The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-05-11
LOCAL MAyTHaa

| so'o uau oeen un1astened and that negro feIior
was standing in the street nsar by Mrs Y csIIss
servant and had the bar replaced and some ,i,r =
sIer when about TO retire for the night she ap al
neard the bar fall. Supposing that all was moi
| Iighf, she called two Of her female servants and
nsu' IN hend, started to the kitchen to see what
NA goiog on AS she stepped into the yard a
negro fellow spraDg from the kitchen and ran off.
| "nicn 80 frightere3 her, that she screamed for
aeiP; Two negro men-Stephen the property of
q. w Richardson, and William Anderson. free
uonearlos . the cries, fastened TO ascertain the
cause just them they dscovereda a negro fellow
running from the direction of Mrs Y's kitchen
ana started after him, Being feeter than the
uuls,ar' lney soon overhauled him. and found
1ua, nL nis same vas DANDRIGE, the property of H.
| D. Christian Not being disposed TO lst . bnrcj.r
escape Justice, the colored men held him in cnsto.
oy Till ofhcer Morris arrived and then turn ed him
| over to the law. Last Saturday the sccpsed vas
| examined before tho Mayor. and after a,patisnt
hearing. remardei for final trial bv The Hps,i,as
court which meets to-day
the L. Bfass, Captain Fry, will celebrate .bs;r
s,4ly,our anniversary to day, at Ashland. where
tney nave Deen invited by the honorary memhers
| 10 parfake OF sumptuous feast Besides the 90,
ing and drinking, incident to festivities of Ri,
Hlu. sne Diues VIII have their annual target
pracHce, and the member making the best sbo,
VIII receive the company medal. Alter the ragr
lar nrlng, medal will be shot fo. By the non com
missIoned officers and another medal will be mn,
up 10 DC nred for by the honorary members, The
ANAiOu HiSuaiS are maze or silver dollars
spanish coin, dated in 1893 the year in which tbe
company was organized. These medals have been
prepared oy members of the corps and will. no
oouot, De highly treasured by those who are lucky
enough to win them
After getting through the aay which Gamma. f.u
20 prove pleasant one if the weather Ia fair tho
company will return to the city at late hour in
the afternoon, and then escort the regmant IN tba
ooat Wnicn mas been chartered to take them to the
celebration. to be held at Jamestown on the 12fb
instant. The Armory Band will attend the Rlnes
| to Ashland and back
| For jamestown "A large proportion of tho E;-,.
heglment OF Va Volunteers will leave the city ,his
| evening for Jamestown to attend the celebration
on the 18Th instant. We understand that most ex .
| tensiVe arrangements have been made for the ac.
| cohnoda'lon OF the soldiers and other visitors
| who are expected to be very numerous Several
| me bands CT music will be in attendance On II q
occasion and among them, the Armory Band. of
tnlo city Ii the weather proves propitious, and
"e nope II may the occasion will prove q highly in
| t9restine one to all who know any thing of the
| early history of old Virginia
| Wounded in Nicara4ua Courtney Y J.mos
| Esq, son of G. P r. James the British Consul fo-
| Va.was wounded r one of the recent epragem ON q
| in Nicaragua. Mr.. J. practitioner at the bar
Ia this ci'y until about two months since when
re lett to share the fortune and misfortune of Gen
| Walker. His wound is a serious one thonph n
| Is believed not fatal ~
Dinner at ashland TO dau-Ws are authorized
to state that on the occasion of the dinner 20 dav
IN honor ct the Richmond L. !. Blues at the hand.
OF the honorary and contributing members OF the
| corps train will leave the depot at lO4A. M and
| likewise at 3 P N
The company desire their honorary members to
| meet at the Armory and uui.e with the corps io
their morning parade, at o'clock Those who
| cannot make it convenient to take the lO4 o'clock
rain, VIII have an opportunity of leaving 10 the
| train at B O'Clock.
