The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-12-26

~ nave taken place on tuesday night. has
been indefinitely postponed.
r. ". ROSS.
r.. W. Ross was well-known Richmond
man, about thirty years Of age. His father
was e. w. Ross, the tobacconist, and he
was nephew Of Franklin Stearns. ESQ.
he was at one time In the tobacco business
himself with Charles I. Baldwin, and sub
seQuently carried on the commission bust
ness with Giles T. Peasants. under the
firm name of Ros, & Peasants. More re-
Gently he has been clerking. He was = good
fellow, and had many warm friends. Mr..
Ross was member of Richmond Com.
mandery, No. 2, Knights Templar. Rich
mond Randol ph Lodge, No. 10. Of Masous,
ana oid Dominion Lodge, No. 4, Of Knights
SAMUEL n. ROBINSON
was Richmond boy, not MANY years past
majority. His stout form and rudy, pleas
ant countenanee will be remembered by
many who have seen him at the cigar stand
&c VIM. kukers, 80 Main street, where he
mas oeen tor some time past employed as
S S. Mr. b. King reports seeing Mr..
hoblnson at window in the fifth story,
near the southwest corner of the building.
begging for help. Several beds were placed
directly beneath the window, and he was
urged to jump, but seemed terrified by the
depth of the tall, and did not do so. This
account differs from another, but Mr.. Hing
- positive of Robinson's identity, as he
called him by name.
MRS. EMILY KENSEALY.
The fate of this lady is almost bevond
douot OF tragic character. For the past
elghteen months she had filed the place OF
mead houSekeeper at the Spotswood, and nv
her gentle, lady-like demeanor won the
esteem OF all with whom she came in con.
tact-parttcularly the lady guests of the ho.
lei. Mrs. h, a few months after the close
OF the war, engaged in this city as the
nouSekeeper of the st. Charles Botel. under
Ine propTietorship Of Messrs. Babcock 4
herrlck, which position she maintained till
the close OF that establishment, when an
engagement of transfer was effected with
Messrs. Millward 6 Cookery, then the pro.
prletors of the Spotswood.
Ihe writer Of this only renders feeble
tribute to the virtues of the deceased when
ne says That during an illness at the St.
Cnarles OF near eight weeks, while he was
a boarder thereat, he received as kind and
watchtul attention as either a mother or q
Wie could bestow; and she never failed in
her watchful care to go conduct herself as
to win the universal esteem and conviction
OF all who were thrown in contact with her
that she was lady of refinement, amiabili.
ty, and cultivation. Mrs. Kennedy, about
five years since, came here from Baltimore,
where, we believe, she has at The present
time son residing. She was lady of me-
dunn statue, about thirty eight years Of
age, and of very comely appearance. The
last seen Of her was while the fire was at It's
tiercest, when she was entreated by the wife
n M mr. tntn ,.>ft DO bot tD
flee for her life; but, anxious to save her
effects, she needed not the entreaties of her
friend, and persisted in the devouring ele.
ments.
H.A. THOMAS.
DIR. II. a. Thomas seems to have been
killed beyond doubt. He was stranger,
and 1t is not known from what State he
hailed. He came here about week ago as
the travelling agent of the panorama OF
Bunvon's Pilgrim Progress, and was known
only to the proprietors Of the hotel, few
newspaper men, and some theatrical peo-
pie. Thomas seemed to be a sociaIly-dis-
posed person, of quiet habits. He Is sup.
posed to have had considerable money with
him.
BADLY HURT.
?. r. Clarke, of Philadelphia, was the
steward Of the hotel. He found his egress
from his dhaEllutHI CuG o1, auu GIleu W
Chamber down from window to window to
the alley at the rear the hotel. Several mat
tresses were placed in position to catch him
in case of fall. He did fall, but not upon the
mattress, and was badly hurt about the hip
and leg, and otherwise bruised. He was
taken to the Grecian Bend Saloon, kept by
Thomas Griffith, on Sth street, where sur
cical attention was rendered by Drs. +. D.
Cunningham and G. W. z. Brock. His life
Is not deSpaired of.
TRANSIENT BoARDERs MISSING.
The transient boarders, who, though
they may have escaped, have not yet been
traced, are J. S. Wilcox, of Lynchburg ;
c. 3. Walden, Virginia: Nathan Burn.tein,
Washington, d. c.; A. Leil, Tampa, Fla. ;
+. George and z. Il. Andrews, Syracuse,
n. y; Henry Kroth, New York city, and
John Il. Holman, Jr., Jackson, Tenn.
some or all of these may have found refuge
at private boarding-hou>es or elsewhere.
Those who are safe would do well to leave
their names at one of the newspaper offices
at once, lest anxiety on their account be
created in the minds Of friends.
Mr.. w. II. Pace is route agent on the
Danvile railroad, and Mr.. ]. 3. Farris ia
an express messenger between Richmond
and Greensboro, n. Z. They were sober,
steady men, and fast friends. They are both
known to have discharged the duties OF
their respective offices on Saturday night,
and then went to the hotel. They roomed
together in the fifth story. Neither has since
been seen or heard Of and it is feared that
the flames caught them sleeping, and that
they never left their rooms. Mr.. Farris has
a wife and two children in Greensboro.
TRANSIENT BoARDERs WHO ARE SAVED.
Charles +. Janncy, of Columbia, S. g.,
escaped, and saved all his effects, even to o
novel. He is at the Exchange Hotel. S.
Friedman, of New York, also escaped with.
out injury or loss of property.
G. +. Kingsley, wife, and Mrs. Tucker,
all of New York, lost two trunks out of six,
but sustained DO injury. F. Alexander
came off safely. They are at the Exchange
Hotel.
w. N. Lenier, Jr., and W. A. Wade, Jr.,
students of Hampden Sidney College, were
on one of the lower floors, and got OIL with
all their baggage. They also were at the
Exchange Hotel last night. :.
S. A. Pearce, Jr., Of Columbia, S. c.,
said to be Senator Sprague's private secre.
tary. is at Ford's Hotel. He lost valise
and valuable papers. D. n. Coningore, OF
Cincinnati, is taere also, being entirely I'm.
injured. and having nearly ali his baggage.
Hon. W. II. FL. Stowell, of Halifax coun-
tv, Va, member of Congress elect, sus-
tanned no injury.
Miss Dabney and Miss Croker, Of this
CITY. got out and made their way to the
Exchange Hotel, but lost everything they
had in their rooms.
E. W. Mercer and wife, of Cleveland,
Ohio. saved their lives, but lost all their eff
fects. They are at the Exchange.
The members of the De Lave troupe lin
Guiding Lila and Zoe, the trapezists) escaped
IN the Monumental Hotel, where they may
now be found. They lost three TRUNKS.
Fl. W. Shune, wife, and child, of Whining
TON. n. c., were also at this hotel yester-
day, but have since left town.
prof. B, Maillefert, of New York, the en-
,>o{bi,,u h,,t His naprSc han