The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-11-30
Things In Norfolk.
OF THE RICHMOND DAILY DISPATCH.

NORFOLK, Nov. 20, 1855.
The following gentlemen occupied the pulpits
annexed, yesterday morning: Bishop Kavanangh,
Din. street, Portsmouth, ia the morning-Dr. l.. NJ.
Lee, In the evening
DR.. Mcperren, pr. W A. Smith, r. 0. Burton, r.
Abbey, Joseph Lear, IL. 2. Neims and others occu.
pied the various pulpits in this city yesterday
morning. In the afternoon and evening. the vari.
Gus Presoyte terrain, Baptist and Methodist Churches
were filled to hear the members OF Conference VINO
had been appointed to preach AS yet thore is no
speculation in regard TO the appointments, which
will not be made before Thursday or Friday next.
A Randolph Macon College endowment meeting
will be held in the Dinwiadie street NJ. L Church,
In Portsmouth, this evening. DR.. Smith, II. +.
Cowles and others will deliver addresses This
meeting has been appointed to further this mpors
tan. enterprise, aud large audience will gather
there to hear the speeches. This impoI taut and
useful institution lie represented as having been
very successful, and the project Of raising per-
manent endowment fund is beyond doubt. This
will doubtless be pleasant news TO the friends OF
the institution.
awaking everybody in Norfolk and Portsmouth,
Saturday night, was caused by the partial burning
of N stable in Portsmouth. The damage was
slight, and the flames suppressed without the aid
of the firemen.
The funeral of young Higden, the suicide, took
place yesterday morning. Long before tile hour
for the procession to move. dense copcoVrse of
people filled the street, ard by the time it com.
mepce0, ABOUT HFe tnoueehu persons were IN at
tendance.
A most disgraceful affair took place on Ferry
Point, opposite this city, yesterday. Two young
men from Norfolk, and two from Portsmouth, ct
at the above place for the purpose of having
prize fight One of these young men is named
Dalton, and 10 one of the three who were lately ar.
rested for shooting Mrs. Clark. This young man
was cleared and at the recent trial of young ALL.
bright for the same crime, was Brought in as
witness. The second day OF his appearance he
came in with his face bruised and battered TO such
extent to attract the attention of the Attor-
ney for the Commonwealth, who asked him how
his face became 30 scratched and bruised. His re-
ply to the Attorney that his face had nothing
to do with the CASE
Two daring attempts were made, last night to
fire as many buildings. Captain Grey, Of the
night police, discovered blaze in the carpenter
shop OF MIR. Sani Butr, about IL, 7. III. He sue.
ceeded in extinguishing the flames, and after WAL
discovered roll of cotton cloth, saturated with
oil and turpentine, which had been lighted aud
thrown ill.,. About an hour afterward, another
incendious attempt wac mads to fire a stable, on
Avon street, which, by the timely discovery by
the watch, was extinguished. The possession of
two o, three letters it, may lead to the dscov-
cry of the daring incendary, to which end efforts
will be made to day.
Corn is coming in more free since the rise in
| the canal. We quote from sales-yelow 75c;
white Tic.
The brig Amanda, Coons, from Providence, r.
l., went ashore the night of the 18th inst, on
North Beach. Curr,uck.N c., and is total loss
The captain has arrived in this city, with all the
| materials that could be saved from the wreck
The weather is cloudy, but in spite of it's threat
enlng appearance, hundreds of ladies' and gentle
men are on their way to Portsmouth to Confs-
r nee. PERCUSSION