The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-12-19
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TUESDAY MoRNINo. DEcEnBER II, iss4.
VIRGINIA.
FrnE-on The nIshtof the s.h isss. she ssore.
houae Of Messrs 81 7. n. Dobyns, in Carol,
county, was destroyed by Are, toeether with the
soods books, bonds, scconnis, Sc, Of The frm--
The Floyd Intelligencer says:
About Slo0 In money was Lost includine e40 In
silver, which % It could not be lound was suppos.
ed 20 nave been stolen. From the factt that the Ill
there had been no frein the house snce ten O'Clock
70 the morning. there ID but little doubt that Il was
.ne work of an incendiary. Loss exclusive Of
books, accounts and bonds, between "a and S.
sruaDY PonKRR Col J. Horn, Of Rocking
ham, killed two year old shoat the other day
which weighed $40 pounds.
New PAPER -Messrs. J. c. and II. C. Hunter
hsse Issued prospectus for the establishment Of
WING paper in Harrisonburg.
MODEL FAnM-The South Side Democrat ,tates
that at meeting of the Executive confnitte of the
Union agricultural Society held on Saturday. It
was resolved to pdrchssc for the purposes of
model farm, 100 acres of the tract of the late L. E.
stainback, on Washington street, Petersburg.
known a. Indiana, the price demanded being sa5
dollars per acre. Mr.. A. Nicol was chosen superir-
tendant at a salary of $1,000 per aunum.
AcqUIrrKD.-Armstrong, who has been in the
jail of Monroe county for several years, under q
charge of bigamy, has been acquitted
ONE OF THE MEN-The Rockingham Register
thus describes citizen Of Pendleton counfy-Fre.
derrick Keister by name:
He 10 now In his ssth year, and has killed during
his life one thousand deer, ten elk, three hundred
bears thirty pan,hers, and fifty three wolves veri
~, he has slain his share of varmits. He was
volunteer in the whiskey In urrection-and has a
very young wife, with two interesting young bows
"chips of the old block lone two years old and
the other four.
USPLEAsANr OCCURRENCE MIR. Abel Head, an
old and respected citizen of Petersburg, has been
arrested and held to bail in the sum of $1,000, to
answer charge of assaulting and dangerously
wounding Simon, negro, belonging to E. G. Hin.
ton. Atlast accounts the negro was considered cut
of imnedate danger, though at first supposed to be
fatally wounded.
WILLIAMSBURG GAzETTE.-Mr. A. A. Neel has
assumed the sole proprietorship of the Virginia
Gazette. 1t will hereafter be a neutral paper.
CLERKsHIP.--James B. Headen has been elected
clerk of the county and circuit courts of Floyd
We don't know whether 1t was ga Know Nothing
triumph or not
NORTH CAROLINA ALEGIsLAruRE-Ab bill is before
the North Carolina Legislature to incorporate the
Charlotte and Wilmington Railroad Company. by
which connection is to be formed between VII
nington and Charlotte, via Lumberton, Rocking
ham. Wadesboro', sc. The capital of the company
Is to be S. 000 and when individuals shall have
subscribed $780, 900 (onethird0 the State is to en-
dorse the bonds of the company for the remaining
two-thirds, retaining as security . mortgage upon
all the effects of the company. The people Of
this vicinity interested in the fate of this bill
in view Of the anticipated connexion by means of
the DanvilIe Railroad.
bill was introduced last Friday to raise the sal.
aries of the principal officers of the State as follows:
that of the Governor to $1,000; the Treasurer to
$4,000; the Comptroller to $500, and the judges
of the Supreme Court to 50, 900 per annum.
REVELATIONS OF THE NEW York DENrrsrs-
We copy the following from the New York He
raid:
For rome days past, meetings have been held by
the dentists of New York, with view elicit facts
bearing on the recent case OF DR. Beaie, of Phila.
delphis and In the proceedings of these mee etines,
which have obtained wide publicity from the
press revelations OF the most startling and unex.
pected character have been made. It seems that
the use of chloroform and ether, In majority of
cases. has been followed by the most unpleasant
and shameful consequences. DR.. Barlow testiies
that "he has known ladies (uuder chloroform) of
course unconsciously, but seemingly not SO at the
moment, divulge their dearest and most delicate
secreis." Dr. Castle sis satisfied of the influence
OF ether over the reproductive system." Mr..
Francis declares that lady to whom he gave chic
roform used language of the most ridiculous pro
fame. and oven obscene description" Dr. Hazlett
confesses that female patient of his as she grad.
ualy felt the excitement caused by the ether caught
him round the neck In the most endearing man.
ner."
"chase himself (the operator) around the room, al
f0rding most unmistadabe signs of perverted feel
ing, SO much 80 that her mortified husband begged
him not to give her any more" Other medical men
gave testimony to the like effect
These revelations have taken the community bv
surprise. Whatever may have been the motive Of
the New York dentists In holding their meeting and
giving publicity to the facts elected thereat 10
something very strange that practice fraueht with
such abominable effects should have been in vogue
tor SO many years without single attempt to ex-
pose or discardit People have been sending their
wives and their daughters to the dentists to take
chlorolorm ever since its introduction, and though
according to the concurrent testimony of the most
eminent practitioners, it has hardly ever been ad
rnnistered without causing the innocent sufferer to
violate the laws Of modesty no one has ever heard
aword on the subect till denst is sent to prison
for an indecent assault on young girl
The Blue Ridge Railroad bin has passed the
House of Representatives Of South Carolina bya
vote Of 65 to So The bill subscribes 81 600 and
guarantees the same amount.
The supply of water from the Artesian wen In
Charleston averaged five gallons per minute on FRI
day last This well has been six years under the
boring process
Mr. E. Pyc, whilst attempting to ascend = hill
on horseback, near GDymont,i In Charles county, Nd
about twenty miles below Alexandra, on Saturday
last was accidentally killed. His body, says the
Gazette, was found few monents after the &C
cident, By some persons who were near the place st
the time.
SuicIDK.-Mr 1eeac Coz, . shoemaker, Of Lynn,
tkfass committed suicide on Tuesday morning, BY
drowning. He b aupposed 10 have been partially
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