The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-04-04
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cHy,noticed under our teIearapbic head Yesterday
The young man VIM Johnson, who was stabbed
was attempting to quiet the Cuban, who was bein,
plagued by crowd of persons gathered arount
'ae cars. The Cuban did not appreciate the effort
Oh Johnson, and plunged knife into his right side
me wound was dressed by DR.. J. r. Thweatt. Tn,
Cnoan has not been arrested johnson had paie
MS fare to Richmond, and intended coming here >,
go on TO Alexandria, where his vessel, the "Georp,
"ashington," was at anchor.
lNcENDIARIsM.-A little negro girl. In the or,
p'oyment of Mr.. L. ZiInmer, residing on rr,;or
ioe'' petersburg, set fire to bed In her MASTER.
t'", ' "onaay afternoon, hoping to destroy the
"uing' She was arrested, and said she had done
"oecause =" the devil was In her."
FOSSIL kEMA1Ns-Some workmen, emploved In
sinking well, In Petersburg, Monday. when abou,
'nirty-hve feet below the surface of the earth ds
covered among quantity of marine shslls link
OF the vertebrg of a huge fish.
Two MEN DROWNED The esntain If ~. ,hu
na'e ha'ianan' from Philadelphia, which arrived a,
petersburg, Monday reports between i've and six
O'CLOCK on the afternoon of Monday the a6tb
March, be saw large size New York schooner
ashore OIL Dancing Point about ten miles this aid
OF mestown, and near the entrance of the Cbica
hominy Into James river. The wind was blowino
quite fresh at the time, and he was compelled tc
tack to make ANY progress. While beating west.
ward, he espied small boat and four men In it (a
"hlte) pulling towards the vessel that was ashore
a lew moments alter the boat capsized drowning
TWO OF the men. The other two got on board the
hate kailahan, and being loaned an oar got thei,
boat and went ou board their vessel
BEAVERs IN VIRGINIA.-It will excite the sur
prise of many to lind, from the following letter
written TO the Southern Planter, by Mr. R. Irby, oil
Notoway, that beavers still inger in this State
tie says:
You will deem nay situation very peculiar one,
when tell you that one OF the greatest hiudrances
encounter IL keeping my fiat lands dry, is dams
inade by beavers. would not err much Ia saying
that have had as many as twenty dams on nv
land, which are rebuilt as fast as pull them down
The courses OF large branches have been changed
and the whole Hat land inundated. in some instan,
ces and not satisfied with branches. the C0mmu.
naty has become so large to put dam across the
river, seiecting rock foundation-which dam no
ireshet will remove. This would not appear SO
strange II the banks of the river were not cleared
as is, there are only few struggling trees for
mile or further. fence offers but little impedi-
ment to them, as they soon cut hole through
Frost BITrEN.-A negro belonging to Mr. David
DUKE living near Norfolk, died day Or two since
from being frost bitten, while endeavorng to get
OF the brig Julia Payson, which was stranded on
Cape Henry Beach All the party who were enga-
eed In getting her off suffered intensely from cold
and were badly frost bitten.
ToBAcco INSPECTIONS The tobacco inspections
10 Petersburg, for the last six months, amounted to
1921 hogsheads-an Increase of 600 hogsheads
over the same period last year
UNFoUNDED RUMoR-Mr. D. D. Fiske, of the
Portsmouth Transcript, corrects the rumor that he
had been engaged in street fight with Mr.. Hyde
of the Globe, and says it is without shadow oil
truth
The FIRsT.-The first piano ever made in Fred.
ericksburg has just been completed In that town,
by an artist named C. Rieuz. The Recorder speaks
highly of its manufacture.
MISS E. WHITE, of this city, is giving poetical
readings in Portsmouth.
TRADE AT NORFOLK AND PORTSMOUTH The pa
pers of these cities speak of their prospects for the
spring trade as most cheering.
DEATH BY Po1soN.-A melancholy occurrence
A young man, by the name of Thomas Markell, a
son of Captain Markell, while engaged in clearing
up his fathers place, dug up what he supp nsed to
be parsnip, and partook of it very freely, which
proved TO be poisonous weed, the effects of which
caused his death in about three hours afterwards
DEATH OF AN OLD CITIZEN.-Mr. John l.. Proc
tor, of Alexandria, of the Oldest citizens of the
place. and for many years wood measurer, died on
Monday.
GENEROUS OFFER-A lady residing in Fairfax
county, Va has written letter TO Mayor Wood
of New York, in which she offers to take one o
the fral females lately arrested In the Streets and
reform her. She desires the girl to be sent to her
self and husband. The latter Is said to be a re
spectacle butcher. The letter was sent by the
Mayor to the Magdalen Asylum.
WRECK OF A NORFOLK BRIG.-The brig Radius
of Norfolk, Va, was wrecked off Cape Elizabeth
Monday night. The crew were saved. The ves-
sci is total loss.