The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-07-13
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/ ups u DoDQ, OF me Petersburg OfI
street Fire Company. will Wait Richmond with
committee OF gentlemen, appointed by the Pet7rs'
ourg councii TO present silver trumpe's 10 Phosa
and Niagara Fire Companies for the assistance
rendered by them at the late fire there.
| MARROW E'cAPE.-Wednesday boat contsin'
| ine man named Carver, and two negro boys up'
set Ia the Appomat,ox near Petersburg, and tht
| wnie man narrowly escaped With his life The
negroes being good swimmers got ashore.
BITTEN BY ABgAR,-Duriug the stay of Rlver'
| q Derious' circus In Petersburg, Sig Cspeleno
VINO does the boxing with the begr had one Of hi.
hands severely bitten by the animal 10 rencon-
ire 10 which Bruin determined for once to get the
| best of his antagonist
| South tSIDz RArLRoAp.-The receipts of thi.
road for June. were S22 $50 80, of which Sl5 6l3.
| 90 WAN tor freight
CoPPFR OaE.-The editor of the Petersburg IN
| teHigencer has seen splendid specimen of copper
| ore from the farm of Robert Bowdon Esu., OF
u 'ocnlsnd. Its believed that an extensive guam
thy OF the ore lies beneath the surface of his land.
SUDDEN DEATH Rev. J. w Roper, of the M E
Churco, in Dinwiddie county, died suddenly at his
residence on Thursday last.
The SPRINGS There are about thirty visitors
at the Yellow Sulphur Springs, Montgomery coun.
| ty.
AMALaAMATIoN OF RAILRoAps.-The stockhold-
ers OF the Petersburg and Roanoke Railroad Com i.
paay held meeting In Petersburg "Wednesday n
consider ihe consolidation of the Greeuville railroad
with their own. The matter was deferred until
next Tuesday.
NEW RAILROAD ScHEME-In the Alexandria
Gazette of the b instant, there is a commuuica-
| tion giving the annexed extract from the last
port OF the Examining Committee of the Norfolk
and petersburg Railroad Company recommending
the construction of Railroad from Charlottesville
20 Petersburg. by the most direct route:
Resotcsd, That the President and Directors of
the Company be, and they are hereby instructed
to petition the Legislature of Virginia for the pas
OF n Dr0vide fora pein nj "a
Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad from Petersburg
to Charlottesville. and the construction of road
from some convenient point on the extension to
Richmond, and for State subscription to the
ssma
COMPLIMENT To Hon Fl A W1sE.-The steamer
Sea Bird lett Norfolk Tuesday for Onancock Ac-
comac, with large party of citizens on board,
who went to congratulate Hon Henry A. Wise on
his election.
ACCIDENT Mrs. Gray, sn elderly lady of Nor
folk, fractured an arm and dislocated one of her
wrists on Monday, by falling out of a door.
MILITARY FIRKMEF.-On Tuesday the Aid Fire
Company of Norfolk commanded by Col N. C..
kiug, psraded with fire arms. The Argus say 3
their drill was good, and the effect of the fireman q
uniform In military array very pleasing.
NAVAL lNsPEcTIoN,-For the six months ending
July l. the naval inspections at Norfolk amounted
| to 1868 bbls of tar and 279 of turpentine.
FOURTH IN LEwTsBURe.-The fourth was cele-
brated with grsat spirit in Lswisburg. The Blues
psraded and fired salute. After which they unite
with the Sabbath School procession Rev. Mr. Gi5-
| son delivered an Grafton. and DR.. VIM. Syme read
| the Declaration of Independence.
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE-Th Methodist pre-
tracted meeting in smithfield has been closed with
" prote ssons of conversion IA were received on
probation. camp meeting 10 to be held at Hope
inl Church in Hanover on the I'd Sabbath in August
next, and one az Pleasant Grove, Lunen nburg the
10th ut. The 36th annual meeting of the B Baptist
association ia to be held in Alexandria the 23t of
August Rev. w F. Broadus to preach the intro
Tna Raj pfIofG ;,Ha
burg Is nearly complsted
The CROPS The Norfolk Herald says the weeth'
ar !, dry and hot, and corn is growing luxuriantIy
In Princess Anne county more land has been plant
ed In corn this year than before.
