The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-06-30
VIR GINA.

IHAsGED The Virginia Gazetta pubI,shad n
Williamsburg, has changed from neutral 10 Anne.
| rlcsu Ia fts conduct.
EArkNHoN:- The Episcopal congregation In
winchester, have temporarily given up their
courcn, Tor the purpose of having It extended.
DREAD sHlFMENTs-Three hundred and ffteen
oarreis OF crackers have been shipped from Alex
anaria TO the West indes during the prsseu, week.
| ana since the commencement OF the wear OO1
narreis have been shipped to the Island of Barbs.
| does alone.
AIDING FIRKMEN.-The ladies of Alexandria are
ABOUT holding fair to aid the Friendship Fire
| company there In building new engine house
| VRGETABLEs.-Tomatoes of fine oual,,v arc
oeing shipped from Norfolk to New York. in bss-
kes containing three pecks each, at 50 25 per has,
ket Potatoes bring 50 per barrel, and cucumbers
at % 25 per barrel
DEAD Mr.; Henry Cormick sr, an aged and
| respectable citizen of Princess Anne county died
| Tuesday last N'01
GENTLEMAN FROM RICHMOND IN TROUBLE
Inc Petersburg Express has an account of Mr.
9onn q hye, OF Richmond. which will be highly
interesting to the friends of that gentleman here
| ana elsewhere Itssys that he went to Btz's res-
taurant Thursday, and asked to be shown to the
! room OF his brother, NJ C. Gushing, ESQ. which
| was done When there, he divested himself of his
ciotnlng, and putting on a suit belonging to Mr..
Cusning, lef' assuring the servant that it was ali
| right, az Mr. C. was bis brother. Upon ipvestiga.
top, II turned out that he had stop D d at Powels
HOTEL the night before, and there registered HIM
sell as John C. Fory, of Richmond He was af-
terwards arrested and placed in prison.
| BALLOON AfcENsIoN "A balloon ascepsion IL to
take place 10 Petersburg on the 4h of July
DROWNED. George McAiee, of Morgan county
| was drowned last week in the Ohio.
| CRoPs.-The Winchester Virainfan saws that
fcarce wheat field has been cut In Frederick and
cut little harvest work will be done before the
| coming week. Ia Shenandoah and the countias
| above, much Of the wheat Is iu shock but with mo
| natteilng prospect OF good yield Ii hears of a
farmer In Clarke who means to start th rec reaping
machines, though the crop In that fertile codn,y.
Will not exceed an average of six bushels to the
acre.
The Wytheville Republican says that the season
10 "ytne county has been go far very good with
sne exception of several heavy frosts that will
| MAKE vegetation little backward The wheat
| crop would have been over average one but for
the desperate attacks Of tie Hessian fig; however
| there Is an unsually large crop sown, and we NAV
reasonably expect an aversge crop. The corn
would De over an average crop but for the cut
| worm.
BAD STATE OF MORALS IN PORTSMOUTH, The
Portsmouth Transcript has editorial upon q
complaint sent it By subscriber, who aft ms tha,
avery old and respected citizen of that place waa
guilty OF violent and criminal conduct on bis pre-.
nises, and that he actually entered his premises
armed with an axe, and cut to pieces, bed be
longing to a servant woman there
COURT OF APPRALs.-This court adjourned In
Lynchburg, Thursday, after reversing the deci-
siOns OF the Circuit Court In the cases of Shoe.
maker os Step,oe and Holt, ard Helm as. Brown
SouTH-SIDE RAILRoAD-Tbe freight business
over this road during the week ending June Esd
amounted to S4 ,9I5 59i -~s
CONVENTION The editor of the Lynchbure
Republican, suggests the propriety of holding q
convention ot the newspaper men in the State.
