The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-07-13
LOCAL MATTERS

., LOCAL MATTERS
10 The HUsTTSos CoURr will comu
,e its July term to-day at 10 O'clock provided
Gent number of Justices sre In attendance 70 ,e
act business Besides the civil docket which i ~
- up to be disposed.
e Frederick. slave to George Palmer charged vii,
y maliciously stabbing Hamble, slave to John "
o Wright. on the l4th Of june.
Ned Lee, Hee negro and an escaped convict from
d the pententary. charged with stealing clothes .
l. the value of $50 from George f, Doherty, on tn
q 2Sth of June.
|. John Hix. slave to p. r. Jones, charged will
d stealing watch FROM George f.. D0herty ON tn
e 28th of June.
! Charles Green, free negro graduate of the Peni
tentiary, charged with stealing $50 in money from
. Robert Smith. on the sth of July.
+ William ChildresS. charged with st, alng wstel
g valued at 10 from Alexander Brown. on the 14tI
t.. of June.
1 We would again remind the Aldermen of the i'm
portance Of prompt attention. scores of persons
summoned AZ witnesses and Jurors will be compel
led to await their movements.
) The EyCAMPMEST of the Guard Of the
Metropolis and Junior Blues. to be formed Mt Mr.
feyloh johnson farm Tomorrow. promises to be a
most agreeable affair to the young soldiers, and
will no doubt prove of considerable benefit to each
member on the score Of heath. Col CHAs DIAMocK
the commander of the Public (Suard, will have Ell
!. | 'io central Oh the TWO companies. and to guard
against any accidents or carelessnes7 such bows
are liable to indulge in. will remain with them all
the TIME In addition to his prote ctiOn several
Behtiemen graduates of the Virginia Military In
stute, will he present all the time: 81 that parents
need have no fears that their boys will not have
abundant good counsel whilst absent from the pa
ternal roof Another advantage so be gained by
TINS pleasant sojourn in the country. is the fact
that the boys will be under strict military disrj.
pine, and will thus be taught the necessity for
iunctuality and propriety Not only will they be
required to retire at a suitable hour every night
but every soldier will have to rise by the tap of the
druin In the morning; and as none of them will
have servants 20 hand their shoes bring them v,-
Ter or assist them to dress, they will learn the useful
| practice OF relying upon their own energies in
stead oi depending upon others. With these and
other faets which We might adduce in behalf of
the encampment, and without single good one
"hF the boys should not enjoy it, we hope that
both companies will turn out well. and that every
juvenile soldier may be benefited by it,
| YOUNGSTERS IS TRoUBLE-On Saturday
morning last 'jaInes TOOlnbs, Patrick GaIaher Ed
| ward Childress, William Roane and William Rose
nVe small boys the eldest not over sixteen wears r
| aSe-"ere arraiSned before the Msyor on tho
charge OF stealing seventy-one silver pencil cssrs
twehty-one gold pens and pencils, aud a number of
olher articles from A. Norris on Thursday night
last Ioombs, it will be remembered wss arrn.fnd
| Dy "atchmen Bolton and Newman with norton ~
tho articles III his possession, and on his statement
the otler boys We're taken into custodv a. hi, 90
CohpLGes' put he mas told So many different tales
ABOUT the articles, and tried SO hard to shift the
theit from his own shoulders to those of other.
th"t no one IL now disposed to believe a word he
mas SAID William Rose, on being called mn readily
proved Ihat he was at home with his grand mother
"heh the THEFT was committed, and he was discharg-
ell but the other four We're held in custody for fur
| ther examination " "
nmie the above examination was pending Mr.
