MELANCHOLY CASUALTY.
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We copy the following from the Rich- mond Compiler of the 2d instant:

 MELANCHOLY CASUALTY. Mr. John Wes- ley Finch and his wife met with melan- choly death on the Els, instant, near Abine- don, Virginia. They were travelling, and had encamped for the night about six miles west Of Abingdon. and were quietly reposing in their carryall, together with nephew, when the horse being ,ethered to the wheel, took fright, turned the wagon bottom np- wards. aud she two old people were suifo- caied before they could be relieved The young man who was with them states that they were returning from visit in North Carolina to their residence near Dresden Weakly county, Tennessee

 The gentleman here mentioned, Mr. John W. Finch, was in this City on ,he 7Ih ot August, when we saw him and transacted some business with him. We parted with him on the evening of the 7th, and on the 10th he told us he expected to start from GranviIle with his wife for Weakly county. Tennessee He was somewhat advanced in years, but was an active, robust man; and 1t seems strange ,o us iha, he should have met his death in the manner represented. Mr. Finch was an honest and intelligent man, and sustained an excellent character.

 Raleigh (.E C. Standard.