The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-05-24
Correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatch.


STAUSToH, May IS, 1872.
Staunton Is improving in every respect;
business is rowling :: new buildings both for
business purposes and dwelling houSeS, IRE
'ltrin@ng up all over the city. and there is
IN evidence Of life which have not noticed
before since the war; Tho Valley road too.
will soon be pushed forward to completion,
and the twenty-five miles which yet remain
TO he completed will soon be built.
The citizens Just moW a.p i.rsmg them
selves in making ready for the Baptist Cen
cral Association, which meets here on We'd
neSday next, the 10Th, ut 5 p. VI. There is nc
doubt that the delegates and their friends
Will receive most cordial welcome. and be
entertained in n manner worthy Of this lea,I
THU little mountain city.
The new Presbyterian church. which is Il
ihndson" building. Is being pushed forward
rapidly TO its completion; but thcy have
''ecll retarded somewhat in the work by the
lE'rtlll sinking of Il portion of the front
wall OF the structure. This will soon he
Fehedted, however, and the work will 90 on
unnterruptedlv,
The Trinity church, which ias beet 18th
out pastor for some time, has at last been
supplied. The Rev. W. Q. Hullihcn has
been called. He has accepted, and is now
located here. The members OF TINT church
are all pleased. and there are evidences of
Improvement In every rcSpcct in the church,
Yesterday morning Detective Robert i;
il:sdduck passed by Staunton on his way to
Richmond. lie has been TO Lcwishurg and
in the ucighborhood Of the White sulphur,
quite hllsily engaged, for some days. He was
sent for to work up 4 case Of Mlrn-burnng
| 1t was the barn Of james Mann, situated
about eight miles from Lcwisburs. When this
| 'arn WAS destroyed five horses and one mile
were burned, itrsidcs all the Turning impC.
| mcnts owned j.: Mr.. Mann. Ate; Grad
| dock had been there iva or three DAYS liz
arrested an old nlal i,y the nalnc of Rnbcl1
| Muorchcad. charged with the offence. He
was locked up in the Jail there, and hls cN
animation is now progressing. Claddoch
next assisted officer Light in the arrest o
.Iamcs Powell (colorctO for the murder of /
| rGturcd preacher named Bullock about two
months since at Dcllan'S works. Powell
| WIS making his arrangements to leave fol
| parts unknown. He was also locked up, anC
| now awaits the action OF the courts.
| The next adventure If Your detective wa:
| with David Ham. notorious negro. wht
went from Chesterfield, aiiI hnS figured In tn,
police court ut Richmond. liam was sent {,
the pcnitentary from the county above re
icrrcd to, and was hired out afterwards I,
work in one Of the qlEirrics on the soutl
side Of the river. He succeeded in maxim.
his escape. and is now figuring near Lewis
burg. Hams Observation-Disclosures discovered
and he was arrested BIZ Constable BUhbt
and handcuticd. lie was charged not onl,
with being IN escaped convict, but ii was he
! iieycd that lie was connected with nulnbc
of burglares in au.1.about LcwiSburg TIL,
constable hid him in his room. and bcin;
tired he fell oil tn sleep. Ham took advan
tagc OF this ati>plciolIs moment and wen
away, handouts and all. Craddock mex
arrested an escaped conyct-by the name Il
Wash Jordan, and he was safely locked III
to 20 to work again Oh l.lason'S work on th
Chesapeake and Ohio railroad.
On Sunday last, while Il white girl wa
passing through Haryey's tlnnrl, seventeen
miles from the White sulphur. She was ac
eosted by negro, who attempted to cutiaS
her. Her screams brought II number o
the workmcn TO her aid, and the brute wa
arrested, but, strange to say, he was OIL.
held for one day and then released.
All the old thieves from Richmond ant
Fast Virginia seem to 60 upthrrc. ana -l'ri'
uncasincsS las been felt for the safety "
money and goods generally. y few S"o'
detectives might make a good thing hy @e-in:
tlp there and cleaning out these thieves.
WELg0lENE.