The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-02-22
VIRGINIA.

'S" s1o ueaA u Anoinae ~. daiiy, oil Wh0ei
ins-one of ths most talented men and eloquen
orators OF the State. He died at Fort Adams, OF
the mississippi River, while on his return trip from
q tour In quest of health. For years he has car.
fied on an active war against intemperance, and
mutitudes have listened with delight to his impas.
oned eioquence 10 depicting the evils of that grea
curse. He was member Of the Convention tc
re model the Constitution, and subsequently occu.
pied seat In the Legislature of Virginia. At the
time of his death he was but thirty three years o
age; yet his short life he accomplished 40 much
for the good of society as ordinarily do in the
course OF three score years. The Wheeling In
teiigencer, appropriately remarks
brief, but brilliant, was his young career"
BREKING Up OF THE tcE.-The breaking uo OF
the Ice in the Ohio river s an event that il ssxy
attended with destruction OF property, particular
~ at the close OF very cold season. The Wheel
ing lntelligencer gives account Of the scene in
the river opposite that city OF Saturday night last
:, About midnight the irst swell reached here, and
.he wnoie unoroken sheet of ice, loosed from the
snores, began to move. This was accompanied
ny tremendous surge along the shore. which "a
sae moving mass became gradually checked by gor
gne dashed the ice In huge cakes on the shore With
aess.ucuve and appalling effect on boats and 9th
er properly lying In exposed condition. The
bells OF the boats at our What wers ~, -.rn 20
give warning of the coming avalanch and the
grealest excitement prevailed The eipht boats AT
.;s Mnari nad previously been placed In the safest
positions possible under the circumstances and ali
escaped material damage bv the crashes ave m o
aoena, which, lying In a more exposed condition
lnan the rest, received the whole force of the irst
surge M ana was afterwards struck by the eorqed Ice
h,'n '.s wneel mouse, making fearful rent in her
tn crLs IL f..--
.sr sne was struck Her misfortune If not destruc
,ion, cio much towards saving the boats below
ner, as she received and turned aside or checked
.s Iorce OF the Ice which would have struck the
1t Is also stated that the steamer atrobe is sunk
at Christer's landing about 60 miles above Wheel.
ing.
STORY OF FRENCH MAJoR-An individual all-
ing himself Martin de Mark, Brevet Maior-suort.
ing epauletts, military sash and spurs-and claim
ing 10 De an officer in the French army just return
eo from the Crimea, In consequence of his compli-
ca'ion In duel-has been indulging In the highly
reprenensioie amusement of swindling the citizens
ol "arrenton, Fauquier county. When the sus
Pcion OF his 1ntenashed across the minds of the In
naoitants committee of them waited upon the un
fortunate Msjor, and solemnly Informed him tina,
would treat him to the luxury of ride upon rail
On his inquring if this operation would hurt much
ne was informed that this depended very much on
the sharpness of the rail- The Major took the cir
cumstance very much to heart, and resolved to
work upon the sympathies of his oppressors; SO he
wrote letter bequeathing his watch to the hotel
Keeper for the payment of his bill, and then gave
out word that he committed suicidet But the
hck'e poison refused to do It's work and the Msior
continued to live; nsomuch that physicians gave /,
as their opinion that this last great act In the TRACE
dy was In itself complete swindle At last &C.
counts this hero of the Crimea was considered lou
OF danger" from the poison, but whether he wal
still In danger ofthe rail not, can only be devel
oped by future advices from Warrenton.
RECENT DEATHS Elder Thomas Colley, OF the
Baptist Church, died at his residence la Washing
ton county the 18th instant In the e6th year O,
his age. oldest B aptist Minis-
ters IN the State. Shannon late boatswain's
mate in the United States Navy, died on board the
steamer Princeton at Key West Florida on the
eth ult Hewss for long time resident of Ports.
mouth, Va.
FATAL AccIDENT.-We learn from the Peters,
burg Express that free negro, employed as a
train hand on the Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad,
was killed at Garysburg Tuesday by falling from
the Portsmouth cars just the train was crossing
the bridge which spans the track of the Petersburg
Railroad
METHODIST BooKs-Rev. Leo Rosser, having
nearly completed the biography of Rev. Thomas
Crowder, announces his intention of producing an
elaborate work to be entitled Methodism in it's Re
lation to Republcanism"
REFusEs.-The Examiner is requested to state
that Frederick w. Coleman refuses to be candi-
date for the office of Commissioner of the Board
of Public Works, or for any Office whatever.
ABANDONED THE IDEA. Petersburg Greys,
commanded by the gallant Scott, contemplated
visit to Norfolk to-day but from some cause which
we have not learned, have abandoned the idea.
JUBnEE-The citizens of Petersburg propose
holding olliication Tomorrow In honor of the es.
tablishment of direct steamer line between CITY
Point and New York
REV. BALLARD GIBSON, an esteemed and wor
thy member of the Virginia Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, is lying dangerously
i'll.