The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-07-23
LOCAL MATTERS.

LOCAL MATTERS.
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING af-
| ternoon, between the hours Of and > O'Clock.
While negro girl in the service of Mr. John UiJ.
lard, of Adams and CLAY streets was In tha
yard cleaning knives, she was struck by lightning
and instantly killed. The peal of thunder which
followed was terrific one, causing the windows OF
the houses in the neighborhood to rattle AZ if
Jared by an earthquake. The girl was valuable
one, and belonged to Mr.. George, of whom Mr. Hill
lizard hired her.
HAIL SToRM.-During the heavy show
er of rain yesterday afternoon a large Quantity of
halls fell some of them the size of sparrows eggs So
sudden and severe the pefting Storm that sew
eral horses attached to vehicles, attempted to
run off. and one attached 30 Mr. Charles Phillips
barouche, did get away and broke the shafts
HARD JOB.-The tunneling of the Ca
nal, near the pump house for the water works i'm
provement. is not only heavy but a tedious Job
ana cannot be completed in much less than a year
even under the most favorable circumstances Di-
recty in the line with the tunnel Is ledge of verv
hard rock. which will have to be chiseIed out as
blasting cannot be resorted to- because of the dan
ger OF throwing down the abutments of the bridge
on which the water pipes leading to the reservoir
now rest We have doubt that Mr. Gill the
Engineer. will push forward the work "a rapidly
as possible, and use all the economy in his power
inlts construction, but that it will prove costly
Joo' no one will deny who has examined the pre-
misses -
PLEASANT ENTERTAINMENT. IA LARGE
concourse of persons assembled on the Capitol
Square last Tuesday night to breathe the fresh air
ana ENJOY the charming music of the Armorv Band
By the orderof the Mayor a strong polce force wa.
IN attendance to arrest any disorder that MIGHT oc
cur out the young rOwdies had taken the hint and
"tie as quiet as mice when the cats are about The
ohly objectionable conduct we saw, was the con-
uhuai smoking of cigars along the avenues to tke
ahno!"hce of ladies'. Such indecorous conduct NAV
wen ne termed breach of good behavior. and If
~ tne poce were TO report the offenders to the Mayor
IT. Is more than probable that he would 40 do
clde virginia gentlemen are far too gallant To ma
gulity OF offensive conduct in the presence of la
uieS' ana young striplings, with their long mines
1;, "e loi'tu 10 take outside seats, whenever
musical treat IL given on the Square
IoLlCE REGULATIONS are necessary TO
keep the Capitol Square in proper condition and
we suppose the Govern0r will have them made
wheh the Legislature meets. In nassino tbrou,,h
the square yesterday Lo ming. we noficad tS,
drunken fellows spread out upon the grass 10 s,aan
- s'io ies Vi their potations, and intoxicated
" 0laI ing ieehhg ana rocking on one of the benches
rs happlly as II she had been in some dark celIar
"here no human eye could reach her The Snnarin
enueh' ooes all he can to keep the Square in order
"u 10 get rd OF all such characters but AZ hp has
no ponce authority it is to be suppressed that h
Gun RUE Such persons by kind words only
HEAVY THETA slave named Dabpev
IN the service of John D. Quarles, was convictsd
oelGle the Mayor, of stealing pig iron from Jos r
anderson, and sent to the post to he nupieba al .b
fore If there were not ways neraops -asi -, ~
"nateSerls brought them by negroes the prn,hsr
ol the1ts committed by the slaves wnnld hn e.
Use ana ior that reason it is to be regretted that
they 100 cannot be dealt with AZ they de.arva tn
conscious receiver il as bad as the tb.f and "a -.
men know that slaves own no property tboaa xrbo
buy stolen goods from them are equally as had az
the rogues.
RECEIVING STOLEN GoODs ia n charge
but seldom brought against any citizen of Rich
mond-Iot because some Of them do not accumulate
| riches by that sort of traic-but because of the
dtfculty in proving the charge when made Yes
tcrday a grocery keeper, named Joseph B. Signiago
was arrested and brought before the Mayor, To an
sw"r the charge of receiving stolen goods knowing
the same tO have been stolen. The police on search
ing that part Of the house described to them by
ocal, the informant, found two bundles of rope
DoX OF tobacco, candles, etc, etc, which were
taken possession of and deposited in the cage A.
tere are thirteen or fourteen witnesses to b heard
the Mayor called the prisoner and then adjourned
the investigation until Tomorrow.
DRUNKEN MEN generally find their way
to the market or some other public place to show
themselves off and annoy decent people with their
dirty Tongues. Yesterday morning a well known
vagrant, finding that the Clerk absent and the
such offensive language to two ladies on 9Th street
that gentleman in the neighborhood had TO threa-
ten him with Gaming before he could be made to
behave himself Such disOrderly characters are on
~ MT Tor the chain gang and the sooner they get
their sentence, the the public will be ridded
ofpests.
PAY Your LICENsEs.-We understand
that those persons in the city who have not vet
pald the licenses imposed upon them by law for
| a4til spls FL Al,
ture, will be reported to the next Grand Jury for
presentment. Delnquents in order to save cost
| and annoyances, would therefore do we'll to call
upon the Commissioners and get the necessary
documents nj once. Keepers of ordinaries are il-
cuded i'll the list OF delnquents, and will get them
selves i'll trouble unless they square accounts with
the Commonwealth before the second Monday in
August, wnen the Grand Jury meets
DANGEROUS TRICK.-Some few DAYS
| since gentlemen named Davis RENTED $25 to his
wife, by mail but before she knew the money had
started from Baltimore, some other person called
1T the post office, occurred the document and con-
tents, and thereby deprived her of her rights
0ne Of the clerks at the office, so informed.
remembers having delivered the letter when called
for, and unless returned ut once the guilty party
may have an oppoI tunity of doing some service TO
the State, through the instrumentaity of Uncle
sam. A letter may be called for and opened by
mistake, but when it contains money, those who
open it know very well whether it is intended for
them or another.
THE GREAT SOUTHERN Show arrived
here yesterday and as the long line of wagons and
| teams moved up Main stree, preceded by band
Of music, attracted universal attention. The
moth elephant which for--Ied portion of the cara
| van was the grand feature with the Juveniles and
will draw from them all the quarters they can
| raise for the next two days. Connected with the
menagerie, is Eldred's faLous Soutler.I Circus,
that all who wish to witness the sights, can call and
| be gratified.
MAMMOTH ToMAToEs.-We are indebt-
ed to Mrs. V. Heckler for a mammoth tomato,
| pulled from her garden Union Hill. which
weighed about ~ ouLces-the largest one We have
seen this season. We also indebted to Mr..
William Smith of Sydney, for lot of very fine to-
| natoes, raised in his garden, which hard to
beat.
SERIOUSLY lLL.-We regretted to learn
yesterday morning. that Mr.. JoHN " HARRISON. the
worthy and estimable Clerk of the County Court OF
uenrico, was lying dangerously ill at his resi-
dence.
The CITY HANDS, under the superin-
tehdence OF the Oyerseer, have been STEADILY EN-.
ployed for some title in aiding to make the tunnel
u the Pump House. The Overseer has no other
power over this force of labo.ers than to nut them
20 Work wherever he is directed and is not there
lore at all responsible for the condition of any of
the streets at the present time
lMPRovING.-Mr. James F. Bradley the
young gentleman who had one Of his arms 40
dreadiuily crushed by threshng machine in Hen
rico county, last Friday as TO be comnrlJed ,o ba
il amputAted is steadily impPoying al - =.