The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-08-02
Correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatch
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Correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatch.
Affairs in Charlotte.
kEYsvrLLR, CHARLOTTE COUNTY, VA
July 81, lS60.
OF nearly six weeks in duration, we have beer
favored with few refreshing showers which
revived the nearly parching garden vege Ia tion
ana the growing crops very much.
On last Friday We were visited by a yery do.
sGuctiye hail storm, the hail ranging in size
from large shot to hens eggs, and, from all the
Information can obtain, has been more Sc we're
a few miles around us
The crops of corn and tobacco on the farms
Of Capt. s. f. McGehee, John s. Wilson. Cant
L. u watkins, Thos. Lee, and several others
are said 10 be very much Injured, thus eur.
failing the otherwise very favorable prospec Is
Oh our farmers. OBSERVER
THE MISUNDERSTANDING observers at Yale
Union and Troy Universities, variousiy com
pute the height of the meteor above the earth
at from fifty to eighty miles. Its speed, rela-
tive to the earth, is computed to have been
from five TO eleven miles per second. lis
course was in the same direc ton as that of
the earth, which, so to speak, il overlook and
passed. This would make its absolute veloci-
ty in space somewhere between $4,000 and
$4,000 miles an hour.
Cost OF BUILDING TELEGRAPHs The or
dinary cost of constructing Geographic lines
in This country, according to Prescott's His
tory of the Electric Telegraph" is about s6,
per mile. According to the same authority a
line properly construc ted would cost abou,
$50 per mile. In England the cost is greater
Than with us, the lines more substantially
built. The cost of lines in France is about
S2Oo per lniie, which gives durability ten
times as great as ours.
A VERY DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AND Loss OF
LtFE.-Sam Sank's grist mill, one of the
largest IN Lancaster county, Pa was totally
destroyed by fire Monday night All its CON.
tents and machinery ware consumed, and a
still greater loss occurred in the death of MT
Sank's son, VINO was found buried in the
runs. All that was saved was the books and
papers, with ABOUT s., 900 in money.
ARREST OF CoUNTERFRITgRs.-O the nigh
of the goth instant, Henry r. Whitcomb, S b.
Whircomb, Isaiah Dickson aud Jesse Boora
were arrested in Burton Geauga county
Ohio, on charge of manufacturing counter
felt coin. They were lodged in Cleveland iail
the following day. About 1900 in counterfeit
coin were found upon them
RENCONTRE.-A rencontre occurred on Fri.
day last at Clarksyille, Tennessee, between
Robert w. Mcclure, Jr., and W L. Luter
which resulted in the former shooting the lat
ter four times with revolver; yet. although
the parties were but "A few feet apart neither
OF the wounds proved to be dangerous Nice
was also slightly hurt in the side by stone
thrown by Luter.
EFFECTs OF STREET RAILROADS. UPON CITY
lMPRoVEMENTs.-A A Cincinnati paper recently
in noticing the favorable effects OF street rail.
road building, says that 500 coo 10 81 COO OOt
has been expended in city improvements there
great portion OF which is owing to the ia.
cllities afforded for travel by The construction
OF the different street railroads.
SEWING MACHINES AMONG The CHINESE
m u ms ISG a hIh In
writes sour Mandarin is sending to New
York TO purchase sewing machine. He is
bent on intrt duclng foreign Improvements in
some shape. He is delighted with the sewing
machine i'll the family OF one of our miss sion.
aries.'
FAILURE OF JACOB LITrLE.-This morning
Jacob Little, who has recently been prominent
among the bears, announced to the Stoca
Board that he could not meet his engagements
Ills failure has created no little stir in thu
street. This is his first failure since the legal
ization of stock contracts by The Legislature
~ \. Tribune, Tuesday.
IMMENSE MoNoLITH.-A piece Of granite
weighing $50 pounds-about 81 < tons-Was
delivered in the State House yard, at Colum
bIa, >. g., on the 2lSt inst, from The quarry -
II was hauled on the railroad by slxleer
mules, and is probably the largest mass of rccI
ever qaarried IN single piece i'll a Southern
State.
RUM IN DIsGUIsE.-The Essex county IN
j. Medical Union, have unanimously resolved
that Ill tonic bitters. spOradlcs &c. are no
thing better than whiskey in disguise, and tba
they consider 1t the duty Of the profession Il
prescribe official tinctures with the utmos
discrimination and reserve.
AN EDITOR DaoWNED.-The Rev. H. G
Blackwell, of Chicago, Illinois, was drowned
a few days ago. in the Kaskaska river, at Car
lyle, III the same S ale, while ba thing He haC
been editor, at ore time, OF the st. Louis mo
Republican, and also of the Boards town Ky
Gazette.
ILL OF CONsUMPTION.-Loia MonteZ who's
life was drspairsd OF several days ago, at New
ork, Is picking up again, though Ter perma
nent recovery is not looked for. The seeds o
consumption are so firmly rooted, it is said
that she will never BE- aole 10 entirely remov
them.
Two BROTHERS DRoWNEp.-Johna and Jess
Weber, OF Montgomery county, Pa, wer
drowned on Monday at Atlantic CITY, n. J
by boat upsetting. John was studying 70
the ministry, and the day before had addresse,
Sunday School meeting dwelling particu
iarly on the uncertainty of life.
SERIOUS CHARGE.-Mrs. Allison, the wifi
of laborer, residing III Wallace township
chester county, Pa, has been arres ted on
charge OF causing the death OF Il step -da u Oh
ter, by administering poison to her She wa
committed to the jail of Chester county.
SCHOOL CHILDREN KILLED BY LIGHTNING
school house at Marion, Lynn county, Iowa
was struck by ligntning last week, Friday
and three out ot seven children present wer
instantly killed. The other four, with Mis
Kellogg, the teacher, were Knocked senseless.
THERAvAGED SYRIAN TowEs-Damascu
has population of 100 900 inhabitants -
Zdhleh, before II was sacked, contained 100
souls, Deir el Kamir 1000, (ot whom 2sUOU ar
SAID To have been slain,) Has sbeiya 6,0J0, an,
Rashala :, $40.
GoOD LOOKING But, &C.-Ot u. 900 person
who applied fer enlistment in the Uni tpt
States army last year, only 500 were physl
rally qualified for admission The aVerag
number OF candidates accepted is one TO ever,
nine who appiy.-Phit CRY lem.
HORRIBLE DEATH.-Tne wife of the pro
prletor If bone-boiling establishment, il
New York tell ead-foremost into :, roI
OF boiling fat the other day, and was scaide'
10 death.
GENEROUS GIFr.-A Z obie Guilding for tn
Yale College Scientific School, is on The poin
OF impletion al New Haven, Conn, At a COS
OF S30.U,J-the entire property being gif
from Joseph 4. Sheffield.
No MORE RE6ArTAs.-It is said that tn
Corporation Of Yale College has determine,
hat the College Boat CLUBS shall attend n
more regattas in term time--so they mus
hereafter wait All Commencement is passed.
A BANK PRESIDENT SENT TO STATE PRISON
Van Went, President OF the bogus Bank q