The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-09-10
q T,rssn.sssEx Assans.zshe Hpalnn
E.,ock {ysagdez pE Tho instant fur
laish a taesaawtn 9ema
s. VII Of 81 Rtchha3nd Dafecttrs Judge
- nvJ 1,sSa wa recently huuied and

sfsarnettssb1fa wassTecentIy ShurneGana
negro was suspected of being the incendiar5
GaTresgotsdeaae was opened with Major zoe,
the Chief of Police OF Riehmopd. VIII
sisSys of serhfing fhe services ofEa fdeseetsse
to work m the case, and the Board o. !sass-
neryisors nrivutefy agreed to make an agplv-
rriatsou 20 pay the expenses OF the 'o,ic ,,r
The prcIimi,nries having been afran2eu, Vs.:
n Rogers wis detailed for the purpose; aha
eeesrhsd THE peighborhood of DunnsVnie aast
rtureday week. He soon succeeded IN IN
ardtiatipg himself with the negroes 'by isp-
resentinS himself As a Radical, BY Fisiens
their, houses, attending their ,meettngs, de-
j,onucing the whites, and resortmg TO athe
fayorite arts of, Radical politicians OF the car
,,etbas stripe. 4 Fl. attached himself CLOSELY
to the negro Lewis, who was stspecteu VI
the crime. and became his bosom friend ana
confidential adviser In all his raseality. " men
Lewis denounced the whites Rogers pllea
on the agony. in short, he out HeIooeu
7Herod. % Finding a spirit SO eolisennii, cpe
whose feelings so perfectly ACCORDED t".p
his own, Lewis bad no hesitation IN unoo-
,soIning himself to his friend, ana on ICt's !,
fishing, excursion, which the frlends hau
planned fur the purpose OF hoiding s"ee.
converse together Lewis detailed 10 BIS
companion the means which lie hnd TAKEN u
avense, himself on their common enemy,
Judge Garnet, and described mlnuteiy al
the circumstances attending the burning
Having secured the desired tnformatioD, MI.
Rogers at once took steps to have Lewis ar
rested and brought before magistrate. :, q
warrant was issued for his arrest. by u II.
billiard. Justice Of the peace, WHICH was exc
cuted by Constable I'D. Williams. w hat "as
the surprise and bewilderment OF the prl-
soncr when be found his lrieha hoSels
put on the stand as Il witness against lilnt
Lewis, upon the testimony OF the detec,
tive. was ordered to he committed 10 inc Jul
Of the county. where he Is now unacf quartz u
and unless he contrives to cheat lustice VIII
receive d part, and only part, OF tne PUNISH
ment which he deserves by serving euL In d
term in the penitentiary. Inere ne WI
have ample opportunity to ,medltate Oh Tue
ineratltude and treachery OF Rogers ana Oh
the additional evidence when mas leeh
Afforded him of the truth Of the negro pro-
verb, that "a white man Is hhope'ioo' ou
>artp." ...... s- .....a
Land Saics.--The following sales have
been made by the Commissioner OF Imml-
grafton of the Northern Neck Society l..
y. Roane'. farm (Milton HalD, containing
$50 acres, to c. l.. CIausen, for 1000 cash !;
Menokin. 700 acres, belonging to Harwoods
executors. TO J. S. lrgens. OF Minnesota,
Sc, OOO one-huIf cash. balance, In one and two
wears seventy acres Of Captain s. Barron's
farm, to A. F. Cramer. Of Denmark, 81 600
cash. We have also heard Of several other
large sales, the particulars of which we ex-
pect in few days. a few Of the attorneys
in the Northern Neck are placing the lands
which they have for sale as commissioners
of the courts in the hands OF the, Commits
sioner of Immigration, who can dispose OF
them TO greater advantage, This roll Of
honor will soon he published. There are
now several visitors in the Northern Neck
from Iowa looking for lands on which to set
tie. ...f: -, ,-..ts....t. h.. al, 49,
Eta Lee on the Var Pdth.-We have been
requested by Major Braxton to announce
that General Fitzhugh Lee, Of Stafford, and
Colonel Joseph Mayo, of Richmond city,
will address the people Of Acconac, at Drum
mondtown, ON their next court-day. - r.. VI
Invitation Accepted. The Hon. K. 81. T..
Hunter has accepted an invitation TO attend
the grand Liberal and Democratic rafifica-
ton meeting in New York city on the 18th
instant. s.9E Es,.- .a ila&i 2sf."'s1 1881 :..+