The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-12-03
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LOCAL nArrERs.

Desfrac.sre Fre-Abont two o'cIocf Ia s..,,..
nay nay Iolnlne, = two gentlemen were passing m
Shakspeara House. occupied a ress..-... ne e.
Messrs. Geo. w. Bradley & Bro. 81 y, - y =,
Minedateiy gave The alarm, after which .sa. ..
Nnocked At the front door and aroused enc of .ie
ths s;,a nlaaiey who was asleep in the Cd story at
.ns NE, me whole building being denseIy 6ed i.s
sn.ke. The alarm bells soon brought tbe Ara,,,.
- sne seens Of conhagration with their
i,ames Rn. sporsa s,o most untrinsy to check the
.'.es, gu1 tne eombustible materials fed the a.
30 rapidly that all efforts to saye tfa h,:. ase'
proved unavalling.s From this house r. as
spresu nortn 70 the one occupied by s. IL Zacbr;s,
AZ s ulug Store the roof and large portion Of
tne drugs and medicines on hand A'sss !"
ne names then spread east to the rear buId;r.
occupied oy Charles E.nminger and p TIotts. snS
.ein 20 70 f.n frame building occupied by G waen
h;I. on o1h street, as well as to three smaller
Duiidngs in rear of zaehrissons store all f a.a
we're on nre, but which were saved from das,r,a'
I'on ny the untiring efforts of the fireman Sn..r.
"a e e aiso zen upon the roof of the second mark
ana set that IN blaze but the sren an ext;na,,;,
ed II before doing much damage Oeenrr;n =. ~.
M .ouI ~ "nich this TIRE took place and in . neigh,
uornoou where the buildings where SO eombust;bie
~. Hoiuer IS that the nremen conquered tha da.
sourng element as easily as they did - ' Nv
/ The building in which toe IRE ar;o;,...,
Owned by Mr. James Winston, but whether insnr'
ea or not we are unable to say The NessrS n.sa
.. lsy' VINO occupied it, estimate their loss at s2Oc
ur yl wucn they had an surance in the v;r,;;n
Fire and Marine Office OK 81 500 " 'Ae '"sliia
Ihe house occupied by Mr. Zachrissop9 b,,,,,-. >.
,he estate OF the late John Besl in which his Nd
as somer Eight and was insured in tho Mutual
loss at $1,000 on which he had an insurancc 4, .I,
tiehinond Fire Association of 5000. - '-e
ceed $500 e' "iA noi eA-
That the fire was the work of an ;ncan,,;.,,,
ynfa ~
says that he retired to rest about halfpast IN lf
anu tnat hls young man closed tie house and went
70 70 pea about II o'clock, when all was well Who
Inv, nv inceInafy was has not yet been ascertaineL
u' ~ shorts VIII De spared to discover and bring
hun to justice. ss -''s'e
Interfering Dith the Fsrenen-Abram Ereeso.n
was arragned before the Mayor last SATURDAY. I'd
answer the charge of assaulting DR. p W. Brown,
ono OF the Wardens OF the Fire Department and
with interfering with the firemen in the iiseEare.
OF their duties Dr. Brown after stating tie facts
OF the case, offered as excuse for the eun,iuct
or the accused, that he was warm friend of MIR
AachriSson, and was very much excited at the
| imc AS he was respectable, orderly citizen.
Df Brown asked his honor to deal as lenientiv as
| possible with the accused The Nayor assnred
| Dr. Brown that he would ALWAYS render the fire.
mon any assistance in his power in the performance
OF their legitimate duties and declared that all
good cltlzens were bound to aid them when realjr.
ed so to do by the Principal Engineer or in his alb
sence by the officer in command If citizen failed
TO give his assistance when called upon the officers
OF the fire department could report him to the court
ana nave hm hned 80 Owing to the statement
made by DIR. Brown, he would not send the ease to
the Grand jury, but would fine the accused ss un
der tue evidence Mr. EreesOon stated that he was
excited at the time. and no doubt acted nprudent.
y, but he certainly had no intention of infringing
the law, or of giting any offence to the officers
thereof. He had some property in the burning
house, and being personal friend to sir Zachris
son, felt great anxiety for him. ~ a- +asfe I
Fire in Hanorr.-We regret to learn that on
Thursday afternoon last the residence of Mr. Car.
ter Via in Hanover, about fifteen miles from this
city, took fire from sparks from the chimney and
was entirely consumed together with the greater
portion of its contents. Mr.. Via was in the city
at the time of the occurrence, but ON returning
home. found his residence q heap of ashes His
loss is about $780, Some time last fall Mr. via. q
barn was set on fire and destroyed. together with
the greater portion Of his crop of wheat. ~
Ssealing Po,atoes-On Friday last a notorious
thief named jim Ellis, succeeded in swindling Mr.
