The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-08-08

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roNoR. :, ,ho Nor,h nc
4 the =: The south over the disposition OF
rtF a. a.. ;" nroncrty in Louisiana and MisssS-
%s; valued 1t q quarter OF ni,,'on u1
q spl'. ,hn I,,c Mrs. Dorsey, OF Beauvoir,
IT. As already stated, JEFFERSON LAWS -
i snjet possession OF the pfoluf'S' anu
j IN he able to draw from II all Tue re-
w. m,.cS necessary to resist the c,a'hS
:, ,hnsc who claim to De the fiSut'u,
airs Yesterday reporter OF inc he' .,In
E N.i,ci at the Office OF General DahiSren' tne
cAi'ru =, - Mrs. Dorsey. and at the home
'tep!A'"rn, .n,hcr. Colonel :. =. Ellis, in
o. nc. The inter. with his family, was
amiovinr the cooling breezes OF tae Sca ;a,a
,", inc former was busy WIN ms oi.eis .
m w. however. laid them aside 10 Tell "n''
~ knew about this peculiar case.
Two wears ago or more nc Sh'u, n,s w,
~, Scw York al the earnest sollcitat.oh VI
w. Dorsey 10 Attend to her business l" ."e
,,u,h and TO i've win heF. ohe was
dow and chiidic>s, ana the properly sue
Sas alaccd in The hands OF Jefferson DAVIS
80. inherited in part from her iathe! anu
va, left her III part by her husband: Mr.
nnrsry. and was in part the gift Of her
,,c.,ysihcr, General Dallcren. low she De-
.ar,r acquainted with Mr.. Davis the Gene
~ does no, know, but tue Ellis family ana
.Sn Davis family had always been on lntl,
I ,"qtc terms. and though Saran, rs GENERA,
n.hlcren called her. was only ten years o'o
ybsn he married her mother, she was a
ir;a,,t clrI for her years and Decasne great
;syorltc with bin. Hence he gave her the
4 ja,t cincation that the South couid furnish'
n ,y.r including 4 knowledge OF INC theory
i I'D practice oi law with himself. - For"
s";A General Dahigrcu, - have been
\ ,,.rhsnic. sailor. 4 soldier, phySlc'an, q
y ',aycr. = banker, and planter by turns
The Generals home was al Natchcz' not
II y;rlshnrg, aS reported. The war swept
g ,,,qv 81 .Ou0. 900 worth OF properly from
II lam ard, IS there WAS no chance 10 AiaAe
Il ,i,,nr in the south. it would not 40 10 sit
"a lawn with nine children looking 10 nm .oI
81 Tread and calmly bite his fingers ana walt ioi
8.omeihin. 10 turn up. lie hao i'Fac'ioeu
r. OF and on for thiTty-elght years. anu
" I,ope, al the close OF the war, he mo!eo
q Znrfh. and itll back on his old profess Oh
for living. lie had practicca mea'c'he,
700. of IN on for thirty years, ana even
now his knowledge OF the healing art serves
i him occasionally. As, Ter instance u''y
or ,yo aeo on" OF his bays, IN play WIN
another. received knne wound IN inc
4 fant. from which he would have pea 10
Aqth but for the Generals knowledge O:
4 Medicine and his promp'ncss to attend 10
q he wound.
4 HOW MICH WOMAN MAY KNOW.
..Now." said the General, "baving 4
.,oa,tcrinr Of this knowledge myself. had
TWO objects in mind in giving Mrs. Dorsey
thr education gave her. First, wanted
10 determine how much woman'S BRAN
could carry: and second, wanted to asccr-
tam bow much she would think OF her
lrnrfactor. Well, WAS satisfied in both
ycoards. OF course | WAS not entitled to
anythlng from her estate and did hot eNpccl
i. but my sons and her own brothers ano
4 ,i.,crs were, and | know they are dlsap
tainted. and the more so rs they were lee
hy their sister 10 believe that she would iii
vide her property among them. 1t must Dt
rather hard fora young man havinga liberia
education like INV son to have TO open cigar
sore in 81. Louis, after having given up hi
PROSPECTS, oi business here At the solicta
\ ion Of his sister. to whose interests in TIT
south he has faithfully attended, and to SCI
= r.lnparatiyc stranger installed In tht
place that riglfulIy belonged 10 him ant
other members Of the family. know, too
tina, her brother. Colonel Ellis, OF Brooklyn
j. di,appointcd. Tor he expected to set hl;
.oD M in business with what his sister sc
constantly assured him she would leave
I him. And there are other members OF the
family who were led TO expect something al
her. death, and who need it, too. Her sis
,cr's daughter is 4 clerk in the Philadelphi;
po,t.oflicc, and she was iavoritc with Mrs
. lOrscy.'
q In reply to questions OF the reporter, th
81 General said sarah was always an impctu
b on. girl, aid would do and say things thai
81 IL afterwards regretted, and he had NJ
81 ,au,, that had she lived q little longer sht
RI would have regretted this disposition OF he
Isl I4oG0iy, and would have repealed he
81 win. But, hc said, she seems To have beer
n dominated hy Mr.. Davis'S influence ant
ii mind. and tue General had no doubt thai
q undue influence can be shown M the tria
q ot the ease. The laws Of Louisiana ant
a Mississippi substantially agree in this rs
81 Itct Of the case. and ii this influence car
q he shown in New Orleans. the testimony
q and The rCsi,ls will he accepted in the other
81 state.
& ALBRIGHT But IMPULSIvE WOMAN.
~
Irctuous nature, the General cited her mar
8 rage with Mr.. Dorsey, not indeed, ht
] added. against his will. but without his ap
probation. He didn't like the marriage fol
Two rca>onS-the discrepancy in years, she
; being n young and >pri.htly girl and he al,
yanccd IN years and inclined to look on anC
1T the world wag. For the first few years
& alter her marriage she correspondent occa.
,ionailY with her Stepfather, but after that
& Ill intercourse ceased. and for twenty-five
y Years he had not seen her and had only in
,idcntaliy heard from her. He believes
Z hat his plain advice on her marriage diSaf
8 iCcied her toward him, and that her mind
n 'ae made her will, owing no doubt
q a The influence in part OF Jefferson
q Davis over her, in part to a natural and i'll
aeritcd il.htuesS of intellect. u don't
u .@ean," said the General, "tbat she was in
4ne; for you'Il understand that a girl wht
s3uld grasp 50 much and such varied know
"dge was neither q lunatic nor an idiot
81 Gut there WAS in the family Il trait some
ling akin 10 impulsiye insanity. | knew
,c OF them who, in hts OF alteration, took
n .-eir own lives, and there were two more
,mlarIy afflicted in mind. And possibly il
d >arali had lived longer the disease, whatever
was, would have developed in her also.
& Ne was highly cultured woman, and was
T1cccdln-ly fond OF literary society. And
- Mr.. DAVIS made some pretensions TO lite
Try ability and tastes, she conceived Il llk-
ag for him."
The General repeated substantially what
us son bad said concerning the platonic az
'c(lon OF Mrs. Dorsey for Mr.. D.Yis, but
Ut dld not believe that any other relations
tNlsted between them. Still it was Very un-