In Cree brier, the Lewsburg Era says the rain on
Thursday week did considerable damage to the
and gardens
HEAVY RECEIPTS OF PRODUCE During the
three days previous TO Friday last there arrived In
New Orleans 10 thirteen steamboats, 2 S42 bales of
cotton 730 hhds tobacco; 269 bbs fl our; Is 365
sacks corn; 1926 sacks oats; 3 634 sacks bran:
1856 bbls pork; with hhds bacon, kegs butter
bbls OF eggs boxes of cheese, bbls of whisksy $50
sheep and 100 head of cattle.
THE FALL OF BUILDING AT CINcrNNAT1-The
fall Of the safe factory of C. Urban at Cincinnati
% Friday last, of whic b brief account pub
itshed, terribly destructive OF human life The
building was new On four stories high, and
sufficiently completed for large number of iron
sales to be deposited there Their weight il Is eupr
posed, caused the accident The building fell in
with crash, and without q moments warninp.-
Five Germans were killed and several we're
badly wounded. Unfortunately. all the workmen
had just returned from their diouer The walls
Of the factory were about eight inches thick
FEMALE LAwYERs.-Mrs f. Oakes Smith is out
In letter tavoriDg legal practice for females She
says that Emma C. Coe has begun prsctjcipp st he
bar In Philadelphia: Elizabeth Yourg Is abuuf
doing the same at Lowell, Mass and she has pro.
ssee at Mansfield, Mass who she Intends for the
same profession.
A NEW Law OF LIBEL "A new law of libel has
been passed 10 Connecticut, and is to the effect
that, Ia every aclou tor alleged libel, the defendant
may give prootot intention and unless the plain.
tiff shall prove malice n fact he shall recover
nothing but his actual damage proved aud specia lly
alleged In the declaration.
HEAVY SToRM-DAMAGR TO A RAILRoAp.-A
heavy storm occurred Tuesday In the mountains 8
between Cumberland and Wheeling, Va by which
considerable damage is said TO have been done 10
tha Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The rain is re-.
ported to have fallen in torrents and TO have been
heavier than for several years The bed of the rail
road, though we'll laid three years ago,s i'd have
been washed away in several places between Gran
bury Summit and Kipgwood Tunnel. and In on
place was covered with water to the depth of four
feet
Mrs. Rosalie Peby "a years of age one of th q
oldest actresses In America, and widow of the
former manager of the National Theatre Boston.
died on board the Northern Light on her last trip
from California.
ARMIES IN THE CRIMEA.-A computation, origna
ting at Vienna places the number of the allied
mics SebaNepol at 10000, VIZ: 100 COO French
100000 English I5,oG0 S.rdinians and IS coo Turk a.
Wlthout in cuding the troops ot Eupatoris, ard in
reserve It Ba-kisVa The British army in the Cri-
mea the 17th OF May, includipg sergeants, drum
mers and rank and file, was 48 $50 .troug Cavalry
and infantry under aIms tnot including drummers
23 2l7 sick, of all ranks, ,2l1.
CAUTION To BOYS "A few days since a son of Phi.
Drew aged ID years, met his d. ath from rush
of blood to The head at Newburyport Mass, caused
by the very dangerous and common habit among
boys of standing on the head
"a SLIP OF THE ToNGUE "A few days since at
Newton, N. J boy found a clam with the she'll
partly open, and undertaking to suck it, he put his
tongue in to aid the operation. when the bvalve
shut down" on him, and kept him in severe torture
until the she'll broken and bis tongue loosed.
Gross CARELEssNRss.-In the pockets OF same
dirty clothes which were lateN sAnt to the wash Ia
Glasgow, Scotland, were found ESQ n bank notes
upwards of $500 in bAnk-book and bile besides the
title deeds valuable pre- party. Fortunately FOL
tue careless owner, the washer woman returned the
whole mediateIy.
ANOTHER "BARNUM" Show -Barnum has set or
font ano ther humbug in New York, which will spe
cisy interest the female population of the United