The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-01-08
LOCAL MATTERS.

| hdoeas Ctrpas-Mr. ID. Mcdaniel appeartd he
sore 'uage Meredith yesterday morning, to an
"eI writ Of habeas corpus served on him, requr-
as nm 70 aeiiyer to the mother, Miss Bryant, an
i Sniid eight or ten months old, which she al
49,. sss. N.a oeen IN his possession that Of his
tIe o sue uine It was three weeks old until
| SIDES were arguing the intarroratorie. and an.
| swers Mr Med left the court rom and In . sbor.
tber cane me- .,a D.yanf the young Iady's bro
~ .aile hIo tne court and reported that Miss H.
had Deentaken from the Exchange botei This an
nouncement created much cxeitement 81 a.
sadge, after directing the sheriff to go In search of
ner, ana issuing an attachment for the arrest -
Med, adjourned the court until to-dav S.oi oi
nours aiter this occurrence the young ladv ,y.s
FOUND and returned to the guardianship of her Nc
.neI. we presume Mcdaniel win appear in court
today, and the kabcds CORPUS win he nroceeaaS
| with P''oe0uSa
StoottnS Scrdpe.-Messrs Hector Davis and las
b. Hargrove appeared before the Mayor Yesterday
morning to answer the charge of shooting at each
other in Wall street. last Friday night in Violation
| of the laws of the State
When the case was called, Messrs Myers. Dur
rett, erby, Coleman, Nelson, Walker and Crow.
der were re-examined, and repeated the evidence
eiven on Saturday, and published by us yesterday.
LaUtd NJ Putliam was then sworn and testified
10 the following facts On Friday night was In
the 81 Charies bar-room, and seeing Mr. Hargrove
asked MN TO take drink. He then began to
abuse Mr.. Davis my partner in such sbameful
way that l demanded TO know If he designed in.
sultng me. On receiving his assurance that he
qua not L said no more to him. but went after Da-
vls, told him what had taken place and then ad.
vlsed him to go down and defend his character
AS we came down the alley together saw Mr.
Hargrove on the east side of Wall street and heard
Mr Davis call to him and tell him to prepare him.
sef The firing soon after begun, and am of the
impression that Mr. f. fired first, though am not
positively certain of that fact Davis and Hargrove
had quarreled before relative to some negroes
Mr. Fl. told me he regretted the difficulty, as he
EinI1x faatf ~ L.
| their misunderstanding
The evidence being at end the Mayor read
the tolowlng section OF law relative to shooting in
the street and then required the parties to give
DalI In SJ0) each to answer an Indictment for mis-
demeanor, and $500 each to keep the peace:
IF free person unlawfuly shoot at another per-
son, whether IN any street in any town, n any
place OF public resort, whether in a town OF else
Whcre ne sdH be confined in Jail not less than six
months nor more than three years, and be fined not
less than 800 nor exceeding $1,000"
1t is proper to say, that the parties had made ND
their differences before they came into Court and
both desired the Mayor to drop all further proceed
lngs but he declined doing so and then fined them
50 each for firing pistols in the street in violation
of city ordinance.
The Northern Mail from Washington only. ar
rived last night The train the Central Road
will leave this morning usual On Saturday
last the cars were thrown Off the track, near Lou.
1sa Courthouse and the passengers remained there
until yesterday, when they reached this city
On the Danville Road the cars came through
yesterday, but made no connection with the South
side Road
On the Fredericksburg route, train had come
through up to late hour yesterday evening
.SaOo BalIing was all the rage last Sunday and
besides being the cause of number of black eyes,
bruised noses and sweed lips, came nigh costing
several persons their lives, and would no doubt
have done So but for the fact that the five shoot
ers brought to bear on the besieging army failed
to fire. We were greatly surprised to learn that
number of gentlemen, assisted by scores of boys,
were amusing themselves by snow balling persons
they passed in sleighs forgetting the fact that
the ordinance of the city imposes fine on every
one for such breaches of decorum. If friends are
disposed to wallow or pelt each other with snow,
it's all well enough, but if a person who has no
relish for such fun in passing along the street. is
| assaed by strangers with such missiles, it is
ther affair." and might lead to serious consequences
Fisherman's Ro,c.-William Brown was arragn-
ed before the Mayor yesterday morning to answer
the charge of assaulting and beating William A.
Smith ON Saturday last The parties are dealers
in fish at the first market, and quarreed about
load of fish which Brown purchased of q country
| man, and which Smith declared had been sent to
him. Brown, of course, got the better of the
| muss, having knocked Smith down and kicked him,
for which he required to give bail in $780, to
be of good behavior in future
Stabbing.-On Sunday afternoon difficulty oc-
CURED at house on Leigh street between Gran
vile Montee and Thomas Blackburn when the
latter severely stabbed in the left hand by the
peace and be of good behavior.
.S2eiehinS-Yesterday was delightful day for
sleighing and hundreds of persons enjoyed it to
their hearts content From early morn till a late
hour night, the jingling of the sleigh bells was
to be heard in every direction.
Serere Punishnent-Last Sunday afternoon as q
young man and three ladies were sleigh riding
along the streets, several fellows began to pe them
with snow, seeing which the young fellow STOP
ped his team and seizing a club which he had pre-
cd fnrc INN np1 mt and royaI
upon the attacking party. As he approached the
crowd one of them drew a knife but before he had
an opportunity of using it, the club was brought
down upon his head laying the scalp open, and in.
fictng severe wound seeing which the remain
der of the ballers took to their serapers and
made their escapes.
Frozen to Death.-On Saturday night, negro
man named Squire the property of Mr. Frederick
Anderson, froze to death. He was employed in
factory in this city, and at late hour of the night
started through the storm to visit his wife, at Mr.
Charles Wakes, in Chesterfield county, but being
overcome by the storm, stopped to rest himself at
the barn. and there remained until he became
frozen. ~ sss
Going too far-Boys and young men, when
amusing themselves with snow balls, should never
throw at or interfere with negroes, who dare not
return the missiles thus thrown at them. Young
people can have their sports without interfer ing
with those who are helpless and dare not resent
the blows given them. A gentleman informed us
Yesterday that one of his servants had been seri-
ously injured by blow received In his face with
lump of ice thrown at him by some young man,
while passing along the street.
Frozen oUer.-James river is completely fro
zen over below Mayo's bridge, that men were eros
sing it on the ice yesterday afternoon. When this
is the case the weather must beyery severe. 81
Skatiag-A number Of boys were amusing them
selves yesterday by skating the basin, but the
ice was too rough to admit of much sport.
The .Jamestopn did not arrive yesterday, owing
to the immense amount of ice in the river From
present appearances, the steamers will be unable
| TO run for several days to come.
The County Court of Henrico commenced its ses-
| sion Yesterday morning, but transacted no busi-
| ness of general interest to the public. --
| False Alavns.-An attempt was made to get up
false alarm yesterday morning, but signaliy failed
because of the appearance Of the police who hap
pened to be passing near the bell house at the
i time.
| Going TOO Far-while officer Tyler WAS en-
deavoring to disperse crowd of persons on the
street engaged In throwing humps Of snow at pas
| sers by he received severe blow in the face,
which came nigh putting out one Of his eyes
Seriously Tnjarcd--yesterday afternoon as a
number OF gentlemen were passing up Main street
| in carryall, they were beseiged by crowd Of
| men and boys with snow balls and humps of ice,