The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-10-16
vIRaIxIA.

DASvIELH RAnnnxD --1he Danvnle Revaaor
IRON enough has bees resolved Do lsv ths
track offhe rsiirosd mp 10 wishin q 10 mises 81
DsnviIle. II this be correct. the eopaumm..so. q
this grand enterprise 10 near athand.
HEszY cncurr couar.-An imporssns esuse
was decided during the recent sesson Of the Circut
Court for Henry county, namely. the chancery sun
of Hairston rs. Harston. Il Involves the fee sim
pie ownership OF two or thres hundred slaves, the
property of the late Msjor Robert HARRISON, of
Lounds county, Miss formerly Of Henry county.
Va. The Danvilie Register gives the annexed his-
tory Of the case.
The only question ct issue In the cause was the
locss domieilii Of the decedent. Robt Hairston He
ts. and had LETT his home in virginia some ten or
we've years since for the purposs of promoting his
h.s',h By .r4yeL b. wen. to the North thence %
Ea,ope, snd returned IN about year 70 Missisippi
where he then hsld large etsztes to which he sdded
exfsasively, and lived in manner suited 70 his Pc
sac. b. S. ~if. Il il Ws.n
with whom no had NO correspondence after his de-
bis last win and testamsnt, By which he nsnumitfsd
one OF his slaves. young siri ss whom he dey;sed
and bequesthed nearly the Who'll. Of bic innenss
laws of hiis.issippi, ths attempted msnumis.on Of
the slave was vsid and imperative quenty the
estate was left for distribution between bis wife and
next Of kin. who were his brothers and sisters and
s. Ines eesseadants ne having no children By the
law OF Misslssippi the wife takes half Of the
slaves Ia fee simple. Hence the imporfsncs Of the
question as to where the domic of the decedent WAS
q tne time of his DEATH If In Missssippi then the
dssiibution according to the laws OF that State
u IN virginia thsn the distribution was according to
After elaborate AMI lucid rsv;eu of tha vain.
miooos testimony taken in tho case, the Court
nouncsd Its opinion that the domicil of Mai. Hairs
ton at the time Of his death was in Mssi suppi and
that the distribution OF hs estate must tha be
mace according to the laws of that State
super.sasas csn be obtained. it ia probable that
an appeal will be taksn to the Court of Appeals
HALIFAX SUPERIOR CouRT-The Hseood will
occupied the attention of this court for seve
raj days, during the late session, and ended with
hung jury This Is apparently another Jarndyce
va Jarndyce affair." in which litigation ia intermna.
bie 1t will probably continue until tue end of
time, unless the parties shall compromise the mat.
ters al Issue.
DR. ErHELsERT c. WADE, a popular and talent.
Cd physician, died at his residence, Spring Garden
Pftsyivania county, on the 7th after protracted
illness.
revival of religion has been progressing in
the Baptist church at Liberty, Bedford county for
some four weeks. large number have professed
conversion. In the Methodisti church at Halifax
c. H., also, the work of grace has been going on
zealousy.
SEvERELY ISJuRED.-Mr. Snider baggage mas
ter. who was knocked from the trsiu on the & O.
Rallroad, q few days ago, was much more serious.
ly injured than first accounts represented.
NAvAL.-Order have been received at Gosport
Navy Yard to fs out the Falmouth immmediately
for sea. In few weeks abe will be- equipped for
aarV.co The 10 i r.
gates are to be finished BY the lst Of October next
In conformity With orders from the Department.
THE VALLEY AeaIcuLruRAL socrxrY have re-
solved to postpone their fair until next year.
THE TYPHOID FKvRR has been prevailing to
some considerable extent In Rockingham county.
ARRESTED negro man belonging to Major
Grattan has been committed to jail In Harrisonburg
on charge of stealing from stage q valuable
trunk the properly of Mrs. Pitman.
AccIDEsr.-In Mecklsnburg county, on Tuesday
last valuable negro belonging to Mr.. C. Grandi
son Fields, had his sAull fractured by the falling of
heavy stone.
SAD AccIpENT.-The ferry skif at Troy, NY
upset 10 the river near the steamboat dock, on
Thursday morning. 1t contained seventeen per.
drowned but six, including the skff man, George
Yetto. They were principally young men, em.
pioyed In Wheeler & Naylor's chair factory, In
West Troy, and were going to work.
FATAL ExPLosIoN.-The whiskey still of Pol
lards distillery, at Williamsburg, N. Y, exploded
| on Friday afternoon. throwing down portion of
the building. The engineer, William Reed, was
buried In the ruins and instantly killed. The fire.
man, John BoglaD, was bruised and scalded beyond
recovery. John Parker the stiIlman, was also bad
ly injured.
DEATH OF A APRINTEa.-Mr J. A. Widdis, com.
positor on the Daily Crescent. in New Orleans
died few days ago. of yellow fever. He had but re.
Gently arrived there from Philadelphia, where he
let wife and two children He was Inferred with
| military honors.
There were SO deaths of yellow fever at the Chari
| ty Hospital in New Orleans, during the week end
| ing Ocs.7.
| Rev. Thos. Chiffon, distinguished Baptist Minis
ter, who died lately at Montgomery, Texas, wal
formerly whig member of Congress from Ken
lucky. He was an able lawyer, but after removing
to Alabama he quit the bar and entered the pulpit
and was officiating in Texas at the time of hi
DEATH
| The rope-walks of Bonte e. Co., at Jamestow n
| Ky were destroyed by FIRE few days ago.
i
| The MEXICAN REvoLuTrox CHEcxRD.-The
Mexican consul at New York has received des
| patches from New Orleans, to the effect that thu
revolution In Mexico 10 entirely st an end
vALuAsLEs Lost IN THE Aacrrc.-Guymet, hi