The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-04-08

VIRGINIA.

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sHeckrSe DEArM-Ths willianasburs G,u>s.s !,
go 70 learn that an Interesting boy, Hst,s over
"a. ssals oid, son Of Mr. Wm CsrdweIl, Of James
| Il s'ansys was burnt TO deafh few days ago.
| T..sa ouf to . spot where his brusher had
| .sa.a 1ss corn stalks, and, t = presumed his
w. ~ s.ugn. nre p an attempt 70 sur he embers
:, l Wy me whole Of bis ciofhine NJ Neral.
orl On only portion Of his cap remaining
u.'eonsumed. n @ ne was siise when found Ind sur.
Fnx -The hou.e on Middle ..ress, por,,mo,ts.
occupied by M. Hyde, one Of the propri.sor. Of
the Globe, was destroyed by freon Tuesday night s.
| last, about halfpsst eleven o'clock. is thought
70 be the work of an incendiary. Mr.. H's loss Is
between two hundred and 6ity and three hundred ,
dollars s7s
FREDERICKSBURG DELEeArroS.--At a meeting
OF the citizens of Fredericksburg last Tuesday eve
ming, 80 delegates were appointed to attend the
Commercial Convention at Charleston Ia addi.
tion Lieut.. NJ F. Maury, formerly q citizen OF
Fredericksburg, was requested TO represent the .
said town in the Convention sg@1 III sias44f hGS
coNrrRMAr1oN.-The rite Of con6rmation was
administered to seventeen persons in Fsederirks-
burg on Wednesday evening, by Bishop Meade. The 3.
confirmationsernon was preached by Bishop yohpfs
The News learns that the object OF the present
cenyocaiion in Fredericksburg is to accept the act
recently passed by the Legislature of Va, making
the Theological Seminary near Alexandria close
Corporation. with power to hold land to the
amount of two hundred and fifty acres and proper.
ty to the amount of $3.50 600. sAsii sAsas
Masonic SrAruE.-The editor of the Fredericks-
burg News has been permitted to read aletter
from Hiram Powers, in which he concludes the I
contract for statue OF Washington for Frederick
burg Lodge No. 4. 1t IL to be made Of the best
Marble and after the model of the Statue recently
purchased of Mr.. Powers by the Statel Of Leuia-i
ana. The dress is fac smile ofthe suit worn by r
Washington just before his DEATH and the head is
copied from Houndon's Statue in Richmond :
Masonic Regalia, oicourse, will be added, similar
to those worn by him in the Lodge in Alexandria
over which he presided after he nad retired from
pubic life. ,htses@ e lss3''sass
CRIMINAL MArrERs.-We learn from the Ports,
mouth Globe that Isaac Goudkoph was on Tuesday
tried in that town on another indictment for orgeIn
ry, on which the jury gave him three additional Z
years in the penitentary making ten in all A noe
prosequi was entered in the other cases pending
against him. Isaac benson, who has been confined
In Jail for eleven months charged, with having
while acting as watchman, aided in the escape, of
John w. Rand was discharged from custody Jchn
w. Rand as thenbrought into COURT but owing
to the absence ofimportant Witnesses the trial was
postponed until September Mr. Wise, prisoners
counsel, moved the Court for change of es,sasai
alleging the impossibilisy of obtaining a fair and
impartial trial there We learn that the motion
was acceded TO. saf" aua astnH az *
DEATH-The Norfolk papers announce the death
of Robert Z. Taylor, Esq., a lawyer of great emf
nence, and the representative of Norfolk in the
State Legislature for many years. assi aay a.,.
APPREcrAr1vE Notwithstanding the great crowd
in attendance upon JuIliens concert ia Petersburg,
the Express states that the hall Of the Library was J
filled to excess the night to hear Lieut. Mau-
rvs lecture. No community within the pale OF
our observations is entitled to more credit for its
appreciative taste than that same Petersburg.
/ FRIGHrEsED TO DEArH--An old; negro woman
belonging to Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, in Petersburg.
died day or two since, and the jury rendered. a
verdict that her death was occasioned by frighk-
Two men, searching for runaway, forced admit
tance to her house. They found the fugitive, but
the result OF their visit was fatal. ssasa 0za
IscEsDIARrsa-we learn from the Winchester
Virginian that desperate attempt was made last
week to set fire to the Valley Bank in that place.
long train of candIewick, saturated with CAM
paine and gunpowder, was laid fromthe yard lat-
tached to that building to out house contested
with Hoover's tavern, where it terminated IN q
large roll raw cotton. similarly prepared. Fire
: IL
cord, but fortunately il would not burn. /, l
Afree negro named jackson, convicted Of setting,
fire to Gilberts tavern in Winchester, has been sem
fenced to the peniten.iary for four years
Ara1I Do1rss.--Two editors in fredericksburg
1--WE mean those respectively Of the Herald and Re.
corder0 we're effectually fooled on the 1st instant
One cot present of cotton fitters the ether gotta
flannel Die. They made desperate efforts 70 eat
them, but acknowledge that they were rather
tough So was the joke. 9sa ,sf4s .aaI ieta5
The route Of the fredericksburg ard Gordons.
vile Railroad has been 80 far changed by the Ill.
rectory of the Company to avoid crossing the
Plank Road. es asajests6as9s ed t4A3gs aisbl
+ ExrrSsroN, The Fredericksburg Herald learns
that the Water Power Company In that town con-
Template an extension oftbe canaI from hs present
terminus to . point adjacent 70 the Richmond and
Fredercksburg Railroad Depot 4.as,s IS
MAron--WmD D. Branch has been elected Mayor
OF Lynchburg. ai as...sa a1sAr .hss4 saea
DIAPER HANGfNGS AND UPHOLl
II { STERY.-The subscriber d now In receiptsnf
his entire sp.ins sepply = , of q PAPER HANGIn6S,
ss sTT Tass & pSaxs i Phas sss
OAK ana Common PAPERS and BORDERS, from
10 cents per piece to the meet expensys made; bus
he would call particular attention to Assortmsnt Of
FINE GLAZED PAPERS, at 15 cent? per piece;
also his SATIN and DAMAsK DE bAfNES MO-