The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-02-20

Wright and Jones, came off today. They were
sentenced to receive tbrty-nne lashes Winter
B. Smither. charged with the murder of James
Ciaike, ia November last, was sent on to the Su.
perior Court for trial
The weather Is unusually warm. REUBEN.
Examination on the Charge Of Murde.
CORES roxDENcE EoF THE DISPATCH.
FARMviLLE, VA, Feb. 10, 1857.
Inc examination of Edward A. Langhorpe,
charged With killing Charles T. Edie, on the GIT b
u.., A Hampden Sidney College, was concluded
tni' evening, bef,re the County Court of Prince
EDWARD he was sent on for trial at the March
term of the Circuit Court.
FAYETTEVILLE IN. c. CoaLrfELps ROAD
The people of Fayetteville, North Caroli,a, are
recovering from the depression occasioped by the
defeat of their cherished railroad scheme. ard are
taking steps to ensure the success of the work bv
their own means
meeting OF the stock holders of the w..,.r p.n
road Comr any held in Fsyetteyills on ,hs i1,h
inst, at which Mr.. Mailett, the Pr.sdent anta,sd
INTO dstaled statement of its sffairs From u
snt we learn that the grad ng ten mill. of
the track Ia almost completed tina: s677i9 So has
b.en paid in cash, and S99 GOO in town bonrs. that
me coat OF fhe work dSne. grading engineering &C.
ana the purchase ct real estate for depot has bee
ABOUT 10 oto; that there il hand, applicable TO
tne worn "a go in town bonds and S39 662 81 in
sooa Individual subscriptions. yet unpaid that the
grading, bridges. road crossings pcs.be rock exoav
IONS cross ties and all other expenses TO fit tn, road
for the iron, will cost according to the detailed es-
mats tprepaTed on liberal scale,l S279 160; to
whch aad f8 1873 fer engineering and Office expenses
ana we hsVe sum of S2S7 36l- leaving $4,000 to
Do rasedi exclusive of the iron and rolling stock 1t
70 almost universal for railroad companies to Dor.
TOW. opon mortgage of their whole property, the
means to purchass these last that no doubt is enter.
OF the ability to supply that in that way
- ool C. theref'e Is to obtain an addition.
BuD9CriDt10Q i~h L.
able In cash, in materials. or In work
mlklsG LARGE CAsTINGs. Few people may he
aware OF the amount of labor and risk involved in
the production Of such castings as are now required
1or our mammoth steamship engines The furnaces
ehmpaoyea IN foundries will each hold hut two or
Lnree TONS OF melted metal at the utmost; aud the
metal must in all cases bs pou-ei into mould in
large continuous stream. For large castings thick
issetSoirs OF hre brick are provided and filled BY
sio@ oeereee from the furnaces, the sides being of
sum ;ient thlckDets to retain the heat The prspar.
tiou OF the mould requires many weeks labor and
ne snxiety OF the head founder at the moment Of
ou"i't'ng tns metal TO the m luld is extreme. One
OF our lafses. establishments prepared last wsek TO
pour casting, which would weigh sixty.two tons
anu @ me "a ior the purpose during the whole day
aug evening sixty i've tons OF metal, which wss re-
ta'nd In Two of the huge reservoirs described But
tho of the largest sized cupoIs fur.
n",a to work badly, and instead of three
cioek as expected, it vase P. NJ b. fore the msts
was ready AT this stegs, the interesting fact wa,
discovered that the metal had far chilled thet II
'ne netaI, still hissins hot, remained in two ponde
nias.es OF some thirty6ve to forty tons each in
Tue t"o reservoirs not only valueless but apparent
~ - nssuce, s, as they are too large and strong ever
, oo uioAeh up for re.msting. except at cost too
great TO be practicable some hat .imiIsr in
.auce OF having too mush Of good thing occurred
~ tue great iire In 1885, where the Tuirs of largo
iron store Pearl street wers fouDd 20 con,s,n s
IRREGULAR mass, weighing some sixty tons: which
was hhaiiy disposed OF by gging deep 1it at lts
eide and rolling 1t in and bui,ains ovsr ~ VI
Tribune. " " ' "
FASHIONABLE rARIIEs-The New York Exnra,.
ls down upon fashionable parttes and sb,xy. thsrn
up in proper light Not fashionabie. as ,ucb' bnt
me WY they are attended For insancs--ths inv.
