The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-09-15

LOCAL MATTERS.
Stealing Mnls--On the 18th of Auru.t ,... /.
mule was taken from the stable Of M. John b
Quarles. south side of the basin, and no tidinrs
heard OF her until the 21s uit when the foIlowine
advertisement appeared IN the Dispatch
/. SIEA1 MuLE.-Ws - taken up last Saturday fl6th
AuEust) about fourteen miles above Richmond, on
me canal. large mare mule. The owner win please
come forwarc prove property pay expenses and take
nsI nsI ss.. s..y APRIy 70 JAMES WriLs. Of the
Mr. Joseph A. Blunt, manager for Mr.. Quaries.
soon as saw the advertisement he went In search
OF the Blue Ridge, but finding that she had start.
ed up the canal, and the mule had been taken
siong 70 pun the boat got on the packet and start
GO. 60 IN pursuit On reaching the Rivanna naviga-
uon, Mr. learned that the boat had gone up that
stream, and contnued in pursuit until arriving
- James X. Wells place in Fluvana, where he
ootained the mule from Robert H. Fitch and
II BACK to this city. Hearing that Robert
sncn, white man, and James r. Wells,
eo,ored one, were the masters of the canal boat
biue Ridge" that they had taken the mule
away: and had stated that they purchased IL In
.nis eily Tor 49, and also that they had quarreed
Blunt determined to have . legal inyestiost;on of
their conduct whenever he could catch either of
them in this city -s- o'
On Friday last Robert H. Fitch returned to tbi,
city on 'ne Blue Ridge" and soon thereafter was
arrested by officers Chalkley and Johnson. and
Gagged Last Saturday morning Fitch wss Az
raigned before the Mayor, when Il was uroved
that he was one of the masters of the bo.t-thst
the mule was lost on the 10th and advertised on
the 2lst Of August-that the 'Blue Ridge cleared
on the 20th-that on the 2lst James R. We'll,
brought the mule to the boat, said IL had b.an
taken up by his brother Tom, on the 18th "A An
estray, ana had been advertised by him And tb.t
he then hitched it to the boat and started for
home. There was no evidence adduced to show
that Fitch had had anything to do with the animal
more than to allow it to be hitched to the boat II
was further stated that Jim Wells came within
three miles of Richmond last Friday but hear
ing that warrant had been issued for his arrest
he had declined to come any further
Col August, counsel for Fitch, asked for his dis
charge at.the conclusion of the evidence, but the
Mayor overruled the motion, and continued the
examination until the 22d inst, to enable him to
secure the attendance of other witnesses for the
Commonwealth. AS the charge was not clearly
made out, the prisoner was admitted to bail for
his appearance in the sum of $500.
Bound Om-On Saturday morning laat the
Hastings Court made an order binding German
girl, to Mr.. Asa Snyder an apprentice for Ger.
tain number of years. This little girl, was taken
into the service of Mr. s. two or three years ago,
when she was unable to utter an English word,
and since there, has been treated in the kindest
manner A few weeks since some designing per-
they alleged, Mr. s. had no right to her services,
but after few days absence she was glad to re
turn to her old friends and will not be apt to leave
again in hurry.
Kansas Tolunteers.-We were shown a letter.
on Saturday last, from Kansas, dated the Sd inst,
which stated that all the young men who went out
with Col. Rosser, of Petersburg, were well and in
hne spirits The Misso urians had nobly respond
ed to to the call of their pro.savery friends, and
the Southern party were believed to be strong
enough to drive the aboitioniss from the territory
and restore law and order Mr.. RICHARD H. ENG.
IsH of this city had been elected first Lieutenant
in Capt. Taggart's company. A great battle was
the pro-slavery men were sanguine of victory.
Runapay Alice, slave to Griffin Garnett, was
arrested as runaway, and sent back to her hirer
for safe keeping.
Hands Tied Williams Lumpkin after indul
gng his thirst for Ill natured whiskey to an intem
perate excess, assaulted Susan Clayton in her own
house and threatened to beat her, to prevent
which, she procured warrant for his arrest The
case came before the Mayor last Saturday morn
ing and as the accused could not disprsve the &C.
cusation, he held to bail for his good behavior
in the sum of 500.
Fast Driying.-The police have succeeded in
catching few more of the 2:40 teams, whilst 90.
ing at electric speed through the streets, and
ported them to the Mayor. If the drivers prove
to be in fault when brought up for examination, it
is needless to say what they will get-but if they
were obeying the orders of their owners, it will
take more than few dollars to pay clear the gull
ty parties
The CITY Council will hold called meeting this
afternoon, In the Council Chamber, if enough
members can be gotten together to form quorum
More 7roubles-The Western suburbans are
continually suffering from depredators at night,
who enter their yards and sweep eff poultry by
the wholesale. A gentleman living near the Fair
Grounds, had his entire stock of bpeds taken from
him last Friday night. Unless the neighbors form
patrol parties, and keep a constant watch, they
can discover and arrest the thieves that now
haunt them.
Fail Goods may be bad in nearly every
store in the city, as the merchants are now con-
stantly engaged in receiving their supplies. The
wholesale and importing houses were never 50
well prepared to accommodate a large trade, and
most of the retail establishments are better sup
piled than on any former occasion.
Capital offence Alexander Jackson, a free ne.
gro was examined before the Mayer last Satur.
day, on the charge of committing rape upon the
person of Caroline E. Swan free negress in
August last and remanded to prison to be examin-
ed by Court of Justices on the 10Th inst. If not
acquitted by that body, he will be tried by jury
for felony and may be sent to the pententiary for
q number of years.
\ Stationary Eneinss-Th Messrs. Talbot, on
Cary street, for years past, have been doing a
large business in the manufacture Of stationary
engines for saw mills. Scarcely q week passes
that one or of these machines are not sent Oft
to some part of the country to fill orders received
by them Some few days since we noticed beau
full engine Just completed and to be sent South. In
Richmond alone, nearly all the Southern States
could be supplied with stationary engines and To-.
comotives, II the South would encourage home
manufacture. Why is it thatso many prefer going
North to pay higher prices for inferior articles
Detention of Cars-Last Saturday morning, the
train on the Central Railroad going North, was
detained until after o'clock as the large locomo-
five. "H ID Whitcomb," was discovered to be out
of order The ~. H Timberlake' was soon after
fired up and took the train out
Improper Passes "A large number OF servants
f;nd their way to the cage at night by having I'M
proper passes. Managers In tobacco factories
should see that their hands have proper passes at
Ali times and then when any OF them are caught
with forged ones ~ is often the case they should
he souudIy punished. Several slaves were locked
up last Saturday night for want of proper passes,
and properly dealt with by the Mayor the next
morning.
Capturing Society-Last Saturday night the
vatrhmen captured nine slaves assembled In o
heuse occupied by Albert slave 70 James l.. Keys
ter. and took them to the cage There were Yer
-;.a .na Anderson slaves to Turpin o. Ar