The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-07-18
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OLD RELIC The editor Of the Et auirer has re.
cefved from Yorktown bombshell found on the
battle field there.
sILyRn OaH. The Carroll County Torrent hsi
| seen specimen of copper ore from the Cranberry
mines which contained Is per cent. of silver ore
| Inc Torrent calls on capitalists of Richmond to
| make some attempts to secure the rich mineral
treasures OF that region.
,IhASsPoRTRp--A negro belonging to Mr.. Kyle,
OIL hisviile Carroll, has been sentenced TO trans
| Wiknson.
1 COPPER IN VrRGIsIA The receipt of copper al
Lynchburg from the Carroll county mines for the
last six months. haa been asa 36O pounds or more
| tnan The whole Lske Superior mining region for
the same length OF ,ime.
| Address Hon. Thomas s. FIournoy has con
| sented 10 deliver the annual address before the
| Virginia and North Coroiina Union Agricultural
| Society at it's meetiag in October.
EAST TENSRssEE AND VIRGINIA RAILsoAp
Ibis raiiroad is rapidly progressing The iron Is
being laid. and the bridge at Strawberry Plains is
| completed.
| toMMEscEMENT--The commencement at the
| Female Seminary at Bntetoart Springs, took place
| on the 4th inst. The RevA NJ Poindexter deljv-
| cred an address, and Mics Julia Lamb of WASH
ington City ed the valedictory. The follow
| log young ladies' graduated: Ann NJ RsesdaIe. Lu-
| nenbure; N Hampton. w Washington City; A f Moon,
Halifax; McGraw, Buckingham; M Smith
snn, Lupenburg; Mary Trout, Roanoke; s v
Williams, Farmvilie; Lucy Jury, Charlottesville;
Hatcher, Franklin.
Foor Cur OFF.-Robert Ridgewav. lad about
ID yenrs OF age had bis foot cut off by a wheat
reaper, near Cross Roads, Bedford, on the Sd inst
| on the farm OF Mr.. Philip z. Moomaw.
RENcoNTRE.-Ac correspondent of the Southside
democrat, writing from Weldon, N. c., on Mon.
day. says that an stfray occurred there the day
before, between Me,srs Baker of Richmond, and
Hall In oh (nrv,
badly hurt by blow on the arm from a club.
IMPROVEMENT PETERSBURG Tho Southside
Democrat of yesterday, says: We question if
there was ever more business doing in Petersburg
10 The building hoe, than at present On all hands
the sound OF the hammer and trowel is heard, and
everywhere substantial and not unfreo uently eIe.
CANT structures are spripging up
REDUCED ARIsTocRAoY The Leicester (Eug)
Mercury, tells US thai there IL family In humble
circumstances at Ketterly, bearing the ancient
royal name of Plsntsgenet though now 1t Is COM
monty corrupted into Plant, suppose for the
sake OF brevity. There is also living in the town
tue Widow OF baroDet, who earns a precarious
livelihood at washing aud charing. She 10 sone
times facetiously called "My Lady" Her late
husbands grandfather. Cir John Norwich, lost
large estate through gambling, and was after wards
pensoned by the Duke of Montague, and his son,
the last Sir John was poor that he died in the
parish workhouse. leaving nothing but barren
title TO the late William Norwich, who followed
the humble occupation of a sawyer. His son. the
present Sir Wilinm, emiera some wears since
to America, where II is said. he is doing we'll
HORRIBLE TRAGEDY-A horribla tragedy oc-
Cured recently al Decatur Hollow, Otsegn county,
N Y. 1t appears that come school bows had hid
some playthiDgs belonging to another boy and
little boy yesrE old, named Brown told where
they were, when older boy named Wheaton.
fell upon him and beat him In a shocking manner
and then told him If be informed who hurt him
I'M Ha ant infc tbos !
Was 80 uneasy and restless, that the teacher In
| CURED what was the matter. He refused to tell
sne took him home a hysician wss called and Il
was found that evera of bis ribs were broken and
otherwise bruised In brutal manner. He lipger-
ed about three days and expired but wou Id not
tell until short time before he died, how he be-
came hurt Wheaton has run away.
PERSONAL LIBERTY BILL.-Hon R Chanmar
of Springfield, in a letter to Governor Gardner Of
Mass achuse.ts, declining to act commissioner
under this bill, says:
"The act is apparently designed TO aid persons
who may he claimed as fugitive slaves; but while
1t has no efficiency TO rescue such per from the
authorities of the United States and lis most I'm.
portant provisions can be OF no service to them
it cannot fail to destroy much of the benien inhu
ence that Massachusetts might otherwise exer, In
the cause OF human freedom. trust that your
fxceliency's strong and patriotic protest against
IL will not remain long unheeded, and that Mas.
sechu will do herself the justice TO remove
this stain from her statute book"
FALLING OF A BRIDGR-THREE PERSONS KILL
ED.-Monday afternoon as a number of work men
were engaged in erecting bridge over Ridley a
Creek, on the West Chester Railroad, near Phila.
dephta, a temporary framing gave way and fell
carrying with 1t the entire superstructure and
five wcrkmen employed on the upper chord. The
foreman and two workmen on the lower chord
perce1v1ng that something was giving way, sprang
10 the nearest pier, distance of fifteen feet and
escaped unirjured. THREE of the five who fell
with the bridge were killed and the other two are
so much injured that no hopes entertained of tn cir
recovery. The names OF the killed are Dixon
Dotey, James Russell and Geo Sie. G -oree
Jeans and Thomas Zeason mortally Injured
DEATH OF ALEXANDER CAMPBELL.-The Cleve,
land Leader has sketch of the life of the celebra-
ted Alexander Campbs al, of Bethany Virginia -
known the "Disciples," now verv numerous
aud powerful; was the President of TheoIopicaI
College at Bethany the editor of D Denomna a,onai
Magazine, and a man of much learning and elo.
qu4Dce. He visited England some few yeers since
and ives mobbed at Edinburgh, Scotland, for some
sentiments he publicly advanced there in defence
oft the system OF African slavery as praciised 10
this country. He died in New Orleans on the 9th
ult of disease of the heart
RAILROAD TRoUBLE.-The Boston and New
York Central Railroad is again 10 trouble %
Saturday there was sheriff. sale at the depot 10
Boston, at which all the fixtures and furniture
sold under the hammer. And what IL worse an
ipjuncllon has been laid upon the road which has
completely stopped the running of ira los for the
present. The Injunction was granted by Judge
Shaw, at the instance Of the Selectmen OF Dorches
ter and relates to the crossing of the highways in
that town.
LARGE RECEIPTS CT WHEAT.-On the 10th To-
stsut there were 100 cars loaded with wheat at
Chattanooga, Tenn, and the depot there was
crammec to Its utmost capacity. The Atlanta In I.
telligencer, of the 18th. says:
Two trains a day arrive at Chattanooga, by the
Nashville road, and 1t was estimated Yesterday,
thatihere were stored in that town 30 900 bushels
at wheat, exclusive of that In store by our road -
From Chattanooga down to E,owah. the dfpots
are all full to bursting Oo the 9th, there were re-
eeived at Calhoun 600 bushels, and the hauda
could not knock of their loading till ii o'cluck It
night. Ma or Young. the agent OF Calhoun, thinks
that from this depot alone he will shin 100 600
hrsh hals dnriun the L. ~