The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-12-18
LOCAL MATTHRa.

month little girl named ROSA ANN in the IO,h
year OF her age, daughter of Mr. Thorn as Howard
ol IoWnaAn county, met with an accident which
COST ner her life. In company with q number of
black children. Rosa was standing near q large
boiler IN the yard, when suddenly her clothes foot
nre, and instantly she was enveloped in flames =
alarmed At her perilous condition. tue little erea
ture rushed into q quarter near at hand but find
ing no one there to aid her, started for another
quarter, about twenty yards distant the flames
tnen cIrciinR over her head. Just at this instant
her father. twho, but moment before had reached
noihe :ca was enquirins as to the feelings of his
SICK "ne3 beard shrieks and the word fire" and
looking out the window beheld his child wrapped
IN names and running for aid. He Immediately
hastened to the rescue, and seizing her in his
arms plunged her In pool of dirty water and
toileo her In It, :hus extinguishing the FIRE; but
"hen he took herout, her clothes had heen burped
from her person. and the parched skin was peeIine
from her body and limbs. Poor little creature
ner snnefIngs were extremely sgonisng, till a
20 passcAh arrived, and she was placed under the
Influence of anodynes, when she became more
tranqui!for time, but the nhala ton of the amss
had done its work, and on the evening of the 9th
death came to her relief Mr. Howard had one
81 MS hands dreadtuIiy burned but bis sufferings
from that bear no comparison to the azopies of lbe
MUD produced by Witnessing the countenanceo of
bis child, and hearing her shri.ks and groans
whilst wrapped in flames. To use bis oy n Ian.
guage the picture of his child. she appeared in
that dresdful moment, is indelibly impressed upon
MS mind and heart, never to be erased"
Distressing Accident and Loss of Lik-On Sat
urday morning last, DR.. w. Roys..r of Hen.
rico county, lost his little daughter, VIRGINIA n
aged three years, in a most heart rendiue manner
At an early hour in the morning the child repaired
to the kitchen to play, and beiog yerv snricb,,v
was amusing herself about the fire. when The cooL
man left for the spring. Ia short time thera
after, screams were heard. and en- going To the
kitchen, it was found that little Virginias clothes
were IN blaza OF FIRE. Mr. john E Jones, who
rv1 OSs0 0ad ar - ;v,h
the relief Of the child, and as speedily as possible
with the aid of DR.. Royster, tore her burning
clothes from her. but not until she was badly
burned. DIR. Garnet was then sent for and did
all that medical skill could do to relieve her suffer-
ings, but her injuries were so grea, that they
caused her death that night
Night Cribs are low dens kept by white persons
where articles of all sorts stolen by negroes from
chicken to a hog, are carried and disposed of at
nominal prices the thief getting for his crime and
risk onetwentieh of the thing stolen-the re eever
reserving to himself the privilege of disposipp of
the receipts at the best prices, and pocketing the
lions share of the proceeds. Each of these ''erib,r
has about it more loungers to be used as fast
witnesses, as well as 10 give the alarm at the an
proach Of danger. In all towns and cities as well
as in the country, these deus exist, AID from What
we can gather Richmond has more than its due
proportion The police have sood reason to sus
pect their existence, and frequently make efforts
to get into them, but seldom succeed, because OF
Is
the creatures who induce them to commit crimes
snd grow rich on their i'll gotten treasures Every
merchant, manufacturer and h0usekeeper knows
that he is robbed by his servants constantly, and
is satisfied that what is taken from him is disposed
of for trifie a. some might crib" but having no
means at his command to prevent his losses SUBJ.
mis to it, because be can do no better. Thousands
of dollars are nually lost in this way, and the
evil will increase, until the employers of negroes
adopt the practice of keeping their servants at
Qod nj
the community.
Hiring By Auction.-It would be wise policy in
the owners of slaves, to hire them out by auction
u future, instead of following the old plan Of al
lowing them to select their own homes, and thus
become masters instead of servants For some
years past our tobacco manufacturers have been
compelled, in order to secure labor first to pur-
chase the consent of the negroes to live with them
and then to hire them of their owners and in order
to do So have allowed the servants to dictate their
own terms IS TO the amount of board money to be
given, the extent of daily labor to be performed
aud the price to be paid for such overwork they
may feel disposed TO do. Such policy has already
proved most curious to the slaves themselves and
i'll eventuste IN their becoming entirely worthless
if persisted in BY adopting the sy stem of hiring
out by auction, the owner can state the kind of
labor at which his servant is to be employed, and
40 arrange the bond to make it obligatory on the
hirer to keep him at certain labor If negro is
intended for tobacco factory, field hand, cook
QFVer, Ee can De put on Inc DlOck Tor any part1cu
lar employment, and thus ensure good homes for
his property. This subject is worthy the attention
of slave owners, and would prove highly benef
cial to the public at large, if carried out. .
FINDING Up.-Mechanics, manufacturers and
business generally are winding up their affa
with all possible dispatch, to be ready for new
start at the commencement of the approaching
year. Most Of the tobacco factories will turn loose
their hundreds of servants in the course of few
days, and the streets will then be crowded by idle
Africans from morn till night We have often
suggested the propriety Of changing the time OF
hiring servants from tie p esent to some more
appropriate period Of the year, and we yet
hope TO the time, when families will not be
compelled to give up their domes;ics at Christmas
and do without help for ten Gays at time.
Going ahead new coal company, whose
grounds lie on The north side of James river, with
in few miles of this city, preparing for ope-
rations as rapidly as possible, and will probably
commence mining in the month of February or
March. Mr. II. 5. Carpenter, the contractor for
relaying the railroad to these pits is pushing his job
to completion, and will probably finish by the first
middle of fJanuary. Those who know anything
of the coal the north side, speak of it as being OF
superior quality, quite abundant and easy to get
at. If these suggestions prove true, the new com.
pauy must realise e. handsome dividend on their
OUTLAWS in very short time We understand that
one thousand W bite men " i'll be employed on the
works when operations are commenced, anu mat
the best miners to be had will be engaged.
The DraVing Sctool of the Mechanics Institute
commenced last Tuesday night, with a large mum
Der of pupils, most of whom are intelligent young
mechanics who have determined to fit themselves
for their vacations as speedily as possible. The
destitute, we know " Ill go the extent of its means
to give all such fair opportunity for improvement
and we believe there enough wealthy gentle
men in the city, of sufficient lberality, who VII
back it strongly in that noble effort.
Military The R. L 1 Blues, under their new
Captain are spurriug up and becoming very much
interested in their future success At company
drill last Tuesday night, there were orty-eigh'
members present.
Bsautifal Sight If any of our readers have mol
vet visited the Theatre and seen the Naiad Queen
they should do so at once, for more beautiful ex
hibition has never been witnessed in the whole
South. Go then and see 1t by all means
Christmas is now but one week off, and ever
body and family are preparing for its reception -
Fancy stores are being re filed with pretty pre-
seuts, the toy shops are receiving fresh supplies
and the eonfeetioners are laying themselves out II
candies and cakes for holiday sales.
Poultry and Eggs are commanding fine prices u
the markets, and as Christmas approaches, will g;
higher and higher Yesterday morning, turkey
were selling from OIL to 81. according TO quality
and eggs At 80 cents per dozen.
Laof-Dabney. Peter and John, slaves to VIM
Anderson, were examined before tho Mayor yes
terday morning on the charge of being engaged IL