The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-04-18
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Correspondence OF the Dispatch.l
ROBBERY OF JUDGE LD-HEAvY BUR.
CLARY
GoapoNsviLLr, Aptill7.

vehicle cut the straps and took the trunk OF The
trunk eon,sned the Judges clothing, and guam.
ti,y of very valuable law papers. NOTHING has
been heard of either thief or trunk.
On Sunday evening isst while Mr.. Jeremiah
Garnet, a grocery keeper at Michele Station.
Cu,peper, was shutting up his store, he told ne
outside, and put up the bar to the window. The
negro went out, pushed the pin in, bu. did not put
up the bar.
About 10 O'Clock that night, the fellow went to
the store, got H. took trunk containing SaJ0 and
the cash drawer containing SIS He put them Ia
an old un,enanted house, about a mile off Suspi.
ciau rested 90 the negro next morning, when the
robbery was discovered, and az alton was
had The negro confessed his guilt, and ell the
money was recovered.
Yours, ToopIRs
FURTHER CALIFORNIA News Tho papers re-
ceived by the Northern Light have been anticipated
hy the telegraph.
The Assembly had passed finally the LIQUOR law.
The bill as amended, does not apply to the manu-
facture of wine from grapes grown within the lin.
It's of the State. 10 also refers the subject to the
vote of the people for endorsement, or rejection.
The Leg stature will probably district the State.
and order q new election Tor Coueressrreu
The legislative committee have reported egainst
funding the city debt Of San Francisco
A bill was also before the legislature to abolish
the city government of San Francisco and 10 place
the city In the hands OF trustees.
The Marysvie Expreas says the mountains are
cl sd .inss winter mantle of snowy Wilderness. Al
tiisbousve the snow had fallen to the depth of ls
inches.
aud leather dealers at San Francisco, sold by
the United States Marshal, realized about 40 per
cent on cost
MissJ. NJ Davenport 10 play ing an Indifferent en-
gsgement at the Metropolitan, In San Francisco -
The Italian opera singers have taken the American
Theatre for season. Madame Bishop, and com.
pany which Bochsa has got together, VIII give q
series Of entertainments at the Musical Hall In that
city. Miss Laura keene had returned from yery
successful trip to Australia.
The mint of San Francisco is closed for the San.
nusi settlement 1t will probably remain closed
for month.
A bill to provide for the survey aud construction
OF awason road from the Sacramento valley to
the Eastern boundary OF the State, Is under discus
sion in the Assembly. The bill approptistes 81.
600 900 tor the construction of the road "
John r. Robinson, the ex-saviues banker has
been indicted under the statute for defraudiug his
creditors. -
The steamship John L. Stephens With tie pas
seneers aud mails which left New York February
20.h. arrived at San Francisco March 16. The
Uncle Sam, with the passengers which left New
York Feb. 27,h, arrived at San Francisco on the
23i March $50 !
W. A. Cornwell, Secretary of the Senate. had
been expelled from his office, on account Of in.
su;ing lansuageto one of the members
In Oregon Gulch the mines were said to be do.
Ing better than ever before and many new and
r.eh discoveries were being made From one
claim six men in eight days had taken out S. 200
An sffray, growing out of law suit, had oc
Cured at Monterey, between DR.. Sanford, oil
New York, and Jeremiah McMahou, formerly oil
Philadelphia. They met at McMilan's United
States Hotel and after some high words they drew
their revolvers and fired. The shots took effect In
vital parts. and both the combatants fell dead =
This affair created much sensation at Monterey
where McMshon and Sanford were we'll known
and respected.
Meiss, the San Francisco forser. on his arrival
at Chili had only S. 800 cash. He Is said to have
1ttr stonO IN lnnk II a.. A. Is
his intention TO write to San Francisco by the fir
opportunity and give a detailed statement of the
amounts forged by him-the causes which led him
into the commits sion of the crimes the recollection
Of which now weighs SO heavy upon him-and also
the names of his sccomplices, and those who aid
ed, urged, and sustained him in his nefarious de
signs.
SANDWICH ISLANDS.
The dates from Honolulu are to the Sd March
Business we reviving, and building Improvement
going on with renewed energy. The steamer SCI
Bird, which some time since went ashore tn
Island OF Man, aud subsequently sunk, had beef
repaired under water by new and ingeniou
method described in the Polynesian, and was aga
&feat.
By official announcement In the Poiynesian, Hi
Majesty had ordered the assembly of the Legisla
ture on the 9Th April
Fify barrels Of Haxall -four was sold at ss
Frsncisco on the 23d ult. at SIS per barrel.
HORRIBLE AFFAIR "A Family of Seven Person
Murderedi-The Wabash, Qnd.) Gazette extra
contains al account of the discovery of the bodie
of family OF seven persons, near that place of III
name of French, who had been brutally murdered
Itsppears the family consisted of French, bis wife
and five children. They were very poor, and live
Ia cabin, and In September last. another family
OF the name of Hubbard, went to live with them.-
During October, neighbor proceeded to the cabir
to see French, and was told by the Hubbards tina
The family mad moved away, and that they ha,
purchased all their corn garden produce and fur
niture, valued in the aggregate at not over $50
No suspicion OF foul play was aroused until recent
ly, when the Hubbsrds were arrested on suspicion
OF numbering a man named Boyles The hous
was then searched, and portion OF the groun
floor dug up which resulted Ia the finding of III
dead body Of an infant, very much decayed. TIL
Gazette then. after referring to the summoning
coroner's inquest says:
10 the presence OF q large company, they pro
ceeded to examine the place where the infant ha
been discovered, and, horrible to relate, foun
seven bodies. consisting OF the entire French fami
ly Their skulls were all broken In, and the leg
of the old man French and his wife were broker
so that they could be doubled up and forced int
the hole, which was three or four feet deep. The
were laid Ia Q heap-the father and the mother q
the bottom and the children on top. The babe wa
about ffteen months old and the oldest child abou
fifteen years old. There were three girls and tw
boys. The children were much dacayed, but tn
parents were still sound, and were easily recoe
nlzed by those who had known them.
There 10 not the least doubt that the Hubbard
are guilty of this wholesale and damning murder
1t Is almost too horrible for belief but the facts
80 akoto stateot anu wv CouCiusion 70 aIosistois
The Hubbsrds are sll In jail. There seems to hav
been no other motive than the obtaining what fe,
worldly goods this poor family possessed, whc
were not worth over fifty dollars.
TIE escape OF SLAVE FROM RICHMOND T
New YoRK.-The slavs girl who escaped from Riel
mond, In the steamer Jamestown. to New York, WI
not recovered by the captain and he had to go bac
without her. The penalties for carrying of slsv
from Virginia, are very severe-a fine Of two tho'
sand dollars aud imprisonment for I'VE years Whe
he arrived at Richmond he found that the girls owl
or, . lady had not yet become aware OF her sscsp
The captain related all the facts to the owner an
she let him Oh ON paying $3.50. She imputed =
blame TO the captain, the girl secreted herself
board ma vas not discovered until she had left th
bost 1t New York.
The New York Post has the following account
the pursuit Instituted By Capt. Parrish after her:
,urins the morning the captain obtained the d
of two ofour city police and sought an intsryje
vith the slGye, Tor the purpose Of inducing her gu
city to return 70 her mistress The sis,e hunte