The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-12-24
VIRGINIA. NEWS


Just closed two days monthly term. in
which the attorney for the CONFERENCE.-The
was diligently engaged in irving criminals.
In dntc-beiiutn times criminal trials in this
good old co'iu!y ware rare. 4 session Of
The court tor more than ot!c day q tl.a or
binary monthly terms did not occ,ir "nro ~
TWO wears. Now the criminal business az
serbs 80 much of the time of the Judges
and justices, | learn, that for Twelve months
the civil docket Qaw) has not been called.
This i absolutely denial of justice to
many who try to assert their legal remedies.
\ large number of people were in attend
anco at the November and december terms
OF the county court. Nearly 300 OF The citi-
zcns were taken from their farms. work
shops. and other pursuits. to attend - wit
nc>rcS AZ Jurors at the trial Of coiofcA
offenders mainly for feloncs or petty
theit>. By the way, however. one of the
unblcocheG SorcrcignS, though ably &C.
Tended, on submission OF his case to a "jury
Of his country finds tha' ne will be a
boardcr. at public expense, 1t Mr.. Ward
wells hotel for f:Tc years.
The member Of the Legislature who vii
devise some )!T for diminishing the cost Of
criminal trialS-now understood to average
sixty dellars-and to save the necessity OF
Summonin- twcnty-Gour frccholdcrS to a.
tend each trial for felony, will deserve and
receive tn thanks OF his countrymen. " The
age of comma sense" mentioned by Sidney
smith, it is hr0"d, i approaching, when tho
red-tapcsn y" CoH.. - reference to jill
ricS will ~ : - '.Ipgc practical and
less expensive J. :. Of securing trial By
jury" Let twcnty-tour mcN be summoned
10 try III catI-es. civil and criminal, and l"'
the right 10 challenge for cauS"( be resort
cd to in order to secure impartial juries.
The people here are possessing their
souls III patienc" ia regard 10 he restora-
ton of Virginia to the Federal Union. But
little interest is manifested in political queS-
tons. Quite number of cmi@rant> (white
and colorod) are seeking homes in the South
and West. y company Of about forty
white people 60 10 Western Kentucky from
Charlotte and Prince Edward during the
week. Farmers have lost money in 1869.
and some are seeking more inviting and
promising fields Of labor elsewhere.
The ncighboo'inc college OF Hampden
Sidney feels II just pride in the election Of
Governor Stevenson, of Kentucky, to the
senate Of the United States. He W. 20 stll-
dent Of Hampdcn Sidney III !Ii> routh,
while his father, The Hon. Andrew steven
son. OF Richmond. was Speaker OF the .
United States ...,.a 1TcScntH'Nt~,
and was the contemporary OF I. ;. Jour-
noy. ESQ, and others. Ex-Governor Lyon,
Of MARYLAND, was . student Of the college
about the same IcriOd. Governor Lyon IS
= native OF Prince Edward, and il now on
visit to the county.
Additions to the number Of northern
Landowners in the vicinity of FalmviIlc and
this village are occurring. y gentleman
from New York bought 4 tract near Farm
Vile to-day. and others were bidders at re-
cent as>ignee's sales. They are kindly and
cordially received. RoLFE.
TAKEN TO RIcHMoHr.--Mr John W. Hurt,
Of Bedford. VINO was arrested some time
since. charged with illicit di>tiiling, and
who. after an examination by Commissioner
huflim. was hailed for his appearance be-
fore Underwood'S court. having forfeited
his rpcogniZanrc. was again arrested on
TUESDAY bv Deputy Marshal IeItman, and
passed through here Yesterday III custody
en- route - Ly1chdu1y NeES.
LYHcnEvrG AND CorrNGTo> RAILRoan.--
Tn committee APPOINTED nj TIC recent
meeting Of citizens 10 visit surkhrid&e ana
Hotytou"t counties in the interest ci the
bout-Dro;cctci railroad called upon Gen
rrgl Malone Yesterday afternoon TO report
10 him the result o.. their visit t" these coun-
tic-. We were not present III the interview,
and have consequently II" report Oh What
rran>,,ircd.--Lyact>ury NewS.
LAND SALEs-Thc tract OF land ii Cum
hcrland county belonging to the heirs OF
panici y. Alien. containing seventy acres,
with Improvements, to Mr.. benjamin I.
lsi>hcl. II ClrIrti2la. Pa, for 81 100.
+. WhitcmUn sold his brick horiS" and
lot. Oh 2Iain street. to Mr.WiIliam echWcn,
oG LuthcrsoUr@. Pa, for :2,1o9.
Chas. \. Hooper, OF buckingham county,
has sold hi farm. near Rock Mills, contain
ing 900 acres. Ia McSsrs. StociiIcv. ihGmp-
,u.t. a,t,; En1ill, Of New York, fer S4.rc2.---
turmr3Lc Nctr$.
WELL >oLD.-On Friday parcels of land
near B,ln~ion were Sold for 80. Isl, and
so, Respectively, per acre. Dir. DAVID
BrinkcrAofi, near EumWcll station. OH the
lin" of the Alexandria. Loudoun and Hamp-
hire railroad. in Loudoun county, last
week sold his farm, containing 500 acre., to
SIr. jacques Y. Quick, Of lIundcrtcn
county. Nd, for -. OI5.-LeeSjNrg Mirror.
LAMP SaLE.-Thc farm Of \. Dcpu", in
Prince William county. near NokcsNlilc
station. Grange. Alexandria and ManasSaS
railroad. containing 1S5 acres. to John
Try.Iicl>. Of New Hampshire, for =, 625. OF
so dollars pei acre.
FinE.-The house Of Henry Dillon, All IN
lu>trious cnlDrcd man, living Oh til" land 81
Colonel Thomas Wilson near Browns tank,
IN thi. county, was entirely destroyed by
tire on last Saturday night. Al! of his corn.
bacon, clothing Of himself and family, and
his furniture, was loTt C'''sf'd"S0"'g Mes
$enJer.
For DEMONSTRATION families, number
inc in all twenty persons, great and little,
passed through the city yesterday, moving
10 Tennessee. they came from Halifax
county.-LyAch6Wg Hcpab!cGn.
New NouILES Factory IN HARRISON
EcrG..-Mr. James II. Larkin> has erected Il
splendid building, IS by 10 feet, for the ptlr-
post. OF establishing iirsI-claSs w0ol!Cn FAC
toYy.-OlR Commoatre0Ah.
GRASP CoNsIsToEY.-i'hc Grand ron-is-
tory. sd degree, Of MasonS for the state OF
VIRGINIA viii assemble 1T Masons' Hal! III
this city on Monday next, the 9th Instant, at
y O'Clock M.-Lynchbury Meas.
Rev. Mr.. Stricklcr, son Of Joseph Sir'ck-
lar, Esq, Of this city, has been called 10 the
pastoratc cf the Second Presbyterian
church Of iSnc.burg. Mr.. Stricllcr Is 1T
this time At the Union Theological seminary
of Prince Edward county. He is said 70 DC
a Young gentleman Of fine promise
Lyact6Gry IIr3intta.
AZ ExrLos1oS.-A few days ago, near II
tusviIle. there was an explosion Of 1000
pounds Of gunpoWder, 5000 ofcompoundS,
and some 1904 Of nitro-glvcerinc. The
effect WAS astonishing. Titu>ville thought
that its time had come, and that petroleum
had forever collapsed. 1t seemed a vcrlta-
bic crack of doom to them. The whole
town vas shaken to its foundations, and
people were Frustrated ali around the