The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-12-06
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Trial Of Aasfix-Oetavus
forgery, was arrAigned before E2sssfss5ss
Ce1Fs, Judge Hallyburten pre- aaas 4 fsaf
and plsad not guilty. TAs chan sssf4s
Tor obtaining money fsem Wah .s2
deposito1 Of Public Nooeys atI
mond fbr the United States 1Iek hsefsa
the back Il . Treasury dfah q sTxi
| Pay 10 tAs besssF. Sarah WA ! a -
Dr.. Archibald Austin. surgeon
regiment Of Virginia voiunteen.
After procuring jury Of tweiTe xsa
lowing witnssses wers examiusd ges
Col Holt and Mr. Echols proved tn esss
Dr, A. Austin. They lived In his ..
but had never heard Of such psrs
w. Austin, the widow Of DR. A. Ausfi
stephen Hix, Geo. Lemon and Psfef
Ter examining the Enforcement statoo
believed Il Ill to BE- In the hand writing
Austin, the prisoner at the bar
T. h. Lawton testified, that the prisope.
oaf presented the drafk at the Custom Houss
me stn Of August 1855, and he paid Il and haA
receipt which he exhibited to the Jury
WIN. n Harrison proved that he was the depos
itor of public moneys in the city Of Richmopd. snd
siso the Collector Of Customs and that he kosps
bis office for both ct the Custom House Ia the
city Of Richmond.
Here the evidence closed. aud the cause WAS ar.
U. s., and Messrs. T. p. August ana C6aries T..
Aosby for the defence.
The trial win probably conclude today.
Foot Raee.-Whenever . race Of any sort Is ex.
pected. people are apt to assemble near The corse
to see 1t; and IS everybody knows this, those who
engage In racing usually give notice when and
where the fun is to come of In the q ould conn.
thry foot racing 10 looked apon a q national
sport, and Johnny Bull prides himsek a. much On
9is running IS on his fighting qualities, "Brother
.S~s,s ~ soo, sIs ploved nimsen meet OF foot,
=, h;s ..;oas hsno.s ..o.a sns sneuiaes' snd many
so,.a,. ~ .,a;. naa ne pieAsu,e OF taking the
ho,h .r;,i. 81 a.. US s Acaoss .ne ois pono in
~. ,..,,..s i @ s1o Ioos' Anese Iscts, es Wen ~
~srm .d,,;,srs 80 ~ .spos usvo m.oc our people
that thar h.S no. S e,...n.... u saese.ote neret
spiritsd amin vsstsrdsu roory,nm ~ hnesess hu.s =
of6csr .na yOs.eiaay ~, u,o.hns between an
them food tor . ~ ~ou'o sh 1--we Iornisned
.c,n. WV ''' ~S'euien' io1 sne next msntn 70
A d.n,,v s.....
,ha ;.;I r. ~ Me,y Me, ~ "e, w Ms way Hom
charged with burglary, In his custody Bob took
notion to give him leg ball. and sought the rss op
portunity for doing 90. On getting opposite An
alley near the African church. Bob made bolt,
and before the officer had moment to reflect, had
opened handsome gap between them Finding
that the prisoner was running for distance, the
ro d.5haa ,h "m - .he .op Q! ms speed ana tns
ened oxen Boh rnnn;nS Sor ~. I,s.. p.' ., Ens r
to re capture him Quick As ,houaht Bos % ~hesIsa
between his nnrsuer ana h;;..sIs ~; o h
self besdad ~ hv .a .aa. Sat ~. ne ioonu Jun
sttemptno 10 escsns tha;r c,rsahas S. .n. -,
arainst nile of Ip,nhsr sd -. .h.aM ~. s',s ss
length on the ground seeing which ths os,,ssr
summoned his remaining energies, made despe-
rste orusn, ana before poor Bob could recover his
legs, pounced upon his back like duck On grass
hopper and never released his hold till he landed
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False Alarm On Thursday night last the cry
IRE was given on Church Hill and soon thereafte
the alarm bell In that section of the city peaed forth
its sounds of distress, which were answered by the
market oeiL whose clear tolls were seconded by
n a. ;ncrah,w .hor. .;. IN - ID nroo.s avenue.
| .ho;r .nrsr.,,,vs ara 80. a. S 'een Win WIN
| .aeil sPPne.us were seen dssning Gown the
pected 70 behold . terrible confsgration, but no
hre could be found. Some mischeyous person
had given false alarm, doubtless to see the hoys
the the street tree - '''' '' ''1''' 41''> 'm' '0"n
| v.as. ..-s.
| Trial Postponed.-The county court of Henrico
met yesterday morning. to proceed to the exami-
| Reuben Tyler but ovinr to the fact ,hst Iudas
| Crump wss engaged in Another court ana az
nrisoner was NOT pr enared 70 nrocaad ths
continued unt'i 'he January term.
| 6,t Cy.or-Robert Heath and Sn.. pa.,iav
| two bovs. we're srrsiened before The Msvor v:.
| terdav to ansver the cbar9e of .tes,;ng : tr,,s
s;rcs Tbe trnnk vas t.ksn frar, ~. = ~ g,
| danc. pats Cott.ve broken anar "a = rahhas
sna t1o hovs vsya sser a. bsv. Il 4, .hs;- Sa.sSs
.ion hnt A. none of shs visn.sse. corsd
| ~. nr;sorsr. thev vera .ennitsed oS .h.. "h""y
insmpranee -fstfick Donnivant got drunk last
Thursday afternoon and threatened to beat hia
wife for which ne was locked up till yesterday
morning, and then released.
| Ait Asain.-Two small BOYS were detectsd
yesterday morning In the act Of stealing piece