The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-09-09
VIRGINIA.

VIRGINIA.
LAND IN sPorTsYLvANrA-The ChancellorviIie
property n spostsyivania county was purchased
lass Monday By Mr.. John c. Peters. for $1,000
He intends establishing female boarding school
there. Several saies Of land were made the came
day q Spotssyivania Court House. at consider
BILE advance upon former pricrs These facts we
learn from the Fredericksburg News. 1t is NJ
doubleday true that the valuable lands in VII
ginla are YET to be brought into the market. Pro-
perry heretofore almost unknown, will, as the To-
ternal improvements of tho State progress, be de-
veloped, and will attract the attention of buyers
Virginia Is a great State. She possesses hidden
treasures which will be brought to light in time,
and people will have no necessity to so thousands
of miles to gather riches for their children and
their children's children
VIRGINIA STATE FAIR.-The Fsrmville Journal
calls upon the farmers of Prince Edward and the
neighboring counties to interest themselves in the
State air This 10 precisely the course that should
be adopted by the press throughout the State
That the Fair viii be a great occasion, it s unne-
cessary to repeat 1t win PROFESSIONALLY present
more objects of interest to the farmer than any
Latitude. The grand purpose Of the Fair Is, how
ever to increase the feeling of interest in the cause
Of agriculture; therefore every man In the Com
monwealth should bestow upon it the aid OF his
encouragement
We should have stated heretofore, that the orr
ginal manuscript Resolutions of Patrick Henry on
the Stamp Act, offered to the House of Burgesses
in Williamsburg, just three days before their ad'
tournament and passed by that body in 1865 will be
exhibited at the Fair 1t has been lent, for the oc
casion by his son, John Henry. Esq Of Charlotte,
by whom it IL held as the most sacred of all the
memorials of his great ancestor.
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGIsIA-The following ap-
pointments of State Students have been made. to
fill the vacancies in the H. XXVI, and XXVlI, Sc
Material districts:
I-Monongalia, Preston. Marion, Randolph,
Barbour and half of Tsylor-.John ID. Cans
XXvI-Patrick, Henry and Piusylvania.-Jas
NJ Lo0eH.
XXvII-Halifax and Mecklenburg-Douglas C.
Cannon.
SHor.-A young man who trespassed upon the
g trees of citizen of Portsmouth the other night,
got shot and seriously injured. lesson of that
sort is very impressive.
NEwtpAPER CHANGE-The Fredericksburg Re-
corder is hereafter to be issued tri weekly.
CAsuALrY.-The schooner jamestown, Captain
Caffee arrived at Norfolk from Martinique, reports
that on the outward passage, August 9Th, the cap.
tain's son, aged years, was knocked overheard
by the main boom guy and drowned.
MORTALITY IN NoRFoLK-The Argus has the fol-
lowing statement of deaths in Norfolk during the
month of August
White males IT, of whom were infants White
females, S. infants 2. Black males 2. infants -
Black females 6. White %; col0red 6; males 10
females IL. Total 80
APPoINrMKNTs.-Mr. Jacob Wilson, of Norfolk
has been appointed Light House Keeper at White
shosle, Va, at $500 per annum; and Mr. D. NJ
Crumpler, also of Norfolk, assistant, at $780,
MUhDER-Adam Knauer, a Waterman on tn,
steamer Hartford, was MORALLY stabbed last Mon
day night near the Missouri Iron Works, Wheel
ing, by George Francis, an iron worker. The In
telligencer gives the following particulars
1t appears that Francis came home in a vioIen
rage and asked his wife for his knife that his wit,
told him where to find the knife, dirk with blad
four or Ave inches long, and urged him to make tn,
attack on knauer. He pursued and met Knauer
and with threatening words indicated bis purpos
TO attack him. The latter retreated, Francis fol
lowed and they came together. The result wa
that knauer received two stabs in the stomach
either OF which. In the opinion of the examineint
physician, was sufficient to produce DEATH and ont
tarh wound In the arm. Francis was, with grea
difficulty, and by means of several severe blow,
dealt by bystanders who witnessed the affair taker
away from his victim Knsuer walked to hi
boarding house, few yards distant, and died in /,
few moments.
Francis was committed for examination at tn,
County Court on Monday next, as was also his wifi
as an accessory to the murder.
AcQu1rrED.-Levi J. Powell, indicted for st
tempting to sell counterfeit money, was ACQUITTED
by the U. 8. Court at Clarksburg last eek. Jude
Brockenbrough, in delivering his opinion on tn
case, showed that the United States statutes as the
now exist on this subject require that the attemu
t)utter or pass counterfeit money "as true' mus
bsclearly shown in order to procure conviction.
RuMoRED Murder 1t was rumored In Vince
ng on Tuesday that man named Sharp, a m,
chnist, had been found dead, with his head horr
bly, mangled, on the plank road between Martin
vile and Mt. Pleasant. No particulars given.
QuARANrINE.-The Board of Health at Norfol
have ordered that all vessels arriving at that no
from Charleston or any port South thereof, shs
remain at quarantine until the health officer sha
permit them to enter the harbor
NEW BELL.-A bell weighing 633 lbs. has bee
put up in the Baptist church at Charlotte sve..
The five churches in that town have each bell
RAPID lRAvELLING.-A person may now trav
from New York 10 Charlottesville in II ! Q hour
VIRGINIA AND TEsNEssEE RA1RoAp.-The tot
amount of receipts on the Virginia and Tenpess,
Railroad during the month of August was $40 "a
So During the same month last year, sls, ss3
The whole number of passengers during the mon,
just past was ST.
AccIDEsr-on Monday morning last while I,
cars from Aqua Greek were passing tbrsuub Fro
ericksburg. q negro man, name unknown fol, a,
had one of his legs badly broken.
NORTHWESTERN (VA) RAILROAD. Wa r....
aleng portion of the line of this road on Monds
ana found the aborers deserving 1t in scores ov;,
10 reduction OF the wages, which seems to he ~
most convenient plan recently adopted by Rsilro,
companies. OF dismissing their hands when the
funds are inadequate to continue the wors ' re-
prospects tor an early completion of this roaa
very dull.-Whseling Int "''' ioao see