The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-11-06
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DksrarcTlvz Fn1 n .-Ou Frilsy
a'efnooa isse, he exsa ~ sutablishment known
assne Aiexandria Brs4xs corner Of Union snd
Woi'e streets, OWNED WIN. q. Irwin, caugh,
fre on the roof and - q usarnea win nostof iii
contents and the coaneing room adjacent. Tho
ioeomofivs WORKS of 0an1xk e PERKINS and the ship
yard OF Robert w. Hu11n sdjofnins. were some
wnsf damaged. The Aaexsndria Gazette ssys:
ioss; probably II is soi6s 90 0o0 or e25, CO., Nr
,rwan was partially insured the Brewery. In the
I. Etna insurance Compa1y Of Hartford, and 10 the
rme Insurance. office Of lhis place.
sourHsIDx RAlraoAD. The cars ON the South.
side Railroad made their first trip through ID
Lynchburg on THURSDAY laaf, reaching the island
ABOUT half past O'Clock, and conveying passen'
gers from Richmond and Petersburg In about g
houra The event Wi be celebrated by the cid
gems OF Lynchburg alter the Norfolk Convention il
over. so
PREMIUMS The editors of the Cla9ksville To-
bacco Plant offers IS pounds of the best chewing to-
bscco ~ premium TO rs man who sends them
the largest list of subscribers and to the lady who
will send the largest iist they promise beaa Per
haps one ofthe editors ssforsssid d nshe market
LxScHHuso CIacu1r couar.-A Ssaa named
Norrh charged with uttefins ssdlsiuss siaassaeesn
the subject Of slavery, was tried In Lynehburs on
Wednesday last and acquitted the evidence not
sustaining the charge. Cunningham, charged with
s.ealing iron from the Messrs Jordan Of Buchanan,
was found guilty and sentenced to le months inn
prisonment in the peniten,iary.
UNFoRrUNArE-Joseph Needham, who was re.
Gently sentenced to the penitentiary for horse steal
ing in FincastIe, depsrted from his legitimate object
for he needed ham and. concluded to be satisfied
with horsehesh. However, he will now be furnish.
ed with food at the States expense for two years
VITALITY OF sERDED WHEAr.-The w inchester
Virginian, llustratng the patient vegetatye power
of wheat says most of the farmers this fall despair
ed of the growth of that sown early but is be-
leyed that most of it has vegetated. The follow.
ing is a case in point:
A remarkable instance Of the vitality of wheat
came under the observation OF Mr.. Montgomery, a
successful farmer near Brucetown. On the Cd day
OF August last, he planted twelve grains of pecu
liar kind of wheat in his garden. He locked long
for its appearance which it did not make till the
Goth of October, when a blade from every grain
fully showed itself.
IMPORTANT DEcIsIoN.-A suit involving charge
of malpractice was decided in Jefferson county. a
few days ago. against physician, damages five
hundred dollars. The Virginian says 2
The plaintiff, said to be an incorporate man, had
his thigh-bone fractured and sued his physician for
a defective reduction of the fracture Even with
the most careful patient in such case it easy to
see the great ri k encountered by DOCTOR risk
think which will be cautiously run hereafter, in
Jefferson, should the sufferer be an intemperate
and, OF course, an unmanageable patient.
OuTRAGE.-Among the criminal cases to be tried
this week in Winchester, is that OF negro belong
ing to the estate of John Marker deceased charged
with an attempt to commit a rape upon respecta-
BILE white woman in Frederick county. on the night
of the 18th ult. The Winchester Republican gives
the particulars thus: ss
The young woman, in company with two others,
was riding In to market, when she attacked and
lifted from her horse. The others fled and the
noise of their horses hoots in the turn of the road
together with the screams of the intended victim,
arocsed the apprehensions of the negro, and he
irquished his attempt, SO as to make his escape.
T. s. sD1sTHrcr CouRr-This tribunal for the
Eastern District of Virginia. commenced its fall ses-
sion in Norfolk on Wednesday last, Judge u.,y..
burton presiding. The Grand Jury found an in.
dictment against James Courtnay, for the larceny
of a gold watch, ohe property of Mr.. Fry, Of
Kanawha connty3 at Old Point.
Another EDrroR REwARDRD-Mr Richard G.
Broughton, junior editor of the Norfolk Herald,
was married on Thursday last to Miss Emily r.
Ward. & et
ARREsr-Joseph Shearman, son Of the Post
few days ago, on a charge Of purloining money
from the mails,
MoRrALrTY-Duriug the month of October there
were AZ deaths in Norfolk while In Wheeling,
situated in another corner of the State, there were
80. s ) s 4
AMoNuMEsr, Of beautiful design and execution,
has just been completed in Wheeling to be placed
over the remains of the late Hon. John F. Snod
grass. ofParkersburg.
BARBEcuE.-The free barbecue, given at Moons
Ferry Road {the present terminus of the Richmond
and Dsnyille Railroad last Saturday week, wa,
well attended, Notwithstanding the inclemancy o
the weather. ~ ssss sssaA $50
HoN. VIM. SMITH has replied to an interrogato
ry of the Norfolk county Democratic Association
upon the subject Of -Nothingism, that he il
not member ofthat Organization.
WINTER QuAlrRRs-Some sixty horses, belong
ing to spalding & Rogers' circus, have gone tt
Loudoun county to spend the winter. 80
REMovAL.-one of the individuals who was lodg
ed in Nottoway Jail, not long since, for passinl
counterfeit money has been removed to Petersburt
| jail for safer keeping.
Mr. A. C. Martin, who was so seriously injured ;
few days ago, on the Orange and Alexandria Rail
road, at the Rappahannock Bridge, had one Of BIZ
arms amputated, near the shoulder. on ThursdaJ
last. s &
CANADIAN REcIrRocITY.--A despatch from 8.
johns states thar the Legislature on Thursday las
passed an act admitting foreign breadstutfa saltes
meats, molasses ard eoals. free Of duty. .Anothel
b ratifyins the reciprocity treaty, was to be sces'
upon On Friday, go sAsnfs e
1 LiBE1 Sun. Fernando Wood. the Democrats
candidass sos Mayor of New York, has commence'
m action for iIbei against the SUN newspaper.
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THE MrserNe BoArs or THE AacTfc.--A teis
graphic despatch, dated Halifax, Nov. 8. says:
i The New Fcandiand NAH steamer has arrived
She brings no accounts of the ea1cfy OF any inor
i OF tho victims of the Arctic. The yachs Hswk be-
returned from a unsucreasful search. Tho bod