O'Clock at night. At II, supper comss-sn hour i.
spent at the table, and them on full ssomacbs and
drowsy brain. heated by artificial stimulants, the
dance be gins At o'clack In the moruine ths nartu
breaks up and the young ladies and sents a.ft 70,
home. An hour more 10 SPENT then, in dismi.sns
tneif company and getting ready for bed which posi-
toa ! Is gained Just about the time day il esking
A fashionable lady in New York has determined to
SCI her lhHience against this CUSTOM and has had
her invitations printed to come eisht and depst
at twelve"
FEARFUL SCENE IN CHURCH the Afrieep
Methodist church, of Baltimore, Sunday, a negro
woman was announced to PREACH and the house
was filled by $500 people. The Sun thus describes
a scene that followed:
The preacher had, perhap', advanced TO ths mid
die portion Of her disdourse some elsw seated
below, probably upder the choir gallery in a ,tento
nan voice cIie1 cut In startling manner 'ite re
the church Ia on fire 70 1t rang Ihrou. h the church
xe ths most awful summons and electrified the con
ereganon beyond control instantly taere was a
rush from a.! paris CT the spacious srucure for the
doors and windows whereupon q scene eusued " hicb
dehes description. Many of those upon ,hs lower
Doe in rushing to the front doors were an
ahmed in the ssles that they could not move ether
or forw ards, and injured In the strus
'ie Those in the gallery rushed pell-melI towards
ne stairs on either side, and mass OF humanity,
piled upon each other, was the consequence MANY
others, hovever, seeing escape was lmpossibIs by
lhe staircase boldly jumped he galleries pom
toe heads OF their uniurtnnat brethren below One
OF these cut a man very severely, and at the same
time broke one of his legs. Many of hsm lost their
shawls hankerchieis bonnets coats shoes and oven
long oootA In the noise and cogfusion the panic.
The chu ch building itself dill not prove unin ured
as many Of the window glasses brok en- and the
seats t)rn away and broken
RENTS IN New YosK CrrY.-The Journal Of
CONNIE ce Of Wednesday hes the following in for
nation in regard to the rents the coming Spring in
that city:
A large real estate agent yesterday remarked
that the advance in rents houses and stores ei-
gib5 situated, will be at least ten per cent? prsm.
which re leased last year for 1000 will now
bring 100; and bui diags of better class in like
proport Considering that it is he raid.
die of February the number of To Lets displsy ed
seems remarkably Emal in eligible portions of TIL
city The amount IT property Fer Sale Is pro osably
as large usual The prices affixed of the
would sstonish sober people in the country,
toned to city fo.lies and extravagapce. Out of a
list of nearly $50 hors only IA ef.red fer less
than 10000, and the avcrege for the whole num-
bsr would exceed $50 900. We noticed quite .
number OF the frst-csss houses of.red for $3.50 0t0
and doz vslued at from $50 900 to $50 000-
some of these furnished-whoss prcprietors may be
ursl supposed 10 have fourished for brief re-
riod, aud found themselves compelled to descend
from their dazzling emnence. The way tn ngs are
going, men of moderate means have alternative
but to take suite of rooms retire Into obscu 70
corner, or leave tbs city"
THE INAUGuRATIoS.-rhec city Of Washington
Is already beginning to fill up with strangers in
view Of the approaching Presidential ipaugura.
ton. The Star says:
Thsre are more stranger ladies' of fashionable ex.
tsriors In Washington at this time than ever be-
fore saw here except Inauguration day. Their
presence gives glew of animation not oely to The
immediate surroundings Of Congress, the psrlors OF
fashionable hotels the Smithsonian Ipstitutou,
the Patent Office building and other public edfoes,
visited by Desriy ell strangers who come hther. but
to P nnsylvsnis avenue which glitters with them
when the shines until II rhaps equsied Broad.
way itself on Monday afternoon.
HYpRopHoBIA Much excitement has been crea.
ted in West Chester Pa. and the surrounding coun-
try, by the death of young man named Good, from
hydrophobia, and unusual number of dogs having
been bitten by another dog, evidently mad A gen.
o. al slaus shter Of dogs was commenced and twenty
thirty wisely destroyed at All found at large