The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-09-10
Local. MATTERS.

KIDNAPPING -.IOhn Gray WAS again be-
f,vs the aisyor last sturday mornins4 to undergo
.amed Thomss In srhomssvlIls. Ga, and bfiesipg
him to ID Il city for sale on Saturday IAa Nothing
deHnIte was arrived ut during the examination, bu,
number Of gentle men from the SCUM. VINO we're
oresspt and Who ts ti6ei 10 the CAUSE, gave 4 -
- air oniniou thar the slave had been stolen from
h,s ovper 10 Georgia. Indeed, the man Gray, sus.
nected of the theff started to make confession,
aud would no doubt hsve msas xno~n n's enti.e
An. famed him against the proprieiy OF doing 30.
From All the facts -elicited, Ne have very Iiule
donht tbst the prisoner and the negro were part
go Il crime end that the negro was to be sold
.ud the nruceeds of sale divided between the two
aans Of The gentlemen present suggested that the
sIave. in all probability, belonged to Mr. Buckhal
tre of Marion, Georgia. or Mr. Barker, OF Marepgo
county. Alabama. Gray 10 an ignorant. uneducated
man about five feet ak inches high, light hair, has
bald place on bis head. and 10 80 very dark SIX In
that he has be appearance oil being aman OF mixed
blood thong this fact may be attributed to the
climate from which he came. When questioned
bv Mr. Lum. pkiu and others, bis statements were
Of tbs mos, co uused and contradictory character,
leaving no dou Ut the minds OF those who heard
him, that the gro Ia bis possession wss either
stolen. or was tree man. As several gentlemen
have been written 10 In Alabama and Georgia, his
further examination will be postponed until they
are heard from.
Captured AT LAsT-We learn from a
gentleman direct frous North Carolina. that Ber-
nard Hsndliu alias Henry Abbott alias Henry
Watts the fellow who, after being released from
the Penitentiary in June last, where he had served
the State one year robbed number d our citizens
of watches and money. and then Il I'd to North Car
oioa to cary on his deprdasions, but was captured
and delivered over to officer Tyler, from wh ON be
made his escape, has been arrested In Hisborough
N and sent to O.tnrd, In that STATE, 70 pc fried
Lewis about the irss OF this month. Handiin 10 a
tailor by trade and one OF the most daring rogues
ia all the Southern country Amer being arrested
In Wilmington, N. C, and banded over to cffcer
TYLER, from whom he escaped, ha Immediately re.
paired to Oxford, and there perpetrated a most
daring robbery. After answering the ends OF the
law there he win be brought ON to this city to
stand trial for felony, and a. the proof against
him 10 of the most conclusive character, there 10
not shadow of doubt that he will have the bsne.
fl of second session In the State college.
TIE TRApPER TRAPPED--Last Satur-
day morning TWO old servants, Rosetta and Jane,
wers brought before the Mayor to answer the
charge of stealing several articles OF wearing ap.
pare1 among them pair OF pants, from Ann Gath.
right on she 7th lost Miss Ann who Ia one of the
worst women 10 Rockets. and for some time has
been residing with negro women after being sworn,
made long statement concerning the various
robberies committed on her, by the prisoners all
of which no one believed. When she had cOrclu.
ded, Samuel A. Whipple was sworn for the de.
fence, and such character as he gave Miss Ann,
could be found no where within the broad limits
of our city She was not only depraved ADAM
doned, heartless wretch, but was withal perfect
wild cat Ia fight and bad but few days before,
beaten and beabored an old man named Matthews
until he cried murder. The clothes, Mr.. Whippie
knew had not been stolen, for Aun's wardrobe was
not an extensive one. His Honor, therefore, dis-
charged the prisoners and ordered Ann into prison
quarters where she will be kept from mischief tor
time, at least.
COMMITTING RAPE.-Harrison johnson,
slaye To William Barrett was arrested and COM
United to the cage last Saturday evening, charged
with committing rape upon the person OF a small
negro girl, aged about twelve years. Harrison
will have an examination before the Mayor this
| morning.
WON'T STAND.-While in pet with her
liege lord from some other, Mrs. Natb an
lei Sunderland, bundled up two carpets, two fem
ders and two hearth rugs and concealed them In
John Sexton 9 house, where they were afterwards
found by Officer Seal on search warrant. Sex
ton, was Of course arrested for receiving stolen
goods, knowing them to be stolen, and held to bail
for his appearance before the Mayor this morning
but as they were carried into mis- house by Mrs.
Sunderland, without his knowledge or consent, he
will doubtless be acquitted of the charge.
RELIGIOUS REVIVAL A religious revi
| val is now progressing at the Union Station, !"
| under tho min istration of the Rev. Mr. Boggs, Of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, and large num-
Der of members are In attendance at each meet
Ing.
Tho Hampton Committee, appointed to
visit Richmond TO confer with his ExcelIency the
their afflicted fellow citizens of Norfolk and Ports
mouth take tn is method of returning their thanks
70 Capt Davis of the steamer Curtis Peck. for the
hospitality rendered them and for his kind and
cou rteous attention on their return passage.
HAMPTON, Sept: OH, 1855.