The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-06-02
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e' ~ "1Ss AhutsuayI IN the Appomhtto4
river A large number of barrels were thrown
overheard in order to keep the fire under and the
vessel escaped serious damage.
NoTTowAY GRAsITE.-Seventeel car loads OF
Not'oway Granite arrived In Petersburg Thursday,
en- route for Norfolk
FAIR.-The colored people Of Petersburg have
oeoh hoioing fair during the past week for the
o9rent OF their church, by which they realized
S24'' An instructive paragraph for the readers of
| the N. Y Tribune.
ACQUITTED. VIM Ingram, charged with burn.
ing MS own store,in Petersburg, and thus causing
loss to his neishbors of about SO, 600, was ex-
amined there Thursday and acquitted.
EXAMINATION OF MUaDERERs The men Decker
ana Gosline, who murdered John Murphy, in Nor
'oik' on the 18th Instant were arraigned before an
examining court In Norfolk, Wednesday.
IHE VIRGINIA AND TENNESSEE RAILRoAD-W
regret to learn, says the Wytheville Republican,
tnst the sales of the bonds Of this company adver-
used to take place 10 New York, reached only
some So, 900. They brought from "A 4 to 80 per
cent.
RAIN is much wanted ia Fsrmville.
TELEGRAPH TO THE SOUTH -WEsr.-The Lynch.
burg Virginian, speaking of the extension of the
Lynchburg and Abingdon Telegraph line, 80 az TO
make continuous line to New Orleans, says:
We not only expect to receive messages alone
tAe line, which 1t is now proposed to erect from
tAe valley OF the Mississippi but the day is not dis
tant when We will be permitted TO talk IN orr
friends on the shores of the Pacific as easily as we
nov 40 TO those in Richmond. As facilitatinp that
g!and result, and as an important and desirable
enterpise ol ITSELF we earnestly hope the proposed
eX'ehsion Will meet with every encouragement"
Liquor IN LYNCHBURG.-Tho total amount of
liquor guaged in Lynchburg for the year ending
25:h Msy, was 6, ,142 rels.
CoMrLIMENTARY.-A Southern paper, speaking
OF the ministers present at the late Southern Bap-
tst Convention, says:
"Amorg that number, we have heard from relia.
Bile authority, that the Rev. B Jeter, OF Virginia.
Is one OF the ablest dvues that belong to the asso
citation. He 10 bold and powerful speaker the
force OF his argument well as the arrangement
OF his subj ect, holds the attention of his audience
thereby producing a good impression and at the
same time enforces, with well timed illustrations
the SUBJECT matter under consideration"
BAPTIST ASSOCIATION Portsmouth Baptist
Association held its 65h anniversary last week
There are 45 hurchas in this body. Its boun
dRrtes commence with Princess Anne county on
The East, and coming up on the South side of James
River for its Northern boundary. and the North
Carolina line for its Southern limit it tfnds its
western boundary al q point running direct te the
town OF Petersburg. The churches report an ac-
cession of more than 1000 members during the
past year.
REL1GIoUs.-At Lickinghole Baptist Church, IN
GoochIand, on the 18Th instant, 35 persons among
them one girl 10 years of age, were admitted as
members of the Church. Three pupils ofthe Rich
mond Baptist Female Institute, were baptized on
Sunday last. Fir. George j. Sumner, of Richmond,
has been appointed Treasurer of the Virginia Bap-
tist Sunday School and Publication Society
NEW VILLAGE IN VIRGINIA-The Winchester
Vrginian speaking of the result of the operation
of the Alexandria, Loudoun, and Hampshire Rail-
road, says:
The new village of Thornton ia springiug up On
the line in Fairfax county, about twenty miles frou
Alexandria, The lumber business Is its present
reliance. Saw mills and grist mills are In opera
ton or about 10, be erected. One of the former is
driven by thirty horse engine, and is capable OF
cutting 10000 feet week The work east of that
point Ia advancing we'll and the contractors are
about commencing work on sections 38 and 80 this
FL ie of Leesburg.
OPPOSING INTEMpERANcE.-Th Winchester
Presbytery, at its late meeting adopted resolutions
specially directed against the vices oflutemperance
and Sabbath breaking.
FOUND GUILTY.-George w. Crump, charged
with the murder of Joseph Bloxham, has been tried
in F Fairfax county, and sentenced TO twelve years
In the Penitentiary.
CLERICAL RESIGNATION -Mr. J. M Clark of
Virginia. a second class (Sl400 per eunum) clerk,
IN the office Of the Third Auditor of tn T. s. Trea,
sury, has resigned.
LIGHT House KEEPER APPOINTED Elijah
Knox has been appointed keeper of the light house
at Craney Island, at $3.50 per Rnnum.