The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-05-08
VIRGINIA,

lecturer, and Mr.. w. P McCorkIe a. H., g.. {.
Mr.. Irving. The difficulty arose from ruuor, ,t.,
Mr. w. had 30 reflected on Mr. Is course i, ra..ra
to the temperance question to iniure is
as a gentleman. An explanation was sol;c;,ea
Mr.. White replied that he expressed in his speecb
his disgust for the opposition of drunken editors 70
the temperance reform. Said he
'My remarks were intended to apply to that class
| of the community. If you or Mr.. - take upon
yourselves to appropriate the alusion, which wa;
general. to yourself il is your matter, not mine.r
| Mr.. McCorkle then informed Mr. White that he
| could not say what course Mr. Irving would pursue
but suggested that Mr.. W. be prepared to mcel
| him at any moment. Mr.. Irving subsequently ad
dressed Mr. White, inviting the designation of some
place. outside the limits of the State, where more
definite communication could be delivered To this
Mr.. White replied that he was under engagements
until the 10th of June but would be happy to NEE
Mr.. Irving on the 18th of June at the u. s. Hotel
| Philadelphia Mr.. Irving considered this replv in
effect rejection of his request and again repeated
the demand, stating that he expected definite re.
ply This last note of Mr. Iryings is dated April
~. Following il is card, bearing the same date
addressed to the people of Amherst, and signed by
Mr. Irving. This card which was posted at one of
the hotels in Amherst, after copy of it had been
delivered to Mr.. White, announces Mr.. Irvng's in.
tention to publish the correspondence, in order, as
it Is stated, to prove Mr.. White great coward
as he is liar and slanderer" Thus the matter re.
mained at last accounts.
An empty freight car of the Seab0ard and Roa.
noke Railroad, standing on the turnout above the
outer depot, Portsmouth, was destroyed by fire
Thursday night
PETERSBURG AHEAD.-The citizens of Peters.
burg on Friday evening last held a meeting and
took preliminary steps towards giving Mr. Fillmore
public reception Richmond has SO far manifes.
ted complete indifference for all that we have
heard to the contrary.
Gov. JoHNsoN's VIsIT TO THE CouNrRY-The
Pruntytown Gazette has a singular paragraph, to
the effect that Gov Johnson's visit to Bridgeport,
his former residence is the result of asummons to
appear before magistrate to answer the charge OF
an old debt. This is novel incident in the history
of Virginia Governor. The Gazette says how.
ever:
We suppose of course it is some disputed matter
and we are pleased to learn that the Governor OF
Virginia has 80 keen sense of what is right that
ne VIII submit to the huniliating duty of ap-
pearing before a county magistrate rather than pay
what he thinks an unjust debt
THE SHIP ALBIoN-Fhe worst fears are enter
tanned respecting the safety of the new ship Albion,
of Portsmouth. The report that che had arrived
at Bermuda is contradicted.
NAvAL.-Edward H. elano, Naval Constructor
at the Gosport Navy Yard, has been detached and
Saml T. Hart ordered in his place
FEDERAL CoURT.-The Federal Court has been
in session in Staunton dnring the past week The
Messenger says the of ]. w. Meeks, who Is
in Jail, charge of robbing the mail, was ia.
ken up and the whole of Thursday spent in the en-
deavor TO quash the indictment.
THE GHOST TEsTIMoNY.-The Wheeling fntelli
gencer, alluding to the trial of aban Mercer for
murder, on the testimony of a ghost, thus ex-
plains,
The ghost aforesaid, like spirits called from the
Vastly Deep and who dent come, did not make his
appearance at the trial. and his testimony as deIiy
cred to the man in the woods was not admitted and
the accused was acquitted. The ghost is held re-
sponsibe Tor contempt OF court
K1LLED.-Andrew Barrett, an Irish laborer, was
crushed to death by the falling of derrick, in
Wheeling, last Thursday.
ELEcTIoN.-Mr A. B. Mahood has been elected
note clerk in the Exchange Bank at Petersburg.
FAvoaIrrsM-The Richmond papers we observe
publish regularly the names of passengers arriving
those per steamer Comet. Why this discrimination
between steamers arriving at the port of Richmondi
Will our contemporaries inform usl-Petersbure
Express.
1t is all owing to the Comets tail. This append
age being very long, and naturally behind, and
likewise behind time, the announcement of its
passenger list is necessarily delayed There wa.
certainly no disposition to rate the Comet below
| frst-clsss vessels in general. -f.
Weare panied to state that a son of John Wood
Jr of this county, aged years, had his foot and
ankle 80 badly crushed in a bark MILL on Thursday
of last week that he died from the injuries on the
next day.-Char. Adc.
SToRM.-The Danville Register states that the
storm of last Friday week was quite destructive in
thattown. chimney was blown down from the
the tobacco factory of Col Grasty, and the spire Of
the new Presbyterian church was partly blown
down. In the country about Danville, trees were
uprooted, barns unroofed, &c.
ToBAcco-Samuel ]. Crossett of Orange coun
ty N. c., sold his crop of tobacco in Danvlle few
days ago, for the following prices: best, per hun.
dred, S26; seconds SI4; lugs $s
WHATS IN THE WIND-The Pruntytown (Tay.
lor co., Gazette has the following mysterious para
graph:
What's upi Three Baptist Preachers DR. Win.
| ter of Wheeling, Mr., Smith Of Fairmont, and Mr..
Purnon of Preston-were all escorted this place
| to-day by that vigilant officer Mr. " H. Surgbnor
Mr.. heyes of this town was also here taken under
| the custody of Mr. Surghnor, and the four were
them placed by Mr.. s. under the care of his aids
and sent to Clarksburg. What's in the the wind!
scorrsy1LLE-The County court of Albemarle
on Monday last refused to grant licenses to retail
| liquor in the town of Scottsville.
| FOUND DEAD.-We learn from the Norfolk News
that Capt. Fiveash, veteran pilot of Norfolk waa
found dead few days since in the neighborhood
OF the Grove, on James River. 1t Is supposed that
he was seized with sudden illness, and, unable 10
obtain assistance, thus died in solitude.
MoArALIrY.-Total number Of deaths in Norfolk
for the month ending April 30, 25.
NEWSPAPER ENLARGEMENr.-The Clsrksvilie
TobaccoI liant has been enlarged.
SEsrENcE.--George johnson. whose conviction
for stealing money from Lttlebury Adams In Hall