The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-08-06
RGINIA.

COHN IN dALIFAx.-Ino feople1 AQv0cAo say
ihst the corn crop Ia the Immediate vicinity OF
Halifax Court House. 10 beginning to suffer for
rair, though In most other sectioLs IL has been pen
tiful. 4 ~ ssQ a-a
IL YELLOW FEVER INFECTIOUS THE Sanitary
Committse Of Portsmouth, in advertising for two
white nurses to attend In the naval hospital. give
those applying the assurance that there 10 dan
ger OF contracting the disease"
AccIDRsr.-Last week. Mr.. Joseph Thaxton,
employed at a boat yard near Charleston. Kama.
wha, had bic face badly crushed by being jsmmed
between two planks which he was endeavoring to
isise.
LIMEsroNK DricovEnKD.-A vein of limestone,
TEN feet thick has bean discovered near Buffalo, To
Putnam county, on the land of Colonel r. T. Har.
vsy. who intends Immediately erecting lime
kiln. seea s- atss-s1s.- . rf-- s'
DEFICIENCY OF Wharf.-The Putnam county
Star says that in Consequence of the recent rains
fn the kanawha Valley, wheat has begun to sprout
In the shock, and great loss Il feared by the fars
mers No new wheat hiss yet been received q
Buffalo, the county seat.
srosM-A heavy rain storm visi.ed Buffalo, Put.
| nam, last week, materisIly damaging the corn
crop. sa+aes s - sse.lse sis61
VIRGINIA AND TrsNrssrx RAILnoAp.-The
Virginia snd Tennessee Railroad 10 now completed
to Mount Airy Depot. 12 miles west of Wytheviils.
ARRKsTED.-The negro who recently escaped
from the Petersburg jail, and took with him 500
of the City Sergeants money, has been arrested In
Charles City county. rnl a2
ARRrvEp.-Decker, who was sentenced ct Nor
!olk to 10 years imprisonment for the murder OF
Murphy, arrived at the peni.entiay Friday, In the
custody of Norfolk policeman.
QUARANTINE The City Council of Petersburg
have established quarantine against Norfolk and
Portsmouth. .s9.-..f.-- .-.rssV b
HEAVY RAIs.--A heavy rain fell In Botetouss
Wedoesday night, doing considerable damage
hay. FsAH
No FLouR.-In Danvilie, last week. there was
not one barrel of -four for sale. t @''''"'
Wstermelons Ia Norfolk, weighing twenty
pounds. are selling at ten cents. s..sa l- .-.es
Cnops.-The Norfolk papers speak favorably of
the crops Ia Princess Anne and Norfolk counties.
RUNAwAYs-The Salem (Roanoke) Register
chronicles the fact that Mr. Jones and Miss Brown of
Alieghany county, passed through there few days
since, lying to Tennessee from the engaged elder
Brown, with whose daughter Mr.. Jones had run
away. The uncommon names of the parties makes
tho item one worth recording.
SCARCITY CT HOUSES. The Danve Republican
complains OF the scarcely of houses there, and
says it knows OF number of persons who find 1t
Impossible to shelter themselves and families th
Viiie, would lind occupants Immediately.
EXTRAORDINARY MARR1AGE.-The Clarkesville
Iobacco Plant relates an uncommon case of mar
risge which has occurred within its notice, and
Wnich shows that gentlemen are, sometimes ut
least. the Injured parties, Squire John Bradshew,
OF Person, N. C., became q wdower recently, and
courted Miss Frankey Lea, aged fifty seven, an 1
worth Sl2 900. The 14th of July was fixed as the
day for the marriage. license procured and
parties invited. MIR. Samuel Johnson, also aged
81 years, old lover of Miss Frankey, upon hear
leg of 1t, sent a reproachful message to the aged
damsel. who replied by saying that If he would
marry her at sun rise the next morning, she would
become Mrs. Samuel Johnson. He agreed, and the
ceremony was performed. As might have been
expected, Squire Brsdshew became highly enraged,
upbra1ded Mrs. Samuel Johnson for being tickle,
aud has determined to sue her and get some of the
Sl2 0OO which came near being his
CRoP IN MKcKLENBURG.-TbeT Tobacco Plant
says the dry weather, If Ii continues longer viii
prove highly Injurious to the crop. The tobacco
crop 10 very unpromising. ,. ~
New CoUNTY.-An application Is 10 be made to
the next Legislature for new county, to be taken
from the counties of Monroe, Mercer, Raleigh and
Greenerisr, and the county seat to be located at
the mouth OF Greenbrer River, or at the junction
of the Gov ington g. Ohio and New Riv Branch OF
the Virginia & Tennessee Railroads.
FALL OF RAIN.-During July "a metres or "a :.
10 inches OF rain fell Ia Lewisburg-tbe heaviest
fall OF rain experienced there for many years.
DYsENTERY. in a severe form is pre-.
vail1ng Ia Roanoke county s.. gs
LIaHTN1NG.-On Friday week, as three negro
men were engaged stacking oats on the farm of J.
w, Lowry In Bedford lightning struck the pole,
stunning two negroes and killing two steers. Oae
| OF the negroes had his arm around the pole anti
was badly burnt.