The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-03-28
GINIA.

We record with deep and unfeigu ed regret the
loss by fire, last Sunday night at Palmyra, Of the
dwelling house of Mr. Clarke High Sheriff Of Flu.
wanna county. The building was q new and costly
one and Mr.. Clark had but recently moved into IL.
Everything was destroyed, even to their clothing,
and so far had the flames progressed before the FIRE
was discovered that was with difficulty the young
man in the employment OF Mr.. Clark as deputy, es-
capped with his life. This he effected at great peril
~ jumping out OF the window Of the second story.
The entire loss of Mr.. Clark including some valua.
BILE papers, is estimated we learn, at $1,000.
death, on the steamer Keystone State. of Henry A.
Moore, of that city. He his return from Cal.
ifornia, after an absence of about year.
For REEBRAsKA-A meeting of an association de
signing to emigrate to Nebraska, was held at Wheel
ing last Saturday night.
SrAuNToN The Messenger predicts that Staun-
ton will be great place one of these days 1t is
supposed that sixty buildings, at least will be erect
ed there during the present year.
FIaE-The dwelling house of the widow Hour
ton on Smiths Greek, near spartapolis, Rocking
ham county, was destroyed by fire last Friday
night 1t is supposed that the fire was communi
Gated to some clothing In upper apartment, from
candle in the hand of young man who was
searching for an article of clothing Loss about
$500 or $4,000.
MANASSAS GAP RArLRoAD.-1he Rockingham
Register contains the proceedings of meeting of
the friends of this road held in Harrisonburg last
week. 1t appears there is still deficiency of some
$4,000 in private subscription, necessary to Sc
cure the county subscription of $l50,OO0. The Re.
sister calls upon the friends of the Improvement to
bestir Themselves. The President ha. expressed
his determination to 60 ahead at once with the ioca
ton ofthe road to Harrisonburg.
TURNPIKE EXTENsroN.-An amount nearly suffi.
cient to secure the extension of the Rockingham
Turnpike from Stanardsville to Gordonsville has
been subscribed. Johnson Barbour has been very
active and successful in this enterprise.
The Bank of Rockingham has commenced ope.
rations. Nearly the whole Of the $2OO,0O0 of the
capital stock, authorised to be subscribed by the
Board OF Directors has been taken, SO that the Bank
commences her career with capabilities of accom-
mediation quite sufficient to meet the present wants
OF our community-Roc Reg.
STABBING.-WillianK Kinada, mate of the steamer
nesday night, by man named Francis Horan, who
had been a deck hand on the steamer Baltimore in
such manner that it was not thought possible for
him to recover. He resided in Cincinnati; whittier
ne was taken on the steamer Thursday morning, as
he desired to reach home alive, if possible. 1t ap
pears to have been an aggravated outrage on the
part of the man Horan, who was arrested and COM
mitted to Jail for examination before the county
court.
RICHARD SIMMs, a venerable and highly esteem
ed citizen of Ohio county, died a few days ago.
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in Fairfax county on the Goth inst Com. Thos. Ap.
C. Jones, president.
SOLDIERS of lsl2.-The Norfolk Beacon anroun-
ces that the authorities of the Seaboard Railroad
and the different steamboat lines, have kindly con-
sented to give free passage, going and returning
to the soldiers OF the War of 1872 who may desire
to attend the Convention to be held in Norfolk on
Thursday next, the Both inst
THE JENNINGS EsrATE--The Alexandria Senti
mel closes an article upon this muchtalked-of es-
tate, as follows:
The Corbins of Virginia are the rightful heirs of
the Jennings Estate, and through them the Balls Of
Fairfax, Va, the Jones's of Washington, D. c., and
the Gordons of Alexandria, Va. They having de-
sceuded in direct line from Corbins.
Old Mr.. Jennings, it is said, married Miss Cor
bin and having children, bequeathed all his pro
perty to his wife in fee. Mrs. jennings died some
few years since intestate, and consequently this
immense estate of SAC, 600, 900. two hundred mil.
lions of dollars passes over to her relatives.
case of interest before the county court in the
name of the overseers OF the poor, against one of
our citizens, holding office of dignity and impor
tauce in the county occupied the whole of the DAYS
of Tuesday and Wednesday last. After careful
examination ofthe whole testimony, the court
lzI tLakk - L.
missed thus entirely relieving the defendant from
the accusation.
The foregoing paragraph we copy from the Rock.
ingham Register. Left entirely in the dark as to
what the case was that excited much interest we
looked through our exchanges for an explanation
The Staunton Vindicator has report of "a case of
more than ordinary Interest" which came up before
the Rockinghim court last week. Presuming it is
the same alluded TO by the Register we copy por-
ton ofthe indicators report:
twas one of bastardy. The "natives" had flock
ed in from all parts. The female, who was the VIC
tim, appeared before the Court,-she was pretty
and poor-and bearing in her arms a sprightly boy.
Her case excited general sympaty. The girls evi
dence@as first taken-an she had to undergo one
OF the most searching crossexaminatons to which
we have ever listened, and which lasted six hours
She swore positively to the father of the child but
it seems she swore fifty ways for Sunday, and that
as the sequel showed, her story was a falsehood
from beginning to end. The succeeding witnesses
contradicted her in every particular in which she
could be contradicted and then the circumstances
surrounding the affair, finished the utter untruth-
iulness of her fabrication. There were great ma
ny witnesses examined, and there was great deal
OF ofromance--moon-shne kissing pledges, &c con-
nected with the matter. which. taken all to-
gether, invested the affair with unusual interest.
The pleading, we understand, which closed on
Wednesday, was very able, and the case was deci-
ded unanimously by the Court against the girl.
Coop SALE.-A. E. Heneberger, now teller of the
Rockingham Bank, sold his farm in the vicinity OF
Staunton, and known as the Mcdowell property,
to Mr.. Gay, of Richmond. for SIT 600 cash. few
years ago Mr. H. gave el1 900, in payments. for It,
tStauntOR Via.
VALLEY BANK.-Capt Kenton Harper has been
elected President of the Valley Bank to fill the va
eancy occasioned by the death of James Nelson
THE MARTISs-These feathered harbingers of
Spring appeared in Charleston, Kanawha county,
on the 10th inst They arrived little too soon, TN
auestionabIy, for there has been some frosty wea.
ther since.
The name of the post Office at Jacksonville, Mad