The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-03-25
LOCAL MATTERS.


LOCAL MATTERS.
Attempt at Iacsndiarisa --On Monday night La. !.
daring attempt was made to frel and barr
The fame building on Marshall street, near The
Atneu9um. now occupied by Miss Susan Wat
| Rms who uses one Of the rooms to teach Ward
scnooi IN. Miss W. had retired for the night, but
iady living with her. who bad gone to church. she
u.o not sleep sound. After being in bed some time
81 .us neard noise down stairs, and on going down
IA ssce.Isin the cause fouod that some wretch
! III Sntefeo the house through . window, thrown
nsnsed huid lamp iato the Closet closed the door
w. 1uu made hisescape, leaving the house on fre -
| nu sreat presence Of mind, Miss W. procured .
s.mss Tss 81 water, and soon extineuished the
| M nsd sne been asleep At the time The torch
| vas nehsed the house would have been DESTROYED
| ana sne might have been suffocated
| Aarm o. Fus-Bstween the hours of n And
ciocs iast Monday night, the public be ls psaI
sa ,o,ln tne aarm OF hre, and Notwithstanding the
fact tfat the hremen had lust been relieved s,a,
| duty, scores were st their engine honses In e.
SECONDS, and the machinea were heard d.sh;na
along the streets in every disection Itwas sneed.
lily ascertained tha; the ruins had rekinded a, the
corner of 14.h and Main Streets TO which pl. the
iremen FASTENED. and with an abundance of Wa.
| ter soon extipguished the burning pile.
Incendiarism Between the hours tf and 2
O'Clock yesterday morning. an old, unoccuped
frame building on 18th street, between Main ind
Cary, was set on fire in two or three places. but
| by its timely discovery the irsmen succeeded in
| extipguishpg the flames before they had time 10
do serious damage.
Sudden DeaU-we regret to learn that Mr.
SOLOMON A. MARSH, resident of Shockoe Hill
aud for some years the proprietor of .anuery At
bacons Quarter Branch, on Brook Avenue, Wis
taken suddenly i'll at his residence, and died 10
| few minutes thereafter. Mr.. Marsh has been In
feeble health for several months, but appeared to
be as well as usual yesterday morning when he
| arose to dress himself. ~
Underground OpsrGtioas.-witbn q few d,vs
past two negroes have been Spirited away from
this city, by abolition emissaries who would taka
more pride in stealing away an "ebou and after.
wards starving him to death, than ia saving the
lives of twenty unfortunate persons One of tbese
negroes is man, and belongs to W. Randolph,
of this city the other is likely girl the property
of VIM. S. Beers, and it is not at all improb.bie
that they left here in private conveyances. and
made for York river, where they will take Shipping
for New York.
Il Stitch in Iime.-Now that warm weather ia
approaching it is very important to the health of
the city that the lanes alleys backyards and eel
lars belonging to every tenement within the cor.
porate limits should be thoroughly cleansed and
purified. If proper efforts are made the entire
city can be put in shiE- shape condition 10 few
weeks and kept so. Will not every house keeper
| lend his aid in effecting this great public good
| Encouraging. report of the Finance Com
| mittee which has been prepared with great csre
| by its chairman, Mr.. d. j. Saunders, to be pre-.
| ssnted to the City Council this afternoon, viii
show the gratifying fact that the next tax bill can
readily be reduced 6fsy per cent. below the pres.
| ent one, and then leave ample means for all ne.
| cessary expenditures we'll as prov ding for the
interest on the public debt The Council will no
doubt have the report printed In the newspapers.
| for the benefit ofdax payers and others.
| Il Rock Battle bas been carried on for several
evenings past, by number of boys of all ages 10
the Vail y near the works of the Central Railroad.
| and two or three youngsters have been seriously
bruised 10 the fights. Not only do these chops
| pelt each other in the most savage manner but
| they have become sodaring that they throw stones
| at mea and women who are passing along the
| commons, as well as at houses. On Monday af-
| ternocn last, we understand that lady received
q violent blow upon the head in passing near this
battle fiald; and resident Of the Valley was so
! much annoyed at having his windows broken,
| that he reported the facts to the police. 4hess
chaps seem to congregste from all quarters 70 en-
gage in q general fght and it il to be hoped that
the police may yet succeed in capturing the whole
party and having them punished. $3.50
| The Firenaen had hard time of it last Monday
night, but by their indomtabe energy and perse.
verance, proved themselves fully EQUAL to any
emergency la very few minutes after the alarm
was given that Purcell, Ladd g. Co 3 store was on
fire, we noticed that the Pheox boys had three
| streams going, that the members of Protectau
Company were laborDg mautuy, and that the +
Liberty boys always ready. had their engine we II
manned anu III OpeFduOu, Iue OtueE cOmpAplef,
having farther to ruu were soor ct work, and
| notwithstanding the large amount of nfammable
material to be found In first class drug establish
| ment, the whole Department seemed ready 10 go
into the midst of the devouring clement and fight
it inch by iuch, until the enemy gave Ia. Indeed,
80 daring wasthe conduct of some Of the freInen,
that the by staDders expected to see them perish.
The Hook and Ladder Company, too, were prompt
| and efficient in furnishing the fremen the means
of reaching the fire, for without their apparatus,
rhe various floors csuldnot have been reached and
| flooded In time to save the entire establishment
from total loss We honor them for their self sa-
| crifcing devotion TO the public good and rejoice
| that all of them escaped with Ifs and limbs where
80 much danger was to be apprehended.
Felony Charles Shuman was arrested and COM
mitted the cage yesterday, on the charge OF buy
Ing ana receiving a watch from slave who had
stolen 1t from Mr.. Kennan. Asthe caae viii come
before the Mayor this morning; we deem It useless
to give any of the facts as stated to us till then
The jamestown Celebration will draw together sn
immense crowd of persons from all parts OF tle
| State, who will rejoice to have the opportunity OF
| visiting the first site Of the Virginia colony.
Warm Times-Several of the city candidates
have determined to have public gatherings every
evening from now till the day OF election Judg-
ing from the excitement already manif. sted, we
NAV expect warm times between now and the ade
vent of all fool day. se
| Assauh.-John Woody, charged with assauliipg
James S. Tyler appeared before the Mayor, yess
terday, to answer TO the complaint, out toe paruea
having made friends, the case was dismissed
i Tie Drowing School Of the Mschsnics' Institute
will close its present session on the 18th Of April
next There are now thirty pupils in this school.
and the sj,ri,y Of them are making hne progress
In free hand sketcbng. tsa s.9
Dipped David walder, middle aged man. se.
cidestally tumbled into the Dock, near tae lock
gates yesterday morning. but was speedily res
cued by Mr.. Turpin and another gentlemao, who
were In q few feet Of him when he stumbleda nd
| pitched into the river. af lHs F ssa
TIE County Court of Henrieo, at its April term
will hear applications for tavern iicenses, ~ wbisn
time all who wish to procure them should apply
The Fire Department. will bold = meeting thus
evening in their rooms over Nos and engine
houses. Every member should attend
Hay Bmrnt.-The alarm Of fire about oesockf
YESTERDAY, was eau sed..bv the burning OF lot o
loose hay as the corner Of Main snd I'm stres".
Accident On Monday last, little gri, daughter
of Mr.. r. F. Howard. fell down . flight OF steps Al
her fathers residence and broke one OF ner arms
Real Estate As will be seen by our adsersiains
columns q sale of valuable real estate VIII Dc MADE
e q. l2 O'Clock to-day. ssaS.s
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