The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-05-30
LOCAL MATTERS.

SEND IN Your BooKs.-The Board of
Managers of the Mechanics Institute have made
suitable arrangements for the establishment of
library for the use of all the members, and there
fore ia vite all persons who have books and peri
odicals to contribute to send them At once to Mr..
Samuel P Mitchell, Arm OF Mitchell & Tyler, who
IL authorized 10 receive them. The Board desire
that every person sending donation will also send
with 1t his her autograph, which will be pre-
served by the Institute
For some months past, number OF gentlemen
connected with the Institute have besen IabOring
necessarily to build il up and place Il on such
foundation as will render Its future success and
usefulness certain, and they now call on the citi>
zens OF Virginia to come forward and aid them
No other class Of our people has heretofore had
little encouragement: and support as the Mechanics
because they have asked for nothing; but they now
begin to eel tb education aud useful Information
isas necessary TO their prosperity any other class
and MS they have done as much any other to
add to the glory and renOwn of the Old Dominion
they feel that they have strong claims on the
brethren of all other professions, and therefore
call on them TO lend helping hand in establishing
Library, the fruits of which will be the improve
ment OF the laboring classes Intellectually socially
and morally.
At some future day, not far distant, the members
of the Virginia Mechanics Institute hope and ex-
pect to be enabled to erect building tor their use
which will do honor to themselves and credit to
the city; but they first desire 10 establish their liz
brary, and they therefore invite their friends and
we'll wishers, wherever they NAV be. 10 give
them such books they may feel willing TO con-
tribute, 10 aid in improving the minds Of the abo.
ring casses How many spare volumes will each
Minister. Lawyer, Doctor, Merchant Editor Me-
chanfc Farmer and Artist give How many may
we expect to receive from each Book Seerf And
how many will each Ctff,ia IN the land contribute
towards aiding the Institute In getting up a valua-
Bile library Surely there thousands of vol
um9s in our city sud State of no service to their
owners, that will prove of incalculabls value to
the Institute, and we sincerely hope they will be
sent TO Mr.. Mitchell at once
In FOR A BENEFIT.-On Monday night
last, about O'clock, as Wstchmen Freeman and
Wicks were patrolling Main street, they discover
ed drunken man at the Intersection of 18th street
who was making might hideOus by his wells " and
hnding II impossible 10 induce him to become
quiet and go home undertook, as Ii was their
sworn duty TO do, to arrest him and take him to
the lock up. The tipay man finding himself in a
hard place, offered powerful resistance to the
wstohmen, and while they were endeavOring to
OVerpower him. another mal called MOgrave Pat
tersOn, stepped up, gave Freeman a heavy blow
with his fist aud then started 70 run up Main street
The officers Immediately released their fret pris-
opsr, ard pursued their assaiant to the corner of
l3d and Main streets, where one OF them over
took him and speedily brought him to th8 ground.
Instantly, both Of them seized him, and started
with him 10 the lock up, but not being disposed to
submit quietly, he struggled and fought every
inch OF the ground, until getting near the corner
OF 10Th and Main streets, at which point several
other wRtchmen assembled, ami by main force
bore Patterson to the cage, where he was confined
for the night, Yesterday morning on appearing
before the Mayor, the accused was unable to give
the security required Of him for his past conduct,
and he was therefore committed TO prison Pat
terson, we are informed, is an industrious man,
and when sober very peaceable; but being under
the influence OF liquor, he waptonIy assaied the
officers of the law and struck OF them, and for
this reason will no doubt be severely punished by
O hiuhpr If will IL TOO
thereby iDjure themselves, they should bear in
mind that they come under the law for so doing,
and that they incur heavy penalty for touching
improperly one of its officers.