The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-12-13
LOCAL MAxxnns.

rATAI AcoipErr.-On Mondsy last 3
vnulh nansed sMRrakn. residing n New
Kent couuIy about fuurtcon niles from this city,
accidentally killed By the premature dischatRs
Of fowlIng piece, whtleon shooting excursion.
Years q iss, - md resided viii his mother. a
short time alter breakfast he took bis gun and dog
and repaired 10 the field 10 shoot parridRes. Not
returning when expected BY the family, Mr.. Cats
ter went In search OF him, and louno MN lying
dend Ia the I'D about tvs mtg yards from the fence
biz faithful dog standing By bic side. liz gun was
found near the fence over which he had evidently
crossed, and the presumption Y, that he placed Il
against the fences got over himscll, and while en-
{ieavoring 10 draw Il over alter him, the trigger
caught against something and caused . premature
discharge, BY which the load was lodged In his
head and that he then staggered about twenty
yards Into the field, where he fell and expired.
T' another r sd warning so sh .S; 1s careless e
mitted to go into the fields with guns unaccompa.
MED BY some man. In noticing an accident which
occurred Ia Henrico last week, we then gave our
sporting friends some Instructions a. to the proper
mode Of carrying their fowling pieces. which If
cidents that would otherwise occur.
Between the hours of and
O'Clock last Monday night, some skiIfull thief
hoisted one ofthe front windows to Mr.. William P.
Ladd Q drug store on Broad street, drew out the
money drawer, distracted $50, and then made his
escape unperceived Il II not at all improbable
that this robbery was perpetrated.by some one or
more of the gang of young thieves who infest
Shockce HILL and have been pests to Second street
and the adjoining neighborhood tor two years past.
Not long since. in the Immediate neighberhood Mr..
NJ. Mccormick had his drawer robbed Of SIS or
800 In this instance the thief effected an entrance
through basement window. in the night time As
the holidays approach these robberies viii increase
unless our citizens are continually on their guard,
and look well to their doors and windows.
HysrINGs CouRT.-This body was to
have met at ii o'clock yesterday; but when that
hour Nrived no court could be found. At 90
dermen Inloes and Wingfield were at their posts !;
the Jurors witnesses and counsel were all waiting,
but to trap another Alderman and make court,
seemed impossible. "Martn." with sharp stick,
had been in search for the fourth member, but all
in vain. At IL O'Clock, the Attorney for the Com
monwealth, with that patience for which he il
noted, sat quietly awaiting beginning, while four
sable criminals all anxiety to know their DOOM
rolled up the whites OF their eyes and wondered to
hear the solemn declaration "no court YETI
Time drags heavily; lawyers, jurors, collectors
clients, sergeants constables, yawn and gaze, and
fret and stamp, at the hardness of justice; by
ISLANDERS crowd in, cracking peanuts, the darkies
raise their hands in holy horror, and time, on Its
no court. Patience is at length exhausted, the
hands on the dial are Fastening to o'clock, when
the Recorder mounts the stand, and In an audible
voice proclams "No court can be assembled,
when the company speedily departed, and all be-
cause q fourth Alderman could not be induced to
perform his duty to his constituents, and neglect
bis own.