The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-12-18
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FfnE IN DMwrprrR IVA lar. 49,, * !. 49,.
g : nes n Henry 1hacksr, Who resides
-. - ss1n o. Mr GEORGE GOODWIN, IN Dinwiddie.
- -. - ss'ious loss ~ fre on Thursday nieht
,.ass - soae among he stacks with atorch, loooh-
~. =: coar9ing two negroes 70 follow
iu,,.ss..4 e ol0pped spark offre 70 put out
v.-. s,.-s IN NINA % fhe houss. the stacks
-. 4. y 70 % on nre, md the following
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shree stscLs Mensy sscks Of wheat straw
and large sransry shedded On tro sidss .ho
3 stsoies In the granary were thirty seven
that was ~ "a fr,, soa ssusDae mrmang ulsnss All
bushels Of corn and some Of he rmios iunIenerss
- .spldiy did the flames spread. The flame might
awfni oI Instance Illuminating the night with
FAr., a.~, ,ps..,
the killing of . ..~.:- ,-~S., - @AsN'. ..so'
gro ; The ,,ura.rs~ !. .ss s-.. =
Thorton of Mpt,,, n :, e. - s.- :. -'oot
on the head With hr;c. ..,.,,. s.... !. =
He fed and l. stiIl at large. =
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served in the war NJ 1910 -. h.sa :. s..s-...1S
Courr House ON the a,h ;ns, .s ss.eI sa,s-'-.
wore appointed to attend me cory.n.;o., - IA
soldiers to be held in WASHINGTON on The s,, -
January.
an, ,r,,a,.
b,a ,nsrchan, - s..s s..y 1espsc'a-
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mistook him for the DR.. Thomnaon Accor,,.g -
the Republicans account he uaa sora1r, be.,ar and
bruised, and finally conveyed to the cage where
he remained all night in spite of his protests that he
was not CDR. Thompson"
MORE BURNING IN EFFIGY.--An efigy of DIR
Thompson was discovered hanging In front of th g
court house, In Liberty, Bedford county, on SUN
day morning of last week, bearing this Inscription
"Dr. Ihompson, the seducer, murderer and hend
incarnate!" 1t continued hanging until Monday
evening, when it cut down, fastened to stake
ana burned.
COLD WRATHER.-The Roanoke River at Clarks.
ville was frozen over on Saturday week-a thing
which had not occurred there for severa. years
Dan River, also, has been frozen over at the ferry
about eight miles from DanvilIe.
Masonic The procession of the members Of
the Grand lodge of Virginia, at Lynchburg, on
Thursday (says the Vreinian) was large and i'm
o.; &C.. ,,aroh; 20 tho ;r.n;r,nc ,,,rs;c Il
po0'DS. ei ''a' eDe ~ 'o .1'
the Armory Band oi Richmond through the prin-
cpa Streets they returned to the Masonic Hall and
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the dedication OF that building.
There are 144 Lodges in Virginia, which, in the
agoreoa,e nur,her nearly < O1n manhers
30 80
AceIDENT.-Mr. Joseph Giles had one of his
arms broken by the falling of a seafold near Dam
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siiio' 10" uays ago.
HIGH PR1cEs.-The Danyille Republican states
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'na' a. ool"'''onei 'aie' ~ na. nelgooornooo
recently, negro man was sold for $l ,270, negro
| woman, with child eight months old, for $780,
and the rest of them, twelve in number, for pro-
portionately high prices.
| A RELIc.-There is in the possession of the Nor
folk Club, at Norfolk, "a piece of the elm under
which Penn made his treaty with the Indians"
RREsT-Amos Gorrell, postmaster at Hebron
Pleasants county, has been arrested and is UNDER
going examination, on charge of robbing the mail
1.-The principal witness against him being Covalt,
who was arrested at miadieoourne' not long since,
on . slni'ar cnarge.
SINGULAR AccIDEsT.-The Rockingham Regis
ter relates the following extraordinary occurrence
Adam Lough, of Pendletou county, residing near
called at store in order to purchase some articles:
among Others he bought an axe and placed il In hid
side pocket underneath his oyercoat. He left the
| store and returned homeward After having tray.
| eled some two miles he came in sight of his home
! when he dsmounted, complaining very much of a
| pain in his side. His wife saw his manner and
/ came to his assistance very much alarmed He
endeavored to allay her excitement by telling her
Una. was on,y retu.n .n 9. ms oa Complain me
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