The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-04-26
Mrs. lloyd tn Her Cela-- What She Saws.
From tho 1 n,. lniih, AIirn.,r

The prisoner is comfortably chartered in
her Gel! Oh the first floor of the iail, and an
pears to he perfectly resigned to her mpri.
Snnnent. Her apartment il well furnished
with her own furniture, while a few pictures
hung upon the rough walls and two or three
flowers growing in the window, serve to re-
llcNc the room of much of its gloom and lend
10 IT nh air OF comparative comfort. The
prisoner seems cheerful, conyerses with
c'lmncSS and apparent composure, speaks
warmly of the treatment she receives at the
hands OF those who have her in charge. and
says now that she is in Jail she has no desire TO
he hailed; that If released upon bail, and in
her own house, She would have no disnosi.
ton 10 60 out, and does not therefore feel
that She is any more a prisoner where she Is :
besides, in her present quarters she is quiet.
ana relieved from hearing much that would
probably I've diSagrccable were she elsewhere.
We lave thus far given the facts in this
case. with such incidents us we supposed
would be interesting to the public. without
expressing any opinion rs to the guilt of the
prisoner. The circumstances attending the
entire transaction have woven dark cloud,
that Now rests with portcntouS fury over
her head; Vet it is possible that the penetrl-
ting eye of the law may peer through the ac-
cumulatrd miStS, and in so doing purify the
moral atmosphere Of the faint that rendered
investigation necessity. Until then. let us
not .lndgc too harShly. but cndcavor to cXer-
Else towards the unfortunate tr0mdn-who,
il even guilty, we are hound TO pity-those
cardinal virtues, Faith, Hope, and Cha
rity."
ESCAPED CQNvlCr--ATTEMrT TO BrRN MEL
son COUNTY JAiL.--We learn through pri-
waite letter from gentleman ut Lovingston,
Nelson county, that negro named Carlos
Young. who had been sentenced to the pcni-
lrntialy for five years ION Monday for !,
ir(oniouS assault upon one Paulus p. Hud-
son. escaped from the Jail OH Tuesday in
open daylight. and has not been recaptured.
On Tuesday night about l O'clock the
alarm OF fire was sounded and the citizens
Of the town. OH rushing out Of their houses.
discovered that the Jail had been set on fire
by 4 prisoner named ). Johnson alias G. II.
Ashland, who stands indicted for horse
stealing. The first impulse of the indignant
populace was to let the Jail and prisoner both
be consumed. but wiser collSes prevailed.
and the fire WIS eXtinguished.--Ly nchjurg
Republican,
TUE VALLEY RALRoAn.-We are enabled
10 >tatt tul~ "ttk, ulpii tut Ilo>t ItllaDlc
authority. that work will speedily be COM
mcnccd on the Valley railroad in earnest.
Within three weeks al farthc>J the heavy
sections between >taunton and liarriSonhurg
will We under way, and as soon as practices
he the permanent route Staked oil between
tiroenvilr. IN Augusta county, and Blchan-
an. in botctourt county.-&Gnh!on Frgt-
iLiGn.
Bv the new assessment we are Informed
that there will be hut little change in the
lower district OF this county. In the upper
end II i said the assessment will he twenty
TER cent. loWcr-ShendnG0uh HrrdM
The contractors along the line of the
Shenandoah Valley r1id are III work, and the
people arr nnW Sln~ulnc OF l!r. completion
If the road III n, early Il day ~ practicable.
NeudaG0dh R@i'0ld.
STATE LEESSr.--i'erson> I,I;irna ny state
law to takt. ont license will So. he toinmi>-
siuncr's notice in our advertising. columns.
We had ice this morning. Shenandoah
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