The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-05-08
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VIRGINIA.
HALF AAsr.--Ths Gags Of The shipping In Pc
'ersours were At half mast Saturday, Ia token Of
respect to the memory OF Mrs. Thomas Branch.
whe Of aprominsnt shipping merchant there, who
died on Thursday.
Annasssas.-Measrs Roger A. Pryor and 8. B.
l.ul addressed the Democracy, and Robert C. Sta.
nard and William H. Macfarland, Of this city. sd-
dressed the Americans Of Petersburs, Saturday
niens Aessrs. r. T. Daniel, Robert Ridgway.
OF the Whig, and others, delivered addresses at .
barbecue, near Petersburg. Saturday.
SINGULAR AccrDENr.-AtB Bowling Green, 10 Co.
oiine county, on Thursday q queer accidsk oc.
CURED sy which valuable animal was inutilated.
"A cow had been 10 the habit of walking around q
Maole, 10 which several horses were confined, and
licking her tongue through crevice between the
plank 70 get at the meal in the trough On Thurs
day che repeated the operation, and one of the
norses seized her tongue, - h was pushed Into
the trough and bit II off,
suSK--Fhe schooner Qsui. Of. 100 tons burtheu,
was sunk In the Appomattox river, near Peters-
burg, Friday evening, BY running on Q rock. She
nad 10 cargo of guano, portion Of which was
damaged
FIaE IN THE wooDs. wednesday last, the
forest fires 10 Kanawha had not been extinguished,
and the atmosphere around Charleston was dense
with smoke
SAW AnL.-A nav saw MIL has been erected
10 cnarieston, kanawha, working single saw and
cutting 5000 feet of plank per day.
In sEssron.-The u s. Court for the Western
OF Virginia. 10 10 session at Sisunton, Judge
0rockenoorough presiding
STREET CoMMrssIoNKR.-G u. Cochran has
been chosen street Commissioners of atauntou, vice
I. p. Eskridgs resigned.
OLD RESIDENT DEAD.-Mr. Rudolph Myers
old resident OF Augusta county. died on the 10th
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DEATH OF AN OLD LAnY-Mrs. Elizabeth
Young, aged Sc years, the oldest member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church In the Valley Of Wiz.
ginia, died at Port Republic, Rockingham, on the
Goth ult.
SUDDEN DEATR- Col. Tilman White died sud
denly on Wednesday last, at his residence near
Stanardsville, Green county.
MANASSAS GAP RAuRoAD.-The work on the
Manassas Gap Railroad In Rockingham county has
been actively commenced. The hauds are a.
work within two and half miles of Harrisonburg.
FOREST FIRE.-The fires In the woods have done
much greater amount of damage 10 Rockingham,
within few weeks, than ever before. In the eastern
part of thacounty, the loss in TIMBER fences &c. is
estimated at from fifteen to twenty thousand dollsrs
On Friday last the house OF Mr.. Harris, in Pine
Woods, with barn fences farming utensils, furniture
and even COW, was destroy and the family barely
escaped with their lives. The barn and fences on
DR.. Jennings pine wood tract were burned, and
the timber much injured. Fifty years will not re-
pair the injury done to the timber in that region
The fires In Brooks Gap have also done great dam.
age. The fire extended from Fulks mill to the
North Run Gap, distance of thirty Eve or forty
miles, and destroyed thousands upon thousands Of
rails. many shingles, and large Quantities of vaua-
Bile timber The people In all that region of the
country have suffered severely. The house of Mr..
Elburn was burned, and also some other build
ings.
Iron FURNAcR.-Measrs. Forrer, Richards &
Moore arc erecting an iron furnace In Rockingham
county capable of making so tons of iron per
week. Iti located on the land of VIM. Mercer.
CHANaE.-Mr. Magruder has taken the HarrL
sonburg male seminary, vice Mr.. Thacksto, resign
ed, on account of i'll health. 81;