The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-06-18
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| Az hf4.-Mr. John Griffin. of CuIpeper bs
n 81, .. tne once OF the Observer, of that county
| height. e'gn' iee' escn
| VALUABLE Cow.-A COW owned bv Col w 8
Sooos OF Cuipeper, has given birth to four calve
10 The last twelve months.
| IowN ELEcrIos.-The trustees of Lsvisbur,
nave elected VIM. Z3li Mayor OF the town AM
| mr.. Leonard Town Sergeant.
CEsTRAL RArLRoAD.-The rails are being lsi,
ou VOC Gentfai Railroad West OF Staunton at ,h
| rate OF nall mile per day MiIboro ,hjrtv mile
August - '.o -
| sIheiSIA CRoPs.-Tbe Culpeper Observer say,
uas ,ne grass and wheat crops in that county ans
seioity viii not be heavy. bat there is fair pro
:e ,an Ior oats Early potatoes and corn are -four
isnlog. aud the fruit trees are loaded
The DanvilIe Register says that region has beer
sForeo WIN oounteous rain, and Q succession O
warm Gays would give crops of every description
| 2 glorious start IL looks with confidence for !
farmers. ~
Inc Cosriestown, Jefferson, Free Press says the
Improvement In the growing crop of whea. ior the
isss two weeks has astonished every one, and II
60 luriher injury is experienced The yield this
year Will be equal to that OF last year.
The Wytheviile Telegraph says 10 that vicinity
the season has been very backward aud the crops
look badly. The fly and worm have given the
farmers much cause of complaint: There waa
ever was before, and the harvest win be more
aoundant than usual, though the yield to the acre
should not be 80 great
The Peoples Advocate, of HALIFAX county, saw
saat lney have bad two splendid rains. last week,
lag iof years before. Vegetables and frui. are
plenty. + = :
The Clarksville (Mecklenburg) Tobacco Plant
says nat the crops and prospects Of crops In that
section are very fine. The oat crop, which was
aimoat nothing, has rapidly advanced, In conse.
4uence OF rains. and promises to be the finest of
the season. Tobacco plants are generally abun.
aaas and the season for planting them the best
oVar known The corn crop IL rather late owing
to the recent drought and continued cooness of the
Mea1ner II is, however, generally In fine order.
me Whsat crop has improved wonder fully, and
VIII at least be an average one.
From Greenbrier, Rockbridge and Allegheny we
nave Out poor accounts of the corn crop aud not
nluca better OF wheat. gentleman just returned
IRON those counties says, that on the route corn
was Eot more than six inches high:
RELiGIoUs Rev Bishop Meade commenced
Aiilns bis appointments in Culpeper ON Saturday.
RANDOLPH MACON CoMMRNczMENr.-ln addr
lion to brief notice OF this occurrence Saturday,
We ind that addresses were delivered set
themes by Thomas A. Catch, of Norfolk, o. e..
Smith, OF Louisburg, N. c., James C. Hsnes. OF
buckingham, George E Booker, OF Cumberland,
v: 4. Dulcan, OF Mecksnburg, James B: Dugger,
of Boydton, P. A. Moses. of Charlotte, w. "A Care
ter, OF Mscklenburg, Robert A Sledd, of Powha-
tan, and John E. Kent, of New Kent. A ball given
by the graduates closed the proceedings.
EARLY VEeErABLEs.-TheP Peoples Advocate, at
Haiiisx c. H., OF Friday. says that one of our
bis own raising. New potatoes have been In use
several days.
SCARCITY OF FLouR.-The Clarksvile Tobacco
Plant says that for TWO weeks, there has not been
barrel of flour for sale Ia that town.
REBuILpING.-The burnt district in Petersburg,
ON Boliingbroke street, is being rebuilt.
sUrT FOR FaERDoM DEcIDED-Eliza Crawford
aud six children, slaves of Mr. John Ripley of
Fincssle, have recovered their freedom 10 the
Botetourt Circuit Court, on the ground of their
being white. The Democrat says that the court
have been very lenient to the defendants during
the trial. and had it not, ip the absence of their
evidence, the plaintiff would have gained the suit
FRosT.-There was general frost in Botetourt
county, Wednesday.
RICHMOND AND DANvILLE RA1LRoAD.-The last
masonry OF any consequence, on this road, was
finished on Friday week, and it Is expected to run
up to Colonel Risons, In ten miles oi Danville by
first of July.
James Rsines Esq, formerly of the Danville
Republican, is about starting neutral paper in
that place.
FLORAL PHRNoMKNA-The editor of the Halifax
county Advocate has seen hollyhock that was set
out q double yellow, is now a mixture of purple
aud white-not particle of the original color re-
manning.
FINE WHEAT.-The Norfolk Argus has seen some
Blue Stem and Golden Gate, Maryland wheat,
grown by DR.. H. Sylvester, OF that city, which will
weigh GA pounds to the bushel.
DAMAGES RECOVERED In the Circuit Court ol
Petersburg, Robert Richie has recovered S5 OOO
from the Southside Railroad Company for injuries
sustained by him th rough the upsetting of q coach
running in connection with their road, and $500
Tor injuries 10 his wife The plaintiff had putchas
ed through ticket from the railroad company
The case will be taken to the Court of Appeals
DIsTINGUIsHKD Fermentation. Pierre Sou'e
end G. P. r. James, Esq, passed through Rich
mond Thursday evening en- route for Washington.
INDEPENDENT FIRE CoMpANY.-In Petersburg
they have organiz sd an Independent. fire company
called Tho Protection" having no connection with
the Fire Department there. W. II. Jarvis has been
elected foreman.
ADvERTIsING FOB WrFE.-The Petersburg
lntelligeDcer contains a bonsfde advertisement or
what purports to be SO, OF gentleman for wife
He would like her to be modest and Methodist.
TRANSFER OF CITY INTEREsrs- The city ccun-
Gil OF Wheeling are negotiating with the Cleve-
land, Medina and Tuscaraws Railroad, to transfer
to the company OF that road the stock now held by
the city In the Baltimore and Ohio road at a vaiua
tion of 80 per cent.
AMERcHNr's EXCHANGE Is being mooted by the
Norfolk paper.
FIRE ExTINGUIsHER The trial of PHILIPPE Fire
AQnIuu8tOE III NOflOik luUIsody, was nlg0Iy sue
cessfuI A small shed was erected and combusti-
BILE materials placed inside. These were set on
FIRE, then iron vessel holding three or four gall
Ions, and lied with materials for generating gas,
was carried Ia and discharged. extinguishing the
fire Immediately and entirely. e
PRIEST CLAIMING A WIFK.-About year since,
Nicholas Stamber, Catholic priest, married in
Chicago. by another priest, to Anna Maria Schnis.
der, German girl. The marriage was perpetrased
iu secret. and the girl was kept in the house by
Stsmber as q servant. Aboutthree months ago she
left him and the fact of bis marriage becoming
known he was deposed from the priesthood. He
then brought suit for his wife. and Saturday week
the case came before Judge Wilson, who declared
the marriage legal but said the husband should NOT
use force to carry his wife with him. The girl pos
itively refused to 60 with her husband, and ieh
him 10 court picture of grief.
SINGULAR ACCIDENT His North, eunsmith,
employed in shsrpsis Rifle factory, Hartford. CT,
was instantly killed Thursday evening BY fingu
lar accident He was hammeriDg iron upon an
anvil, when piece few aud penetrated his heart.
He leaves family.
THE LIEUTENANT GENERALsHrp.-A Washiug-
ton correspondent of the New York Express say.