The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-09-16

ING UNITED STATES SESATORS.-EichRo' d,
September lin relation to converse
ton with General Candy, which l reported
in my letter Of the 9th, have to add that
it was perfectly authentic, and taken down
on paper within five minutes after it occur
red. General Candy then stated that. as
he construed Mr.. Hoar's opinion, the Le-
gislature might elect senators and perma-
nent officers if they saw fit, and that they
might even appoint standing committees,
Special Correspondence Petersburg Inder.
How WILLARD WAS ARRESTED. The
Lynchburg Ne'rs gives the details of the
arrest noticed in this paper yesterday:
A man styling himeelf cdr. Willard :"
was arrested at Concord depot yesterday
morning by q party. of gentlemen from
Prospect, in Prince Edward, charged with
stealing horse and buggy valued at $500
from Mr.. Sutherland, of Richmond. It
appears that Willard arrived in Richmond
last Friday, and took lodgings at Ford's
Hotel. In the afternoon he concluded to
take drive, and hired horse and buggy
from Mr.. Sutherland, promising to return
in a couple Of hours. So much pleased,
however, was he with the pleasures of the
drive that he extended it, and continued to
extend it, turning up in Farmville Satur-
day evening. Soon after getting there he
struck trade with q gentleman of that
place, giving the fine buggy for dilapi-
dated sulkey, receiving in boot seventy-fve
dollars in money. Shaking the dust Of
Farmville from his feet, the "Doctor" set
out for Prospect depot, arriving there Mon
day morning.
Here he anxiously endeavored to dispose
of both horse and sulkey, Offering them at
n mere nominal price. He did not succeed
in efTecting sale, but his manner excited
a suspicion in the minds of several gentle
men of the place that all was not right, and
Willard having left, they determined to
pursue and capture him, which they &C
cordingly did, overtaking him at daylight
yesterday morning at Concord depot, where
he was found sleeping soundly at Lam
drums hotel unsuspicious of the danger
that menaced him. Upon making known
their business the "Doctor" became
highly indignant, protesting earnestly that
he had committed no crime to be arrested
for. lie was soon brought to his milk, !"
and confessed the whole affair, admitting
that he stole the horse and buggy, and
pleading that the incentive to the act was
that he was short of money"
He first said that he was from New York,
and then again that he hailed from Massa-
chusetts. He attempted to destroy num-
Der of papers which he had on his person,
but was prevented and these, with fifty
one dollars in money found in his pocket.
were taken possession of by his captors,
who placed their prisoner on the Southsidc
cars and at once started with him to Rich
mond.
The rogue appears to be about thirty
years of age; five feet nine inches high ;
blue eyes light hair; and brown whiskers
dresses we'll, and has q plausible and
pleasing manner. lie is no doubt an adept
in the art of DEMONSTRATING, but this time
oyerdid the thing, and will pay the penalty
of his crime by q long sojourn in the State
prison.
CATTLE.-Two trains, consisting Of thir-
ty-two cars, came in this morning on the
Orange, Alexandria and Manassas railroad,
loaded with cattle from Southwest Virginia
bound for the Baltimore and Philadelphia
markets Another cattle train was expected
this evening from the Manassas branch
Alc1dn7riu Gazette, 14h.
PROBABLE FATAL ACCIDENT TO AN Al
EXANpRIAN.-A telcgrG phic dispatch from
Memphis, received here last night, says
that Mr.. Charles S. Price, formerly Of this
place, was accidentally shot in that city on
Sunday evening last, and that it was feared
the wound would prove fatal.-IlcTHndrid
Gazette, lIM.
VALUABLE DISCOVERY gentleman from
Bristol informs us that a few days since Mr..
Charles Campbell, of that place, accidentally
discovered a spring Of pure sulphur water,
on the edge of Bcavcr creek, near his
house, which is pronounced by those who
have tested it, and who arc fully competent
to judge, equal in every respect to the
waters of the Grccnbricr or Montgomery
White. So valuable is this spring regarded
that one Of the wualthiest gentlemen in the
Southwest proposed to purchase it, with
some ten acres of land, requesting Mr..
Campbell to fix his own price upon the pro-
perty. This Mr.. c. declined, being unwill-
ing to sell at any price, intending to com
mcnce improvements on the place at an
early day for the reception of visitors,
which the valuable properties Of this water
will undoubtedly attract. --LyachJwg Ne'cs.
SHIPMENT OF WHEAT.-Duringt the months
of July and August GO, 900 bushels of wheat,
addressed to the merchants and manufac-
turcrs OF Richmond, was shipped in Lynch
10 IF heir l.
road.-LynchJarg Republican.
TIE US1vERsITY.-Wel learn that q meet
ing of the Board of Visitors Of the Univer-
sity will be held to-day for the purpose OF
endeavoring to effect some arrangement
with the trustees of the fund donated by
the late Samuel Miller for the establish
ment of an agricultural professorship by
which the chair may be Immediately filed
LwchJuy Neps, 18th.
Major De Cordy, of Norfolk, is to be az
raigned before military tribunal. Offence
not known.
Track-laying has begun Mt Cheyenne or
the Denver Pacific railroad, and the work
is expected to progress at the rate of two
miles per day.
One hundred bootmakers in Binghamton
N. Y, are on q strike, the head centre Of
the order of St. Crispin deciding they must
cease work because the employers refuse tt
discharge some old hands who are not mem
bers of the st. Crispin Society.
CSNFECTEGyEREES.
TUST RECEIVED AND IN STORE