The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-09-06
VIRGINIA.

IHE INJUhED.-Ih0 re eersburg Express notices
the condition Of some Of the pcrsons njured b.
the Stage accident near Lynchburg ON the 2sth .ol
Ausust Mr.. Robert Rite hie b recovering saowlv
Mrs. Richie 10 able 10 walk about her roam, acurt
yet lame, and carrying on. her face saa forehead
paipabIe traces of the sevre injuries de sustained
Mrs. Russell and Miss Russell {ses Miss Marths
Banks stated At the tim e) haveso far recovered
from their bruises as to be exempt from all incon
venience thereby though the eye Of Mrs R. 10 yel
very much discolored. Mr. Richie recollects dis
tincty oil the circumstances ascending the serious
accident, and IL firmly Of the opinion that It waa
owing solely and entirely to vreckless driving
SUNDAY LIeuoa TaAFrIc.-CE.arles Haley was
arraigncd before the Mayor of Petersburg on Mon.
day on charge Of having sold ard ent spirits ON the
previous day. in direct contradict on to the statute
which says that any person who shall sell wines,
liquors or ardent spira, except IL be far medicinal
purposes on the Sabbath shall forfeit S10 for such
an offence. The Mayor requiresl Mr. Haley to cise
security in the sum of $500, for the period of
twelve months
The NKw CueroM HousE--The Wasksupton
Star, referring to the new Custom House, for this
city, states that the plans and specifications for that
work are now being prepared, and will be let a,
soon a. they can be completed. The material i,
the beautiful granite in the neehborhood of Rich.
mond
BERKELEY ELEcrroN.-The third trial for the
election of sheriff, in Berkeley county, took place
ON Thursday last. Barnet Cushwa fuominee Dem.
ocra) was elected over Christian Newcou,e, fvo.
iunteer Democracy No county election In yirpin;a
| has ever given rise to greater excitement among
| the friends of rival candidates.
COMMERCIAL SPIEs.-The press throughout yir.
ginia appears to be in arms against the system of
espionage introduced BY Northern men into the
towns and cities of the South, for the purpose of
prying into the condition of mercantile houses
The Fredericksburg Herald says:
Within few years the agency has been offered At
dinerept times to four highly respectable members
OF the bar in this place. who promptIy spurned and
it az an insult in some Of The the pa.
Pois were returned, accompanied with rema, ks by
no meens complimentary, but exceedingly wboIs-
some The ipstructons to thsse desired agents were
IePiese with Yankee ingenuity and impudencs and
had they been carried out would have subected the
party, when discovered to the risk Of hat summary
IaS,as ment winch every one would have acknow-
Ii an evil like that here described really exists In
our midst, it certainly becomes the duty of all no.
norahle men to frown upon it for, as the News
nc, C'oAy iHdA Acputduou IN d SOCIAL,
moral and pecuniary point of view, is to be had at
any time for consideration, although it may have
been obtained BY the most unworthy means.
FIGS, FISH, PEACHES, Erc.-We learn from the
Norfolk Argus, that the second crop of figs, this
year. is very large and fine. They are selling In
Norfolk at three to four cents per dozen. The
hnny Monsters which 10 terribly agitated the
imagnatons of our city fathers that they have pro-
hibited their sale In Richmond, furnish the tables
OF our Norfolk neighbors most luxuriantly. We
learn offsh-aly that six large spots, eight large
croakers, three trous, or ten mullets, may be OBJ
tanned In that market for 12A cents
Peaches, from Baltimore, are selling in Norfolk
at 81 per bushel.
Pine wood commands SO 50 to S4 per cord in
Norfolk a
SNAKE BITrEN-M Solomon Bufiineton. of
Jackson county. Va was recently bitten by a rattle
snake, but, upon drinking quart or two of whis
key, was relieved from the fatal tendencies Of the
poison. So states the Parkersbufg Gazette
ALEXANDER JAxNEs, prominent and esteemed
citizen of Pttsburg, died on the 2sth ultimo at Po.
tomac Furnace, Va.
Gen. Shields has returned to Washington from
Berkeley Springs, Va. Col Bissell stlllies there
very ILL.,
Mr.. F. 8. High, of fHampshire county, Va, had 40
sheep killed and crippled by three hounds, on the
29th ultimo.
A large deposit of anthracite coal has just been
discovered In Rockingham county, Va.