Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-11-24
CITY AND STATE NEWS.

CITY AND STATE NEWS.
DEATH OF Hon. WALTER Coles Capt. Walter
Coles, for many years Il representative in Congress
from the Lynchburg district. died at hi. residence in
county, on the 9Th inst after an illness
of some fsur or five days. He was about G3 years
old. Capt. Coles entered Congress in 1885. and re
manned a member of that body until he voluntarily
retired in lS45. He was a msmber of the Virgins
Legislature. in 1888. During the war Of 1872, he
held the office of Captain %! Dragons. and served
upon the Northern frontier, under Gen. Wade Hump
ton, of South Carolina. He acted for a long series Of
years AZ Justice Of the Peace, under the Constitution
Of 1880.
NAIL CHANoE.-"The South" states ION relis.
bic authority, that an arrangement hss been Ell.
tered into between the Post Office Department and
Mr.. John 8. Barbour, President Of the Orange aud
Robinson, President Of the Richmond, Freder:cks.
burg and Potomac Railroad Company, by which the
Great Southern Mail is TO be transferred TO the Fred
ericksburg route. The arrangement is to take effect
about the let Of December"
MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF A CHILD.-On
Monday last, a portion of Rockingham county, Va,
was thrown intO great excitement, by the report tha;
two children. each about two years old, were lost in
or near the Peaked Mountain. The facts OF The case
appear TO be these:
The Youngest child Of Mrs. Mallory was at q near
neighbor's playing with her child OF about the same
age, and rsmbled of together in the woods. She
says they were not gone more than ten MINUTES be.
fore she heard q child crying, and went in search Of
them and found her child, but It could not tell where
The other child was. The n%eighbors were then sent
FOR, and close search made for the lost child. but with.
out success that day. They emit again at night
and with torches resumed the search, but q heavy
rain falling in ths night, they were compelled 10 our
until the ensuing day, when a large number assem-
bled, forming themselves into q line. about ten steps
apart, they traversed the mountain for several mlies
around, but finding 10 trace Of the lost chl'd, anu
wearied with the hard travel, they would taln have
given up the search, but the tears OF the almost heart
broken parent prompted them 10 renew the hum,
until the darkness, of the night compelled them, with
ssd hearts, to return. The search was continued in
thi, manner for several days, but without success.
NORFOLK CouRr.-The trial of Il. u. Adding;on
for q felonious assault on bis brother w. II Adding
ION in Norfolk with a sluug shot was commenced on
Thursday last. The prisoner employed no counsel
but conducted the defence himself. At a late hour
(says the Herald) the case was given TO the jury, who
after a short absenca, returned with a verdict, sentenc'
ing K. u. Adding,on to the Peniten,iary for the term
ottwo years.
FATAL AFrRAY.-A letter in the Bedford (Va.)
Democrat Gays ;hst Frank Greer was shot aud killed
by James Nichols in Pittsylvsnia county. Va, on the
Cd inst, while returning from a funeral in Bedford
The letter says that au sff-sy commenced between
them, when Nichols drew q pistol and shot Greer in
the abdomen. Greer fell and said, "NichJls, you
have killed me for ~nothing-Lord have mercy on
me-" lie then asked 10 be raised up, which WAS
done. They placed him ON n cart to carry him home.
He died in about thirty minutes. The writer eays
that Nichols escaped, and adds:
Ii has been reported that the said Nichols killed
his mother a few years ago. Another brother, by the
name of Arnold, ia supposed to have shot his father
and killed him; and Burwell, a still older brother, kill.
ed Daniel Ashwell Strange to say, that not ona o:
them has been punished.
BREACH OF MARRIAGE CosrRAcr.-In the cir.
cult court Of Bedford county, Virginia, lsst week.
Miss Eln:ra W. WiDsfeld obtained a verdict of
S27 900 damages from WIN. Stein for breach If
marriage contract. The lady is about tlliriy.four
and The gentleman about eighty. This was the second
trial of the case a former jury having given a Yer
dict of $3.50 for the piainrih. which was set aside on
motion of the defendant.
MORE WORK FOR MEcHASIcs.-Orders have been
issued to the Gosport Navy Yard, by the Department,
for the immediate preparation Of The brig Perry, for
the Brazil station, aud o. the sloop of war Marion, for
the coast Of Africa.
A SURGICAL OPERArIoS.-The operation Of trachc.
was performed by Il lady residing near this city
tssys the Norfolk Herald) with decided success. The
WAS q turkey gobbler which had uuceremoni
ou.ly seized and gobbled up a silver shield, such ae
wear on the little finger while sewing. The la.
dy, who was feeding the poultry at The time, perceived
The action too late to prevent it, but with great pre-.
sence of mind seized the turkey and with her scissors |
made au opening In its crop, took out the shield and
sewed up the wound. The patient recovered and at
last accounts was doing well and eating heartily Of
more ~digestible food.
FIRE AT WYASoXE.-Ws regret to learn from the
Petersburg lntelligencer, that the mansion at thar tne
old seat on James River, known AZ "Wyanoke," WAS
destroyed last Monday by FIRE, con- .nunicated in burn.
ias the chimneys.' This was one Of the most venerable
residences on the lower James, and constituted one OF
The objects OF Interest and attraction 10 all travellers on
The river as a relic of ''old Virginia" The "Wyau.
IKE" property is owned at present by Mr.. Douthat.
FIRE ~ SOUTHAMPTON CoUSrY.-A 1ne and costly
dwelling house just completed and Into which the
owner Mr.. Joseph Fl. Barham, was about TO remove,
Was get Oh fire and destroyed in Southampton county,
! fsw nights since. The loss will reach 1000 or
$, G10-on which, iii. believed, there is NO insurance.
ELEcrros.-On Thursday last a special election TO
ill a vacancy ia the House OF Delegates, occasioned
by the resignation of DR.. Talbot, the delegate from
Barbour county wa. held. The candidates were Taft
S;urm. Mr.. Sturm was elected by a msjority of
about thirty.
DEER Husr.-A party of hunters from this county
went upon their annual deer hunt during the past
week. They numbered, we understand, thirty two
number OF deer killed was twelve not
equal to the numbers killed In former years. Our
aushing and joking friend. Mr.. Joseph Phillips, the
nail agent, killed a deer running 3, l23 yards distant.
,ir. Wm. NJ. Morris, Of North Garden, killed two
and the patriarch of hunters, Mr. Dabney Cayr.
while waiting at hs stand, WIS engaged in carving,
IN the tree beneath whose shade he Wa. standing,
he initials Of his name-D. C., aged sl-when a
,uck came along, and in an instant the rife was
lined. and the an;lered ranger of the forest fell dead
t HE feet.
When the old men and the young men OF this
'sgion are such true marksnen, We think the foes Of
heir country, whether foreign or domestic. would be
to Gnd Il grave on the soil they invaded. Hurrah
lrch, Dsbney Carr Charlottesville JrSersonidn.