The Sun.
London, England, 1864-06-25 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day,

THAMES.

THE SNAIE IN THE GlUSS.—A'young woman, named
Josephine Wigmer, was brought before Mr Partridge,
charged with felony under very aggravated circumstances.
The prosecutrix in this case is Mrs Frederica Pasch, the
wife of Mr Pasch, an hotel keeper, No. 6, Hayden-square,
Minories. The parties are all Germans. Ever since the
prisoner's arrival in this country a few months since, Mrs
Pasch had employed her four days in every week, and some-
times more frEquontly, as a needlewoman, at Is per day and
her board. In the course of that time Mrs Pasch had
missed linen, ribbons, dresses, handkerchiefs, jewellery, and
a variety of other property. She had discharged several
indoor servants she suspected of having robbed her, and
the prisoner had artfully contrived to fix suspicion on others
while she avoided suspicion herself, annd was thought for
a long time to be all honesty and perfection. The
pilfering had been going on for five months. The pri-
soner lent a pair of drawers to a young woman named Anne
Kaisu, a native of Germany, and servant in the hotel. Mrs
Pasch happened to see the drawers two or three days ago
and identified them as her property. Her initials were
upon them. The prisoner (who is a married woman, and
living with her husband at No. 17, South-square, West-
minster) was sent for, and asked by Mrs Pasch, " Have
you got anything belonging to me ?" The prisoner said
she had not. The woman Kaisu was then called, and spoke
to the prisoner about the drawers. The prisoner said,
"Don't put me to trouble, and I'll give up all the things;
why not come to me before you went to Mrs Pasch," The
prosecutrix then said, "If you will give up everything I
will make it all right, and not prosecute." The prisoner
not being disposed to restore the plunder, she was given
into custody, and a police constable, 116 H, proceeded to
her lodging, No. 17, South-square, where he found a per •
Lion of the stolen property. A pawnbroker's assistant,
named William M‘Lachlan, produced a pair of gold eartops
pledged by prisoner on the 22d February last, Mrs Pasch
ident'..iicd them as her property.
The prisoner pleaded guilty.
Mr. Partridge said this was a very bad case. The pri-
soner had acted the part of a snake in the grass, and brought
a oharge against one poor and innocent girl, who lost her
situation, and caused Mrs Pasch to suspect other poor
servants. He sentenced her to be imprisoned for 6 months
and kept to hard labour.

THE CITY o;•' RlCHMOND.—Richmond, by the
last census, had a population of 38,000 souls, but
the great influx of civil and military officers and refugees
from other parts of the State has probably raised it to a
much higher figure. It is situated at the head of tide-
water, at the lower falls of James River, about 150 miles
from its mouth. Tho city occupies a most picturesque
situation, being built on Richmond and Shockhoo hills,
which are separated by Shockhoe Creek, and surrounded
by beautiful scenery. It is regularly laid out and well
built, the streets, which era lighted with gas, crossing
each other at right angles. On Shockhoe Hill are the
State Capitol and other public buildings. The Capitol is
an imposing edifice, and contains, in its central hall,
Houden's celelebrated status of Washington. On the east
of the square is the Governor's mansion. Jefferson
Davis's residence is a private mansion, which was pur-
chased for him by the rebel Government. The city has
many fine public buildings, six banks, thirteen news-
papers, and twenty-three churches. In one of the three
Presbyterian churches Jefferson Davis worships. The
falls of James River afford immense water power, and
there are very extensive factories, including four cotton
and abaft 50 tobacco factories, flour mills, rolling mills,
forges, furnaces, machine shops, &c., the latter of which,
and particularly the Tredeger Ironworks, have been of
immense service to the rebels in turning out ordnance
and material of war. Tho annual exports of Richmond
before the rebellion reached nearly 7„000,000
and its imports 750,000 dole. But since it had the honour of
being the rebel capital its foreign commerce has been extin-
guished. Vessels or gunboats drawing 10 feet can ascend to
within a mile of the city, at a place called the Rockets. Yes •
eels of 15 feet draught ascend to Warwick, 3 miles below.
A canal has been built around the falls, and above them
there is navigation for 2CO miles. Tho James River Kana •
wha Canal, intended to extend to Covington, is completed for
200 miles. Richmond has very extensive railroad commu•
nications, being the terminus of five roads—running
to Fredericksburg and the Potomac, to West Point and
the York River, Petersburg and Norfolk, to Danville,
Virginia, to Jackson's, River, by the Central Railroad--
and from these the connections lead all through the
Southern States. Opposite the city are two towns of
Spring Hilt and Manchester. Richmond was founded in
1742, became the capital of the State of Virginia in 1779,
and in June, IS6I, it was made the seat of Government of
the 4g Confederate States of America," whose Congress as-
sembled there on July 20. Its history since then is only
too familiar to the ccuntry. Around the city are various
hills, extending a great distance, on the most important of
which fortifications were erected in the days of the " On to
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