The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-08-29
LOCAL MATTERS,

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LOCAL MATTHIAS.
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Tnrerss.r;on Scbool rh,. ..hco, -.ub
ened On Monday The lat ~ asr.s,.hn M
taschsrs having en;ovss far the 4 =, 49, Inc
- snmmer vacation Win vs ysrt,,.. . - moutn
nroportonally better prepared 10 attend - ,s.; 1s
ff.!A ss,.;.,h a.. ccyn = ii - u % sneif
TIE t..,.ss. AZ So,ssr..ass. -, ...s~.
,a y.1sS,: a..o. ~ an.semenf
81. e ".;a.e r.-;5I. AZ -. ~ " s1e
= s...s =. ,s s.an, ~ .., 80" - Aes sno N
'~yoi !" ~. sLo p.. peop.e. rr ~ 6, 4 =
sisted by Rev. p. Courtney, win no doubt continue
to bestow upon the pupiIs of his charge the care
and attention by which this department has been
enabled to give 80 much satisfaction othe BoarS
Of Trustees and the patrons 80
The Lanoasterian School receives from the eitv
treasury 81 600 and from all sources about a. 100
while its register shows an Attendance Of upsvards
of five hundred achola re- .t fba sehoI in N
Oh tue year making the average cost OF tuition for
e.Cr PnplI ABOUT ~
Wuhe many OF the pupils registered 80 the
"Hoie year ana thus obtain an amount OF moral
ana mental Improvement for which "a IL the
meles. pItancs. those who 60 for the briefest Pc
.i1as N most cases, receive benefits which are Q
Iui equivalent for what they cost the public trea.
sury. Inc school is free to all W
Morkc, Ord;n,n.. IT..
meeting nassad ro,u -. Hny Oounci', at its isst
m orIrats wh;oh &; ~, euAnCo concerning the
may tend to prevent in measure. the nrsct;ce of
buying to sell again at the markats If arv bncL
ster is convicted before the Mayor of buvinp in
the markets to sell again, be is to be fined heavily
his articles for sale coniscated and he prohib;ted
ever after from selling in the markets. After this
conviction II he again attempts to self in the mar
ket whatever he offers Is to be seized and conis.
Gated, and a fine of $40 imposed upon him for
every article sold. The Mayor has the power IN
1rh.ra IL ue oenu.. NC lAns 70 pay the Tine
ordinsnce ,b;eb Eli a..r.a. ss i.on tne present
(,Ierks ! M traSars q, on"a 'lo ~A'en1lon OF Ihe
1880 ~
p Ps6tish tie Proceediags.-The City Council.
whenever 1t adopts q new ordinance, should have
it published in the newspapers, that all those in.
tended to be effected by its operations may have
its provisions before them. 1t Is not fair to pre-.
sumo that everybody knows what law is, unless
that law Is published, nor is it just in the Council
10 newspapers to publish their acts free
OF charge.
Hackrasn will pet tbamsaIves int, ,.r;,,, ..,b,.
If thew nars;st ;n refn s;nr ~ Laa ~,."a
snicuous nia "a in n.;r ysh;ci.s ~ pUsou ~ con
allowed bv tho Council The imnos;tons ~
bv soma of them hsya haar !" LILLE p.Sc..eu
Mavor has instructed tho sn,;r. Saia, sna. 'ne
keen an eve unon all of tbem "a ~ -: a. w =
guilty ones before him, whenever detected. One
OF these fellows charged gentleman one dollar
ior carrying MN lour squares to the cars yester.
aay morning, and became very impudent because
Ills e4tor'ion was not allowed.
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their invasion of the sora marshes and ;f Tho ,;ds
would admit. voud soon have the Inartets fIIaJ
with these delicious little hirds notw;,hst.
the fact that most of them are entirely too nor 20
eat. In the course of ten or twejve Savs ,haso
birds. If left updisturbed will he in na 3D.
:, .t 20 ulusuay iarge, ana ior inat
osrIv e' ~' 'A01 'A"0iu oo Aineo on so
Pdrfridges-From the most reliable information
we have been enabled to gather there are few or pa
tridges this season. in this section of Virginia than
the oldest inhabitant has ever known In the
counties of Henrico, Hanover, New Kent, Charles
City, King William and indeed as far as we have
heard FROM there are very few birds, either old or
young. This scarcity is caused by the severity of
last winter, when nearly all the birds were frozen
or starved to death, and if the few remaining are
not taken care of and protected this season. point.
ers and settlers for hunting them will be of little
value hereafter. No true sportsman will think of
taking the field before the middle of October or first
OF November, and then he will be careful not to
hunt the birds too close Indeed, it would be wise
policy for all of them to determine to shoot no par.
tridges this fall, that by the next the breed
might be sufficiently increased to insure good
sport
e,,aJ 1r,:
f. .a a .SI,s o' oo seiy anuoyipg 10
aU iaois W SEC "ou,uoe nuntsihen slrohing over
enei p.a m @nu 'neoans game on tne oaDDsth
ay s5y anI 70 80. lev oIieh ~ouoereo tnat tney
1u no '"Ae SIPS W puu ..e reepassers rs tney
ueseie . IL Iunusy l. OF .Eo since farmer hving
20, | h. oo - uno oanAy, oy P,o~nne pot
o..s' nouso .nhe,.n va s St chickens, ten
y0sns spa. ana ~, uueAS, eSsioes naVing one
h.as,. es ho,,sa - 900 puneu oown' neihg
nr he xond hav ss. 1 names .. .ne
- o 'N A''0 A"u 'Aoni ~iiesteu
fo.l1' Ipnn ., Me me WI gives ~ us pressure
70 ihiot ~. II oun ,1aao, ~ s~s iLLiAh LohiEh,
sq .ne ;.s aa;.nr ,ora .hs oprs Oh Tue
anu a,,. ,' :" aO..hi;sb an 4aaet ol cen
.uI .G 80. W sn In',a no" anu nsndsome
ly and literature, to be called "Porter's Spirit of
the Times" If friend Porters writings were not
familiar to every raiser of stock every admirer of
fast horses aud fine dogs every friend of the turf
or participant in field sports, every man who ever
pulled trigger, wet a fish line, sailed a boat or
engaged in fox chaise we would say that be was
racy and spirited writer. man of extensive infor.
mation and sound judgment and that his whole
life had been devoted to the dissemination of
knowledge of q useful character; but all these
things our readers know and 1t would therefore
be a work of superrogaton to name them 1t Ia
enough Tor us TO say .naI IN tne meridian OF iie.
aIter years oa "a aG 10 10 " Ionnenes
tne puonoap ,. o - III ;s a.. ' w hoos .na
sass nc .;.h,s, oo-rs.nn,darts anu n1I
areus oi sp.sy .Sn &C ,';.;. - az w r ~
buttons have given the '-SpfF1L OF the Times Inc