The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-11-14
vIRGINIA.

SIABhiNG AfFHAf-lhe fefersburr Exureae
gives the following particulars Of the stsbbip. 3.
fray in that place, which was noticed under our
telegrsphic hesd yesterday:
Both the young men, ssrangers. 10 each other.
were somewhat intoxjcated and some words ~
mutual depreciation having passed between them
one OF them named VIM G. Nelsos thrust the
s'soe OF pocket knife into the lower abdomen Of
me ws. J.nss, Who e named Jaines Fuqu. and who
| aS ~ ns friends, for medical attendance. The
gsneI Xoung man, 1t Is supposed lefts the city a.
10 sa s Who sought after him have mot been able
oInsntum which covers the boweis but did not ac-
a'ng inc surgeons opinion, cut any Of the inses-
.ines. portion of the omentum, about the size Of
| : marble, protruded through the pupctnre. which
mas been pushed back and the wound closed.
at O'Clock on Sunday night, the wounded man
was doing we'll
kAPPAHANNocx AGRIcuLrrnAL SocrrrY.-In
our notices of the Fair of this Society, we inadvsr
family omitted to notice the election Of ofdcers.-
Col Taylor was reelected Presideut BY ,cel.ms.
ton and oil the former onfcsfs, W6 e sddition Of
wee Presidents from Louisa Culpeper, fauquisr,
Madison, Rappannock and Fredericksbure. The
next Fair OF the Society to be held at Tappahan.
| mock.
FAIRFAX CouNTY.-Att the recent term Of the cir.
cult court for Fairfax, Wm. H. Beach, indicted for
grand larceny, was acquitted the evidence for the
prosecution, which consisted entire of the confess
SION OF the prisoner obtained from him by promise
OF reward, having been excluded. In the case of
Hough against Gibson, the jury were unable to
agree. In the case Of Hall vs. Hall, which was
contest respecting the VIII of Cassandra Hail. the
question being on the competency of the testatrix,
the court decided that the evidence was in favor Of
competency, thereby admitting the viii to pro.
bate
iAPoRTANT DKcIsIoN.-The Kanawha Republi-
can informs US that in suit in Squire McMullen's
Court lew days ago, it was decided that the hol.
aer OF note at the time the bank broke was the
ioser-that though he may have passed the note
without knowing that fact he was bound to take il
| back.
The FIRST PRIsoNER.-A man named Tredway
was recently lodged in the jail of Raleigh county,
charged with felonous stabbing According to the
| Lewisourg Chronicle, Tredway has tho honor of
being the first prisoner incarcerated in that jail
since Raleigh has been a county.
FARE ElNcREAsRD.-Atthe the Annual Meeting of the
Virginia and Tennessee Railroad Company, held In
Lynchburg the 25th umo, the passenger fare was
raised from three eents to four cents per mile.
RED SULPHUR SPRINGs.-This watering place
has been rented by Captain William Adair and
Wm McCreery of Fincaste, for $500 per snnum.
Essex CouNrx.-The circuit court for Essex
| commenced its session last week. The case of
Dawson Schools for shooting Bennett Tuck with
| intent to kill, has been laid over until the next
term, on account of the absence of important wit.
nesses.
| SECOND GaowTH.-The editor. of the Leesburs
Washington has had the pleasure of eating peach
which was OF the second growth for the present
year.
| SENT BAcK.-Chas. Rosenfeldt arrested In Alex.
andra, last week, on charge of having obtained in
| Baltimore, several watches under false preteuces.
has been carried to Bsltimere, and committed 10
Jail.
SENT oS.-A young man named George Wilcox
was arraigned before the county court of Frederick
last week for selling borrowed horse, and sent ON
| for trial at the circuit court
| GREAT FIGHT WITH THE INp1ANs-Bv the
North Star, we have late intelligence from tha
Plains. The Sacramento Union has the following
account of bloody battle with the indiana receiv.
ed from Mr.. Bradley, at Carson Valley:
| On Bear river, near Soda Springs, about the lst
OF August, Mr. Bradley and train were surprised
| by large party OF Indians supposed to be exies
| from the Snake tribe, and robbed of portion of
| their stock Immediately after their departure. a
| small party, headed by Mr.. Cooper, Joined Brad.
lev and leaving few of their number behind with
| their effects, the company mastering thirty men
| started in pursuit OF the depredators They came
/ up with the Indians after chase of some twenty.
five miles, and thereupon Instantly attacked
| them.
| The Indians wholoumbered over hundred. were
| well armed with bows and arrows and tomahswks
and some few OF them had drifles. After desperate
conflict the emigrants succeeded In totally routing
their red enernies having killed thirty OF them and
| wounding many others. The whites lost but one
man. and FIVE six only were wounded. They
recovered none of their stock, detached party Of
Indians having driven them off at the commences
ment of the battle Mr.. Bradley IL confident this
outlaw band of Indians are governed and controll-
ed by whites.
MI Bradley lost four hundred head of cattle on
Carson river by disease, forty fifty dying for two
or three nights in succession. Mr. Myers Of Ohio.
having fifty fine head of horses lost three Of them AZ
the head OF Goose Greek, the Indians riding up to
the train in broad daylight, causing stampede and
then driving the stock off into the plains The party
pursued, caught one of the Indiana, retained him
for day or two. but finding the savages were not
disposed to return their H. gotten booty, shot him.
The Indians also stole some six head OF horses from
hessrs Lennon and Rdgeway, near Soda
Springs The Indians give no trouble to the esni
grafton except in the vicinity OF Bearriver."
few days since, says the Beaufort On. Co. In
telllgencef, JOnu huu 6dfnucf wv VI tuo IONS OF
Mr. Decatur Gilikin left this place to return home
to their fathers on North River, but never reached
there Nothing was heard of them from the time
of their leaving Beaufort till the finding of the body
of Samuel There were no doubt both drowned
FroHr WITH TNpIAss.-A letter from Corpus
Christi dated Oct. %. says:
| Gen. p F. Smith il on his way from Ei Paso TO
this place. An express OF his arrived this day With
/ the information that Capt Walker, with bis Rides,
AZ an escort 10 the General has had fight With tho
| Indians and killed SIX OF them the SCOT and de-
s,royed their village The Rides lost none, but bad
| several wounded.
| WnMINcros AND RALEIoH RAnHoAD.-At IN
election held by the stockholders In Wilmington on
Friday evening last. the Hon. VIM. s. Ashe. wac
elected president pice Gen. Alex AcHae, who de-
/ elined Q reelection.
AsorHEa MEDICAL PMzE QUEsrIoN.-The N.
York Academy OF Medicine. through the liberalisy
of few Of IL members, ofiersa prize Of el0Ofcr
| the best essay on ssThe Nature and Trcafment Of
Cholera Infaniun, TO be presented during the sa-
suing year. The trial for the prize h uos restrict
cd 70 the fellows, but b open 70 the proiesisn
throughout the country.
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