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Thu Havana papers by the Cahawba contain
enthusiastic accounts Of a new tenor who has
Just made his debut at the Tacon. SiguOr Mu-
siani, the gentleman in question, Is described
as the equal of Tamberlik, if not his superior.
The Savannah lottery case of Messrs. Swan
l. Co, has been decided by the Supreme Court
of Georgia, sustaining the points made by
Swan & Co.'s counsel, reversing the decision
Of the lower court against them.
There is a report that E. A. Blanch, former
elected State Senator from Harrison county,
Texas, to supply the place of Hon. L.. 7. Wig
fall, elected to the u. S. Senate.
The Petersburg Express intimates that Mr..
James Doherty, of that city, will be appointed
State Armorer, because Gov. Letcher has sent
him an old fashioned musket to be converted
into q Minnie rifle.
Thesum of 1900 was distracted from TIE car
pet bag of Mr.. Oglesby, OF South Carolina, in
Montgomery, Ala, on Wednesday night, last
week.
Fred Collins. charged with the murder Of
Williams, in Norfolk, has been acquitted on
the ground that he acted in self-def0nce.
York on Saturday for Liverpool, with 166
passengers and S47 ,632 in specie. ~
Hon. John Oochrane, representative in Con-
sress from New York, is slowly recovering
from his painful illness.
The Democrats Of Northampton and North
cumberland counties, Va, have declared in IA
vor of Mr.. Wise for the Presidency.
Mr.. Peter Hartman, pilot Of the steamer
Phoenix, fell dead at the wheel of that boat,
near New Orleans, ON the 10th inst.
Thomas Black was instantly killed in Gin
acinnati on Thursday last by the fall of a sack
of salt, in a pork.packing house.
Bushrod Grimes was accidentally drowned
near Middleburg, Loudoun county, Va, on
Friday last.
The jewelry store Of John Kingan, at New
Market. Shenandoah county, Va, was robbed
last Wednesday night.
1t ia stated that Ex-President Fillmore will
70 to Mobile this winter, to visit Madame LIE
Vert. ..-..
A party of gentlemen have started from
Providence, r. l., ON an exPeo'uon 10 Ari-
IONA.
The steamer Jura hos arrived at New York
from Liverpool, with dates to the 3ist uit.
In Washington county, Tenn. In 1889, there
were 100 marriages.
Yesterday was the anniversary of the birth
of BENJAMIN Franklin.
There were 2l6 interments in Philadelphia
last week.
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rucnscnarJM. II, 1e6oe~
ssivsss = Sosrd ScaIs on O. a.k rad g.
49, s.. ~: si .Sr 81 o sss = rna se1 ! "a" sss
valleys Of old Anhsrst, q the rae o. Irom
ten 10 thirty miles IN houf, passing, Or ocea-
sioually stopping for wood Weter eaepee1sqc
gers, when could Be observes erowos onPeItS
slon9 the line Of the road, many OF whom
had sses tke carss 16r tns ar5s fiuasin rsstr mn
All seemed wosdsrfully pleased, and evefy-
thing passsd OF ~ merrfly - possible; no
thing transpiripg worthy Of note unui w.saln
tat narrowly escaping. . collision Win the
,,sssenerr Train NON Aie1ahdris. hsEs We
were Ia q AZ, but did not long rsm:an se. ~.
perinfendent vandef&fiM ordered ne e:nss
train bach to Iansr's LILY aas'. .o-estrnetsS'
The train switched on, and In less time tAan
one hour Incredible - II may appsar, car -.
~ had changed cars and Wsre On sneaI ~
Seck to Lynenon.s; s = EN- y. m .s .sxtseS.
one stopped 1T least - lines during the srip,
an within 6x hours. The country through
which the road passes - htlly, but Sertiie, e.
