The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-09-24
LOCAL MATTERS.


AID ros rHR AxxrIorrD.-Hr Doda-
mead chairman Of the conmHaes 90 sopp,ses. &c
and Portsmouth,:
Jeremiah Starr. I 1919 " s sau.
Ths sbove donor. I'll reside ia Bosetours county
F1Rr-About IL o'clock last Friday
niabt small shaniy IN fish alley near the nrst mar
sor the timely arrival of tho fremen. vast
s,nornt of nroperfv might have been destroyed,
= the sllev Il lined on both sides with mere huls.
n OF which would burn Ike tinder II once under.
way. Loss small. -
Rmr YouR DooRs-We learn from a
.entIeman who has had sons opportunity of see
M csncs of pick pockets and burglars at the
Norsh. and who knows many Of them by sight.
that there are plumber Of these vultures now 10
Richmond, learning the ropes and preparing tor
operations when the State Agricultural aDd Me-
chanIc Fairs comm euce Some o'hese light hnger-
ed gentry are located In hotels and others In
boarding HOUSES seeking opportunities Tor gettlng
fat pocket books 10 the most convenient manner
Citizens and visitors are therefore warned 70 Sc
cure their chamber doors at night before retiring
and to keep but little money and few valusbles
about them, when going into large crowds We
also csut ion them against cashipg checks loaning
money on watches or jewelry. redeeming discovs
cred treasures, or buying OF selling under the pre-
have reduced their roguery to fuch science that
they can almost take mans shirt from his back
without unbuttoning the collar.
CRY ORDINANCES Ignorance of the
the law 10 said to be no excuse It's violation and
the same rule, we presume, applies to the ordi.
nances ofthe city, but not with the same force and
FOR this reason The laws of the State not only
printed In books and circulated, that all who de
sire to do 30, them, but they are published
lilo of
inances of the city can neither be had for love nor
money Not longer than yesterday we heard
gentleman, who was charged with violating the
market ordnance, ask the Mayor for copy of It In
order that he might inform himself OF itsprovs
sions. but neither his Honor nor the Chamberlain
could supply him. The small edition printed had
long since been exhausted. We believe Mr. Con-
way Robinson Is now revising and arranging all
the ordinances, SO as to have them neatly printed
In one volume, and when this herculesu task IL
performed, we presume that aby citizen who de.
sres 1t will be furnished with a copy, but 1t would,
In the meantime, be wise policy to have the market
ordinance reprinted, so that all who wish to know
Its provisions may have copy of them.
The FALL RACES from present appear
ances, bid fair to be unusually interesting, If we
are to judge from the humber of fine horses 10 at
tendance an imperfect list of which we append
Msj. boswell has Seens and Voltaire, by Aiu.
derby, Agisator, and two three-year olds all doing
well.
Capt. Belcher has Cordslta Reed, Carolina,
Frank Allen, Peakapf Otter Rebeccs by Tally.bo,
Warsaw by John Blunt. bay colt by Tally -he,
brown FLY by Childe Harold, and three others,
steadily at work, feeding well, and looking as fine
az silk
Mr.. James Tally has the renowned One Eye Joe,
Sebastopol, sorre FLY by Revenue, (the winner
of the four.ne day at Baltimore, last Spring. and
grey colt by Revenue, out of Andrewetta, said to
be very fast.
Mr.. H P. McGraih has Sam Letcher, and four
year old Glencoe fly, both high trumps In the
hands of John Davis, their trainer.
Mr.. John Campbell, of Kentucky, has Floride
Laura Spllman, and two or three young 'uns of
high blood and good speed.
Mr. Calvin Green, of Broad Rock, has Frankfort
by Glencoe, Lawson. Augusta, and three three.yeer
Odds, all trained by Mr N. B. Young
Mr.. VIM. 81 Gibbons, of New Jersey, (Mr. Coun
trainer.) has Philo, Miss julie, Pasta by Revenue
out of Emily Thomas, and three year old Glen.
coe colt.
Mr. o. Hare, of New Market, has Fanny Fern,
Michael Angelo, and two splendid colts of great
promise.
And, In addition to the above Little Flea and
Ellen Bateman, are hourly expected from New
York. to join 10 the sport.
When the purses at New Market, Fairfield and
Broad Rock are examined, and the increasing int.
rest In racing throughout the State made known,
may we not look forward with unusual interest to
the 25h inst, when the sport begins In earnest and
will be kept up for three weeks9 We will further
add that the proprie.ors are all brushing I'D their
courses and buildings, aud that each of them prom
ise to spare efforts to give their visitors happy
welcome and delightful sport.