The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-03-25
AFFAIRS IN VIRGINIA.

A MAN In Chsrlestown, Jefferson county,
! suspected Of being the one who lately ap.
! pear ed before some ladies In nude stats,
| was ordered to leave town within three
days. He declined, and the public are al
e loss what to do with him. 49, Il 4
A new post-ofiee is established at Serena,
Stafford county, Va, and Thomas W. Frank
lin appointed postmaster, on the route from
fredericksburg to Warsaw. James G.. How
ell appointed postmaster Union, Monroe
county, W. Va, vice Richard Burke, re-
, moved.
A few days ago little girl six years old,
the daughter of white woman who lives
at Captain John D. Meals, near Cedar
Grove, was burned 70 death by her clothes
accidentally taking FIRE while she was play
ing on the hearth.-Lerington Gazette.
CORRECTION 1t is Colonel John 8. Mos
by's father, and not the great guerilla
himself, who has recently purchased farm
near Liberty, in Bedford county. But it
has been reported that Colonel Mosby has
designs Of purchasing place and making
his home in the same neighborhood. This,
however, we give as mere rumor.-Lynch-
burg Republican.
THE CIRCUS IN TRoUBLE.-Monday night,
| says the Lynchburg Republican, when the
exhibition was just over, Sheriff Clark, of
that city, attached the paraphernalia of
the company to the value Of $500 to safety
the demands Of some creditor in Richmond.
The circus men were 80 weighed down by
the melancholy event that most Of them pro-
ceeded to get drunk, and in this manner
consoled themselves for their misfortune.
The money, however, had to be paid, and
was finally paid, much to their disgust and
the sheriff's satisfaction. Next morning
the party-clown, ponies, and all-took
wing in western direction.
GRAND CoNs1sToRY OF VIRGINIA.-The
Grand Consistory of the State of Virginia,
A. A. S. r. SD, met last night in Consis-
torial Session at their chamber in this city.
In addition to the selection Of active and
adjunct members Of the body, its officers
were elected for the ensuing year.
Most Illustrious R. E. Withers was elected
Grand Commander; Illustrious s. A. Bal
ley, First Lieutenant Grand Commander !;
Illustrious Thomas 81. De Witt, Second
Lieutenant Grand Commander; and vari-
Gus others to offices whose resounding titles
put to blush the dignitaries Of kingly courts.
Want of space prevents the publication Of
full list Of the active and adjunct mem
bers of this the highest Masonic body in
Virginia under the Scottish Rite. We learn
that arrangements have been made to or
ganize Lodge of Perfection at this place
under authority derived from this Grand
Body.-Lynchbarg Neaos.
ALEXANDRIA IrEMs.-Alerandria, Va.,
March 23.-Lewis j. Holden, formerly Of
Steuben, New York, and late o resident of
Jefferson, Tennessee, fell dead at the Orange
and Alexandria Railroad depot, in this
place, this morning. He had on his person
valuables and money amounting to 81, 100.
A contract has been closed by which the
Alexandria, Loudoun, and Hampshire rail-
road will be completed to Winchester this
year. The new board of directors to-day
elected Lewis Mckenzie president.
The Gazette, speaking of the Alexandria,
Loudoun and Hampshire railroad, says:
"At the meeting of the Board Of Direc-
tors this morning Mr.. Blythe, the superin-
terdent of the road, was ordered to the
fed, at once, to supervise the surveys for
the proposed extension, and Mr.. Nathaniel
Hayes formerly of Richmond), the present
masr.r of machinery, appointed superin-
!