The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-06-16
VIRGINIA.

mANrrAcTrIEs IN wrscuKsrKn = The v;nche..
W ss' sirfioisn ssys that ths machins,s and maksrs
nex.s camnta ;o a.1 impiements 10 that place were
''osts Tor $4,000 worth Of work
IkacHxns CONVENTION "A writer In the Ricb-
=, Eoqurer calls upon the teachers of yirrinis
p,cI Lulu convention either at Charlottesville or
ash ds or Botetourt Springs on the o0Ih or
.ne halls of the Universty will he ,enssred ~
w,, ,eqnests those In favor of The project 70
v. 'e 10 Z. q. W., at Newtown, King and 0uesn
rnasau SiKIA AND TKssKssRz RAILROAD The
Psesiden, Of ,ha hnlan learns that Mr. Mcdaniel,
.ucceeded To selling $500 600 of i'm bonda ,oon
'avorao.e Terms in Washinaton ana Me- W.. IT,
ys py tnat large cspitalist, who accomnanisd ~ !.
W.,ba.I'1 BOARD OF Trade on their recent trip to
Jle, was so favorabty Impressed with The
prospects OF the road that he iuyested a, aoo ;r
Hs oopos on hls return. The connection betrves,
tnis and the East Tennessee Road will ha co,,,-
pleted within eighteen months. VIII
Los, FROM RUNAWAY SLAvKs,-Hop Ch.rlos 7
Faulkner. within the past eighteen months bs.
lost $4,000. by his slaves being enticed awsv i.
aboitionists. y
IMPROVEMENTS IN FARMvILLR.-The town ot
Fsrmville is rapidly enlaraing The enterpri.ino
citizens there, have beautiful Baptist church "on
the stocks" and workmen are busily engaged
erecting two handso brick business housea for
u.
ter Esq, They are located near the depot, which
10 the business locality of the town.
RAINS AND THE WHEAT CRoP,-The Staunton
Spectator fears that the recent rains n that vicn.
ty came too lateto reclaim the wheat crop.
CIRcus ExcIrEMENT.-At Martinsb on
Thursday week, the tent Of Rivers g. Der ous'
circus blew down, enveloping and nearly SIN other.
vass was very much cut to pieces by those who
worked their way from under the wreck with their
knives. No one seriousy hurt.
FAIR PRoEITs-The ladies of the PRESBYTERIAN
church in Sssunton. realized 300 by q supper
there Friday night of last week, aud the ladies of
DR. boyds church In Winchester, realized $500 by
fair recently held there
WHEELING TRADR.-six hundred tons OF freight
we're shipped from Wheeling LAST week in one yes.
sci for st. Louis Mo.
po.Ehs' GaKEK SLAVE Ia On exhibition in
Wheeling.
LITTER FROM Fl. A. WIsB.-Ths 8. 8. Demo.
crat publishes a correspondence between Hon. II.
a: WiSs and some OF the prominent Democrats
OF Peter burg, Inviting him to q barbecue. He
respectfully declines snd says: as would have
sacrifice much more than did il the late canvass
to preve 1t defeat under my lead, but assure you
the iAboIs und arwent nearly cost me my lifs !
was abse Mt nearly FIVE months from my children
and Mrs Wise. whose health now requires INV
constant nursing. therefore decline no less than
three su; Invitations as yours by this mall"
MAIL RcBBsRY.-About the Sd of May last, lsi.
ters consaiDtng S22 in cash and number of checks
were m iiled from Columbia Grove Post Offi.e,
Va, to Petersburg and Baltimore, and have never
been heard from since They were 1t Is supposed
stolen from the mail.
SOUTH SIDE RAILRoAD.-The receipts of The
South Side Railroad, in May, were s1o.l4a 90. he's
log 81 900 over the receipts of same period las,
year.
DEDIcATIoN.-A neat little edifce recently erec-
tod in hr,t
terian church. was dedicated on Sunday afternuop
last, by Rev. DR.. Armstrong
GOOD PRICES FOR ToBAcco-Four hogshead OF
tobacco, one of them lugs, were sold In Pe,ersburp
Wednesday, at $l71 per hundred. The best real
'zed S27: The weed was grown BY ]. w Daily
of Granville. &C.