Ing q succession Of hills ana valleys "a sae
way. The grading, In many places, - heavy.
and there yet remain about 500 feet OF very
heavy grading to be done before the main lie
IL completed, there being . hill Of solid rock
10 cut through, which will not b finished for
,some months yet. For the present, . tempo
rary track has been constructed, which runs
around the hill q distance ofone mile, and con.
meets with the main track. A. to the road
generally, little can Be said, - 1t does not dif-
Ter materially from other roads but the
bridgfne il the best I have ever seen on any
road. and is remarkable for solidity. There
are about 25 bridges between this city and
Charlottesville, including Tye River brides, c1
AIS feet long. and shout 60 feet high, and 10 a
very heavy structure, the strength Of it being
90 great that II does not appear 70 shake In the
least on the passage Of q train Of cars over It
They were constructed by n. Placide,a well
known railroad contractor. on whom they re-
fleet the greatest need Of praise.
A land slide occurred ON the Virginia and
Tennessee Road, which detained the train due
here lO.45 A. M, until , p. M.
Ayoung man, by the name Of Suddartn, wa
thrown from q crank car, on the Lynchbnre
and Alexandria Road, near Faber's Mills, yes
terday morning, and had his thigh badly hurt
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Correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatch.
The Orange and Alexandria Extension.

va, Jan. IL.
Yesterday was bright, sunny, and a. pleas.
ant Us heart could wish, and this morning
dawned upon us the prototype Of the departed
day, during which all Lynchburg appeared to
be astir. while not q few of our business men
took q trip TO Amherst G. H, now within .
few minutes ride of us by the new railroad
Being court day there was a much larger crowd
in attendance than usual on such occasions,
many persons being induced to 60 merely from
the travelling facilities now offered. Tit new
railroad was the order of the day there, as well
as it is with us. Money scarce, consequently
hard to collect. Nc business in court, except
a few civil cases of no special importance. The
Adams Express Company, always first and
foremost whenever any fast business - on
hand, dispatched a messenger through from
Baltimore by the Orange and Alexandria route
yesterday, with a quantity Of freight, &c,
tmenfy hours in advance Of the old route, and
in this connection l would beg leave to make
public Acknowledgements to Mr.. Wilson, the
polite messenger above referred to, for co.
pies of Northern papers in advance Of mail
for the length Of time above specified
Arrangements are now completed by this
company for regular transportation of goods
by this new route. Some of our citizens are
beginning to reap the benefits to be derived
from the stir recently made in relation to the
encouragement of Southern manufactures, as
Exhibited by an order received by Mr.. w. J.
Folkes, a bookbinder of this city, from q firm
in Montgomery. Ala, for blank books.
In my com municatiOn of the 18th inst, /
did Mr.. A. w. Horner great injusticei in saying
that he was REMOVED. Mr.. Horner RESIGNED.
t- etFI" Hr O. X.
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~ LYcrURE AND CoNcERf.-Iti 10 said that Mr..
DHBKHRskI and his accomplished lady will again
favor the citizens Of Richmon with another Sol
REQ. Nothing could be more instructive and anus
representing Russian life, illustrated, a. it is, with
. degree Of originality rarely to, b met with. The
reading Of Mrs. DeBeerski has been PRONOUNCED a
elegance and ease of manner which lends an nnu.
sual charm to everything she undertakes to per-
form 20 - tFf
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THO Architects AND BUlLDERS.-
Proposals will be received BY the nndersignedi
sniEPIScOPXL CHAPEL. 50 fset By 50 feet on
the interior. The side, front, and rear elevation.
rior and interior, to he the same - the design for
such a building shown on plates u, Is; Il and u Of
proposed from that design 10 an increase in width,
that dimension being % feet instead Of e feet
Of the scantlings. the dimensions Of which. ~ vel:
as spoci6cations for the construction, may Be had
on application to !he Dispatch office, in Richmo9rd,
cent to any required address by the pndersigned.
The construction to Do proceeded with a. soon
rs practicable, and finished without delay.
