The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-03-30
VIRGINIA NEWS. s,

hkkssr OF kiDsapPgR.--A white man giving
his name as John Jones Moore, was arrested AZ
ash'and, hanover county, Va, on Friday last, on
sne ena1ke OF kidnapping q negro. At first no
the negro as bis slave, and said he was on
MS way to phiiadelphia TO receive medical traat
.atht 'or the hheumatisin. But upon being cues
s.baeu. ne ssla tha negro was free aud produced
eae FurPorted TO be certificate of Frsedan, dnlv y
signed by the proper authorities Of charlas.on
suuaalahtee'ng freedom to William jackson. The
.eite man had an examination before a N.1i,-
Ia shsiies b; stuart. Esq, appearing for him,
aau was committed 20 Jail on the charge OF kid.
mapping free negro On getting to eha conr.
euse the Jaiier told the negro he had to tell The
ruin, whereupon he said he was slave and ia.
aSva I've 20 hrs. Weston of Charleston, 8. c., and
ne wanted further Information il could be
ontaiued by addressing a letter 10 Mr. Fraar
ncslon OF that place. The negro saws his mama
20 Adam. fie bad pistol in his pocket and soms a
r,ais ana through ticket from Weldon N to
excited the suspicion of the eondsctar an ,hs
.rederieksourg Rail Road, who put him off a :
s.iahd. The parties have been lodged in iaiI
; 'hey VIII remain until the proper ipfDrms.
ton, sc. ''' o'"A " Shafies-
CHILD BITTEN BY Doe.-A little daughtar of
Ar. Robert NJ. Green. of petersburg. ws. ,srv
severely bitten by Newfoundland dog. las. snn.
day. The Express says;
The dog was playing in the street with another
~hen the child passed by, and was immediateIy
attacked by the former. At first the doy soe,na3
| TO selze her IN playful manner, but the child
oeing naturally very mach frightened. screamed
cut, at. which moment he stuck h. teeth II, 20 IN
upper part OF her arm. Several persops who wers
near rushed forward and rescued her from fn-,har
tnlnry: but the wounds already produced were
mnch lacerated, aud on the other was a vnnnd
OF nearly half an inch in diameter, penetrating
through the flesh to the opposite side, the blood
gnshing from both sides profuseiy. The dog was
| afterwards killed.
SINGULAR Casa correspondent Of the Peters
burg Express, writing from Salem Roanoke conn
ty. says that Ransford Daniel convicted for com
mitting foul outrage upon his own daughter.
was discharged on the 25th inst, the Attorney for
| the Commonwealth under instructions from. the
Judge, entering "No,ie Prosc7ui'' in the case
j The said Daniel was sentenced at the last fall
term OF tho COURT to the penitentary for Is years
A new trial VAS granted him, and tho wretched
daughter, who made the inhuman charge refused
to appear against him the second time alegidg az
reason, to Others that she had "falsely sworn .
! and was but the victim of come uDprincipled
wretches, who to 20 at large, unwhipt of jus-
| tiee. For nine months this poor man has been
, confined in Jail under those circumstances.
4 SMALL BY DEGREEs-The disaster on the Seabord
! and Roanoke Railroad turns ont to be small al.
fair after all 1t is estimated that IS 600 will cover
| the eutre loss. Some difference between that
| aud 100000.
The CALrPso-Marsball Parks, Esq., of Norfolk
has purchased this little steamer, lately owned
| by Mr.. H. w. Fry, Of Richmond, aud will place
her on the Chesapeake and Albemarle Canal.
| SUDDEN DEATHS MIR. A. J. Terrell, whs resided
at High Rock, n. c., died last Thursday near Dan
Vile, while on his way to Richmond 10 purchase
goods. Mr.. Christopher Giles, of Pittsylvania
county, died suddenly, not long since, from hav
| ing been frightened at some circumstance while
sitting up at night with sick friend.
Wharf.-The Danville News has favorable &C
counts OF the growing wheat in that region of the
| country,