The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-02-18
v,RoTNIA INTRLLIGRNCR.

A. eUefous Sur FOR DsNAaEs.-A SUI .oa
damages has been eommeaced against MA. 1911
w,ssud, . respsctabIe 0ermsn citizen OF ssauAs'n
Va. which originated from rather s'osen.
If eourtship. The vindIcator gives fne ~icHpps
account ofAts getting into the scraps
Desiring 20 marry he employed FRIEND 70 en-
Tar into NEGOTIATION by letter win herman iAos
In Richmond twhom he had never seen lof tne
purpose Of matrimonial partnefsnip. Inc terms
were .greed upon rne ,rp .so and on landing
-arasd her vay to what she considered her future
horae Hut. alas, for human hopes
TING lord Of the snug little mansion spurned her
from bis door, and bid her eegone 10 insulting Ian
s,ssre Indignant At the Insult and chafed with
he Sisappointnent, she fastened 70 . friend and
~ ed his direction to barrister's Office. When
there. her case was stated. Wigand was sent for,
with view to compromise the difficulty. He ar
rived, aud when asked for the cause Of his con-
Duct he fretted and fumed, and declared he would
have cat in the bag" IL was not for day, but
life time, and he would have done Of ii. The law
yer and friend having having exhausted arguments
In vain TO induce him to fulfil his PROMISE and pay
. reasonable damage, suit was slapped upon his
back, which, before be is through with, VIII open
his eyes to the folly of counting by mail and ri-
ding with the affections OF ladies' even If II Is leap
year.
A VOTE OF THAMES has been adopted by the
people of Portsmouth, in public meeting, to all
who aided them during the epidemic. lneiuded In
II are the States of Maine, New Hampshire, MAS
sachusetts, Rhode Island Connecticut New York,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland,
Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
Alabama Mississippi Louisiana, Florida, Texas,
Kentucky, Indiana, and Wisconsin and the District
of Columbia Also, TO Thomas Webster, Jr, OF
Philadelphia; H. n. Fall and ]. A Leaverng, OF
Baltimore; Thomas Dodamead of Richmond and
Darcy Paul of Petersburg Also the Sisters OF
Charity and OF Mercy, to the naval officers at
Gosport, the President, and the physicians ct the
Naval Hospital Also to New York, Baltimore
philadelphia and Richmond, for the interest taken
in the orphans. Also, to Rev. DR.. Shackman, oi
Pa. The resolutions expressed the intention oil
the citizens of Portsmouth to erect a monument
over the nurses and physicians who fell during the
epidemic. @
DEAD.-David Edmondsun, for many years
justice of the peace for Rockbridge county, died
on the 9Th inst He was officer In the militia du
ring the war Of 1872 and marched with his com
pany from Rockbridge to Norfolk.
FIREs.-The dwelling of A. b. Warner, nea,
Lnray, In Page county, was destroyed by fire with
most of Its contents, on the 4th iast On the Is,
Inst, the house of Benjamin Norment, near Ho
neysyile, in Rockingham, was burnt.
DANGEROUS PRACTICE.-The Point Pleasant
(Va) Republican says that the Madison House
there was nearly destroyed by fire on the lst by
the carelessness of servant who put hot brick
to her feet on going to bed The bed clothing took
fire. and every thing combustible in the room was
destroyed
SALE OF NEGRoES.-At Gainesville, Va, on the
18th inst, thirtyntne negroes-ffteen of them be
ing women and children-were sold for S23 725 -
They belonged to the estate of Mrs. Mary E. Scott
NORFOLK AFFAIRs.-The U. s. steamer Powha
tan recently arrived, ore her flags half mast Fri
day and fred guns in respect to the memory of the
late Commodore Morris. Virginia Taylor charged
with advising slaves to abscond, has been acquit
ted. The Argus tells of q lad named Stanard, who
recently accomplished the feat of opening 1000
quarts of oysters in IL days.
DRowSED.-On Monday last, Mr. John Griffin
of Botetoart county, while attempting to free q
boat from ice, near Frsst g. Frazier's tunnel, was
the boat and throwing him out He attempted to
get into the boat and falling in this tried to reach
the shore but was washed under the ice and drown
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