The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-03-05
DANVILLE.
rcoyrspnndence OF the Richmond Dispstch.l
NkpCu 4 1881

rrorr.srnnience Of the Richmond Dispatch.I
MARCH 4, 1850.
Judgc Riyes on yesterday rescinded the
order Of previous term in the case OF the
poynolds negroes, and directed that they
no zen; m the CITY Jail untl'the mandate OF
The supreme Court Is received, aud that
ihereupon they be conveyed forthwith TO
p,,riek Courthouse and delivered TO the
Taller Of Patrick county.
The Jury in the case OF M. II. Trcdway
brought in on Yesterday verdict of'guilty,
snd il is supposed that Judge Riyes Will act
mon The case tomorrow. The law pre-
,cribes punishment by fine OF from $500
10 81. 1000, and Imprisonment at Albany, or
zone other place, OF from six months to ten
years. Motion has been made for new
trial. ard the jury and United States Attor-
ney Luriy have sigred an application for
Iafdon.
Sentence was pronounced yesterday
against Joe Cassidy. j. j. Adams. and Will
lam Bow man for illicit distiliing, and Ad-
olson Delaney for intimidating witness.
Cassidy, Adams, and Bowman are sent to
Albany for ore year and fined each 500.
DuaDey goes 10 jail for three months and
j. fined $500.
Mr.. Beverly S. Crews has bought the resi-
deBce Of Mr.. Fleishman. on Green street,
with the lot attached, for $500, OF which
he pays Sl,l00 cash. The house is neat
frame building. with good suits of rooms on
The upper and lower floors, and the let
fronts a feet on Green street, runs back
shout 800 feet TO Calhoun street. aud fronts
G5 ieet on that. Mr.. Crews recently entered
business here, and will in short time move
bis family from his fathers, near Chatham,
10 this city.
In a recent trip up the Midland road into
Campbell county the writer found the peo-
pie In The northern part OF this county and
about 0tter-RIyer station, on the Midland
road, under the Influence OF The iron-ore
fever. Iron ore OF every description Is
being found almost anywhere, and vast
quantities are being shipped to furnaces in
Pennsylvania. l remember to have beard
Governor Walker say, in speech at one OF
the fairs Of the Border Agricultural Society,
that the time would come when the noun
tains Of Virginia would he lighted up with
the fires of furnaces and workshops. On
inquiriDg why the smelling could not be
done near the mines instead OF at Pitts
burg was told that, not acting according
to bis custom, Providence had given these
people the iron without the coal and other
necessarieS.
Mr.. II. NJ. Oliver, who lives near Otter
River slstOD, has lrased 10 Messrs. Barbour
4 Read the ore lands on his plantation at ten
cents per ton for every ton OF ore they may
ship. They have not commenced shipping,
but i Is expected they will run a narrow
gauge railroad from the mine to Otter River
station. The ore seems abundant. l saw
one shaft which was ninety feet deep, and
from which the miners bad followed drift
10 Tue distance Of eighty feet without using
props. Some Of the ore on this land is
brown hematite, some magnetic.
Mr.. James Burruss, who supcrIntends for
Mr. Halsey, OF LyDcbburg, farm near
Lynch's station, has sold in one year $780,
600 pounds OF hay TO the local express men
Of Danyile.
Lyneh's Station Is quite prosperous VIII
Iage, and bids fair to become town. The
country around it is tbickly settled with
prosperous people. Rev. DR.. Isaac 5. Tins.
le!. pastor Of the Baptist church at this
pace, which was dedicated not very long
since. speaks in very unaffected manner
aoout The arrangements which the people
~ Ltueh city ought TO make for "their
,l'shos from the country when they come
10 toan 10 preaching"
was told that the waters OF Otter river
nsa been stocked with black bass, and that
.usy are not unfrequently served for break.
. ,%H ~ Lynch City. Mr.. TrayIor, on whose
.so,e saw dish OF them--it would have
msue Nj. Ramblel's mouth water-says
.nsI l1e black bass Of Otter river are very
a nuSn IKE the black perch in appearance
HIs. bearing, mother OF General Dear.
,"s; "ho' previous TO his promotion to the
.suA o. oflgsdier, was distinguished-and
=, p..ialN al 6etiysburg-as Picketps major
:. sliiiiery, lives near Lynch's, and seems
days. r' Wv ''u' VI Tue oe''e'
ns Co'lneii has passed an order relieving
,ao 'axalion (city taxation, of course) for
e sa years all capital that may be invested in
eoas,. Or wooIlenfsctories. [ That Is an un.
osss ordnance Editors Dis.
y ys,ej Recently desire TO utilize the very
,sS !. ~aier-power here has sprung up, |
,ss. y probable that something, after
''A' OF tax, will at last be done.