The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-09-12
STATE pRoxIEs AND nIRrcrops

: oEf TENDER l2, 1855.
STATE PROXIES AND DIRECTORS.
Rosrs ,oaiiowing 10y appointments we're made By the
poaio OF Public Works at their September meet.
alexandria, Loudon aud Hampsb;re Railroad
Sungaiy.-J John Bruce, James Parsons, George 81
1noo., proxies. John Powell, David Funsten and
'onn Jsnney. directors
rredericksburR and GordonsvilIe RsiIroad COM
1sa, proxies. AK PHILIPPE, o NJ Cruichfeid and
John Lee, directors. '"N
manassas Gap Railroad Company.-Georee w
nT.,H p'Tnt, MartE. and Philip Pitman, proxies WIN
o.. "'n' Hunton. and Andrew Pitman, direc-
Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad Comp.ny..-
faos Daniel Chas H Shieids and Times
y yUynnson, % proxies Fl Leonard, Josiah Wils. aud
:, Orange and AIezandria Railroad COMPANY
snsn'el s Welch. Berry, Eppa Hunton, prox
fo,d J1on S1t Wits inman Horner. and n shackei-
rosd nd,c1nmond. 1. FredsricLsburg and Potomac Rail.
roao Compsny.-Wm w Crump, proxy. John 8
"a Richmond and Petersburg Railroad Company.
-. ps Watson, proxy. Roscoe Heath and Fran.
Richmond and York River Railroad couppsuv,
nros. msorse W W WR,sdoiph, Hsrwood. B B 6ouslss.
= grSp.,ss p.;s. WE TAiistsrro, B Toml!n. and Wa;
Richmond and Dsnv,lls Asilro.d comn.nv
AZ 4 Dchinson. Wm n Treduay. and levi.
Grensnaw. proxies. Stovall, B M Jones. and
Lswis Harvte directors.
Roanoke Valley Railroad company.-Tucker
darlington. proxy. Henry Wood, James E Has.
k'es and G Nelson, directors
south Side Railroad Company. y.-Thos Wallace,
Charles II Lynch, 2 E Cheatham, proxies James
Alfred Al Jones, Joseph Cox and Francis B Deane
virainia Central Railroad Company John
Baldwin, VIM Gordon, and Christopher Beirne,
proxies VIM Ovsrton, Carpenter, and Jacob
Baylor. directors. tt.-
,Virainis and Tennessee Railroad compspv -
Cnas Crockett. JOAN NJ Preston, aud Bepi amin
Wilkes, psoxiea. Stephen D. 0tey, Wm A Resd,
and Thomas l. Preston. directors.
Winenes.sr nas @ = and Potomac Railroad Company
Dr ROBERT baldwin, John R Tucker, and Hiram
Opie, proxies. James RELY, James NJ Mason,
and Andrew Hunter. directors. . : :
James River and kauawha Company.-Wm
Taliafarro. Ssml MeCorkla, snd David McComas,
Lyons, directors
AN AMERICAN AT SEHAsToPoL An American
captain In the Crinea, July 22d writes to the New.
ark Advertiser that the allies number SOC, 900 men
He adds.
Ine s@o afILiss have ad .aacud their trenches to
~i'hiu Aity ysfds OF each other, and make dreadful
naVqc. lcouid see the Russians throw shells from
the Rsdsn sad Maiskoif towers, directly into the
English aud French trenches, aad 1t Ia a melau
choly sight TO see the poor fellows taken out of
them knocked to pieces.
Twas talking with an officer who has been In the
Crimea throughout the campaign, and he was of
oplnlon that 1t would not be taken this year. He
said that the Russian Notifications were the beat
engineering he ever knew From an elevated DO
s1tion where you can see the whole camp IL Ia
most magnificent sight. had a good view of Se-
oastopol and all the war ships In the harbor
Ihere is great deal of sickness here. have
lost TWO ofmy crew. and the mos. of them are now
slck. The sail through the Mediterranean the
Greek Islands: the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus
Is very pleasant. The scenery is grand.
The RUTcHERIRs N CH1NA.-Dr. Wentworth,
Methodist missionary, writing from Shanghai, under
date of June S.h, says:
i" AT Canton the chief amusement of the imperi.
alists is cutting off heads Lieut. Jones, of the u.
. Navy, told me he saw one hundred and fifty de.
capited there In one day recently. This Is equal
to the French gulllotine or Cincinnati slaughter
house."
Mrs. Williams writes from Canton tha. execu.
lions proceed at a "frightiul rate" Nearly thou
SAND men were butchered there last week, besides
hye or six times that number at Shaukng, the
place of the capture of the most of the unhappy
victims OF this indiscriminate murder.
ina, the PRESIDENT has signed the order under
which the Secretary of the Navy will carry ont th
decisions of the Naval Reform Board recentIv In
session 10 Wasbington.
SUIT CoMMENcRD.-Mr Edmon Blapkman. of
the New York bar, has commenced suit in the
United States Circuit Court, for damages against
the Camden and Amboy Railroad Company for
injuries sustained by two members of his family
by the late catastrophe at Burlington, NJ.
From CunAcoA.-By the arrival of the bark We.
nus, Capt Atkinson, from Curacao August &C. we
have received the following informa ton:-There ia
no salt to be had at Curacao this year. The cho-
lera had broken out at Laguayra, and some fatal
cases had occurred.
VERMONT STATE ELECTION - Two bundred and
four towns In Vermont have been heard FROM
which give Royce (republcap) 2s. s69 Clark
(democraD ii $50; scattering ,099.
Of!he Representatives elected, SO far az heard
from 40 are whig and republican, % democratic,
and 81 Know Nolhing
GAS ExPosIoN AN explosion of gas took place
In the store OF Bsrbee, In Savannah, Ga. Fri.
day. which resulted In serious conseouences Mr.
Daniels was blown through q window and had
his leg broken Mrs Barbes had an ank le fractured
and child three years of age was instantly killed
COTTON FACTORY BURNED-The extensive cots
ton factory of the Griswoldville Company, at Col.
wine, Mass, was destroyed by fire Friday. The
loss Is about $4,000. and no Insurance.
Gov. SHANNON Gov. Shannon, of Kansas. ar
rived at Wesport on the 3lst uit, where he was
serenaded and In reply made speech, In which he
said that he regarded the Legislature legal and Its
acts binding and that he would exert his authority
to enforce them. He also declared himself In favor
of the establishment of slavery In Kansas.
HEAVY RoBBERY.-Twenty.six persons were
committed to jail In Cambria county, Pa. on Sat-
urday, charged with stealing iron ore from the
State railroad. 1t is estimated that ore TO the
value of at least SIG 900 has been stolen-more ar
rests are to be made.
81 say. Pat, why don't you sue that Railroad
Corporation for injuries you have receivedg Both
OF your legs are broken Ill to smash sue them for
damager"
''Sue them for damages. eh boyl l have dam
ages enough already; I'll sue them for repairs"
In the neighborhood of Boston on Wednesday
morning the thermometer was down to 40 and 10
one instance sc degrees. On Saturday last there
were snow fakes falling at st Jehnsbury aud Dam
Vile. W.
Mrs. Jane c. Washington, widow of the late
John Augustine Warrington, Of Mount Vernon,
died at Blakely, Jefferson county, Va, the 9th
inst, aged 60 years.
Hon Paul Wentworth, of Concord. father of
Hon John Wentworth. of Illinois, died at Sand.