The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-10-07

They also requested the Council to tsks mea-
sures to determine the most suitable location for
bridge within the corporate limits of the city,
adapted TO the accommodation Of any Railroad
which may seek to cross the river at Wheeling.
THE RApPAHANNocK SrEAMKRs.-Ths Frede-
ricksburg News authorzs ed to state that the steam
er Coffee will continue to run on the Rappahan-
mock as heretofore, until farther notice. IS
Rev. A. B. Van Zandt, of ofPetersburg,i is announc-
ed to deliver lecture before the Young Mems
Society of Fredericksburg, this evening. Subject
Holland and the Dutch.
GEN. WAsHrNGroN's MAsoNIc HfsToRY.-The
Fredericksburg News corrects an erroneous state.
ment that has gone abroad-namely, that General
Washington united with Lodge in the British
army, who still possessed the Bible upon which he
was sworn-by asserting that Washington was
''initiated, passed and raised" in Lodge No Of
Fredericksburg-which Lodge still possesses the
Bible used ON the occasions referred to. These
facts were long since established. Every Mason
hereabout is aware of it.
ToBAcco.-The Lynchburg Republican furnishes
the following comparative statement of the ship
ments of manufactured tobacco from that place up
to the months of October, 1854.
Manufactured Tobacco shipped to t-l
l.t October; 1853. ;...;. 15,576,76e lbs.
Manufactured Tobacco shipped to
LIST October, ls54........-...-. 1885,. .663 +"
Decreased 1854. ..........-. 6,649, i03 lbs.
Leaf Tobacco shipped to lst Oct.
1853. .................... $3.50, ,469 lbs
1854 6106245 -"
Increase 1s54..........--.. ais, TIC lbs.
From this statement it will be seen that therei is
dmHuion of nearly one half In the exports of Man.
ufactured Tobacco. The Republican concludes
that there has been anything like this diminu.ion
In Richmond and Petersburg, the trade will soon
become brisk and the old stocks 60 eff rapidly at
good prices.
DEMOCRATIC STATE CoNvENTIoN.-Quitea mum.
Der of the Democratic papers seem to rsgard it as
fixed fact that the Democratic State Convention
will be held in Staunton on the Both of November
Some influential journals, however, dissent from
this arrangement.
THE LATE RAILROAD Acc1nENr.-The Peters.
burg Express confirms our intelligence of yes.er.
day, that the persons wounded by the recent acci
dent on the Southside Railroad, were in an impro.
wing condition. Mr.. Avent was more seriously in.
jured than either Mr.. Foster or Mr.. Garner. al.
snousa Io'n 'ne ,a"ef nAa .'lnos broken by the
iearfui plunge OF the locomotive. Mr. however,
-
nk"sA--A plo'rac'ea meeting was recently
neid a' uoroona'hie' oy the : Disciples,' and the
fes0i' was the conversion and baptism of twenty
persons Rev. Messrs. Goss, Parrish, and Wal
thall, and perhaps other c.ergymen conducted the
religious services on the occasion.
FIR tho ,.., ton d.. :, y. Ms..asas. ec.y n'sn'
~ '' eA1i'n in
R,.dsoa The naw p.ofa..s :. NJ, A'oe ayior
University. delivered hi. in.roan.,oa =. TUG
Wednesday morning. The Jet,arson;.n e .nna. W
-, ne pad an appropriate tribute to the memory of
nv nortrs;,nrs n9 81. with very hap
the benefits OF matheuaatical study Hs srarns..
and Illustrations eyinced varied power and
breadth OF culture, which seemed to us. quite re-