The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-06-09
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THE CIRCULATION OF THE DISPATCH
LARGER THAN THE CONFINED CIR
CULATION OF ALL THE OTHER DAILY
NEWSPAPERS OF THE CITY.
a Strange St0ry-ProsDerfty ana
Crime, Repentance and Amuence-
Truth stranger than Fiction.
I from the San Francisco Chronicle, May ~


RISEN FROM THE DEAD.
Several days ago Jeweler on Mont
gomery street received Il visit from an old
friend, ono who in former years had been 4
companion of his in little village in the
State Of Tennessee. They had not met for
many years. and, Of course, had much to
say about ancient friends and long-gonc in
cidentS.
"Do you remember Henricks," said the
!! jewelers. visitor, "our young lawyer, the
pride Of the village as we called him.
whose brilliant career ended SO unhappily ?
Not many hours ago, while in Fargo's eX-
press office, encountered 4 gentleman who
| bore strange resemblance to our unfortu-
nate acquaintance; so much so, indeed,
that thought it was Henrcks himself
risen from the dead.'
"Nonsense poor Henricks's grave Is
many hundred miles from us, far away in
| the Tennessee village"
But" said the other, edo you not re-
collect his habit of throwing back his head
when speaking, and that scar on the check
which VIC swore ne received in 4 duel? My
spectre had scar, but / only had q side
glance at him, and he left before l could
satisfy my curiosity fu rther."
"When next you sec Hcnricks's ghost
track it to It's sepulchre, John, and we
| shall lay it together, as the Romans say"
And so they parted.
THE PRIDE oP THE VILLAGE.
Truth is stranger than fiction, and wild
and improbable as the following narrative
may appear, yet the writer has it from the
gentlemen alluded to in the introduction,
both of whom are influential and respected
members of society. The hero ofthis strange
tale now holds an important position in
| this State, and only three individuals on
| the coast are aware of his past. Some may
say that to unveil his secret tor the purpose
OF giving sensational story to the public
| is malicious and morally wrong; but our
defence is, that it can never injure the in
dyidual-never lead to the discovery Of his
name-apd that tissue Of facts so strongly
| tinged with romance is worthy of publca-
| tion. He has since his resurrection--fo
dead he was in the conviction Of several
| thousand people-led Il useful and honora-
! bic life, that in itself would be sufficient
! eXpiation Of the errors Of the past. So to
| begin. About twenty-five years ago, in
| q village in Tcnnessee-the name Of which
we shall not giye-lived q young lawyer,
who, for convenience sake, shall be called
IIenricks. His taleut us an advocate and
, tiuency in political speeches soon marked
him out * a rising man. Mothers with
marriageable daughters invited him to their
| houses; young ladies smiled on him and
cast their nets !; fathers produced their best
| wines when Henricks filled chair at the
dinner-table, and, in fine, he became the
| pet Of the village. In every important suit
| he was the leading counsel in every ball
| the bellies favored one in every riding
! party the commander and director. But
the doctors aughter-blue-eyed and
! golden haired-wIth ber soft ballads and
gentle ways, won the lawyers heart. Many
under sycamore and elm; their meetings
! in the morning before the sun had robbed
the flowers of the dewdrops and so their
courtship went on. And when ut last they
stood before the altar, the neghbors
agreed that never before was SO auspcious
wedding.