The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-10-04

.e,.is,y>sa ts-ltls4i4-4s <,ts.Ii a.tt IA
s.,.,} stTem iisnsl,barg yitsnian. ad1
he statement was made lii some 81. til;
papers of Saturday that MIR. SNm. Saitj
ia!l I. ms issiiisy sthe as the Com
bIhea locks ha6, been tI The fsport
WEE at siad I'd state. WAS irsc AZ
Saith and hiswiaes and iltlren es.apeel h
saiets to tae mountains, and have since beef
aunegSo, however, whose name q, me- il no
givenswho had gbeen employed to set tbl
packei-hprses acress Che riisef at the Com
rent and drowned st.js SO 8s,.s,....F, 49,
- ,RIREaoLp i sHor. ) s....,,,, /
The carpenter. shop, .of II. C. bolde,
X Go. .Nhich was, Washed aYay, Thurstlai
night, Nas l9dgeds against Ashland Island
about i've miles below Che city. IN" hnilII
ing NesSstaaSliha erect naf tile sss ffi 10 nd
seemed to have been originally pElchaYbefe
ar, Bnrkhoiders went down tn the Island
SATURDAY, ana sent over a person to exam
inc the shop, and learned that the sash AND
blind factory, the material, and scoptents
generally We're Just as they We're at home
They cam be removed and returned vitI,o,,t
damage ,fhe house itself ioan probably l,d
taken TO pieces and brought hack home. :. = )
Mr.. James Goens acted so ss,llan5iy ard
''eNiIesedi hhnselflso freely to save the inn.
psrliisa Islanders 'tlat We think It due ito
alHl That bis, mamie shoUld he CORRECTLY
given andzsratefully Fememberesf gnIn 80
we, learn That MIR. Brazicr,' ALSO, the, SD
perlntendent OF the works. distinguishes
himself by his braye,ana humane exert IONS
on Thursday night, aud deserves .rreat
honor fer hislsb6rs III. behalf, Of the unl0r-
tunate. i. .5.fsg : 1879 !. f1 1850 N.
- A BRGGARED FAafAT. n,,Al t,,,a
MI. Nuckols. Who saved himlsssels and and
family on MeodToogs Island by taking shell
leI IN the tops or the trees. was III the CITY
saturday, along with his wife and children
!helr appearance on the streets an the
dfage4ed garments in:which they passed the
storm was Ditiablc. The little ones were I'M
the mothers arms. and the larger Children
Went on their bare feet in iwretc he'd clothes,
lhsS presented hit subjects for pity and
III : INSANITY OF, Mr. RANSOM 49, :. =
The conditioner Mr.. Ransom, whose
wife daughter were washed away from
ms arms ttna drowned, Thursday night, In;
bhe storm. has .bcen most .pibiable, land his
Srlefand agony were SO Intense rs to re.
priye hlm Of reason. Saturday the bereayedi
lnan appeared on the, streets in. such a dis
lressed state that q crowd soon collected
around hiu1-sone drawn by curiosity and
some by pity. MIR. RANSOM gave vent to the
most violent and passionate expressions OF
grief giving rise, by some Of his actions, to
t!le ee!let that his mind Was unsettled, and
t!lst. lie was in danger of committing some
rash act upon himself, Itlwas therefore
dfenled proper ,to, put restraints upon him.
ana ne was taken,in custody to prevent his
iuItH'nS himself or others during rhc period
II iFS mental ;Sberratiori.. It'll ~ = Sa~i
MILLS DESTROYER.
One OF the most unfortunate and dhhy6us
Consequences OF the flood is the destruction
visited upon the mills. aitt the destruction
ri toar and other bPeadstuifS. The mill of
Mr. William Kent. on The canal below the
city, WIS DESTROYED. The splendid 1ouI:Inhl
II Captain Ben. Wilks, on Otter creek. in
Bedford county, was totally destroyed. with
l large Quantity Of grain which had been
accommodating through the summer. The
tine bridge recently erected near the mill,
TO replace the bridge destroyed BY the sol
dierS al the close OF the war in 1865, was
~eNepsaway., Itcost the county So, o0o. ,nH
;.ls DEAD HORSES. -. a., =. '. '..''..
genteen dead horses and mules, re- |
fltSa from the stables of the MeSsrs. |
ANfas, sfoatcd down the canal Saturday
HlaFnlnglt was sad looking procession.
