The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-07-23
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Mayor yesterday - he ehRge ~ ateempllnr q
poison William n Mann. their oy1rseer.' a ~.
urday morning Last Mr. 1fnnn, % beipr syvorn
staled that on he moraIng q ths 9th inst be cent
Sam. ens of The grisnsss = tbe bsz, 70 hls rssl-
deDce on 18th and Graes srsets 70 bring hs bresk-
fast Mr.. Mann drank H. coffee, ard q s short
time thereafter became votys s5ek and vomifed
profusely. Nos suspeetine any thing Wronz. he
had no examinatiou made ~ The coitee pot bat
when he returned home Mrs Mann ssked him III
ed that she had seen white Substance IN the col.
fes pot. On the morning of The 1gth ina, NJ.
Mann again sent Sam for his breakfast snd when
he began TO eat il foand the coffee Of such pecu.
me echee out Of the pot Mr.. Mann discovered
white substance in the bottom, which DR.. Streeker
pronounced to be arsenic. Sam, one of the pri.
soners, was also sworn. and testified, that whenhe
got to me alley leading TO the factory he met VIM
yuackson. who gave him fourpence 70 put s0rne-
tning into the coffee pot and then told him that
ns would kill (Sam) II he ever told any
snIn6 soout Il Jackson admitted that he went
ous @ 9. me factory about breakfast time to get
.S. .Sg 40; for pain IN his stomach but declared
Il. :"
Jackson, the negro man, was remanded for triaI
= .ne next term Of the Hastings Court. and Sam.
: smaA ooy, was detained e ! witneaa 5-l7'lg'.
Forgery John Ellis slias John Ad.u.. ,s.a.
nn appearances before the nayor yesterdev - sn.
vcr. 'ns s, ssnafss Of dor.as order on James
thereto, on the 2lst Of June LAT 49,. ~
prisoner, was IN the service Of Brunt vho vss
employed to gravel the walks In n, T vn.s. 80
den. On the morning Of the occurrence Adams
Sr.'GI On d.,; MrL ana asked for money Tor Mr B
fne prisoner went of, returned with s forcsd o.'
der, procured the money and left. Adams -.
twice before been tried for stealing and serf fas1
70 impri:enment BY the Hustinss Court. Altar
cused was remanded for further examinstian r..
fore the Hastings Court. ~.
Bound Oper-James Krischm.n m.da cor,r,.;,,
before the Mayor, yesterday, that James u. Ford
had threatened to break his neck down . na;r 81
steps for calling to see him on business and fear
ing that the threat would be executed, he demand.
ed the protection Of the law. Mr. Ford made
statement of what occurred between the compIain
ant and himself, and then, rather than trouble
those who heard what was said TO come to Court
gave bond In the sum Of el00 to keep the peace
and be of good behavior. -
Liberty Anniucrs0ry-The members of Liberty
Fire Company, No. l, are making arrangements
for celebrating their next anniversary on the l3t
OF August This company has always proved it.
self invaluable in times of fire, and we have no
doubt, win contnue its usefulness for many years
to come.
Good S1ggestion.-Some of the fremen have
suggested the propriety Of removing all the bells
from the engine ahouses, 20 ~ to prevent those
creating false alarms and filing the streets with
confused masses. The plan advised is, to have one
alarm bell 1t the First Market another on the Cap
itol Square, and third on the Second Market to
kA rvx1vx Axx.v v--I Rxr-a
OF the police. We have very little doubt that the
adoption Of this plan would have tendency to de.
crease the number Of false alarms, and save the
active fremen . vast amount Of hard labor
James RiUer Improueuent.-w While Congress has
its hand In at making appropriations for rivers and
harbors, we beg our representative to bear in mipd
the obstructions in James river, and to seek the
requisite aid for removing them The Constantly
increasing trade of this city and Its tributaries and
the heavy carriage soon to be expected between
the James River and the Great West, cannot fail
to attract the attention of all observant minds and
mel Of the river made sufficiently deep to admit
sail vessels drawing fifteen feet water, to come TO
and depart from our wharves Whatever the gem
erai government may have done for other sections
Of the Union. We know that Virginia has been but
small recipient Of its bounty; and now that she
asks and needs material aid, we do not see any
just ground upon which she can be refused
Quick Passa8e-The bark Fame, Capt Speixhs,
owned in this city, arrived in New York ON the
18th inst, making the passage from Rio de Janeiro
in 80 days.
The Hustings Court is now In the midst of its
quarterly term. The civil docket Is long one, but
by patience and perseverance,, It can be wadsd
through
Unlaatul Assembly-Mary Weber, the keeper of
q small grocery on 7th street, near Broad. was
fined by the Mayor yesterday for permitting an
unlawful assembly of negroes In her house on Sum
day last
Violent Ass0ult-A negro fellow calling himself
Jerry Clarke, in the service of Chas @. r Thomp.
son, was arrested and taken before the Mayor yes
terd.y to answer the charge Of assauIting and
beating, with rock, Milton, slave to Mr.. a. Is.
Dickinson Milton and another boy were in :
dispute about ring, when Jerry met them, and,
after few words, seized . stone and gave Milton
violent blow on the head, cutting the scalp to
bone. jerry was orderedto receive thirty stripes
Fly zrap-A novel invention in the way Of
fly trap was being exhibited about the city, and,
from appearances, will answer the purposes for
which it is intended. The trap 10 in the shape of
. square box, with two or more apartments and
has revolving cylinder, on which an enticing
baitis fixed On this cylinder the flies alight, and
cage, where they are kept secure until suffocated
They are then taken out and fed 70 the chickens
in the yard. IS s ss
Orer Work is doubtless very injurious 70 slaves
employed In tobacco factories. Furnishing, as it
does, many Of them large amount Of money 10
spend unproftably during the year. In conver-
sing with manager Of . large tobacco factory in
this city, 8 few days ago. we learned from him
bhat many Of the twisters earned from IS 70 ~
per week by their over work. in addition to their
regular allowance for board and clothas and he
gave it as his opinion that this money nor only led
them into dissipation, but that it caused many Of
them 70 contract habits which were ruinous TO
tn their health and destructive TO their uaefulness
The subject is worthy the consideration Of manu-
facturers generally.
Daring Assaxh Some nights since. ~ Mr.. Jas.
Lyons was passing along 7th street, near Pink
Alley, on his way home, he received severe blow
In the lett side, given by one or two rufiians,
which caused him TO fall. and before he could re-
recover his feet they had seized his cane and run
of. The night was . dark. drizzly one. and -
Mr.. L. had no suspicious Of an assault, be was uu-
able 70 tell whether his assaiiant was white or
black
Running 70 Fires "a Id about sixteen years
old, was called before the Mayor yesterday. TO an
swer the charge Of running with > hosareel 70 An
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