The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-01-30
Correspondence of the Dispatch.

this ancient bureh to find that It 10 by no means the
flushed" place which had heard 1t described-
The spirit OF the times IL showing itself 10 this old
Virginia town, and though Il has not yet laid hand
and hope never may. on the old fashioned hospi-
saliiy aud Virginia spirit Of the place. 10 manifest.
log itself To improvements, accomplished and In
prospect, such viii be hailed with satisfaction by
every friend of fredericksburg.
For the edifcation of readers who, like myself,
may have never visited Fredericksburg. will state
that 1t Il situated basin almost, with horizon
of high hills on every side, except towards the
South; the country In this direction slopes 10 aove.
ly landscape towards the bay. The eminences
around the town form fine spots for residences.
As an evidence that the town has become fully
awakened to the spirit ofimprovement, she il about
to avail, herself of the water power of the entire
Rsppahannock for manufacturing and milling pur
poses. To this end she has constructed most beau
tiful and permanent Dam across the river. about
mile above the town, where the water will be con-
Quoted down the old canal to the milling and man.
ufacturng sites The dam is eighteen feetin height
and the water power at all seasons of the year Is
computed to be twenty seven hundred horse pow.
er at the lowest. This dam has sealed the doom of
the good old village of Falmouth, just across the
river, the Water Power Company having bought
out the famous Bellemont and Eager Mills, whose
brands enjoy such an enviable reputation.
will mention some other improvements: With.
10 few years plank road has been constructed
from Fredericksburg by Orange Courthouse, to
Stanardsville railroad has been commenced
to extend to Gordonsvile The work has been
temporarily suspended, but will be resumed, un-
derstand, when change takes place for the better
in the money market. great many buildings are
being erected ID different portions of the town;
among them a very handsome Baptist Church The
beautiful Episcopal Church which had suffered
from a hre is being rapidly repaired. The Court
House ia a new and very hardaome building. Itis
of the Gothic architecture, which gives it a very
lately been lighted with Gas; and most OF the stores
and private residences are supplied with this light,
though the streets have not yet been Illuminated.
This, however. is proposed to be done IN q short
time, as 1t certainly ought to be.
fredericksburg is rich in venerable objects of
the past On slight eminence just on the Western
edge of the town is the grave of Mary, the mother
OF Washington. There 10 an (untnishsd) monu-
ment erected to her memory. which is beautiful
although not yet completed. / learn that efforts
arebeng made to finish It, and earnestly trust they
may be successful. would most respectfully sug-
gest that here Is work which has peculiar claims
upon the "Matrors ofthe South" and that is much
more practicable than the purchase Of Mount YER
non.
The house in which the mother of Washington
lived, is still standing, and the place where Wash
ington himself lived when boy, is pointed out
almost opposite the town, on the other side of the
river.
Fredericksburg has reason to be proud of the
past Mercer, who fell at Princeton, was a native
OF Fredericksburg and his descendants still reside
here Many of the most distinguished citizens OF
Richmond were bornt here-Morson, Patton Stsn
ard, Bot,s sedden, R. T. Daniel Howison, Minors
in the legal profession alone.
Inspector, the Washington correspondent of
The Courier and Enquirer, telegraphs to that pa
per the following under date of Friday evening,
Jan. 26:
81 have reliable information that If the Kinney
Expedition attemptsto to depart, it will be stopped by
the interference OF the Government. proclama.
ton will be issued, declaring it to be a military
ganization for the invasion OF friendly State.''
The Washington Union is authorized by Col
Kinney to contradict the charges to the effect that
his expedition is of 6llibustering character, or
that his arrangements for giving success and per-
mansncy to the proposed colony In Central Amer
:ca involve any infraction of the laws of any gov
ernment or the rights of any individual.
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SINGULAR FATALITY.-The Columbia Times
learns by telegraph from Charlotte that the Rev.
Cyrus Johnson, D. D. of that town died suddenly
of apoplexy on Thursday In an Omnibus whilst
going to the Railroad Depot He was on his way
to Fort Mills for the purpose of marrying gem
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who had been engaged to perform the ceremony
The Rev. A. s. Watts, who had been engaged for
the same purpose, died on the day appointed for
the wedding.
DEATH OF VIRGINIAN.-Capt. John Harden, a
native of Lunenburg county, Va, died In Lime
stone county, Ala, on the 4th of January. He
served in the war of 15l2-13. very acceptably to
the country and in great popularity with the com
pany.
FIRE IN SOUTH CAROLINA CoLLEGE.-The old
chapel building of the South Carolina College, at
Columbia, and the adjoining east wing, were de-
stroyed by fire last Friday morning. The fire
originated in the roof near the cupola, and was
caused by adjective fue. The wind blowing o
gale from the northwest rendered all efforts to save
the buildings fruitless. The loss Is estimated at
$4,000. The furniture of the students was mostly
saved
ONE OF Ewes DAUGHTERS marriage o,
Miss Catharine Jones appears in the New York pa.
pers, and appended to t(saysa correspondent is
the interesting information, that 1.-THE lovely bride
was one of Ewes fairest daughters" But for this
it might have been supposed she was one of old
Mrs. Jones' daughters.
The hurricane of Sunday night, the 2lst inst, ap-
pears to have swept over the whole country. Near
Macon, Ga, the dwelling of Gen. D. N. Smith wa,
unroofed, and his gin house and nearly every 9th
er building on the plantation destroyed. Two ne
groes received serious injuries. MIR. Burdens
dwelling was also unroofed and much injury done
to other plantations in the vicinity.
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MELBOURNE Prices CURRENr.-We are under
obligations to the agent Adams Express Company
in this city, for a copy of the Melbourne Prices
Current and Shipping List for September %, 1854
We quote the prices of Tobacco, as follows: Ne
grohead, Barrets per h., % I'd; do. Kerrs, Is. te
H. Sd; do Danlop's lid. to 1s.3d; do. Cheyes' Ea-
gle, Is. Cd. to Is. 10d