Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-09-20
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FIRE.-DWELLlNG OF JUDGE MASoh DE-
STROfED Yesterday morning, between the hours OF Que
and O'clock The large and valuable brick d"c'hs
house of Judge John u Mason, tho OF Franklin
aud Adams streets destroyed by tre with large ror-
lion valuable The fire was first isc"' cred by
cen lcr,au passing along front o The house He
cave he a.ru and Judge discovering The iairs winch
had apparently bu little progress in HE fourth or gar
r., ,,y l ,nusr prc-reI That point win assistants
u,rl, ,r krt. of waer in The hope oI aurshg Inc u tines
On .uruIn. the door OF The room III which me NC wa,
Lscosrud the Ilan's aud smoke came 'us''"s W.,
forbade their entrance. The Judge M" ''', ' go,
,n,u,t m, attention To saving what he t'n'' 'to",
the deypuring element. The safely ol MS i'hp -
WHICH there wei about dozen IN all sleeping w sa'"u
apartments of the honse, Was first attended ". IN w
,r assisted by many kind friends. The WORK Vi removing
The furniture beds &c commenced a large 4uai', u
valuable furniture unL other articles Prflalhs ~
r, ,rr removed from tic lnwer stories 10 The yuid
In The wu upper suiies nearly every hhs was ueso'c
Including linllue large uni1un oi oe" e'oi's' ape
inp and variety Of other articles OF Vane' amounting ~
,h nao,rpate To the value u about three Thousand
dollars which is clear loss, mere oeihs no III
su.ancc the household goods. oh n'e wv
v,,y large and valuable one recently purchased una
thoroughly repaired by the Judge, mere is ah Insurance ~
The utic. of The Virginia FiIe and Marine Company o'
S. Geo. which will cover The loss ocrIsohn ~ ~" ,
to The building The b'Ick walls are but little ihn''i an
the luo lower stories partially saved by HE rrhie
IN. suol al which the fire gnalcd leads To HE CONCLUSION
that II was the result Oi spontaneous c"ih6us'oh hs
nua,v Of goods OF various STORED IN The room
IN which The fire occurred and Of them were wrapped
IN cloths which had been Oiled for The purpose o preserve"
lion The door 10 the room was Kept locked anu io ~"
after The tiie was discovered !, A.
several The Judge lost huint'r 9" hshy ll,'
prsrnls received from friends during me "c nc e' "
,hice OF Secretary OF the Navy al washington" ne oea"
his losses however with characteristic goo" hn'' 'h""N'
4 iu that The calamity ID no worse.
INQUEST Yesterday Coroner Wicker held u" '"q'sr'
over the body Of Mr. John Wood0on, y"n"g ma" aae'
about % year, un.-mh by pIoirss"n "h" was "'"'
dead al The house Of Mr. r. W Rss"n On Clay street two
l. doors ui RruDk avenue, on Hhh"hf "'i""s '"'' "
II tween ID and II O'clock -, :,
! The evidence. bcnre the Juy was 10 Tue ELECT 'ha'
:; III. deceased Sunday nnrning, te" minutes
u lore his body was discovered, went 20 an uptr Sn
II in The house at Mr.. Rasun Ills pi"'l'' MA" =,
IS thereafter, unusnnl noise altfac'eu ns ''.l
Mrs Ralsou wirn she went stairs lo discover l"Shr'
tslrpcr the noise [rocerdcd. Entering me rom VI ne
Il bohr she discovered him On his knees al 'e ro' =,
n bed ri or first Impression that ne was al prnye on
closer examination disclosed the astounding act uht hG WIZ
ssnc bv curL around his neck and attached 10 me 10Y
II hci pnst which mol more than Tour icel hlgh ne
w.b no satisfactory can bc assignee u" INC hci
He all, .eulY breakfast, was cheerful ana aluttm'i{ nee
rom any excitement feeling which wohi De iKty Il"
uroG. pes6r ID commission I" al aet 50 ~ aniu "
il rlafnrrrr lie sirady @nl Industrious y""ns n",
~ in M. ,nr,orm rot D Mr. SAMUEL Sn,iGllan gun amin,
ana highly eslccnod by all hs arilaIntihcrs ne was
r.rnl y member OF Temperance Society Oh Saturday
,inI Al We called attention ~ his nidien DEAN yeslf
d,S ,.n .t.l.J upon information deenc! reliable that
re he died from disease esrI why his friends treated me
~ manner Of hls death with such W"'hnd silence unl
Is Coron,r Jury brought Ihr drs Is more un we can
= tell.
r. FIKE.Lrhe dwelling house ol Mr. i"hn Ford, nt""t
.g; i,; .esr Of Richu,vnI Henrco county, was des
m,l y fire on " -dncaday night last. with all liz contents
q The Gf. occurred sl hou Of Ina nip after all The
fannie had retired sound asleep They hsd warn
ing barely IN Time escape from the Hines The loss oil
10 Mr. f inrlaiing and furniture, Is heavy lie
Is fire, il believed, the "3rk q! m lhcehhhfy.
