The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-01-20
VIRGINIA. NEWS.
Letter from Petersburg.
Correspondence OF The Richmond p,snat,h,

| e. hfVitihS Dut small amount and nm
| .'poItant IN itself, gave Judge Mann occasion
W Iehuer an opinion In regard to the home
s.cau act Of the General Assembly. Spence
,s. -" "s9ro, whose pay had been garnisheed &c
S,stsis some old debt. He pleaded the home
stead exemption. The court ruled, after ar.
sumcnt Of counsel, Messrs. George S. Der
nard and Alexander Donnan, that the consti
| tutlonal provision (article 18th, section 1st
| OF the Sttae Constitution and the act of the
| General Assembly of date the 9th of June
1870, passed in pursuance thereof, were both
in conflict with article 1st, section 10, of the
| Constitution of the United States, rs applca.
bic to contracts entered into prior to the rat
| 'hcation by Congress of the new Constitution
| Of Virginia Of date January Goth, 1877.
During last week the receipts of Gotten Of
this port We're | $50 bales stock Cd Land
1865 bales shipments, 1902 bale
receipts since September !, 1871
against 22,So9 for the same perfd -
year.
Last night negro man named BENJAMIN
Liggin was found insane on the streets. an6
was arrested and locked up in jail for safe
keeping. He was so violent this morn
ing that he had to he securely tied, hand and
foot, before he was brought into court.
The following registrars were arpointed
by Judge Mann this morning to serve, &C.
cording to the law. for the next two wears
First ward, John r. Davis second, John B.
Phillips third, Henry 7. Alley fourth, j
VI. Nichols; fifth, w. +. Madeira; sixth
James A. Blick.
Mr.. James i. Blanks qualified as notary
public, and the court adjourned Until Mon.
day next.
The patriotic ladies of the Memorial Asso.
cation have arranged to have suitable demon.
STATIONS made tonight i'm honor Of General
K. +. Lees birthday. There will be meet.
ing Mt Mechanics Hall, to which all are in.
vited, and an address appropriate to the oc.
cstsion will be delivered by DR.. Il. A. Lear
Of Baltimore.
Notwithstanding the many rival entertain.
ments in full blast in the city Rev, w, z,
Hatcher had full house last night in attend.
ancc on his lecture on the Modern Dance
which was received with great favor and
pleasure.
DR.. George W. Briggs, formerly Of YOU,
city, now of Nansemond county, has become
the agricultural and horticultural editor ~,
the Rurol Messenger Of this city, to s,,cceef
the late lamented and accompr.s hod Tbn,no.
S. Pleasants. DR.. Briggs, ms ' snent ,nanI
years Iii Europe, who. he naid special atten
editor. '"e' "h" VIII hahe sooC
me rain has been dlsmally and drearily
.al!i!g to-day-at times quite heavily.
There has been no session of the Mayors
court for three days-the town having beer
uneXceptionally quiet.
There is no doubt about Captain Came
ron's company visiting your city Oh the 22C
Of February. ROBIN ADA1R.
Our RAHIOAD-ITS CONSTRUCTION APPEAR.
CERTAlN.-From tic advertisement inviting
bids Of sub-contrctors. which appears in an
other column, we are ut last advised that thu
construction of the Shenandoah Valley rail
road is no longer in doubt The line Of the
road from ShcpherdStown to Front Royal, :
distance Of furty-threc miles. is to he put I'm
der contract at once. or after the It'll Of next
month. and from what we can understand the
graduation and masonry will be completed
this year. The company seems to be in pos
session Of means to Justify this expectations
Clarke Courier.
SAMrLB-MERCHANTs.-Thc Fredericksburg
Ledger says: f." In reply to inquiries made
by Captain c. Wistar Wallace, our Common
wcalti's attorney, concerning the rights o.
samplc-merchants under the recent decisions
Hon. James {. Taylor, Acknowledgement o
Virginia. under date Of the 18th instant, SAYS
We arc not inclined to yield our right t.
collect taxes Of Sample-mcrchantS simply he
cause of the case Of Ward Is. Maryland. Tn
less the General Assembly changes our pre-
Selt law our officers will continue to enforce
it a; it i; until case is made and decided by
our Supreme Court Of Appeals. There i:
some difference between our statute and tina
of Malyland.'"
VIC shall say nothing except that we hay,
at least one of the Prince Edward lawyer
!racticinS at our bar every day.-Richnont
Dispatch.
Yes; and YOU have "at least" one news
paper man from Prince Edward. Eacl
. displayed wisdom in selecting his prcsen
location. They sought an arena upon which
they could take leading positions and shine
Prince Edward does not miss them, Will
Richmond would seriously feel their loss
! Fd,mriNe Commonwealth.
| LASD-BrYERs.-We learn that party O
I gentlemen from New York and Pennsylvania
i on the lookout for farms, arrived here Wed
\ ncstlay. We hear they are going to visit Tn,
Il Northern Ncck.-FrcderickSb LedGcr.
! BURNED.-The Jail of Richmond count
! was destroyed by fire lust week, and the au
4 thorities lave rented 4 room in the West
4 moreland county Jail, in which they have on
4 prisoner charged with bigamy. -Fredcrich<
I burg Ledger.
! CoSJURED.-A day or two ago colore,
woman named Wright was before til
Mayors Court on the charge Of "conjurin.
q colored family named Morgan. It wa
stated in evidence by three or four witnesse
(all colorcD that the accused had borrowe
4 chignon from the complainant, but instea
Of returning it had, by spell, turned tn
hairs Of which it was composed into snakes
which snakes so annoyed the complainant
and her family that they were tormente
| almost out Of their lives. AS none of tn
| witnesses, however, had seen the snakes, tn
case was Observation-Disclosures (Td.) Ga
| zette.
1t is said that solid bed has been found /;
| Chapawamsic creek for the Fredericksbur
and Alexandria branch of road at last If sue
| is the case there can be no reason why tn
road may not be completed and the cars run
ming in u very short time. -tredertckstur
Herald.
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| Another Roger Tichborne.
| From the London Times, December esd
A man bearing a striking resemblance T.
the claimant in the Tichborne case has bee
staying in Cardiff for the last day or two. !
report found currency that the claimant wa
living in the town, and the person referred t
is said to have encouraged the delusion b.
granting IN interview to the Representative
of a local paper, who reported what occurred
on the OCCASION referred to. Through thi
report the news Of the claimants pre-