The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-11-22

Il hISy 6i-I(lNE ZEN L.
sa LOCAL MATTHRe. - 20
Undutfat Bov.-Bridref Nnrr.,v, - 4. -. -
pearance before the Mayor yssfsriay 70 testifEv m
against her disobedient nephew, Robert Brenn. =
lad OF eighteen years, by whom she had hSen
most shame fully abused and beaten Mrs.. m
testified that she had brought Robert fron sweet
ireiAAd, when but boy, and had worked for him
INCREASINGLY for thepsst sixteen years Findinr
that he was forming bad associations In the citv'
she procured him . boarding house IN n Mauchest.r
and endeavored 70 induce him TO keep good hour
some rev days since, on learning from his board.
ing mistress that Robert had lodged at home but
one night in seven, she called at the shop where
ne was employed to reason with him. when he fell
afoul OK her and beat her severely Finding that
sae could not control him. she had called upon the
Mayor to deiver her charge into his hands 10
De dealt with as he saw beat.
:, ofhcer Morris stated, that having warrant for
the prisoner, he visited disrepufable honse OF,
tne south side Of the basin. last Thursday night.
ana learning that he was there went to the room
OF young woman, in which he was secreted =
FINDING 1t impossible TO effect an entrance other
wise he forced the door. and soon after heard the
watchmen in the street call to some one to GET Ar
.ne mouse top On looking out the window, he
discovered Bob on the roof took him into eustodv
and locked him up for the night.
Inc heMaycrreprimanded young Brennan severely
ior MS lngratituie and then held him to bail in the
sum OF SlO0 to keep the peace and be of good be-
havior.
Watch Hoases--The Council is now having A
room prepare in the new house being erected for
NO nre company on Brooke Avenue a sutable
room for the accommodation Of the nigbt wa,eb
during the winter months so as to save them the
trouble OF walking from the western extremity of
the city to 9Th street to warm and dry themselves
Ia coio weather. similar room should also be
prepared in Rockets, as protection to that part
OF the city. In freezing weather, the watch must
have some place at which they can warm them
selves and dry their clothes II they have to leave
tneir beats and walk mile or more to get to
IRE, their stations must be greatly exposed In
their absence to the deprsdations of burglars.
Carrying Weapons-We are gratifiedt to perceive
that the Mayor and his officers are doing ALI thew
can to break up the practice INDUCED in by ser.
wants of carrying firearms and other deadly wea
pons. Some few nights since q gentleman was
passing along Baker street, when he was met nv
a negro fellow who did not seem disposed to Weld
any portion OF the sidewalk. The gentleman.
very naturally spoke to the fellow about his con.
DUCT and IN turn was grossly fnsulted and abused
the black rutfian at the same time drawing pistol
snd threatening to use it if approached. Having
no weapon about him, the gentleman thought it
best to let the matter pass by, with the hope of
eventually discovering the negro and bringing him
to punishment.
Primary SchOols-We should like to see com.
mittee of citizens appointed in each Ward, to visit
u X,
reports from them to the manner Of conducting
the schools the average attendance the STYLE of in
struction adopted by the teachers and the progress
making by the scholars. Some of these schools,
we are informed are admirably conducted and the
children are making rapid progress in the elemen-
tary branches of education; but in others the pu.
pills are irregular in their attendance the teachers
are too lenient, and want of discipline is de.
stroying their usefulness. If these primary
schools are to prove valuable, the community at
large must take an interest in them, and the best
instructors must be selected for their management
Means must be taken to compel the scholars to At.
tend punctuaily, and frequent examinations should
be made to see what progress they are making in
their studies. If children are to be allowed to at
tend school or stay away at their pleasure, the
money expended in supporting the schools will be
thrown away.
The Chain Gang, we predicted, is proving to
be money saving institution to the city, under
the management of officer Perrin. That gentle.
man now has eleven stout fellows employed in ex
cavatipg for a culvert at the corner of 9th and
Byrd streets, and we understand that their labor
by measurement, is saving to the city eleven dol.
lars per day. Many objections have been urged
against the employment of vagrants on the public
streets, and some persons have even demonstrated
it as degrading and cruel but we have yet been
unable to see how labor of any sort can degrade
common street drunkard, and what there is cruel
in compelling able bodied loafer labor for the
public when that public is taxed to support his
family, rendered destitute and helpless by his in
temperance.
Snaiks.-Whenever the monkey get so far the
upper hand of fellow as to make him believe
that he is pursued by old club foot or charmed by
fiery serpents, it is about time for him to haul in
his horns and take to Adams ale for future beyer-
ages. Such was the case with Jeremiah Conklip
last Wednesday night when he was found by the
watcbmen playing "hide and SEEK with his own
shadow, and calling on lamp post to protect him
from the savage giants that pursued him. Fear
tpcy hat m oh ind fha
pay his respects to the bottom, he was locked up
till yesterday morning, when the Mayor set him
at liberty and told him to slide
Took the Hiat-A resident of Rocketts. calling
herself Amelia J. Baker, procured warrant for
the arrest of John Mclaughlin, Nicholas Sans,
Joseph Rendy and Albert w. Kirby, and had them
before the Mayor yesterday, to answer the charge
of unawfully entering her house and using violent
and insulting language to herself and the other
inmates but when the case was called, the com.
p'aGant failed to appear and the warrant was there.
tore dismissed The law protects the good and the
bad in their houses; and no one has right to force
an entrance into any house, unless legally author
lied to do SO; but when women keep open doors for
all who may choose to enter, it is bad policy in
them to be running to courts with trivial COM
plants.
Receiving Stolen Tobacco Charles Cunning.
ham, arrested and imprisoned by officer
Johnson, yesterday, on a warrant charging him
with buying and receiving twenty dollars worth
of tobacco stolen from Washington B Ross know.
ing it to have been stolen at the time of its recep
ton The Mayor will investigate the matter this
morning, if the witnesses are present. when all
the facts will be brought to light. Tobacconists
are constantly robbed of large amounts of materi
al by their hirelings, who readily trade it off for
liquor, but whether this is case of that sort or
not, we are unable to say.
Smoking in The Streets One of the ordiu ances
passed by the City Council imposes the lash on all
negroes found in the streets smoking cigars or
pipes. At tone time this practice became SO com
mon among servants that the olfactories of adies
were frequently offended by the clouds of smoke
through which they had to pass, when meeting
gang of negroes. To abatc this nuisance, the or
dinanee alluded to was passed, and as Robert,
slave to William Smith, openly violated it last
Wednesday, he was taken before the Mayor yes
terday and given aremembrancer that he will not
forget when he feels like putting long nine in the
future.
Orx too Late-Marshall, slave to L. B. Jacob,
was discovered by the watchmen last Wednesday
night wandering shout the street and taken to the
cage. A nights rest In the drunkard's repository
brought him to his senses, and yesterday morning
he was trounced and cleared.
II scas but recently we announced in our local
columns, the erection Of . comfortable house of
worship in that part of Rockets known - PORT
Msyo by the Presbyterian church, and we are glad