The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-02-15

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charged 30 cent Per square u tsn nnsS 81 S s,ss
SYposed Pick 4l,zeasd -.srsnvilis Nsu1s,ls was
arrestedby officer Chalkley yesterday and eonmit-
Ted to prison, to be examined before the Mayor this
morning on the charge Of picking mans pocket
| o. us IN money. How far the evidence vii 60
% sustain the charge, remains tc'be sssu sss
!. Ieatys The bilI at the theatre tonight 4 ono
s,d s Cesi OF the season and should attract large
al -. ulonaoie ~ audience. The first ptece select
~ r.. INC evening, is the beautiful play OF Lady
~ ~ Lyo IN which Mrs Hambliu sustafns the
1scter OF Pauline. The last piece Il sFAzio,"
% .na one IN which . good actress may always dis
s.s 81, nea .gic talent Mrs. Hamblin win person.
s'e ,ne character of Blanca. and we have no
oouot VIII do full credit to the author - wen ~
ample tnsfice to her own reputation
Dempster, the great vocalist, Il expected TO ar.
nse IN this city In short time, where he WIN
ments W ''A
co mam of Hatr.-Many persons residing In the
get il rrnnYs navs 70 bring their earn to this city TO
soornood So mills are frozen up snd there are no
vassins mins in the country We saw gentleman
peiIei ~ who informed US that he had been COM
rro. ~ sena his grain ten miles, and then found
| great difhenity in getting It ground
eea'ng By Wsigh-rt seems to ma that Il vouh
49,. sooa pohey in the City Council to PASS an ordi.
| rnaI requiring all poultry and Ash brourht TO
n;a.a ae. 10 be sold by weight Instead of by the
both saI,oa a. present If this plan were adopted,
position. o1'o oe pfotected from I'M
False Alorms.-A party of small how. m.da .
desperate attempt to get up false alarm vester.
1ay aHernoon, on seeing hose snateher tak en
o sa0P 70 an engine house but the sudden ap
| oeiore they reached the bell house
Neo Management nt-Messrs Kunkel q. Ca tba
| new iessees of the Richmond Theatre, are expect
ed 10 give short Spring season of enter .ainments
70 commence in April next Among the atsrac.
.,ons with which our people are to be favored, Is
,ne celeDrated English Pyrie opera Troupe. Mr.
yno. T.. Ford, will the mana ger, is well known in
tnis locality and spareneither labor nor expense in
noialng out Inducements TO our play goers to pat
ronise the drama literally During the summer
months the interior of the theatre win be overhaul
ca and thoroughly remoddled, thereby adding ms
leriaiiy 70 the comfort of those who spend their
evenings In that fashionable place Of resort.
IAs Night School;of the Virginia Mechanics In.
stnuse aaa progressing finely, and new pupils are
daily availing themselves of the advantages af.
forded them by this enterprise. Those boys who
| have not yet obtained certificates to enter the
ScAooi, should delay no longer in doing SO. To.
i5ut tuo SCHOOL VIII open IN the basement room OF
| the Universalst church at o'clock W .
+ Capt. Robert G. Scott i've are gratfded to
see that this gentleman has returned to his native
state, after few years absence In Rio looking
better than ~e ever saw him. His father, Mr. r.
y. Scott Consul to Rio, is said to be enjoying
greeting from his numerous Richmond friends who
Will be delis hted to see him once more In old vir-
ginia ss4 Iaa.s Z 80 rs q CO..
Library.-An those gentlemen who have promis.
ed to contribute books to the library of the Virgin
ia Mechanics Institute, are requested to send
them to the library room over Mr.. VIM. Booths
store, as speedily az possible. The reading room
IS now ready for the use of members, free Of
charge.
Charcoal is selling higher now than we ever saw
it, Some Of the colliers retailing 1t ct rs cents
per barrel. .s,sa.sa >iss ail-as
Poor Coneat-We again remind our readers that
this is the evening set apart for the grand concert
to be given at Metropolitan Hall for the benefit of
the Poor, and we really hope that every person In
the city will procure ~ many tickets as they can
afford, whether they have an opportunity OF attend.
| ing or not. Those who have means, should gladly
avail themselves of the opportunity of contributing
to the relief of the suffering poor at this particular
time. when starvation and death are staring them
in the face. Many of them are Industrious tenn.
perate and honest and but for the severity Of ths
, weather, could manage to support themselves and
their families, but being out of work and with
out means, while all the necessaries Of life are
: commanding axhorbitant prices, they require sub.
stantial aid until the weather opens and they can
resume their labors Let these facts be borne In
. mind by our readers and we have no doubt that
the efforts to be made tonight to afford them sue
: cor wllprove successful isaisa -zi--s-@t ~
a Small Por.-During the past three months this
! loathsome disease has prevailed throughout tbe
State of Virginia, to considerable extent but gen
orally in mild form. In this city some few case,
have occurred but not sufficiently great to create
any alarm In the minds of our citizens. We have
heard of fseverai cases of varolod among white and
black, but as most ofour people were vaccinated In
ls49, they seem to have no fears Of its spreading
In the city hospital there have been mary AZ ssv
enteen cases of small pox at one time, including
those persons sent from the suburbs but there are
:, not more than seven or eight patients there now
: | and all of them, we believe, are nearly we'll So
much for the wonderful stories ndustriously circu
lated throughout the country about the prevalence
. of small pox in Richmond. sss g4ea srg va
Jack askorc.-James Folly, q silly sea dog, made
! his appearance before the Mayor yesterday morn
!; ing to answer the charge of threatening to bea
Adolph Lahman, and with throwing brick ba
into Adophs window, to the destruction of the
, glass and the alarm of the family. Jim was ar
rested by officers Chalkley and Morris while on
board the schooner Lyon, and on seeing his con
dition made an effort to 60 aloft to get clear OF
their company, but was caught before getting q
fair start While undergoing an examination, hs
remarked that he did not think the complainant,
worth killing, and would therefore let him slide,
but his whole demeanor was 80 outrageous, that he
was sent to prison to be cared for until the river
opens and the vessel to which he belongs Is ready
to san
Fresh Saad-We are indeb ted to Col Todd for
large fresh shad purchased by him In Charles
ton and forwarded TO us the first of the season
The Colonel is Judge of good things, and
when enjoying them from home, never forgets hi
old friends.
1 Fire Works. .-On the 2od inst, grand exhfbi
tion of fire works win take place at the Armory
the receipts from the same to be distributed amenl
the poor.
GREAT Loss OF LIFE BY SHipwREcKs.-A letter
from Capt freeman, of barque Yarmouth. Of Bos
dated Gibraltar January 18th, says that there
nineteen vessels, including two American shps
ashore in Gibraltar Bay, twenty i've between Cadi,
and Cape Trafalgar and one hundred between Caps
de Cat and Cadiz. The number of lives lost was 70
| ported to be live hundred. Captain Freemans yes
sci ashore in Gibraltar Bay, in the gale Of ths
9Th ult. her keel forced out, she broken amid
ships, and would undoubtedly be condemned She
| was from Venice bound to New York. The barQue