Joseph f. .McGhee's servant man chm ont of q load
of potatoes, for which he was arrested by the Do
lice the next day and brought before the Mayor,
who ordered him thirty ynine stripes Jim is beyond
question. one of the greatest thieves now lEipg,
and is, withal, az sharp steel trap IS the fsow
ing operation will show: Finding John near the
dock with potatoes for sale, jim bought the whole
load for S4 so, to be paid for when delivered st his
house. and then asked the privilege of John to soil
as many as he cOuld while passing along the street
After disposhg of five six bushels and pocketing
the money he gave John the slip, and would have
gone clear but for the sagacity Of the police, by
whom he was traced to his den and secured
Dental DiSiculy.--John II. Riley, charged with
assaultiug and beating r. ID. Addington In his own
office, the 18th inst, again before the Mayor
last Saturday by whom he was held TO bail in the
sum of $500, to answer indictment before the
next Grand Jury. Mr. Addington repeated the
statement made by him on Friday, the substance of
which n,,hlshad Satnrday
Mr. Oscar G. Cosby, on being sworn, testified that
he went to DR. Addngt0n's Office with Mr.. Riley,
and heard q short conversation between them. He
then walked to the front door. and while standing
there heard Riley ask for the dollar he had paid
Addngton, and AS reply. He then heard A. cry
murder, and on running into the room saw him on
the sofa, and X. holding him by the collar He I'M
meiately caught r. and pulled him away. telling
him he should strike A. no more He did not put
his hand on Addngton, did he see Riley strike
him. but saw blood on A. face. He could have had
no reason for touching A., and would not have
done so under any circumstances. & sr;s
The Aayor discharged Mr.. Cosby, after hearing
the statements on both sides. 5.s-44t
Bailifs-We were in error in stating that Col.
Wiley IT, g. Marshal for the Eastern District of
Virginia. had appointed Mr.. Henry Myers his De-
putty. We should have said he was appointed
Bailif. -s-
"Beu Ringing" Is species Of annoyance resort
cd to by misehievous pcrsons, which viii lead hem
into trouble if persisted in, Last Friday night,
nymph of the pave was arrested aad Gagged by the
wstchmen, for amusing herself by ringing the bell
at the door of hotel but, promising to give mp
such short in future, was set at liberty by Alder
| man Taylor. Such fun won't pay. =.
U. S. Circait Couy1--Judge HaIyburton presid-
ing g-On Saturday last John T. Ilouciiins v as ar
raigned and tried for mail robbery in Patrick
county, and for stealing and breaking open let
ter for both of which offences he had been indicted
ON the first count, mail robbery, the jury found
him not guilty. On the second count stealing and
breaking open a letter, the second jury found him
guilty" but the Judge has not yet fixed the pun
ishmenf He VIII do SO, however, before the close
of the term. -fss
4 Benerolea, Society, composed Of between TWEEN.
ty and thirty negroes were arrested while hofiing
q meeting on Council Chamber Hill late yesterday
afternoon and committed to the cage They viii
be tried before the Mayor this morning
Captured-John Dixon, charged with stealing .
bride from p. Thurston, has been Gagged for the
offence to be examined before the Mayor this morn
ing. f ss5 s-.. a,.aes4 !
+ The Mechanics IasdtEte viii hold regular month
iy meeting tonight. At o'clock. at Odd Feilows
Hall, when the committee appointed 20 revise the
constitution viii make fheir report. All memoers
who feel any interest in the success OF The Institute
should be present the occasion, to take pan n
the proceedings sa5lssszs sssl&g
Kaae's Arctic Poyases.r-lf We are not deceive ca
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