Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-08-11
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DESTRUCTIVE FIRL.-About half.paa. oclocB
Thursday night, fire discovered Issuing from '''e
roof Of Mr.. w. w. Wingo's twoa,0ry brick house
situated near the Western end Of Clay street.. Tue
neighbors Immediately burst open the front door aac
| awoke Mr.. Wingo, who was asleep in the lower lhi
of the housa at the time-he rest Of the family bein-
absent. few moments longer aud Mr. ". Won:
certainly have been consumed with the building. IL
consequence of the scarcity of water in the n-'%h
| borhood, the flames coald not ba arrested until The
burning root had fallen IN, aud entirely destroyed Tie
floors aud other wood work OF the building, leaving
nothing but the bare walls II is believed that hrr
was placed in tho upper story by an incen,ilary
who doubtless supposed no ono was in the house
AZ the time Mr.. Wingo, however, had returned
home after dark, and mainly Tor the purpose OF pro
tecing his property. II only some few weeks since
that Mr. w. lost u stable aud other out-hou-rs by
fire communicated from adjoining building that
had been set on fife. BY the p.eseu sad misfortune
he loses n-arly all his furniture lie has al INSURANCE.
of about s2,O1O on the house. bl, this is far irom
being enough 10 cover his entire loss
| THE PirTSYLvIsIA TRAGEDY.-The wife aud emil
iren OF the negro that shot Mr. L. F. Keen OF Pitt
sylvauia county, gu Sunday moruuc, were caught on
Ilouday last about half mile from their master
house, on their return home but nothing has been
seen Of the negro man yet. The woman say. that
( while they were travcin: the children comtnenrci
CRYING for water. Size seut her husband 10 gel sour
! for them, aud during his sbseuce she started oacH
home. \ number Of persons sill IN pursuit OF
the negro. Mr.. Keen continues 10 improve, and
hoIs. are en:srtsued that be Wi! eventually reeve!
AProISINENI.-We are pleased 10 learn from the
Norfolk Herald the, Major Edward Fitzgerald has
b.sp appointed military Governor O: the Gsdsd-r
Purchase. on tne river Gi!a. Major Fitzgerald is a
native OF Norfolk, gallant and chivairous officer Of
the U. 5. Army, and every way worthy Of the trust
conIded 10 him.
| EluuIH JCDIcGlL DIsrRIcI.-Mr Coemans ma
iorily over Mr.. Msrye. for Judge OF the eighth cir
cu;t,is los. Judge Conway's majority in February
lasr 2O3. Coleman now receives l6o more vote:
taso were csst for Conway.
TIE GRAND E.cANFMEAG OF VIRGINIA l. D. ..
F. held its annual session N Hampton, Va, an We'd
u-sdsy last, ~ which Or. A. l.. Peters or Halifax
county. elected Grand Chof Patriarch; J. X
| Konoud of Norfolk. Grand Senior Warden. IsJor
Israel Robinson, OF M..tnsourc, Grand Scribe, aud
julius G,c=t, Of Dauvil!e, Grand Treasurer.
Mill BuRYr.-The large and valuable Mauuiactu
rim. Mil of DR.. Henry Lewis, located uza. Lawrence.
VILE, il Brunswick county, Was destroyed by tire OH
a bout haifpast O'clock P. NJ but The fans spread
30 rapidly and there wa 80 little help al hanG that
il Impossible to stay i;s progress The los. l. to
a. the property wss not Insured. The owu-, think,
thu ho,- at h.e designsi!y, but the iIceuds
r. ha, 10. ye; beea discovered.
| ELoop Is Roc KISGuAM.-A when, storm of rsu
and hal! occurred al Iieczleowp, Rockingham coulv.
on Wednesday, !! July. Gao Run aud other streams
| overt owed their banks, aud immense damag- WIS
| done By the food. Fences, whear, corn &c., were
SWEPT Off ann the soil Of Geld Was literally carried
away. norce be!Onsn 70 Mr.. Samuel Saee,s was
| killed by lightning, aad NJ. Shaets aud negro lnnr
wrr. knocked dowu The Reg sic: says that such n
| food has No; been known in that peghbo!hoo! ~.
the !ss: t!iy years
Posr.orricE MATTERS ~ NiRGIsIA.-Appoiu,-
nents j tnss K. King, postmaster al Somerse'
Nansenond county, Va, vice James + Smith, res.su'
! ed. As. Squires, postmss:c. u Salt Lick bridge
Braxtou county, Virginia vice Charles L. Singleton
resigned
| ALEXANDRIA, LoupJUS ASD u,NPsHIRE Rail.
! RuAD.-Ihe President and Direlt,rs Of tins compa-
Nv at their last monthly meeting closed contract
for 900 tons of iron rails, pattern, 81 3D. to the
yard, made u, the Reunsseaer iron work., Troy New
York also, for OOO tous pattern aud weight to
be shipped from Newport, Wales aud 10 be received
! here in October aud November neat. They expect
early i'll the spriug says tie Alexandria Gazette. TO
have the road laid down n. tar rs tn. village of
Thornton 50 10 complete the line 10 Clark Gap.
forty miles in 1853. Mr.. John II. Monroe the con.
tractor Tor .UVUu cTOss-t:S Tor lIs TOri MS Coui
meaced the delivery Of ths same from his estate in
Maryland.
SHAMEFUL OUTRAGE IS LYscuguKG.-'rne old
Methodist Church III Lyuchburc, on Sunday night
last, the ;hentre OF shameful outrage 1t Is thus
noticed III III, Courier.
1t appears that oil Sunday night last, sacrlegious
wretch managed TO obtain access Ia the gas.netsr
and iel of al the water The consequence was hat
IN. :,as soon went ont ca"ing the church III total
! 4 isf nr1plg
ar with his accunplIcss, Scd'trIrd m1RJ P3"ntS 81
fMciy pomdercd jnppsr on ne f'9r GcncacS r"hi'"g'
and cs7rh'rc! The house was dcnse!y crowded, ami
utter the gas was lighted again aud whiio the prea'
III tho midst uf u stirring appUsl 10 Ia" con
scences of hS hearers, the ladrs G".n.uccG I" ply
their fans and the ersoua standing i'll the aisle 10 move
nbou; TO get little fre.h ar This r"used up IN.
powdered pepper and started the whole congregation
10 coughing and sneezu NJ rate 20 Crribs rs To put
u speedy stop 10 the services. Unable TO endure their
sufrrngs many nf the congregation rose up and made
Tor the doors Tie dDorS couh DJt be- @pc1cd' TIER
rrrc mrrtcdcS outside hOhdt"g them mlth rCPes How
long this stale of things lasted we were not t1ld Whit
the consequences mast have been, We leave To he
imagined.
FoKGERY.-The L. S. Grand ,Jary met in til. L.
Court room on Friday. 10 enquire iu;o the CHARGE
made nrr;-t WIN II. Wash Of Po.rhHtan, ut for@in:
certain papers and thereby obtaining bounty land
warrants from the L. 5. Government. Ihc on!H
submitted 10 the jury, tssys tue Dispatch, was
that Of procuring by irauduien; mesns the land war
ran; due Anthony VI. Duocy, :,.r services rendered
durn, the war OF 1912. The jury after hearing the
witnesses. Trough. true bill agGins. tee accused
Judge HsIyburtou will bod ca eA;ra e=ssion.
FArAL ArrRav.--A young named Geo Ab.
bot had al alteration with 0 man game" Ibonia'
Dickens. in Falmouth. Va, on 7 ursday last, which
has resulted fatally with the last usnsd Abbott was
arrested.
4 FntsGlr.-The Fredericksburg Val papers re:
port serous fresh.: in tho Eaprthennach river and
great damage along its course Inc Hrra'd, .! that
town, says:
"a part Of tho town lyin, south OF Princess Ann
street, and below the railroad depot, Is completely
submerged. The houses OF Capt. DAME Reed. klch
ard Wallace John Solau and others IRE mum '.ei.-
Mr.. SIS house is surrounded by water, only ext bels
made Oh horsebuck Many of the lots along Main
street and numerous cellars also bear testimony to the
amount OF rein ;bs: has fallen.
ArrESprtp HOMICIDE lsAIExAsDRlA.- Inc Alex
audria Gazette says, that Oh W-du6sdny night about
10 o'clock one of the nen connected with tho circus
company was attacked by three men, who struck him
sevcra blows on the head, it IL supposed with n sluns
shot, iractnriug his skull, mud ntllcting severe
wound u his right eide with knife. Tine wouud"d
nan was tnken to the Virginia House, where Dr.. VI
u. Lewis rendered all necessary medical assistance
md Thursday be considered out OF danger, though
he knife, it j. thought, penetrated bis lungs Three
aen, named Johu Newbanks. James TramInei', art
Thomas Cook we're arrested Thursday morning. hat
20 examination Thursday afternoon before Justices
Price, Violet, and Buckingham, aud were recoinmit
I'D TO Jail to await further examination, on Monday
rsxt. e E. Stuart appeared for the prosecution auI
Csorgc w Brent for the accused.
As ALLEGED CouSrEKfEIrER The Wheeling
lines recorde the arrest of jos Miller, ten miles
fun Cameron. Pa, charged with couuterieiting. Tn
sim Of Sl2O iu counterfeit 2Os on the Farmers ant
p.overs BANK OF Wayuesburg, Pa. and So on IN
M-,csu;ile BANK Of Connecticut. were ouud i'll Iii
possession. II Is said lie offered the o:ic-! :591
e: him Of.
PUBLIC MEETING IN CULpEPEB
AZ meeting OF the citizens of Culpep-r held III To-
Court House, on Thursday, the 9Th iEs for the pur
heM ut Knoxville, Tenn Oh III, lU.h, Oh motion .
George u GRAY, Col Eaton Stanard was csl!ed 20 th