The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-02-19
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,,nony AryeAY.-The Petersbarg .r.ppcdy
-. ,he following particulars of olooas on Fri.
,hat occurred nj Jerusalem. sontn"Nf
day last the 18th inst or,,etration Of the
On the night previous to the peir jerusalem, Capt.
deed ata party or pau esteemed and respected
.ttive,, and late the represen'A,. offence 20 a
In tho state Legislature, CAV, - a vouny med
yot,ng lady which reial. .'.,et;on of DR. Parker.
ical student unae. "a Calhoun Barret, resentea ps
o I,, uas IT, ,,ot 70 speak to her aea' eve
, 49, ,nI8 shoot him Ne"so, sha ,.omng
ne lbJ Woe en.,ed Afterwards asked the leuhs
what intoxicA. Eth him. upon which Barrett shot
lazy 10 IA t III nassing through some part OF hl'
al him. .n s.so'a then left, and sent word to par
he must prepare to die, for he in'eh'e' ~
shoot him. >-so,,, coming
,,aa, the road In buggy with double osa..sa,
1un, black man driving for him W W &C. but
nerceived him. he raised the gun a. "a ,,rst
Barre. being also provided with gun ahon, the
the contents striking " some"1 nvsr the spat-
ter hoard n then advanced ana oischai ,i,,. ~.
second barrel into the head VI
him almost instantly
SHOCKING OccURRENCE-ih ne lie espulg "AsA ,
,,gton;an states that on Saturday week, the dea .
hodv of Mrs MeGuinn, an irish woman was iouha
~ bsr xard near Middieburg Loudoun county
t,ro,n The appearance of the body, II is supposed
hr clot hing took FIRE the night before, and she ran
ont in the yard for the purpose OF extinguisnne
tbe flames where from the effects of the burn and
the cold she persisted. No one was present al 'nt
time of the occurrence.
UNDERGROUND RAILRoAp.-A free negro
named George Phenix, living near the Honey
wood Mills in Berkeley county. was arrested OF
Tuesday last says the Virginia Free Press, ana i
now confined in jail, upon the charge OF AIDING IL
the escape of slaves.
DWELLING BURNT The residence OF Mrs
Dabney Gooch near Woodville, Aibemarle, wa
burnt to tho ground on Wednesday night last
The inmates discovered the fre carry enough
save most of the furniture.
THE JAIL of King George county took fire OF
the night of the Sth inst, and was much damaged
There were only two prisoners in the building
and they were badly suffocated by the smoke be
fore they were rescued.
PETERSBURG AFFAIRs-Ne take the followin;
from the Petersburg Express of yesterday:
Valuable Freigh-A freight train of 10 cars OF
the SouthS Side Railroad, arrived Saturday eve
ming bringing 523 boxes of tobacco, IS hbds. ditto
l6ls bushels of wheat, so head of cattle, 80 liv
hogs, 26l bags of shot and ten boxes of lead iron
the Wythe Union Lead Mining Company, beside
a large quantity of miscellaneous freight.
Dead-Jno Sturdivant, Esq, well known au
influential citizen of Petersburg died on Saturda.
last.
E,Griv ITstt0r-A mocassiu snake four feet long
deceived into coming out by the altered tempera
ture OF the weather, was Killed by some Dogs, "a
rday.
one hundred and fifty of land, owned b.
p r. Cousens, short distance ont of Petersburg
was sold Saturday at SIS per acre.
SMALL Pox IN NEW KENT CoUNTY.-The VIII
liausburg Gazette learns that the Small Pox ha
made its appearance in the neighborhood of Bar
Evansville, New Kent county, Va. About ten o
twelve cases have appeared. 1t broke out in tn
house of Mr. Washington Mitchell, at Ware Greek
young man at Mr.. Mitchels. by the name O
WIN. f. Breeder died of it about three week
since. This is the only death reported We lear
by Mr. William Meanly, that DIR. Richardson VIII
lives at Ware Greek has taken the disease. TIL
residence of Mr. Mitchell has been converted into
; hospital for the treatment of cases.
Posr OFFICE AFFAIRs-The Postmaster Ger
eral has ordered the following:
Establish postofice at Two Lick Run, Braxto
county, Va, and appoint Adonijah Harris Post
master-directly on route No. 5l23, between Brax
ton Court House and Brick River. Establish a.
office at Pocahontas Mills, Charles City county, Va
and appoint Richard S. Rowland Postmaster-in
mediately on route from Richmond TO Norfolk
Appoint Ludwell 8. Barnes Postmaster at Wy
linburgh, Charlotte county, Va, vice III. M. l.
9oode, resigned.