The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-05-10
VIRGINIA
Destructive Fnx.-Ths Petersburg Express
Of yesterday saYs: "a -

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| Thebarn of DR.. Jas Brander, in the county o,
miles from this this city, was totaIv dest.oved 4.
| hre about one O'Clock on Sunday uiaht lat Hi
stable and carriage.house, adjacent tn the ha,,,
were also destroyed. We regret to hear that IN Al
dition to the barn, stable and carriaeehouse fne
riding-carrage two valuable mules, a quantity Of
grain and all the Dr.. farming utensils, were en-
treiy consumed. 1t Is supposed to be the work Of
an incendiary.
SUIcrDE.-Mr. Benjamin M. Walker of Lancaster
county, committed suicide last week by shooting
himself Mr.. Walker was formerly Clerk of the
County Court Of Lancaster. Itis supposed that he
was insane at the time of committing the sui
eide.
CORPORATION BoNDs.-The town of Fredericks-
burg has issued proposals for loan. The amount
wanted Is S8500O redeemable at ter, twenty, twen-
tyive or thirty years. with interest payable semi.
annually bonds to be issued with coupons, payable
either in Fredericksburg or in New York-of the
denominations of s1O0O $500 and $500; the amount
Of the loan to be paid by the purchaser of bonds in
monthly instalments of 10 per cent
TAxATIoN.--The Fredericksburg Recorder says
Our city council have put tax of $3.50 per head
on black men, and Of "a 90 per head on white men,"
The Recorder infers from this that the city fathers
think more of wooly-headed darkey" than of a
white man. We confess our inability to see the
justice of the inference. How does taxing a man
heavily raise him in the personal esteem of those
who impose thetax .
The Floyd Intelligencer states that recent ses-
sion OF the Patrick County Court, made present
ment against the presiding justice of the county
court slffiDo in oT
intoxication. -,,s l..s s.t5s $50
SUICIDAL ArTEMPT.-The ship Richard Alsop,
which arrived at City Point on Monday last, from
Alexandria, has among her crew frightful looking
seaman, named George Jacobs This man, says
the Express during the passage of the vessel from
Alexandria, made three efforts to terminate his
existence by cutting his throat all of which proved
unsuccessful. He tried in quick succession two
knives, and failing in both instances, procured q
razor and made the third attempt, which also prov
ed unsuccessful. He s an Italian by BIRTH and it
is supposed that he was laboring under Temporal
ry nj of insanity at the time of the commission Of
the rash act, he being much addicted to drink at
times. f.1,
UNFORTUNATE EvENT.-A compassionate lady
has been feeding the local editor of the Petersburg
Express on strawberries and cream Said local
enjoyed the luxury, nightly, and undoubtedly
waxed fat some; but it is bad plan to place deli
eacies before this class of persons. It is apt to
create an appetite for such things, which is very
hard to overcome, and not unfrequenty brings pro-
| missing young men to an untimely end. Accustom-
ed to being fed in that way are, however, it
| makes no difference. Strawberries and cream suit
us as well as those inhabitants of the great deep
sometimes called herrings, do some people
FATAL MrsrAKE.-On Thursday last, an order
was left at drug store in Montgomery, Ala, for a
small quantity Of Icotine, which was duly put up,
| laballed, and left on the counter. On Thursday
night, little child of Mr.. W. D. Battle OF Montgo
merry, was taken SICK and negro boy was sent to
the drug store for medicine A clerk arose, and
carefully preparing the medicine, gave it, as he
thought, to the boy, who carried it to his master
Unfortunately, the package containing Icotne was
taken by the boy through mistake. The father, ig-
noraut of this, gave the child teaspoonful OF the
| mixture causing death in short time
FoREsrALLING PUBLIC OPINIoN.-It appears that
movement is in progress at the North, to populate
Nebraska with emigrants from the free States, in
order, of course to exclude slavery from that ter
ritory. convention was held few days since at
Worcester, Mass, when speeches were made by
the Rev. E. E. Hale and others, urging that proper
preparations should be made at Nebraska for the
reception of emigrants, such comfortable dwell
ings grist mills printing presses steam engines,
&C., and predicting that before 1855, at least two
thousand Massachusetts men would settle in that
region.
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The "PEELERs AND BLUE DIcKs."-A riot
occurred last Sunday afternoon, in Baltimore, be-
tween two parties bearing the above expressive
titles Brick-bats and stones were first used, then
knives and pistols. The police endeavored to quel
the disturbance, but in vain. Finally boy named,
William Lackey. was wounded in the hand, by a
pistol shot, fired by Cornelius Schwartz, alias
Coony. The officers Immediately arrested Schwartz
and he held to bail in the sum of So 900 to APP
pear at the Criminal Court. This seemed to satisfy
the two parties, and they dispersed. s
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VIRGINIA LUxURIEs.-ln order to give our read
ers idea of the traffic going ON between Norfolk
and New York, we copy the following from the Ar
gus of Monday:
One thousand baskets of strawberries, and one
hundred barrels green peas, were shipped by Mr..
p. H. Whitehurst Saturday, to New York, where
Hey cuuiHlduu Icauy sdie al nlgn prices AnOtnef
sent eight barrels rock fish and ten barrels eggs.
We are informed by this individual, that he has
200 empty barrels In readiness for the heavy bu
siness he intends to do shortly in fish, vegetables,
fruit, &C.
| SETTLED AT LAsr-The Baltimore Patriot OF
| Monday, says: $50
| We learn that the case Of A. j. Marshall vs. the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Co has been decided
by the Supreme Court of the U. s. in favor OF the
| company upon all the points raised-covering the
merits as well as the objection to tho validity OF the
contract ITSELF sss.7
MATT. WARD.-The Memphis Enquirer of the I'd
inst, Gays: We understand that Matt Ward was
among the passengers of the Trabue, which boat
passed down the river yesterday from Louis
VILE"
There must be mistake somewhere. He waa
reported at Cannelton, Ia, the same day.
The Washington Star says: ave now find no