The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-03-26

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| the Council adjourned. p>s' aSe' 80
Charged oiA F.loay--Charles Shnm.r . a..,..
| IN watches and ieweIry. on Main street. betvese
9th and 10th, made his appearance before the ~.
or Yesterday, 70 answer the charge Of buying an6
receiving gold watch. valued At $50. the properly
OF Whfam d. kennon, the said watch hayinr
been stolen and sold by . slave named William.
who was employed at the Public Warehouse.
Ine history OF the affair, as gathered from the
evidence may be thua stated: Some months since
warehouse deposited the watch In his wardrobe.
ana DID not miss 1t untii some two weeks siocs.-
on making enquiry Of the servants he traced the
matcn 70 William. the fellow who had stolen il, and
| sold It, Mr. K, in company with bis brothar then
csnea ~ Mr Shuman's store, under the pretsncs
OF wishing to purchase watch and st once recor.
nlsea " tpe show case the one stolen from bim-
On nsAi0s known his business, Shumau offered
lisa the watch for sale at EN- Mr X. ,desired "a
Know where y. obtained 1t. s. replied that hs
purchased It OF negro some time during the win.
yer; ana gave him s25 In trade for II. Mr. K then
SAesAAeA sAS kAOPCAy ~ uiSWnereuDOn Il. tOld him
he could lake it, which Mr. X did, after flrst cano
u = witness TO the transaction = =
fhe prisoner admitted the truth of the statauent
Just made. and called on six or seven gentlemen.
aoing business near him. to testify to his character
They sn spoke In the highest terms Of his indus.
ny, honesty and morality, and Of his strict asten.
ton to business.
When the evidence was concluded, the Mayor
reviewed al the facts In the case. and then dis
charged the accused. believing, ~ he did that ell
the circumstances were against the presumpsioa
that the prisoner bought tho watch knowing it to
have been stolen.
Licensed WaSons.-In order to protect the sooia
of merchants and others from piIeage, when being
carried on drays, wagons. carts, etc, the City
Council have not only required every teamster
to procure q license from the Chamberlain before
Offering his services to the public but to have his
irltials and numbers painted on the vehicles and
to enter into aond with security for the faithful
performance OF the obligations thus assumed -
Whsn team il regularly licensed and the driver
makes way with any goods entrusted to him, the z
loser can bring suit against the owner and his So
curity and thus recover damages. But If unli.
censed teams are employed, and goods are stolep.
the loser has chance for damages unless the
driver Ia able to pay. The difficulty under which
our merchants now labor is to ascertain what
tears are licensed and what teams are unlicensed,
and the only means left for them to guard ansinst
imposition, are, TO demand the exhibition Of tho
license before employing dray or get the Coun-
Gil to publish list Of the licensed vehicles up to
the present time. sac -
Yesterday morning the police reported Jerry
Conner and Thomas Caine, for running uuliceused
drays upon the streets. As the Mayor had no copy
OF the new ordinance before him, he postponed his
decision until tAia morning, and IL the accused !.
parties get their licenses at once we presume he
wl then le: them OFF, but they fail to do 80, tho
ordinance compels him to fine each of them not
less than S5 for every day they run upon the
streets Teamaters who comply with the law
justly complain that others violate 1t hourly.
Injurious to Heaa1-The pond which furnished
water for Carripgtons MILL in the Valley, Is be.
lieved by many to be detrimental to the health OF
the neighborhood, and effort is soon to be made
to force the proprietor 10 resort to the race for.
mery used, for supplying water, and thus do away
with the present dam which now spreads the va.
ter over large surface of ground. IS = @
Fine Stock-There are now several very fine
colts in training at the Fairfield Race Course, and
as all of them are moving well, rare sport may be
expected In May next. One Of the prettiest of
these animals is a Handsomely proportioned,
strong iimbed 6lly. by Revenue out of Andrswetts,
the property Of Hon. John NJ Botts. When the
hour of trial comes, and she is moving right Il will
take an extraordinary nag to give her The go-by.
EayA A6ray-John Nawton. afres negro, became
very much enraged with Pocahoptas HakeT on the
22d instant, for desiring to spend the night from
home with corpse, and by way Of forcing her
into measures, threatened TO assault and kin her.
for which she had him brsaght before the Mayor.
Yesterday morning see pair appeared IN eourt,
having aCJu6t00 tA2H NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Sn0 - bn0
earnest solicitation Of the complainant, the prisoner
was discharged.
O1strMction.-The summons against Crump h
Ragland, yesterday morning, Tor permitting one Of
their carts to remain 10 Marshal street the l6th
u violation of an ordinances WAS dismissed By The
Mayor. he being satsled that the parties were
blameess in the matter.
Accidsza-We regret to learn that Mr CHAs.
ScHERER, . member Of Protection Fire Com
panv No 2, had two OF his ribs broken snd one or
his wrists badly sprsined by the falling of ladder
on Monday evening last while laboring TO save tho
sfore of Messrs Purcell, F4add & Co., from destrue-
tion. His suisrings had been great up TO theAime
At which we heard from him yesterday aftsrnoon.
Dsltuquens-We accidentally saw the Iht of
oas consumers In Madson Ward yesterday, ON
which there were eighty % ninety dsliDqusnss, aD
of whom viii have their light cut short to-day, II
they do not cali ~ the Clerks Office and settle.
..pasooasAs"-by w. Gilmore Simma. Esq, is
the title Of an interesting novel, foundsd on ths
"olden timss,' which haa been published BY Red
Geld, and presented TO us by Mr.. George n West,
Exchange Bookstore, who has the work for sale.
Those who have read "The Yemasses," "Richs
ard Hurdis,@ Katharine Walton" or any Of tho
other interesting productions Of this popular snsAor
will pssd no second invitation 10 procure and pc
rsse . copy Of "Vasconseios"