The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-03-06
THE DAILY DISPATCH.
MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 8, 1854.
VIRG INA

VIRGINIA.
LRcruar.-Rev Mr.. Cummings, Of this city, de-
iivered alecsure At Library Hall, Petersburg, las,
Thursday night on aThe Ruins of Ninevah' The
papers compliment It in the highest terms
DnowSED-we learn from the Petersburg Ex.
press that promising lad, resident OF Liver
pool, accidentally fell from the English ship PA
wannatta," lying at City Point on Wednesday
night and was drowned before assistance could be
rendered
DoHr DO rrl-we beg our esteemed friends In
Petersburg not to draw us into that Shanghai con.
troversy. The magnitude of the subject SURPRISES
our comprehension. Besides, we committed an
eSe.regrions error In putting our foo, in at all and
desire to take Il out again speedily as possible
SHOCKING AFRArR.-The Parkersburr. Va Ga
fette OF the 18th OF February saws one OF the mos,
unhappy circumstances which has ever come to
our notice, occurred on Bonds creek in Richie
county on the evening OF Tuesday, 18th uit., which
resulted tn the death of man by the name oil John
. Mnihone by the hand of his own father -in-law.-
II was brought about by family difficulty, the facts
OF which, as near as we can obtain them, are fol-
lows:
Sometime since MiIlhone, who is married to a
daughter of Mr.. Richard Ankrum, by whom he was
killed, went to the east to purchase goods and
while there courfed woman and promised to mar.
~ her. After his return home, the oman wrote TO
him, pressing the fulflment of his promise which
letter coming into his wifes possession caused her
to leave his house, with her children. and re.
move to the home Of her father. This greatly ex.
asperated Miilhone who swore vengeance against
ootn nis wiie ana her mother, which he several
times endeavored to execute
On one occasion, short time before his death.
ne assaulted and beat Mrs. Ankrum, his mother.ip.
law and injured her as to confne her to her bed
va the eveaing of his DEATH he went to the house of
h m,. AuArum ana while there quarrel was raised
oetween himself and his wife, when he struck her
20 tae moor with his fist and otherwise misused her
Ear. Ankrum then intertered, and several blows
we're interchanged. which ended in Mr.. Ankrum
aaooing Millhone to the heart causing death almost
,nraaI coroners jury was called, which re-
turned verdict of '.justiiable homicide" On the
y! oo,iowing day Mr. Ankrum delivered himself up to
,ns autnorlt1es and was released on bail to aunear
III. T,o'e an examining court. to be held at Harris
sine on wednesday last. The decision of the court
As' no' az this time been received by US.
ArFRAY.-An ARRAY took place recently in Pom
eroy, o., between John Brown and George Her.
kins. Brown struck Herkins over the head with
an axe. chipping entirely out piece of his skull,
laying bare the brain. Brown is in Jail, and Her
ns was alive ON the Oath ult,, but in critical con.
dition The kanawha Republican saws:
Inese young men both married clever girls in
...s county lew years ago. They have been for
some Time dissipated aud worthless If one should
ale and the other be hung, society would not sus-
tain very great loss.
fsE-We learn that the new church at Ben.
WOOD, fnree miles below this city, was destroyed
" nre On tuesday night Wheeling Int.
= son OF Mr. Elias Ayes, near Aldie was serious.
Injured on saturday last by the falling of trunk
Wash. ns-A''''"'s
a valuable servant belonging to Col. VIM Russell,
. Meat atertord, was killed on Wednesday last by
tne falling OF tree.-Leesbur9 Wash.
FRRsHEr IN THE acknowledgements who
canie down In the cars on Wednesday evening in.
10TH ustnat there has been a tremendous freshet
a. .ne noanoke, caused by the heavy rains on Sun
pay which carried away the trussel work of the
deuaI railroad bridge below Weldon and rem
uereo II lmpassable. Passengers by that road are
now taken to and from Gary's over the Seaboard
loao. IL Is feared that much other damage has
Deen done by the freshet which il said to
as nigh as that of 1s5l.-Nor. Her.
sAD-A little girl named Ellen D. Rixey, was
20 death In Caroline county, on the 18th ult
her dress caught from fire kindled by the servan,
at wood pile.
VIRGINIA AND TENNESSEE RAILRoAD.-The
receipts OF this road for the month of ebruary wer
from freight and tonnage $3.50 II; from passen
gers 1919 l9-total S., 232 So.
FRESH IN THE DAN.-We learn from the Danville
Republican, that the Dan River has been very high.
and much damage has been occasioned. Upon its
tributaries many bridges have been either so much
injured as to be useless for the present. or have
been swept of. The water was higher than il has
been at any time, since 1850, and the rise was more
l,sxi.
done to the canal, at DanvilIe
NoMrNArIoN.-The Wings of Alexandria have
Nominated Geo. P. Wise for Mayor.
SHOCKING CASE OF SUFFERING.-Some time d,.
ring the hrst week in January a young man very
poorly clad, was seen going towards an unoccunied
house on the farm of Mr. Tiller, in Logan county
where he was found days afterwards in a stote IS
insensbility. Mr. Tiller promptly took him to his
mousse "nere hew warmed and fed him, and kindly
watched over him, both day and night but his
blood had became SO impoverished by nine davs
starvation, and his feet and legs SO chilled that the
nesh actually rotted off half way to his knees The
Kanawha Republican says:
In this deplorable condition. three weeks after be
vas loundr and not having sufficient strength to
speak above a whisper Dr. DARLING of So - ~
a., was called, and there being no other cbanca fr
the knee. A 1oss just oeio~
4, Two weeks after the operation he was alive and
ren stumps healing. He says his name il Patsev
Solns ihree OF the days and nights that he law
inthe old house were the coolest we have had ,bs
winter. We nave had THIS
iae young man was evidently laboring under
mental arrangement.
IMPORTANT INvESrIoN.-The Baltimore A,oer;.
can says: N'i'efi-
49,, t. MOSES thompson, of Richmond. Va has in
d ua,ea a mode of urning tan and saw.
San % Iuei Tor steam engnes and has his ;nwe
Me.sr. ~ successful operation at the foundry Of
.an. A. wv. Denmead 1t secures . 49,, y.
f ,nr, . OF the TAM even when wet the sr,n1ee
asa mnicn seems to be converted into pfarn,nh1o
Gor.ea -; used under a fue boiler. of . t,nsn,,
,..,.a = ., "hAhGE.-Mr. P. Goings has been ar
'ea IA washington, and committed IN iai, n a.
,au" Of $1,000 bail. on charge of burninv ii.
''''e which is said to have been insured
os BEAnDs-The best thing .bou, hs.rs
We nave seen was perperated by the Boston T Tr
some OF our friends with n so..