The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-05-28

church at Charleston, 5. =.
CONVICT LABOR ON ACANAL.-The Lexington VA
Gazette says that arrangements have been made
co put convcts to work on the North River Canal
aud that improvement will thus be speedily com.
pIeted. 1t adds
There will arrive in few days at HamiIton's
i've miles below this place, fifty negro couyicts
from the penitentiary. forty-seven men and three
women, who will be put to work at that point tor
the present, and will hereafter be employed on the
line between there and this place circumstan-
ces may determine. They will be clad In the
parti-colored uniform of the penitentiary, and be
guarded by sufficient force to keep them in sub.
lection, and locked up safely in block house at
night.
A BLOODY ATTEMPT Tt MURDER.-A few DAYS ago
the lives of Mr.. Burton and his wife, of Casweii,
N. c., were attempted by one of their negro men
II seems that Mrs. Burton had just risen from bed
ia the morning. and was dressing herself while
her husband was still in bed, when the negro man
walked into the room with an axe Mrs. Burton
asked him what he wanted, to which he made no
reply, but struck her a severe blow on the head
with the axe handle, and then proceeded to attack
his master. by the first blow portion of the
cheek and temple was cut from Mr.. BIS head after
which the negro made other Intellectual attempts
with the deadly weapon to murder his master. but
alarm being given by Mrs. Burton, the fiend de-
sisted in his bloody work. He was soon caught
and tied, aud is now in Jail at Yanceyvlle The
citizens after learning the circumstances, were so
enraged that they threatened TO seize the negro
and burn him at a stake, but order restored.
Il Danriite (Va,) Ns'os.
TEE SHIP cLAsESDoN-The New York Times. in
it's money article, Wednesday, says:
Touching the various newspaper rumors of
British aggression off the coast of Cuba, it is stated
the street to-day that the late ship Clarendon,
about the visitation of which a cock-aud-bull
story appeared on Monday. belonged to q noted
Bear in Wall street, and that the story was con-
al 10 hAi in Raa linz
That the second hand narratives of the Captain OF
the John Howe, of the Clarendon Outrage" was
second thought also, seems to be established by
the fact, that no such occurrence was reported on
the manifest of the John Howe ON Saturday night
After this it would not be surprising if the sagaci-
Gus spectators against the Stock Market should
| tit out priyateer for effect"
The CRoP IN yIRslNI..-From all sections Of
Albemarle. the Jeffersonan has the most fattering
intelligence OF the present promise of very large
wheat crop, If no disaster occurs to cut it short
the county will be blessed with a superabundant
ocrat learns considerable complaint by the farmers
OF Page, of the ravages OF the fly in the wheat,
many crops have within the past ten days depre-
ciated one-third of the prospect previous to that
time.
SINGULAR FATALTF.---A German named Kurt
Co K, was drowned in Duck Creek not far from
Marietta (01 day or two since He leaves
widow Nhose fret husband was drowned in the
Musklngum. just eleven years ago. Mr. Cooks
father was drowned in Germany some time ago
and his wte's father also lost his life by drown
lug, In Duck Creek, not many years ago.
Burton's old theatre, in Chambers street. New
York, opposite the Park, has been leased by the
Government for federal courts and offices for a f.
teen years, at an annual rent of 81, 600
DR.. Hampton, of Huntington township, Ross
county, Ohio, was arrested few days since charged
with numbering his wife by poison.
The o. S. frisate Cumberland was at Madeira On
the 9Th inst
Ceunt erfeit los on the Bank of Hamburg. S, c.
are In circulation.
The rite Of confirmation was conferred ON forty.
one persons In Charlottesville, Va, Wednesday
morning, by the Rt- Rev. Bishop Meade.
Charles Winer was murdered on the 22d inst. in
Robertson county, Tenn, by John EIkin.
Rev. Matthew Hillsman, pastor of the Baptist
church in Knoxville. and editor of the Bapti.t
Watchman, has accepted call to the pastorate of
the Baptist congregation in Nashville.
The recent fair for the Baptist Church at Char
lottesville, Va, netted $500.
James b. Ball, printer, who served in the Mex
ican war, died at Winchester, Virginia. on the 10th
instant.