% AN ATTEMPT rO BURN On Sunday night, new
brcs houe unoccuprd Cay between ID and Sd Streets
10 the uropcrty Of MIR Edward Mcconnell act on i;s
!. The basrurn by an iuccndiary. The names had made
- but Milo f1rfe,s when they discovered nGi tH'i
N luishcd.
MAYORS COURT, YESTERDAY The following
= cast. come before the Mayors Court, yesterday
i ! PUNISHED Perry slave charged with lhtcnenln.
! HE HE 81 his mn:o woman asshultlng his
uged II years aud threatening 10 assault the Watch
IL win Ratchet when they went 10 his house, On 9Th street
i near Armory Bridge Tor the purpose OF nfresiins him
m wa. ordered % stripes Wn the Watch entered his house
y he led through the upper story 10 The ROOT and win atcht
IN hand threatened 10 hew them down they approached
II him Of atcn,h gave him blow over The head
Of watcmnn cudgc which caused mn Ia lai from his
lofty position 10 The ground aud 10 exc lain that his Jaw and
b,t les were broken His INJURIES however, upon esam
nation be- less serious Than he supposed AMI
10 as placed ia cart and taken 10 The This was on
+, Thursday night last 1csGTlaT Il: hud nearly recovered
"a from The effects oi his TALL.
:. BOUND TO KEEP THE PEACE.Cruree i Mihln
lie n ana Ni'" Allen Su"ay last ru int" quarrel ."
"a VA street which terminated by Allen slipping the jaws Of
n Wilkinson IL, - ralnrn struck Allen lie head with
both leaving inc.I a ~ ByslandeGs 5ipiatrd them
10 puto took htn Ia lie rm! The Mayor required
!. s,rnity vi esrh U $780, Ectp the peace Tor
!. l2m,nlh7 Nj Allen is employed al Beck ",1iaT'am'
III GAMBLING. Peter and william, slaves Geo aiils
~ gil. By the Police, Sunday lart in company Of
ak Oter blacks pitching conpas alley in the corpora
:, toa They we've lic tie others cscHping
!, when brought before the Mayor u h oriral 10 Ie
- cehe each 10 stripes
FNED.R H Dickinson, tor permitting soap suds and
Ut ole offensive collect alley adjoining his LOT
!, near .umphlns IalI Enet I!e I=a, penalty
~ BENER, THE BALTIMORE BURGLAR The MApo
orcci this person discharged from custody yesterday
% In otellelcc ,queS c!fce Snyder Of Baltimore
.. who ordered his Bcnr LETT rrc, lew day
j. ago, Baltimore; aui the lnt sac arranged
q To- procure The releu=r U her husband No
other conjecture be- entertained al The evidences
a Of gu afforded by Brrrr ht the time officer Wilkinson
!. reslci lin IN TIC cars nj the Southern depot.
c CONTINUED The cSoa OF lliLa ,nnlao girl IN The
1t Of Dr. John Dove, charged ceiling fire 10 the
= premises VI her master Saturday last connlei IN
" lhr ubsencc OF wIInrss until Wednesday,
fie john Clnman, ciiaIc ed violent assault
wife Ellen Glunun, continued in The absence "l
. hlls =. the principal witniss until TO day Thursday
The case OF Washington, Tree co1rci charged with
ussaulIlng Martha Cunn,lI white woman, The vicinity
of lie Bl.in Sunday last, continued account
vi tie absrnre OF MIS- c., unii to-day (rurs;iay
The o! Grnse ". R"yslr', Thomas D. Qualss and
WIN. 5 lhaw, Summoned 10 show why they should
lrd Tor Keeping sickness breeding alley III rear oil
their ufrmsesalr knyscI excused nuI continued
r. SPOILED MEAr.-A SUMMONS Issued a. Jacob
4 krck butcher The Second Market To show VII,
. unsound was Kept for sale his stall Saturday last
Dl:iLtlARGEU Oliver l.1sI,rr cok, who deserted
tie hrp Cen Foster, because other duties assigned
him while engaged in The cooking department., was dsctaf
prJ from custody; il appearing mat he had been assaulted
by "a !o und protection Afforded HIN lay The Captain
The Mayor also expressed Ic opinion That cook va not
hound 10 peiom duties except ia cases Of emergency
u 10 save The vessel or the freight.
The New York Herald Vi Sunday has The following: