The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-04-01

day, when oil can have An Opportunity ~ -: 70. %
the polls and casting their votes Tor The 70 70
70 Ins,s =. ohSses Tor every ofee The polls win open
Monroe Ward-Lacy's Shop, 6 O'Clock. An
Madison Ward-City Hail. 7o'cloek s -
Jefferson Ward-Markes Hall, O'Clock.
Byrd Street Stab6ing Afair -On SATURDAY. n;,h.
last difficulty occurred on Byrd Street betwesr
Thomas Tenant and Patrick Cummings, durina
the progress OF which the latter was severely
stabbed in the right arm and abdomen, from which
wound he ID now lying in critical situation &
Mrs. Vests boarding house. Yesterday rnornino
Thomas Tennant was arraigned before the MavoT
for examination and as several Witnesses testified
10 the cause We append the substance of their ev.
idence as briefly as possible. The prisoner. Mi.
chsei Gettings and two 9th er friends went to =
dance on the night Of the occurrence. and there
saw Cummings and his friend James Hays. but
mad no words with either of them After drink
ing and daneing TIL ail of the party became cor-
sideiaoiy exniierated, Tenant and his friends
left the ball room and repaired to Mrs West,s
where they again bent their elbows bv wav nj
keeping up steam. As they were about leaving
tnis place for home, all being fall of fun, fight and
passed between them Gettings who vasiwall. in
for 1t, at once proposed to fight Cummiues whom
no sooner said than DONE Pat off with his 90,
and by sudden Strengthening of the right arm
.a: .a:a h,ke our as cod as whetstone The next
taing that any of the witnesses saw. Cummings
and remnant were showing fists at each Other ush
all their might, Tennant backing all the time ard
Cummings pursuing him, till reaching the opnos;tc
side OF the street, when Tennant went down and
Cummings jumped upon him Finding that mat.
ters were growing serious, HAYS ran over and
pulled Cummings off the prisoner who got up and
took to his scrapers like clever fellow For
the nrst time when on his way to bis boarding
mouse, cummings discovered that he had been
staooed Dr. Barksdale was sent for and dressed
the wounds He described them as severe INIT
nos necessarily dangerous, as no vital parts lad
been touched. If inflammation does not set in the
wounded man may be able to leave his bed in the
course OF TWO weeks After hearing the witness
es the Mayor adjourned the examination until the
9Th inst, and admitted the accused to hail i'm the
sum of $500 for his appearance.
Stabbing ON Second Street.-Joseph Elam. a vouro
man, appeared before the Mayor, yesterdav rnorr,
ing, to answer the charge of beating and s;abhne
heuoenetta cambridge, free woman in her own
mousse, on I'd street, on Monday morning, the 3Oth
| ult The evidence proved that on the SnnSag
night before, Elam had been to the wornan's honse
aoc attempted to get in, but was prevented
| from doing SO by Marx Levenger and another
y. m"ase man, VINO was in the house at the time
IN cohpsn with Dis friends he then left the pre,
misses, threatening to cut the throat of tho reoro
| woman Tor the treatment he had received IN.
| Moh0ay morning, Eiam called at Emmersoo's. on
n! 9.a sarsec, 70 get drink, and there met with
| hicnard u Hazegrove and William Gentry. both
| OF whom drank with him. Ou his invita,ion tbesa
| two young men started to take short wajk With
MIN. After going short distance the three again
drank, on the invitation of Gentry, and on getting
10 Huichef 8, another round was INDUCED in, Ha.
ztegrove standing liquors Soon after this. Elam
started for Dandridges house. and against the per.
suasion of Hazlegrove, burst in the back door
Finding Marx Levenger in the house and heinz,
completely beside himself by the "fire water" he
had imbibed, he Immediately pitched into tbs
son, who beat a retreat. Hazlegroye now seized
Elan, and endeavored to stop him. but finding that
Eiam was furious, that he was armed with a knife
and that his own life was in danger, he released
MS hold, when Elam ran after the woman, caught
her, and stabbed her severely in two places in the
left side, from of which wounds the lobe of the
lung protruded, and cut her hand severely. Halle
grove nearing the screams, again rushed into the
melee, caught Elan, and took the knife from him
At the conclusion of the evidence, the Mayor
discharged Gentry, it being clearly proved that be
had no hand In the affray. In the case of Halle
grove. he was not prepared to discharge him at
once, bat released him upon his own recognizance
to appear on the 9th inst Elan was remanded to
prison for further hearing ON the 9th instant. at
which time he will probably be sent on to the
Hastings Court to be examined on the charge OF
felony.
Mil AHty RoU Some fe days since we no.
ticed the arrest of George Valentine, white dray
driver, on the charge of assaulting and beating
Jeremiah Roak, on the 24sh ut at the Richmond
and Darvlle Railroad Depot, thereby eadanger-
ing his life Yesterday morHng Roak was suffi I.
cientiy recovered to appear in Court, and as Va
lentine was in attendance, the Mayor determin
ed to hear the case and dispose of it, The evi
dence showed that Roak had gone to the depot
lot and attempted to take the regular turn of ne
gro teamster at the gate, which aggression the nt
gro resisted and beaten therefor by several OF
Rosks friends. Valentine seeing the unfairness
of the white man, took the negro's part and was
himself assailed in turn. He then procured q
large club, with which he knocked Roak down, in.
juriug him badly. Michael Dugan, who was with
Roak at the time, made an assault on Valentine,
| and mashed his proboscis, for which Valertine af-
forwards declared that he would have satisfaction.
To prevdnt his threat from being carried into
execution, the Mayor held him to bail, and thus
ended this shameful row.
Funeral Honors L. l. Blues, under Capt
Fry, preceded by the Armory Band psraded yes
terday afternoon, TO escort to the grave the re
| mains of their honorary brother, Henry Dues5er-
ry, who died last Sunday morning. Mr.. Duesber-
ry was in the fifty fifth year of his age at the
time of his death, and had not taken dose of
medicine or laid by day for thirty-four years
| previous to his death The Junior Blues under
| Capt Dudley, accompanied the Blues, and made q
| very handsome appearance.
Ferer Heat-Nothing was talked of or thought
of the Streets yesterday, but the charter elec-
| ticns, which take place to-day. Groups of men
were to be seen at every corner, and around all
public places, specializing upon the result and all
were declaring that their candidates were the very
men for the times The people are apt to select
the best representatives. before them; ana tnis
be done for all the offices to-day no one can COM
| plain of their choice.
Fire-About o'clock yesterday morning, .
frame building in Henrico, near the residence Oh
| Mr. Fendall Griffin, formerly owned by MI. Hunt
about one mile from the corporate limits, was nrea
| and burned The building was unoccupied.
| Laid Our-Joseph Eiam was arraigned before
the Mayor, to answer the charge Of assanlting MI
J. w. Schooier, of the Mount vernon Hotei, ent
owing TO the absence of witnesses, the examina-
tion was deferred until the 9Th inst. -.
F To Merchants, Mechanics and others.
As it 10 now about the time when Merchants and
others are wishing to have CIRCULARS, CARc
BILL HEADS, BILLS OF LApINa, POSTERS,
&c. printed, respectfully call they attention to
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