The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-12-20
THE DAILY DISPATCH.
TUESDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 20 1853,
VIRGINIA.

...,h., ,s ms 10 believe that the peaceful village
s,orI In Creensville county, had been laid
4, ashes: wherenpon our sympafhics were imme
sis,ely enlisted 10 behalf Of houselees aud home'
less men. women and children, wandering h'thef
and ,hiher, with no hospitahlc roosto shelter them
from, the pitiless blasts of wioter. we READ on
and learned that on Saturday night last tue ihhao
,;an,s of ucksgord were aroused by devll ei
raslinc created by little iavernbeli when the fire
deuariment turned out in all the maJesfy OF their
.,r,nc,,, and hv superhuman eXerton. ehccke'i the
sa,nex The amount OF loss is stated as follows
h,,a0,.bonss with vary bit OF meat at all But we
very much resrc, to aid that this calamity was al
tended with loss of lie; -Four booie ohahsHa
c,,ctens nerishei in the flames. Ne are glad,
however, that was no worse. Our sympalnies
,vfr aroused aud had the affair been as bad as we
exnected. We should have carried cut the original
design of wiring stirring appeal to the generous
That's all!
LARGE uoG-Mr Jones, of Lombardy Grove,
Mecklenburs county, reccu;ly killed a hog weigh
in, 63s pounds. The Petersburg Democrat says
b,was a "screamar." GrxR:r would have been
more appropriate for lie was three years old, and
no ho. ot that age has lungs enough to screain.-
lie Niatiiil 10 S'"StAt't'~''f w csN
Irncn HUDSON AND SMALL NorEs.-Tne Blu
chanan Recorder corrects paragraph which has
been extensively circulated and which first APP
peared. we believe, in the Greenbrier Era relative
Judge Iudsons charge to tue jury on the subject
o, small no;os The Recorder has reliable author
ity for giving that portion ofthe Judges charge
follows
"Grand Jurias are in the habit of disregarding
the provisions OF the law the subject Of passing
small bills, probably foE the reason that all OF 10
are more or less Justly CLar1abie with lis violation;
or, probably, from general opinion, very pTeva-
lent that the iiles Of trade and the scarcity
sf sp seize, render some such currency necessary
But, it is my duty to inform you, That no plea OF
necessity can ever exist that will usly you in dis
regarding the Law; aud il Is your du,y 10 Gud true
bill against every VIoiaioT WITHOUT respect 10 per
! sons"
Thus it will be seen that much Injustice has been
doue 10 Judge Hudson. 1t was undoubtedly through
mistaken information that the paragraph first ap
pesrei.
TnE MANAssA GAr.-The engineers on the Ma
nassa Gap Railroad viii ia few days commence
It's location from Stras6uIg to HaEliscEburg.
HARDY HusrgRs-To excite the envy of bird
hunters hereabouts, we copy from the Rockingham
Register brief account Of the sport to be had il
Ha d. county:
a party consisting of Messrs P D. Turley, Geo
W. Turiey, ana 5. NJ. Williams al the Trough one
day week before last, killed five deer On We'd
nesday, tlree deer were killed on the side OF the
mouAian. few miles East OF town, hy MesErs.
Chas !. Turey and Th0=. Athey. Game - all
kinds is very a5undan. in Hardy.
UNFoUsDED.-The story tina: the slaves who re-
Gently absconded from Norfolk and vicinity got eff
in the S,ar ofthe West untounded. The steam
e- was boarded eight miles below New York and
dili5ent search made, but 10 col0red individuals
Were found.
THE Usual SALUTE" was fired in honor of
Gov Reid, of North Carolina waen he visited tie
Pennsylvania flag snip at the Navy Yard, Potts
mouth, few days ago.
ARRESTED -Welearn from the Farmers Friend
that tsiei who stole $500 from J. l. Hutchinson,
of Union, Monroe county, last fail, at Buchanan,
has been arrested and confined in the Jail OF Bote
tuurt
WILLIAMSBURG.-The District Court is now in
session a. Williamsburg.
ImPRovEMENTs-The Odd Fellows OF Henry
county are erecting handsome building for their
meetings, al Martinsvillc The court house is hav-
ing two uiagS added to it. When the building gets
ready to fy, we will inform cur readers
Word FOR THE MILITIA-A convention of
militia officers assembled in Lynchburg on the 18th
of December, to attempt to galvanize Into life the
dead carcase of the militia system OF Virginia.
Fifteen delegates only were present. nothwith
standing considerable effort had been made to
get up rouSing meeting. Nothing daunted, how
fbasa (taa i
ries of resolutions, declaring that the abolition OF
the militia system was an innovation upon the
usages otour government-itsc consequences in case
of sudden Invasion would be lamentable-that the
militia bad as it was, might have held back an in
vadlng enemy until more efficient corps 1--WE
were about to write corpsel had been trained-that
tae waning military spirit resulted from the de-
creased number OF uusters and the abolition OF
the Office OF brigade inspector-and that the late
law outgh to be repealed and the militia system re.
established with plenty of nlusters and brigade in.
spectoTs Ihey also resolved that fines for failing
to attend musters ought to be increased. and the
'ocent exemption law repealed One delegate had
thecouraget 10 vote against these resolutions brt
! "nat was one against fourteen?
/ Our legislators must buruish nm tlo;r z,r, e
| oN--~'A W. ti40 supJeCL VIII soon be presented
tor their consideration.
BANK OF CoMMERcE.-Thi5 Bank was oroa,;yo n
IN fredericksburg Thursday last, by the appoint.
ihent OF j. b. Ficklen, NJ Slaughter. 4. +. kno,,
W. H. fitzAugh, jr, P. 4. Wexford Dr.. II
mason and J. Seldom. as Directors The saIa,,, =,
fhe President was fixed al S3o0-that of the rasb
Ter, at $500. 0o'N
ihE MASONIC MONUMENT To w .sx1,vc.7,o,,
He learn mat enough has been alrcaJ, r,,I,s,;',
Tue Masonic Temple, proposed to be erected i
1Foisi isks9uFg, TO justly the ordering NJ +b =.
ueol WASHINGTON, which Is to be exarusej i No
nWerS. anu viii be full size. Tie Grand ~ ~
Eifg'hia, ATS recent session subscri1I e,o0;
Mail 1A'SO t"ed SlOO0
CoNvlcTED.-Albert, slave of DR.. Ru.b,o,, !,
been sentenced in New Orleans TO hard Labor /;
the pen.entiary for life, for having been partio
pator in the insurection Of last Spring. when
was supposed the negroes were abant to amir,
pirate the city TO their own benefit The accuse
twill remembered, was armed 10 the teeth wbc
arrested, and was well provided with munitions
war; he MADE stouc resistance, but was 200
ovsrpowered, and il was his confession hat inlpI
Gated Dyson aud others.