HENRY DARLINGTON,
On behalf of the Commissioner.
"Drake's Branch p. o." r.. and D. r. r.
Charlotte c. H.. Jan. IA, 1850. ja lS-7tawlm
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NEW BOOKS, &c.

T IGHT READING.
THE RIVALS. . Tale Of the times Of Aaron Burr
and Alexander Hamilton; sy Hon. 'sre c'em-
coMSfP'kSsAr1oN, 9. Always Future; by Anne
4 A' TAEE of OF TWO 'cfrfEs; BY chsfls;; Dickens;
SEVEN Si$P' SkA rs: and othsT; Tales; by Julia K.v.-
A GOOD FIGHT, snd other Tales; Dy Charles =
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Of Literatnre-curious, humorous and in'trnc-
HENRY !SYs 81 = JOHN. Gentleman; b, John E.ten
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M HISTORY OF VIRGINIA.
HISTORY OF THE COLONY N ANCIENT
DOMINION OF VIRGINIA; by Charles Camp
IT An ERiCAN HLMXNACAND REPOSITO-
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LIFE ): Of GENERAL ANDREW JACKSON; BY
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THE LIFE Of; !TFRiosMdSSjEFFERs6N s. Hen
THE LIFE, CORRESPONDENCE AND
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THE WORKS SUI OF JJtoIHSC. CALHOUN; edited by
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THE CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY OF THE
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The above. with many other important publica-
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MIRACULOUS EsCAPR.-At 10 minutes past
II O'Clock, last night, the party Of noble fell
lows, led by Frank Johnston, who were at
work on the wreck Of Poncet's kitchen, sue
ceeded in rescuing BRIDGET MCCARN, after
her being buried alive for four hours. She
was Immediately taken into Poncet's house,
where DIR. Parker was called in to attend her.
From appearances, she had a slight fracture Of
the left arm. but in every other respect es-
capped all harm, as far as could be ascertained.
That she was not instantly crushed to death,
is most miraculous. A notice Of the accident
may be seen in the local column.
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On Hopd1y ni9ht 8 negfo WonnAh N two
psn ss,caEtskse ps; 4: Z; cnFsst,... Who
Ssssiy SsrsSR ssssdsst
=. a KteonEdA ~ 1Slhot eounty, Ca,
VA laAal1 aAof, q nlSx0. tAycueA Ol4f4kAt =
sodeglboa1ela ~ aan ~ plsoo = ianpeaf q
eourt 6r trial.
- luneralA "a. ~ In Dr. PC apeacss, IN
4~elegehnle ~ 9Aeeaa(s -, ssssease ~ e =
q ksnISvc(1 aas6sw "a Is
s RhoArtfanehoo II ~ Potomac river placed
49, uk4GEDta e1mt1anoee % 4oodays
hn~AfAnemntoo1 nooNoU3ne - ehAn0 " ~
fl0o = ths layee Masses appscaceeon. 4s
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NEW BOOKS
~ At GEO. NJ. VESTS
Bookstore, AS Main st.
SELF HELP; with Illustrations Of character and
eG9dost BY s. s,.sh. Smile 81 at sSsh0r OF "fh'
AN APPEAL 70 TIE PEOPLE on behalf Of
their rights, ~ authorized interpreters Of the
Bible; by Catherine E. -Beecher; 81.
MISREPRESENTATION a Novel BY Anna II;
Drury; author of 7" Friends and Fortune"
"Eastburg," &C., &c.; Soc.
N. B.-GEO. NJ. WEST keeps constantly on
hand all the nek BOOKS Of the day. ia l8-lt
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d orHrr DIR rcroas.-W. Ire Smith. ). 2. Fer
suenn. IT., r. r Moore, Geo. I. Herring, John r.
