The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-09-03
OF THE RICHMOND DAILY DISPATCH ]
BrcxINeHaM Co, Va. Sent. l

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BrcKISGHam Co., Va, Sept. 1.
This county was thrown into great excitement
by the report that man had been murdered and
robbed, and then buried by the assassins. A COM
mittee Of 30 or 40 gentlemen was formed to inyes-
tigate the matter, and during the search, learn
that some pieces Of the clothing or body were
found. The suspected parties were called upon and
ordered to leave the county. They denied the act
however, and declined leaving expressing willing
ness to stand their trial before court Of law At
this point call was made for a rope upon which
somebody was to be hung to a poplar tree near by
which created change in the sentiment and the
object OF the committee was, / believe accom-
plished.
There was a revival last week at Sharon Baptist
Church, In this county-the Methodists and Ran
fists uniting. Rev. Mr.. Ford, of Richmond WAS
present and delivered some eloquent sermons
About twenty persons professed conversion There
mas been also revival ut the Female Institute
here, resulting in the conversion of 10 or % souls
There is another protracted meeting going on at
Stoney Point, with or penitents at the altar
and another at New Canton.
The crop OF tobacco is the finest ever seen in
to the corn crop The wheat did not turn out 40
we'll Yours. q En-
Lynch LAW IN TIE WEsr.--The following. from
late number OF the Warsaw (Ill1 Bulletin. gives
sad picture of the condition of affairs in that por
ton of the Union:
At 10 o'clock last night after Kennedy had been
discharged the vigilance committee assembled
armed and equipped, and marched over to the house
OF Mrs Wech, and surrounded the house. and on
slight noise, out popped Kennedy, who was
brought to the ground by gun Shots and now laws
IN the Justices office, badly wounded. The house
was then searched, and Webster was fonud taken
to the river. head shaved, tarred and feathered.
stripped and sent down the river in a boat lie
told that the stolen goods belonging to Messrs
krna nbt Gnla I.&t~
the grave yard in vault. Time about one o clock.
Next action wits the taking of Hartford who made
his brag that there were not men enough in town
to drive him off. He and DR.. Wood were hung until
life was almost extinct; they confessed to thieyinp
and implicated others. They were, in connectinn
with Shanghai Bill stripped, heads shaved tarr,d
and feathered, put into boat and sent down the
river. DIR. Wood confessed to the garroting that
had been done lately Holden, the Dutch doc tor
iordon anu johnson. were notified to leave within
twenty-four hours, or be served the same treat
ment. The old brewery honse, on Main street hill.
WAS torn down.
SUGAR SPECULAToRs.-The Cincinnati Times Of
the 2sth ult., has article predicting losses for
sugar spectators. Itsays:
In the next place, these speculations are carried
on with money borrowed from the banks in man Y
cases on security not at all deserving the name and
the institutions thus ioaning are, therefore. depen
dent on the speculation being a profitable one
or they are losers by the operation fail as a con.
sequence, and swindle their depositors or those
who may be unfortunate enough TO possess their
circulation. 1t is rather roundabout game and
the masses must either pay the fiddler in tho
prices they extort, failing in that lose in the
value OF the funds they may have under their con.
troll.
The present condition ofthe market in these very
articles-sugar and molasses-is a fair instance ot
this Tie majority of the stock is in the hands Of
spectators, who have bought it up and held on Ia
it in hopes of still higher prices.
new crop is at hand, in regard to which there
is the greatest promise, and the borrowed funds on
which they have operated will become due before
their hoped for advance they will go under. their
securities, If they have any, must suffer- and fail
ing this, the banks and their creditors must sustain
the entire burden.
Coon HIT-J Phoenix, the correspondent OF
the Boston Post, notes the following characteristic
Of the fashionable society of Nahant:
The Double Eye Glass Club ID. I G. C. they
place after their Dames,) hourishing: two OF
them have improved 80 that they can zee through
their glasses nearly as well they can without
them. 1t is quite refreshing to See a member take
down his glass to read the morning papers and the
haste with which he replaces it if surprised bv an
outsider. friend of mine named NJ from
New Orleans, who has always had a taste for fash.
onable life and i'll fact has nearly starved himself
to death to improve his figure, being anxious tc
join the club, went to Boston yesterday for the pur
pose Of procuring the tools Entering a fashiona
hle jewery establishment he made known his
wishes and box of double eye glasses was placed
at once before him. "What focus wonld YOU pre-
fer, sir?" inquired the shop-k oeper with immense
pOliteness. Window Glass" replied NJ. solemnly
Il am not near sighted, am stopping at Nahant
'Oh, exactly" said the ieweler. and he fitted out
his customer with great celerity. NJ. says he is
afraid it wont work. the instrument pinChes his
nose to that extent that: he has acquired nasal
pronunciation, and it is painful to him to bid his
friends, Good bordig."
MoRB OF HlM-A letter to the PETERSBURG Ex.
press, dated Weldon, North Carolina, Aug. 3lst.
>ays:
Mr.. G. s. j, the Richmond draft man, came
along here on Saturday, and succeeded in PLAYING
in the symPathies of Mr. John Farrell to the time
Of some twenty odd dollars, depositing Richmond
draft collateral security, aud took the first train
for Raleigh. Mr.. Farrell ascertafned by telegram
from Richmond that the draft bad egg, and
immediately set the wires to work Raleighward,
The result was, MIR. q. $. j. lodged in the Public
Hotel of Wake cOun y Saturday and Sunday
nights. Mr. Farrell Instructed the officer to-day to
release him upon his paying all damages, and we
learn tonight that he is accordingly released
CHICAGO MTLLioyaIRE-Eighteen years ago f.
h. Ward, the millionaire Of Chicago. sailed small
schooner on the lakes. In 1915, he took command
If a craft, of 300 tons, which was the commence
ment of Wards Lake Superior Line. Within the
last sixteen years. he has paid to shipbulders and
other mechanics, to employers and laborers, more
than two and a half millions of dollars. In the
and above all liabilities, fortune of million
and quarter. For some years he had intimate and
complicated business connections with the Michi-
gan Central Railroad, involving millions of dollars
and the transactions were all based on 4 verbal
agreement between Mr. Brooks. the Superintend-
ent Of that road and himself. No written contract
ever existed between theni each relied the hon
and integrity of the other and neither were dis
appointed.
A FAST woNAN-The ladies are becoming DANCE
rously perfect. We really don't know why they
,hOnld mt 'rise in rebellion" some day. and take
away the reins of government from Ms poor mascn
lines. There are now two ladies stopping at Far
retti, on Cape Island, N j., who are equal to the
BEST of us on bowling and shooting One of them
made 'loelre ten sTikFS in succession, and two hun
dred and Cightysoyen points on her next game.
lately. The other one. in the meanwhile, was shoot
ing pistol match with two gentlemen from this
city. She hit the button Fix times in eight shots.
at ten PAGES, and the other two shots came within
.eveu-cighths of an inch, She then fired twenty
six shots at swinging block, two and n baif
inches In diameter and struck it fourteen times
There wUrd be no necessity for any Centlenan's
going into the 1eld to settle this last ladys quar-
rels.--Nc'r York Kercpry.
THF STF'NER CRY OF TORONTO ASHORE The
steamer City Of Toronto from Liverpool. and bound
to Montreal, went ashore in the night of the 18th
nit. in the Straits Of Belle Isle She hal seven feet
of water in the hold. Two hundred packages of
dry goods were saved, which, with the remainder
of the wrecked goods, will be taken to FOrtean.
There were no lives lost.
The City of Toronto WAS n sailing vessel of 700
tons with passengers.
TOBACCO GROWING IN GERNANY-A Vienna cor
respondent of the Washington Union states that
the cultivation of tobacco has, within the last few
years, increased to very considerable extent in
the interior of Germany, especially in the Grand
Duchy of Baden, the exports of which alone are es-
timated to exceed a million of iorins year. In
some localities the culture of provisions has been
abandoned, to give place to this more profitable
crop The quotations arc 16, 20, and even % iorins
per qnntal.
BARLEY BREAD.-The Maine Farmer comrends
the use Of barley for bread and speaks Of receiving
from Aroostook county a specimen Of -four from
grain cnt August Sd. The Maine farmers ack
ledge early barley bread, taken hot. to be a real
luxury, and especially il comes at a season