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DkAfH or 4 VsTEnAs PELor.--yye learn f,o,..
the Petersburg Expresa, that Mr.. s.m.e, n.ss-'
one OF the oldest plots on James River .,,a .,,.ss
universally known, died at CITY .Poiut a.. s,,s.-
nsns ,ast' after very brief lines Of ppsumool.
- = ysais. de was brother of Capt. John
AccIDEsr-Mr. Edward Hobsood, supervi.or ~
the telegraph line between Petersburg and w.,do,,
mad his thigh broken and was Otherwise ini.raa hv
the falling of a pole, last Monday.
AproIsTnENr.-Mr Edward A. Goodwin. of
Petersburg, has been appointed freight agent ON
the Seuthside Railroad, vice C. R. waddell. re-.
signed.
REAL EsTArE.-Two acres Of land, at the foot of
MAIN street. Fredericksburg belonging to the estate
OF the late Hugh Mercer, were sold at auction few
days ago, for s2,225. fe
dHh hAPPAHANSocK srEAMER.-The steamer
zephyr having been chartered for a year by the
wilmington and Manchester Railroad Company.
arrangements have been made to run the G. w. P.
Gusts, temporarily, on the Rappahannock.
FInE.-The Petersburg Express informs us that
on Saturday night lastthe toIgate house of the Pc
tersburg and Boydton Plank Road Company, was
destroyed by fire. The money collected had been
sent to Petersburg few hours previous. 81, 8
ANorHRR-An old house. attached to the pre-.
misses OF DIR. c. F. Couch, Petersburg, was partially
consumed ON Monday. 1t is said that the Doctor
was somewhat burned in his efforts to extinguish
MONROE CoUNrY-We find in the Farmers
FRIEND the following account ofthe proceedings o.
the Monroe Circuit Court: 3
The trial of Samuel Fox of Greenbrier. was
postponed until the next October term. on account
OF an important witness of his not having made his
appearance Thecase of John skaggs, for stealing
soney, next came up, and he was sentenced to con-
nnement in the State prison for fhe tarn, of tvo
ySars. Inc Armstrong case was then brought u n
Inc examination of Witnesses and the arpunent pf
counsei, occupied two days, when the case was SUBJ
dismissed. They stood for clearing and for con.
viction" " ''' s''''
ALUM SPRING.-An alum spring has been dis
covered on the land of Sampson Bennett, In Ale
ghany county.
A VIRGINIA FARM.-John H. Hansbarger, of AL
leghany, has purchased the farm of VIM G. Caper
ton, deceased, in Monroe county. at sl7,70O
REcovERING.-We learn from the Farmers
Friend, that Mrs. Jane Miller, wife of Peter Miller
horse and very seriously injured, on Sunday, the
I'D ult.. while on her way to church, Is slowly re
covering. sheis yet, however, entirely helpless.
CONFERENCE.-The Greenbrier Era cautionI
the people against three dollar notes. purporting
be on the Farmers Bank of Kentucky" fvignette
cattle, ETC., and signed by J. B. Temple,) now ex
tensively circulating in that county, as spurious
That bank issues no such notes. The Era says "A
considerable amount OF bogus and counterfeit mo
ney has been put in circulation in this county. A
rumor OF the arrest ofpersons engaged in passing
in the upper part of the county, has just reached
us, but we wait for confirmation of the report"
suRaIcAL.-Dr. Hunter of Lewisburg, aided BY
DR.. Burke, of Union, last week performed a very
difficult operation for the carcinoma (cancer.) O
the breast The patient "a hale lady of As, living il
Monroe countyD was put under anwsthetic infu
| ence, and the diseased part skilfully and safely
| brought away ----~