The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-09-23
Petersburg Matters.


| t."i-7A"NpENOh pr TIE KitihoND DAILY DISPATCH.
PETERSBURG, Sept. I'D.
The principal item of local interest seems to be
the now almost incorrigible spirit of ''rowdyism
| (piease Keep stereotyped.) The most strenuous
Efforts OF the Mayor have been unable to Quel the
| propensity yet the morning courts and the night
| ly and numerous complaints keep the subject nm
rcmittiuGly before The origin of the thing
seems to arise out of family dispute" between
! the Virginia and Old Street Fire Companies who
after several rows, recently, between themselves
have at length solved their differences into a mis-
| cclancOus dispute, and make their assaults
upon the police, the citizens and every other bo-
dy, composed for public or private good Our fire
men, w@fear, are rapidly attaining a notsriet,
for rowdyir al, which would adorn the parties who
patrol the purlieus of Fels Point or the Old Brew
| cry.
This morning, in the Mayors Court there ap-
! peared several moral and pecuniary denou ents
scarcely worth mentioning. j. Taliaferro, a pub
! lie officer, for getting tight and being disorderIy
was hned sio Robert Garrett, for tipping on the
sapbath, lined $40, and bound over i'll the sum of
stoo. sarah Jones, having stolen a pair Of bran
new SHOES from worn out laborer was required
| to do pcnance at the whipping post.
Inc sharters paradise still remains unbroken
OF uhseized by our exemplary day police A youno
man, we learn, was teeced only "A day or two since
| OUT of the sum of $3.50, at a game of whist" in
winch ms own partner WAS accomplice TO his oppo-
nen.s. my the Mayor, in his 1stentatous efforts
:" "hhiiiiIa'e MINOR offences, does not take some
S'eps I" arrest this important evil. transcends
your hutloie servant comprehension. ARIEL.
!
! MORE DAMAGE BY THE GALE.-Mr. Newall, mate OF
! tie bark Fame, arrived at Baltimore Wednesday
IN the steamer lIelvidere, and reports AS follows
The bark Fame, of Richmond, Captain Kennedy
sailed from Rio de .IaneirO about August 10Th for
Baltimore, with a cargo of 5000 bags coffee and
came TO the Capes the 18th inst in 30 days, ma.
sage. On the 10th inst, off Cape Lookout. ex
perienced a heavy northeast gale, which soon in
creased to hurricane. On the morning of the I2tb
on Tape rear, Nnlle IylOY to under clnsa
lnalntopsall, WAS thrown on her beam ends anil
| had everything from off deck washed overheard
ana was Obliged to cut away foremost which To
gether with maintop gallant mast sails and every
thihS attached, were lost. On Monday NIGHT Ia
| the horthward Of Cape Hatteras, exchanged sig
hals with ship, which had lost foretoDmast and
hsintopgaliantmast supposed TO Ibe the Banshea
| from Rio for Baltimore ''
| Judge Probasc0, a law partner OF Hon Tbos Cor
| win, died few days since at Cincinnati
The Chicago Tribune reports the sale of the 81
Clair Railroad in St. Clair county ILL., for SlO 600
Washington Irving is gathering materials for a
life Of Kit Carson.
The U. S. soop Of war Falmouth arrived at Ports
mouth, N H.. ON Thursday night.
There we're 30 deaths in Baltimore last week-l4
Of consumption.
Betty free negro, voluntarily went into slavery
al Abingdon, Va, on the 10Th inst choosing Cant
skinner - her master. ~f
nre broke ont at Georgetown ID q nm s.,,,
day night, 10 the whskey terrifying distilIeyy az
Mr. Henry Blunt, consuming the building and al.ons
| $4,000 wersh Of whishsy. ~''"'