The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-12-01
VIRGINIA INrEELIGRNCE.


:. H4eHkL In PKTERsBURa.--It appears that Ra
sncIs pasaags through Petershurg dd cnss the eity
something, though the eitizsnss Reneraiy said ~,
49, - ss one particularly sntespdsias lady got
YcsP - her which cost the exact sur OF sis :
paenrocket having relieved her Of that amounf
"nlle she was gazing 1t the great actress a7 TE
ANOTHER DExTH--Iawson, . dave to Juo A.
naIi VINO was scaided by the explosion of a steam
poller atfhe South Side Railrpad Depot in Petsrs-
earg. Tuesday, died Thursday This L the third
aea'h resulting from this explosion. - : -
UNDERGROUND RAILRoAD.-Two freq negroes
a;s naxe oeen arrested in Petersburg charged with
soing Inc escape Of some slaves from thai city TO
.he q North They were both drivers of vehicles on
the public street. = = -, :.
ESTERpRIsIsa FTREMgN. N.-At an alarm Of fra in
neehng Tuesday night, which proved to be with.
out toundation, the firemen who had been thus un-
necessarily called out, mitchell their hose on a pIu2
d;S..aH .oalneHced pouring stream of water into
I als1epusaole house On John street. which they
speediy cleared Of both furniture and inmates.
Ac9uIrTED--A correspondent of the Peters
ourS Express says that Samuel Balm of Portsmouth
Wasexamined Wednesday on the charge of n,ur.
..s nis son, youth Is years OF age, and after
paIlent OF facts by the magistrates
W as seqaiffed-the ev idenee being deemed wholly
insumeient to criminate the prisoner -f's
The CONTRIBUTIONS FOR NoRroLx.-A letter
mlase, rom Portsinouth to the Petersburg Express,
'nas the contributions for yellow fever suffer.
ersin Norfolk and Portsnoth, preached s3lo,oOo of
winch Portsmouth received Ss0,000
METHODIST CoEFEREscE--Int the Virginia Meth.
oefs' conference at Petersburg, Thursday the ex.
ananation OF character on trial Of the following
members OF the Conference was proceeded with and
a!ter due hearing from the Committees and pres;.
ding L lder touching their individual merits thev
We're continued. VIM. g. Lumpkin, Hezekiah B
mitchell, j. H. Amiss, J. c. Hammer, Albert G. Har-
y, Andrew j. Beckwith SamI v Hoyle Wm. p
IWynan. Jas. H. Riddick, John W, Woonyeott q
w. West and Cornelius b. Riddick
Inc following dcscon5 on examinat of char.
aeser &C were also passed John f. Brock, William
II Christian, Alexander H. Hall, James Ken
nedy, Lloyd Moore. Robert s. Nash, Edward
d. Peterson. Peter A. Peterson and Joseph A Proc.
tor. -,,.s .,f-.sEs 70 5s-
Next CAME the examination and eatechsine by
ths Bishop Of those ministers who had duly passed
their tune OF px9ba4i2a. Bishop Andrew put the
usual formnia Ut questions to them touching mat
tiers required by the discipline Of the church.
Ihese questions Were daly responded to by the
NUM- iIinisters-,ataely, Pasl Whitehead, Charles H.
Han, John i. Woodward, Em. L. Judkins, Thosy
W,iiiams, Jne b. Laureiis Juo r. Littieton,4 Chas
y. Pearson, Jno &. Poulton, David Wallace. Geo
II. Ray. Alex. G. Brown, Andrew j. Coifmau and
James f. Fiuncll @ '-ss i.1.s @lf'.=' - =
After tho regular proceedings OF the Conference
were over, the Tract Society proceeded TO hold
their first meeting Rev. John f. Edwards in the
chair; Il. j. g. Cranberry Secretary, read the an.
nuai report which was received and the following
HreSldent.
b. Rowzee. Vice President; F. Whitehead. Secreta.
~; L. NJ: Lee, Treasurer. The day manager.
were Jas. w Walker, II. d. Flood, D. Arcy Paul,
VIM. Irby, r. K Meade, J. W. Hinton. The cieri.
cal managers were Thos. L. Hoyle, Nelson
Head. J. s. X. Clarke, f. Stanly, J. A. Riddick, w.
j. Norfeet. >
y VIRGINIA PosTOffIcE ArrAIRs-rbe Post.
master General has ordered the following: :,
Establish an office at Whitock, Halifax county.
Va, and appoint c. w. Bsrkesda.o postmaster. -
Discontinue Halfway House, York co. Va. j.
APpotntmsnts-Evau P. Ward postmaster at
Hooks Mills, Hampshire county, va, vice Enoch
H. Cole. =
CAPTURE OF RUNAwAYs. Five runavays.
from the neighborhood of Charies,own, Virginia.
we're pursued and oyertaken in the vicinity of Po-
tomac river. below Sharpsburg, on Sunday last.
-Four of the fvs were arrested and brought to
Washington county Jail Tho fifth one jumped
over an embankment into the canal, and drown.
ed himself So ~ s '-'-ta Aaf' +.