The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-04-11
LOCAL MATTHHa.

Discopoyof Dead Body.-Coronsr Kee,ee NJ.
tended by Constable Butler. held An inquest YES
terday morning, over the body Of negro man
name unknown. From appearances. the corpse
had been in the dock, where 1t was found aioat
Two or three months, and was so completely dis
| figured as to be almost beyond recognition Al
we'll ~ could be judged, It had tbs appearance q
. man of forty-fve or fifty years. The clothes
worn were grey coat, black vest dark pants and
. pair Of coarse shoes. and in one Of the pockets
was found . blue bag, which had probably been
| used as . money purse. The jury, after diiigeni
enquiry, returned . verdict of accidental drown
| Ing"
| House BreaktnR.-On Wednesday night last the
carriage shop of Mr.. Robert 81. Bosher was entered
and robbed Of about 300 worth of cloth The
thief effected nentrance into the work shop through
the transum of 9th street basement door, and after
getting such booty as he needed, made his exit by
window on Main street.
Some few nights before the above robbery, the
| carriage shop Of Messrs. Ainsie. Bowen Powell
wassntered and robbed of pair of carriage lamps
and piece of linen goods.
Mr.. B. Gray's residence was entered last Mon
day night by the basement window, but as Mrs G.
had not retired, she heard the thieves aud fright.
ened them, not however, until they had swept the
clothes lines of their contents.
Mr.. Jno Persons residence on Church HILL
was entered by thief Thursday night last,
and an overcoat and other articles of clothing
stolen.
CLEANLINESS is essential to health at all times but
! particularly so in the spring and summer months
Every citizen should therefore take pleasure in
keeping his own premises entirely clean of every
thing that could produce unpleasant odors, and
should impress upon bis neighbors to do the same
In keeping the streets in order, the public at large
are interested, and whenever person is found
who is unwilling to do his part of the cleaning or
at all disposed 20 deposit slops and kitchen ofai
the streets the police should be apprised Of that
| fact at once. No man likes to become an inform
ant against his neighbor, but every one should fee
sufficient interest in his own health to observe the
laws OF cieansness, and to require all around him
to do the same. In several neighborhoods that we
might mention the streets are disfgured with sops
and oA and cutters but little better than cess
| pools The Mayor has directed the attention of
his officers to these annoyances, and if speedy
chsnges are not made, not few of our denjxeps
will be required to walk up to the Captains Office
and settle for their derelictions of public duty.
Perjury Moses Pike, an old citizen, was ar.
| raigned before Judge Meredith, yesterday, to ans
swer an indictment for perjury. After hearing all
the evidence for the Commonwealth and portion
OF the defence. Marmaduke Johnson, ESQ the
Prosecuting Attorney, checked the examination
and asked the jury to tud verdict of not guiity
stating at the same time that the evidence was in.
sufficient. and that he would never ask the convc.
tion of any man, when he saw the proof was in-
sufhcent. The jury very readily found the verdict
| asked for, and the prosecution was dismissed
| moned before the Mayor yesterday, to answer for
his driver, Cornelius Murphy, driving bis team
and wagon on the sidewalk of 18th street. near
John Dryers, on the 7th inst . and then and
there driving over Peggy McNulty, an old woy
man. Mr.. Mccormick of course knew nothing of
the affair." and can only be held respons sible for
violation of the ordinance by bis driver; but if
the old lady was as badly bruised as she is repre-.
sented to be, and it can be proved that Murphy
drove his team upon the sidewalk and carelessly
injured her, he will be liable to criminal prose-
| cution. Owing to the absence of witnesses, the
examination was postponed until next Wednes
day.
The Funeral Sermon of Capt 8 Dearborn, whose
death, in Rio Jaueiro, of yellow fever, it was re-
Gently our painful duty to record will be preached
| as may be seen from our advertising columns at
the third Presbyterian church. Church Hill to-
| morrow morning, by Rev. Halsey Dupning, now
of Baltimore, who has come hther for this purpose
in accordance with the dying request of the de-
ceased who belonged to bis congregation when he
ministered on Church Hill
Burglars are operating nightly in various parts
of the city, and some of them effectually. These
| nocturnal operators are profcients at their bus-
ness, as they always understand the premises up-
| on which they intend depredatiug before commenc.
ing their Work, and are therefore enabled to se-
cure their booty aud escape detection A favorite
method of getting into private residences is that
Of cutting the Stats from the basement blinds
hosting the windows and then working from there
W tuc OlucT dbOTicS III tu0 house. some rev
nights since lady residing on Shockoe Hill, heard
slight noise in the lower part of the house, aud
descending the stairs to ascertain the cause light
in hand, just reached the basement in time to see
thief leap through the window and make his
escape
The Chain Gang has dwindled down to almost
nothing, and as the struggling loafers that usually
swarm here have taken flight and left for better
quarters, the police will have q hard job to rake
| enough of.the requisite quality to keep the city
supplied With laborers for digging bitches and max.
ing culverls.
Circuit CoaSt-Judge Meredith will hold his court
to. day. commencing at 10 o'clock, and the follow
ing cases are set for trial: Richard II. Fokes
indicted for forging John A. Belvin's name to an
order for a suit of cothes-Silas Beazley and
Robert Heath, for burglariously entering the
dwelling house of John Tyler and stealing there
from $50 worth Of wearing apparel-and James
Welch, for stealing 400 pounds of iron from the
Virginia Central Railroad Company. All persons
summoned to attend in either of these cases should
be punctual to the hour SO as to prevent delay or
avoid rules.
Unkind.-James Wilkenson was arrested and
Gagged last Thursday pight, on the charge of as
saulting and beating his wife. When brought be-
fore the Mayor yesterday morning Jim denied the
charge, and stated that he had been beaten by his
wifes brothers, but the fact that he was inebria-
ted at the time, and that two or three witnesses
testified against him. induced the Mayor to hold
him to bail for his good behavior.
Taking Strolls-Three slaves, Tom Joe and
Bill fell into the police net last Wednesday night
while perambulatng the streets and rs neither OF
them had the permission of his master to be out
they we're all calaboosed. Yesterday morning on
appearing before the Mayor, the trio were order
ed to be whipped and cleared.
Macadamising Streets The city might readily
macadamiss most of the public streets not paved
at a small cost, by using the refuse granite from
the city quarry. If Dock and Water streets were
improved in this manner, would save the cost Of
paving for many years to come, and at the same
time, would prevent them from becoming impas-
sable in wet weather. The new Council, we have
no doubt will give this subject proper attention,
and thus ensure the improvement of Dock street
during the summer months.
Granite Pairing has been introduced into thi.
city by Mr.. Rix, and bids fair to succeed the nae
Of the pebble stone altogether. Apart from the
fact that pebble stones are becoming very scarce
and difficult to procure. the paving done with
granite blocks is more compact and Of course less
liable to be torn up by vehicles. Az the new paw
ing can be done . little cheaper than the old and
| has the advantage Of durability and appearance
we suppose 1t will grow into general use in very
short time.
Why Ctrfaialy-everybody win buy one or more
tickets to the nremen's ball, to be given ON the
2sth Is the price is But o. and the money is to be
| applied to the purchase of coats for the Ph9nix
| hovs 40 m 10 make them comfortable while ou