The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-03-15
VIRGINIA.

day:
we stop our press when half our issue had been
| worried on to announce another fire. which, but
tne Iact that It originated in portion of the
ny Mne's wafer could be had, at least, In small
quantify, threatened to be more destructive than
| eitner OF those we have recently recorded.
| me carpenter shop ofMr G r. Marks Exchange
Avenue, between Old and Bank streets, was Get on
@ hre a1oe. M ~ O'Clock and entirely DESTROYED with
large lot OF lumber and material Mr. was in
sured tor 81 900 on one of the tenemenfs of his
snop but we regret tosay that his loss viii be verv
neavy, probably $1,000 Out Of 26 hands employed
tns snop, but two were fortunate enough to save
The flames spread TO an adjacent brick kitchen.
Thn .ne occupancy OF Mr.. Delano. and owned by Mr.
| InoH' w nite, the roof and woodwork of which
"srs Ts aestroyed Covered by insurance
tbe te,sara ,rcnants Exchange, in which are located
| % WS .IieeIapn offices, North and South and the
Snamoeriain's office. took fire from the kitchen,
OUT y tne untiring exertions of our iremen was
sayed T with but little damage to the building
d ne .eieerapns we presume will not be in working
Inc Express newspaper Office was In cons;dera-
oie oanger at one time; but received no other da-
mage than arrangement of the material from being
| removed.
IHE ScYTHE OF DEATH-The scythe of death is
raPloIy moving down both old and young in this
mInmy NORM n Sickness is more prevalent, and death
more numerous in this neiehborhood than has
is ever oeen known at any previous time. Pneumo-
na, carrying off the old, and scarlet fever the
Ioth Our physicians are kept constantly going
tba rnLi snt gay The mortality, in proportion TO
IL Lu popuIatlon, has been nearly as great here,
iost tne past month"; it was in New Orleans
fa1', summer during the prevalence of the yellow
ie'er.-Le0ssburg Chronicle
| - mn m EXTENSIVE BLow-At the quarterly court
rsday last, Frederick Powell was fined fifty
him bpt ous d0r assaultng s, Leonard Hoffman He hit
| ~. Iot one lick. Hoffman spoke very civilly in
.I, putcn, but it sounded so harsh to Powelrs ears
| 'nas ne struck him.-Fred Neacs.
BAD BoYs.-The Fredericksburg Recorder al
iudes to the prevalence of yery dangerous prac
lce among the boys of that town-namelv throw
ing stones. Good citizens in WALKING tbrouob the,
| streets, are in constant danger and q ledv feu
evenings since was struck in the face by brick
and seriously injured The Recorder saws a mr.;
Vate logging establishment for bad bows is very
| desirable
| BIT OF ScANDAL.-The Southside Democrat
gives us the following:
EIoPEMENT.-Mr Phillip S. Lee Prince George
tieu ti oI the monotony of conjugal lite, deserted
| his WIfe and two children Yesterday and eloped
l with Miss H. The enanaoured connie were fol
,o"ed to petersburg by Mr.. LIS father in-law and
orotner, with whom he returned to Prince George
as WIN the expressed determination to return
ther ne carried out his design.
The elections this Spring in Virginia will be for
oneiius ana commissioners of the Revenue for the
| various counties of the Commonwealth and for
Tor the several districts into which the
o ,ha ore uvloed. The election viii take place
on the fourth Tuesday of May.
RAPPAHANNocK AGRICULTURAL soc1ErY.-The
next Fair and Agricultural Show of this Society is
70 Dc heid In Fredericksburg, at some time to be
hereafter designated. general meeting of the So.
clety is to be held in the same city on the second
Thursday in May.
| uAS WoRKs.-The Fredericksburg Herald an.
that the contract for building the gas works
~ 'hat city mas been awarded to DUNCAN & Co.. OF
rhHadeiphia, with instructions to employ Freder
lcksourg mechanics as far as may be practicable
Inc work will be commenced at an early day.
| REcovERED-The son of Capt. Thorburn, who
snot himself accidentally in Fredericksburg re-
Gently, has recovered from his wounds.
| MILIrARY-We learn from the Petersburg Ex.
press that E. Pendleton Gaines has been elected
Major OF the 39th regiment, to fill the vacancy oc-
casioned by the resignation of Major John Burns.
IHE PIrTsBURG RoBBEBY.-in regard to the
heavy robbery of the sub-treasury at Pittsburg
"a, (notlced yesterday in the Dispatch the Wash.
lngton Star states that the Secretary of the Trea.
| sury some time since authoriz ed the Designated
depository of the public monies at Pittsburg, Pa
to employ constantly two armed watchmen to
guard the public funds entrusted to his custody
1t is not known at the Department whether they
had been so employed, OF what they were about
when the robbery occurring ON Friday night was
| committed.
| The MAINE LAw.-The Washington Star has in
formation direct from Albany rendering it certain
that Gov. Seymour will withhold his signature |
from the Maine law, as adopted by the New York |
Legislature. This important coming veto will have |
tremendous effect the politics of the State for
the nextyear or two.
| CHIPS OF THE BLocK.-The greatest anxiety has |
been manifested in Washington to obtain pieces of
the shattered block at the National Monument |
The Star says that ON Sunday five dollars an inch
was offered for pieces of the genuine, and hun |
dreds of persons went to the river shore to gather
chips; some were wading in the water, others
scratching in the sand in hopes of success.
Not one week during 1854 has passed without the
| occurrence Of a murder in Cincinnati. Indeed,
murder has become 30 common in that enlightened
city as scarcely to excite feeling of dread. At
theatre, in the same community, sympathising
crowds assemble nightly to weep big tears over
the dusky miseries of Uncle Toms Cabin
SUIcIDE.-A respectable looking German named |
G.. H. Mergel was arrested in New Orleans on the |
4th instant, on charge of breach of trust He |
was so deeply affected by the circumstance |
and by his inability to procure bail, that he hung
himself in jail with his neck handkerchief
| J. NJ. Crawford, said to be wealthy planter from
Alabama, Ieaped from the third story window of /
the Arcade hotel, in New Orleans on the 4th inst,
| and was killed.
| MURDER Patrick McNamara was killed in New /
Orleans on the night Of the 4th inst, and James /
Moriarty, John Cavanaugh and James Curren were |
arrested on charge Of participating In the muir
der.
TEsNEssEE.-The Governor of Tennessee has |
appointed delegates from every county in the |