Alarms ON SATURDAY. morn;nr l.. nj, ~. .,. .
fra was caused by the re kindliug of the runs of
| Msssrs Bennett, Beers & Fishers establishment
| which was burned last Friday. The fremen re-
pared to the scene and soon drowned out all sp
| pearance OF hre. Yesterday morning the alarm
proceeded from the same place. lot of rubbish in
the secoDd story ceiliog having taken fire. OF
| course the hr6men performed the necessary GER
vice to extinSuish every vestige of fire.
To be RsbuM-We understand that arrange.
msnts have been entered into with a builder in
this city, to rebuild the store of Messrs Bennett
| Beers & Fisher at once. These gentlemen expect
to be at business in their old stand in the course f
two wseks, and in the meantime will attend to the
| orders OF their customers as usual
F'orl Thi:f Captured-At an early hour yester,
| day morning officer Seal started a chicken thief
known as Bon, slave to Mira. Martha johnson, and
after a short run captured him and lodged him In
| the cage When taken, Ben had In his bag tw o
enormous Shanghai hens, which he had cribbed and
| murdered, short time before, and pair of large
Win Wllc1 10 open ne house dOOr8 wi hen
| in quest Of poultry He will be- tried before the
Mayor this morning for the offence.
To Detect Hen. House Robbers, attach g. cord or
wire to the inner side OF the DOOR then pass the
other end over a puly and carry 1t to your bed
chamber and make it fast to a spriag bell When
this is done. arrange your window that 1t can
be thrown open in an instant; then load your dOu
Bile gun with buck shot, and when the bell warns
you that the rogue is .ibbling at the bait get up
quietly, seize your gun, take good aim, and bring
down your game as you would asnake. Of course
| you will remove the wire cord In the day time
| to prevent the thief from knowing that you are
| ready for him
| The Board Of Managers of the Virginia Mecban-
| les Institute will hold called meeting at their
| Hall, at o'clock this evening, where every mem.
| Der should be present The time is rapidly ap-
proachiug when arrangements must be made for
holding the next exhibition and II is therefore very
i important that the members shouSnpe ready for
action
TIL. French have at length brought every article
connected with paper hanging to perfection, and
are supplying the world at large with specimens
OF their skill aud neatness 10 passiug tbs estab-
shment of Mr.. John +. Reguault, few days .ince,
| our attention was attracted to lot of beautiful
| pictures of all sorts which had the appearance cf
| oil painting, but which on nation, proved 10
be elegant screen patterns, on.blaek glazed paper.
| AS soon as we saw these tasty pictures, we at
Cnee concluded that all the ladies would secure at
least one for parlor use in the summer time, and
and therefore determined to invite their attention
| to them.
| Pleasure Excursion The little steamer 'Calyp.
| S." left the Dock Saturday afternoon, with a
pleasure party of six of our ciiiZeus, who inteDd
| paving visit first to Petersburg, then TO James
| town. so as to be there al the celebration the
| 18th, and afterwards to the Dismal Swamp Canal,
| when she will return to this city. The Calypso
| is snug little craft, owned by Mr. II w. Fry, Jr
of this city, and is admirably suited TO pleasure
| excu sions when the party Ia small.
| jury Discharged On Saturday las. the jury in
| the of Thomas g. Smith, charged with the
murder of Joseph r. Crouch reported to Judge
| Clopton that they could not possibly agree and
were discharged. The Judge then ordered TIE
to be doeketed for the fall term of the Creu
Court of Henrico and admitted the prisoner TO bal
| for his appearance in the sum of $1,000.
Conoietsd Reuben Alley, charged with fslo
ni1usy shooting Reuben Tyler. of Henrico. abou
two years ago, was found guilty by jury In th.
Giro lit Court of Henrico, last Saturday, aod hi
term Of punishment fixed at one year 10 the peni
tenIiary.
The Grand Jury of the County Court of Henric,
met again on Saturday last and presented sundry
persons for retailing ardent spirits to be drunk
the place where sold without license and for OBJ
| structing the public roads by digging sand there
| from
| Serred Right-Alexander, slave to John Basby
| was convicted before the Mayor of depositing 9