The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-04-01
YIRGINfA

nAlN.-Ihe Lynchburg virginian under
STANDS thaf the Canal Company have accented az
Judge Danieia grant Of land on the canal in The
immediate neighborhood Of the pie1,nout yvorl.
for the purpose of constructing nm addit;on., h..;
They propose commencing the work ~ .oor :.
sl6,o 600 can be raised by way Of ! loan and ,bev
are willing to execute their bonds, payable w. IN
terest In three yeara, for that sum. About t,vo-
thirds of the sum, it Is stated, have been raised.
HonAcE BuLL.-The announcement in the D;.
patch, some daya ago. of the suicide of Horace Bull
young lawyer, ia Sonora, created considerable
interest, more especially as it was stated that he
was native of Virginia. The Lynchburg vir-
gnian says:
Mr. Bull was, for some month prior to his depar-
r auIe ior Caornia In 1885, resident OF this city.
!. o thosc, who, within that period enjoyed fami-
iiar association with him. of whom the writer was
one, ne appeared man of brilliant intellect-of
~, .los. rare and refined imagiuaiion-and wit of
the purest and most classic quality
The Virginian also alludes to the melancholy
circumstance that few days before the departure
Mr. Bull, an unfortunate Pole, named scbne,ing.
who' neeing from despotic government, found
home and friends in Lynchburg, and who was to
ohave been MIR. B.'scompanion in his journey to
the Pacific, put end to his life by the same means
"nioh NC employed.
WHEAT CRoP.-The editor OF the Fredericks.
burg Herald says:
lhe wheat crop, in parts OF Spotsylvania aud
orange, through which we recently passed., look
oeuer ior the season OF the year. than at any pre-
Vious time within our recollection.
NoMrNATIoN.-The Democrats of Portsmouth
have nominated John 9. White, the present incum
| bent, for reelection to the office of Mayor.
REvIvAL.-Quite a revival of religion is in pro-
gress in the Methodist Church at Williamsburg
INDIGEsrIBLE.-Th Thos. C. Lindsay writes to the
Williamsburg Gazette that he recently had a COW
butchered, and found in the stomach two tenpenny
nails, brass button and nincpence. Mr.. L..
should by all means keep that coin, for luck.
SINGULAR CIRcuMsTANcE.-The Williamsburg
Gazette states that during recent concert given by
Run's band for the qualification of the insane peo-
pie in the Eastern Asylum, a negro woman who had
been confined lunatic for many years. sudden
ly stepped forward, pointed out member of the
band, and exclaimed-''There is my son, whom
have not seen since he was two years DID, This
circumstance created much surprise, especially in
the mind of the individual pointed out. He had no
recollection of ever having his mother and Of
course could not vouch for the truth of the state
ment; but soon becoming convinced that he was
indeed her son, he asked and obtained permission
to remove her to Richmond, after confinement in
the hospital for 90 years The power of music
over an aged colored person is perhaps well Illus
trated in this case Did not the sound of harmony
revive some long departed memory, and cast ray
OF light into that mind, before enshrouded in dark
ness and gloom, s---s--
Acc1DENr.-Mr. Hugo Deitz. of Guyandotte,
whilst at work recently at lathe saw, lost three
fingers of his left hand by unfortunate accident
MouRNFuL MoRTALITY.-A correspondent of the
Enquirer thuSsnotces severe affection that has
fallen upon Coz VIM. B. Payne, the representative
from Fluvanna:
"The latter part of December last he reached
home, from Richmond, to see a sweet and lovely
little daughter breathe her last after illness of
only forty eight hours. Upon his return home early
in March, after the adjournment Of the Legislature
he found his children laborng under that most dis
/ tressing disease whooping cough-and, in few
days, most interesting little son. Samuel Bar.
rett( aged nine years, most violently attacked
with pneumonia and whooping cough combined -
The very best medical aid that could be procured
seemed utterly unavailing. The combination of
diseases progressed rapidly, and terminated in the
death of the noble little boy Friday the Oath of
IL l;etIs haho not uet q ysar old J;eJ ~
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Kenega, the mate of the steamer Swami, stabbed
at our wharf last week, was still alive when the
Swami left Cincinnati. He was in less pain, but no
hopes were entertained of his recovery.
Hheeliag Imtettigencsr.
FARmvILLE-We are glad to perceive that Farm
vile, determined not to be behind other places,
has anno;n,a ad dsleootes IN tba cammerc;al oo,ve,
ton at Charleston.
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hEei oAhS--'e' MI D"nn'"s' u ui'' o''y' 10 ~
deliver course of lectures in Farmville next week.
T,,r ,yo,v, ~, IN .,-r z p,,r;,, ~ o,..o,s;,,oo
vval of religion which has been progressing in the
Freemason street Baptist Church, at Norfolk, for
.o,oe ,veeL. saventv;va ners,ns bove n,ofas,s.d
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Rrsrnrs TN THE woons.-The NorfoIk Herald
saws =. - 50
"A gentleman of our acquaintance desiring some
ma ,do. county laend ~ let,er, wrote
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