The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-03-22
VIRGINIA.

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AFrhAr IN Pxr1asBuzc.--onT Tuesday last, IN
sfiray occurred In Petersburs between Meser..
a. honsoa and John Michaels, which came
- enE ietal % one Of the parties. The facts In
sne case are thus stated BY the Express:
micnsels q ked Hobson IL he had spoken disres-
bosSuuuy OF his IN. is) family Hobson rcplied be
.osi Wnereupon Michaels remarked that aov
cos1d Ino would say 20, dhe precise LANGUAGE We
snr ,. -os snscertain) was d--d rescal; and Hob.
so-. n y aeolateiy struck him 10 the face with such
,o.ce 1 - 10 fell him to the ground Miehaes rose
, ~ : pistoi, and fired ID at Hobson hebaIl ara
me oone OF the len eye, and iortunssey pro
the ms,,.s very slight wound. Wedo not know that
esfo,s s wiii undergo legal investigation as nd
last evening. e'ne' party
iHE REsuLr1N FRRprRIcKsnunc .,a.,,o,,
,'r corporation officers In Frederick sburp on Mon
usy as'' was complete Know Nothing v;c,orv
'onn :. Caldwell, the American candidate for NAV
Or treceived 43l votes, and Peter f;oo,,;c, oes
caldwelrs majority ls5. Know No,b,n. conr.,,
jorities
PoIrrIcAL.-The American party In the Wheel
log distant have nominated VIM. X. Pendleton az
their candidate for Congress. An American Con.
vention will be held Ia Petersburg, on the first
wednesday, In April, for the purpose of nomina.
ting candidate for Congress in opposition to Hon.
VIM. o. Goode.
FALSE REroar.-The Staunton Republican con.
tradicts the report that smallpox exists In that
place.
DARK DAY.-The Abingdon virginian speaks
OF Monday, the 18th inst the darkest day on re-
cord. About O'Clock In the morniog it was 60
dark that the inhabitants of Abingdon could not see
to read without candles, and the editor has been
informed that the rain which fell at the time was
almost as black as ink
\ GETTING HrGH.-The Petersburg papers report
freshet in the Appomsttox. The water Is 80 high
that the mills have to stop working. Some gener
Gus landlord has been 4reating the editors of the
aforesaid papers to juleps-and the presumption Is
that they have been somewhat high for day or two
past.
MuRDER.-A young man, named Robinson, was
killed by one Roe, near Wellsburg lately.
CANDIDATE FOR CoNGREss-Copaiiy F. Tripg,
Esq, is a candidate for Congress in the district
represented by Mr.. McMullen.
PREsENTArIoN.-A handsome silver pitcher ha.
been presented to the Old Street Fire Company, of
Petersburg, by Mr.. F. C. Stainback.
FrRE.-The engine house of the Friendship Fire
Company, in Alexandria, was destroyed by fire on
Monday night last.
NosINATIoN.-The Democrats of Amherst Co.,
have nominated Col. VIM. A. R,cheson as their
candidate for the Legislature.
TAX ON MARRIAGE LIcENsEs-At the recent
sessioaof the North Carolina Legislature the tax
on marriage licenses was Increased from Is cents
to iSf SO economical Virginians will hereafter
fndsmarriage licenses as cheap In Virginia as
North Carolina.
The FIsHERIEs.-Ihe Potomac Fisheries this
season {says the Alexandria Gazette) are late get
ting into operation. They have commenced reeu.
lar hauling at but few, If any, of the landines.-
The cold and rainy we Ather has prevented work,
and running of the fish.
MIRACULOUS EscApK.-The Charleston Courier
gives the subjoined account of an accident on the
South Carolina Railroad, on Friday last, which we
have briefly noticed heretofore.
* The train had left Branchvile, and when about
five miles from that place, broken raj caused the
rst of the three passenger cars to leave the track
and 1t instantly became a perfect wreck, turning
over completely. Two of the persons In il wers
slightly y1piured. The second passenger car was
also brken consid deraby, but no person was hurt.
while third fnd last car, which contained near
~ aiI tue psssengers, was not injured at ALL The
S6se@I eas very miraculous, as a large beam was
thre 4der the cars, one end of which stuck in
kh6e4 and the other end hindered their pro-
jgress. the passengers were Immediately placed
car, and reached Charleston at ten
o'clock. There were about thirty-fve passengers
40 the train, among whom were the Rev Mr.. MIL.
7hQAN, Chaplain to Congress, Hon. Mr.. MALLORY OF
florida, Hon. Mr.. PHILIPS, OF Alabama and
6these.
Odh 0DNsuL AT Rro.-We find the following
paEsaFeph In the Enquirer, of yesterday,
Z mi. Robert G. Scott. accompanied by his lady,
arrived At Rio on the eth of January, after pas.
sage OF thirty. four days from Plymouth, England,
on board the English steamer Pampero. Welearn
that Mr.. and Mrs. Scott were In excellent health,
and that he resumed the duties of his office on the
29th of January, and which had been most satisfac
torily performed during his absence by his son,
Captain Robert G.. Scott, Jr.,
BALTIMORE ANNUAL CONFERENCE. lin the Bal.
timore Conference of the M. E Church, on Tues
day, the resolutions from the North Ohio and
Wisconsin Conference, on the slavery question,
were taken up. The paper of the Wisconsin Con-
ference proposes substantially to prohibit ON the
part OF the membership and preachers ''the buy
ing, selling, or holding human beings az slaves. y
The Conference unanimously voted 10 non-concur
with this paper. The motion to non-concur with
the resolutions OF the North Ohio Conference was
then put, ana tnor0 was unanimous vote IN favor
of the motion. These resolutions prohibit the buy
ing of men, women and children with an inten-
tion to enslave them: aud require the emauci-
patton of slaves when it can be accomplished
without injury to them.
THE FETE AT PARIS on WAsHrNaTeNs BIRTH
pAy.-The fete given by the Americana 10 Paris, on
the 2ad of February, is said to have been truly q
magnificent affair and vas attended by about 600
persons Of whom nearly 400 were Americans. We
ssleckthe following particulars from lstter In the
New H1rk Tribune
Jujsh Mason, Consul McRae and the Hon. K. NJ.
Mel sfcSyfere on the committee OF management;
among thSte present we're the widow of George
Washington Lafayette, and three grand daughters
of the ilustrious friend and companion In arms of
Washington, Lord E'gin and lady and N. Guizot,
the great Statesman.
The ball was brilliant, and was remarkable on
account of the elegance aud costliness OF the toi
letes and the beauty of The ladies: The room was
decoratea with the portraits of Washington, La-
fayetie, Franklin end Pierce. The decorations
alone cost zoo francs,
One of the most remarkable features of the bali,
and subject OF general remark the part Of for
eigners, wae3he great beauty of tho American ia-
dies, 10 DIiness o. their carriage and the
taste and q bnse cost OF their scilsttes. Among
| the ladies wefo the following:
l. NJ. and thf, Mianea Mason. Mre RidgwAy, VINO