The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-03-27
VIRGINIA NEWS.

.NehtohAL sotfETY.--The Petersburg
Ap,e's 'earns That The compact between the state
"a on.on Agricultural Societies has at length
ssea 'al's and hnaily settled The terms Of the
soa'sc. are, That the State Society shall be EN-.
=. s"e'eu 20 appoint the MarshaIs and apportion
penses. - F"s "' GA
ioorhfut CANDIDATE FOR rHs GAIIows.-A ne
ooy' eleven years of age, who confessed 10 the
k y Vol. asorge A. Bayly's residence. in
shfry county, has been sentenced to death.
iNiM on TIE DEvlIss--The trial of the two
ucvins, Tor the murder of B. J. Mize. commenced
~ the Dinwldiie circnit Court on Thursday.
hnMsSnEp FOR TarAL-wm. s. Myier. charves
win shooting free negro, was examined hafa,a
tue county court Of Bedford on yopdav las, .n.,
reinanded for final trial. The accused was admit.
ted to bail in TIE sum of $500
FATAL AFFRsY.-The Wheeling Inte,,;gan..v
s'ases that On tie I'D inst an affray oecurrsd =,
sewearg, Va, a village on the Baltimore and Ohio
'itoao aopetween constable lamed Gordon and n
farmer named Crogan, resulting in the de.,h 90
'he latter aud the flight Of the former. The f;snas
OF the deceased have threatened to lynch Gordor
IL caught N''1o"'
LouDous FAIR.-Tbc executive committee of ~
Londoun Agricultural Society have fixed unoo the
10Th and 10th of September next as the time e.,
holding their annual fair.
APPoiNTMEST.-Mr. A G.. Taylor has been e,ectea
director in the Farmers Bank of Virginia. at Dan.
Vile, in place of Geo. W. Read, Esq, resigned
OLD SsLDiERs GoNE.-Samuel Grant and potsr
Little, defenders in the wir of 1912. dias recon,
iy-the first In Berkeley county aud the latter In
jefferson. "
ACCIDENT on THE SEABoARp AND Ro.Sorr Pan
RoaD-A serious accident occurred on Wednesd.r =
last, on the Seaboard and Roanoke railroad the
following account of which is furnished nv tha
Suffolk (ya Sun:
The regular freight train left Portsmouth at IN
O'Clock A. NJ, in charge of the regular engineer
Mr. Carr, and conductor Lassiter. There were 2i
cars besides the passenger car, % of which were
filled with freight, one empty, and one fat car
loaded with iron. The tram left Suffoik abont
half past IL O'Clock NJ, and when near Kilbv g
Riddlck's brickyard, near the bridge crossiny
Smiths creek, one of the cars of, las could BE-
seen afterward) aid ran l50 yards before STRIKING
the bridge; when it struck the bridge. il broke
in, and preeipitated Is cars down in The creek.
distance OF about 40 feet. The engine, tender and
one freight car had reached the opposite embank
ment, aud six cars, including the passenger car
were left ia the rear.
Fortunately no lives were lost or was any ner
son injured. There were in the passenger car
with Captain Lassiter, Mr.. Blanchard, lady and
child. Though badly frightened, they were not
injured. The ffteeL cars smashed were all load
ed with freight for the Raleigh and CASTOR road
,he way freight was all saved aud one car OF
through freight. The way bill for the through
freight had been sent on by the express in the
morning, and we had no means of ascertaing the
amount, but Captain Lasster thinks it would reach
100000 worth. No blame can be attached to Cap
tain Iassiter or the engineer, MIR Carr; the train
was going very slow--only at the rate of six miles
An hour, and the car that off being about mid
way the train. neither the engineer or conductor
could know it until the breaking in
We arrived at the spot about twenty minutes af
ter the occurrence. About 100 feet of the bridge
is broken down, and the cars aud contents are
worse smashed up than we have er seen Whis.
keys sugar, coffee, moiasses boots shoes, ladies'
dress goods, bounets and ribbons, all smashed M
together in one general medley.
P.S.-We are glad to learn the loss will not be
as much as was at first supposed, properly no
more than $4,000. The freight and travel over
the road, it is said, will suffer no intermission
Posr OFFICE AFFAIRs.-Establishme
leys store, Loudoun county, Va, james Whaley
postmaster; between the Offices of DranesyiIie
and Broad Run, Hendricks Mills, Russell county
Va, Aaron Il. Hendricks postmaster: new route
tlneastle TO Pattonsviiie. AppointMents.-Catha.
rine Cooper postmaster at BrentsviIe, Prince Vii.
liam county, Va, vice John Camper, resigned -
John ID. Barrey postmaster 1t Elengary, Berkeley
county, Va, vice w. b. Stanley resigned,