The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-06-06
LOCAL MATTERS.


,Cafi.sy his onn Throat Samuel Crebbs, resi-.
a. % 6overnor street cut his own fhroat yester
uAy anernoon, while in . drunken frolic but tool
sooa care MOTTO cut II deep enough TO produce
49, ne resides in the white cottage near the
n.eunona House, has been on spree for aeyer.I
n sr :; es.e,day afternoon took razor and cut
tno SKIN over the wind pipe causing the hIood ~
now, ous doing him no serious d.ma,e nvs
C.oW ana aardner rendered him such medical .id
aiter tne cutting = was necessary. Sam mada :
poor Joo 81 II ne intended anything desperate.
Droraed-We regret to learn that Jebn n
wright, aged IL years. son of Mr. John wr;.h, -
Hanover. near the Old Church va do,s sss -
Wednesday last, while bathing with = nu,asa.a ~ ~
school boys The unfortunate vouth cl,,,s .o :.
swim, and accidentally getting beyond his den,b
soon sunk to rise no more. '
Destraesire Fire "A FIRE broke out in III. ,-,,a.
adjoining Mr. John ID Quarles farm in Henrieo I.s.
Wednesday afternoon, and destroyed $50 cord ~ |
wood belonging to Mr.. Q.
Liberal Donatioas-In looking ever the .ub..,;r,.
ton lists now being circulated among our citizens
to raise means for erecting hall for the virgnia
Mecnanics Institute, we were gratied to find that
one OF our largest manufacturers Mr.. Joseph r
Anderson, had contributed $1,000 to the cause:
that Messrs. Mitchell s. Tyler had given $500: that
MT D. B. Cottreil had subscribed $3.50; and that a
number OF gentlemen of moderate means had given
SUI " Inc committee thus far have raised about
$I,ouO, and from present indications win be ena
oied to get enough money to put up such bniId.
ing as VIII do credit to the Institute and the city
Every business man-iudeed every citizep-
snouid feela deep interest in the efforts now being
maoe 10 educate and improve the working classes
and II all will contribute what they can afford not
many months viii be permitted to pass before tbe
Institute viii have hall suitable for exhibitions
scnooi and library, where the mechanics can be
brought together and furnished with such instruc
tons as they need to make them complete m m.ster.
OF their professions Those who can afford To con
tribute their thousands and hundreds should do 40
willingly for the good of the city, while those who
have only the widows mite to give should hand in
their contributions without delay Hthere are anv
OF our readers who have not been called upon, we
invite them to send their donations to the Secre
| tary at the Dispatch office, at once.
An Old Rogue-A veteran toper and v.vr.r.
known as Francis Franklin, made his appearance
before the Mayors court yesterday to answer the
| charge of stealing vice from Edward Wears ana
selling the same to John Talley FRANKLIN &c.
| knowledged having sold the vice. but declared
| that he had purchased 1t of another man. Asa
| matter of course one believed this warn and
| the fellow was remanded to jail to answer an in
| dctment at the next Grand Jury term of the Hus.
| tings Court Not many months since this same fell
low was arraigned for trial in the Hustn Court
for petty larceny and plead guilty. but one of the
Magistrates refused to punisb him. on the ground
that the prisoner put in the plea of guilty in order
to get into the Jail If such logic is to prevail in
| future, petty thieves will escape punishment alto.
| gether by pleading guilty when arranged
Hydropathic cure for Yice-Y esterday morning
an amusing case of lynchiug was investigated be
fore the Mayor, which, during its progress created
no little interest among those who had heard of it
as well as those who had participated in the frolic
| We allude to the arraignment of Obediah Evans
William Finn Bushrod Bishop, Oliver Crossmore,
Richard Hix, William Ferguson, David Diamond,
| Tally Lipscomb, James Branch and two or three
other young men, on the charge of ducking and
| painting John McRoberts, on Saturday night last
| on the canal bank in the neghborhood of the Ar.
| mory. McRoberts, it is said, was in the habit OF
visiting and assoeiating with Jerdina Mayo q
sooty black free negro of bad character to the an
| noyance and disgrace of the neighborhood in
which the black swan resided, and as the officers
of the law had been unable to break up this Illicit
intercourse, the young men whose names are given
1 above, formed themselves into party of "regula
tors y and resolved to rid the neighborhood Of the
/ dsreputable characters complained Of After at.
tending frolic on Saturday night they therefore
| assembled together at q late hour on Oregon
| body to Jordina's house. which they first sur
rounded to prevent escapes, and then entered,
when they found Johnny McRoberts in the act of
| rising from his dark couch and dressing himself
Without form or ceremony they took him into
custody, and after adjusting rope around bis body
to prevent his drowning, carried him to the canal
bank and pitched him into the water, thereby Civ
ing him good washing as well as ducking. After
giving Johnny three piunges, he was taken back
to the den of his dark companion, divested of his
clothing and treated to full suit of black paint
in order to make his paramour and himself the
same color. They then left him, with the assu-
rance that they would call again at some future
time and repeat their treatment If he did not va
NOSE the city at once, which, on his knees, he
pledged himself TO do. While the ducking opera
ton was going on, it is said that Jordna made
tracks up the tow.path at quarterhorse speed, call
ing for help to save her husband, but as no one
came to her relief she finally returned and finding
her Johnny but slightly damaged, aided him in
scrubbng off the coloring which had been applied
to his skin, and kept him with her till morning,
During the investigation before the Mayor, Nc
Roberts swore that he had remained in Jordina's
house but three nights since Christmas. He stated
that he called there Saturday evening to get his
clothing and feeling very tired, she was kind
| enough to furnish him palate on the floor to
sleep upon When the iynchers came he begged
them to spare his life, aud promised to leave town
as soon he collected the money due him for his
work
The parties complained of. did not pretend to
| deny the charge against them of ducking Mac, but
offered as justification of their conduet, their de-
sire to rid the neighborhood of the dissolute and
abandoned characters in 1t, which seemed to be
beyond the reach of law. At the conclusion Of
| the testimony, the defendants were each held TO
| bail to answer an indictment before the next
| Grand Jury, which they readily gave and were
discharged
of notoriously bad character, made her appear
| ance before the Mayer yesterday morning, to an
swer the charge of keeping disorderly house on
the cana bank. short distance east Of the Armo-
~ Jordina got off very pretty story about her
charity, industry and good conduct, but bis honor
| had heard so much of her before thathe held her
to bail until this morning, in order to get other ties.
| timony.
Ranaaay Claiborne, slave to Joseph Wood
| son, WAS arrested as runaway last Wednesday
night and committed to the cage. Yesterday morn
ing he was handed over to his master for safe keep.
| ing.
The Wsalker, yesterday, was hot and sultry. and
notwithstanding the refresning shower of rain that
fell the evening BEFORE the streets were as dry and
parched as bake oven. Vegetation Ii yet suffer.
| ing greatly for want OF rain.
| Fires and Atarns.-From the 1st Of May to tha
| Lat of June, there were II fires and alarms. OF
| this number there were fires, false alarms, 3
| alarms caused by the burning Of chimneys, and
alarms caused by fires beyond the corporate iimts.
Ia the districts they thus divided lst district,
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