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SS Directors Of tho SECOND National Bank
date on he car t.i Il *, p..sSe on All after the
llth Instant They haze ais voted 5 per cent. II
the suriius fund w H. GRIfFITH,
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National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-07-08

81 ou tluO lell UUDly
fighting for his country on the field of battle,
and left reeord Of which all his descendants
may be proud. 1t is with grief that feel
bound to express my sorrow that the memory
OF those great and distinguished ancestors
should not have restrained you from the COM
mission OF such crime as that Of which you
are convicted. Your poor mother had, In
the father whom you have slain. You, also,
undoubtedly had great cause to fpcl, not
| aggriered merely, but ashamed and indig,
nant at the long course Of outragcs toward
her and toward his family; but, bad as he
| was, you were not to be tho
AvENGER OF THESE WRONGS.
He had done nothing to forfeit his life,
even to the laws OF his country, and least OF
| all had he done anything to forfeit nls life at
the hands Of his own and eldest son. When
look back at that moment when You con-
stltutcd yourself his cxesutloner and slew
him In that room with no one present but
yourself, cannot but feel that that death
must have been
MORE HORRIBLE Than A THOUSAND DEATHS
Ia any other form. Called by you to your
presence, apparently for the purposes Of a
peaceful Interview to settle family Difficult
ties; invited to seat In your room and APP
parently almost instantly confronted with a
weapon Of death In his own sons hands, wi hat
thoughts must have rushed upon him at that
moment, when he found that the person " hom
he expected had come 10 him for the purpose
OF . peaceful arrangement " what terrible
thoughts must have rushed upon him when
he received the leadcn messenger of death In
his bosom from the hands Of his eldest boy !
shudder when think Of 1t, and think you
ought 10 devote your whole life to repent
ance such as God only can accept for so hor-
rible crime. The sentence Of the court Is
that you be Imprisoned In the State prison at
Sing Sing, at hard labor, for the full term Of
your natural life.
now wALwoRTH TOOK THE SENTENCE.
There was the same look on the young
prisoners face throughout the delivery OF
the sentence. He looked all tho while stead
lily at the Judge. Not tremor Of emotion
did he evince from the beginning to the end.
A intlmated In the outset OF our report, 1t
was the came throughout the circle OF his
family attendants. There was no show OF
feeling on the part OF any Of them.
THE CLOSING SCENE,
\ few minutes more closed tho scene. As
already said everybody looked on astonIshed,
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-09-03

PREPARATIONS FOR LAYING THE PACIFIC
CABLE.-The United States steamer Tusca-
rora, which has been detailed to make the
SURVEYS and soundings preparatory to laying
the telegraph cable from this port to japan
and the Asiatic continent, started on an eN-
detrimental trip Oh the 18th instant for the
purpose OF testing different apparatus Tor
taking oceln-s0llndingS. The result was tie
adoption OF the machinery invented by Lieu
tenant Brooks, with Il recent Improvement
bf Captain Belknap, rs the most perfect ana
practical. The first reel consisted Of IL reel
of fine steel wire, containing fourteen miles,
weighing fourteen pounds to the mile,
and bearing a strain OF two hundred
and serenty-eight pounds. The weight
used was Il shot Of about thirty
pounds, with detaching apparatus. The
Steam sounding-apparatus Of the United
States frigatc Juniata-whch vessel was de-
tailed for similar work on the Atlantic slde,
but subsequently sent in search oil the 70
laris-was brought out here at considerable
eypensc to the Government. 1t failed TO be
of any practical service, however, III TINS eN-
pedition, rs three hundred fathomS OF line
was lost at one throw, and five hundred
iathoms at another pitch. Eleven attempts
at sounding were made in all, two only be.
ing failures. The greatest depth reachetl
was 1919 fathoms, in latitude 81 degrees, -
minutes, and 80 seconds north, longitude
1913 degrees, 33 minutes, aud % seconds west.
The Tuscarora is now lying at her anchor
ace off Third street, awaiting orders TO pro-
coed in sounding the line Of the cable to the
coast of Japan. Francisco Buliehn,
.1,tG,tSt Is.
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BEAU HrcKaAs-Hrs ILLxEss-srErCn or.

q BEAU HIcKaAE-HIs ILLNEss-SEETCH or
HIS CAREER.-[From the Washington Gtr0n-
icle, September I. Ere this issue meets our
readers Robert S. Hickman, better known as
"Beau, twill in all probability have ITO use
his own familiar phrase) 'spassed In bis
checks" and be among the things that were.
10 give "Beau's" biography would be
superfuous, even could the points thereof
be definitely ascertained There is not re.
sident Of the District to whom his face is I'M
familiar, while bis red gold) and white (sil-
ver) chips have lightened the pockets OF
nearly every prominent man in the country.
His ancestry Is found in Virginia family,
the members Of which, it is stated, have OF
late years cut him Off altogether. In early
life he was what Is termed a "gay boy" and
in the chances Of the turf he invested I'M
successfully an inheritance of nearly GOO.
Down as he was in pocket. though, his
"turf" friends stood by him until he be-
came, with natural talent and oily tongue, 4
recognized ward Of the travelling public.
He never drank, but always " tooka cigar !;
and to his credit it must be said that, al
though he lived from hand to mouth at
times, in his patronage of bar-room cheese
and cracker boxes, he never ordered meal
or condinment which he did not promptly
pay for. Many are the anecdotes related of
bis ingenuity in fooling railroad conductors,
hotel-keepers. and others; and, in fact, some
of his doings in that respect have become
traditional American jokes but so respect
fuI was he in mien at all times that no one
will utter other than compassionate senti-
ment over his remains.
He had been ailing for about week, and
on Thursday last become confined to his
room, on Maryland avenue southwest. and
on Saturday afternoon, being discovered in
"a dying condition, was removed by Sanitary
Officer Burns to the Providence Hospital,
where his lifc's tide was ebbing fast when
our reporter left last night. He was pa
ralyzed on one side, the affection completely
enveloping the brain. 1t was remarked that
not person had called to see him since his
entrance into the hospital. he said to a
friend few weeks since that he was fifty
nine years of age, and that although he was
reported rich in petty savings he never knew
from day to day where his meals were to
come from. ....-.......... ......... ...'''..
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AN ESofTISG REvoLT,siS THE .p,TTspuReu
PENtTBNTtARY---A Body OF Tu1RTY MEN AS
sAULT THE KEEpER-..ONE OF THE CoNrIcrs
DANGEROUSLY SHoT.--TFrom the Pittsburgh
Telegraph. IA body of thirty such despe.
rate characters as are found within the walls
OF penitentiary, crowded together in a
small room, and eniaged by some supposed
act OF injustice committed by their keeper,
form tablcauN the most exciting and dan.
gerous. Such scene rs this was witnessed
yesterday afternoon at the Western Pepiten.
tiary, and before the disturbance was uuelIetI
one OF the convicts received what may prove
a fatal injury. About half.past 4 O'Clock,
MIR. Day, one of the superintendent Of the
shoe shop, noticed that one OF the conYicts
who was ut work In the room had on his
coat and hat, In violation Of the rules. The
superintendent asked him to take them Off
but the convict refused and when Mr.. Day
sought to enforce the command he was
struck IN the face by the prisoner. Mr..
Day then procured the assistance of
one Of the keepers, and the two
took the obstreperous prisoner to the deputy
warden, and upon reporting his conduct
he was placed in solitary confinement rs a
punishment for his actions. The superin-
tenaent then returned to the shop, entirely
unprepared, however, for the reception
which was given him. But not much time
was necessary upon entering the room for
him to comprehend the situation. During
his absence the men had cOncOctcd plot to
assault him, and having armed themselves
with whatever weapons they could obtain
in their haste composed principally Of the
tools they used six or eight Of them threw
their hammers and knives at him as he en-
tered the door. Fortunately he was but
slightly hurt, and, retiring to the door, he
drew his revolver and ordered them to de-
sst. but telling them plainly at the same
time that If order was not ut once restored
lie would tire. This was not needed, how
ever, and the superintendent, thinking to
intimidaic them, ta'ed his revolver, pur-
posely missing all Of the men. 49,"
This action, instead of cowiug the con.
ricts, seemed to have an opposite effect. and
one Of them, who, it seems, was the ring
leader. raised a hatchet to brain Mr.. Day
when 1T the same instant the latter fired al
him, and he fell. The fate Of their leader
had the desired effect upon the remainder Of
the party, and there was no further demon.
