters found in it-one, adj
dressed to Mrs. Hason, of Alexandria,
from which town he hailed, says to her
that she need not be frightened to find him
dead-hc had wished to die long time.
lie feels some conjunction at going into
the Atlantic Hotel without money to pay his
board, and says may the proprietor be
q consoled for the loss of his money" by
" the thought that he had cheercd up the
last moments of poor, unhappy wretch"
The Journal thus describes the missing
man:
"Brandt was Tor is) O man of about
forty-fve years of age, FIVE feet ten or
eleven inches in height, spare built, with
rather bald head. His address was very
good; he spoke very good English, with
hardly any foreign accent. He had quite q
clerical air, and was very we'll calculated
to make friends in any community"
a gentleman informed the Mayor that he
saw a man leap into the river on Thursday
morning very early. Hc was drowned, as
he did not appear again.
ATTEMPTED OUTRAGE.-A few days ago
Miss Nj, residing four miles from
Middleburg, Loudoun county, was over
taken whilst on her way to Long Branch
Westinghouse by r"Sro boy, who seized
her and attempted to commit an outrage
upon her. The Young lady resisted the
scoundrel in q spirit tha: was we'll worthy
of one of her age. In the struggle which
ensued Miss NJ had her earrings torn
from her ears, and her clothing almost
stripped from her person. Her cries
brought to her assistance young man who
happened to be passing. The black villain
made his escape, but was captured next
day by the father of the young lady, who,
having taken him into the woods and tied
him to tree, beat him until life was
almost extinct. He was then left, and
upon q subsequent search it was found that
he had made his escape, which was for him
fortunate event, as q party ct enraged
neighbors mad assembled, and were fully
determined to give him the benefit of a
rope.
SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED DEATH.-Mr.
Randolph Coyle, late surveyor Of the city
of Washington, temporarily sojourning with
his family at the Warren Green Hotel, died
on the night of the 26th insta Mt, in the
6fty-seventh year of his age. Feeling
somewhat unwell the previous evening, he
insisted upon sleeping alone, that his rest
lessness might not disturb his wife, and
when his daughter attempted to awake him
on Friday morning he was found to be cold
in death His decease is attributed to
disease Of the heart WGrrenton 1ndeT,
Saturday.
RAIN IN RoASoKE.-" 1t never rains but
it pours" after long drought. lowering
over the Alleghanies, on Monday last, were
lowering clouds. 1t was long before they
left those high peaks, but when they did
the most tremendous rain for months
deluged our fields. The lightning
flashed in quick and terrifying succession,
and as night brooded in darkness over the
earth the sight was sublime.
The corn and grass-hclds are reviving, and
farmers are already counting on at least q
half crop of corn. So great was the drought
that cattle had taken to eating straw, but
now the pastures are again supplying the
necessary food.-Salcm (Rodnohe county
Times.
This rain must have extended to the
tributaries of James river. The river
here rose u foot on Thursday night.-DiS-
patch.
BROKE JAIL.-On Sunday night last
eight negro prisoners, who were confined in
one room of the Mecklenburg Jail, broke it
open and made good their escape. One of
the prisoners had just been elected for four
years to the Wardwell Legislature. There
were too white men in another room of the
Jail, who heard the negroes breaking out,
and said they hallooed Justify, but could not
wake the Tailor. This saves the county
upwards of four dollars per day. 1t is
said to be an i'll wind that does not blow
any one some good.-Boydton Tobacco
Plant of Wednesday.
1t is our opinion that this breaking out
of Jail of petty thieves will have to be
connived at. The people cannot support jails
full of these small criminals. The whip
ping-po is the true remedy for them. 1t
will be rcinstated as indispensable to the
rnment.-Dispatch.
In the case of Washington Jones, in Pc
tersburg, the coroner's inquest rendered q
verdict that the deceased came to his death