CRoPs The Charlottesville Jeffersonian SAWS
that the planters in that region busily engaged
Ia setting out tobacco plants, of which there will
be large crop put 10 the ground The wheat
crop is now nearly ready for the sickle, and ale
though In some places II has been injured bv the
chinch bug the yield will be larger, and of better
quality than has been the case for years. Some OF
our farmers say that they have not had such wheat
for ten years past.
EXHIBITION There is to be public exhibition
at the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, in Stauntop, on the
26h inst.
CELEBRATION OF THE FoURTH-The citizens of
Albemare, Buckingham, Nelson, and Fluvsnna
counties. have determined to celebrate the Fourth
of July Wise's Island, ia Albemarie county an d
have invited Hon. Shelton F. Leake, Henry A.
Wise, and others, to address them.
A CHALLENGE "A correspondence Is published
in the Charlottesville Jeffersonian, between VIM
r Early, Esq, member elect from Abenarie, and
Mr. E. X Durrett, In which the latter ch allerged
the former to meet him In Washington On the ed
inst To this. Mr.. E replies that he Is always to
De found in Charlottesville and any effort at salts.
faction made by Mr.. D., will be met halfway.
ARMY MovkmENrs.-One hundred and fifty re-
cruits under the command of Lieut.. McCieary,
left Newport, KY barracks on Saturday morning
last for Fort Leavenworth. A detachment of 240
troops, from Governors Island, Y, left Buffalo
on Friday evening lest for st. Louis. They were
under the command Of Msj. Garnet.
Turks BECOMING LIBERAL.-The Duke ard
Duchess of Brabsnt on their late visit TO Jerusa.
lem, were permitted to enter and examine the
Mosque of Omar, built on the second site of the
Temple of the Holy City. They are the first Chris
tisns who have been permitted to enter this Mus
sulman church.
COLLISION IN THE MERsRY.-On the 25th ult, In
the Admiralty Court at Liverpool, England, the
owners of the U. s. Mail Steamship Pacific, were
mulc.ed 10 the sum of &c 600 damages for running
into and sinking the English brig Corinthian, while
at anchor in the river Mersey, the night of the
9Th of last January.
the following wholesome counsel to the New Hamp
shire Legislature Let common sense mark all
your deliberations and doings Don't visit the npn-
nsries, and beware of Mrs. Patterson"
LARGE SALE OF CATTLE IN KENTUCKY Paris,
(Ky) on the 4th inst, there were sold some two
thousand head of cattle, between three and four
hundred mules, and large number of horses -
The amount realized from the sale was $50 GIG a.
PKRILoUs PosIrIoN.- On Sunday last, as train
full of passengers was crossing the Little River
Bridge, near Eatonton. Ga, the tressel work gave
way, leaving nothing but the T rail to support the
train. The engineer put on steam, and miracu-
lously got across without the rails giving away.
HoaRIBLE AFFAIR-A negro woman belonging
to Mr.. Henry E. Williamson, near Griffin, Ga.
last week. became dissatisfed with working on the
farm, and hung herself and her two little chill
dren.
LARGE CAlGo OF CoTroN.-The ahip Gondal
cleared Tuesday from Charleston, s c.. for Liver
pool, with LAS bales Sea Island, and 966 of up
land Cotton, &c, weighing s4l ,se9 lbs, and valued
at S137 2l4.
ATrEMPT TO AssAsSIHATK LADY, On Safur-
dsy mig BIT last, while Madame Aulrine, Of New Or.
leans, was sitting ct her window, some unknown
william fired two bullets al her, both taken effect In
the wall near her head. . u
HEAVY FLKKcEs-Gsu John NJ. Goe, of Jeffer-
son township, Fayette county, Pa clipped recent
" from four year old French buck fleece that
veigbed "a lbs. The fleece was of 20 months
growth. The carcass Of the buck weighed 22e lbs