The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-12-18
VIRGINIA NEWS.

. PosroFPrcE APFAIRs.-r6g giaia-The postus.tsy
uenerai orders the following. Route 52ss-Msr-
.lnsviiie to Patrick Court House. il ordered 10 con
tract with John Stoops, of the latter plaee until
5oth June, 1855. ON the route 4969-Ianrepce-
glte 20 Lsurencevle-the office is to be supplt.d
between Poweton and Summit. Route 5OO2-
otannton TO Fincastle. The horse service ia ex.
snaea 6 from Brownsburg TO Cedar Grove Mills At
uralton, Taylor county. appoint Jesse 7. Mercer
postmaster, vice Vim. Powell resigned.
offces observation-disclosures, Stafford county :
atneEs Caroline county; Frazier's Store spottsyi-
vania county.
VESSELS IN DEssAND.-shipping is arriving daily
AZ tne port OF Norfolk. and scarcely Is vessels
srrissi announced before freight or charter fs Of
sred her. Vessels Of light draught especially. car
rying from $500 to 500 bushels of grain are in
great demsnd the prices varying from nine 10
tnir.een y. cents per bushel freight freights IL the
west inules are also in great demand. iho prices
being $ll so to sl2 per thousand iar stayes-sbin.
giles in proportion
PETFRs3sas H.iLRoAD.-AH the denots alops tho
line or this road have been renovated, wishin the
past month or two, and the road itself is In
"rder IL may be mentioned, too, that the authoYL
t, t,es % % fe'ers.urg are making improvements in
tue thoioBgi FIRE leading up from tae depot in thst
city through the region known a. pocahontas
winch has long sesn the subject of general obloqny
and complaint.
HEAVY DocKEr.-The docket of the CORPORATION
Court OF fredericksburg. for December, il larger
" IL mas "eeu ior years, there being some nine
W or more cases upon IL,
JEN ousY,-A paaa named Wisecraft. living in
siRrsaai county, lately became jealous of one OF his
poafders, Damet Garrison. whose attentions tn hi
"iie iiaa been rather too apparent. aud fred tw
pistois at random, following up the shots with a
severe oiow on Garrlson's head with poker The
assaulted Harrison was badly injured.
AccIDEsr.~Ns. Cornelius W. Baker and four
ycung ladies' were thrown from a carriaee pear
winchester, last Saturday. and all more or less in
Jured. One OF the ladies'. Miss Louisa BFeeden was
rendered insenshe by .he shock but soon recov:
ered sutloiently to relieve the apprehensions OF
her friends.
VIRGINIA WATER LISE.-E. 7. Summers ex-Mayor
OF N0rfCik, Is out in card TO the citizens ~ ,h
| place, urging that our State Legislature IL 4,
| session, public meeting should be called. and
| their opinions be made public in regard 10 the
| speedy competition of the water line from Lynch
burg to the Ohio river
| SERIOUS L0ss-On Tuesday last poI ton of the
| nriuge now heing constructed at Norfolk for the
HorioiK ana Petersburg Railroad gave way and
1iA large IRON pillars were thrown into the river
Loss about 81 900.
| ExPLOsIoN.-A box, containing seven thousand
forped0es, exploded in store at Norfolk. on We'd
| nesday. The bystanders thought Christmas had
| arrived.
| SUDDEN DEaTH.-Mr. William b. Beach, an aget
citizen OF Prince Edward county, died suddenly OF
|
ACCEPTED. .s-Res Charles A. Raymond. of Soutl
Carolina, has been elected President of Chesapeak
| Female College. at Hampton, and has entered upol
| the discharge Of his duties.
| Loss OF CoRy-The Jacksonville Advocate learn
| that many farmers in Tazeweil county are -IikeI
| to suffer heavy loss by putting up their corn in
| "soft state Where there IL any quantity of
together, it is already moulding around the cob
LoTs OF PiGEoys.-The Petersburg Express. nc
ticing the fact that great numbers of wild pigson
are hooking in the woods around that city, say
that gentleman day or two since killed twent,
| at one shot.
| DEATH OF A VoLCsTEER.-Mr. Nathaniel IT. Wills
who composed one Of the patriotic band Of Peters
berg Volunteers, in the war of 1912, and WA
wounded at the battle of Fort Meigs died in Jones
| borough, Tenn. on the 9th inst.
sHooTISG --Johu Wheat has been committed Il
| tail in Charlottesville. for shooting at Thoma
Yates, while the latter was in bed
WYMAs, the ventriloquist, is performing in Char
| lOttesviile.
Hon. III. W. HIILIAgD, of Alabama lectured be
| fore the Library Association, In Petersburg, las
| night.