The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-06-23
LOCAL MArTHRa

| Hfanticide Early yester day morning the body
! OF = whit. male child was found In the mouth of
cuivert. corner Of 81 and Marshall Streets with
! a string tied around its neck having Apparently
| been choked to death aud thrown in there but 4
few hours before II was wrapped In rags and
paper as If IL had been hastily put ort Of the way
AFTER birth, by its unnatural parents, to escaps
the odium of public exposure The discovery
created good deal of excitement In the neiahbor
hood. crowd of persons collected about the
| spot, every one eager to gaze upon the murdered
was nothing, however. tending to shed any light
| upon the mystery. letter dated 1856 was
iouno, but 1t contained nothing calculated to fur.
nish clue to the circumstance, and i; was prnba
| Oily dropped 'here accidentally by some oue pass.
| ing by. An inquest was held, and after q foil n-
| vestigatien the jury rendered a verdict that the
child was ssraDgied by some person to them un
| Known.
Steamship jamestown This week the James.
town comp etes her fourth year on the route be-
| tween this city and New York. having left New
| YORK on her first trip the 25sh june 1853 Sisce
that time she has run nearly two hundred thou.
| sand miles, and carried upwards of thirty thou,
sand passengers without the slightest accident,
| ana rarely beng an hour out of time She looks
as we'll now as the first day she arrived at our
| wnarves, and under the care of her veteran on
mander Capt Parrish and her skilful engineer,
| Mr. Wright, we have no doubt she will long con.
| unue to preserve her beauty and freshness
| Family Marketing AT the second market ves-
terday morning, spring chickens sold a. 25 cents
each; tggs 25 cents per dozen; butter 81 033 CENTS
| per 10; cheese l shilling; green peas 25 c.nts Der
peck; onions cents per bunch; maps 25 cents per
| peck; beets cents a buucb cabbage a l2t cepts
accof ding to sZp lettuce lac cents cy mullins 25
| cents per d,zeu; ksle cents = peck new potatoes
4o cents pee; cherries | shilling to 20 cents
| quart beef, choice cuts, l2t cents to shilling;
! lamb, extra, shilling; ordinary, l2l cents: mutton
lO0 l24 cents. Some few raspberries " ere offered
| al high prices. The market was poorly supplied
| as usual on Monday morning
| an Endncpated Slaue,S ,Snaued Reubenetta Dan.
| dridge, WIS ariai ged before the Mayor yesterday
| on charge of remain ing in the Common wealth
contrary to law. This woman was ems ncipated
n le49 and for some time past has en- quite noto
| rious as he keeper of tOuse of bad reput alton
| on I'd street. She will doubtless remain in Gus
| tody for the present Negroes of this class gen.
| orally pead ignorance of the law, and express
determination to apply for permission 10 reside
| here, on the first opportunity But the more plau
| she conclusion is, that encouraged by their pre-
| viouS success in eludiug arrest, they become i'm
| pressed with the idea that no one will ever inter
| fere with them.
| E1amininS Court "A special session of the
| Court OF Hastings was held yesterday for the
| ex xsminaiion OF Joseph Clayton, for frioniously
| cutting Charles Jordan Miller on the ID day f
| June. The Court having heard the evidence were
of opinion that be ought to be tried for the offence
| before the Circuit Cnnrt, acd hs was admitted to
| bail 10 the sum Of $3.50 f, lis appearance
| William Childress, charged with st. aliog sill.
| yer watch valued al $40 from Alexander Brown
| arrai9ned TOR examination yesterday, but the
| Court, on motion of the Attorney for the Common
| seslth, continued the until the next regular
| term.
