The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-01-05
LOCAL n6ATrnRa

naoftRS Afdrs-A shooting sernpe occurred lasf
9,sls 1,sns On Wall street. between Messrs. Hector
M Ass sna danes B. Hargroye, In which nine shots
Hefo nsed, but no damage done. 1hese gentle.
men nad diiiiculty the night before abonf sosne
sssnsss tisnsaction, and coming In sight Of each
"a -. - .ghs Detwecn the Sc. Charles bar room
- .'s " mariooro House. Mr.. Davis on the West
saue OF All street and Mr. Harrrsye on the East |
aIeW tner pistols and began veerIs, =.
r.ssAa -. 9'ner MiLh Coits hve shooters How they
manaeed to miss III cir aims 10 ofeer w;th s,,st
aeadiy weapons, is more than wa go s;.:.a
y not At all improbable that thev ovrs ths;,
nses 70 the reflection Of the gas Ncbts h,r Shs.h
they were firing AsAss " "nicn
A sye's Throat cat By her Hnsband --y..,e-s..l
Cb.,,ass NJ vo1ssaoie Montague Of Henrco arrested
onAaes s w, snead OF that county, on the ch.rea
OF entnng his wifes throat with the int. .s;~ ~ 81
murdenng her, on the night of Cd Of Januarv 80
took MN before Justice Tyler by whom he trss |
hearing on Thursday next Mr.. Snead .d.a;..ss
tne commission of the deed, and offered no ex.sa
lor IL For number Of years he was a rner,hs. -
tne cry Night Watch and proved himself most
yaiuaoie ofnccr, until he became very mnch "a
olcted to intemperate habits when fu ding him.eif
ncapacitated to perform the servic,. reouirad ~
him, he resigned his position and since then has
pesn tnousnt at times to be laboring insanity
Indeed, so unkind was his conduct to his fam;ly :,
times, tnst his wife was compelled to leave b;r,
and take refuge with her reiations but after sbnrt
separation, they made mp their difficulties AMI
@ ~ HSthg ing ,ogs.ner m the town Of Sydney at the
stand that in the effort TO his wife,s throat no
laid open The flesh on the left side of her necI
down to the jugular vein, when, supposing that he
had put an end to her existence he walke ed over
to the house of neighbor and informed him af
what he had done. Fortunately the juguIar vein
was not cut, and As Mrs Snead is In the hands Of
skilful physicians it is hoped that she will soon
recover. We think there Ia very little aonhe
that Snead was laboring under an alteration of
mind at the time, or he would not have attempted
to take the life of her whom he had sworn to nro
tect eaEFiszs-z-e.s-zs ="
Ro6bey.-on Thursday night last number of
chambers at the Exchange Hotel were entered
and robbed of watches money and other articles
belonging to boarders in the house The thief or
thieves no doubt effected their entrance by kew
nppers, while the inmates were asleep. Yester.
day morning two of the servants at the hotel were
examined in relation to the robbery but acouitted
of all suspicion We have no doubt that white
men were the operators in this instance, and that
most of the articles stolen were taken off by one
or more OF the morning trains to be disposed of
as soon as possible. The police however are ON
the alert for the goods and will detect them II
there is any opportunity of doing So If gentle.
men stopping at hotels will not take the trouble In
bolt their doors inside, they need expect nothing
less than occasional visits from the horde of hotel
thieves to be found at this time in every city in the
Union.
Daring Burglary.-Y esterday morning. aboutl
o'clock, the grocery store of Mr. Jno w. Beye.
ridge, on Brook Avenue, near Goddin's Tavern.
was entered by burglars, and boots and shoes to
the value of $50 taken out, besides about S5 In
silver in the drawer. The burglars effected an
entrance by breaking the lock and then after sht.
ing candle quietly proceeded to overhaul very.
thing in the room. They searched Mr.. BIS private
desk, but finding nothing valuable to them left the
contents When the store was opened yesterday
morning. the half burnt candle was found, but the
robbers having finished their work, had left Mr.
b. resides over his store and the coolness with
which the theft appears to have been committed
would indicate some one familiar with the pre-.
mises as the thief. a-s .s5
Specialization the 10th of December last one
of Mr.. Dorastus Pearces daughters Virginia about
eight years old, had her skull fractured by kick
from horse and the injury was considered so dan
gerous, that little hopes entertained of her
recovery. DR. Archer of Henrico county was called
in to attend the sufferer, and under his skiful
ment she has been steadily improving but has never
been enabled to utter word inteligibly from the
period of the accident up to the present time Her
physician and friends have strong hopes of her ,l.
innate recovery, though some of them fear that
she will be dumb for lite. --t..s9
A Mad Dog passed along the basin bank yester.
day morning. sorely pelted by lot of boys, who
were amusing themselves by throwing stones at
the affrightened animal as he ran for his life
Some mischievous fellow had first tied tin pan to
the poor creatures tail and started him. and the
boys seeing his antics, at once gave the cry of
mad dog" and started in hot pursuit after him.
If the poor brute was not mad at the cruelty prac
tced upon him, it was because he was too much
frightened TO get into passion-but that he had
the hydrophobia. is not so. On reaching the
home of his mistress he appeared deIiehted AZ
having escaped his pursuers and received her ca.
resses with Qualification. The crv of "mad docr
has led to the death of many valuable animals that
were entirely free from rabies. ,'--
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where they are no doubt harbored by negroes 90
ing at large, who take all sorts of cuts 10 make
their hire without working Yesterday morning
Watchman Perrin arrested George and Jim, two
hkeiy black .enows, ownea @ oy inc misses fope OF
Goochiand, ana nad tnem commtied 70 jan for
safe keeping Iney DOLE conesseo .nsI tney were
runaways, anu spoAe VI s''eif e"p'a'o "S IN salnl
Factory Hands, on superior quahty, commune 70
bring exorpitant hife, say twenty per cent Ao-
vance ON las. year. pat iniefiof ones nave soie up
very little, II any
Dr. Valentine viii give his last levee at Odd Eel
lows Hall this evening, where he invites all who
wish to spend an hour pleasantly to call and see
him The Doctor Is one oI Ihe greatest mimlcs
the "oriu cfe, SOW, M - - ~, ,I - -. - ss "a ii -.
ditors In gooa hnihof WIN 60 anu 80 man
Kiho
Police Affairs were at stand still yesterday, the |
Mayor having no business to transact at his 10 |