The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-04-11
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hand. On Sunday, the stable belonging to p. H
Booth was also set on fire. And on Sunday night 4
fire broke out In the stable Of Alexander Hobbs.--
In oil these cases timely discovery thwar:ed the At
tempts Of the incendiaries.
lad named Hare was run over BY the reel Of
the Virginia Hose Company on Saturday and sli.ht-
ly injured
On Saturday afternoon, (says the Expressly AZ
Mr. Thomas Baxter, sr., was driving home ward
nom the city, light buggy, the horse took fright
ana ran rapidly down Back street, throwing Mr..
baxter out, and dashing the buggy to pieces. He
was seriously but not fatally injured.
Inc Old Street Fire Company of Petersburg held
"eeuns on Saturday night and resolved to visit
their brother fremen in Richmond. The sontb
Side Democrat bespeaks for them that hospit.,itv
ana KIND attention for which Richmond is proven.
bal. We can safely promise them hearty wei.
come.
FIRE.-One of the freight cars on the Green.v;,,e
Railroad caught on fire Belield, on SATURDAY..
and was .almo.t entirely destroyed with its con.
tents, consisting of sixteen bales of cotton.
"THE PRIDE OF PAeE"-Maj. VIM. R. Barbee
Is about to take his departure for Italy, to pursue
MS studies In sculpture The citizens of Page gave
him a complimentary supper short time since
SMALL Pox.-A rumor was circulated in Lynch.
burg few days ago, that a gentleman at Campbell
Courthouse had been attacked with small pox and
the Express took occasion to say that he was sup.
posed to have contracted it in Richmond Con.
SIDERABLE alarm was manifest, which subsidized very
suddenly, when it became known that it was no
thlng but chicken pox
PRoGREss.-The Junior editor of the Staunton
Vindicator has been elected to the Common Coun.
Gil We congratulate the editor aforesaid; and not
MN only, but the community in which he lives
AccIDENr.-A negro man belonging to the estate
Oh James Nelson, deceased, jumped from freight
train near Staunton on Wednesday evening last.
and fractured his skull There Is but little hope of
his recovery.
INCREASE OF TRAvEL.-The Staunton Vindicator
states that since the cars have been running be-
tween that place and Richmond there has been
perceptible increase of travel.
FIRE.--The barn of Mr. Harrison Emmerson,
near Alexandria was destroyed by fire. with its
contents, on Friday night last
IMpRovEmEsr.-T Norfolk News, alludiny TO
the improvements in and about Hampton, says:
We learn that railroad is seriously contemplat
ed between Hampton and Newport's News, which
ID to be the continuation of one from the latter
place to Ethan. Should this enterprise be car.
ried through, 1t will accomplish Vast pesuts but we
are not sufficiently posted On this matte to speak
confidently.
Court MArrEns.-We learn from the Wheeling
inteilsencer that on Thursday last the Grand Jury
OF the Federal Court found true bill of indictment
against John Hill, for breaking open the mail be.
tween sistersville and Middieburn, Tyler county.
On the same day the case of United States ys. Can
tain Jno B. Davis, of the steamboat Milton charged
with conspiracy to burn said boat with intent 10
defraud the underwriters, was tried, and resulted
in verdict of acquittal The boat was burned on
the Cd day of March, 1853, about half mile below
Sistersville, in the county of Tyler
LOOK OUT FOR RSquAILs!-Welearn from pb;,a.
delphia paper that the somewhat celebrated Mrs.
Margaret Douglas is quietly residing In that city
and that the people of Virginia, and especially of
Norfolk, may rest assured that they have not heard
the last OF her" They will doubtless receive this
awful intimation with very much fear and trem.
bling.-Norfolk Herald.
DOUBLE HEADED PrG.-There are many neon,e
who carry two faces, but very few pigs that carry
wv "Oaoo' III. lay VI mas In MS posses
sion one of this sort, which he describes In the
Alexandria Sentinel. 1t lived about twenty -four
hours--had two well formed heads, seperate and
distinct attached to one neck-.-had four ears and
four eyes; when it squealed, it did so from both
mouths. swallow with either, but could not
without exercising the organs of deglutition ON
the opposite side.
DISTURBING MEETING.-The Romney Argus Of
Thursday last gives the following particulars of
case which excited much interest in the Hampshire
County Court, at its session last week:
very respectable gentleman by the name of
Fleak. of some sixty years of age, had daughter,
young woman grown, in the habit of attending
night meetings, much against his wishes. On one
occasion this kind, while che was in the meeting
the old gentleman repaired TO the place, and call
ing at the door, commanded his daughter to come
out aud accompany him home. The preacher, who
was holding forth on the OCCASION was so enraged
lat this seeming impudence OF Mr. F., that he sprang
to the door, whereupon rencouter took place, in
which the old gentleman was much injured-being
felled to the ground and dragged some twenty feet
by the heair OF his head. Mr.. F. was arrested for
disturbing public worship, and the Court imposed
fine and sentenced the old gentleman to a short
imprisonment in the county Jail. His counsel made
motion at this Conrt for a re.hearing but said mo.
ton was overrueo.'
Apreacher who could thus conduct himself on 90
trivial cause, ought at once to abandon the sacred
calling. He may be christian; but he certainly
has way of falling from grace very suddenly.
The Western Texan states that the Indians are
still committing depredations the frontier, hav-
ing of late stolen large quantity OF stock supposed
to be the Lipans and Seminoles. The means EN-
ployed by the United States are represented to be
entirely inadequate, and affording no protection.
The old house Of Gov. Blount, the second Cover
nor of Tennessee still stands in Knoxvile-a little
greasy, dusky, frame tenement v ith only one room,
! door and two small windows, bearing strong re-
semblance to pig stye
The small pox has recently existed to consid'
ersb,e extent in Pitt county, North Carolina Some
S5 cases occurred, and of tho persons attacked
died The disease has been checked.
Barnum's crystal palace subscription list already
amounts to s73,sl0 His acceptance OF the presi.
deucv of the company depends upon getting ths
subscription mp TO 100000.
Dr.. P. Wylie was tried in Chester, South Caro-.
u- ...,xl,, an tho char ff kiIling Mr. Joaorh