The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-03-08
1 III e DISPATCH.
VIRGINIA NEWS.

ehfs IN NoRPorE---The proprietor Of the new
aseem",y Rooms Mr.. Vim. Johnson.) of Narsn,.
s', extended the use Of his ball 10 the Nor.
49, .'''ahe Association, for concert In be ba,d
ha'suay night, llth inst, iu aid of the ob,ac,.
y. 'aa' charitable institution, We besna.k ,ha a,
'n's'ce o. cur readers in that city.
ms DISCUSSION among the New York s.xa,,
-. '"p,ss ioand ia mound in wester, VIZ.
s"' iehhinus one OF dispute over a eertain ,ah.
''' Inscribed "B'td Umpshf .saa Ark.n 0,teraux
rendered "Bili stumps, Ills Mark, ~ in the f,mons
Pickwick Club '10 'a'ious
AfrorsrHENT-Mr. A. n. Mich;s son =, n
michie oi staunton, has been appointeded to can.
tainey OF company tfain to transport surn,,as
to Utah. p"o'
MELANCHOLY S.aunton yindieator annorr,..
the sudden death of Miss Thompson n lovely vo,,n
lady, daughter OF DR.. Thompson of Amherst and
pupil of the Virginia Female Institute. She disd
at the residence Of her unclo, Judge Tbonfnson IN
staunton, on Tuesday last.
LONG TINE TO sERE-Job Self has besn triad IN
caroline county, FOR the murder of a raan uamed
'aashah, ana sentenced to eighteen years i'm.
prisonment in the penitentiary By a due exer.
.i'e o' patience and self denial, Job may now do
the State some service
DhoEAsAp.-'r. Jonathan Leslie. native of Scot
land, bnt for many years resident of the city of
Richmond, died at South Mills, N. c.. on the 2sth
ult. He was contractor on the Albemarle and
Chesapeake Canal, and wherever he was known.
was highly esteemed and respected for his moral
worth and amiabity.
FIRE IN ALExASD2IA.-Three dwelling houses on
Patrick street, Alexandria, one owned by J. Ii.
Brent and the others by Joshua Harrison, were
consumed by fire about midnight, Friday. One of
the houses was occupied by Mrs simpson.
NARROW ESCAPE On Friday morning, says the
Alexandria Gazette, as Mr.. Mockbee was skating
on the Anacostia, the ice broke under him and he
fell into the river. Boats speedily put of from the
Plymouth and the shore, and happily rescued him
from impending death.
BANK CHASGEs.-Mr. Patton, late Treasurer CT
the Danville Savings Bank, has been elected Cash.
ier Of the Farmers Bank in that place. in place of
q. W. johnson, resigned. Mr.. s. III. Turner sue
eeeds MIR. Patton as Treasurer of the Savings
Bank.
AMrsTAKE We stated Thursday. upon authority
which seemed reliable, that according to a rece ut
erGer, the employees in the Navy Yard who failed
to answer at roll call in the morning, we're to be
excluded from w9rk for the entire day 1t affords
Is satisfaction to say that such order has been
contemplated much less giyen.-Pbrts. Trans.
GULrY.A negro boy naused Morris has been
! convicted Of arson, in Lynchburg. and sentenced
| to death. The jury recommended him to execu-
| tive ciemency.
| CARRIED BACg -0bediah Christmas who was ar
rested in Mecklenburg county, for killing slave
In Granville, N. C., has been csrried back, under a
requisition from Gov. Bragg, for trial.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.-Mr. Brown, a hotel proprie-
| tor. in Gosport Va, lately swallowed a dose OF
strychnine, but timely discovery and prompt
rem edies prevented fatal result.
| We are informed that SG5, 900 in Treasury notes
OF $500 and 81 900, sent from Washington to pay
| off the employees of Government in the NAVY
Yard here, were returned yesterday in couse.
| Iuence of the amount being large that the
PnrSer could make no USE of them,-Nort9N Her
| aLd, jM.