| st,ution Of hostiiticS. The bravery anC
presence of mind Of one man, who stood
alone before Il band of thirty desperate
| characters. prevented more extensive out
break, which might lave proved most ser
Gus in its results. The firing brought War
den Wright and several keepers to the assist
ancc OF Mr.. Day, but their arrival tount
quiet restored. Eight Of the principals il
| the disturbance were taken from the shol
and placed in solitary confinement; but i
| was soon learned that two Of these scarccl,
| deserved this punishment. and they were
released. The remaining six are still helt
III the dungeons.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-09-03

GREAT JEWEL ROBBERY IN LoSDoS.-Ihe
London Times of August 81 says: " n rob-
berry of ieWelry OF the value of upward OF
100000 has lately been effected on the pre-
misses of wel-known firm Of jewellers in
Bond street under somewhat mysterious cir
cumStances. The firm in question had re-
ceived an order from the Shah to submit to
him certain amount Of jewels, and several
packages, very small in bulk, but containing
articles of large value, were accordingly
prepared for his Majesty's inspection. In
the course of that preparation one OF the
packages. consisting of four diamond crosses,
| a splendid necklace Of large diamonds, seve-
raj brooches, rings, and earrings set with
diamonds, rubies, and emeralds, worth more
than 100000, was missed, and up to this
moment not the slightest clue has been Oh
tanned rs TO the actual circumstances of the
robbery. All that is known by the firm is
that the package was safe in their hands on
the 18th of June, and that it was gone-no
one knows Where-on the lSt OF July.
Whether il was lost in the streets by an us
sistaut, or stolen from the counter while the
shopman had momentarily turned his back,
is not at present known. inquiries were
set on foot by the police, and Oh Thursday
last the gold mountings OF the ornaments.
but without the stones, were discovered IN
the bed OF the river, where they had evidently
lain for some weeks. The mountings had
not been submitted to the action ofaquafortiS,
and il is. therefore, sur.nised that some APP
parer,iv unproieSsional and unskillful hand
had extracted the stones. On the other
hand, it is considered improbable that an
ordinary thief would have been content
even TO lose the value of the mollntin@s in
he ,,.o,n,,+ m fn.trov the Traces of The rob-
berry, seeing that they alone were worth Il
considerable sum. Thus the matter stands
at present. The following advertisement on
the subject appeared in the 11nses OF lues,
day: Extensive robbery Of diamonds anu
precious stoncs-tive hundred pounds re-
ward. Whereas between the 18TH OF June
and the 1st OF July last Il robbery of
diamond ornaments was perpeuated
or the premises Of West End jewellers,
in amount to upward Of 100000
and whereas the diamonds, rubies, and
emcralds so stolen have been removed from
the settings and gold mountings, and the
latter discovered in the bed of the Thames,
supposed to have been thrown from the en-
bankmert, the above reward will be paid by
the undersigned solicitors to any person who,
within thirty days, shall give sucH informa.
ton as may lead to the detection OF the thief
or thieves. Information to be furnished to
Messrs. Lewis Lewis, No. 10 Ely place,
Iiolborn, solicitors; or TO Superintendent
Williamson, Detective Department, Scot
land Yard 1t is considered prudent by the
police and the solicitors that the name of the |
owners of the property should for the time |
be withheld. The missing jewels can, it is
said, lie identified by the firm
sta.. 1
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TIE SCuuYLEiLL TEAGEDY-RowlNG OVER
THE RrAplNG FALLS WITH THE WOMAN WHO
HAD REJECTED HIS SrIT.-ReGdtag, Id.
August 81 .-This morning between u and II
O'Clock. in the vicinity Of ki<singer's bridge
on The Schuylkili river. in the city limits, Il
terrible and mysterious tragedy was enacted
by which two persons were drowned and {
third narrowly escaped death. Their names
are Charles Harmony, Mrs. Mary Herbert.
and Daniel Hoffman. Harmony and the
Young woman arrived ut the hotel near the
bridge last night. and remained until thi>
morning. They We're not registered rs man
ana wife.
