The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-05-20
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yesterday sDispatch,the venire-men summoned for
the trial of Montague in Petersburg, were found
incompetent to serve--they having formed and ex
pressed opinions relative to the prisoners guilt or
innocence-and the court ordered the sheriff to
summon thirty ireeholders from Chesterfield and
thirty morefrom Surry. The sou,hside Democrat
says they are ordered to be forthcoming on
Wednesday next the 9th inst
ANDERSON PERXINsoN, who has been for some
time in Jail at Petersburg in default of payment of
ne aud costs case of assault was set at liberty
on Thursday.
DESTRUCTIVE HAn.SroRm. II Mr.. Alexander
Fleet, of Fleetwood Academy. King and ueen,
writes to the Wing that terrible storm passed
through that region of country on Monday last.-
He says:
II commenced about half past O'Clock, P NJ,
and continued TO pour down hail stones of the larg-
est sizel ever saw for nearly half an hour, many
of them nearly as large hens egg, and one of
INV neehbors tells me he measured one Of an inch
and half in diameter. The course of the cloud
was from little West of North, to the East of
South, and happily for our people quite narrow
The destructive portion was not more than half
mile wide although hail fell a width of more than
three miles. have heard of its destructive effects
for II or Is miles above and some eight or 10
miles below me. Mr. o. White, of Fleetwood Aca-
cloud as it passed U.s. whilst neghbors either
side of US experienced but little damage. Our
| wheat was just heading and is greatly injured. |
think at least one third, but others say more than
half is destroyed. Our gardens utterly ruin
ed that it is sad to see how our wives look, at the
prospects of having vegetables for so long pc
| riod. The peas, strawberries, gooseberries, and
fruit of all kinds are beaten off As to the window
glass lis broken by hundreds and thousands Of
panes.
| learn that Rev. Mr. Mcdonald of Essex
ty, some u or Is miles above me, had his house
very much injured by lightning, and himself and
family much shocked, but thanks to kind Provi-
dence none were killed.
Smyrna Church. some eight miles below me,
had the roof and one gable end of the house blown
down.
tity of fencing have seen it hail often, but never
have witnessed such terrific storm of rain, wind
and hail as this.
TEMPERANCE MEETrNG-A portion of the Cit.
Zens of King and Queen assembled at Centreville,
On the 9th of May, and adopted the following pre-
amble and resolutions:
Whereas the liquor traffic, as now established by
law is destructive to the domestic peace, individual
happiness, and the property of large portion OF
our citizens
Therefore lst Resolved, That we request our
merchants to discontinue the traffic.
Cd Resolved, That we request our Court not to
grant license for the ordinary sale Of ardent spirits
people to suppress the liquor traffic.
4th Resolved, That a meeting of the friends OF
temperance be held at our Court House on the 4th
of July next for the purpose of organizing coun.
~ Temperance Association; the chief object OF
which shall be to use all honorable means to sup.
press and abolish the demoraZing traffic in ardent
spirits.
RELIGIOUS MATTERs-We learn from the Jeffer
sonian that Bishop Meade administered the lite of
confirmation to II persons in Charlottesville
Sunday last, eleven OF whom were young men,
stusents of the Universty-some of the results of
the recent revival in that institution -Four students
have also united with the Presbyterian and four
with the Baptist church in Charlottesville.
MILLS w. DARDEN, an esteemed citizen of Isle
OF Wight died recently.
RAILROAD MEEr1NG.-The following resolutions
were adopted by recent meeting n King William
county, of which Christopher Tompkins was chair
man and T. w. Haynes, secretary:
Res0ired, That in the opinion Of the meeting the
people OF this section of the State would be greatly
benefited by an extension of the Central Rail Road
| from point at or near the Junction Of Hanover
County, West Point, at the head of the York Riv
| er in King William County.
| Res0lUea, That we believe that such extension
would greatly increase the capacity of said road, TO
attract the trade of the great West, and success
fnlly compete with the rival roads North of this
| State.
| Resolced, That our Senator and Delegate in the
| next General Assembly be- and they are hereby in
I structed to all proper means to procure the
passage of such law will effect the said exten
sion; and that they also be Instructed to in ref
| erence 10 the whole subject of internal improve
ments as may be suggested by wise discretion in
| the premises.
Resolred That the indiscrimina:e opposition to
all State appropriations of public money to works
of internal Improvement, heretofore sanctioned by
the popular sentiment of section, has resulted
4 i'm 1oFu n tax md o,1ob
| under existing circumstances. TO be abandoned.
| WILLIAMSBURG ITEMs.--We compile several
items of interest from the Virginia Gazette
| The Board of Directors of the Lunatic Asylum
recently rendered the Superintendent of that nsti-
tuition the sum of S. 600 per annum in lieu of the
salary of 81 500 which he nov receives in conse-
quence o.! increasing duties. DR.. Gait, however re-
fused to accept it, We set the worthy Doctor down
/ as an anomaly among his species
The farmers of James City are moving towards
| the formation OF an Agricultural Society
| Several negroes, most of them belonging to the
estate of the late Scervant Jones have been arrest
| ed for stealing corn Two white men are impica-
| ted The matter Will undergo judicial investga-
| ton.
| The citizens of Williamsburg raising, by pri
| vate contribution, salary for efficient police
i force, to consist of one man.
/ Miss Elizsbeth j. Gait eldest daughter of the
| late DIR. Alexander Gait, died in Williamsburg ON
1 n. u
rary circle of Virginia. Some of her poetical pro.
ductions were very beautiful
| NORTH CAROLINA LARD THE inspector of pro
visions in Norfolk recently examined lot of lard
which had come in per railroad from North Carroll
ns and found in some ten of the kegs deposits ol
bricks, rocks wood and fiat. irons The chief ex
/ ports of North Carolina have hitherto been tar
/ pitch and turpentine hencetorth may be added
brick bats, stones and old iron. Wooden nutnegs
are entirely outdone, and Connecticut is robbed Of
her laurels. If this thing is continued, we may
look out for another insurrection in Grease.
| ANEW AFRICAN REruBLIc.-The late advices
| from the Cape of Good Hope announce the organ.
izafion of q new Republic. England has with
drawn her control over the Orange River Sover.
4 eighty, and provisional government has been es
tablished by the inhabitants The new republic
though small In population, has an immense extent
of territory The Colonists, now that gold has
low the country to slide from their grasp, and al
| Cape Town petition TO the Queen had been hume
/ .;,v,, Al ravinO her annex IL her do