The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-07-09
LOCAL MATTERS.

some rev nights since, As watchmau Read and nj;
partner weSe passing along 18th street, they hear,
| the frantic revels Of number of bacchanalian an
| near the chapel and determining to ascertain ID,
parties, soon discovered that the mad rites a
Bacchus were being performed in house kept b,
| an old creature called Lucy Adams, and that he,
daughter, q girl about seventeen3 Martha Adams
was one OF the leading spirits In the affair They
therefore reported the two women and VIM s
Weisiger, as being persons of evil name and fame
and yesterday morning the trio were called before
the Mayor to answer the charge. The young man
declared that he was not engaged In the row, and
as ne was known to be peaceably disposed, he was
aischarged, on the promise that he would keep
oetser company in future but the old beldam and
neI daughter were required to give bail for their
luture good behavior, which they had not succeed,
ea IN doing when we left court. Such sinks Of
ce ana corruption ought not to be tolerated in q
city and we are clad to see that the police are dis
posed to break them up.
Ruling Passioa-As one of tba noIce ofsicers
was passing along Main street, near the county
court houae' last Monday afternoon he discovered
an oiu ,eiiow stretched At full length Upon the
saE suewk, ana nnding tha. ha was helplessly
with whiskeY, and have him bauiel to tho csoe~
Aa soon a. tae lnebriate found that he was to he
placed In limbo, he set up maufnI resistanca and
swore ne would not go an inch, declaring that he
we %ss cl.lzsn OF the Commonwealth, and that as
under the Constitution, to take nap on the biob'
way-and that being the equal of law.givers. thew
hsd no power TO assume guardianship over him
against his consent A-
;. Ihe officer. however without the fear of inva.
alng the declaration of independence" Just made
insisted upon his power to abate nuissnae IN ths
streets and by the aid Of the driver soon tumbled
tue "swell" into the wagon, and the team started
on: Just then, blue headed barrel, as if in sym.
painS ioi hs votary, sprung a leak from a worm
noie ana the ineorlate discovering it, instantly
0nA
lookup continued to draw his potations till filled
10 overhowing. The end of the destina tion, how.
ever, was soon reached, the team halted and the
oHicer and his assistant hasteped to remove the
sioec' rom the vehicle when, discovering for the
nfst time the secret Of mis- quietness quickly sez
ea htm dragged him out, and demanded to know
what he was doing. "Doin, did Won saw, Well
that's clever, hic)-ask friend to smile and (hicl
.nem enquire what he's doin'. One more kiss. my
dariin (hicl one more embrace (extsnfinx his arms
towards the barely you pretty sritter, and then
laic) DID (lic) you adisu Your company (hic)
10 me- mas (hial been most de- -(hic)hghtful, and
shai! ever (hic) long for eur re- union oh thic)
cruei oihcer, thicl will you thus sever from nay
souis idol" 1.-The officer hurries him awayl-
wen, we must part--old friends (hic) You know.
must part-but we shall (hie) meet again" And
mere his soiloquy closed, that he might give vent
10 his pent up feelings. at seeing the wagon move
on win his favorite beverage in it.
Rapid Drirtng-It is somewhat surprising to ma
that great efforts are not made to prevent the
RAPID driving OF teams in the streets The running
DOWN OF MT n. Mills negro man. at Rockets,
last Monday. by street wagon loaded with tiour'
Is but one OF the many accidents that have been
known OF late in that part of the CITY from the
same cause, and only goes to show the importance
OF rigid enforcement of the law for such offences
Nhere teams are driven in any of the streets of
the city faster than walk, the owners as well "a
the drivers should be made responsible; and IL IL
can be shown that the driver was acting under
the authority of his owner, the highest fine The Law
allows should be imposed upon him. IT. on the
other Rand, the violation ia voluntary act of the
driver then be skouid be taken at once and pun
ishcd 30 severely that in ali time to come he would
not forget it, Light fines and light punishmeuts
are not enough to protect the lives of our people
nor WIZ they save the streets of the city from de-
structlon. The guilty must be made to feel that
his crimes are serious, and that the puuishnent
will be severely meted out to him, and then he
will not be so apt to outrage propriety by lis
wanton carelessness.
