The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-10-04

| uee sfe some grocery stores on Market Square
| tnst nave oeen shut up some tiEns and the greer
| mould mas accumulated on the counter and othe
PArss OF the store nearly half inch thick.
| IEsrMosIAL.-The Petersburg Express Of ves-
| ssIosy says that during 'the past week NJ The
new Market Races some of the friends of n ~, y
| sunscrioed the sum of S120 for the purchase of !
golo cup or pitcher. The pitcher 10 TO be suitsbv
ascrioeo % and presented to Mr.. ]. w. LswKLLEN
Guy reporter of the Richmond Dispatch. A. sni.s
Bile testimonial on the part of the donors ,or ~
spIeHea ana we'll written sketches Mr. L. has Given
rom ume to time of racing In Virginia.
ALLRGHANr TUNNEL The Greepbrier Er.
gives an account OF the progress 10 tupnejling The
Ahesnany mountain. from which we learn tha,
,ne ontsnce 90 far accomplished 10 2 425 feet be.
,ng more tnan one half the entire length. The
worx 10 progressing at the rate of 800 feet per
o.n. ine rock through which the tunnel ex-
svs.ion is being msde Is firm blue cIav slate.
di1ec,,on s M being nearly at right angles to the
sixty to sevepty.6ve degrees from the horzont.i
'nu. forming firm and compact roof and side.
NJ, TRAGEDY IN SALRM.-Psssepsers bv the
Tesleih train on Monday brought Information IA
Lyncnourg, that Dr. Richards, Of Salem, Roanoke
.uS1'y, % nad been shot and killed by one Mr. CaId.
NJ eis "a consequence OF certain ststene ents which
W was represented to have made derogstorv
80 tns character of Mrs Caldwell. DR. wss il
~ oMce, when sought him to demand vbether
ri asu maze the statements attributed to him.
we have no other reliable Information. saws .hs
nyo;coourg Vireinian of yesterday, and therefore
H particulars. which we suppose wiI be furn.
lie. ~ .ae local press. Both were men of fami.
''es. CALDWELL 10 In custody
CONTRIBUTIONS The Christian Advocate &C.
rI rIIomieoges the receipt of Sl50 from Bold Spring
cennsch, Halifax $40 from Lesay's Church Louiss:
Sioo siIamys Gloucester The editor M the
Aavocate has also forwarded So43 from other
sources to the suffering cities. '
,o,,z. rArAL AccIDENT.-Abraham Hsrman. of Flovd
county, was killed on the 2Ist bv .ome di.srrsnce.
"ent OF the gear of threshine machine.
nTsRsn MsErINe-The editor of the Floyd 10.
.. teaigencer recently attended bunker meeting In
Ina. p county, at which Rev. d. Sailer, of Md aud
rev. mr Umsfard of Pa, oficiatad. After service
large tables laden with bread. butter and pies.
were speedily cleared, though no animal food was
,DEAD-DrP Perrine, an old physician of Mobile.
21st inst 'piius'' on 'ne
r1RE-Tne barn of Isaac w Coburn. in Monon-
gas ana county, was destroyed by fire on The 23d Inst.
VISITING MINISTERS -Lynchburg was favored
wlto sermons from several strange divines last
sunday, ,h H. kev Dr. Moore. of Richmond, preached
at the First Presbyterian Church; Rev DR. later Of
Richmond, at the Bapsist Church: Rev. Dr.. Coz,
+ PRESIDENT OF Lynchburg College, at the Second
rfesoyterian church; the Rev. Mr.. Lanehorne. of
retersoure at the Fourth stree, Methodist Churct;
snd heV. mr; Banister, of Alabama, at ST. Faul's
protestant EpiscopsD Church.
{. lsTERMURLL BURIALs.-Iu a communication to
the Boston city councils, the Mayor of that civ
says
"A peculiar source of impurty In the air wa
breathe in this compact city Is believed IN ha from
emsna'lons arising from a vast accumulation of
deconpoaing animal remains, In burial grounds
and other receptacles for the dead'
he refers 20 plan for gradually closing the city
burial grounds.
EMBARKATIoN OF M1ssIoNAarEs.-Saile on Sa-
rics, to join the Msndi Mission, connected with
The American Missionary Association, Or David
Lee, Mrs. Martha C. Lee, and Miss Sarah G
Mcintosh. DR.. Lee Is a native of Pennsylvania.
and Mrs Lee OF Norfolk. Va. They have resided
10 Indiana Miss McIntosh Ia native of Maine
has resided Ia Illinois, and wss educated 10 tbs
Female Department of Knox College Mrs Lee
as we'll as her husband, has a diploma of M D.
being regularly educated physician.
MASS MAssAcHUsETTs PoL,TIcs-The whig State Con-
Een1lon Is IA session at Worcester, Mass. j. Thomas
G. Winthrop were read in wblcn' ns say Una. NJ
ore sfers Choate against fusion. Samuel Il. Way, oil
noxoury, wss nominated for Governor.
The resolutions adopted by the Convention de-
clare that the Whg party should more than ever
Keep aloof from all entangiing alliances repudiates
declares the liquor law failure avows the deter
mlnation to go for constitutional measures; advo.
Gates the organization of National party, which,
the slavery Issues should be armed to resist the
gressiou of fsnatieism.
Mr.. Valley accepted the nomn alton for Governor
Moses Davenport was nominated for Lieutenant
Governor, and full State ticket was formed
]. L. Armstrong. we'll known Mississippi pilot
died on the 27th ult.