The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-06-02
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Ts'e, eI tnis city, WAS dangeronsly ipiured
oy being thrown from bis horse Ia comns ~ ..s
number Of other genslemsn, he had rer.| .o
me far grounds to practice for the sournsr.,s -
% -day. when his horse became unman.r~shs.
aasnsd Oh. and getting his feet caught il 4 rc,,s
pnsned neAdiong, throwing his rider to the oror,a
~ u s.e.s iorce, and falling entirely over him
Ar. Paies head was the first part Of HE n.-.a.,
.oat came Ia contact with the ground and ths f.ii
! was -, 30 great that he waa Knocked senseless n
Little WAS called 70 see BIN at once and =. 49,.
= ne mad recovered suaicientIy to be moved bs
s ~ paceo IN . carriage and taken 10 the 4.
nsfies Hosel where he 10 now suffering sevsrs,v
Etom conclusion Of the brain
JET ean.--Messrs, G. ga Barr.m;, =.
Just completed beautiful REVOLVING i. a,s.n n.sc
tne fountain in the Capitol Souare vbieh a.S ~.
|. pretty a. heart could wish, throws anv rurnhss
oI streams, And, when the sun ls shininr h,iebt-
". creates myriads of rainbows OF everv form
P.p tnis Jet deau Ia the work Of Mr.. A
snin, Jr, and will add another to the Al
!eAuy many attractions to be seen on the snusra
in warm weather. -"> ~ ~ w 'AAo s40Are
ItLe Conduct.-We regret to see that so,oa A..
uss uesignediy broken one of the stone stsps OF
tue W ashlngton Monument, thereby diaf gn,;ns
!. !. materially Onless . strict watch ia kenS over
,ha ,ha square during the summer months, we fear
me trees, shrubbery and every thing else viii he
injured by the scores of uuischiavon. hovs ,h., %
assemoie there to trample the grass. cut the
their way. ---s solae ~
ne National Guard Lieut.. johnson. m.da .
parade yesterday, and turned out mnch
larger than usual After marching through the
principal streets, they repaired to Goddin's Tsv-
al @ .or .oe purpose of target practice. The me.
u-. :. WA was won oy Private John e Roberts to whom
was presented, on behalf of the company. bv
sergeant FORE Before returning home. some time
vas spent IN social enjoyment, In which thev Ali
participated with q soldierly zest.
Horse Crippled,-Yesterday afternoon the four
nue mnlIe horses working to one of the Exchange
Isrnn nos. ran OF and besides breaking down
,amp post, one of the horses was serionsv ir;nred
oy having the pole run into his left thigb c.ns;na
a terrible wound. : - -'i' 'nisn' causing
distributing Styychnine 10 Doos l;,a
neafted gentleman, whose nobleness of sonl MI,
eue oAy YIN TOR him An exalted position among hin
ieno"s, s, mas oeen humanely engaged for sayersl
sass psst IN distributing strychpne about the
s.leels on DTS OF meat, to destroyUops Yester-
DAY morning valuable and hirhIv nrzs "a po,1,a.
tnst would not have been exchanged for tbe heat
naooo morse III the city, had the misfortune tn pih
PIE a. one OF these baiis and in few hours there.
fsr sasn,vs was go eola IN death How many more have
ioiiowed the same way we are unable 10 ssv hn,
have no doubt that the distributer,, ~ ,ba i..
orug feels highly eiated at the success he has ,nt
with In destroying dogs. --'N'
Serious Fall Last Sunday afternoon Mr. Rich.
ara Lloyd OF this city. was thrown from horse on
l9sn street, near Dukes stable and his head com
ing In Violent contact with the ground, he was
knocked senseless for some time. Several physi-
clans were called to see him but before their arr;
val he partially recovered and was taken to his
boarding house. Yesterday morning he was com
planning seriously of his head which was very
much Injured by the fall.