"7hs Course Of True Loee," etc-Miss Catherine
Barry made her appearance before the Mayor yes
terday morning, to answer the charge of throwing
Gtones at Patrick Kent, driver of the ST. Charles
omnibus, breaking window of the bus and
threatening to take his life Pat 1t seems. had Al
one time been an admirer of Miss Kate and had
even gone so far as to offer her his hand which
was accepted; but being somewhat tickle le.minded,
he afterwards broke his vows gave her the mitten
and probably turned his attention to other quar-.
ters This upRenerous conduct preyed SO heavily
upon poor Kate, that her mind wavered under the
stunning blow and almost drove her mad A few
days of frenzy and wretchedness changed her wo-
manly love into woman's hate, and in a moment
of desperation and madness she sailed forth re.
solved to be revenged for the INJURIES she had sus.
tanned No suit for breach OF promise, no lawful
punishment, could satisfy the consuming hatred of
her heart and thus 1t was that she resolved to vim.
dic&te her rights by force of arms-and with two
such arms to punish him, Pat might well become
afraid and seek protection from stronger hands
than his own. She declared that she had not in
jured the bus, and would not do 500 but she had
an account to settle with aer falthless lover that
she alone co.lld close To prevent further yio-
lepce, the Mayor held her to bail in the sum Of
$l00
Forgery John Ellis alias John Adams, W as n
rested by officers Tyler and Perrin yesterday MOL
ming and taken before the Mayor to answer the
charge of forging an order on James Lyons for S.
or SO, in the name of William Blunt, though 1t ap-
pears the signature was intended for that of Will
liam Brunt. As Mr. Lyons was absent from the
city, the investigation was postponed until Friday
next, and the accused remanded to prison.
Saring DeJt-EarIy yesterday morning off.
GERS Tyler anG Perrin arrested Henry Chick,
charged with stealing hat and pair of shoes from
Gustavus Wallestein. and brought him before the
Mayor for examination. The evidence proved
that the accused purchased the articles of Wales.
tein the afternoon before, and being somewhat mis-
titled by the too free of strong drink, refused
to. pay for them alleging as q cause that w. had
cheated him in previous purchases. In order to
his money, the prisoner expected to leave
the city, Wallestein had him arrested, but after
getting pay for his goods, was satisfied that he
an honest man.. The warrant was dismissed
Cadets AT meeting of Niagara Section No 6s
Cadets of Temperance, held At their hall on the
24sh June, the following officers were elected:
Stephen Fisher, w. A; Henry C Cunliffe. " A.;
Harvey A. Dudley. s. Henry N. Burlington, A. s.;
VIM H. Eggleston. Jr T.: Chss H. Goldey, A. T.,
VIM. E. Binford G. James Grattan, u Z. A.
Smith, W.; John w. Murphy. A. w.
Laxting Tribute The Richmond Fire Associa.
ton have contracted with Mr.. John w. Davies,
stone cutter and marble worker, to erect monu.
ments over their late Presidents, James Bosher
and James Z. Crane. The Bosher monument is
to be placed over his remains in the Shockoe Hill
Buryng Ground, and the other over the remains
of Mr.. Crane, in Holly wood Cemetery. These tri.
butes are due to the memories of the deceased,
both of whom devoted so much of their lives TO
the interests Of the institution which they pre-
sided. We know they can do no honor to the dead,
but will nevertheless exhibit the lasting gratitude
of the Association with which they were connect.
ed, for their faithful services The monuments are
to be of James River Granite and OF plain but
neat proportions.
Deo,L I'm T. Graonry c1 yyyiIl;.,r Allan n.