The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-09-01
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RxIrxy The citizens of Alexandra have DEL 7o
active 10 sending relief to the sufferers OIL si
and Portsmouth, msufesses p The things
bread. lemons and money are among 'ne tn'ne'
sent from that port by the steamer Stsr'
svcsxr CoSvENrroN.-Th The charlottesville Jei-
.sr.ooi.n learns that convention was neo tnere
la, wsek. OF delegates from Q secret society Known
ia College a. the Phi Kappa Psi. Ihsre we're wei,
seven chapters represented py tnir'ysn'o "0'e
gates.
co.rn,aur,oss.-Amopg the contributions In
Charlottesville for Norfolk and Portsmouth are e4o
tom Hon William Rives and son, S25 "a from
Rsn,iar church, Sl3 80 Disciples church, S2o Oh
Presbyterian church, SIS from Metnoont cnerc d.
GsrAr CROPPING Mr.. Charles Hardy. OF Win
chester, cut and secured tbs yesr, ,h.. a. es.
town, q fne crop of rye, will soon gamer On ga
cellent crop of corn, and now has the same grouoo
cover ed with luxurisnt growth OF wheat.
Nos,pAY1so NcB1LrrY-1n . list OF owners OF
land In Morgan county 10 this State, adverf.eo ioF
NON payment Of taxes We ma taoss Q, the TScn
ess Of Leeds and Marchioness OF wellesley. Ane'e
ladies were natives OF Maryland.
TESTIMONIAL The common council Of Lynch
huro unon the resignation OF Mr. John Thurman.
clerk OF the market, have voted him present OF
SlO0. Il Townley was elected to the vacancy.
LARGE OAx.-There Is an oak tree In Cumber'
land county, measuring "a feet around al ns osse'
II is supposed to be 100 years old.
AID FOR PoRrsMoUrH.-Thef following persons
went through Weldon, N. c., Wednesday, to the
Or Campbell. of New Orleans; DR. Read. oil
Savannah; DR. r J Num-, Of Savannah; Capt lvef,
of New Orleans, Nurse; 1hos Charlton. OF Sa-
vannah. Student, Jas < Godfrey, of Savannah, Stu.
deut: John Mcfarland, OF Savannah. Student; h
w Skinner, of Savannah. Student Also the iol.
loving assistants:-Wm Ebbs and John White, as
sistants, from Savannah.
In addition to the above there were ten nurses
from New Orleans and Charleston. and Mr. ID !
Ricardo. the Treasurer OF the New Orleans Howard
Association.
SUDDEN DEATH WIN G Edgar. a daguerrean
artist of Lynchburg, formerly of Petersburg, died
suddenly "Wednesday morning He was to have
been married Ia two weeks from that day.
CousTKRFErr.-Counter notes on the Bank
of Virginia. OF the denomination of IS are ST Dat
but may easily be detected from the blurred face
and miserable engraving.
CuLPKPKR C. H.-This village contains 1900 in.
habitants.
WooDsTocK A correspondent of the Alexan'
dria Sentinel writing from Woodstock, the county
seat of Shenandoah, says 1t 10 one OF the princi.
pal towns of the Valley and has cbout 400 inhab-
itsnts II contains eight stores; Academies (male
and femaie) and private schools; churches,
Lutheran, Methodist Presbyterian, and German
Reformed; hotels; town hall and public com.
mon OF so or GO acres presented to the town by a
Mr.. Brubacker. Woodstock is an ancient town.
The courthouse and jail are substantial buildings Of
limestone rock, and were erected 10 1875. va
cant lot was shown US OF which once stood a
church. 10 that church during the Revolutionary
War, Rev. Mr. MubleDburg, after a patriotic ser
mon descended from the pulpit, threw off bis &C.
clesascal robes and sandipg forth 10 the gsrb of
soldier called upon the people to rally to the de-
fence OF their country; and he called not Ia vain
crowd from the mountain aud vale promptly
gathered around him. At the head of his regiment
9Th Virginia or German Regiment, he entered the
army.
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