The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-02-16
LOCAL MArrHna

TIE Schooner Fannie Cuyric, ladeu v,th a..
feed and tobacco, to the value of about AZ ~
left this port few days since for Boston sn.,.
rently IN perfect condition, but on getting to n,
roint u was found tha: she bad twenty -eishs II
ches of water In her bold She was irnmedi, taI
brought back to this city and Is now being unIos,
ed as rapidly as possible. Her owner is Of the jr,
preston that the leak is caused by the ice drawin
the oakum from . seam near the ssern-post, durip
the late freeze, aud that she viii be ready tn :,
ceive her cargo n the course Of two nr three da VI
some two hundred barrels of the -four are sur
posed to have been damaged by the leakage. ~
ters. =
fTc.-Yesterday morning about O'Clock, Al
n, o.o orick building on Marshall street. betwee,
ON aoo 10Th streets. was set on fire and burnet
o, ~ we E1ound. The property, we understand, wa
| oNhsu oy Mr. John Enders, and was no doubt in
sured, and oeeuDied by Mr.. W. B. Hill as stable
WHO iost ABOUT SOC worth of provender
| iy0nflcide-Last Saturday evening Coroner
heesee' amended by Constable Butler held an in.
quest over the body eff new born female habe
toana conccaied 10 pile of stones in an alley moi
| iMar M from Steans slaughter house on 18th street
Ihe jury were unable to discover the mother II
the infant, or how it came to be concealed IN the
| pile OF stones, but as the little creature had No
marks OF violence about its person, cine 10 the
oouciuslon tnat came to its death from some
| cause unknown to them There seems TO he no
| doubt that it was made way with by its unnstnra,
Hotner, and then concealed to hide her shame
DroOaed.-Some few days before Christmas .
marble worker named MICHAEL SLATTERIy ep,
ployed by Shaw & McCloy, in this city, suddenly
disappeared from his boarding house, and nothinr
was heard Of him till yesterday morning vhan h;s
body was found floating in the James River and
kanawha Canal, nesr the 7th street bridge An
inquest was afterwards held over it by Coroner
keesee attended by Constable Butler. aud the
jury, after making thorough examination O,
a opda anor
be procured, rendered verdict of death from
accidental drowning" The deceased was an in.
temperate man, and no doubt walked into the
canai In state of intoxication.
Nortaern Travel-we understand that the Orange
| and Alexandria Railroad Company have chartered
steam-tug boat to carry the mails between Wash
ington and Alexandris, at cost of S75 per dav.
but the ice has prevented her from making more
than one trip per day, and, as a consequences the
regular connection cannot be made The tug has
no accommodations for passengers. ALI passen-
gers travelling by way OF the Virginia Central and
Orange and Alexandria Railroads are carried TO
the long bridge Ia omnbusses and then fer,ied for
about two hundred feet, when they are again taken
IN 'busses to Washington. As soon as the ice will
permit, the regular ferry boat will resume its run
between washington and Alexandra, until which
time the public will have to rest content with one
mail per day.
accident and Narroao Escape On Saturdav 1.s,
an interesting little boy, about four wears old scn
OF MIR. q. w. Mil!spaugh, was run over bv n wagon
and narrowly escaped serious injury The lttle
fellow was standing in the street Watching the ope
ration OF scissors grinding, when two mules At
tached 10 a furniture wagon, came along and
knocked him down. The animals stepped care
fully over him, but one of the front wheels De ssed
over his legs, and rear wheel ran against his head
and was completely scotched- The child was i'm
meciately taken into lis fathers house, when IL
was ascertained that his injuries were yerv tr,lnp
and that none OF bis bones were broken.
Tie Hastings Court, Recorder Taylor, and AL
dermen Sanxey, Bray and Dudley pre e.idinr
transacted large amount of business on Sstur.
day, both civil and criminal Among the cases
disposed OF were the following John Desler, i'm
dicted for permitting an unlawful assembly of ne
groes In bis house, was tried by jury and found
not guilty and ihereupon dischsrgs d
George Kemble Wilkins, indicted for stealing
| fur robe from George +. Sadler. on Sunday last,
was set to the bar for trial and plead not gaity
| After hearing the evidence and argument of coun
| sell the jury rendered verdict of acauittal and
he was released from custody Asi was prove n
| that Wilkins had been indulging freely that day
| Esd the night before with friends, the jury readily
concluded that ne took the robe supposing it to
| belong to one of bis acquaintances, and without
auy intention of committing q theft To those
who know the man, this explanation will be amply
sufficient to enable them to acquit him of all dis
honest intentions.
The Grand Jury met at l o'clock, pursuant to
adjournment and Ia their retirement found true
bills in two cases. against John Houseman a dis.
charged City Watchman, for altering the hours in
the passes of servants, and then combining them in
the station house, where they were afterwards
punished on bis oath; against Isaac A Rice for
libel, published over bis signature in the Dis.
paich and against VIM j. Brown, VIM Jones.
and John H. Lambert, for assaulting and beating
Richard p. Mundip, in Scbad's Hotel
There being no other business TO dispose Of the
Grand Jury then adjourned.
Get your Licenses.-The officers of the Police
viii commence reporting to the Mayor this week
all unlicensed vehcies found on the streets Hack
men, teamsters and Others should bear this fact u
mind, aad call upon the Chamberlain at once a,
the faes provided in the ordinance are very heavy
Duu-Friday and Saturday were dull days fol
police matters The operation CT "strret WORK
| i ,g" by which lcafers and vagrapts are made r.
| earn their bread has put the "crib suckers" b
| flight, and left the police but little to do.
| Street Inprorement.-It has been suggested tba
the city, instead of subscribing largely to work
| of internal Improvement, might ada greatly to il
| annual revenue by opening new streets and i'm
proving the old ones that now ia a dilapdatet
| condition. If good walk ways were laid down. st
that persons could pass along the by ways withou,
| getting knee deep iu mad, property holders would
build on their lots, and thus increase the value O
| real estate. The Strengthened condition of til
| city finances forbids expenditures now for almos
every purpose, and therefore the rigid econo
| my should De observed; out whenever Richmond
/ can spare the money, she should set to work anG
| put her thoroughfares in good condition.
| Elocution-We again invite the attention of ou
readers to the advertisement of Miss Il W. White
| in another column. Miss w. proposes to givt
lessons in elocution and she ID thoroughly quail
i fed for the task, we sincerely hope that she may b
entirely successful Miss White, 1t will be born'
in mind is a native of our city. and has heretofore
| given poeticai readings 10 Richmond as well o
/ elsewhere, North and South, with great success =
| At the time of the appearance of the yellow feve
| in Norfolk she WAS there, engaged in giving intel
lectual entertainments: but finding ths scarcity o
nurses and the amount of suffering ~ be great SD
at once threw aside sef and with the true heart c
| a noble woman devoted her whole time to the relic
| Of the afflicted After over-taxiug her s.reDgt
from day TO day. she, too, was finally attacked VIII
| the epidemic, which completely prostrated he
| system that from that period until within fe'
| weeks past. she has not been able to resume be
| readings II gives us pleasure to state, now, ths
she is enjoying good health, and that she has q
termned to give lessons in elocution TO such iade
may feel disposed to receive instructions at be
hands.
| Put Apay Dawson Parsonby, = free negro frol
| Surry county, was sent TO jail by the Mayor Ia
Saturday, on the charge OF remaining 10 this cit
with improper papers.
.Stealiag.-A free negro. called Joseph Thaeke
was arraigned before the Mayor last Saturday,
answer the charge Of stealing quantity of prov
sions from another negro, some short time since
Joe declared himself to be entirely innocent, ar
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