The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-05-12

ASSAA MATTHRA.
Desrxetirs Firs.-We noticed
morning destructive ire which o..,rys ysss'e,oAy
10 o'clock the night before, on Conns;i Gst aooat
Hill, corner of 14lh and Ross street, IT,. T-.aoe1
building destroyed was owned by Mr. W,nt.n
Graves, and occupied as stable in yvh,ch ,h.
were twenty-four valuable horses, belong;ns .o .
different persons, eighteen of which were do.
| s.royed, together with number of vehicles h,r
ness, provender, eic. The fire was doubles, the
work of an ineendisry and must have been an
piled at the northeast corner of th building When
| discovered, 1t seemed TO have been kindled tha,
| instant, but as the floor covered with strap
bedding for the horses and the IofE was filed with
loose long forage, the flames seemed to have swep,
through The house as if driven By hurricane, and
In le5s man nge minutes the entire establishment
| was enveloped In flames Several gentlemen y he
saw the contasration, rushed iuto the stable and
managed TO get on; six of the horses but the "a.
pidity with which the flames spread, prevented
| toen from rescuing others, and compelled them to
ny tor thelr own lives. few of the vehicles we're
| saved, as they were easily drawn out, but even
| those were more or less injured
At sae time that the fire broke out the two ne.
gro men who attended to the stables were sitting
| In the ofnce IN conversation. They made several
efforts TO save The horses neares. them I'M, fonnd
| 1t impossible to do So
| As soon as the alarm was given, several of the
| hre companies, who were then returning from an
| alarm in the Valley, aud were near the srane cot
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| saved The kitchen and dw eliiug of Mr. E T Win,
ston, at the southeast corner of I4.b aud Rass
| streets "ncn caught from the stable several times
auo were partially Injured. The frame building 2
south OF the stable occupied as q residence BY Mr.
Graves also took fire, and at one time the imnres
| sion prevailed that 1t would be completely CON-
| sumed and that the brick stable az the corner of
| I4ih and Franklin would burn, as well as the
| frame buildings west OF it; but this the firemeu
prevented, and extinguished the burain, of Mr.
u residence, after the roofing was burnt How
Iuey managed to do so IL is almost impossible to
conjecture situated as it is on high hill and i'm,
mediately adjoining the burning sable
On enquiry yesterday morning We find that the
following persons lost horses and other articles bv
| the conf .gration:
b Burnett, six valuable horses, three sets of
| harness, one buggy wagon, and large amount Of
| horse clothing all valued at s. 900, upon which
| he had no Insurance
| WE Graves lost s;s stable dwelling house. FIVE
hne horses, one tne doubIe buggy and harness. one
carriage, one new sulky, several sets of harness
saddles brides, horse clothing and ffty hales OF
| hay, all valued at 81 500, upon which he had an
| insurance il the Merchants ComIany of $500,
| on the dwelling, but none on the stable. horses,
| etc His loss will therefore be about $4,000
| 5 Cottrell, fac horse valued at 5000 and
carriage damaged 500. Loss S4O0
| John Davies, one fae horse valued at $3.50
| before for $500
| J Wliugham horse and c,rr;ees yolroa =,
| $3.50 'A'"'' ~
AN. Palmore, fine riding horse, saddle etc $500
d B. Dickinson, one horse, valued at $500
A Archer Que horse, valued q. $3.50
So that the total loss above the insurance. is
about So, ,l50
| The building, as readers will remember
| was the old Wbig Club House, erected in 1874
ous has been used for the past ten years as a sta
Mr. Winston was fully insured. and therefor @
| loses nothing. Had his house burned il l.,
| more than pro0abe that the Clifton House would
| have caught, which would have endangered the
| Ballard House and Exchange Hotel if it had po.
| burned them
L!6ral Ad"stment-By the destructive fire
| which occurred on Friday morning last some of
our merchants met with losses, and tn insurance
| companies came in for large share Our neigh
| Dor, Mr.. ALEXANDER HILL, had portion of bis
| tue stock of boots and shoes damaged by water
| out as he was insured in the Richmond Fire As
socla,lon that company readily took all the goods
| that had received the slightest damage, raid Mr.
