Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-01-20

ALEXANDER B. CouRAN was elected Com
Attorney for the town Of Stam-
tom on Thursday last, to supply the vacancy
caused by the death of CHAPMAN Johnson.
ARCHIBALD NELSON, Esq, one OF the most
sterling men of Albemarle county, died on
sunday last, from injuries received by a heavy
log falling on him, which he was cndcavoring
toput ON a wagon.
\ SMALL BEGINNING.-There is child in
S1uuton seven weeks old, which weighs only
one pound and half When born it could be
put in a tca-cup, and then weighed only half a
pound. The little Lilliputian is '' doing well. ~
SENATOR DooLIrLE's SPEEcH.-Senator Doc
LIrrLE'S speech, delivered in the Senate on
Wednesday last, is pronounced to be one of
the ablcst arguments delivered this session. 1t
was q reply, and is represented as a conclusive
reply, to the speech of his colleague, Senator
UowE, on his resolution proposing the estah-
Ii>hmcnt of provisional governments for the
southern States. 1t was listened to 10y an i'm
mcuse audience with marked attention.
Tue MuLENIUN.-The Charlottesville C,rOn-
rcls concludes a disquisiton on the millennium
question with the following practical applica-
ton:
Give can get the millennium, how con-
tcmptible the Northern Radicals will appear,
aud how little shall We regard their intermina-
ole amendments to the Federal Constitution ~
Just SO, Think of il, McSsrs Radicals -
How will YOU feel il the millennium should
come and catch you at your present work?
Bust or GEN. LEE.-Mr. 4. Frederick
Volck, who was engaged to execute an equeS-
Jrian statue of Stonewall Jackson, and who
was in Europe engaged on his task when the
Coutederacy fell and his means failed, has
lately obtained model for bust Of Gen. Lee,
having visited Lexington for the purpose. The
Gazette OF that town says:
"A great number of the citizens of Lexington
called 10 see the model tor this bust, COM
plcted few days since by that distinguished
and gifted sculptor, \. Frederick Volck. All
,oucurred in prOuOuucing the model a COM
plete success, 4 perfect representation of the
world-renowned leader of the Confederate ar
mics. Though prepared from three or four
brief SittingS, any sculptor might Justly feel a
lifelong pride in pointing To that bust as his
CHEF TRgcre!
1--WE learn that the artist designs taking tile
casting To Baltimore where numerous bronze
copies of the model will be finished"
DEATH OF REV. Mr.. BLoUNr.-We regret Il
have to chronicle the fatal result, on Wednes-
dlv morning, at , o'clock, OF the wound re-
ceiyed bv this gentleman, at his residence, il
Portsmouth, Virginia, the morning previous
inflicted, As will be remembered, by 4 muske
shot from the hands of a negro. The Norfolk
papers express themselves with natural iuiig
nation, on the occasion, whether the wound wa:
the result of accident or design, the criminaltl
m the former case being in the license Above,
to needless and ignorant negroes ia the use o
firearms. The Norfolk Vuginiaa says:
The Kew. Mr.. Blount, in the prime of his use
| mlneSS as Christian pastor and man. NAV b,
safely pronounced to have been the victim O
this internal license, aud the exampIe of hi
case calls aloud, As from the seuuIebT,, in tone
of earnest appeal IN behalf Vt the living. fo
the remedial action of this freedmen a.,
William Conner Blount was horn in IN,
county of Norfolk, about the year $50 an,
! was, consequently, tOTty-siK years of age at nm
| time of his death. He was the son of a Metbo
dist preacher, as his mother was the daughte
/ of one.
He was educated at Randolph Macon College
/ having determined TO devote himself to tn
ministry Of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
lie has been Il minister of the gospel for eigh
teen years, and was appointed TO the station j
Portsmouth in November last.
He rose TO distinction as Il minister, and be