The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-03-31
VIRGINIA NEWS.
rho buchanan Ghost.
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the Sucho"f"
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po,,;st church at Buchanan has
,'optcd the following; .,c,,
'',' pl<oIrc6, That after full and carelui
..,,,;ra.iou Of tho occurrences at the i.ouse
'1T,,To Rev. G. {. Thresher Tor the pas' seN-
- ,,,,,n,,hs. this church finds no GROUND ior
,bp conclusion that any OF tnese n,an'
. ."y result from superhuman agency
WAY add that the little girl, memScI
~ Thresher'S household ana meiloef
- tho church. has been ny the ShuLsn .e
" - ,affer of ismiSsion on the grounu
'%N" - hos hecn the prominent actress, II
''"' no only one engaged in the continued
,"' . that has been going on IN MS
Threshcr'Sl house. H. L. l.
r,rrI,s7 Nlaur.-Last night about half
- n;rlnck private Waterman East dis
'.',noa the icwc!rc store OF Robert Free
..'r \o. u MAN street, TO be on lire.
INV ~, tire rot considerable Roadway Tor
.;r,n hul the energy of the flrcmen soon
rg,l !; under control.
rhr loss 10 Mr.. Freeman VIII be very
i,.,yy. As the injury 10 his STOCK ana m
,,rrrt viii amount TO several thohsahu ooi-
t.v> @: more. .;,,,s
the stock Of Brickhou$c Go. Is injured
,..yy much by fire ana water.
!Irnry Harrison. Esq, occupied the
..,,"rtnrnt above Mr.. Frceman's store, ana
I,rrIy escaped with his wife and chlld out
# thc upper windows upon the shea IN
.ra rrar. being unable 10 come down the
't,,i-, in consequence Of the dense SMOKE
which was sitting.
J,,.er.--Thc fire has broken out in the
var among the old sheds, and it takes all
,hr rtYorts of oar noble tircmcn TO keep 1t
fram spreading 10 the adjoining buildings,
Which are all oi light material and very M
Il uum3blc.
rescued from their position on the rool III
.ba rear hv Lieut. Benson. Of the poiice-a
gslrent member of United Fire Company.
Mr.. Harrison lost all his furniture and
clothing.
The ire is very obstinate and hard to get
IT and burning vigorously as we 60 to
,-r,>>. hut We feel confident our brave fire
rrrn will overcome all difficulties and eX-
t,npuish il hcicre much more damage IS
aoMc.-N0,Julk JomndL
TRIAL N MECKLENRrRG.-on the 2oth
md ol>f inst, voung Carrier /. Johnson, OF
5Iarklenburg, was tried 1t Boydton Neck
l,rtl,rr. on the charge OF robhing Col. IL.
ngrnu on the road of q certain CONTRACT.
The standing and relationship OF the ac'
used gave 10 the accusation peculiar
ir;fr,st and no doubt caused announce
mems in the papers OF the case before the
trial came on, which makes this statement
Iur 10 Mr.. johnson. The charge of theft
was made by Col. Bacon, and denied by the
accused. The paper was contract Tor rent
# farm by Mrs. McCargo, widow lady,
which contract had been satisfied 10y the
poymcnt Of the rent BY Me-. johnson as
Mrs. McCargo's agent. The jury promptly
grauittcd Mr.. johnson upon the law OF the
case, he having right to the paper, which,
il h. took-which he denicd-waS his. and
the taking could only he lreSpass. \ cor
respondent gives this information.
F!EyDIsH.-On Tuesday, as the morning
train, bound down, was nearing Banks'S
crossing, the train was stopped for the ac-
cOmmoGatiou oil some way passengers. and
A. the engineer was about giving the signal
10 start, he observed an obstruction on the
track, nearly obscurel 10y the sharp curve
al that point. Upon examination it was
discovered that various distractions, rocks,
>tumpS. and pieces Of wood, had been
placed on the track for three or four hun
Grcd yards around, probably the sharpcst
curve on the road, and which. bnt for the
casual stopping of the train at The time and
place. NOuiu lluNt tItlNptI u ttlilpiS ASt-
dent. II seems difficult to conceive the
maItgnlty that could inStigate so diaholcal
An act. There are Weli-touudeG suspicious
- to the perpctrator, and future develop
menf> will be narrowly watched " arTcn-
ION Lnder.
Two LETTERS signed "ScncN" have re-
Gently appeared in the Wing, dated from
Winchester. purporting 10 speak the. sentl-
meut OF this community on the subject OF
the State debt and the late railroad con-
tests. II we did not know that the Wing
was incapable Of "ways that are dark and
tricks that are vain." we should suppose
these letters had been manufactured III its
own office, so foreign are they to the real
sentiment OF our people. Tine narIoW-
minded. restrictive SouthSide policy OF
which Gen. Malone is the exponent. has
10 friends in this section. We are Tor eX.
tending q cordial Invitation TO capital and
enterprise from abroad, and will not agree
that the agricultural interest Of the State
shall he sacrificed to support monopolics
under the specious mask of building up
Virginia cities.
As 10 the debt, our people are in favor of
paving interest on such portion OF 1t as shall
be asccrtaiucd 10 be due from Virginia
upon an equitable adjustment with West
Virginia. They scOrn the idea OF rcpudla-
Winchester Times.
FIRE THIS MoRNING.-This morning be-
tween . and o'clock the large brick build
ing on Adams street, owned and recently
occupied by Mr.. A. j. Boisseau, was set on
ire by an incendiary and entirely destroyed,
with the exception OF the walls. The house
and kitchen were insured in the Mutual
Insurance Company in the sum OF 81, 5OO.-
Petersburg Courier, Both.
IAMlGRATIoN.-We noticed few days
since several wagons passing through our
town, heavily loaded with furniture and
domestic utensils, &C., and upon inquiry
found that they belonged to immigrants who
had purchased lands in Charlotte county,
and that they had come all the way from
Ohio.-FdrmriNe Commonwealth.
SPEcrAcLEs. - The gold spectacles for
warded TO the Post-oftice Department from
Virginia mailbag have been claimed by q
clerk in the Petersburg post-ottce. - WaSh-
sngton Republican. !;
New Brighton, Fauquier county, Va,
Mrs. Mary Z. Wren postmIstress, vice Sam
uel F. Groves, resigned. White Shoals, Lee
county, Va, is discontinued papers should
now 20 TO Jonesyille. ..-t
The heavy frosts Of the present week
have killed good many early peaches.
There are, however, quite enough left to
make an average crop unless Destroyed
Rockingham Register.
The wheat crop in this section has very
greatly improved In appearance within the
last few days, and now promises an abun-
dant yield Chatham Tribune. 81. 4
FROM Cincinnati, March 90
Judge LeaYit Of the United States Circuit