The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-03-13
THE DAILY DISPATCH.
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VIRGINIA INTELLIGENCR.

INK ACCIDENT ON THE SEABoARD AND Roam
okE kEkAILRoAp-Additioaal Partic xiars.-The Pc
terseurg Express Of yesterday publishes the state
ment OF Mr.. Friedland. the baggage agent who
was on board At the time of tho late accident on
the Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad. It says:
The mail car took fire first, aud 80 rapidly did
tne names progress. that In less than We
minutes the entire train was reduced to a heap
.. smonidering ruins Mr.. f. says he distinctly
eara ,s ana recognized the voice of Mr Dsughtrey,
me Mail Agent, also of young Octavius Cooke.
VINO pleaded most piteously to be released from
Their horrible situations. There was no are .t
hand to cut them loose, nor could bucket be oh.
famed TO throw water into the burning car, 90 he
used MS hat and poured In the water until the
names became 30 intense, he was compelled 10 da
sist lie says the cries of the victims were i,do.
ser1oaoie aud the recollection of them can ram.,
be effaced from his memory. He think. n nrahs
u,e .nst capt. kilkely and young Charles Carev
were severely stunned, or killed outright, by the
either of them. "o'n'i'S from
MT John h. Everett, of Nashville. Tenn Lost
sefera hundred dollars In money, Miss Rowe of
.,Saa IA also lost considerable sum of money be.
trunk. 'SA VOC in ner
me ohiy persons hurt, not before mentioned
were Mr.. Gregory of Petersburg, w 7 Rice of
hentucky, and John Overman. fireman Tbav
were were only slightly injured. The gold watches Of
anu hnketly were melted bv
the flames Young Octavius Cooke. who died
Iew moments after being gotten out showed great
.ooiness While those around were Assisting to oet
the car OFF him. Ae '" so'
PETERSBURG AFFAIRS The Petersburg papers
Oh Yesterday contain the following:
naAIoaa IRON "A cargo of Il. iron for the Nor
ioik and Petersburg Railroad, arrived at Peters
ours, tuesday. The road ia now completed To
Foleys Meadow, half mile east of Petersburg.
hso. Dr Deems leetured at Phoenix Hall Tues
aay hignt, to over 700 persons. Last night he was
10 nave been presented with q service of silver
plate by his friends
ALEXANDRIA -Ml0aru,-The Mt Yer.
non Guards, of Alexandria, a new military com.
pany, has been organized-W. W. Herbert, CON-
nlander.
Il cargo Of tar. from Norfolk, arrived on Tuesday,
on the steamer James Grey.
Rock Fish are selling at so conts per bunch
Frozen 10 Death-A man named Dilley, saws the
Alexandra Sentinel, was frozen to death on Mon
day morning last, on the turnpike road about
mile east of New Baltimore, Fauquier county,
He was intoxicated the evening before.
OYSTERS AND THE CoLD WEA~HER-Manv of
the oyster boats this winter have lost whole car
goes by the freezing of the oysters. One captain
lost 800 bushels, worth $780, or the profits of the
whole previous autumn.
SLArING THE GAME-A correspondent of the
Greenbrfer Era, says. in Braxton, one hunter
killed, since the cold weather commenced, fifty.
seven deer, others killed fifty forty, &c. In Mich
olas, one man killed seventy deer and sixteen
bears some of which he sold for thirty dollars
cash. Others killed from forty to sixty deer.
UNITED BRETHREN-The Virginia Conference
of the United Brethren in Christ will hold its an.
nual session at Otterbne Chapel, Shenandoah
county, commencing on the 18th inst
SoLD.-The "Peck Farm" about three miles
from Staunton, on the Waynesboro road, has been
sold to MIR. Jas. W. Hudson, of Staunton. The
price paid was $2l per acre.