The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-08-17
VIRGINIA

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President Pierce and suGs were cxpceted q ~,
Point yesterday. They propose rsm1pIo. ibsr.
several days. and 4 fs understood The Presders -,
visit Norfolk and Porfsmoush before returnipg =
| Washington
| The Norfolk News learns that . youpr man ~
tempted to drown himself last Sunday, while cross
ing to Portsmouth in the ferry boat Happily hi,
Effort was only partially successful, and he wal
tished up from the water, very wet but alive and
kicking.
The corps Of Cadets Of the Virginia Military In.
stitute having been invited to visit the Fauquier
Springs and Alexandria during their summer en-
csmpment, the Alexandria and Gordonsville Rail
road Company have rendered them free passage
| over their road.
The Governor has appointed Sherrard Clemens
Visitor of the University Of Virginia, to supply
the vacancy occasioned by the death Of Andrew
Mcdonald.
MYsTERY- The Petersburg Express of Wednes.
| day says:
On Sunday morning last, about O'Clock, as a
mighty respectable citizen was riding to Petersburg
rom prince George he suddenly heard two sharp
pistol reports in quick succession In the woods.
bearing all the peculiarly of twang that accompa.
nies or constitutes an affair of honor. Looking in
tne direction from whence proceeded the report
our informant behe!d patty Of some four or five
gentlemen emerging from the wood and making
great haste towards carriage that stood in the
road Considering all the matters, and as circum-
stanaia' evidence Is often very conclusive, the
leman iron, whom we received our Information,
Immediately put it down as a duel. Who the par.
Ties are, yet remains mystery.
VIRGINIA Posr OFFICE AFrAras.-The Postmas
ter General has established the following Offices and
made appointments |: Chestnut Fork, Bedford coun.
y W. +. Tinsley, postmaster. Faironsyille, South
ampton county, VIM. C. Wrenn, postmaster. Mr..
L. G. Rucker, is appointed postmaster at Patrick
T. H., Patrick county, vice John B. Payne, resign.
ed.
The WASHINGTON MONUMENTAL correspond
ent of the New York Times, writing from Rome,
thus alludes to the statuary for the Washington
Monument in Richmond, which Crawford. the
sculptor, is executing:
His statues of Patrick Henry and JeAarson are of
the highest order of excellence in the art The
lkenesses are good, the attitude and manner an.
proprlate and strkngiy expressive of the Thoughts
and emotions intended to be conveyed The euues.
trian statue of Washington, which is to surrnount
the monument, has not yet been finished but the
pastar model has been completed and sent to Nor
wlch, England, to be cast. 1t is represented to be
the largest equestrian statue ever modelled and
that when 1t is done man may walk erect on the
PEDESTAL under the horse, which is to stand upon
three legs, with the fourth foot raised "The sta.
tue" says the correspondent of the Times I" is
draped in the old Continental Uniform, with the
cooked hat. The position is easy and commanding
the face and attitude very like its great original.
When In Its place it will show still better ayan.
tage with its colossal dimensions diminished by dis
tance."
we learn through the public prints, and have it
confirmed by private letters and teegraphic dis
patch, that Mr.. Edwin r. Violet, formerly of this
place, fand brother of Mr.. Robert G. Violet flour
dealer, on King street) but for some time past an
extensive and well known iron merchant in the city
OF st. Louis, Missouri, was shot by an Irishman d,-
ring the riot attending the election that came off on
the evening of the 7th instant in that city Mr. Vio
lett died instantly.-4Alerandria Sentinel
FATAL AND DESTRUCTIVE EFFECTS OF LIGHT.
NING.-We are informed that the barn of Mr.
Tighlman A. Cobbs, Of Bedford county, was struck
BY lightning just before daylight last Friday morn.
ing, by which two valuable negro men were killed
and their bodies, with the entire building consumed
The larger part of Mr.. C.s present wears crop of
oats and hay, as also two or three valuable horses
in company with four or five others were asleep ia
the barn at the time it was struck, and il il SUP
posed that they were killed or 30 shocked bv the
lightning as not to be able to escape from burn.
ing oulloing. mr.. C.s barn was new, and one of
the most valuable in the county, Enquirer.
a MoNST6A IN HUMAN SHAPE.-A German.
named Jacob Brenigar, 10 awaiting his trial in
Wyoming county, in this State, charged with q sc.
ries OF offences that surpaes in horror any of the
tales which old wives tell bad children to keep them
quiet, of giants who lived "once upon q tine"-
This Brenigar was formerly Baptist preacher 10
North Carolina. While residing there he attempt
ed an outrage upon his own daughter His vile
made the fact known, and Brenga- with his family.
moved over into Wyoming There he made anc-
ther attempt to rape his daughter. Shortly after
wards being desirous of obtaining a renewal of his
license to preach, which had been taken from him
10 North Carolina, he applied to his wife to retract
the charge she had brought against him. and admit
that she had sworn fasely This she refused to do,
notwithstanding he inflicted frequent and severe
beatings upon her. At last, finding neither persua
sion, threats, cuttings would have any influence
one night he pulled his wife from the bed and drag
ged her over piece OF new ground full of stumps,
injuring her SO seriously that she died in short
time after giving premature birth to chilli Mrs.
Brenigar, at first refused to tell the mode Of receiv.
Ing her injuries but finding that death was ineyita-
BILE, made some OF the neshbors acquainted with all
the facts. Thehusband was arrested, but released
on bail. While under bonds he made an attempt to
decoy his niece, . married woman, into some woods
ct the back of her residence but she told her hus
band, who pursued the rufian, and would have hill
ed him bat his gun missed fire.--Abingdon Dem