The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-12-17
Yith,,,o,ld 9lspatch,
:. : yrspAY spEeEABER II. 1876.
PETERSBURG.

,.p n, ms EXECUTED rs SUSSEX
4 SU,,".r uE CRIME FOR WHICH HE WAS
Cotsrcsp--TsE COUNCIL. AND THE Apo
sEs, ,ny RIVER EXPERIMENTATION NEGRO
MAT .no,srs-y1siToRs TO RIcHAoSD--
MET 'aos TRANSACTIONS Is rEASrTs-FosEIsN
t"',n,.Jeace of the Richmond Dispatch.I
I0''''' DgcEaBgR is, 1870.
,..,t Baker {coiered), who was tried
f'"n",,,;cted of murder at the late term OF
sou S,-cu,, Court in Sussex county. Will, In
ihe sance with the sentence OF the Court,
teco.acr,tcd at the Courthouse OF said conn-
@ FRIDAY Of This week. The circum-
!! y" 's of the murder, which was one OF
'ta,cs, revolving ever committed In this
toe ,s s"c were given in this correspondence
ect so t;oe OF The occurrence. The victims
Il Wv ,cnes Stands, colored woman,
"e,i har infant child, aged about eighteen
spu ANU The mother OF the murderer was
l'."'ss""nro,,lice In the crime, though she es-
~ 49, ~ n1n~iction. The mul dered woman
cat''SS 60 sho: and then brutally beaten. The
Wa - was dispatched By blows. The
mn 3tns n both were concealed-that OF the
e e!iJ n stump; that OF The woman thrown
tL.na non6 They were discovered through
n n;,rriatioa furnished by little boy, the
~. ~ the mother OF the murderer, who
-" thc only witness in court against bis
-.,cr Baker confessed his crime Prepa-
M.,,n. for the execution have nearly all
,.nr conoDlctcd. II is expected that large
.,,rd of persons will be about the place OF
y, hanging, as Is usual on such occasions.
10 Common Council at the meeting on
i. 1st OF this month adopted resolutions
.,.conizine the importance OF the improve
"ent OF the AppomatloX river both IN 4
--o,iona and local point. but expressing the
%.t,;nn that the financial status OF the city
" -, mi, time such as to render further
,n,r On the river and the dredging requi-
,;,e "a MACE he harbor In condition for safe
..yipaijon incxpedient. The thanks Of the
Tnuncil were rendered Colonel w. p.
CrojrhjII and his assistants for their yalu-
shIe services in the past, and requesting
5t,n 70 do all in his power TO further
,nn ,y0rk, and to extend 1t, il possible,
~ - ia embrace the city harbor. These
ro.n,utions were communicated to Colonel
,,r,;ghiII by Judge Jones. the president Of
,ae Lower AppomattoX Board, and reply
..s hc.n received from that officer. He
,oy. that the work on The Appomattox
liver has been very tedious on account Of
,hp small amount OF funds available at any
nnr time; that the same results could have
Ecco ACCOMPLISHED with half the muucy, if
al had been available at once. The request
,or him 10 extend bis operations so as to
embrace the harbor, he says, Is under con-
sidrralion.
Another batch OF about one hundred ne
cro ernigrants from North Carolina passed
through this city to-day to Washington en-
yotfe 20 Indiana. They werca very ragged,
Understanding set, and came mostly from
WAYNE county In that State. There were Il
rpnbcr OF women and children anon.
,Aru. Il is stated that many more from
,upr section are waiting 10 follow them.
The river has been swollen considerably
hylhe recent rains, though there rs nothing
IKE a frcshct. | learn that the Roanoke
uycr has also risen considerably within the
psN day or two.
/ Good many OF the personal friends Of
General Malone went over TO Richmond
his morning 20 witness the balloting In
the General Assembly for United States
senator.
Opcraions In peanuts have been quite
large during The past few days. The sales
last week. il is said, aggregated fully TWEEN
II thousand bushels. One linn in New
York received shipments OF over thirteen
thousand bushels from this port.
Rev. DR.. Hawthorne, OF Richmond. hat
large audience to hear his lecture last
night. His effort was pronounced splen
did one by all why heard it.
Four foreign vessels are taking In car.
goes at City Point. An English bark and 1
|, Russian brig are loading petroleum.; a Bri
| i,A bark is taking on tobacco, and a Nor.
wrgian bark is loading grain-all for Euro
pcan ports. ROBIN ADAIR.