The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-05-22

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70 seted upon at the nsxt meeting:
ths. H. Any citizen Of the State ofvirxiniA othsr
sn ioen g arg mentioned in Article Is Of the Con
sroiicssna ~ become member Of this BoaTi upon
nual subscription. s11s psy"sal on 'ne N
IN pn motion Of Mr.. Jones, II was resolved. that |
.ssn :. nS ,s meeting adourns, 1t adjourn to meet
MT u Burrt offered the foIlovinr r..o,r.;or.
which were read and adouted As iosous1o1s'
hssolyea, Inat the present system Of 4. xat;or 4;
its bearing upon merchants a cIss. !. s-tr..l
unequal and unjust, and we recommend - ~ themsg
chants of Virginia to omit no honornh,n 20 tne mer
themselves in this regard upon footn. ~ p - PIE
wrong in theory. but practically opersts 70 on
the value of money BY inducing those uho
kets for its investment; and wheress ths iS a
cling capitalists to take certain absolnte rs, ieI-
terest without regard to what they can obtain sl.s
where, il futile, and only resnlts in restrictnr th
number of lenders, shortening the money crop and
raising its price:
Resolved That permanent committee of -
be appointed, whose duty it shall be to endeayor to
obtain repeal of the said laws. such . modifca
ton of them that negotiable paper not having lonssr
tnan eight months to run, shall be exempted from
Election Of Ofers-On motion, the election Of
officers was proceeded with, as follows:
Prestdeat-H. L. Kent
picc Presideata-R B. Haxan and H. w, Fry.
Directors.-Lewis Webb, Thos Price, Thos
McCance, Jos r Anderson, John Jones' WIN 8
Donnan, Isaac Davenport Jr, VIM F Butler. Jas
a Grant, Ed w de Voss, w Richardson, L w
eaiazebrook, Jno Purcell and d Burr.
1reasurer.-C B Bentley.
Secretary.-Wm Isaacs.
After short conversational discussion In which
several members participated, the Board adjourn.
cd.
Proiectik Experiment Gov. Wise, accompanied
by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, Secretary
of the Board of Public Works, Capt HANDY of II
s. N, Capt Dimmock and his officers, several Off.
GERS of the First Regiment Virginia Volunteers
and some few citizens, attended . "proiectia ex.
pertinent" made by Capt. Backhalt, Hungarian
officer, yesterday morning, on the. James River, .
short distance above the Armory; and, from all
that we can learn, were very much pleased with
what they saw. The invention allude to is q new
bombshell, of conical shape so arranged Is to ex.
plode at given distance, and carries within it
number of musket balls which are thrown with
great force at the time of the explosion. Capt b
has invented a new powder, with which the shell
only Is charged, and which, he claims will not ex.
plode, as ordinary powder does, when loose but
that oeing IN the shell 1t generates sufficient gas
to ensure its explosion with great force at the pro-
per time A shell to be fired from twelve pound
mortar carries eighty. four musket balls and Capt
b. says that he can calculate his fuse IS to cause
the explosion whenever he may desire, while the
projecties from the she'll all radiate forwards and
downwards-so that if 1t be desirable to harrass an
enemy behind and protected by breastwork,
throwing one of these shells at an elevation of
twenty feet over the work, and having it explode
as it crosses the work, would soon dislodge them
The captain also claims that the projecties thrown
from his twelve pound shells will cover the space
of two hundred square feet, and of course would
prove most disastrous to any advancing cavalry.
We have already said that the experiments
made were quite satisfactory to most of the militia
ry gentlemen who Witnessed them but what ad-
vantage is to be gained by the non-explosve ele.
ment of the composition used in the shell, we are
unable to divine, as the ordinary cannon powder
b1cf To ho sod so ohor1 =
would have to be carried in the caisons and am
munition boxes of every battery, as at present.
We understand that Capt. B. designs repeating
his experiments in the course of few days, when
used by him yesterday were six and twelve pound
ers, obtained from the Armory, and friend in
forms us that the explosions appeared to take
place at the prescribed distance. Some seventeen
or eighteen shells were fired, all butsone of which
exploded. Ii the invention proves as valuable as
Capt b. believes 1t to be, we have no doubt that
he will reap golden harvest from his discovery.
Wife Stabbed.-An Incorporate creature known
as William Valentine, made his appearance before
the Mayor yesterday to answer the charge Of In
icting serious stab on the right side of his wife,
Mary Valentine, with q sharp pointed iron rod,
but owing to the absence of witnesses the inves.
tigation was postponed until Saturday and the
prisoner remanded to jail Valentine resides on
Main street, opposite Henrico courthouse and has
been SO continually under the influence of strong
have been seriously impaired. He has, on several
occasions not only threatened the life of his wife,
but has declared that he would destroy bis own.
FlgAtiag.-From some cause, as yet unknown
to US, John Burk pitched into Thomas Holleran .
day or two since and gave him . sound dogRing'
to be rsvenged for which, Tom procured peace
warrant and had John called before the Mayer yes.
terday morning, but % the Commonwealth was
not then ready with the evidence, the ease was
postponed and John admitted to bail for his ap.
pearance tomorrow.
Military EnteTtainment-The Honorary Mem
bers of the Young Guard, have held a meeting
and resolved to give the active members dinner,
at some future day. committee Of arrange.
ments will be appointed in the course of q few
days, and we would suggest the propriety of se-
lectng the 4th Of July the most suitable time for
the entertainment. AS the Honorares viii no
doubt adopt becoming uniform for themselves to
be worn at the time, by selecting the anniversary
of independence as the day for the tefe, they
will then have ample opportunity for carrying out
their wishes in the best manner
Negro Roso.-Jim Roberts, a free boy, was cap
tured by the police and arraigned before the May
or yesterday morning, to answer the charge of
beating Catharine Scott, free woman. Several
witnesses were examined for the complainant, but
rs none of them knew anything Of the row, and
Catharine was believed to be . woman Of unsound
mind, Jim was handed over to Constable Morgan,
of Manchester to answer for an offence committed
on the Southside, and the warrant was dismissed.
Bound Ouer-Edward s. Forneyhough was
held to bail by the Mayor, in the sum Of $780, on
the charge of threatening to assault and beat ia.
cob Miller.
Not Discouercd-On Sunday afternoon last, ~
Isaac NJ. Lewis was passing down Main street, he
was set upon by two men, unknown to him, and
soundly belabored. To be avenged for this out
rage he has complained to the Mayor, who is ma
king strenuous efforts to discover the perpetrators
of the deed, but from present appearances, fail
ure will be the result.
Bad Condition. John B. Valentine, the clerk Of
the second market, was bitterly complained of by
the Mayor, yesterday morning. for permitting q
quantity of unsayory smelling trash 70 remain
near the market house, the night before, to the
annoya yance ofthe whole neghborhood Mr.. v. ex.
cused himself by saying that Mr.. Blame had con-
tracted to take 1t away that evening" but failed to
do IT,
Convicted George z. Evans, the man who was
arrested In this city the 7h of April, 1855. BY
officer Tyler, for attempting to pass $40 note on
the eastern bank of Maryland altered 10 $500, In
Federicksburg, and who was taken to Spottsylva
mia county to answer the charge, was tried or
Tuesday last, found guilty and sentenced to the
Penitentary for three years
Circuit Comt-Judge Meredith's Court b now
In session at the State Court House, and engaged
in disposing Of the civil docket