CELEB RATIoN.-The citizens of Appomat.ox
have held a meeting. and determined to have a
Fourth of July celebration at Appoint OK Depot. :
The celebrations are more general through the
rural districts Of Virginia, than In any former
year. - s.5e
THE SUICIDE OF TWO Lovers IN BROOKLYN
The New York papers contain long accounts CT
the suicide OF two lovers in Brooklyn ON Wednes4
day last The young man was named H. NJ Gus,
tine, and has been suffering under consumption. -
He had just returned from a tour South for his
/ ga th. =
The girl has not been identified She was highly
respectable 10 appearance, aud was evidently a
| lady. The deed was perpetrated in the porch oil
| the house of The young mans parents, and the
bodies were discovered by some member OF the
| family about o'clock Wednesday morning, The
Girl was sitting In one corner of the settee in an
apparently easy position, with one arm over the
end of the seat and cross legged; the young man
was close at her side. with his head resting her
shoulder and his arm around her waist. Their
eyes were open, and they looked as IL they had
been sitting happily together. vial containing
| quantity of Pfussc acid, was found near the de
| ceased ana from t0ls IL was 0y1O6nt Ih6t tleY had
| co mmitted suicide.
The girl 10 described of fair complexion, with
| brown hair. and about twenty-five years of age -
She was dressed in black rilk with FIVE founcss on
brown CATERS and colored silk stockings She
also had an vory-haodied fan, and gold stud mark
! ed "T g X" used for fastening her dre.s, which
wss low-necksd, She had all her clothing on ex.
eept her bonnet. She was about ivs feet three
young man. who is said to be about % years of age
was also in full dress. except that his hat was Off
The suppostion is that they had coma to his fathers
lives together, but from what is as yet ur-
known. vial with some Prussic acid lying on
the porch. The stopper was in the mans pocket
The following letters were found the respective
persons
Dear Henry: have been very s!cF, or .h 2uli have
W itten to you imme mediatey upon my arrival 10 New
York. was taken down so sudden. and have been
unwell since, that was net able to do till
my dear friend. l should have come to you to
see you Today, but feel too weak SO l mutt wait
happy to see you thzt l shall te quite we'll Hoping
you are as well and happy IS could wish you,
l am yours, as ever, sfectionste SARAH
l have enclosed a IS bill on the Mechanics Bank
| of Newark, New Jersey -..
The ether note was written in pencil on 8 pisce
of ordinary writing paper. On the outside was
MY dear Sarah: Remember the shit told you
From your own HENRY WILLIAMS
Miss Sarah Williams-from your own dear
| ou the lnelce. WrtkIen IN pencil WdA-
! My dear Sarah bid you farewell for the Last
time. Remember. you my own dear Sarah til
| death. Perhaps you think me foolish; but nv love
fer you knows no bounds, and rather than be eye
witness of your life, prefer death Hoping you viii
live long aud die happy,
| l am your friend, HENRY WILLIAMS.
1t will be seen that both parties wrote under fica
| tious
The father of the young man excited great indig
alton by ordering the girls body to be taken away
About .0G subscribed the spot for her burial
and sx Mayor Stryter gave lot for its intermept.-
1t taken to the dead house and pack ed in ice
| where it now remains for Identification
| Young Gustine was about Is years OF age. and
consistent member Of the Baptist church
| The affair 10 shrouded in the grestest mystery OF
OF the repugnance of his parents to any pub
| Iicstion oft. post moTtem examination was Id
| which showed that both died OF prussic acid. Hi
festures little distorted, but hers were Gala
| and placid, a. if only sleeping.
VIOLENT DEATHS IN CALIFORNIA According
to the monthly California homicide calendar,
| new feature of newspaper literature introduced
| by the Chronicle-152 persons had suffered volen
deaths at the hands of their feliowmen Ia th
State during the first four months Of the year, In
| eludipg II hung by lynch law, and two hung ac
| cording to statute law.
| EIcARAGuAN DECREE AGAINST Col KINNEY
l u,&- NJ hss; ;sss,