Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-09-06
STATE AND CITY NEWS

fAsA-A srAes urssf.-PEsiLous sruAuos AND Nj
s.ouLocs k,olrs v.os DsAfn--os Ne morning Of the
I'd in~s a. hsifpsst two O'Clock. party twsaisons In
nambsr ieis the White Suphur Sprgs the terminus
o. ne Central Railroad An pleasantly until sbou,
twelve or one O'Clock In the day. and shortly ahsr CON.
ms'cing the decent Of Morris n,oun..in uh.u n b,cs,ps
aanngy apparent 70 the the advance coach
mat the horses we're running and ncrr.ss their
ros inc driver .as seen rolling In the dust The hor.es
thu lett unchecked dashinx on In their ma.
ths Coach Keeling from side 10 eide under its heavy tup
load n.s upon the two wheels the precpice and
thu machining in opposite dircction unit, n, Iss !,
hrosn VIOLENTLY over. nanging, bruising and crushing
she limbs Of the terrified pasug.r killing one horse and
breaking eg OF another To add TO the "A an.
SCENE. the hoses which disabled continued no
ds the wreck over the ground while the occupants wer,
,'''enA'ey piled up and unable to help themselves
he shrihnx incidents which follow are thus described
by passenger: ..r.s
! could neither speak NOE help myssli, being
completely raralyred with horror though could ace dis
timely u that going ou Two OF Ihre. person. ver.
on top of me- anil verify believed that al ny
se,r killed AT this critical moment, the coscn cam.
oashIg down the mountain ~ " In hoe pursuit Young
man ~ho occupied deck lc.psd OF without waiting
Tor the horses to acken their speed hastsed 10 our
Gated the ony lady passenger and calling Mr. Davis TO
a'S h supported her To seat In the coach they had
s Leaving her under the charge OF ladies. he 70.
nee W the fescu. OF others have aimee learned that
the name Of this nobsheared young gentleman /. Nt
son, resident OF New York. lie had under nm. ca.
three ladies' Ars Huger and two Msses Huger Of SOUTH
CArons who also rendered efficient IN administer,
s the necessities OF the wounded Mr. Morrison seemed
70 oe the only gentleman present who equal ~ the
In
prompt and decisive manner and but for hi. sns,.x
del. ''' WI ~
Water vas asked for bsihe the head of b, .ounded
hiy, and the reply that none could be Obtained NJ
al once found broken demilohn Of sulphur v.t.r In
eosch and from it procured sufficient quantity TO an.
swer the purpose. 1.lI -"
Twas found impossible that time to get by with the
rear stage As two Of our horses killed. one having
nah MS brains dashed and other leg broken. te
throat OF the latter being afterwards cut TO u an an, 10
ms sanenags The task was at length completed and We
tha hotel mile below where every thing was don.
by the proprietor. NJ Woodward aud bis Assistant, IN
sneWs'e the suhsrings Of the wounded Here too M
A"nsons suggestions were OF great value He
~ living Doy mounted upon horse. and despatched a
message To Dc Crump, at the Hot Springs. and another IN
tbe agent OF tho line for coach aud the nromn,
nc win which they responded to the call was .oon p.
parent In an almost incredibly short space of time ex
VIZ seen coming at ful Speed In buggy and all extra
coach following At the tate.
, Win regard TO the wounded may state that JUDI.
Try seemed 10 De more severely hurt than any one La
us injuries being mostly about the head. A Loy wbos,
name understood TO be Gay from Staun,on was de;rns
49, .s s"ee's OF very severe confusion The ,ft TEN.
PIE One gentleman, said from Norfolk had haiti
"au ana arms drcadfuy mashed and one eve severely
sa', ing Ia passenger who travelling under the
s"Hse "t Judgs Fry, had over one .y. ad
net lett arm very much bruised was hurt internally
All however are doing well, and will no doubt recover
h.s.. nsilan Brown, stage proprctos, will be
nea'y losers by this accident. They have no NOR. ,l.y
teu agent throughout their whole route than Mr. Wool
"A'u' Tue gentleman who came to our assistance.
