The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-11-08
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Dinwiadie, Jno w whi:e Zone to he supp1,.., /,
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Frince Georg,. Edward Wilsoa.
curry, Lt.yd Moore.
plied) - = 80
Southampton, M Arnold, BENZ Devany. sup,v.
Factories Mission, Jno Woodward
Agsntfor the Female Collegiate Institute az Mur-
ifeesboro. William Graus
~ Roanoke and chowan. Cord Mission, Geo w
APfoISTEEsTs- Hr. Samuel w Becker. late Of
"iacheser. has been appointed assistant professor
:. MODERN languages in the Univereiy of Virginia.
~. John ID. Snyder. native of Jefferson eounts.
Ias Seen appointed to the chair of surgery ii ,le
eeorseso"n College. in place of DR.. Lei5es.nau.
DisTaessrNG SpIcrp--Jve learn from, the yyst.
iamsoarg Gazette that Mr.. Edlow Jos. ren,,s,r.,,
OF high rcspec'abiiy, committed eui.iae n s,r,~
county on Friday nightiast by calting both arms =,
the bone. as wen as his throat. with n rsyo- II.
~ suo"h previous SYMPTOMS Of arrangement,
ana On ane nishs De'ofe he committed suicide, he
sfaYeiied some OF Z miles from home. by himself
and dlsinserfed the body of man WHO had. so.na
years ago, taken his own life.
THE LATE RoBBERY.-The petershnr, ,.,.-..
state that the parties concerned In the recen, ,,h
Fyof a valise containing a large amount of n,on.v
were examined before the Mayor on Saturday ,as.
The Express reviews the case as follows:
When the party. consisting of Mayor Dodson and
officers Williams and Tyler, went to urosecnta
tner enquiries after the stolen money, thetwo for
mer remained ashore, where crowd of negroes
had assembled, and officer Tyler after binding twa
OF them whom he regarded suspieiously proceed :
sd to the vessel in the stream, attended by Mr
Cox's agent. During the time of their absence Of
hcer Williams searched the two negroes who were
bound, and recovered from the person of enc
the SUM of 500. Officer Tyler and Mr.. Cox,s
agent did not find The man board that thew were
III search of he having pulled down the stream ia
boat Observing him returning however thev
screened themselves from view. and made h,ry,
prisoner, when he boarded the vessel Upon search
ing him the sum of $l2e5 was found upon his yssT-
son.
Mayor Dodson and officer Williams then return
ed to Petersburg with their prisoners. and two cf
them were examined before Mayor Dodson last
Saturday. The one answering to the name Of
Williams who was captured on board the vessel
was the fellow who stole the valise, and the name
OF the other is Ciantun Nothing satisfactory was
eliche and the case was sent to the next Superior
Court
rtIA IN hlNtE GEcRGE.--Ve e learn from th0f
Southside Democrat, that the dwelling of Mr.. Jno
Tinsley, near City Point, was destroyed by fire ON
Thursday night last, and that in addition to the
loss of nearly all of his furniture, one hundred and
eighteen dollars in money was burned The house
is supposed to have caught on FIRE from the chim-
ney, and rapid was the spread of the flames that
the family with much difficulty made their escape
PLANK RoAp.-Fourteen miles of the Petersburg
and Jerusalem Plank Road have been placed under
contract at 1880 per mile John A. Hair Is tie,
contractor.
AaREsrED.-Hul Wards in jail in RaIdoll h
county for numbering man named Long
The NORTHERN NEcK.-The people fthe North
eru Nerk taking measures to construct a plank
road from Port Conway, in King George to West-
moreland Court House
GAs.-ln consequence of the private demand for
gas in Alexandria and the insufciency ofthe guam.
tity manufactured, the gas will be shut off from the
street lamps In that city untila rev gasometer il
built
KILLED-We learn from the Bath Enterprise
that Mr.. Jacob Miller was instantly KILLED on the
LIST inst. near hiilstone Point, by being crushed
under the wheels of his wagon.
ANOTHER CoRREcrros.-It is now stated aposi-
lively that the Rev. 7. G. Jones' of Norfolk, has
been elected TO the Presidency of Wake Fore
College, N. c., and that he now holds it under ad-
visement