The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-03-26
AFFAIRS IN VIRGINIA.

A Mr.. Head, Of Baltimore, has com
menced operations in Lynchburg in the
manufacture Of extract from the quer-
citron.
SORGHUM .-Preparations are being made
to plant hundred acres in this vicinity,
with view to manufacturing sugar by the
Southern Sorgo Company's process.-Lynch-
burg Republican.
George Carter, Of Hampton, negro, and
well-known jail-bird, was shot dead
whilst burglarously entering a store, on
Tuesday night, by the young man who elept
in the store.
AN ERRoR-The Richmond Disp atch is
in error in stating that John W. Johnston,
Esq., recently appointed Judge Of the
Abingdon district, Is brother of General
Joseph Z. Johnston. he is q nephew Of
the General.-Lynch6urg Ne,cs.
FIRE IN NoRFoLK.-On Wednesday morn
ing the stable Of Mr.. B. Maloney, in the
rear Of his residence, on east Butte street,
was set on fire and totally consumed, with
one horse, two dogs, and seventeen bales of
hay. Mr.. Maloney was burned from his
head down his back to his waist, including
his arms and hands, seriously but not ia
tally.-Day Book.
IT IS Poor RULE THAT WON'T Work
BOTH WAYs.-A man in town Of Loudoun
county the other day caught carpet-beg-
ger who had stolen money from his drawer.
He took him to the nearest Justice but
found that the Justice was out of Office.
In fact, he could find no officer either to ar
rest, or to punish, or to take charge of his
prisoner. Thinking that as there was no
punishment for larceny there could be none
for assault and battery, he gave the fellow
beating and kicked him clean out Of town.
IRON ORE IN AMHERsr.-We saw yester-
day (says the Lynchburg Republican, some
fine specimens of iron ore found upon the
farm lately purchased by Mr.. L. 7. Watson,
of Philadelphia. The ore is Of very fine
quality-equal, our informant thinks, to
any he ever saw; and as he halls from the
great iron region Of Pennsylvania his opin-
ion is entitled to credit. The vein crops out
in several places on the farm, and indicates
an immense deposit of metal. Should this
opinion be sustained by more careful in
vestigation, Mr.. Watson, who is president
of some iron mines in Pennsylvania, and a
gentleman of great wealth, will commence
operations upon large scale. This farm
is within two miles and half Of Lynch
burg.
JUDGE PARKER's sUCCEssoR.-Mr. Ed
mund Pendleton is lawyer of great abil-
ity, enjoying very lucrative practice, and
is gentleman of the highest character,
independence, and impartislity. He posi-
lively refused to allow his name to be used
in connection with the Judgeship as against
Judge Parker. If he accepts, it will be
from sincere desire to promote the inte-
rests of our community, and at the urgent
solicitation of the bar of the district, who
feel 80 deep an interest in preventing the
chaos and anarchy in legal matters which
would follow the appointment Of an incom-
petent carpet-bagger. ...-
Mr.. Pendleton is consistent Union man !;
was o member Of the Convention Of 1861,
but refused to vote for or sign the ordi-
nance of secession Winchester Times.
CAN'T SWALLOW THE WELLS T1oKET.-
The nomination of Wells, Harris (negro),
Rowden, and Crane has nauseated the bet
ter-thinking Republicans Of Frederick, and
as consequence there has been heavy
"bolt," which promises to carry with it
about all of the responsibility the party in
this section possessed. One day last week
q paper in favor of Walker, Lewis, and
Taylor was passed around in Winchester,
and in few hours received the signatures
of number of the leading Union men of
the county, including Daniel T. Wood, Zeph
Silver, John Jenkins, Richard Sidwell,
Richard Brown, Samuel R. Atwell, Henry
V. Willis, James CHM, ST., James CHM,
Jr., Abner Hodgson, Samuel L. Larew, and
others of equal standing. What will the
organs and spouters Of the Radical hue say
to this detection? Abuse won't do.-Wnl-
chester Times.