The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-01-31
THE DAILY DISPATCH.
2. :
y MorninR, January 81, 1856.
VIRGINIA INTELLIGENCR.

SALE or A FARM-Mr. John L. Cox, of West
moreland county, Va, has sold his estate on the
Potomac known as white Point +" to Henry Gould
man, of Essex county, for the sum of $4,000. He
gave Sl3, 900 for it few years ago. ses
FROZEN TO DEATH-A valuable negro man
owned by DIR. 7. Jones, OF Orange county, started
onl Saturday night from Orange c. H., to go seve
raj miles, and was SO badly frozen on the way that
he died en- Monday
ALEXANDRIA ITEMS Henry Ro5bery.-Ma.hew
Keelon and his wife have been arrested in Alex
andria for stealing $500 worth of goods from the
Mansion Hotel, in which they were employed.
Ten thousand pounds of butter arrived in Alex
andria on the Manassas Gap Railroad, Monday.
PETERSBURG AFFAIRS Tho Petersburg papers
of yesterday have the following
Painful dccident-On Tuesday afternoon, Mr.
Loman, section master on the Richmond and Pc
tersburg Railroad, had all the toes of one foot Gu,
off by the wheel of coal car. The accident oc
CURED at Swift Greek.
ThackerGy had declined to lecture in Petersburg
on account of other engagements.
St Pcnts Congregation have called Rev. w. II
Flat, of Selma, Ala, TO take charge of their
church.
Pork is quoted at 50 per hundred in Petersburg
Thomas Hudson, Esq, an old citizen of Peters
burg, had several bones broken by falling in the
street on Tuesday.
NORFOLK AFFAIRs.--The Norfolk papers have
the following
kot Square of the late u. w. Glass, has been sold
for Sl0S $50 to j. ID. Myrick.
FGAeTdl Scrl4oa.--On Sunday, Rev. l.. RoSser
preached tho funeral sermon OF the late Rev A.
DlbTolI
lhe O1pdaas OF the Howard Association, 75 in
number, attended St PaufA Church On Sunday.
kl4aapging.-Capt Lamdiu, charged with at
TEN pting to run of i've slaves on the 2lst of No
yeuLcT, las been sent on for trial to The Circuit
Court.
POST OFFICE AFFAIEs-TLe Postmaster Gen
CIal has appointed Joseph W. Mehatiey an addi-
GJn4l route agent between Charlotte and Lcxing-
ton. on the North Carolina Railroad, with 4 salary
Ct 500 4 year. The post office at Watertown,
Wood county, Virginia, Is discontinued At Gran
berry, NeAango county, Pa. Michael Hol il ap-
pointed postmaster, vice J. Skinner resigned.
EFFECT Or THE WEATHER II AMELIA COUNTY.
~ correspondent of TIC South Side Democrat,
writing from Aluolia IL, says:
Il This weather continues much longer, fear half
lie stock will actually freeze TO death many OF
them have already died, and the balance have
their tails and ears frost bitten. 1t will take
double the usual quantity OF provisions to serve
this winter. There was uot luore than half crops
of fodder secured, and corn was worth 81 per bar
rel in December last. l presume it could not be
purchased now at % per barrel
bIEMoRIAL-The members of the congregation
in Norfolk once presided over by the late Rev A.
Dibrell have caused to be placed in their church
marble tablet to his memory having it a suitable
inscription.
THE PROPOSED NEW CUSToN-HousE PosT OF
FIcE, AND U. S. COURT Rooms, IN ALEXANDRIA,
FA-Circumstances have arisen in the prosecu-
ton of the necessary steps for securing valid Ii
tie TO the lot selected by the Secretary of the
Treasury for the building referred to above
which will make it necessary to select another in
stead. We may also add, that the act of the Leg
islature of Virginia, ceding jurisdiction over the
premises to the United States, was SO worded as
TO make 1t improper under it for the Government
to pay out its money for the real estate The iu.
risdcton ceded not being full, final and conclu-
sive against that of the State, if the latter may
at some future time propose to re-establish hers
over