The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-03-30
lICH N OND, VA.
MORNING, MARCH 80 1854.
VIRGINIA.

+ VIRGINIA.
iERRIBLE HURarcAsE.-The county of wythe
was visited on the 10th inst by one of the most ter
rnc tornadoes that the oldest inhabiant ever heard
OF. The Wythevills Republican says:
a. Inc greatest sufferers by the catastrophe were
ns soou people living in the Cove ten miles North
easl OF Wyfheyille. stable. we are told OF ordi
nary sze was raised into the air and torn to pieces
snu lhe largest boards were carried by the wind to
tne Top oil Cove Mountains distance OF more than
a,. the logs, from one hill to another, with
oue t louching the ground. The half of two-story
mousse was raised and carried for several hundred
yards into field without being broken until 1t was
RAzED 6y the fall. As for the fences &c. these
were out as "chatf in the wind"
kEvIvAL.-A religious revival of considerable
magnitude has been progressing in the Presbyte-
ran church at Wythevile recently.
SMALL Pox.-The good people of Graysop are
ielictatng each other on the disappearance of small
pox from their neighborhood.
GOOD lpEA.-The citizens of Floyd have esta.
blished county library, to which any one can have
access BY paying small sum annually.
FATAL AccIDENT.-We learn from the Wheeling
lhteiiigencer, that young lady named Melvina
biair daughter of Mr.. Eli Blair of Hogans Mill
three miles from Grave Greek, was burned to death
on Tuesday last, by her clothes taking fire in a
smoke house, where she had gone to cut some
meat.
WIN. A. LEAvITr worthy and useful citizen of
Gloucester county, died on the 18th inst
FIRE--A stable belonging to Benjamin Hallowell,
in Alexandria, was burnt on Saturday last. 1t was
occupied by Mr. Posey, who lost valuable horse
and buggy aud other property
AN INcENDIARY made an unsuccessful attempt to
burn the house of Capt. w. D. Roberts, in Norfolk
last Sunday night.
ALL AFLoAT.-On Saturday evening, just before
the steamer Herald left her wharf in Norfolk, for
Baltimore, gentleman, supposed to be parson
came on board and united in bonds matrimonial
Mr.. John Crane of Dorchester county, Maryland
and Miss Catharine Warren, OF Norfolk county, Va
The ceremony was soemnized in the saloon of the
poaf and the parties took passage tor Baltimore
Portsmouth transcript.
PETERsBuRG.-The Express of yesterday, fur
nishes the following items:
Il Rara Aois.-A grey Eagle, measuring five feet
ten inches from the tips of the wings was shot ves
terday by Dennis Murphy, from Pocahontas bridge
while sailing majestically over the Appomattox, at
distance OF over one hundred and twenty yards
breaking his wing.
Railroad Iron The British ship "Caueen of the
Ocean" is at City Point from Newport Wales, with
large quantity Of Railroad iron for the South Side
Railroad Company, Petersburg. Also the ship
"Rovers Bride, from another port in Wales, with
a similar cargo for the same company.
Steam as. Beef-The locomotive of the passenger
train on the R & p Railroad, on its way from Rich
COW, killing her instantly. The engineer of the af
ternoon train from City Point, performed similar
feat with this difference the sufferer in the latter
case being bnU. We are pleased to add that the
iron horses suffered no damage in either encounter
KNOXVILLE GLAss.-The Abingdon Virginian
notices. as singular fact, that during the recent
hail storm in that place, nearly all the windows
posed to the storm were broken, except those of
Knoxville glass The Baptist church, with three
large windows fully exposed, escaped unharmed,
whilst not solitary pane was LETT in the buildings
round it. This fact (says the Virginian) caused
much conjecture and some pious remarks One
good Baptist brother observed, 'the Lord will take
care of his peculiar people," whilst Methodist
BROTHER looking at the riddled windows in his own
sanctuary, replied, 'the Lord cAasteneth whom he
loyeth p
RICHMOND TRADE The Abingdon Virginian
holds up strong for the merchants of Richmond
1t says Richmond teens with every thing we need,
from cambria needle to a crow-bar-from leath
er apron TO a.ffteen hundred dollar shaplt :"
REV SAMUEL CLAwsoN-The Fairmount Vir-
gnian Editor says he does believe the statement
we published week or two since in regard to the
legacy said to have been left to Mr. Clawson, in
England. Well, we found the article in paper
published at Uniontown Pa If not true, the more 8
the pity.-MorgantOw Mirror.
LONG JOHN WENTwoRTH.-Ithaving been stated
that John Wentworth was journeyman printer