The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-03-09
vIRGfrIA EEWs.

J DBrRUcfIvR frREIN PEfERsBuRG.--A fre occnrrsd
sbout IL o'clock Sunday night In the building No
- Sycamore street, Petsrsburg occupied below a.
clothing store by Noah Walker 1 Co, and above
BY Mrs. ii. A. Cairns rs millinery establishment
Tho Express says:
The entire building was 20 mach damaged BY
nre and flooded with water, that the goods above
sna below viii prove nearly or quite total loss
nsssrs W. Co. were insured in q baltimore Of
nee Tor $4,000; aud Mrs. Cairns in this city for
so,oo. such confusion prevailed that We found il
,apossioie TO ascertain the names Of the Com
psaies Hom which the policies were issued Mr.
lawson, who conducted the business for Me..r.
wa,ker 70, IL absent from the city, and clerk
| 'n the establishments was unable to recolIect tho
nsme OF the insurance company. The building
snr,a neI W Mr; Chas. Coriing, snd we hear, in
$500. sNea' VI ABOUT
Mr. VIM. Cairns informs us that he VIA. the frs,
siie house to awase, and when he did 80. ali the
ohamoers, which are occupied bJ his mother and
several young ladies who reside with hsr wsrs ~
1led with smoke that 1t was with the rreatest
aimcuity they could grcpe their way from The
burning building. They truly made s most mi.
sacu'ous escape, saving nothing but their night
RECENT DEarHs.-Maj. Lewis b. Willis. an old
,1''aeo'oi berkeley county, died on the 4th inst.
nc was an officer In the United States service du
ring the war Of 1872 and Surveyor of the Port a,
We" orieans from the year 1877 to 1884, Col. Ed.
nard Lucas, paymaster of the Armory at Harper. /.
,ry, 1,,, aiea last Thursday night. Capt. Ambrose
r. Hill died at Millwood, his late residence in On,
peper county, on the Sd inst. fIe was the faith
representative of his county in the Legislative.
councils OF the state for near twenty years
HoTEL BuRSr.-A new and large hotel, occuniea
by Mr. Ryder and owned by Mr.. Samuel Jonas a,
cameron, near wheeling, was consumed by fre
on the 4th inst. No insurance.
BURNT IN EFrIGY.- Quite an excitement uas oc.
casioned In Petersburg last Saturday night hv i.
party OF young men, who, from some cause hos,
known to themselves, offered an indisnitv N
Capt. Ledbetter, of the nightwatch, by burntnc
his efilgy.
EXTENSIVE FAILURES AND foaaERrFs.e=nBr rom.
munity. says the Lynchburg Courier, has beer
considerably exercised for the last day or two A.,
the subject of certain developments regarding IN.
operations Of citizen of Bedford, whose business
transactions in this city have been Of a heay,
character. The party 20 whom We alluds Mr.
william Gish, has long been leading member
and heavy trader in Bedford and has heretofore
borne the character OF being than Of large mean,
and of reliability. 1t has now come to light
however, that he has for sometime been sustain
ing himself and credit by a species of finsncia
operations and forgeries which have brought ruiz
| and dishonor upon himself and loss upon man,
others. It is restmed that there is not less thai
100000 worth of his paper, the most of which
| doubtless bears forged endorsements, now held
by different persons many of them in this CITY,
We hear of various persons here who hold it ir
| sums ranging from one up to five thousand dol
lars. The persons whose names are forged, are
we believe, all citizens of Bedford.
PRICE OF GUANo REDUCED.--We learn that owinc
to reduction made by the agents of the Peruvian
government, in the price of gusno, the dealers in
this city, now enabled to offer the article al
s55 per ton, being five dollars less than it has beer
selling at heretofore. This intelligence will bs
| gratifying to farmers who use this fertilizer
AIs1. Gdz.
HoNIcIpE-,-on Saturday night week, during or
| alteration between Mr. James NJ. Lawrence and q
| person by the name of Cook, at Mr.. Cores sto1 Q
| in Gooney Manor, Warren county, MIR. L. va,
stabbed In the side by Cook aud died instantly
1t is claimed by the prisoner aud his friends that
the act Was committed In self defence.
BURNT TO DEArH.-A child of Becky Ellis, free
woman Of color, residing In Petersburg, fell into
the fire, last Friday night, and was burned &c
badly as to cause its death.