They remained together last evening iol
some time, and several OF the DoardcTS say
that hot words passed between them before
they separated for the night. This morning
they appeared rs if nothing had happened
and about 8 O'Clock Harmony asked the NO
nlan 10 take Il boat-rdo with him. On gon!
out Of the hotel they saw sitting on tht
piazza Il young man employed on the Bcrk>
County railroad, named Daniel Hoffman
harmony asked hln TO accompany them
and he consented.
As they sailed down the river, Harmony
having the oars. it was noticed that they
were in the current leading over the falls
Hoffman demonstrated, and the woman pite
ollSly begged Harmony to turn the bout
around. Harmony, however, continued
pulling with vigorous strokes, and by one
determined effort sent the boat over the falls
the three occupants falling among the rock:
about twenty feet below. Hoffman jumped
and tremendously escaped being crushed
among the bouldcrs. He swan ashore anC
| then went to police headquarters and gave
information OF the affair to Chief Of Police
Cullen. Sergeant Lutz and Il squad of pr
trolmen Went to the river, and after dredg
ing found the body Of the woman. Tht
body OF Harmony, it is thought, Is still
down among the rocks.
Holinan's story agrees with the facts as
above given. Harmony gave il comradt
goodbye last evening, and remarked as he
did so that it all depended upon one thing
whether he would ever see him again in thi:
world. 1t is now thought he meant that he
intended to ask the woman to elope witt
him, and in case she refused 10 resort L
some means to take both of their lives. Holt
nun is the only witness in the case, and ht
declares that all were sober, and that it wa;
the cool and premeditated work Of Harmony
The two persons drowned came from Leila
non, Pa, and the survivor lives in this city
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Aithmond Dlspatth.
yrDNEsDAY. SEPTEMBER 5, 1878
Halifax Matters.
Correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatch.l


rrorrc.ponacncc Of the Richmond Disratch.l
HALIFAX, VA. September I, 1878.
The rains which fell last Wednesday and
Thursday insure them, as the planters say,
large crop of coarse tobacco. They say
.hcrr i more "come-out" in tobacco than
- any other farm product. and this come
ont is now developing itself.
4 warehouse for the purchase and sale OF
leaf tobacco will soon be erected at Morgan
crossroads.
An clcgan; School-house has been put mp
.t Whitcs,ilIe by Rev. W. \. Tvrec. with
.nr assistance of some contributions from a
Jew liberal friends.
Rev. W. 4. Tyrcc. assisted by Rev. J. X.
Faulkner and Rev. A. w. Barksdalc, has
hrcn very successful in "protractcd meet
mo at Catawba. one of the oldest Of the
Virginia Baptist churches. Twenty-ciSht
persons have lately been received into this
Church.
The preaching Of Rev. Mr.. BarkSdale,
whom heard at the meeting abore-mcn-
toned. deserves some notice at the hands OF
= reporter. An attack Of rheumatism, from
which Re suffered about ten Years ago, has
>nrontrncted the muscles OF his legs that he
...nno! stand. much less walk, or get INTO 4
.f.IrN, or lNNuliL llolSc- auU Yet thl> HUI
.,o,,> about f.om place TO place and breaches
the Gospel. When he wishes 10 ride. a cou-
~, Of i:icriS must lit him into his buggy
~, upon his horse. When he wishes to enter
,grrhurcN. two Of his friends must take him
an their arms and carry him into the pulpit
Tn enable him 10 face his congregation, the
nao,lc "a whom his bodily intir1nity is
nnoWu generally procure m unusually high
-r1l for him. Mounted upon this. he looks
over the stand withou. aWkwardncSS and
.,;G?r>>e, .hcm. Not having been highly
educated. his language is that Of Runyan
III IDEAS such is can be easily taken in by
n,, audience. his illustrations drawn from
he ZANZIBAR occurrences Of everyday life. /,
+. almost unnecessary 10 say that the com
mon pcoplc hear him gladly, ana that sucl
preaching i effective.
IS1r.Ic heard several of the negro stump
>rc4hrr>. Amidst al the rant which they
,ttcr IN" text Of their di>courscs may b
...>ily discovered. and thai Is this: "A mal
win q black face cannot be true to his race
md lea Conservative" And Yet canno
.,t.N irpor: l!!aI The negroes OF Halifax ar'
warranty in favor of Colonel Hughes. Ink
policy TIA. prompted the nomination 0
!,a.ln> j. regarded by the NEGROES Of Hail
..,a> " policy THAI pn.S The negro leaders
t ."r9ctuu, disability i, 10 uilicc-holI.