Hill bis invoice prices for thenl and sent them to
auction, where they 10 be sold for the benefit
| OF the company. Had the fire occurred one day
| later Mr.. HIS spring importation from Paris would
| have been caught in bis store and might have
| been seriously Injured; but as they did not arrive
in the city until the day after the fire, he is now
prepared TO furnish his customers with someth hing
extra. We understand tha. Mr.. Hill is making
| arrangements to leave here il a few weeks for
europe, and that he intends u future to import d.
recy such articles in his line will sui. the wants
| of the most fashionable The people Of Virginia
will appreciate this enterprise and reward him tor
| it.
| Iacendiarism. .-About9 O'Clock last Sunday night,
the stable of Mr.. Edmund Steam. on Valley street,
was set fire, and would have burned but for the
| promptnsss of ths neghbors who furnished water
| from their wells aud aided Mr.. Thomas Clemmtt
| to extipguished the flames by getting upon TIE
building AID drowning out the blaze with buck cts
of water. The incerd aries in this instance were a
| of bovg who a buIdie n aata
saturated in spirits of turpentne Jugh hole in
TO the stable, and then fired it. They to
from the direction Of the stable just before the
| fire discovered, but their uischievous pur-
| pose was not suspected at the time
| The L. l. Blues, Captain Fry, ffty.four s.rorg
left this City yesterday morning, the Frederick
burg cars, for Ashland, there TO celebrate theic G4th
| anniversary They were attended by the Armo-
| ry Band, and made mos! attractive appearance
| es they marched through the s.reets.
Hog Catching On Sunday las. Constable Net
tert, aided by several citizens, arrested William
Blankenship, Of Henrico county, and committed
him 10 jail on charge OF receiving the night before,
| large hog, which was stolen on Church Hill by
Isaac Quarles, slave TO G B. Lipscomb, and driven
to him. When the officer went to Mr.. BIS house,
be found the hog in ii, ard Ietu nedit to its owner
Isaac has also been arrested for the theft and will
be sOundiy punished.
Gin Couaca.-Yesterday was the regular day
for ameeting OF the Council, and Messrs Saunders,
| Allen, Grsttan, Roddey, Richardson. Greaner,
| Milispaugh and Hill met in the Council Chamber
at the appointed hour but owing to the absence Of
| Messrs. Haskins, Gretter. Robinson Whitfield,
| Glazebrook Denoon and Dinmock, being absent
| from the city, and nc quorum being present, the
| Chamberlain adjourned the meeting by the drec
| ton of the President.
| Fairfield Rdces-The spring meeting over this
| course commences to day with s~eepstake tor
| three year olds, and from all that we have been
| enabled to learn, good race may be expected
Three OF four of the entries marked as certain
10 start and as all of them known 10 be fleet,
no fayorite bad teen selected by the knowing ones
| az late O'Clock yesterday fnrnoon. ii Il e
| weather proves favorable, fast time and lal &c
| attendance may be looked for.
| Fire Reports Daring the month of April there
were eight fires five false alarms, and three out OF
the city, making total of sixteen. During the
month the value of the property destroyed was
| 50 $40 and the amount of property saved by tie
| Fire Department. $4,000,
Stabbing WIN Roberts, free fellow charged
| with stabbing James Pitman, on the l3;h Of April
was tried before the Hastings Court, yesterday
and acquitted by the vote Of single magistrate
the other Aldermen on the bench declaring hin
guilty.
Stealing.-Joseph Monti, charged with stealnl
Sl65 from Philip Devote, on the inst was ex
amined by the hustings Court, yesterday and wa
remauded for final trial at the fall term Of the Cir
| cult Court