81 THE. cASAL - -. / 49, - ae
! in ths locality OF Rohiuson's Mill is almost |
dry aud many Of the buildings that hoated |
from sandy Hook are' left there. .'~'e' '+ I!
stt' TIE RlSE, ,.f 8: ~o.,,..,
The perpendicular rise in the river, rs
measured by Mr. John Henry at Dean
--saundfy, was lMcnty-SiN iect.
..,.. STORE WASHED AWAi.j.g,t
Nil john Watson. Of this city, who re- |
ceDtlv established Il store at Big Island, mad
the misfortune to have it carried away With
itsTuntents, inficting I severe loss on him.
1921 MEssRs. ,FoIKEs. s. w1SsT0S.' to. y: :.
fTheIosses of these gentlemen Were much |
greater THIN st:ttcd. They had between Six
and seven hundred thousand feet OF line
furniture lumber carried away, TheSthFnk !
that their loss will not fall below 100000. |
This is the second severe loss they have sT$-sl
famed within the last tive years, their esfab- !
IiShmcut having been fired BY the Yankees |
1T the end Of the war.
''"~' 4 TERRY 80
j. to be established across the river. 80 that |
we are about to go back to first principles |
Md revive tue scelies' OF the period wheH |
E.ynchhtlrg s;ioried il. the 'aRpclE'tion OIL
- Lyncha Ferry, TIA ia. ~ III -. : ~ 1
D.',r.. ..tt,}- ifEcoyEREp.s -" 81 ~ -
MessrS. i. Ii. Adams L. Bros. rocevcIedI
u,i SATURDAY. one OF the pair OF magnlhccntI
lllv horses which they lost in the food.
rhc animal was carried over to the Amherst
side Of the river. and There secured IpOt-
hold OH the side OF the heights. They re-
<:uverpr,s also. under the wreck of jtheit
,.stabl,shf nent. ;he'saictin which tleiribooksl
aud accounts were kept. The books ,wcrel
thortf.lly saturated, and the backs had,
come of. The leaves had to be separated1
ana dried sspgly before they could be USED.
The Messrs. Adams state that thelr l0sSd
cannot be less than So, 0Ho. .ss.''" a''o,$ 4
81 BODIES RECOVERED. - ,,..ti .@..il.l
The bcdyIof Willie, Whitiow, about tteen1
years OF age, who wqs drowned Thursday
night, was found saturday afternoon byt
gentlemen from this city at the, fourth lock,
Sbuut eight miles down the canal ,I,,@.,'yn ID
1.-The aIo,lies roi Mrs. Ransom and! her
.ia,tpI,ter were recovered Saturday atfhet
tirst lock- below the city. They tWere, f9Imt
with thcir hands .Glasped together. Limited
isGiite, they were not divided in death. n't' 1
81 From the same October hath, ],a" ,~Ins'l
~ ali aBRrroR1oUs CONDUCT 80 y.. !! ,. Ill
Special .pyaaise accorded MessTs. Henry
Dawson, .lobnWoois, James Jenes! and
Lucieu PettNjoln, f1rther, heroic s1lQrts
ryarted 60 save the helpless people: AL did !
vel. hut these arc admitted TO have acted (
ind manner to deserve spttial idcntion and
hctsor.
"a AFFECTING lSuIa HNr.ldT (, IT Il
(aae of, the men- OF tlnes island, iiamp8i
I,rake. had been sick for i long ,tinles anti
roIIM not Be carried away. His wife re- :
named with him, and thinking herself de
toted 10 certain death. filled the, All, with {
tSe Widest and most piiia,,le lanentatipns.@
.,,,s,,l m hand