The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-09-22


Tar STORM IN TLrvAssA AND 6oooniASp--Al letter
IN testerdays Dispatch. noticed destructive hnr-
! ricane, accompanied by hail. which occurred IN
/ Fiuvanna and Gonchland counties, on the is.h
/ ina Another correspondent writes rs thar she
storm was the most yiolenteyer experienced 'heff'
The fine tobacco crop Of ri omobundro, post mas
/ ter at Wilmington. Fluvanna, was cut 10 Pe'e' ~
! a few minutes and 10000 hills ruined HIS ,"''
| $500 A tobacco house on his tarih was WV"
| Down and portions Of the building c"r'''' . ms
! ,.,no Of qno vard, The corn was " beaten on the
.,,ts he barrels" The loss in buildings and crops
! ia Ilnvanpa alone il estimated at s25,ooo.
! Tyv rorYsrRI.x STATUE WtsHNGroS-h'
! r,s,rf,y4f--The Enquirer of yesterday contains
.n,e interesting letters and papers concerning the
eoae.trian statue of Washington, which has been
,hiprcd from Amsterdam in tho brig Walborg for
this city she freight cost g. 900, the vessel having
to BE- altered to admit it. The equestrian statue
ha. two rings. at the saddle bow. and the 9th
err In the back Of tho horse, by which it will lie
lifted into its place Bars of iron have been sm
tet, with the legs of the horse to adj strength
The artists also gives some directions regarding
the renovation of the appearance Of the statue ~
ne learns that the figures of Jefferson and Henry
have become very much soilei Mr.. J. c. Hooker
of Rome. writing at Mrs. Crawfords request, saws
that the figure Of Marshall Is waiting for the head
and that Of Mason Ia completed In plaster Mr.
Crawford has finished the designs for the statues
OF GEN. Andrew Lewis and Gen Thomas Lewis
Mr.. Crawfords friends have given mp all hopes OF
his recovery, and he has made every arrangement
| to have his contracts filled by other hands
TERRIBIE CASE OF POISONING Negro Burnt Aiir
| The Montgomery Ala Mail, of the 18th Instant
contains an account OF the poisoning in Pike CO.,
| Ala, by negro women, iustigated by n white man
named Comiska. of Mr.. Thomas FrazeIi his family
snd large plumber of visitors who dined at his
! house on Sunday-in all some 81 persons Mrs.
FrazcIi, his oYerseers wife and two children; Mrs
| Cloud, daughter of lIr. +. and Mr.. F's grand.
| daughter died the day. and several others
were lying in a critical condition. The Infatuated
neighbors burnt the negro women, and were to
| burn Comiska on yesterday.
| CLEVELAND AND CHATTANOOGA RAILRoAD-The
Chattanooga (Tenn) Gazette learns from what it
terms good authority, that the work on this mpor.
| tant link. that is to connect Chattanooga with
| knoxville, and with Richmond, Va, through the
/ valley Of Virginia. without making the long trip
round by the way of Dalton, is progressing finely
! The tunneing. the most important part is being
pushed forward from both ends, with all the force
and every hour that can be successfully devoted &c
| it. The balance of the work, under the able sub
contractors, is going ahead and it is thought the
car. will take their place on the route in April
| next.
! REPORTED LoST.-It is stated that on the steamer
Central America was Young man named KENT. Of
! Richmond Va. who returning home one steam
er in advance Of his intention He is believed to
! have been a son Of Horace L. Kent, Of this CITY,
! SUSPENSION BRIDGE.-A wire suspension bridge
has been erected across Elk at Sutton. Va 400 feet
long and cost I'll 800. 1t is superior structure
| and at an elevation of 30 feet above the stream.
| LAND WARRANTS still continue dull, though the
demand is about equal TO the supply. Sweeny,
| Rittenhousc, FAINT 4 Co.'s Circular, of the 18th
inst, quotes buying and selling rates as follows: