The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-11-12

| ArTen Of Burginr.-Y Yestorday morning. be
swoeT the hours Of and o'clock, whilst watch
4a Men baptist and Howser were near Odd Fellow i
man On me look out for thieves, they saw a white
~. 1H pass down the South side Of Franklin street
III locust Alley, where he stopped few moments
,vsea around to see If any one was ncar ana theu
tha s INTO the boarding house of Mrs Rodgers
- ,h .oh! door being open. Believing the conduct
nar s ,eiow to be suspicious, the watchmen pre-
p"eu themselves for an emergency and crossed
.Ie street, where they took their stand tu,t had
nys peen there more than ton minutes when tbo
,ha. OF roebsr was given in the house. Knowing
ma. 'he thief could not escape by the back wav.
+ 1ney hastened to the front door and took their
s'aha at the same time calling for light, but be.
tGre me aroused Inmates could get to them they
rIr, y erd fellow who proved to be JOHN CANT.
HD concealed behind the door and immediately
.ook nun into custody. On searching his person
Ihey found in one of his pockets a pair of MINERS
nl"ie ior unlocking doors from tho outside and in
se,. ne osner neavy sung shot, with which he in all
prooabillty, intended to commit murder. " -
They then took him to the cage from which
pace re VIII be brought to the Mayors office this
morning for examination. Campfield ia younp
nlan, ABOUT % years of ago, halls from Kentucky.
ana was released from the Virginia Penitentiary
ABOUT eight days since, where he had served term
OF imprisonment for stealing He saw. that bis
.oois were all made and furnished him in the peni.
tentary by convict who bears the reputation OF
oelhg one OF the greatest raseals in that Institute
1t seems that after entering the boarding house
the burglar proceeded directly to the third story
and with the aid of his nippers found his yay into
room In which five men were lodging Fortu.
nafeiy for the party of them awoke soon after
he got into the room. and gave the alarm which
aroused the household, started the lady inmates 10
screaming and led to the capture of the thief who
secreted himself behind the front door with the hone
| OF shpplng out when the watchmen went in hut
was detected in his cunning and locked up in pri.
son.
Soap Factory-Esward McAdam the nronr,otor
| of n and ta!IOy factory Vyou,
lin streets, appeared before the Mayor last Satur-
day morning, to answer the charge of creating n
| nuisance In the neighborhood in which his estab.
lishment is situated by the boiling of animal mat.
ter the Council having revoked the license granted
him to carry on that business in June last. A
number OF witnesses were examined for the prose.
cution. We append their names and the substance
of their testimony +f e'
Messrs. r. n. Farrow Geo w Gretter Thos
Fl. Lambeth, Chas. l. Baldwin, Thomas Clemmitt
and Fendall Griffin, testified that most offensive
stenches have been emitted from the factory, espe-
cally on the Sd inst, which uncomfortable if
not unhealthy to the neighborhood
For the defence, Messrs N b. Hill and John w
Cosby were examined, and testified that they had
been into the factory frequently without smelling
anything offensive. Their places of business were
near that OF Mr. McAdam, and each of them passed
the factory several times during the day. On one
occasion, when Mr.. Cosby's attention was partcu.
larly called to it, he snelt very disagreeable
stencil.
Judge CasKle counsel tor the defence, admitted
for Mr. McAdam, that some rancied fat had been
rendered to prevent its loss, which he admitted
was wrong but which he promised should not
occur again, as he had built establishment in the
county for trying up the raw material, and intend.
cd doing nothing more in the city than remeIting
tho taIow and pouring it into the moulds
The Mayor decided to send the case before the
grand jury, to be presented as a common law
nuisance, by which means a jury could pass upon
the facts and the law
Election Of County Cerk.-A portion of the Com.
missioners who held the polls in Henrico county on
Thursday last for the election of Clerk met at the
courthouse last Saturday, and made the following
returns, which shows the election of Mr. JOHN N.
HARRISON to fill the vacancy created by the rssio
nation of Mr. James Elicit, by very large majori
ty. We append the official vote as far as heard
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