The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-11-18
LOCAL MArTuRs

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| Cay Coanca.-An adjoarned meeting of IL
Council was held in the Council chamber yeste,
day afternoon. at O'Clock, Messrs Saunders
Quariss Gretter, Robinson, Scott Crutchfeid
/ Richardson, Epps, Morris, Roddy, Whitfield an,
Talbot being present.
Chairman DIR. Dove, the President Of IN,
Council, being absent, on motion, Colonel Fl. W
Quarles wss elected President pro tenn
| Female Humane Ass0ciatioa.-A petition from N,
Trustees of this association asking the passa 90 .
an ordinance to allow them TO sell the 10, In Du
vaPs addition, granted them by the city, was read
| and referred to the finance committee
| Lamp Step "A resolution presented BY the Com
i mttee on Light, recommending the Council tc
adopt the lamp step invented by Samuel Huffman,
| for the use of the watchmen while lighting the
street lamps, was unanimously adopted
Selling Land -On motion of Mr.. Crutchfeld,
the Finance Committee was instructed to sell four
rect OF ground On ID street, running along jackson
street 130 feet to An alley
Centra! Railroad The following report from
TWO OF the City Proxies was read, received and
ordered to be published:
'sTo the Council of the CRg of Richmond:
"Gentiemen-An ordinances passed JUICE nth 1850
concerning the stock ned by the cty In ioi.
companies requires OF the Proxies for the city to
report from time to time all matters affecting the in
.efess OF the city In such companies and lay before
the Council copies of the reports of the President
and pireclors of such companies.
Your Proxies appointed to represent the stock of
the city Ia the Virginia Central Railroad Company
deem t important at this time to comply with the
provisions OF that ordnance It will be recollected
by the Council that when the directory of that com
pany declared their last annual dividends the CITY
OF richmond was excluded from participation in
tnose olVldends Illegally excluded a. the Council
thought, and also the Commonwesth,s Attorne, f.r
the city the Council by resolution adopted on the
% o. peGsmosr, laoo ordered suit to be instituted
against 1ns company for her just portion of divi-
dends. The President of the company addressed q
letter to the Council the 18th Of May last asking
fnat committee of conference be appointe by the
Council to confer with hs Board of Directors Of the
company on the subject A COMMITTEES was an
pointed and after conference with the Preside mt Of
the company, reported recommending to tue Copn.
Gil the adoption Of reso ution this effect that
IT the Board Of Directors Of the company would re-
commend 20 the lext meeting of the stockholders TO
declare dividends until the final comm tion
Of the road, and when dividends were declared that
all stockholders should share equal those dividends
| that ths city would withdraw the suit :.
The Board of Directors have, in part, carried out
that compromise and the stock holders have
| theirreporE. The Board of Directors enly recon-.
mended the petion of the read to Jac ksons yer
| and when finished there to resume dividends ali
| stockholders to share equal.
THE stockholders on the motion of the legal ad-
wiser OF the company, passed resolution the 1sh
| of the present nonth, which believe to be not
| only unjust bot Illegal and we most respectfully re-
commend to the Council to at the next meeting
| of the stockholders of said conn any"
| Most respectfully submitted,
| DAVID j. SAUNDERS, Mt.
| HENRY w QuARLEs, A
| The resolution alluded to as being passed by
| the Central Railroad Company, prohibits the city
from appointing Proxies to represent her in gene.
| raj meetipgs, other than stockholders
After the above report was read several resolll.
tons were offered to test the legality of the Cen.
t'al Railrosd Company, all of which were referred
to the Finance Committee, to be reported upon
| hereafter.
| Some other business was transacted and the
| Council then adjourned.
| Lightsning Load-Last Thursday morning
| Mr.. Harris. clerk for Messrs Skinker g. Co.. or
| Cary street. observed two white boys about 9
country wagon in rear of his place of business al
| saw one of them enter the vehicle, procure severs
| packages and make Off, whilst the other manage
| to keep the wagon dog quiet He afterwards learn
ed from the wagner, Meredith Mayo, of Powh2
tan, free negro, that portion of his goods hsc
been stolen. Mr. Harris noticed the boys par
tioularly and described THEN dress and genera
appearance to officer Tyler. Since the arrest O
Silas Beazely and Robert Heath, Mr.. Harris hs
seen both of them, and has doubt that they ar,
the two fellows he saw near the wagon.
II Intellectual Feast-The appearance of j. w
wallack, the great American tragedan, at tb,
Richmond theatre, has done much to revive th,
love of cur people for the legitimate drama 81;
| perean admirers who have for some time pas
visited the temple of the drama but seldom. La
| night Mr. W. appeared in his master character o
"Hamlet" and we feel assured that he sustaine,
it as no other man has done in this city for year
| past To night he personates Werner, In Byron
great tragedy of that name, and cannot fail to wiz
new lsurels to his richly laden wreath. OF fins
personal appearance, rich, musical yet powerin
| voice, ripe scholar close student and beautiir
reader, IL would indeed be strange if he did no
win the applause of every American audience
before whom he may appear We urge our read
ers to see him this evening and enjoy q menta
feast sf the rarest kind.
Yiogent Assault NO petty crime that man car
be guilty of, deserves severer punishment thar
that of cruelty to an unoffending negro Sons
cowardly white men, when they get their ski
filled with chain lightning, attempt to prove then
courage by beating servants because they know
that the negroes cannot give evidence agsins
them. Such creatures deserve life time in tbt
chain gang and should have it by all means. Yes
terday morning young fellow calling himself Jas
Roberts, and protesting to be member of ths
State Guard, was arragned before Mayor for vio
lently assaultpg and beating with a club Negro
named George, the property of Walter Melton
Jim had no excuse to make for his conduct save
that he was drunk, and plead earnestly to be re
leased, but his honor thought the offence too grave
to be lightly dealt with, and therefore locked hin
up for a second hearing.
In Hdraess.-On Sunday last, as officer Seal wa
passing the Central Depot he discovered job;
Dixon lying upon platform with bis feet On th'
railroad, and finding him TO be insensibly drunk
he removed the obstruction from the road to IT,,
cage. Yesterday morning, having had ample
time to cool off, John made his obeisance to th,
Mayor, and commenced a series of apologies for BIZ
short comings, promising more abstemious life II
future, but before he could conclude his haraDgu
his honor cut short the speech by reminding hin
of the thefts aud misdemeanors he had committees
as well as the cost heaped upon the State by hi
various offences, and wound up by sentencing hin
TO the chain gang for ninety days John has dom
State service before. and will not therefore feel
| all degraded In his new vocation
Very Neighborly.-Two female ebos from ram
cat alley, appeared before the Mayor yesterday
to answer the charge of getting into scratcbiu
/ scrape. Elizabeth Freeman was not only an inne
, cent but a prosecuted individual. and prayed piS
lection of the court against Patsy Jackson, W b
! had not only knocked her down aud worn out
full grown brick on her head. but had actually q
| tempted to insert dirk knife into her vitals, an
all because she had gently laid her hands On one
| her church brethren in friendly converse. Pats
denied the allegations and attempted TO show ths
she WAS rnaiic iously nersecuted but failed to