The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-08-18

1fsed - eenn per square sf ten hines fpr sns 81.
Nasror Eseape-On Saturday afternoon last as
tbs Tappahapnock stage coach. drawu 81 fonr
gorsaa. was coming doWn Goverpor streef NJ
brosddus, the proprietor cf the lins hoidipr n :
reins and M Reese, the driver. being % TIE bcx
with him, the team took fright when near the n
s.nors mansion and ran of Finding il iupose:
ole 70 stop the arighted anmsls the descent being
very ereas, Mr. Brosddus guided them into Prank.
suect and ON getting to 14th, attempted TO turn
sueu oWards Council Chamber Hill, but ia doing
.n. .. COUPLING pole became detached. separating
sns I.nu'ne gear, and upsefting the cosch. Mr.
nrosaons succcedsd 10 jumping off without iriury
u r", nf; reese was thrown upon the sidewalk near
..a ~ HossL and badly cut and bruised In sew.
~ ~ p.aees. Lncaiiy theye we're no passengers in
INC eoscn at the time Of the accident
accident Wednesday last, Mr. s. NJ Baker.
OF Hanover county, while standing on freight train
on the Central Railroad Just shove Cha
was knocked Off by the train running undcr !
or'dse, and has been senseless ever since.
Mr. r pan Denrsen This gentleman h.a "a.
signed his position Clerk ard Trs.snrer os ~.
Danville Railroad Company. MrTsW Brecken.
brough has been elected to flI his place
Mr. Van Deursen has been elected a. Chief f,,.rt
ct the Cincinnati Office of the Mississippi and h,o
Railroad. He will soon be on his way to this new
post.
Mr. " has been for more than twenty.Sye wear.
= OthLCA "a iAiSuHiOuu OF y long time mt
and subsequently an officer Of the d Railrosd
Company. he has had the respect and Confidence
OF our community His superior abilities AZ 4 Clerh
with bis habits of industry aud untripp persever
ance. elected from the lamented TunstalI and hs
distinguished successor in the Presidenev tha
warmest encomiums. That their praises W era w an
merted, will be attested by every person yvho he
came familiar with the manner In which he ner.
formed his official duties - -
Identified with not few of the most useful com.
uarcial and beneyolant ina ,f xh.
the past and present. and smiabe in all the SOCIAL
intercourse of life, be leaves wide circle of cola
borers and warmly attached friends, who viii sin.
cerely regret his departure.
The 4frican Metaodist Church, on ID street. under
the charge of Rev. George w. Molly is in yerv
ourshing condition, and bids fair to do much good
to a large portion of our colored population This
church was built about three years ago. at a cost
of four or five thousand dollars, and as IL vet has
debt hanging over 1t, its minister ia struggling
manfully to relieve it from oil embarrassments by
subscription. Many of our shareholders have con-
tributed literally for that purpose and as many
others have professed willingness to aid in the
work, we have very little doubt that the entire
debt will be iquidated before the expiration of the
present year. Since Mr.. Molly took the PASTORAL
charge of this church. more than one hundred new
members have been added We believe it is only
open for religious worship on the Sabbath, when
its minister devotss that entire day to his duties
AT sunrise ne meets his congregation in prayer
and praying with them. At 9 o'clock he holds
Sabbath School, in which one or two hundred
servants orally instructed in the doctrines of
the Bible and their duty to their masters Al IL
o'clock he breaches q sermon, and makes II 30
plain that his congregation cannot fall to under
stand him; and again in the afternoon he presches
q sermon, and exhorts his flock to morality and
christianity. The church is usually crowded both
morning and afternoon. but notwithstanding this,
one of the galleries is always reserved for the
of white persons many of whom attend this church
regularly.
PH9ilistic-C Charles Hastings and Joseph q riflin
were arrested and Gagged last Friday night for riot.
ous and disorderiy conduct in the street. The next
morning, when arraigned before the Mayor, the
appearance of Jses face indicated that he had up-
dergone rough treatment in recent sset TO-" and
as he wished soma witnesses examined who were
not present, the examination was post poned till
this morning at o'clock.
Charge Of Rape Alexander Jackson, a free nc.
gro. and the vilest one in the city, made his ap.
pearance before the Mayor last Saturday. to an
swer the charge of committing . rape on Caroline
G. Swan, free negress. The black Swan tea-
titled that she was lying down in her house and
asleep, when the prisoner entered it, and holding
knife in his hand with which be threatened her in.
slant death If she resisted gave any alarm, vio
lated her person. The Mayor remanded the p.is
oner for trial at the September term of the Hus
tings Court.
Old T0pcr.-Betsy Williams, a poor drunken
creature, was committed to prison last Saturday,
for getting tipsy and lying down in the street -
Within the past ten years. Betsy has spent more
than half of her time In the jail aud poor house.
and as she is now growing old, 1t IL than pro-
bable that she will end her days in one or the other
of those public receptacles for the degraded and
vicious.
No Friends Nancy Wicker was before the
May or las, Saturday, for using abusive and threat
ening language to one Of her neighbors, and re-
qured to give bail for her good behavior but as
she seemed to have friends to back her. the pro-
liability is, that she was locked up.
Al Drireys hereafter caught In the act Of driving
their teams faster than walk in the public streets
of the city, are to be soundly lashed The Mayor
has determined to to this course In order
prevent the abuse of rapid driving, finding ~ he
does, that ining the owners has no more effect on
the negroes than dropping water on the back of
goose