National Republican., 1873-11-21
IrEMs rR0si IInGINlA.

The Upper Appomattox Company has reduced
the toll Oh the canal one third.
Mr.. Henry G. sener, Of Fredericksburg. Va,
ess been sppo,atsd TaiIway R posS .n oi1ce eieIk
At salary of q 800 per year.
Captain William Drummonj, conductor Of the
express train Of the seaboard and Roanoke road,
Ia laid up At his home Ia Norfolk from surgical
me Governor has denied an application made
for the pardon Of W. q. AuytlD. convicted Of
obtaining money on false pretences aud sen
fenced TO I've years conanement In the peniten-
tiary.
The nssship worcester, with Admiral @. Ii.
Scott commanding the North Atlantic squadron,
sailed from Hampton Roads early on Tuesday
morning. None Of the New YORK war cor
her. With favorable weather she win make Key
West 10 about four days.
Joseph Q. Banner, a farmer near Broadway,
liockingham county, va, hung himself "a his
cause assigned. He was twenty-three years old.
leaves wife and child, aud was very highly
esteemed BY all who knew him.
On Monday, during the prevalence OF the
attempting 10 pass over the bridge extending
from point near the north end OF the Dismal
swamp canal across the creek 70 tho mill OF
Creek, ssi isii I over e and % was drowned. ''
On last Tuesday morning the deuxens Of Har-
rison and lByrne streets, Petersburg, were
startled by the discovery Of case Of iniAnticlle,
ss gs% n e Ss % %S ss
Infant, and was q femafkably vel developed
child.
ms fonovins gentlemen frum Norfolk wiil
Petersburg, va, on tho a5th instant: Colonel L.
d. Starke, General X. L. Page, q. u. Leighton,
ESQ, Colonel J. Richard Lcweilen and Colonel ].
7. Shanks.
The regular monthly meeting Of st. Andrews
Society, of Pelerssufg, was held last Tuesday
night aud the following oilces elected for tho
ensuing year: D. b. remnant. president; J. A.
Wats ar. vice RresiasHn John Mss.n ,ssond
der Wilson, secretary; John Mcdresor, assistant
secretary. .....a .r .-rrr-. g
On Monday night Of last week the school.
house near the residence Of Samuel Landes, be-
tween Harrisonpurg and Dayton, In Rockingham
county, was destroyed by nre, together with the
desks, books, states, &c,, belonging 10 the
One day Ast week, on the mountains, near
Knighten Killed Wesley Dean. They went 70 a
house-raising together, talking pleasantly. A
snort time afterwsrd Dcan was chopping pole,
stood bstween the two, and chopped Dean In
the head, splitting II open. Knighten ran away
Immediately, and no one knows what could have
prompted the horrible deed. laEg-
On Tuesday morning, about eight O'Clock, as
tho city hands shd carts In Richmond, under
charge Of Mr.. James Hannon, were engaged In
digging out ground at the corner OF ysnable
ss The srsse. seS q the c,y potion oi % sss SsSs
caved In and caught two OF the hands, one white
and one eoloTed man; The colored man, whose
bcns Ds"' os IN
He was also injured internally. John Moore,
the white man. who was caught under tine bank,
was badly bruised. Both men were dug out and
after suffering, Intensely for ad hour. Daniel
Henderson died. TIi7 T-7'
The work upon the Chesapeake and Ohio tun-
mel through Church hill, Rchmond,. Is now
Ssys & w an snsnsss ns h%Pe5
December. About seyenty-nve feet only remain
70 be arched, and the tlinbers for the brick work
are sil In. On Thursday last the bed engine,
"David Anderson" was hauled around to kock.
etts and put upon the track there, In order 10
work upon the tunnel from the eastern end. II
will be remembered that heretofore the earth
bs ss
with greater ease. The track has been laid
throughout the tunnel, and everything Ia now
% s Ais Il s sn sses q ss
the falling In Of the shaft.
The Tobacco Exchange OF Richmond held q
meeting on Tuesday last at which the following
Resolved, las the seuse Of the manufacturers
OF the city OF Richmond,) That the passage OF
law By the Congress Of the United States allow
ing hcorice and other essential inEredlents 10
pass under bond into their manufactures free
OF customs duty would greatly stimulate the
production Of the manufactured article for do
mestic consumption, as well as increase by more
thereby increasing the balance of trade 10 favor
OF this country, and thus more than. compen-
satlng The National Treasury for the loss Of duty
on these articles. We. therefore, request our
this State to move at the next session Of Con-
gress for the passage OF law looking to such |
results.