The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-07-05
evening state 9nltrnal.
VIRGINIA NEWS.


Rev. Absolom c. Dempsey, of Bote-
tourt, the oldest Baptist minister OF Vir-
ginia, is dead.
George Webb, a. well known citizen
of Lynchburg, died from the effects of the
sun on Wednesday last.
"A white woman named Susan Gates,
died in the Petersburg Jail, of drunkenness
and exposure on Tuesday night. 80 f
The Roanoke Times says no bank in
the State has declared larger dividend
than the Farmers National Bank of Salem.
Tho post-of1ice at Pittsylvania court
house has been made a money-order office
so also that at Charlotte courthouse, Fir-
GINA.
In Petersburg the temperature is indi-
Gated by its effect upon paper collars. 1t
is now rep orted at " three paper collar
heat" H VI Is Eae 81
Douglas Houghton, late editor Of the
Charleston West Va.) Herald, committed
suicide on the 18th ult., by jumping from
the cars near Havre de Grace, Maryland.
They must have considerable weather
in Lynchburg about this time. In one
local column of the Vaginian of Wednes-
day there were only ten articles upon the
subject Of the weather.
The Observer says there are eleven
first-class store-rooms at Culpeper Court
house now closed, and that whilst there
were forty mechanics, carpenters, &c. /,
there year ago, there are not now over a
dozen. e9ts tra
At meeting of the board of directors
of the Lynchburg National Bank held on
Tuesday, the resignation of Colonel G.. X.
Bingham, president, was received and ac-
cepted. Mr.. L. S. Ferguson, vice-presi-
dent, was then elected president and Mr..
@. w. Button, vice-president.
The Norfolk Journal of yesterday says:
"We are informed on reliable authority
that the gross amount of money brought
here by the ninety-odd immigrants by the
Peruvian" amounted to 800, 900 and the
beauty ofthe thing is, that this amount is
to be invested IN the State of Virginia. This
begins to look like business. While on
this subject it may be stated that one inn
migrant deposited securities, in Norfolk
bank to the amount of $40, 900, which, we
understand is to be expended hereafter in
land or other enterprises suitable to the
proprietor's wishes"
The Petersburg Lader says: "The suit
of Schad VS.. the Petersburg Banking and
Insurance Company was argued yesterday
in Judge Mann's court Messrs. FL. A. and
j. S. Wise and Stringfellow and Mann APP
bearing for the plaintiff, and Messrs. Lyon
and Pegram for the company. The plain
tiff claimed 1000 on store Of his des-
troyed by fire with his contents, and covered
by policy of the company, and the defen-
dents refused to pay, alleging fraud. The
verdict of the jury was in favor of the
plaintiff awarding him damages to the sum
of $500. a 81 .s3 IL. ts
The seventh annual meeting of the
Educa tional Association of Virginia will
take place at Staunton on Tuesday, July
9th. Members who propose to attend this
meeting are requested to notify the local
committee of arrangements, Rev. R. IL.
Phillips, chairman, postoffice, Stanton,
Va. The railroad companies which have
been heard from up to this date-Orange,
Alexandra and Manassas, Chesapeake and
Ohio, Richmond fredericksburg and Poto-
mac, and Baltimore and Ohio--promise the
privilege of free return tickets to those
members of the Association who pay full
fare over their line while going to the con-
yention. ss
The following is a list Of the graduates
of the Virginia Military Institute at Lex
ington. The first five are those specially
reported to the Governor as distinguished:
r. p. w. Morris, of Virginia; w. IL.
Wilson, of Maryland; G. P. "A. Brady, Of
Virginia A. r. Sullivan, Of Georgia: d..
B. Harris, of Virginia; r. P. Bell, of Va:
M. L. Spottswood, of Virginia; R. Harris,
Of Virginia; A. l.. Johnston, of Virginia !;
W. Fl. Murrell, of Virginia; w. A. Rawles,
Of Florida !; +. d. Hawkins, of Virginia !;
z. Taylor, of Tennessee; o. Williamson, of
Virginia f. p. Cameron, of Florida /; L. S.
Spady, of Virginia; G. W. Taylor, of Vir-
ginia j. N. Dammack, of Virginia S. M.
Taylor, of Virginia; j Il. Dove, of Virginia;
A.P. Ferguson, of Virginia; j. NJ. Tut.
wiler, of Virginia; j. M. I1alsey, of Virginia;
A. w. Harlan, Jr., of Virginia /; II. ID.
Whitehead, of Virginia L. S. Crane, Of
II. R. Fairfax, of Virginia; j. B. s. Baugh,
of Virginia; w. J. Magrath, of South Caro-
liua; j. II. Patton, of Tennessee; j. Ii.
Smith, of Alabama; w. P. Russell, of South
Carolina w. Male, Of Virginia J. M.
Bilisoly, of Virginia. The following gradu-
ates completed their entire course without a
single demerit R.. P. Bell, d. Hawkins,
A. johnson. w. A. Rawls, M. l.. Spotts-
wood, T. R. Sullivan, and j. II. Smith.
Cadet r. B. Matthews, of Louisiana, was
the orator of the second class, and VIM.
Fl. Murrell, of Lynchburg, Virginia, the
yaledictorian Of the graduating class.
The Southern Patriot gives the follow
ing information concerning the smallpox
excitement in Marion: "It has already
been stated that smallpox exists in oul
town, and as matter of interest to our
readers, as well as of justice to ourselves as
journalists, we propose to give correct
statement relative to the cases that have
occurred up to this time. When the ply.
sicians first announced their opinion, in the
case of Mrs. DIR. Maxwell, that it was
smallpox, but few persons were willing tc
| believe their report, but regarded it as Sim
ply case of'measles, chicken-pox, or some
other comparatively harmless cutaneous
disease. After the case was fully de
veloped, however, and the unmis
taxable postules made their ap.
pearance, the skeptical were speedily con
yinced. The next victim was Mrs. Max
wells daughter, aged some twelve or fit
/ teen years. Hers is unauestionably cas-