The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-08-10

-. AIR ". Nosrors.-In the ReRcss
nf ~ pr..,dant q the York Rive Rskeoad
]. !. 49, that Nj. ALLEr w. MoEroE has
been elected the Secretary and TreasszG o.
,ha YORK River Railroad Company. 4 bet
tar selection could not have been made. Mr..
n 4 one Of the best Of. accountants, and
from his long experience in the business q
n,,,,;c accounts ia the Capitol he Is just the
officer to take charge of the finances ana ac-
counts Of corporation such as the fork
River Railroad Company
ArorHrn RAmaoAD cossrxror The Hich'
,,ond. Fredericksburg and Poa0mac Railroad Com'
n.sv are authorized TO make . connection OF tneir
road with the Manassas Gap Railroad, distance q
.one tventy to thirty miles. The point q connex'
=. A. To be between Fredericksburg and Aqua
Greek. a survey IL now in progress under me al
recsion Of Mr.. A. worrsL
The New Orleans Delta of "Wednesday, the lst
instant. saws that the bark Grspcshot, alter having
hean n anchor for two months off the mouth Of the
Mississippi, finally cleared on Tuesday CAST weeL)
In sudden and mysterious manner.
DxsTruCrYvE HAIL Sr0RM--A 0ee4f uctNo uaa'
Storm parsed over the south western section Of JET
ferson county, on Sunday night last Corn neids
were literally cut to pieces. fences blown down.
wheat stacks upturned, and glass broken, and tim
Der Frustrated. - ssislw y, sts#s
DnoUcHr. There 10 severe drought n portions
of verront apd New Hsmpsbire no rain Of con
sequence having fallen since june The crops nave
suffered much damage.
BARx DrsrnoYrD.-A large and valuable barn
belonging to VIM Rogers, of Downington Pa. was
set on fire by lightning asst Sunday night and de-
stroyed. Loss heavy:
FrnE-Waring & Russelrs large spice mill, IN
Brooklyn, was destroyed BY FIRE on Tuesday morn
ing Loss $4,000. ~ ~
THR SrRAmEH ADMIRAL, which went ashore week
before last, near Eastport me got off last honday
and was towcd to port. She has ia large hole Do
low the water line, but can be repaired. Her ma
chinery is not much injured. .gse ee & 7ss{
Know NOTHING VIcroRY.-On Monday last an
election took place In Boon county, Ky, opposite
Cincinnati, which resulted ia the choice OF the
Know Nothing candidates by 500 majority.
The sum of 1868 was received az the ONCE ei Tue
Washington National Monument as contribution
| from the members of the California Legislature
being one days pay OF that body.
Four ricks of wheat the property of Col. Robert
Lucas near Shepherdstown, were destroyed by fire
On the night of the I'd inst. The ricks contained
from twelve to fifteen hundred bushels The fire Is
thought to have been the act of an incendiary.
The Charlestown Spirit of Jefferson says corn,
pastures, gardens, &c. are almost entirely destroy
ed by the drought which has prevailed in that sec
ton. The corn crop of the county will scarcely
average barrel to the acre.
CHOLERA AT PoRTLAN D.-The wife and three
children of John D. Cardiff, an Irishman, died in
Portland, Me-, on Friday and Saturday last Of
cholera. -gltsss b ,s5.ss }as.ss
PROLIFIC The Staunton Spectator states that a
lady in Augusta county recently presented her hur
band with four children at birth. They were all
born alive but died in short time.
DEATH OF AN AcToR-Mr. ]. P. Brelsford, the
actor, well known in this city, died in New York
on Tuesday from the effects of spinal injury re
ceived few days since while bathing at Coney II