Gx Der cent. paid ON all deposits ecutineed sx
months Eve per cent. on those remaining for less
:. Money received and paid. and Certificates issued
By P.B. PRtCH IIsasS8f e s.,
Main street, two doors below American Hotel.
ia lS-1t go
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THI OVATION TO BAILIE PEYrON.-Qn Sat-
urdy evening the banquet to the Hon. Bailie
Peyton, at the Philadelphia Academy of Mu-
sic, was largely attended. Mayor Henry pre-
sided, but, being taken suddenly i'll, was sue
ceeded in the chair by n. McMichael, of the
North American. Speeches were made by
Messrs. Crittenden, Peyton, Gilmer, May
nard, Nelson, and Conrad OF La, and others.
The tickets were eight dollars each, and three
hundred and seventy eight persons sat down
TO the table. M " tE -t .-f
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CE LF P.

HARPER,s MAGAZINE for February Is cts.
MISREPRESENTATION. A Novel. By A. H.
Drury 90 cts.
AN APPEAL to the People in behalf Of their
rights a. authorized interpreters of the Bible
BY c. f. Beecher.
SELF HELP With illustrations Of character and
conduct. BY 6. Smiles.
DIARIES for 1850. RANDOLPH'6
ia l8-lt Bookstore and Bindery.
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MsUxANcE OF GtxvEs. !. -.
This long -oefabliShe SAFE and Iolia6le Southern
COMPANY insures SLAVES, st lo1 rates, from one
Its dealings with insurers are prompt, fair ana
Having held the agency in tins Company in tbs
city for several ysare. the. subscriber can conn
sHs who are its patrons, and with whom its trans
lotions have been ~entirel!ss eatistactory; a.
aav percon dssirine It. r. B. PRICE, Agent.
- Office st T. G. G. D!ewTy's Bookst9re.,
- : doors below American Hotel.
THoMAs POLLARD, NJ. D., Medical ExawineYi
Office, Governor street, one door above kicnmond
House.. - 1o@"
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AccIDEsT.-William Holloway, an employee
1t tho redegar Works, had one of his legs bro.
ken yesterday, by the falling Of piece of iron.
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uR Rheumatism, r,s,r 81
! HAMPTON'S TlNCTURE:
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES CanOt.
observation-disclosures. James Smyth.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Plummer.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. VIM. Taylor.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES PercgOy:
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES it Is years, F. Bonnelly..
RHEUMATISM-Had it 10 years, Stephen Taylor.
RAEUMXTiSM-Had 1t II years, A. Kitchen.
RHEUMATISM-M. Collins. t
RHEUMATISM-IOhn Ward.
RHEUMATlSM-Had i'll years, Robert Gault.
RHEUMATISM-E. Horn.
RHEUMATISM-G. w. Goodrich. -
RHEUMATI6M-Had it 80 years, i. BOkIel.
= And many others, who testify to being CUkERs
after years Of suffering, by HAMPTON'S TING
FEMALES AND CHILDREN.-This TING
TURE will be found a great medicine for oil their
R- CAN and get Pamphlets and see cures.
Sold BY PURCELL, LADD & 60, Richmond;
by DR.. COOKE, Fredericksburg BY All the p[nE-
siists in Petersburg: by MORTIMER L NOW
BRAY, Baltimore; and by Druggists and SHOP
Keepers every where. 81 per bottle six bottles.
Is. H-d6c~ts
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M W. are under obligations TO Nj. L. l..
SMITH, for papers, yesterday afternoon, which
helped M out Of . difhcnlty, Is the mail failed
entirely, with the exception of the Alexandria
dailiss. which came down ON the Central road.
The EURoPA's NEws.-The papers received
last evening contained no further news by
the Europa than that published yesterday.
under the telegraphic head.
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Another Steamer on the Potomac.
We learn that the Richmond, Fredericks.
burg aud Potomac Railroad Company have
placed upon the Potomac q new and powerful
iron steamer, called the "Philadelphia."
