The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-01-28
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VIRGINIA NEWS,

htaSNsA NoMgSctsTuRE.-The following mar.
.''se no''ce was handed to the Lexington Gazette
"' phohoation by gentleman who stakes his We
'na' names as given are the bona fdc names
OF the parties:
Married, on Thursday last, January 18th bx
hev: W. I. sutton, Mr. billie De Maronis f,iIhar,
aetier DE La Fayette 0'Brysn and Miss Annie A..
aeim Amanda Almelia Rosanna MaIvina Ian.
ginia." '' county, VIZ
oVMiso ON THE I'D or FEBRUARY.-The Alexandria
ninemen have determined 10 come to Richmond
On 'he I'd ofFebruary, to unite in the ceremonies
snat occasion, OF the Inauguration of the sta,ue
of Washington
"hkAF sPoEr-1htking Ae Ftatbers F7y.-A cor.
respondent Of the Lynchburg Virginia writes 81.
ioilows from Hat Creek, Campbell county:
me fgeon Koost is the great subject nf interest
o5 200 NOS part o. me country 1t is supposed that
IN ihis pigeon war. The new feather hoas ,L
ehriity housewives have put up, and are nnt,ina
~ a"'ii the most excellent feathers from tbess
~ Iius' can hardiy be told. The locality on which
these birds found Is the terr;tory be,u AZ
m Little and Big Falling Rivers in mpbelI conntv
me ehion Till Church IL about the central noiot
ana mead quarters. These birds coma int tba;.
.'hp py thousands at night and leave with the
morning light and go out in armie. int tha 49,,
rounding country for acorns Their nnmhars ano
not n,mihishIng-they ara increasing They have
already occupied this ground for months ono
uten ana Doys are sometimes found in pursuit of
this pigeon camp. u
roSr OFFICE AFFARs-The following orders were
yesterday Issued by the Postmaster General.
Establish an Office at Broad Tree Tunnel watxou
county, Va, and appoint Benjamin A. Brown nos,
master; directly on the baltimore and Ohio Rail
r, ,oaa ohanse the site of Level Green, Craig conn
~, y, Va ana appoint Daoel Iutchison postmaster
vice John Ii. Taylor, resigned
DtScnntIantncSS Store StoeDra ...
thurch Hill, Halifax county.
The PETERSBURG FRs-The Insurance rno,
Beasleys Tobacco Factory, consumed by tirs on
tuesday morning, was as follows In the Ivnch
puf nose company, $1,000 on the building $500
on n2tures; 800 on stock of stems and spne ,and
,ooo ln stock Oftobacco-total six thousanJ All
i@rs. In the Southern Protection Office saooo
on STOCK OF tobacco. The factory contained
,arse quantity OF loose tobacco, all of which was
consumed The entire loss Of the pronrietors RS
not yet been ascertained though it believed ,bat
'he insurance Will very nearly cover the whole
PRIzE GAME OF CHEss--We stated soma TINA .,o
.hat prize game OF chess would take place he
tween two gentlemen in this CITY. ono a ras;J.n,
Tue ,nt osher citizen OF Richmond or about the
ISL OF January, but owing to the sickness of ono
o1 the parties, it was deferred IL took nIooa -
Monday night, the stakes of 800 a side hs;na
wlthdraWn and beautiful set of Irvipg's works
substituted as the prize, which dyested the snort
OF the character of a bet Three games ,rara
played, which were contested with nnch Fiji ~
botn sides The prize, however fell into Tho
hands of the Pe.ersburgher as the winner ~ tha
best TWO; lie lady of the Richmonder then
bantered the winner for a choice gold min wh;rh
| she won in three successive and easv 1ames d.
t'rsturg Express.
UNKNOWN BoDY F0UNp-The body of an rnt nou,
white man, was found, Tuesday morning. in an oIJ
well at the halfway station of the Richmond and
petersburg Railroad. 1t had become so much de.
composed that recognition either of individnal
| or nativity, could have been made The water in
III the well bas been used for drinking purposes mt
the station, aud a singular taste in it for some
Gays past led to an examination and the subs.
quent discovery.
SMALL Pox We learn, says the Alexandria Ga
het,e una. tne snail po4 Is prevailing to copsid-
eraoie extent IN the village OF Amissvie in Rap
| pahannocA county, and is proving very fatal.
| MINING IN VRGINA--A bill has been passed in
the Maryland Senate to authorize the Preston coal
aud iron company Of Virginia to hold lands. &c
and to exercise their corporate privileges in Mary
| land. '
SMITH, JONES AND BRowN.--There are 625 stu
dents at the University of Virginia; among them
thirteen Smiths ten Jones'. and only two Browp,s
verify! the respectable aud musical name of Brown
seems to be dying out, whilst the Smiths are as
numerous as ever.
SELLING TURNPGKE.-The BerryviIIe and Char
lestown Turnpike was sold on Monday last by the
Trustee Messrs. Andrew Hunter an Province Nc
Cormlck for the sun Of 81 $50. Purchaser y Kid
well, Esq, OF the Board of Public Works for the
State. N '''s
DIsAppRovAL.-A committee of the Jefferson So
cety in the University of Virginia have published
card, disappearing of the appointment of the Uon
Henry Winter Davis, Of Maryland. by the Joint
Committee of the three Literary Societies Of tbe
University, to address them at the approaching
commencement.
FRESH SH.D and Herring. from the Potomac,
have thus early been offered for sale in Fredericks
burg, indicating that the mildness of the season il
almost without parallel.
DECEAsED.-Mr. Alexander Spence, who was a
| clerk in the Richmond post office in his Younger
days, died lately at Woodbury., in Westmoreland
county, Va.
SUDDEN DEArH.-Mrs. Howell, an aged lady. re-
siding in the upper part of Loudoun county, died
very suddenly on Friday night last, while sitting
in her chair reading. She was well few minutes
before.
LITERARY INTELLIGENcE.-GeorgeD D. Prentice ESQ
Editor of the Louisville Journal, will repeat his
celebrated lecture on the ASPECTS and Tendencies
of American Politics" in fredericksburg some time
during the month of February.
Misunderstanding the year 1857 the clerk of
Franklin County Court issued lbs marriage licen.
seS.