Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1853-06-15
LEGAL InteIIigencemCity Affairs, &c


THE HATcHEr CASE was called up again yes
| terday aud finally disposed of by the Mayor
Miles Taliey witnessed the fearful encounter
| He saw the white man Gordon and the negro
Jasper cenched in Brook Avenue Sunday MORN
| ing. Gordon had Ratchet in his right hand,
and Jasper stone in his Went up and wrenche1
| the Ratchet from the helve. Saw Gordon chop
the negro on the shoulder before he reached the
| place. The parties then separated aud retired
| in different directions. white lad, son to Cor
don. testified to the fact that while his father
engaged Sunday milling door with the Ina tchet,
| the negro jasper came to the house and called him
out. Did not SEQ the fight, because his mother
| objected to his going out. DIR. Power stated that
he dressed the negro's wound Sunday. 1t was
in no wise serious, aud appeared to have been
given by some blunt instrument. The wound
was in his light shoulder, and seemed to be the
result of gancing blow. The negro being 10
Court, the wound was then shown. 1t proved to
be mere abrasion The Mayor recognised
t he witnesses to appear before the Hastings
Court, whittier the will be sent, and the
accused was admitted to bail. Thus ends the
first act of the drama of the .Ensanguined
Hatchet"-ere it gets through the Hastings
Court 1T will degenerate into broad farce.
AN ATrAcK-A DErEAr-A RETREAT
AND CAPrURE.-A white man named Lewis
Prichett, formerly private in the Public
GuarJ, created quite disturbance in the neigh
borhood of the Armory Monday afternoon. 1t
seems he had received his discharge Monday
morning; had imbibed pretty freely during the
day, and returned to the Armory during the af-
ternoon, partially intoxicated. The sentinel on
duty, knowing that Priehett had been discharged,
and believing, moreover, that his intentions in re-
turning were not peaceful, refused to permit him
to pass. Prichelt insisting, the sentinel rang 70
one of the corEorals who promptly answered the
summons. Prichett then attempted to force pas.
sage making at the same time furious assault
upon the corporal; but that officer, aided by the
sentinel not only succeeded in withstanding the
charge of the late private but by resorting to one
of those mastery feats. known only to the pos
session of arms, placed the enemy hors dn CON-
bat. Prichett was, therefore, right glad to re-
treat which he did in fine style, to the admira-
tion and amusement of the bystanders. After
going beyond reach of the bayonet of the sanguin-
airy corporal, Prime hett halted and calmly sur
veyed the field of battle. His "blood being regu-
ary up" he determined not to give it up so. But
the odds being greatly against him, and he in
| condition TO rely upon renforcements, he decided
upon a new mode of keeping up the war.
bright idea fushes through his fuddled brain, and
s.raightway he proceeds to act upon it, After
crossing the Armory Bridge, he filed off to the
left and took position ON the side of CANDLES
| Hill, which commanded the entrance to the Ar
mory In che absence of artillery, he was forced
to resort to engines less destructive Just abo ut
that time he would have paid premium for
| twenty .four FOUNDER; but as he could not com
mand one, he stopped down, picked up stone,
and cast it with all his strength at the sentinel.
who was regularly pacing backwards and for
wards in front of the Armory. The stone. it is
true, fell wide of the mark, but that was no fault
of Prichett's. He had exerted his utmost, and
sunk exhausted on the battle field. The sentinel,
fortunately for society, did not return the fire.
| Had no done so, it might have fallen to our meI>
anc holy lot to record the death of hero At
ter this effort, the late private seemed to be salts
fed. He descended into tho street below, and
| loitered aboutthe neighborIood until night, when
watchman Mccormick came along with peace
warrant, arrested him and led him an ineloriuus
captive to the cage, where he spent the night
Yesterday he appeared before the Mayor, when
him 81 for throwing the stone, ST. for getting
drunk, and than held him to bail for good be-
haviout in the penalty of $780,