The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-09-12


Gazing Rid Of Bad Neighbors For some month.
past the quiet citizeus of Church Hjl have hesn -
rlousiy annoyed by the frequent assemblares Of
negroes and white men, ct . house kent bv .
white and black fellow, and not : few e6nrt.
nav nave been made to bring the law to bear upon
this rookery Of pollution, but invariably failed -
Finding that the morals of their serysnts were
suffering from the contaminating Influences erert.
ed upon them by designing persons, and that their
nen roosts iarders and cellars were heavily taxed
70 pay liquor bills portion of them met Together
last Wednesday night, surrounded the den can.
tured the negroes present, subjected them to :
course OF sprouts, and gave the white man moving
orders If he does not vacate the premises bv
Monday night, he is to be paid another visit and
VIII then fare no better than his dark associates
have already done.
Lynch law is . dangerous experiment in all
neighborhoods, and often leads to serious conse.
auences. but if any people in the world are justi.
naoe In resorting to it, they are those whose
slaves are being corrupted and ruined by cross
road groggeries where stolen goods are paid for in
pad whiskey, and where the negro is taught to
pelieve tnat to rob his owner is q virtue We
nave heard of unprincipled men amassinq for.
tunesl oy traffic with slaves, but If any of them
can succeed in doing on Church HILL they NAV
expect to travel rough road whilst carrying out
ther hazardous enterprise.
Pleasant Coanpaaion A market man from Han.
over gave us the following account of 4 visitor.
wnen on his way to the city few nights since
W., mnien uouo.ess would have proved most agreea.
pie TO any one OF nervous temperament He saws
that after loading his vehicle with pouIsrv etc At
home on Sabbath evening he waited until MIGHT
and then started for this city having first prepared
olanxes on wnlen 70 take nap, in the front part
| OF the cart The night being cool and disagree
| able, he wrapped his blanket about him until
getting within three miles of Richmond when ba
stopped to feed his mule and while waiting for the
animal to eat, laid down in the cart and was soon
| sound asleep. How long he had been in the land
OF dreams he could not tell but Just before dav
| he partially awoke with a most sickenng senss
ton upon him, and then felt a cold clammy sub
stance resting against his right cheek Knowing
that nothing of the kind was on his blanket yyhen
he laid down, he became very much alarmed and
at single bound sprang into the road COMPLETELY
oewudered Fearing to reenter the vehicle in the
DARK he made for dwelling a short distance off.
procured a light and the assistance of a servant
and, returning to his cart found coied on his blan
ket large black snake, apparently a. well con.
| tented as II taking nap on an old log The rep.
| tile was dispatched without ceremony and mea.
sured five feet in length Whether it was attract
ed to the cart by the live poultry or creps in there
| TO secure warm bed no one can tell but certain
it is, that such bedfellow, even in a cart would
be anything else but pleasant
| Black snakes seem to have peculiar fondness
| for soft beds and downy pillows A lady friend
informs us that when on a visit to some acauaint.
| ances in Hanover, one of the young ladies' in
searching for her night dress turned over her nil
10" before retiring, and to her horror discovered
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| alarm was given and the serpent at once dis.
patched for attempting by stealth to get the ear
a blooming damse
| Orphans No class of persons are more imposed
| upon, in our community than free negro orphan
children, by their own kinspeople. The moment
their parents are out of the way, they are seized
upon some uncle aunt or friend to be taken care
of, and from the time they are old enough to labor
until they arrive at the ge of aturity are hired to
service for the sole benefit of their disinterested
protectors. The laws Of the State make it the duty
OF the overseers of the poor to take charge of such
| children and bind them out to trades, and when
the Mayor and his officers find any such they are
| sent to the Hastings Court to be provided for
| but even now, there are hundreds of these or
phans under the control of other negroes, who
| work them hard, feed them badly and clothe
them worse, under the pretence of taking care oi
them.
Wife Whipping-A drunken wretch, residing
not far from the Fair grounds, soundy drubbe
yesterday morning. for cruelty beating his wife
because she would not procure him liquor to drink
| Such brute deserves to have his tongue dragged
out by the roots and his arms torn from their sock
cts The detestable skunk that can SO far forget
his obligations to his God, his and society as
to whip his wife, is not too good to do any thing
| mean, low and brutal. twelve month in the
chain gang, with no other diet than salt water and
dried apples, is far too delicious for the craven
cowardly cur. We are gratifed to know that the
city has prepared suitable place in which to en-
| ploy such people, and we have very little doubt
| that the Mayor will take pleasure in consignipg
| them to their just doom.
Sora-are more abundant in the marshes this
year than were ever known, but the tides continue
so low, that sportsmen can have no fun in killing
| them At night the negroes take large numbers
| of these delicious birds by means of torch and
paddle, and thus the market is kept supplied The
| first good east wind after blow of twenty four
hours, will increase the tides and give the shoot.
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False Alarm, last Wednesday night, wss
started by three small boys, 9th street, the
Monumental Hotel, who, after crying fire several
| times and hearing their cries repeated on Broad
street, into the Capitol Square and concealed
| themselves Such chaps deserve to be well
switched and it. is pity that the gentlemen W ho
saw the three alluded to- did not arrest and have
| them Gagged.
The Heather has been excessively hot for seve.
raj days past. Yesterday the rays of the sun
so scorchngly penetrating, that one could scarcely
move about the streets without feeling that he
| in the act Of being roasted alive.
The Army Horm continues Its ravages in certain
localities in Henrico, and is sweeping all vegeta-
| tion before it. In some neighborhoods the late
| corn crops have been attacked and completely de-
voured. A gentleman living near the city informs
us that he could easily fill large wagon body,
| his own farm, with these ravenous insects.
Religious Reripal We understand that religious
meetings are being held at Pioneer Chapel, in Hen.
| rico county about seven miles east Of Richmond,
| and that number of hardened sinners have pro-
| fessed conversion to the truths of the gospel
| Rev. Mr. Edwards, of Centenary church, In this
CITY, has been holding series Of interesting meet
| ings since his return from Europe. He is gen
tleman of marked ability and is very popular with
| his congregation.
Baptist Chapel-The new and handsome chapel
lately erected by the Baptsts in Sydney has bee n
completed and some of the friends are seeking the
means by subscription to pay for it's erection. The
location of this house of worship could not be bet
ter for the residents of Sydney and as iourishing
Sabbath School is to be taught In It, the children
in that section are to be largely benefited by it.
Needs amendment The Council at its next meet
| ing should amend the new dog ordinance, SO as to
| place all owners of the canine race on the same
| footing As it now stands, no man is compelled to
obtain license for his dog unless he chooses to do
so and the police have no power to enter private
| premises to report those untaxed.
Trsspass William johnson got drunk last Wed
| nesday night, and committed trespass on Robert
/ Reid for which the Watchmen Gagged him. Yes
| terday morning on appearing before the Mayor
| he was reprimanded and discharged
Tickled slave to Cornelius Harris. got in
to TO the cage last "wednesday night, for having IN
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