The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-11-26
VIRGINIA.

sfaPas itAe sne loiioHtng. which we find Ia the
Fredericksburg Herald:
The Touring mill In course of erection In Alex.
andra 10 proiic theme for the '1ocals as well ne
the correspondent OF the SIM from that reiu ves
mated city. II the public has NOT been advised OF
every Joist and sleeper laid we are quite sure thew
have OF every additional story 1t may be some
what interesting to know the very latest it is now
squared on TO the fourth story We trust that 'the
key may be handed over before long.
BArrrsa.-Rev. Wm s. Broadus baptised twen.
tyeisht persons in the Rappahannock, at Freder.
cksburg on Sunday last
SCARLET FEvER.-The Virginia Sentinel saws
that the scarlet fever Is prevailing to an alarming
extent in Fauquier county.
NEW BRrDGE-We learn from the Fredericks.
burg Hsrald that the bridge over the Rappahan
neck river, at Waterloo, is finished This viii be
great convenience to large community The War
renton and Waterloo turnpike Is also very nearly
completed
CoNvIcrED.-David Cady, alias Charley vii.
liams, was convicted in Wheeling last Saturday o.
penitentiary for two years.
FIRE.-Three houses belonging to Mr. John w.
Graham, of Fairfax Court House, Va, were de
ATTEMPTED FoRGERY-A man named Nicholas,
alias Hannah, attempted to sell forged note, in
Lewisburg, last week, but was unsuccessful. He
had however, previously sold the note to Maj. VIM.
McClung, who, discovering it to be forgery, made
Nicholas refund the money. He eluded arrest.
LrBEL.-We learn from the Greenbrier Era tina,
suit has been commenced against Gen. Chapman
of Monroe by Charles B. Shaw, of Lewisburg. for
libel.
PLANK RoAD.-We learn from the Farmville
Journal, that the county court of Prince Edward
on Monday last refused to grant the petition ofthe
Farmville and Buckingham Plank Road Company
asking the free use of such county roads as the
Company deemed necessary for its purposes. The
Journal thinks however, that this decision viii
not for the present materially aectthe operations
of the company.
: RAILROAD MEErING.-The citizens off ynchburg
held meeting on Tuesday evening last having for
its object the extension of the Orange and Alexan
dria Railroad from Charlottesville to Lynchburg.-
Resolutions were adopted favoring the scheme,
and gentlemen appointed to solicit subscriptions.
PETERSBURG CIRCUIT CouRT.-We learn from
the Express that on Thursday afternoon the court
proceeded with the trial OF Cornelius Holloway,
charged with killing free negro named Joe Rich
ardon, some Is months ago This case has been al
ready tried before Judge Nash, and the jury being
unable to agree, were discharged and the prisoner
recognized for another trial Several witnesses
were examined, and the court adjourned till Fri
day morning
THE AppomArrox R1yER-The Petersburg In
tclligencer says:
We are happy to announce that letter has been
received from MIR. J. NJ. Trowbrldge, VINO Is now
in New York, which states that he has perfected
arrangements for the construction OF four dredg-
i.g machines for the improvement of the river
The first win be completed in five weeks and the
others soon after.
The CHARLOTTESVILLE DrFFIcULTY.-The Char
lottesvile Jefsrsonian brings US full account OF
the recent difficulty in which some OF the students
of the University were involved. As we have be
fore stated certain student was disposed to be
noisy. at Wymans exhibition, and one of the ma
pistrates politely requested him to keep quiet He
complied with the request for the time; but near
the close of the performance the magistrate was in
formed that the same young man was then making
a worse disturbance, when he at once sent an Off
Ger to tell him to desist The officer went and ad-
dressed him civilly, when the young man continued
the noise and said-"Tell the magistrate to go to
hell. and you may 20 along with him" About this
time the magistrate himself came u: and the Off
Ger repeated to him, in the young mans hearing,
what he had just said. The magistrate said to the
Young man that he had better not repeat that lam
guage and that he must stop making the noise
The Young man continued to make the noise in a
contemptuous and defiant manner /; and (according
to the impression of one of the bystander) repeat
ed the words "go to hell" The magistrate then
ordered the police officer to take him into custody
and he was seized and carried out. Another stu-
dent interlered, and made offensive demonstrations
when he too, was arrested whereupon he drew
small knife from his pocket and the officer struck
him over the head with a stick. There was but
little injury done, however, although blows passed
back and forth, and the two students were eventu.
slly lodged in Jail. About one hundred students
then surrounded the Jail, threatening to tear or
burn it down if their companions were not releas.
el. But the appearance of an armed force. under
the direction of the civil authority, caused dis
persion of the assemblage:
The next day between IL and - o'clock, the
vouuo men who had been confined in Jail the night
before were brought before three magistrates and
the matter fully investigated. The result that
both of them were recognized 10 keep the peace
and be OF good behavior for twelve months and
one of them {who had revolver about his person
the night before) also recognized to answer an
Indictment for carrying concealed weapons.
The disturbance at the Delavan house, on the oc-
casion of the anniversary supper of the Sons OF
Temperance, we have heretofore described. The
students surrounded the house and demanded the
surrender of the officer who struck the blow Fri
day night but retired alter an address from Prof.
J1hn B. Minor The Jefersonian thus concludes
its long account of which we have given but briet
summary:
Persons at distance need be under no appre.
tension that any serious disturbance will take
place for the civil authorities and the citizens are
determined that peace and good order shall bepre
served.
KipNApPING-In the Superior Court at Norfolk,
on Wednesday, Charles Brown was convicted o
kidnapping. and sentenced to three years coufne
ment in the perltentiary.
HEAVY SESTENcE.-A young man named Lev
Weeks was on Wednesday last convicted in New
York Of highway robbery, and sentenced 10 ter
years confinement in the State prison. The Herald
thinks it strangely anomalous that criminal, un
dsniabiy guilty of murder, should escape with ths
trivial punishment of two or three years imprison
ment as was the case very recently. and that ont