ALPHA.
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4 CLERGYMAN USJUsTLy AcCUsED.-Thc
New York Sun has the following account OF
an occurrence heretofore differently re.
ported: The Rev. John Moore, worthy
clergyman Of the Fresby terrain Church, who
has been on 4 lecturipg tour through the
villages on the New Haven railroad, found
himself on Wednesday night at II O'Clock at
the depot in Greenwich. Not catching &
train, he waited around that institution for
the next one. Opposite the station is Il sta
bic, and from that stable Il harness was re-
Gently stolen. That night armed men wcrt
on the watch for the burglars. What should
they do bat pOuncc OH poor Mr.. Moore. Ii
then being past midnight, and very dark
the clergyman was frightened and ran, anc
as many balls flew after him rs against OLD
Putnam when he rode down the stone step;
in this very Greenwich in revolutionary
days. With coat pierced and head bleeding
Alr. Moore was taken to the town authCl.
ties, and after al investigation of the circun-
stances was discharged by the town justice.
Mr.. Moore thinks it would be as safe to 20
among the Modocs at once as venture into
Greenwich at present after dark.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-09-03

GENERAL BRECKENRIDGE CALLS UPON THs
PREsIDEST.-[Long Branch Correspondence
New York Tribune, 1st. l-General John c.
Breckenridge spent a few days here during
the present week, and attended the races.
He called as a matter of personal courtesy
on President Grant, whom he had not seen
since the Mexican war, where they were fel.
loW-otficers, and very intimate. Although
General Breckenridge has been frequently in
Washington since the close Of the war he
did not think it would be delicate for him to
visit the President in the Executive man
sion. He was accompanied TO the Presi-
dents cottage by Mr.. John Hocy, and spent
portion of the evening in very agreeable
conversation. Senator Frelinghuysen was
present, and others dropped in during the
evening to pay their respects. No allusion
whatever was made to the late war, and the
part taken by either Of the two gentlemen.
The President greeted Mr.. Breckenridge
very kindly, and referred to the last time
they met, which was, believe, when Grant
was slightly wounded in one of tue MeXi-
can engagements. They called up old me-
morics and old friends, and traced the latter
into after life. There is but years differ
ence in the ages OF the two gentlemen, Cen
eral Grant being fitty-two and General
Breckenridge flty-one. The latter took his
leave in about an hour, receiving an invita-
ton to call again.
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POWDER.
POW DIX.
A TTENTION, SPORTSMEN.

NEW YORK STATE sPORTSAiEN'S
ASSOCIATION.
EXTRACTS FROM REPORT OF COMMITTEE on
STANDARD FOR SHOT,
All manufacturers will have eventually 10 con-
form when sportsmen require that their shot shall
compare with the STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE
which your committee has fixed. "a
Upon the most critical examination. your conf
,nittcc have determined 10 adopt as the = aMERi-
CAN Standard the scale presented 20 US bS
Messrs. Thomas Otis lie Roy Il Co, OF New 10Th.
K. NEWELL, Clairinani
y. NJ. Smith,
F. G.. SKINNER.
Sportsmen and dealers desirous OF having Inc
above SCALE, or any information relative tHefcto,
can PROMPTLY obtain the same by applying 10
THOMAS OTIS LIE ROY.& CO., New York.
iccG-eod3in 3.seuE.G .-'sa
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AURlCULAR CoNFEsSIOS.-Rcv. Thomas X.
Beechcr, brother Of Henry Ward Becchcr.
has created no little stir among the Congre-
gational brethren in New York by an eIabo-
rate essay in one of the leading religious
weeklies in justification and advocacy of au-
ricular confession. \ few years ago the
CongregatioualSts were afraid this reverend
gentleman was going to turn Episcopalian.
Now they are little apprehcnsiye that he is
going beyond ritualism even, il not TO Ca
tholicism itself Among other things OF the
same kind Mr.. Beechcr says: of it were
the habit of man to 90 to some reverend and
trusted man of God once in two months and
unbosom himself truthfuIly, can any sane
man doubt that he would receive Il benefit
x Penitencc of sins is usually much
deepencd when fellow-nan knows OF H."