The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-09-03

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49, y - reaesseses EEprsea Ne have TIE
y.srsss-S - lseU fUfssmoatn II ssm DIZZY
= e. sysg Hs sisy W ssnoo,ne' AN. M nov
srssses % The sick The funeral OF DR..
- IA TrueSsa tpok piece Wednesday after.
- Aaoae the melicsl faculty Who cs,end
- 4. vess Drs. r. C. Gooch and Howic, OF hicn-
wcsa, Covert end Rich, Of Charleston, ana wa
ssss Of Bslsmore. There vas scarcely oIy eye
n d assembly, and even the grave digger yep,
otsseiy. D. Cover and wife were lying ~, snS
he latter wss not expected TO survive sntousu
Thursday uiahs; Miss Fanny Wiinsms r..
hoeeless condition; James Wn'isms' 70. TSnrs.
ina loss wife and child, VAS taken down louas
dsv. n vss his sis,er, Mrs. John a. forsmo,
Miss Sarah C. Msnniog, who lost nef e1ere So.S
"A f.eher mother, and auns-Wss "Aeu ~.
Thursdsy, q was virgioius Hsynes. 500 ~ n...
Dsy,s. The correspondent OF tue Express
hi,hiv compliments Rev. Vernon Eskridge, cha
plain u. s. n, for his seif-sacrifciog labors
Ex,IosroN The steam pips of ths propeller
Mohs.k Chief, collapsed 10 tho Appomattox river
Wednesday morning. No one was injured.
RrcErrrs CT PAopucs.-The DanviIle Reaister
Of Fr,dsy, saJs: There has been more prooncs
brought Into thia place within s1e isns'b Of
time in spy previous year. Our streets ior seve,s
davs nave been crowded with wagons laden WIG
corn. vhest end tobacco. for this marker, from
sections of couotry that have been unused 70 trade
here 10 tirnes past.
EprroarAL.-J. Button and w. ID. White have
purchased the Bedford Sentinel.
R.u.o.p AccrpgNr.-The freight train (ssys
the Tobacco Plant which left C!srkesviile. Thurs-
dsy, ran Cd near Grassy Greek, tearing up soout
800 yards of ,ha road.
Dam -s,ephsn Locke,t, a we'll known citizen
of Ciarkesvie. Mecklenburg, died at Washington,
Texas, on the 18Th ult
MA.usp-Oa the 22d ult.- Professor William
Il. Tf,fu nj VtrOiuta
A mes. daughter OF Colonel Henry Darlington, OF
Halifax equity.
EsrrcrNo SLAVES OFF The Petersburg EAs
press has An accoun. OF the operations oil q stran
Ger named Geo Hstbury, who came to that city
and coming across two runaway slaves, carried
one Of them down to Norfolk, upon the pretence
Of ruoning him OF Upon getting there he at
tempted TO sell the negro, belonging TO Mr. B X
Lewis but the fellow declared himself TO bs free,
aud thus prevented the sale. The Mayor of Nor
folk committed the negro TO- jail as the circum
stances we're Suspicious, and be has since been res
covered by bis owner.
FACE BarpGE.-The proportion to build free
bridge over the Dan River at SJuth Boston, was
discusses by Thos Fiournoy for and Richard
Logan assiost the scheme before the last Halifax
court. Toe vote OF the magistrates stood IL tor 10
IL against buildiDgit
HAD TELEGRAPH LINE The Kanawha and
GatIipo,is Telegraph line has stopped operations,
having been seized by one of the operators for his
wages and soid to satisfy the debt The portion
sold cost $1,000 aud sold tor $55 SO
SOLD Toe Charleston. Kanawhs. Republican
says that las' week the rumor gained ground there
that two U s cavalry officers would shortly visit
that place TO purchase horses for the army. Ia
less than two days the town was literally crowded
With horses from that and the adjacent couuties -
The horses were not sold though the owners were
AS the cavalry officers did not make their appear
anc0
HEAVY RAIHs.-The county of KAnawhs was Wis.
lied by a very heavy rsia last Wednesday night
and the Kama wha river was % much swollen tina
fences aud crops, to q considerable extent, We're
sweptof.
VIRGINIA PosT OFFICE APPorNrMENrs.-The
Postmaster General appoints J B Gesyson, post.
master at Gainesville, Prince William county, Va,
vice Wickliffs, resigned; Levi w Fike, DOS.
master, Mil Run. Preston county, Val vice J
Fiks, resigned. William Anderson, postmaster,
Ellen Easton. Marshall county, Va, vice William
B Simpson, resigned.
PREsBYrERY.-The Presbytery OF Lexington %.
g. met In Har rlsonburg last week. Rev Professor
Wilton, OF StAunton, was chosen Moderator. A
large amount OF money, the Register learns, has
been subscribed Tor a fourth professorship In the
Union Theological Seminary.
Mrs Mary D. Hancock was arrested In Alexan.
dris, Frdsy, for bigamy.