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ICE IN THE PoroNAc.-The Alexandria Ga
xette Of yesterday says:

The steamer Powhatau, ON Sunday morn
inx dtd not reach her wharf AZ this place. on
account Of the ice, which had become banked
up And very solid. When opposite King street
dcck So stopped, aud the passengers got on
IT, - aad WALKED out to her. The mails were
also carried aboard 10 same way. ~ was
,With - ereatest dimcalty that she made her
way ~ this city. aaa 0noeO or twice the hands
had 70 get out And hreak aWsy the tes nom
aboat her Wheels. Tho steamer VA nearly
lsur Aoass IN getting from Warrington 70
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The United Savings Bank. Henrico,
receives deposits. upon which interest 10 paid At the
rate of s per cent. per annum upon All sums re-
annum for . shorter. period. ONCE No: l9 Main
atreet. inc. President.
THOS l.. d. WALFORD, Sec'y.
in l2-6t JAMES l.. PORTER. Trea'r.
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n. Insurance...Life and Fire I~nsurance
| AT Tow RATES.-FOr insurance, Life Insurance
on WHITE PERSONS, any length of time, also,
IN SLAVES from one month e Aye year., anS fSr
TION Of Property in town or country, on LIBE.
RAJ TERMS, call at the old established General
insurance. Office, Pearl street, next door to T.. D.
EachO. t. -5 =.
rs The best companies represented and all
| losSes prOmptlyp paid. c.. r. BKICKEN,
| ia l4-dlm General Insurance Agent.
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~ Trustees sale Of Valuable Slaves Tee
roNWooD PLANK. AT AucT!ox.-Attent,op y re-
euested to the sale Of the above valuaple S!cxHss
DAY. at II O'Clock, at the Factory heretofore occu-
pied BY Benz. r Dickinson. On Cary. between ii'n
Ia i8"It THO. w. KEESEE, Auct.
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~ Beautiful Teeth-Perigmsd Breash1,
s g HEboM \ PPR6ak sA TtorcHFHHASHEsDoW hpEN's
DENTAL FLUID.-lt arrests decay. restores dis.
cased gums to . healthy condition.. rfferjs instant
deTss the teeth a. white AZ alabsster. Recommend
ed by the most celebrated dentists ~ taf suPerioI
retail, Nv Messrs. PURCELL, LADD & Co, iii.
PEARCE & CO., and oil Druggists. jaB-&
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S!x y4kgAntE IUIkDINo LQ3s 16k
iess,' o. The east sids. q. sstS6, Sssvssn Gay aadd
Marshall streets, which, frO1 their locatioo IN Q
rapidly improving vaFt 81. . veil 8 tAoir ooatigsi-
~ 70 the eoGnece portion Of the city, ren4ess tksm
= de9irebes Tor oalldang purposes - aay Lots nov
TEaxs.-Ons-6hh. eash; balance ~ I, 4. = and
u mc,eths- JAs. y. TAYLOR son:
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-04-09
IoFTiN N. ELLETT, Clerk.