The Holidays now being enjoyed Is what il
known as ~ hitsentide," being the fftieth dav
after Easter, and which is properly called Pen.e-
cost" is retained by the Christian church, and
called "Whitsentide !" because of the mir acnlou,
descent of the Holy Ghost on the apostles, which
happened on one of the annual returns of its eel
ebration "Whitsentide" is said to have received
its popular name from the circumstance, that, for.
meriy, people newly baptised co-1e to church be
tween Easter and Pentecost in white garments -
''Pentecost" is q solemn festival of the Jews in,
stituted in memory of the PRONUNCIATION of the
law and 80 named because that event took place
on the fftieth day after their departure frou
Egypt. ~ :
;pisaing Reconsideration Fire Company
No 2. with their new and beautiful engine, leii
here on the cara yesterday morning. to pay their
brother fremen of Petersburg flying visit -
They returned to the city yesterday evening" and
were very much gratifed at the kind reception
they met at the hands of the Cockade boys
Henrico County The returns of the Commis,
siouers at the va "ious precincts In this county,
show that Mr. HENRY Cox, the American candi-
cate, has been elected to the House of Delegates,
by majority of eight votes over Mr.. RoBEKT A.
MAYO, the Democratic candidate The vote in
the county stands-for Cox 669 Mayo 661 Be
reference to the report under the election head,
the official vote of each precinct will be found
Prefers Slaoery.-Nancy Stewart, emancipated
by Charles Howard, of Orancge. was arrested by
officer Tyler, yesterday, and taken before the
Mayor to answer the charge of returning into this
State after having lived In Pennsy lvapia. Nancy
knA Hhn& oh al.
to Northern freedom, and had returned with the
hope of being permitted to enter into servtnde
The Mayor Informed her that she had no right to
remain here, and therefore required her to give
bail to leave the Commonwealth within ten days
A Ysteran Loafr John Masterhamer, an old
man and q cripple, appe ared before the Mayor yes.
terday to answer the charge of getting drunk and
sleeping on the sidewalk of Marshall street. The
old topper made no excuse for bis folly, and wal
therefore put under lock aud key. till he can bs
sent to the place from whence he came.
r House Breaktng-On Sunday last the hardwa;
store of Mr.. c. j Sinton was forcibiy entered, apo
robbed of some few articles of no great value -
The thief effected an entrance through the real
part by cutting q hole into temporary partition
sufficiently large to admit him. II supposed by MIR
S. that he was frightened off before he effected hi
purpose entirely, as the act was committed In th
day time.
Fine Book-We have been shown large supel
royal blank book, m anufsctured by Mr. ]. W. Ran
dolph, for the Richmond L Blues, which in poip
of workmanship is of the highest order. The bool
is intended journal for the Blues and will pro
badly last them for century to come, Not only
is the ruling good but the binding is superb ~ wei
IS substantial, being of the Russia papnel sty lie
with inlaid variegated work, aud of materials tha
must prove durable. Mr.J. English foreman tel
Mr.. Randolph expects to exhibitit ~ the next Fai
of the Mechanics Institute; and II any of ou
book binders intend to compete with IT, they shoui
begin their work at once. se-sees se
The Tom,m mament of the knight Tempiars wi
take place to-day at the Fair Grounds, and II to
weather proves favorable, will NO doxbt attrae
thousands of our citizens to that place. The Con
mandery will move from the Masonic Hall at
o'clock this morning, and going down Franklin
10th and along 18th to Main, will march up thu
street till reaching the Fair Grounds, where 70
tilting takes place DR.. John Dove Is to deliver
oration on the occasion; after which Col. Angus
the Herald, win form line and charge the hnign
befor the fitting takes pace If the weather pfoss
favorable we expect to see thousands OF persons
attendance as well 10 enjoy the sport a. TO eontr
butte their proportion 70 The surplus fund, wn,cn
TO be turned over to the Union Benevolent Soctet'
for distribution among the poor. ,s.
Sealing Cothes.--The roop of MI. William
Owens, on 10Th street. Was enteIed last Sasurda.
and = LOT of wearing apparel carried on by q
thief
The Young Guard made . handsome psrat
yesterday afternoon, Notwithstanding the fA
that no band of music could be had for love
money, unless We call two drums and dfe
band.