The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-03-26
LOCAL MATTERS.

| Jna Decisioa-wyatt Freeman n free negro
vas arraigned before the Mayor YESTERDAY. to an.
| D ~er Tue cnargs Of striking three white bows on
e:,ad se'. iast sunday afternoon. disinser-
tnet crowd of bad beys had gatherad On Az. -.
nal ordge, near Ludlam watson's Office. to n;tch
.. ana play handy, when the accused and two
na.s nesroes came along. As they attempted 10
prisona,s No. .f1ma one OF the boys knocked off the
"nen the others began to peit him with stones anS
Sont,nued to do so till he ran Off These bovs :.
hundreds of witnesses prove are In the hsbi. ~
eaa- S III soge'ner on the South side of the basin
every sabbath afternoon to have sport and ns1a
Ia 10 attack all negroes that may be passing ,r;th
sticks and stones SO outrageous have the "l.n IN
come OF late. that owners Of slaves are sir,os.
t;,.n aia 20 send them In that neghborhood at any
tne, ana II Is no uncommon thing for them To s,o1e
Doatmen in their vessels in the basin They clorv
IN tne name of basin cats" and are, no doubt the
worst gang of young rowdies 10 be found in the
cny. AFTER hearing the evidence, the Mayor
warned the lads of a repetition of their condnct
sno assured them that he would take steps for their
| lu.ure punishment If they sre known to modest me-
| s; stoss without cause. The prisoner was then
IN, Am od Rosae.-'John Richards, a penitentiary
tbn ~. whose term of imprisonment expired on
te Iotn INST, was examined before fust,ce Netiles
| Vi Henrico county yesterday morning sndsreut On
.oi lurtner examination at the April term nj the
court on the charge of stealing gun worth s35
,ho % ,e.s valuable dog from Stephen b. Sweeney. ON
| tue l'tn inst. AS soon as Richards was r.Ioasad
| from prison, he took the Darbvtown rod and
tnat evening brought up at Sweenev's tayorn
| eoout WE'VE miles east of Richmond WHARF be
pesehIeo himself as Blitz of City Point and as he.
| .ng IN search of timber for hoop noles ana -,
| slaves Being dressed decently, and hayina a
SICK tongue he procured lodgings for the n;pht s,d
| was recommended to call on Mr. James R;nford
nsgnoor, who owned timber such as he de-
scrioed The next day he loitered about unt;l The
| afternoon. when he borroweda a gun and 10. ana
| started out to shoot some birds AA'
| instead OF returning he got man to put him ON
. .he South side OF the river, and made tracks in
| the direction of Petersburg On getting to S.;f.
Greek he sold the dog and gun for SIS 80 and again
| returned to the north side of James river. At a
iate hour Friday afternoon he arrived at Reeves q
| mlf In Henrico on the Richmond and Frederick
ouIs halltoao' ana mere sought lodgings, but was
| recognized by Mr.. Logan McCoal who had he ard
| OF the robbery. and Immediately arrested him. He
| pretends to be Frenchman by birth and tbouob
stoutly denying the charge made against him. do.
cared that he has served term in the peniten.
| tlary with honor and can serve another if sent
| there by the court. He is a notorious rooue and
| will no doubt get the full benefit of the law.
| Close Of the Theatre The theatre In this c;tv
| closed the season on Monday night last, when the
lessee, Mr. J. H. TAYLOR, was given compliment.
| tary benefit by the citizens, the whole dramatic
corps volunteering their services on the occasion
The play of the evening was Civilization" and a,
its close Mr.. Taylor was loudly called for and re-
turned thanks to the large and highly intelligent
audience present, for their support and to his EN-
ployees, male and female, for their uniform kind
| ness towards him. Mr.. T. stated that after foul
| years hard labor, he was about to bid our pla,
goers farewell, and that he left here poorer ther
| when he came. All who heard the announcement
felt regret that he had not been successful
| in his management. We do not believe tha
| tEere is a city in the Union of the same size
| in which good theatrical corps would b,
more literally encouraged than in Richmond
it the manager was man of the people, mixet
| in with the masses, and understood the tastes o
| those for whom he was catering Mr.. Taylor wa
not such man. Modest, retiring and devoted I,
his profession he knew nothing of the world, saw,
what was taught him in his studies and anxiou
as he was to please and be appreciated, he did no
understand making such hits in his management
as would create an excitement and bring out tn,
public to his support. If he could have grapplet
with the world as it was, and not as he would hat
it to have been, instead of leaving with empty
Golfers he would have had well filed purse t
console him for his labors He has left warn
friends behind who knew his truly generous ma
ture ard appreciated il, and we think he has gon,
from among US without leaving any other thar
wen wishes for his future posperity.
Monroe Hard Primary Schools--Since the pub
lication of our last article on the LancasteriaI
School, a gentleman connected with the Monro,
Ward primary schools has furnished us some fact
and figures relative to those schools, which w,
deem proper to lay before readers. 1t is truly
gratifying to find that many of our most nfuen
tial citizens turning their attention to the sub
ject of educating the youth OF Richmond, and tha
large number of them are prepared to contribu.,
| from their own means to carry out this object
They see that the South can never compete with
the North in manufactures and mechanism unit
the working classes are thoroughly educated ant
knowing that this change only be effected by in
sructing the youth, are prepared TO advocate sucf
measures will ensure this result II the presen
ward schools are continued, and the Mechanics
Institute is able to continue its night schools fol
the instruction of apprentices, not many years car
| elapse before all classes of community viii
compare in intelligence with those of any Other
| section in the Union.
There are two primary schools in Monroe
| Ward and both of them are well attended. IL
the taught in the Clay street Chapel there art
| 100 pupils-S0 of whom scholars of the city
and so of the State. In the taught in the
basement of the African Church Gamble.
Hill, there are 100 pupils-50 of whom scholar,
| of the City and so of the State. To defray tbs
expenses of these schools, composed of 230 schol
ars, the city appropriates $500 per annum, ant
$3.50 are received from the Literary Fund, making
a total of 1880, the average tuition for each ont
being rather less than Sc. Besides the abov,
schools the city apprcpriates 500 per annum Il
the Tredegar School, which is now said to be in
hourishing condition.
Ihr0wing Stonss.-Ben Moss, worthless FREE
negro, made his appearance before the Mayer ye.
terlay to answer the charge of being disorderl.
apd throwing stones In me Street, Dut OWING u
the absence of his witnesses the examination, wa
deferred until this morning.
Obstruction " yesterday the Mayor fined Joh
Gxlivan 81 for obstructing the sidewalk and gu
ter at the second market with barrels.
Broken Lamp.-E. J. Byrne summoned be
fore the Mayor yesterday morning, to show caus
why he should not be fined for permitting his Ora
driver to break city lamp at the corner of 1et
and Franklin streets. The evidence showed tha
the breaking was purely accidental, and his homo
therefore took time TO consider the matter unit
this morning.
! Not Prored-John Reynolds, Owen Gift, Turne
Dooley and Smith O'Brien appeared before th
Mayor yesterday morning to answer the charge {
assauting and beating John Wasley. The ev
dence proved that Wasley was tipsey and begs
the afiray with O'Brien and that neither OF th
other men laid hands upon him. The four wer
therefore acquitted, and John cautioned again
the too free of distilled beverages.
Book Sale--See advertisement of continuatlo
OF sale of stock of books, stationery, ETC., OF Mn
a Buffers. this morning. The collection emor'
ces some very fine editions.
| The Heather was cold and chilling yesterday, an
the wind as keen q razor blade. II bad cold
and pneumonia are not abundant now, II win nc
be for want of suitable weather to create them.