mi, ~ ,lilTnp
Trust Sale of Valuable Land, near
T.vnchhf1rp

ny 1iC1lDu1B: a., , =, -
10y virtue of trust decd executed by Walter llcndcrson
and wife, on The is ia, o Dccpnlsr 1879 and iu, re-
corded, the under trustee tcrvn mcd VIII obcr r
sale, SATURDAY the 12th day 81 May t-N the womt
se-.ih vc desirable TRACT OF LAND bought by h' said
Henderson Of Edgar Whitehead. Ee'l, lying about two aud
half miles IRON tho city Of LyBelurg and containing TWO
HUNDRED AND FIFTY ACRES. This land has upon IL
comfortable DWELLING HOUSE all necessary out buildings
is well Wooded, has about thirty Of excellent meadow and
worthy of the attention OF prsnns desiring good hr nn
residence. Those Wishing 10 purchase referred to Walter
Henderson Tor further nirmain or to the advertiser wn
authorised To MAKE sale rate, If he dreins proper ~ dose
TEHns1he proper, Win Il" sold for fourth ~ The pnr
clnse money cash. negotiable note satisfactorily endorsed
interest added nj mons nnl for the balance, credit u
and two yeBrs Tor honda with personal security carrying
interest from day of sale and trust deed To the land I" secure
their pay niepi. JOHN M. SPEED, Irtstoe
NH 81 ia .laM il.-fRen colN.l
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M, Coat IN RrfcHfe Cove find in the last Par
kersburg News, what Purports. to be a reliable nc
count of the discovery Of oil coal in Richie
one Of the extrethe Nof,hw estcrn counties of this
State Nov the question seems to be raised Is
mel coal the original source Of or the oil The mate
rial out Of which the camel coal s mads2 The ques-
ton should be s"bmittsdtoo some scientific gentle
men: I'm ~
We have heretofore noticed, says the News, the
fact of discoveries Of large quantities of vare
entirely Of OH One vein Of this coal is now in pos
session of Nelson Bell Co.,, who nre about to
mence the work of mining il extensively and conten,
plate bdifdine railroad 10 connect with the North
western Virginia Railrond forthe purpose of getting
it to market. The vein is situated on McFarland's
covered in lshss II isAvertisi yein four feet wide
extending blralgAtup through hin which is two
hundpea and ninety -hss feet high, the top. The
excavAifon was oemmeneed ntths ioxest point of
groun ths rsvine and shsft spnk thirty four feet
deep uithcat coming 10 the bottom &C the vein, when
the water cos In 30 sseas % 70 stop fssbsr exeava
ton The vein has been ttsced for about $500 feet
along The ground, and traced no further is it
known kew far II extends. -
Thisan tsria, which 10 called coal, has been test
ed by varipusc hcmists, Who pronoancs Il 10 be n
chrystalizeds aid not ssAl, A. heisg wi.hout STRAIT
ifcation, and desslnte II spy fefeisn matter. In
test Of six hundreds pounds the yield was found 10
&c at the rate of oref one hundred and szty gallon.
ne ton, of crude oil. Aher one refining process SO
per cent of refined oil was obtained and aftcr
ond distilation 81 per cent Of the whole amount
procured in pure oil, and 90 per cent Of labrc"tng
oil and parufne.
There can be but ttls don t that this substance is
erystaiised oil. If the bottom of the vein be
reached IL will probably be found 10 a reservoir of
OIL which has been forced up BY some convulson Of
nature 10 form the vertical vein which II 10 found,
and has there erystallsed. ..,--'
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TRIAL FOR BiGAMy.-lIenry Jenkins, formerly of
Page county, WAS tried bsfore the Circuit Court of
Shenandoah, which commenced its session on Fiji
day last, charged with the crime Of bigamy. 1t was
proven that he had wife and soine four fyc chill
dren In the county ofPage-that his vito Was taken
the poor house Of that county some two or three
years ago. where che still reu,aius. lie came to She
nandoah about eighteen months since, aud Was ex-
tensyely engaged in selling fruit trecs protesting to
have nursery In Rockingham-and succeeded in
Imposing upon many Of our citizens, by selling them
worthless sprouts which he had taken from valious
orchards in the county. and In some instances sold
sycamore for pear trees. pawpaw for plums, aud SO
on. In the mouth Of February 1889, he became ac-
quainted with Mss Mary Shipe, and by Ms pleasing
aiaress and fair promises ccetrd in nducifK her
10 marry him. In January last the fact that be had
a wife aud children living in Page became known,
npd he was accordingly arrested and committed for
trial.
The case WINS given to the jury on Saturday but
they did not agree a verdict until Monday morn
ing, when they found him guilty. and fxed his term
of confinement in the penitenary ut three years and
ten months. The defence relied upon the plea Of iu-
sauity for IN acquittal