Barbecue at Clover Hill The Board of Directors
| of the C.oves ii II Railroad Company with sever
al N mbers of the CRY Cruncil and 9TH invited
| guests, l. fl Richmond on Saturday morning. in
train provided for the occasion, and after . pleas
| ant ride of nearly thrs hou:s, arr we'd al Clover
| Hill At the terminus of the road they we're met
| by the boys belonging to the academy st this
| place. who being under the tuition of James Fl
| W addell gsduate Of the Virginia Military Iusli,
| suite al Lexing on have formed themsr lves into
| military company The Armory Band having
| come with The visitors from Redmond, Capt Dim-
| mock place them at the head of the company and
me siiI ring SQUADS OF their martial music seems I'd
| ogve new hfe to the youths rs they MAI ched
| with steady step and we'll poised muskets
| Following the guidance Of James II Uox Esq q
| large number of the visitors went to each Of the
| PITS in succession, aDd witnessed the different
modes of rssing and delivering the sable treasures
| which drawn from :he bowels of the earth
After thorough qualification of their curiosity in
| these matters, they were conducted to the grove
| Of oaks which surround the meeEing house. aud
| while awaiting the annOuL cement of dinner the
| ca ,ets were drawn up, and under the command of
| iheir Captain j Piper Cox, performed all the
| dinary evolutions of a we'll drilled military compa-
| ny with an accuracy and precision which elicted
| the highest prsises from all who were present.
After they bad tnshed at the REQUEST of several
| gentlemen, Mr. VIM II Macfarland uade shorE ad
| dress, which indeed words Il ly spoken"
| He reminded them of the du les which they owed
| 10 themselv. aud to their parents TO make good
use of the golden opportunities they DOW tt yed;
| to improve their minds atd d. themselves toi tue
| performance OF those more important duties W ich
| they would ere long have to fulfill wueu they
| cupied The places of those ho contrlloed the
| destinies OF our coultry DIR jams Cox Jr re-
| piled very happily on the part Of thu boys, aud
pr ed for them their best efforts to act up to
lsk.. faa do nf hntn
| DiuIer being spread, and the whole party soon
| seated there uniy of action for half
| hour more, worthy of better cause. Ws
| we're much amused at little scene which occurred
| at one end of the table This precinct had been
| placed under the protection of an aged darkey,
| who couiaued to place and remove dishes and
| plates, ard TO bail out pans of Bruins wick stew,
just seemed best TO him, without he est re-
| gard to earnest demands for bread and other ar
| ticles needed. In vain were empty plates thrust
| at him with demands for mutton and chicken If
his hands were empty he would seize the plste aud
| hurry off but the owLer never saw 1t Egain. 10 q
| hungry msu this was more than tantauEng, and
| all their shouts and jokes aud imprecariOns were
received by him with the ind ference Of a stole -
| None OF these things moved him At length fiery
| gertlema0, who seemed rs if Ills existence depen
ded entirely Oh his g.ttirg another plate of that
| stew" made an awful threat, and fearing he
might attempt to carry il out, another wal er, who
| opportuney came 10 the rescue at this time, told
lin, 'taint use to holIer at dat Niger for he
Is as DEF as post.
This solu IN Of bis mysterious conduct crested
| a hearty laugh, and prev. any further COM
plants. These duties being perform d sa1isfsctoi
ly the edibl.s were removed ard ,hei' places sup
piled with pitchers and bowls FLIED with feag AIT
julep and lux punch, besides various sdudries
| straight President Ma farLni then called the
company to order. and in few happy remarks,
toa ted, - he County of Chesterfield, she needs no
| eulogy" To this Mr.. Jas ii. Cox made re-
| sponse in one of the bes. after dinner speeches
| we ever heard, and concluded by giving. The
| Military Guard of Virginia and their Commander
| Dimmock Capt Dimmock replied in a short
speech, full Of fire and enthusiasm, TO which mark
| ed attention paid by all present and gave,
| The Council of the City Of Richmond Mr.
| Washington Gretter being called for, made few
| remarks apo getic, and after srme snort speeches
from Mr.. Asa smith. of the Rict m md and Peters
bug Railroad and others, tine MT ting adJ urted
| STROLL to the residence Of MIR II Cox, where
all who chose, Ia aounda topportu .iry + iquench
| the thrst occssonsd d by the walk The y Tform>
ance by Smith and his assistants Of several beau.
iiful airs, ard hearty strrup cup taken With the
host finished the ceremonies Of the day and pu9c~
| tuaily at 6 O'Clock weeft the sc'ns of ssmu fes-
tive Ell yment as falls to he lot OF mortas IN any
| one day.
| We understand that 1t Ia the intention of the
| Board of Directors of this c0mpany to have
yearly celebration At this place A wise resolution
and which 1t is TO be hoped they msy carry out