The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-08-30
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Vanf Of Education is = great dr.~h...
prentice boys in the South. n m.ssss - % ap.
were TO establish the practice Of bosrd,nn s9 -
lodging all their apprentices and send;,.s mo
regularly to the Night School Of the Meebsm,aa.
Ins.l.u!e M .hey would not only improve their mo
RAJ ana mental qualities, but it them TO beeoms
better workmen and better men Edueatior 49,
not Always make men honest and industrion. c;t;
zens: but It gives them the means of copiny am.
cessiuy with their fellows in ever sphere Of life
anu nus them TO become ornaments 10 the aoc;a,r
IN which they move. Uneducated men are Al ~
honest and industrious citizens, and in some IN.
stances they acquire wealth by their tact and nar
severance, but they will frankly tell You that thev
nave suffered greatly for want of learning and
would have succeeded much more easily with =
we are anxious to see the apprentices of Rich
mond looking above the level Of the mental and
seeking for intellectual Improvement and for this
reason have so frequently urged them to embrace
ledge while it is to be had
Ba0s fonnd-Mr. Edward Crouch, in passing
along the road by cornfieid, about one mile west
OF the city limits, was attracted by the cr;ee ~
what seemed to him to be child On getting over
the fence and proceeding in the direction abont
twenty PAGES, ne discovered an infant about one
month old he returned to the residence of M
Dudley Gilman, q kind.hearted and worthv cit;.
zen, who sent and had the child taken 10 his
house. Ii the parents are desirious of reo.in;ng
possession of the child it may be found either at
0lE- Ollulau OT tne FOOT House.
Hant of Rates and Nu,abers-Dorson Gardner
James Z. Grafton, Thomas Duke Warner Lind.
say, James Sutherland, Jacob Woodson and No
tin Broache, were all summoned before the Mavo
yesterday morning, to show cause why they shonld
not be fined for violating city ordinance which
requires the Council rates to be posted in a con
spieuous part of the vehicle and the owner to have
his licensed number upon the glass lantern of the
carriage Nearly all the parties asserted that thew
had tried to keep the rates posted up but that they
found it impossible to do So We believe all the
defendants were fined according to the ordinance.
Hackmen have no right to charge more than one
dollar the nrst hour for the use of their hacks and
fifty cents per hour afterwards, though many of
them double that amount frequently Nor have
they any right to refuse to wait upon person
who Is ready to pay the legal charge, if not previ
ously engaged If the rates are kept posted i'm.
positions of a serious character may be prevented
on all who ride in hacks.
Easily Renedied.-The hackmen offer as an ex-
cuse for not keeping the legal rates of charges
posted in conspicuous place in their hacks as the
ordinance directs, that persons who ride in the We
hicles, tear them down, or that they wear out
very fast This can be readily obviated. by having
the rates printed white cotton cloth instead of
paper, and sewing them fast to the lining of the
vehicles dozen hackmen clubbing together
might have the rates thus prepared for a mere tr
fe, and thereby save themselves from the impos
ton of occasional fines. Strangers and citizens
have complained frequently to the Mayor of
the extortion of hackmen, that he has determined
to enforce the ordinance against all who violate it.
and make them pay heavily for their hardihood
Nsao Factory-Messrs. Smith McCurdy are
about completing and handsome brick
building on 22d street, between Main and Cary, to
be used as tobacco factory. When finished, it
will be one of the best arranged establishments
for the purpose for which it is intended to be found
in the city.
Wastiag A@ay.-The large brick building on
Shockoe Hill for many years occupied as q female
orphan asylum, is rapidly going to decay, and un.
less speedily repaired, will soon be unnhabitable
for all else than bats and OWLS In passing few
days since, we noticed that the enclosure was very
fiimsy, the windows without glass; the walls di-
apidated, and the entire premises in bad order If
this property belongs to the Orphan Asylum, the
trustees should take steps to repairit o. to con.
vert it into other and more profitable property In
its present condition, it would sell for very litte
but the longer it 10 neglected, the greater will be
its depreciation
At Hork-The Superintendent of the Capitol
Square, under the direction of the Governor, is
steadily at work on the Eastern end of those
grounds to improve and beautify them. During
the summer months, culverts have been erected
from the Governors premises, the walks cleaned
up, and continuous effort made to get the square
in complete order.
House Of Correction.-Many of our citizens are
anxious to see a house of correction established
for boys and women, of bad character, but we
are not certain that their morals could be improv
ed by such an institution. The gang Of young
rowdes now infesting the city are entirely within
the reach Of the overseers of the Poor, and
should be taken by them and bound out to learn
| good trades. To imprison them in any way Is to
| degrade them and thus destroy every spark ol
self respect and when that is gone, if they are
to be locked up for safe keeping, the jail just
suitable as any other place. n,s
Not Proued-Nicy Saunders. q slave, the proper.
| ty of Mrs. Martha Cooke, made her appearance
before the Mayor yesterday, to undergo trial on
| the charge of using impudent and insulting Ian.
guage to Ellen Norris Mrs. Morris swore that
the prisoner had applied all sorts of epthets to her
at divers times and Mr. Morris testified that she
| had even threatened to destroy building he had
spoke of erecting. and to prevent her doing so he
| had declined putting up the house. A white wo
| man was next examined for the defence, and she
testified that the accused had dene nothing to the
| complainant, who had had her arrested because
| she had given the watchmen information that Mr..
Morris was harboring runaway slave. Three OF
| the watchmen were also examined, and gave the
prisoner good character for order and quiet
| Two of them had caught harbored runaway in
| the house of Mrs. Norris where she WAS employ
ed and had likewise found eighty pounds of stolen
| sugar on her premises. These facts induced the
Mayor to dismiss the warrant but he declined re-
| leasing Nicy NATL he was satisfied that she was
not going at large.
From Chesterfeld.-Free negroes from all parti
of the State are continually focking here seeking
to gain residence. Nearly every morning the
| Mayor has one more of the creatures before
him, and it not unfrequently happens that they &c
to jail and run the risk of being sold, rather thar
return to the place from whence they came
| Yesterday morning Elyira D. Cousins, of Chester
| field was set at the bar for trial because she had
improper papers, and but for her promising to re
/ turn home at once, she would have been consigned
| to the dark Teeesses of the Valley Inn.
Trifing Complaiat-E liza, slave to J. s. b
/ Tinsley, and Aaron Walker alias Black Haw
/ the property of Joseph X. Anderson, appeared be
fore the Mayer yesterday to show cause why the,
| should not be punished for carrying away porci
belonging to William Henry Scott, . free negro :
/ Eliza proved that she had rented house of Scori
| and while living there, had erected q temporar,
porch When she got ready to move to anothe
| location, she got Black Hawk to take the pore
down aud remove 1t to her new place Of abode :
The Mayor decided that criminal offence haa
been committed and acquitted the parties.
Going at Large.-Ifit it were possible to convinc
| persons of the impropriety of permitting thei
slaves to go at large. and act for themselves, tn
police of the city might then have some hope 0
/ preventing the escape Of negroes to the North
but whilst that practice Ia indulged In. In yioIs
| .;o, of Ia thew will asoDaiiy aff deNDif