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A little boy in New York, named Norman McLeod, pulled over a large kettle of melted wax from a stove, which poured out upon his head, and killed him; and the wax cooling immediately, an impress of his features, contorted in agony, was left in the shell thus formed. Mrs. Boyd, the wife of the man murdered in Washington, by a squad of troops, denies that her husband fired first, though he would have been justified if he had done so. The persons engaged in the killing have all been arrested. The Frederick City Barracks, near Frederick City, Maryland, were taken on Monday last, and fifteen hundred stand of arms secured. The Rev. H. A. Wise was not forced to leave his charge in Philadelphia, but resigned voluntarily, and comes to take his place in the ranks. The Boston Post says of Rev. Captain Beecher's prayer for a war redder than blood; ‘ "Such in vocation is only worthy of a devil, and could be inspired only by a devilish spirit."’ The Governor of Missouri has taken half a million of dollars, intended for the interest on the State bonds, and applied it to arming the State. Ex-President Buchanan has subscribed the sum of $5,000 for the equipment of volunteers at Lancaster. On last Friday, the stock of cotton in New Orleans was one hundred and five thousand bales. A destructive fire occurred at Leavenworth, K. T., on the 28th, destroying property to the amount of $120,000. The crops in Missouri are said to present the most encouraging prospects. So in all the Border and Southern States. John S. Carlile was nominated for Lincoln's Congress by a Tory Convention at Parkers burg, Va., on the 25th April. During a drunken frolic in Tazewell county, Va., recently. James McLean was shot and badly wounded by David W. Clark. Capt. Jimmy Barrett, a native of Ireland, 81 years old, has enlisted in a volunteer company in Tazewell county. Va. Mr. Benjamin Dawson accidentally shot himself, inflicting a painful wound, on Tuesday, in Lynchburg. Fredericksburg has five volunteer companies in the field. Business in Portsmouth is beginning to revive. Five companies from Suffolk arrived at Norfolk yesterday. On Tuesday, five steamers were at anchor off Fortress Monroe. It is stated that a military camp will be established at Staunton, Va.
The Daily Dispatch: may 2, 1861. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. may 2, 1861. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
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