The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-02-06

Ire Phbttc Good demands that every Whita hov
should be educated, in order 10 render him ,,ss
ful citizen In time to come; and in compliance
with this demand. the Virginia Mechanics IpstIiuse
is doing all in its power to fnrniah the youth of
Richmond the facilities for liberal education -
Very few of our readers are aware Of the fact
that the Night School tsnght by Mr.. G. Burruss
numbers one hundred and seventeen pupils that the
average attendance Is extraordinarily large; and
th@t the progress msde by the scholars in equal to
that Ct any other school to be found in the State
And why1 Because most of the boys are ap-
prenfices-fhey feel the necessity for educatic :,
ana feeing IT, are resolved tn obtain the best they
can We sincerely wish that men Of means and
1nnuence could be induced to visit this school and
observe the good order and studiousness Of the
pupis SO mat they might become interested in It's
friends TO come to its aid and AS sst in increasing
ihe Idcnnles TOT educating those who have not the
means to educate themselves AT this time there
are hundreds of boys in Richmond who would
EA.y ueso'e .heir ieisnre evenings TO improving
their minds, instead of lounging about engine
houses aud running to fires, If an onpor,nnitv
were offered them to do so. WIN not our peooIe
afford them the means when called upon , WIN
they not give liberaliy Of their abundance. when
called upon, to assist the Institute in erecting
ball. and thus ensure to the apprentices ef the citv
the easiest method of obtaining knowledcea we
hone and believe they will
In the Night School Mr.. Burruss has established
the practice of furnishing weekly lectures to the
boys, and. by that means has excited an interest
amongst them, that is having a most powerful
moral effect. Various gentlemen have consented
to lecture during the session. and others are ready
to do so when called upon.
Important Decision We understand that res
cent decision was pronounced in suit of Isaac j..
Goddin against George w. Darlington, by the
Court of Appeals, involving the construction of
the powers of the Executors of the will of the late
Richard Adams. Uuder deeds from those Execu-
tors very large amount of property bel in this
city-pripcipally on Church and Union Hills and
in the Vaey-and the holders of the "a me will no
DOUBT be gratited to learn that the effect of the
decision ia TO sustain ia courts of law the deeds
which the Executors have made. This suit was
brought by Mr. l. A. Goddin for lot of land claim
ed by Col. Darlington as the legal representative
OF Richard Adams. The case was decided in fa-
vor of Mr. Goddin in The Circuit Court of this city
Judge Meredith, and the defendant appealed to the
Supreme Court Of Appeals, which court has, by it's
recent decision, sustained the decs ion of the Cir
cult Court. Messrs. Howard & Sands and Judge
Crump appeared as counsel for Mr.. Goddip; and
Mr.. A. A. Morson for Col Darlington.
Results Of Mtemperance "A young man of re.
spectacle connections was arraigned before the
Mayor, yesterday, to answer the charge of stealing
shawl, the property of Mr. John J. johnson, on
the 5th of January last The evidence showed
that the prisoner visited the Montgomery Guard
Ball, in state of ntoxication, AID after dancing
two or three sets left the room taking with him q
shawl After he had passed out of the hail. the
doorkeeper remembered that he had brought no
shawl In with him when he came and suspecting
something wrong, dispatched two young men after
him to bring it back. Theoe gentlemen readily
found the prisoner in the neghborhood of the ball
room, with the shawl wrapped around him, which
they took possession of, notwithstanding the fact
that he claimed it as his property. Neither the
shawl nor its owner being 10 court the Mayor
reprimaDded the accused, fixed him 81 for being
drunk, and then discharged him.
IouIod I'm Snaneor Sp,i.hau . f-o. --.
peared before the Mayor, yesterday, to answer the
charge Of assaulting Abraham Volaski, but from
the looks of his clothing and the cuts ON his scalp
one would inter that he had made very little by the
attack, even II he really were the assaant As
several witnesses whose presence were desirable
were not at hand. the examinatio was postponed
till this morning and the accused admitted to bail
to insure his attendance
Sl0ae HOrk The contractor for building the
custom house in this city has had b. OPERATORS de.
layed from time to time, because of the fact that
be has been unable TO get rough stone fast he
could have it worked up. This seems little sin.
gular when the fact ia conceded that in the ,nne.
date neighborhood cf the city, any quantity of
the best granite can be had by quarrylng it. and
that some one or more of the quarries cannot be
surpassed in the Union. The cause of these de-
lays is probably owing to the fact that those W ho
furnished the stone have not supplied themselves
with all the improvements now usefin their bust.
ness, and are not, therefore keeping pace with the
go-ahead spirit of the age. Ifthis be then we ad
wise them prepare at once for carrying on their
business with dispatch and when they have done
80, they have only to let the North kno that they
are ready to fill orders, to ensure them as many
as they wish to receive.
Police arrests During the month of January
the number of arrests aud commit.ais to the sta
ton houses wers much smaller than in any pre-
vious month. Ca referring to the registers we
find that there were 154 persons committed OF
this number 60 were white u slaves, and % free
negroes. Ia the first station house there were 80
whites, AZ slaves and 10 free negroes. In the
second station house, there were "a whites %
slaves and 3 free negroes large proportion OF
the whites were for druukenness, and of the slaves
tfor want of passes.
,ssteastic Appeat-A letter has been presented &c
tue County. court Of Heurico from a mau found
guilty Of retsilipg ardent spirits w,houta license
and fned foffhe game. asking to be- forgiven the
payment of tdedsbt, because of Tia poverty, and
praying the court not to incarcerae him in gloo-
my prison. Af.er promising to settle soon as
he Is able. thepetitoner closes his appeal with the
following quota ions from holy writ and begs that
the Court will read the words of wisdom, and
give them their proper application
But love ye your ensmies: do good and lend; ho
ping for nothing thereby and your reward shall he
great, and you shall be the SOUS Of the most High
for he is kind to the un,hankfui, and TO the evil
"Be ye, therefore, nerciful as your father also il
Judge not, and you shall not he judged: 'ndemr
not, and you shall not be condemned Forgive, ant
yon shalt be forgiven"
Unless the adage of "Satan quoting Scripture.
occurred 10 the minds of the Court, when reading
the petition, we do not see how they could have
resisted the appeal made to them.
Charged miM Felony Justice Tyler, of Henrico
county examined, yesterday, Granville Monte
James Eimore and Sam Hsrris q free Negro, alias
Sam Patch on the charge of stealing SO In
money from MIS-. Hannah Lewis. After hea ring
the evidence the Justice acquitted the parties,
because of the insult cheney of the proof Sam
Patch, however, was sent to the jug to be locked
up, because of his bad character and inability to
give security.
In Trouble-Sarah Foster, q white woman.
Granville Montel and JameI Eimore, were arra'gped
before Justice Tyler, of Benfico county, yester
day. for licentiousness, and being unable to give
bail to answer an Indictment by the next Grand
Jury, was committed to prison. During the ex
animation the young woman is said to have wept
bitterly and promised, II released to return to her
mamma, but promises, like pie crusfs, are made 10
be broken.
Inceadirism "A daring attempt WAS made
about O'Clock yesterday morning 70 FIRE and bur'
q building, southwest corner of 25th and Marshall
s:reefs, but the efforts of the iucendary fris
trated by the simelv discovery ofthe torch, which
had been applied in two different pisces. lbs
building is double tenement Que, the southerr
one being occupied, but the northern one vacant
We understsnd that the property belongs 70 VIM.
J. Clark, Of Henrico. Loas trihing.