The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-03-29
IN VIRGINIA..
HIGHWAY RosBEaY.-Lsstn night between

HIGHWAY hQBBERYs--L66Cn night DetWeeu
g and 10 o'clcek, as Mr.. John o. Hill, Of
Prince Georges county, Nd, MSS on his way
from the Mansion House to the Marshall
House, WHARF he was stopping, he was sud
denly confronted on Fairfax street, where
the Ferry Slip alley enters it, by man who
sprang ont Of that alley and said, "pll
relieve yeu Of your hat ''-suiting the
action to the words. The robber then see
| ing Mr.. Hills handkerchief protruding
| from his coat pocket, seized it, saying,
"and that, too" Mr.. Hill having By this
time partially recovered from his surprise,
made. an effort to call for assistance, when
the highwaymsn exhibited long knife,
and telling him he would cut his throat if
he opened his mouth, searched his pockets
and took from them all their contents,
amounting to some twelve or fifteen dollars,
and then disappeared down the alley.
What city csn boast of g holder robbery
Alexandria Gazette, 26h. l,.-ftr,r
A v1ReIN1AN sHoT AND K1LLEp.-Ne,o
Market, Va., March l9.-On the 18th in
slant Mr.. Isaac Rosenberger, living in
Mount Jackson, Shenandoah county, Va,
preparing to 60 hunting, removed the cap
from his gun and blew in the muzzle to see
if it was loaded. The gun failing to stand
cooked, the hammer fell while he was so en-
gagged, and the load in the gun passed
through the front part Of his head. He
| died in o few hours. Never spoke after
wards. He had been recently married.
ALEXANDRIA, LoUDoUN AND HAMPSHIRE
RAILRoAD.-No time is lost in making all
the arrangements for surveys and for work.
The extension will be vigorously prose-
cuted to Winchester.
STAFFORD COUNTY CoURT.-Common-
welth Us. Travers Payne, Beverly Buxton,
and Joe West (white), and Louis Juggins,
Rufus Greene, and Jerry Farmer (colored)
for riot and unlawful trespass on the pre-
misses Of the Rev. Il. E. johnson. Infor-
| nation filed, and the case continued to next
term. The case, We ore requested to add,
is not half 60 serious as We recently repre-
scented it..
LAND SALES IN FAUQUIER.-Mr. ]. W.
Williams, of Baltimore, has purchased of
Mr.. Gustavus Lersner, the "Elmwood !"
estate, FIVE hundred acres, near Upperville,
for $19, OO0.- Warrenton Sentinel.
Colonel W. W. Payne bought at public
auction, on last Monday, 80 acres Of that
tract of land lately in the occupancy of A.
Meyer, lying at the mouth of Carriers Run,
near Waterloo, for which he pays $40 per
acre.
On Monday last that valuable tract of
land at Catlett station owned by r. K.
Hughlett, containing about 200 acres, to
Charles Z. Whitlock, of Richmond, at $50
per acre.-Warrenton Iuder.
LAND SALE IN LoUDoUN.-A farm con-
tanning 127 acres, lying near Guilford, for
$26 per acre, to Mr.. Stoey, Of West Virgil
nia.-LeeS6urg Washingtonian.
We have noticed several northern gentle
tlemen in town during last week seeking
lands. One of them, in addition to having
five very fine horses, brought with him q
splendid wagon and all the necessary i'm
plements for going to farming at once. He
has rented land for the present from Mr.,
Breckenridge, and we suppose is now hard
at work. These are the men we want, and
we bid them welcome.-Fincastle Herald
We learn with much regret Of the pro-
liability that ]. Randolph Tucker will soon
remove to Baltimore. He has hattering
offer from the Baltimore and Ohio Com
| pany of the post of standing counsel, with
a salary of So 900 year, leaving him the
privilege of generally practicing his pro-
fession. Virginia can i'll afford to lose any
of her sons. Mr.. Tucker has o brilliant
future, we are sure, in his own State, and
we hope he will not throw it away WIN
| chester Ne,os.
The wheat in this county presents most
promising aspect. The fields look smilinglJ
| in luxuriance and Verdure of half-advancec
spring, and our farmers rejoice in the as
surance of an unusually large crop if they
can just " have peace" from the numerou:
enemies of this cereal.-Roanoke Times.
An old citizen of this town suggests thai
hereafter no prisoner should be received
into the county Jail unless he be able te
take the iron-clad test OATH Winchester
Ne,oS.
[The present inmates are doubtless Of tina
Glass;