Daily Richmond times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1849-1850, 1850-05-09
CITY AFFAIRS.
THREE FIRES DURING ONE NIGHT.

THREE FIRES DURING ONE NIGHT.
About ten o'clock Tuesday night, Machine Planning
Shop on the Dock, belonging to Messrs Glenn & Cren-
shaw, was discovered to be fire. The alarm being
given, the remen turned with their accustomed ala
Gritty, but the fire having been extnguished shortly afe,
broke out by persons in and abov the shop the ener
gles OF the tremen reserved for more disastrous
IRE later In the night The shop sustained only tr6ino
damage.
some hours later, say about half past one o'clock
| second alarm was sounded 1t proceeded from the
| burning OF small wooden tenement situated on the
Eastern SIDE OF Second street, few doors above the in
tersectlon OF Duva street The house was owned and
| cupled by a mulatto woman named Ellen Gray. The
| IRE communicated to couple of wooden tenements
adjoining, both Of which, together with one on the
Of Duval and Second streets were entirely de-
sroyed This fire clearly the work of a vile in
cendiary When first discovered the weather board
ing OF the house alone fire. concusvev provnp
that had been fired from the outside The four tene-
ments destroyed were small ones it true but small as
| they were, the loss enailed is heavy.
The corner house belonged to and was in the occu-
pancy OF Mr. David Strosberger, thrifty and indus
trious citizen He had effected an insurance on his
house and furniture to the extent of $500 in the Rich
mond Fire Association. He saved portion if not the
tenements adjoining Mr.. Strosbergers were owned by
Mr. G.. w H. Tyler. The tenants succeeded in saving
their household furniture No insurance on the houses
Mr. Tylers loss supposed to be about $1,000 The
other, being the fourth tenement from the corner and
the one in which the fire originated belonged to Ellen
Gray-no insurance-loss about 500.
Whilst the firemen busiy employed at this fire.
another alarm sounded. 1t proceeded from the
burning OF small house near the Richmond Academy
which was also destroyed and which, there exists every
reason for believing, was Likewise set on fire bv an
ncendiary.
thus, IN the brief space of forty eight hours no less
than eight buildings have been destroyed by the torch
OF the lncendary Is there no remedy for this state of
things?
IHE MURDER CAsE.-The examination of EIizabeth
southard, charged with numbering VIM p. Walker
on the 18th Of last April in Rockets was again most
poned yesterday till the 18th inst. by the Mayor in con-
sequence of the sickness and absence of witnesses DEEM
ed material on the part of the Commonwealth One
OF the Witnesses sailor who was present in the house
when the woman dealt Walker the blow which caused
his death, studously keeps of the way of the Off
GERS another witness, the recipient Of the testimony of
the wounded man a few hours before his death, was
Yesterday declared to be not only sick, but ILL., So his
Honor mad no other recourse-circumstance compelled
him again to postpone the examination of the prisoner
STEALING WATcH.-Ots Bailey, charged with steal
ing watch from Mr. Spraggns, having been admitted
to bail in the of $500 last week. bs father and bro
Their undertaking for him. has departed beyond the ill.,
rlsdlcton OF the Mayors Court Yesterday having
been named for final examination of the case Bailey
was solemnly called, but failed to answer Thereupon
the court declared the recognizance forfeited Proceed
ngs Will be instituted against the surees at the next
term OF the Hastings Court. His Honor charged the
officers to arrest Bailey should he at any future perod
appear in the city.
IHE SHOOTING AFFAIR.-A middle aged gentleman
named Morrison yesterday appeared before the Mayor
and qualified to statement substantially as follows.
He said that named w. w. Watkins and
himself were engaged in Mr. Lottiers factory as over
seers-that on Monday evening last slight misunder
standing occurred between himself and Watkins. when
the latter pulled out double barrel pistol and remarked
that he believed he would shoot him-presened the MIS-
'ol, ana nred one barrel at him. Morrison said he re-
treated up the steps leading to the room above-that
"heh ABOUT nall way up the stairs, Watkins fired the
oler barrel, the ball striking the wall near the
Mr. Morrison said farther that he believed Watkins in
tended to kill himhe thinks he saw him lurking about
ms private residence Tuesday night, about II O'Clock
and thought it most prudent to procure warrant for
MS arrest. The warrant was granted
II may not be out OF place here to saw that Mr. Nor
ison sh owed rent or snag in his pantaoons which he
believes to have been caused by the first bullet fired from
tne pistol 1t this be SO, and we have no reason to
doubt it, the first shot took direction in fearful prox
unity to his abdomen.
ANOTHER SHOOTING CAsE.-Mrs. Martha OConuer
Yesterday lodged complaint before the Mayor against
John English, charging that gentleman with using fire.
her U,IIo
tuesday last, with freedom decidedly uncomfortable,
and altogether unlawful. She said English fired pistol
al her through the window the ball breaking name Of
glass into many pieces. Shortly afterwards he re-ap-
peafeo' armed with shot gum which he fired killinp-
not Mrs. OConner-but her Cut! The revengetul and
Sahgulhary English, not yet satiated appeared third
ume IN front OF Mrs OConner's-this time he present.
cd formidable pistol, with which he again essayed to
inlct harm upon that lady or her domestics, but the
pistol would not 60 off, The Mayor asked Mrs.
OConner the cause OF such strange and unlawful pro-
ceedlngs. She replied that for her life she could not
tell English lived next door to her, but she had never
wronged him. or any connected with him. Of course
warrant for the arrest Of English was made out and
placed in the hands of an officer
DECIDEDLY FIsHY.-Wm Brown, fish and crabhuck
ster, Old Market, Richmond Va was arraigned before
the mayor OF the city Tuesday, for abusing and beating
Mrs Mary E. Codewel, or Coles, tor she appeared to
answer to both names,) lady engaged in the same line
OF busness-or, rather, in opposition, to Mr. Brown
The lady belongs to that class of beauties known as the
tlrble F's- lat, fair and forty the gentleman, on
Inc other hand, woe juvenile appearance, not having
prooaoly seen more than seventeen winters. Quite
number OF gentlemen fish -mongers appeared as wit
hesses in this important case and each party had duly
retained one OF the green-bag fraternity to assist in elu
cidating the whole matter.
Mrs Codewell, Mrs. Coles, being sworn, duly de-
tailed all the particulars of the row-showed how