The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-05-14
LOCAL MATTERS.

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1se.eesn Royal blackburn appeared before The
.;an .;uunss Court yesterday 70 usderso An sxamina-
,sss. tIe charge Of assaulting, with intent to
n.,m, ~ unable aod knl Abner w. Trabue on the
~ me I'd Of April last; but owing to the ab-
~ .se q material witness for the Commonwealth,
torn Of the Court ''s
Aeqsiaed.--A youth, named John Smith ~.
49, oessre the Hnstines Court yesterday. On the
SnAtts of stealing . apocketbook from william n
" ~ soe. containing $500 In bonds and notes and
oa. ionr dollars in money ON the night Of the
s sn u ApfI u the Mount Vernon Hetel At the
sel the aecused was acquitted. "a =
- fraeas % as-Pasrick O'Neai was examined before
nc enarge OF stabbing William d. Clarke md Ber-
nara Ainker. on the 2Sth Of February Iast The
svioence proved that the accused had been IL.
auIs'ne freely In strong potations and that at the
was doing. :. A~s Ao
Lei CT-Stephen Boyd, indicted by the Grand
Hn s.;na. M n nmsoemeanor was arr.igned before the
p'ossq1s was entered and he discharged.
Laid 0pr.-Philip B. Minor, indicted for /. mia.
aemeanor, was recognized by the Hastings Court
20 appear af the next term, to answer the charge
Ihroring gStones.-Frederick Drake. Geo Adam.
:. snd Jonn King, made their appearance before the
10 ayor yesterday, to answer the charge of fhrov.
ing stones at Nancy Wicker's house and being iis.
orderly IN the street. There being no evidence TO
sustain the charge, the parties were acquitted
Assank.-Wiiam Sledd, jr., made his appear.
ance Defsre the Mayor yesterday to answer the
Gusrge OF assaulting, cutting and beating John
w ssterman The evidence proved that no
knife was used, and that the complainant had
made an erroneous statement. The accused was
therefore discharged,
Conhnssd Charles Green. free negro charged
with breaking into. John Freeman's house, ana
stea!ing VA in money and goods, was again before
tne mayor Yesterday bat owing to the illness of .
y =! aIeriai Witness the examination was adjourned
to some future day. -
burglary Joseph Hill, slave to James Thomas,
1r.. was arraigned before the Mayor yesterday
morning, to answer the charge of breaking and
entering the house of Frederick Myers, and steal.
ing therefrom sundry articles of clothing but.
owning to the absence Of witnesses, the inyestiga
tion was postponed until this morning
Suspicious Characters Lewis De Young and
Marx Cohn, charged with being persons Of evil
fame, and th attempting to obtain goods by false
pretence, was again before the Mayor yesterday.
Nothing farther having been heard from New
York, the examination was adjourned until Thurs.
day, and the parties admitted to bail for their ap
pearance. a,rl s. 90
Properly cared fr-Edward F. Mallory. indicted
by the Grand Jury for cruelty beating his wife
with cowhide on the 23d of March last, was sent
to the bar OF the Hastings Court yesterday. and q
jury sworn to try his cause After hearing the evi
dence and argument of counsel, the jury retired
for . short time, and Jn their return into court
rendered verdict of guilty against the prisoner
and fined him $500. The Court then sentenced
the accused to six months imprisonment in the city
JAIL in addition to the ine after which he is to re
main in prison six months unless the fine is paid
n ~ ,
Jury for stealing a comb and brush from John
Atkinson on the 25th of March, was arraigned fol
trial by the Hastings Court yesterday, and plead
guilty. He was thereupon sentenced to six
months confinement in the city jail. ..at
The regular functions Of the body cannot go on while
order, sallow Skin, Headache, Heaviness, Pain in
the Side, Indigestion, and . complete prostration
the system are some of the evils which follow. II
dissipate all these bad effects, take CARTERs SPAN
IsH MIXTURE; it regulates the Liver, and impart
new life and vgor to the weak, eneryated and enfee
bled Asingle bottle frequently suces in such
Try it. Sold by BENNETT, BEERS FISHER.
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THE INDIAN WAR AT PuaETT's SoUND.-Th,
President sent to the Senate, Monday, document
relative to Indian hostilities on the Pacific coast
General Wool under date of the goth of Marcel
says: 1.-THE war in Pugett's Sound will soon b,
brought to close unless prevented by Governor
pendent of United Stsses troops, and that same re
mark is applicable to Governor Curry" adding
"these Governors appear to be running race Il
see who dip the deepest into the public treasu
ry." I'm the dense forest of Pugett's Sound an
other Florida war can easily be carried on at al
expense of twenty or thirty millions. The sam,
will apply to the mountain region of Pugett'
Sound valley. have no doubt could settle the
the contest in a short time if the Governor woull
withdraw from the contest"
Governor Stevens says: General Wool neg
lected and refused to send force for the relief
myself and party when known to be in imminen
danger, and believed by those who are best ca
pable of Judging to be coming on to certain death
and this when he had At command an efficien
force of regular troops. He has refused to sane
ton the agreement made between Gen. Mason ant
Major Gaines for troops to be sent to my assis
tAnce and ordered them disbanded. 1t was re
served for the Oregon Volunteers to rescue u.s.
There has been breach of faith somewhere, and
ask for an investigation into the whole matter"
THEATRICAL EvENT.-Master Charles Burk
Jefferson, nephew of the late lamented comedian
Charles Burke aged but FIVE years, made bis debu
in the opera of Cinderalla, at the National Thea
tre, Washington, on Wednesday last. He Is th
youngest member of the oldest family now repre-
sented on the stage--his great great grand fathe
r. nv and fa1lOvv ar