| uronwaid, gunsnlith on Broad street charged
l"omhs, dallaher and two other bows with hresk
| ing ms window on the 18th of November last and
| stealing five pistols from him. Of course the Mayor
wiz oh4uire INTO this Charge at the proper time
| THE WORKH0UsR is now completed and
snould De put into operation at once ~ that tba
mayor might nave suitable place 10 cunfipo aud
puhisli pun boys anu women without locking them up
anu competing them To associate with criminal. Of
every grade to lie found in the city iaI If a 6rr,
"soi INDUSTRIOUS man Is made the superintendent
OF thls establishment, ho may do a vast ,loal IN r
m tae scores OF idle boys now sent Jail for pet
" thel'S' anu 1or that it is very desirable
| that good selection should he made
BEAUTIFUL TRUMPET.-There il now he
ing made in Baltimore, silver speaking trumnat
| desiKned as present To tho officers Of the hrio
sally hctiee, of Richmond a new vessel hust bnii3
| hy Mr. AbrHhaIns, by whom the trrmpet will ha
| presented lhe mouth piece, which il made in the
| "rhi oil she'll Is handsomely chased, while the
other portions are elaborately iutermiye1
| shield III the centre bears the name of tbe r...I
with chased portrait of Miss Sally Mc(iee in the
| modern style OF dress. The bell of the trunnet
lepreTehts Neptune seated On his and drawn by
| iour doIphins, surrounded by appropriate omhI4m.
| OF the sea.
DARING.-i esterday morning about half
past clock, while the bells were pe4inp forth tha
alarm of fire in the third ward. yonnc man nan,ed
| Look, in running along second street was struck
by q stone thrown from lot or alley near Marshall
street, which felled him the ground but did him
no serious injury. A party of his friends coming
up at the'tine, search was made to ascertain the
perpetrator OF the deed, but he could not Do dis
| covered.
| DESECRATION.-lt il n mortifyino fact
that ladies ar well as men,, in visiting the ceme-
teles around the city, often so far f,rgat ,vIat -
duo 10 the living As to pluck the flowers and hraa
| th' hhfubbery over the lonely homes of the deaI
~ i" many cases we are sure these outrages are
'n"ushtle7'IS peiPetrated, and for that reason We
! ho'ice Them, with the hope of preventing thair
| repetition Instances, however, haye n1cnrra5
where the flowers and shruhbery were literally sto
| -n and carried Off either to make few peunir. ar
| |" inortlfy those who had planted them there -
| Shch wretch, II discovered, would deserve the
halter as richly "a if he had committed onv otIr
heinous offence We beg our reader. in yisitin1,
tiic grave yhraS, 10 touch nothing that has been
placed on the dead as mark of remembrance and
| affection; but leave their pruning and culturr 70
| those who have put them there.
| THIRTEENTH STREET, if extended into
| the valley north of Marshall would not only fnr5
nlsh Il convenient highway between Shockoe and
Maddox Hills, but would bring into market con.
| siderable amount Of unimproved property the in
creased value of which, in the course of a 80
few years, wsuid more than repay the CITY for the
cost of the improvement BY filling across the
ravlne at the intersection of Marshall with thir-
teenh street, which would also add TO the security
of Marshall street, il would reuure a very small
amount uf money to make thirteenth street passa-
| bic for light vehicles, and would bring Shockoe
lll much nearer to the northern part of the valley
| than at present.
| FALSE ALARM.-Two false alarms were
created last Saturday, both of which caused the
| firemen long runs and no little annoyance. The
punishment for this offence, as laid down in the
city ordinances is entirely inadequate to its enor-
nifty and should be SO changed AS to require the
employment of the offender, when convicted in the
chain gang for period of time not less than six
months. II this were the law, and the people had
any assurance that it would be rigidly enforced
We fully convinced that many of those who Gre
ate alarms would DE detected and punished
DEADLY WEAPONS are carried by lads
III this city, to alarming extent, and the wonder
TO us Is, that few accidents from their Use
But few days since a lad fired pistol from the
street into gentlemans garden on 18th street and
the ball struck within few inches of negro
mans head. When cases Of this sort occur the of
tenders should be traced out and punished to the
extent of the law-not only for carrying deadly
weapons-but tor firing them at random and thus
cndangerng the lives Of innocent persons.
Too SMALL.-The necks to the cyph0ns
or stencil traps leading to the Main street culvert
are too small, in some places for the amount OF
water forced into them, and "a consequence the
entrances TO the cuyerts where this is the case
come stopped up with sand and gravel. On Satur.
day some of the city hands and carts employed
nearly all day in cleaning the entrance at the
northeast corner of 9th and Main streets.
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RAIN SHOWERS have been abundant the
past week-some of them very heavy If the
weather continues seasonable at present, the
| growing corn crop must prove O most abundant