P'L'cE DrPARrNESr.-A large number of persons At,
eehdcd the Mayors Court yesterday In the expectation
thai the case OF the Commonwealth W. Addneon would
.one up Tor Investigation In this instance, however
ill Monday next o. - '1'"''''' 'ea'o"s' u"-
D'sharged-cary slave of q. Il. Lipscomb, was ac.
Quilted OF The charge Of stealing loud. of sand from
Elisha Bethel, the testimony failing to prove the alleged
offence. - p '' a"ese'
Continmd-The case Of assault H. which a free r..r
named jim B'osn Is charged with Knocking Cbas Chm
man IN the head with rock was further continued n
Monday. ~ ~
ti"ed-Robert olvs for obstructiug stree, with linn.
Der, was fined 81. Hatcher & Webster were 6ned ior
nesectng to place initials and numbers on four Of their
missed. '' " N
GTon"hess Cha,ge-A white woman named Lind RI,
Der arrested for stealing plank from the custom house
proved that she obtained n honestly and was DISCHARGED
TnsArRE-The theatre opens Tonight Tor the fall and
winter canpag under the auspices of those
managers, Kunke Co. We are told that th. dramatic
corps Is powerful one, and that effort will be shared
20 render THIS place OF amusement worthy of public sup
port mr. ~ d. Davenport appears here Tonight for the
nrst time, a. Mercutio and Mrs Davenport A Juet in
o1Akspeares exquisite play OF Romeo aud Juliet The
prog anime Tor the opening night is capital one and
should attract full house.
NoHruwssrERS Va. RAILRoAD-This road has been
completed to Carksburg distance OF TWENTY-FIVE miles
IRON Grafton the Eastern terminus TIL. occasion of the
arrival OF the first locomotive at CIark burg Vas
With much spirit The track LAYING i. going on yooroulv
OH the fakersburg end OF the road aud there is now eve
posPeet o he entire work being Completed by the LIST
OF November
HoosE BuRSr-0n the night OF the 22d ult the bou,.
OF Mr. Thomas J. jenkins, III Greenbottom Cabel ca
va took hire and burned the ground consuming every
uh's IN H. MI jenkins ut home at the tint. bur
e nsnes had progressed far before he was
that he was unable TO any OF the contents of The
"o1se' having TO escape through OF the windows
A Rtoo
"Wednesday last. from wrestling Coxs Mills In Prince
Teotge county situated about IL miles from this city
Two men, whose names benjamin Spain and Thorn
as Lee, we're engaged in the dangerous exercise when
Spsin while srainng himself il Is supposed burst blood
vessel ana died in short time afterwards-P etersJuro
ErpreSs ''y
fosr oFTIcr AfrMas.-The following Offices have lust
been established in Virginia: Mount Storm HARDY eouu
~, Hampton Neville postmaster; Dry Fork Randolnb
county, Tros s. White postmaster The Office AZ Unrrh
Bedford county, has been re-estsblshed WYATT Gibbs
postmaster The offices at Factory Hill, Nausemond
tinued. W"
DEoEAsrp.-Andrew Summers, a prominent and inau
entail citizen Of Monroe county. died last week
See extract from letter O. p r. James. Esq
Wd cherry Bark and Tr by an ngeniou, combination with
lev other mpes AFFORD the known for con-
sa 2, we lung. Dr. Wss IN his BAlsam of Wild Cherry
'odid or burn easily by use Of Perry Day
vegetable Pain Killer II equally ensetua In curing headache
p.n " as o@.eh or bOsels dyssntary, eoers
HcB tlsh Norfolk Va In letter a1 p NJ
AND M1rr; sdslph. Proprietor Of PAscALIs PEvER
who srs ,a% the 5%ey e instances
rev dom s 20 Az ~ aseinE sure In many very
Try bottle To De had Of A. BoDEKER aud A. srREcKER