The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-06-21
VIRGINIA.

So "A LfNcfaBURG The LYuchburr yir.
nlAn say the higess price paid for tobacco thar,
this season was given TOR sorne sold by NJ FIeni,
James, OF Roanoke, for S37 so per hundred i,
ys .ne receipts OF tobacco al Lynchbura by the
ooutnsioe Railroad, are increasing
MnIrAnr-Ths aRifs Guard. of Lvncbbury
u TO be re-organized
| SECOND CONGRESSIONAL Drsrn1cr-ofs.;.,
turns OF the Second Congression. Al n;.tri, a..,n.
give non 1onn :. MilIson q majority of 533 yotes
| ~ HORRIBLE AFFAIR IN PREsroN CouSry.-At :
| uermsn settlement In Preston county ON Surd.r
| .ue iotn Instant, q man named Eoeu Lipscomb
aius.eo M MS wife. He had been 10 bad health. ard
| was HI tempered and quarrelsome On the mnrn-
log 10 question, she was sitting at the door ~ -
| nouse, when be took an axe, crept up behind her
WIZ tue handle OF an axe crushed her akulI IN .
tnen' ss she fell took the blade of the axe. and
norrioiy split and mangled her face. He then a..
tempted to beat out his own brains .g.inst -.
ooor, staooed himself twice in the abdomen. and
p'upged INTO mill pond near He was arres.ad
ana placed In Jail at Kingwood. He said thar
bodily and mental infrmtv caused the act for - a
ne, the sun never shone on better or kindsr
~oihan tnan my wife" He is about a vears of
ase, ana the father of six children.
nAiL sToRM.-On Sunday week, heavy hail
S passed over MorgaDtown Monona aalis county
diameter ." Az incn ia
GRoPs,-The Mongolia county Mirror sav.
ane iate abundant rains have had a most exhili.
aa'ing enect upon vegetation generally The crop
-, wnest VIII be good-that of Oats and Grass
extraordinary. Corn IL backward but will .nr;n,
forward as the weather becomes warmer. Thers
"a great prospect of fruit"
VALUABLE LAND.-The Floyd Tntellicencer saw.
.hat tract of land heretofore valued Al So ono in
!nat county, has by the discovery of conner unon
OF Ssmuel Sanders AoA'
Snan ana young woman, occurred at Wheeline
n1sturoay, oy the parties leaping into the river
They We're rescued 'oi'
RELIGIOUS lNTELLrGENcE.-A revival 1. pro-
eiessing In the Methodist churches of SmithfeId
circuit. Seven persons have professed ronvsr
sion soofcI
on sunday last meeting was held at C,otenarv
cnufcn ior the purpose of re.organizinp Ia Homs
Customary Society OF the Methodist f. Church.
Soutn, OF Richmond: On motion Lf DR. t,ogce,,
rev. John Z. Edwards was called TO the air and
mIo r. w elsiger appointed secretary.
on motion OF the Rev Charles A Daya IL was
Ieseived that comittee OF three be app tinted to
drssta Constitution, and nominate Officer, for ,he
government OF the society.
Inc enalr appointed the following as l.te com.
mitee; Rev. Charles A avis, Mr.. Ch,,ies Tai
ool,, MT. Thomas Lambeth
| Inc committee reported a constitution and bvs
| lave, under which the following officers IRE then
| eiecied, Samuel Putney, President; Samp Ayres.
| lst Vice President; A. G. Stubbs, Cd do, d., VIM
Bell Secretary; William Holt Richardson, Treas.
Directors-J Morton, Charles Talbot. William
Catlln, Cornelius Crew and D Woodbridge
on molten OF MIR Thomas H Lambeth, the minis
| ters OF the Methodist Churches of this city were
requested to bring the objects of this society be-
iore their respective congregations, at as early
oay as practicable, and take up collections In its
Denal. The meeting then adjourned.
The anniversary of the battle of Bunker Hill
was celebrated in Charlsstown, Mass, on Monday,
with great enthusiasm
The New Hampshire house of Representatives
nave adopted an order t. close the session on the
Both inst
Hon. Thomas II. Lewis, of La, Is a candidate
Tor Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of this
State. ~
The Ohio and Marietta Railroad will commences
running between Vincennes and ST. Louis on the
lst Of July.
The Mobile and Ohio Railroad Is now In opers-
ton for one hundred and twenty miles from Mo,
bile. and will soon be extended further.
On the evening of Thursdsy, the 7th inst about
o'cfsck, Mr. Baney MoNeese, OF Darlington district
was killed by lightning while sitting in bis own
house.
The Supreme Court of Alabama has given Dr. Jas
" Maui, of Russell county, $1,000 damages against
Hugh Wood, for the seduction of his daug hter.
Two females recently preached at chapel in Don
caster, England.
James r. Swords, prominent book publisher of
New York, died on Saturday.
Mrs. Charles Howard is performing in ST LouIs.