The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-02-16
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MEpAIs FROM FRANCE FOX vnornrArs.- IN Jul
last, win be remembered, the French stesme
| cnimere put Into Norfolk, having great many Q
ner crow suffering from yellow fever, whore ever.
a'enton was paid to the patients by the chief sur
eeon OF the naval hospital, Dr. T. Williamsoa, an
aiso oy Or. James Harrison. The French govern
"enl having been made aware of their pruase.
worthy conduct BY decree of January 7th DR.
Williamson has been awarded with goId medal d
the largest sze, and DR.. Harrison With apo,er ,od
medal of honor, of first class. -
ACCIDENT AT THE NAVY YAnD.-We te.rn f,o,,
the Portsmouth Transcript that ON nord.v La,
eight persons werei injured BY the giving v.v of
astaging at the Navy Yard. A young maa neuea
Manning had leg broken below the knee. one bone
being shattered In two places. A Mr.. Saunders
had his thigh broken. and Mr.. Eason had three
ribs broken. and probably recei we'd serious inteeual
| injuries. Others were severely bruised.
Hon. JOHN LErcHER-A letter from Hon. John
Letcher, addressed to friend, appears in the
Rockingham Register. He sa n he is not Know
Nothing-has never sought m embership in the or
anization-nor has he been solicited by any of il
members to connect himself sith It. He is at loss
to understand, why 1t should have been supposu1
he was identified with the order, unlessitususe
from the sentiments he expr essed In regard 20 the
appointment Mr.. soule, az Minister to Spssn, Mr.
Letcher says he has always been 4 Democrat, and
shall adhere to Democratic principles until he 10
convinced that they are ho-stile to the genius and
spirit of the Constitution and preiudicial to the
bestinterests of the country.
Arr
Saturday night at the Kennedy House, about two
miles below Wheeling, in which Joseph Bounds
cut the proprietor of the house, Robert K,nnedy,
and three other men-injuring one of them badly
and the others seriously. 1t appears that Mr. Ken.
nedy was stabbed while interfering to prevent Q
fight.
AcauIrrEp.-The trial of John F. Strobe, chare.
ed with firing the house in which Mrs. Brumaee
was burned up on the lst of January, was had be-
before the county court Of Marion county, on Mon
day and Tuesday. The evidence Gays the Wheel.
ing lntellgencer) clearly acquitted him of the
charge-so clearly that the Justices, five In num-
Der, unanimously ordered him to be discharged.
DECISION REvERsED.-In the circuit court at
Stauntou. the case of Seawrieht vs. Blosser. which
occupied the attention of the Court nearly the
q
uraay evening On Monday the Judge delivered
his opinion, reversing the decision of the County
Court. About seventy Witnesses were examined
in this case.
INJURED young man named Henry T, Bar.
low, OF Prince George, was knocked down by a
runaway horse In Petersburg on Wednesday, and
seriously injured.
DEATH OF A VIRGINIAN.-Mr. Jasper Snyder, a
native ofAugusta county, died in Burlington, Iowa,
recently.
CoRREcr1oN.-In our notice of the "Kaleidos.
cope,' yesterday, the word "edltor" should have
been printed editress.
The Virginia Colonization Society have now II
applications for passage to Liberia In ship to sail
in May next.
The town of Winchester Is about to be lighted
with gas The virginian says a contract for the |
construction of gas works Is about to be conclu.
ded
Coon DIvrDKND-The North Western Bank
of Virginia Is up with the Valley Bank; having de-
clared net dividend of FIVE per cent, for the last
half fyear.
PATENT.-A patent was issued last week to Ro. |
bertJ. Morrison, of Richmond, Va, assisnor to |
himself and Edwin A. Morrison, of LawrenceyiIIe.
Va, for Improvement in grass harvesters.
THE HoNoR.-It Is stated that to Gen. Bayly. of
Va, more than to any one else, belongs the honor
of passing the resolution comforting the title of
Lieutenant General upon Gen. Scott
PosT OFFICE EAPPoINTnENTs.-William NJ KEN
per has been appointed postmaster at Pine View |
Esuqnier county, vice Geo. H. Stribing, resigned
- n nsvr.rd .,xsty,oste ot pentro.a Monocr.u.
co vice Gyrenius Cox resigned.
Frxx.-aThe store house and entire stock of goods
belonging to Mr.. JAS Jams, at Gerardsown, Berke
" county, were destroyed by fire on the 7th inst
Insured for 81. 600.
THE GENrLEMAN-No man 10 gentleman, who
without proyocation, would treat with inciviIity