The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-11-24
LOCAL MATTHRs.

LOCAL MATTHRa.
| "a sat@s
FIs.-Yesterday morning ahout h.,s...
o'clock, small wooden she'd, In rear of 1saS.sv
eating house. on Cary street was aat -, A. =
| IN Few minutes thereafter was wranned n !
| sheet Of hames Nos 2 and 3 companies ver.
soon on, the ground with their appa rstus M N
ing water convenient, succeeded In drorn;rs - ~
the flames In very short time, notw ithsf n. IN
the fact that the fire was very difficult Ia 7rs..S
and directly tn the midst of . cluster of ,.srs
work as combustible - timber But Tor ia timsis
discovery, there Ia no telling what would hs -
been the loss Of property. Loss estimated At s50
Qiser Mptaks in the hurry to get water on tho
nre Yesterday morning. it being very dark, it i
said that one party OF young men drawing q reel
took possession of barrel of lime in Yirginia
street for plug, and another wrapped their hose
70 large stone and run them off NOT discoyerins
their mistake till they were ready to make an A.
.1cnmens and let on the water As it happened,
Two other companies had already extinguishedt / he
flames. 80 the mistaken parties had nothing To Id
out reel up, return to their quarters and Ianob
over the mishaps Of the night
Serious Accideat-We regret to lear, tb.t NJ A
NJ Barret. painter, of this city met with ssri.
ious and painful accident near TreyilIian,s Denot
IN LOUISA, on Friday morning last He wss en-
gagged ID painting q house for DR.. Nelson when the
scsholdng gave way, causing him to fall to the
ground, distance of twenty feet and iniurinr him
severely, but hopes are entertained that he viii
shortly recover from his bruises. Mr.. Barret is
member of the Richmond Grays and of the Hook
and Ladder fire company As soon as he can hs.r
the trip, he will be brought to this cty nv b;s
friends. - '
Oregon Hill Moria9-Last Friday Mich. tho ,sx
payers of Oregon Hill held meeting, Mr. Lawson
b. Hill in the chair, and Mr. John Applevard actino
as Secretary, the objec, being to take the ne.
cessary steps to induce the City Council to open
nr rs<r rooffh fhrnp pf,b $l.x~-
so as to enable the citizens thereof tn eniov A.
least some OF the privileges of other tax payers =
The Oregonisns have now no way of pettino f,aI
and the other necessaries of life to their doors
without hrst going INTO the county and they pay
city taxes on S45, GOO worth of real estate
aud on $4,000 worth of personal property
they claim at the hands of their representatives.
such public thoroughfare as will enable them to
pass to and from their property without being com
PEELED to leave the city to do So
After an explanation by the chairman and mar
tlnent remarks from other gentlemen a committee
OF five, consisting of Messrs. Grattan CabeIl Chas
7. Merriss, VIM. o. George Ellis Juan and Chas.
s. Morgan, was appointedto memorialise the Coun-
Gil ON the subject.
A committee of three. consisting of Messrs. T..
b. Hill. w. N. Hill and L. NJ Carter, was appoint
ed to circulate the memorial when prepared.
Inc meeting then adjourned.
Pleasure Seekers, of the feminine gender in order
to get country airings attend funerals and when
the sermons are over, take possession of the car
tisges 70 foiioY9e corpse to its last resting place.
| to the exclusiooW friends and relatives and even
OF those who are expected to fill the pravex after
| the bodies are resigned to their fiual homes -
Not many afternoons since, we noticed \ funeraI
procession passing to the cemetary on Shockoe
hll and whilst standing on the corner of 9th and
Broad streets, took occasion to see who filed mn
the dozen carriages that were folio wing the hearse
In the first four were sixteen ladies' nearly ali of
whom make it their business to ride to the bury
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| ing ground whenever tney can do so. In the fifth
and sixth carriages were the relations and friends
| of the deceased. In the seventh, eighth, ninth.
| tenth and eleventh, were fashionably dressed In
dies, apparently engaged in pleasant conversation
| laughing and talking; and in the twelfth were
four gentlemen, relatives of the deceased thew he
ing the only males in the procession, save the un
| dertaker, and of course were compelled to cover
| up the coffin on reaching the grave Is this no,
shameful in the extremea
| Relic of Oldcn Timcs.-Joseph Mayo, ESQ.,, Nave,
of this city, has now in his possession an Engiist
| clock made more than two hundred years age
| and brought to this country about 1910. This an
| eient time piece has descended from one JOSEPH
| Mayo to another until the present time and ha,
| been sacredly preserved by them all. Mr.. Nave
| is now having some repairs done to this clock by
W.. Bartholomew, and as soon as it is put il
| complete running ORDER intends presenting 1t &c
| the Virginia Mechanics Institute. Such presen,
will not only be highly appreciated but sacredy
| preserved by that young and fourishing insttu
| ion.
Continued.-The warrant against Charles Gun.
| ningham, charging him with buying and receiving
| ten dollars worth of tobacco stolen from Mr.. w.
B. Ross, knowing the same to have been stolen
was not disposed of last Saturday morning owing
to the absence of witness for the Commonwealth D.
who resides in Henrico county. The accused is
certain he can establish his innocence of all crime
and is anxious to undergo an examination on the
charge now that has been made Ii the absent
witness be found in time, the investigation
will take place to day. Cunningham gave bail be
fore the Mayor to answer the Commonwealth At
any moment
State Mnskets.-As there are at this time large
number of public muskets distributed through this
portion of the State, the proper authorities, in
order to get them together, have appointed Mr..
William A. Irving an agent for that purpose. II
any of eur readers know the whereabouts of these
weapons, they will confer afavor on Mr.. Irving by
informing him at once.
Hlegitimacy On Saturday morning last very
pretty German girl, calling herself Katrina Nagle
appeared before the Mayor and had warrant is
| sued against Pete Hotties, one of her countrymep,
| aud professor of the tonsoral art, to make him
support the offspring of their iegitimate inter.
course Hotties will be required to answer the
charge at the next term of the Hastings Court.
| Impudence-A negro driver known as Allen, in
| the service of Messrs. George and John Gibson,
will be arraigned before the Mayor next Tuesday,
| to undergo examination for using ins0lent and
provoking language to Mr.. James Lyons, q few
| days since.
| Iipsy Men are almost as numerous in this city
| as locusts in Egypt For two nights past the
watchmen has had time to do little else but lug to
the watchhouse human hides filled with lire water
In Mexico goat skins alone used for conveying
| this deadly drug to market. In our own country
| where civilization is farther advanced, human
skins are the medium reEorted TO for taking 1t ou
| of market
The Heather, on Saturday, was entirely too warn
| for the season, and indicated rain in a short time
The Democratic Party held a meeting at Coriz
than Hall last Saturday night, and made arrange
ments for celebrating their late triumph in th'
| Presidential contest.
| False Atarms-Tbere were too false alarms o
| FIRE on Saturday last-the first at O'Clock, an.
he second at O'Clock in the afternoon.
| Desert1s sailors were arrested by Off
| Ger Johnson last Saturday for deserving the shi
| on which they were employed, and locked up
Yesterday morning, they were delivered 70 thei
| Captain and put to work.
Put Ascny --Boiiver Watkins was arrested las
| Saturday night for being drunk and disorderiy II
the street. and for want of bail sent to winte
| quarters yesterday morning> John w. Weodso
as also arrested for the same offence, and share
| the same fate.
| The Board of Managers of the Mechanics Inst
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