The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-11-10
The Council then adjourned.

| at o'clock, p. Nj.
| The Council then adjourned.
BLAcx-BALLING On Monday evening about
O'Clock officer Trueheart was informed that sub
scrip,ion ball. gotten up by negroes, was about to
come off at the Washington Hotel. He immedi-
ately gave information to the Mayor of the conve.
ming of this unlawful assembly, and the Mayor is-
sued warrant for the arrest of all The negroes en-
| gagged in it. A posse of watchmen under the lead
| of Lieutenants Trueheart and Wilkinson then pro-
| ceeded to the Hotel and found over hundred ne.
groes sitting about in the cellar, basement and di.
ming room A supper hsd been prepared for the
company, and dancing was about to commence
Upon the entrance of the officers, there was of
course, tremendous stampede of the negro arts.
tocracy nevertheless, ninety out of the party were
secured, adorned in full ballroom dress. There
wera47 men and 43 women, ebony sprigs of youth
and beauty. The entire party was accommodated
with lod gngs during the mig hit at the cage and yes
terdsy morning marched in mourntul procession,
amid large concourse of grinniug symp a.hizir G
| friends, to the Mayors Court The streets were
| fairly blocked up with unlawful assemblage of
| the parents and relatives of the captured, who
themselves wore very dark and rueful countenan-
| ces. We annex the names:
Washington Winston, slave to M P Valentine Will
| liam fountain save to l. Ginter, VIM Robertson,
| slave to T Bigger, Edloe Baker, slave to James
| Hagan Henry Clark slave to Mary Tompkins, He
zekiah Hill, slave to VIM Lewis Charles Edmund,
slave to T I Johnson, Samuel Powers, slave to VIM
Ii Davidson, no pass, w Hawkins, slave to Haxall &
| Brothers, James White, slave to w Anderson, Jr.,
Nat Young, slave to c. Blsin, James Henry Day,
| free, J. Lewis, slave to James G Blakey, Peter
I Scott slave to l.. Lambert, Elijah w. Dabnoy,
| slave to u. Davis ]. Brooks, slave to DR.. McCaw,
| William Valentine, slave to James Brown, no pass,
| 5. Mickey slave to J. Caskie, no pass, w. Jones,
slave to R. B. Murray, George Johnson slave to J :.
Mckay Charles Chapman, free, Tom Johnson,
| slave to w. Anderson, Jr., Charles Carter, slave
| to Dudley Il Johnson, Peter Anderson, slave to
William Anderson, Jr., j. Stanard, slave to J. q
| Blakey ]. Winston slave to F. II. Deane, K. Mar
| shall slave to w. b. Peasants. A. Davis slave to
| C S Claiborne, Nat Evans, slave to Bakey,
Carter Hill, slave to Robinsons estate, w Price,
| slave to Stebbns, III Cooper, slave to Myers,
| ] Finley and Burweu, slaves to P! Ballard, d
| Chamberlain, slave to IL Dickinson.i J Mitchell
| slave to L 7 Johnson, w Crump, slave to N Mills,
| BUR-, Save Lee, K Jacobs, slave to J Thomas,
| Jr, w Tinsey, slave to Gfeenhow, r Harris,
| slave to Wordsworth & Turner no pass Henry
| slave to C Hartwell d. Co, N Green, slave to w
| Boulding Peasants free, Patrick Green, slave to
/ D Ward, c Jacobs, slave to Thomas, Jr, Mary
| and Julia, slaves TO C Bennett Fancy and Mar
| tina, slaves to l. ID Crenshaw, Lizzie, slave to A
Juid sidse W NCoISc sidFS "
| S S Morton, Maria, slave to Fisher, Jr, Lucy
slave to Harrison, Ann, slave to 7 r Price, Eliza
| beth, slave TO b Darlington, Ann, slave to Mrs
Tompkins, Lucy, slave to J Barnes, Jane, slave
| to ] III Crenshaw, Martha, slave to P Ballard
Maria, Betsy and Eliza, slaves to o Steser, Elvi.
Ia slave to N Peasants, Lucy and Martha slaves
| to Nj McCance, Charlotte, slave to George Tay.
| lor, Catherine and Peggy, slaves to Barnes,
Columbia and Abby, slaves to J Smith, Amanda,
| slave to M Tompkins, Agnes, slave to Wingheld,
no pass, Caroline slave to E Whitaker, Maria,
slave to James, Betsy, slave to Dr. Tucker, Catha-
rine, slave to Sebbins, pass, Ellen, slave to
Picot, Eulmory, slave to BAILEY, Sabrar, slave to
II Lee, Mary Ann, slave to w w Snead, Angeln q,
slave to Mrs Chamberlain, Ann slave to Bates,
Millenva Scott slave ito ,! IS Foster, Georgianna,
slave to J Mitchell, Sarah, slave to l. Mordica,
Breno, slave to H Trgg, Charlotte, slave to II
Hicks.
The court room was crowded with the owners
and hrers of the slaves All of the company saving
one unfortunate ebo, named Robert Harris the
servant of Wordsworth e. Turner, proving that
they had been furnished with passes to go to the
ball by their masters and nlistresses, were dis
charged, and Bob's back was mucted in damages
TO the amount of 10 lashes Messrs. Bowen e.
Bruce, proprietors of Warrington Hotel, have made
themselves liable in permitting assemblages to the
imposition of fine Of one dollar for each slave
composing it. Some twenty or Thirty negroes
euded arrest