The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-09-23
LOCAL MATTERS.

LOCAL. MATTERS.
GREAT ExcITEMExT.-D RowS,Na THREA-
TErRD. Tho bon ton portioa of The colored
population in the lower portion Of the city were
thrown into great excitement yesterday afternoon.
by The threat offs respectable cclored woman 70
drown herself, because her daughter persisted In
the desire to marry the man Of her choice against
her mama . consent. The old lady had fed her
house, made straight line for the dock, and all
her friends were of the opinion that in her rage
she had tsken fatal plunge 10 the water and gone
to the bottom. As we passed the neighborhood
about o'clock her whereabouts had not been as
certained, but being woman of sense, the pre-
sumption Is, that she changed her mind on getting
In sight of the water; and instead of taking cold
plunge, took refuge in some neighbors house ior
fhe evening.
JEWISH New YEAR, A. M. 56l5.- This
day and tomorrow Sunday commences the Jew
ish civil year A. NJ 5615, being the first day of the
new mooniTsri, Che 7th month of the Jewish eccle
siasteal year, it is complete common year, con-
ssting of u Lunations comprising 355 days. In
the Peutateuch it is called "Yom Hazikaron," "a
day of memorial" Simplifying that the nation should
review their actions during the past year and Inn
piore forgiveness of their sins. In Holy Writ 1t
is also called 'Yom TerRgaah," "a day of blowing
trumpets" and lie thus recorded "And In the sew
enth month on the first day of the month, ye shall
l have an holy convocation We shall do no servie
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wise of the Jewish nation have said, 'sThis is
| the day which the world called into exist
| ence This Is the day on which the great Cad
all of his creatures to stand in Judgment be-
| fore him.
Monday, the third day of the month of Tisri is
/ called the Fast of Gedaliah' In memory OF the
murder of that pious man, who was slain on that
day with many of his friends by Ishmael. Gedaliah
was the son Of Ahikam, whom Nebuchadnezzar,
king of Babylon, had made the chief of the Israel
ties that remained In their own country after the
| destruction of the First Temple.
Service will be held at the Synagogues to-day and
| to morrow Sunday commencing at nine o'clock.
which will doubtless be interesting to those who
have never Witnessed the Jewish worship on their
various Festivals.
FUNERAL HoNoRs TO EDMUND p HUNTER,
LATE GRAND MASTER OF MAsoNs, IN VIRGINIA.
| WHO DIED RECENTLY IN oFFIcE.-A Convention of
Masters and Past Masters, &c held night before
last, have determined to have these ceremonies on
| the 4th November next The Grand Lodge, Grand
| Chapter, and Grand Encampment, will meet here
and Masons expected from all parts of the State
The ceremonies will be very imposing.
A. Judson Crane has been invited to deliver
Eulogy OF the deces sed, and has consented to do
/ 80.
House RoBBERs-On Thursday night
last about halt past6 O'Clock, while Mr.. SAMUEL
| s. CoTTRELL was absent from his residence on
| Ross street near Governor, a lady in the house
heard the front door open very easy, and imrne
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| white man, badly dressed, standing in the door,
| The unexpected appearance of such person. so
| much alarmed her, that she instantly screamed
| when the fellow took fright and fed, leaving the
| door open. Mr. Cottrell is under the impression
that the intruder took advantage his absence TO
enter and rob the house. and that he only foil
ed in his purpose by the timely discovery of his
sister. in-law, who gave the alarm and frightened
| him off We repeat caution to house keepers
| to lock and bolt their doors at night, to guard
against the nocturnal Visits of unlimited guests
Private residences are being continually entered
| and pilaged, by gang of thieves, who would not
hesitate to commit murder If detected in their
depredations; and 1t Is therefore proper that neces
sary precaution should be used to othem in their
designs.
CAPTURE OF ROGUE.-On the 14th and
18th instants, two canal boats lying In the BASIN
were entered by notorious thief named Edward
| Lee, free negro, who stole therefrom large
| amount OF wearing apparel the property OF James
Sparrow and Thomas Belew, and then fled the city.
Warrants obtained for the arrest OF this thief
| and the Police made every effort to discover him,
but until Wednesday last, his Whereabouts was I'M
| known, when officer Johnson received information
| that he was at City Point and the next day went
down and captured him. Yesterday morning Ned
| made his appearance before Alderman Farrar, to
| answer the charges against him, but owing to
the absence of witnesses, he was sent to prison un-
til Friday next when he will have a hear ing, and
| be sent on to the Hastings Court for final trial
Ned has already served one term in the round top
1 q,
| get back there for longer time.
CLOSE SHAvNG.-A few nights since,
while party of men were taking hose reel to a
FIRE, a small negro boy caught hold of the rope and
| attempted to run with the machine, but tripping
and falling in his effort to make tine one wheel of
the reel passed directly over his shoulder arm and
body and those who saw the accident. were satis-
fed at the moment that he was dead. The little fell
low was Immediately taken to the tobacco factory
of Messrs. L. Grant & Co., on 10Th street, and on
examining his person, one of his arms wa 30 much
| bent that the oversetr concluded il was broken
and sent for physician to set the fractured limb
but before the Doctor arrived, reaction in the
boys system-took place, and the bones of the arm
| resumed their natural shape, and with the excep
ton of several bruises on his person, from con.
tact with the wheel, he was as sound as dollar
| Had the same weight passed over a mans arm, the
bones would have been crushed to atoms.
| FoND OF LEAPIsG.-Yesterday morning,
| the managers of the Gallego Mills discovered ne
gro fellow known as James Walker secreted Ia the
basement of that establishment in the midst of the
| machinery, and had him taken out and sent home.
| He had been gone but a short time, when he re-
turned, and eaped from the street, distance OF 25
| feet into the same room without iniuring himself
in the least Finding that the poor fellow was de-
ranged Mr.. Dance had officer Page sent for, who,
on his arrival took Jim into custody, and carried
him to the Police Court, from which place he was
| sent to prison for safe keeping If sane man were
to take the same leaps that Jim has twice taken
without injury, there is very little doubt that he
| would be instantly killed or crippled for life.
In FOR THE SEAsoN.-The Valley Inn is
receiving daily acquisitions to its list of boarders
and the prospects now are, that MARTIN" mine
host will have to enlarge his great house, close
his register, to the exclusion OF all others who may
wish to participate in bis 'good cheer" Yesterday
| morning a mammoth loafer named James Burton,
enter ed for the season by Alderman Farrar the
said Jim having been found drunk in the streets on
several occasions, alter promising to make tracks
for his native State, and railing to do 80.
BAD CoNDUcT.-Thomas Powell, resi-
dent of the Valley, after INDUCING his propensities
for strong drink to an extravagant extent, Fri.
day, became very noisy, and threw stones at a
,house until the police set upon him and took him to
the cage Being unable to give bail for his good be-
havior, when brought to the Mayors Court yester-
day, he was sent to prison for the term of twelve
| months.
| DIsMIssED.-John Hart appeared before