Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-04-15
q-itD a.iU state Atfairs.

citpa.sU $tdte Iffairs.
,xorngR TeLssRArH TO LfxeunuRG We lean
at a Telegraiihe Line from Alexandria to LYNCH
larg Is now being projected, aud will be in operation
IN the course of 4 few months.
Goop NEws.-The lollowin : announcement. by the
Petersburg Express, will he received with unaffected
.elight by all who duly impressed with the i'm
r,rtance of the completion of nur great Western line
al Railway through 10 the Mississippi Valley and
their name is legion. Great delay has heretofore been
accustomed bv the want OF iron:
ARRIVAL or RAILROAD lanS-Tbe shin Emit y,
Pure Capt. Tester. with a53 ton, of iron for ,he
East Tennessee aud Virginia Railroad reached Har-
riSon : Bar james River Thursday la.. The iron
i consigned 10 Messrs Pnnnill i Sou nud viii reach
is destination hs way Of the South Side aud Viz
pinia and Tennessee Railroads.
The ship rbtshtft, Capt Farfer, also from Cardiff
came up to City Point FRIDAY She briugs 563 tons
for the East Tennessee aud Virginia Railroad con-
signed to MeSsrf. Pannill Son.
DRgApFuL AseIoFNr.-O Saturday last, Mr. Geo
Bendall, an employee ut the South-Sde Railroad,
met with dreadful accident While the carly morn
ing freight train, Of which Mr. b. was Conductor was
being formed, he was standing the top of one of
the attending to the brakes when the train star
ted suddenly, throwing him down across the track.
Before he could regain his feet two wheels him
over the hip aud the other across the bowels
crushing him badly. He WAS borne in a seemingly
dying condition to his boarding house Al Mrs. Hawkes.
on High street. where he daily attended by Drs
Spencer, Wihers and Sttachan
Mr.. Bendall is young mau of solc 20 years, is
native Of Sussex, and has II brother connected with
tie South Side Railroad, in the capacity Of Conduc-
tor for the City Point train.
p. S.--Since the above was in type we learn that
Mr. B. after lingering in great pain brcathed his last
nbont O'Clock Saturday night. His remains will
to-day be conveyed to the courly of Sussex for in
terment-Pe' EtPrcss.
TERRIBLE AetlngNT.-Two MfN CRusuEp.-A ter
rible accident occurred at Warwick Il Barksdalc's
new mill house ON 18th street, last Saturday after
about O'clock by which two white men-cor-
nelius Murphy and Elias Nackols-werc seriously if
not fatally injured. These rnen, with others
al work tie fifth story and had just rugged block
and ten,le for hosting timber As of the floor
ing in the building had been laid, they standing
upon two joiss lying SIS the sleepers, when the
timbers tilted or were accidentally knocked from
der them precpitating them 10 the basement below,
a distance of sixty-onc feet. gentleman who wit
messed the occurrence, says that when the descent
was first commenced the two men went dow feet
foremost to the third story, where the josts upon
which theylstood struck the seepers changed their
direction aud sent them headlong To the ground
Murphy had his left leg dreadfuly broken Just
above the ankle, the bones cutting through the flesh
and skin, producing frghttIi wound. His left hip
was either fractured dsla"ated, and his left arm,
between the elbow aud shoulder terribly trucured.-
Be,id these injuries his 81 le ftce, breast aud hend
were dreadful, bruised lie was taken to the Medi-
cnl College at AID placed unier the of the
attcnitut phys i'm AMI professors. When
LIN al Il O'Clock Yesterday morning, he was entirely
sensible, bat suffering greatly. Besides the compound
fractures enumerated. his internal injuries
rious that but lttle hopes are entertained of his
coyery.
Nncklos tAugh falling the same distance with
Murphy, had none q his bones fractured, aud hopes
are entertained nj his recovery. Soon after he fell he
was taken To his residence in Rockets and placed
under the care OF Dr. BIrksialc lie il very much
bruised by the fearful i bni if his in crnal injuries
not more serious than now believed to be he may
get NJ again in short time. DR.. Btrksllle visited
him yesterday morning aud foan1 him in much bet
ter condition than he expected The great wonder
Is, that both the men we're not instantly dashed to
pieces, falling from the height they iii and upon
sod foundation That they escaped with life IS in
deed miraculous DtVat"h.
WHnr CRor-Wc are sorry to lenra from the far
mer@ in the country that tie prospect of the wheat
crop is very unpromisilg udeel Some have told
US that the prospect WAS than present
this \ great dead seems to have been fro
zen beyond the hope Of recovery. The accounts from
tae county of Rockingham Of the same nature
StanatoA 1meficla r. :. y.
MARRIED, Tuesday. the 9th ultimo. on rock
in North Branch at New Creek DcEu; HAMPSHIRE co.
by the Rev. Rolaud Dayton, Mr. = RonERBaraH and
Miss - WoLFoRp, all of Pendleton The parties live
some 80 mites distant, and walked the whole distance
the arm ofthe groom entwinng the waist oil his
ftir mistress throughout the who.e journey. rare
instance of an e.oPemcHt On foot. with 50 happy
result
EASTER lIotlpAY was very materially interferred
with hy the 5eNere elemental demonstration of the
day. Our streets were, nevertheless considerably ia
Tested ny the peculiar institution who made the
of their rpsuitp from lnbnr is uronpr that