The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-03-07
LOCAL MATTERg,


ana on the day before the sad occurrence
Juss reia.ea, made an attempt 70 take the life of
que ot MS nleees, but wss prevented from doing
o.. On Inc Day that he shot his brother the per-
uss'on n caps mad been taken from the tube Of the
gun, and the family finding him in nossession of
,oAt Weapon, were endeayo1iog to take II from
nin IL seems that be had procured csps DI.red
@ ,nrn On 'he tube, and taking deliberate ain. fred
poi niS otoiner. depossipg the entire load in hi.
mead, from the effects of which he di.d ,S.;..
As soon as possible, the derapged mn, 49,
cured, ana is now in Confinement Nr charIos
rope was widower and leaves two ioteres,;ng
daughters now young ladies, to mourn hi. SD snd
uatimely end al"
Successful Opratioa.-On Wednes5sv I...
Irish lsborer, whose name we could not Ie,rn
while engaged in work on the Richmond ard VI
River railroad, was accidentally carett bv ,te
cavipg il of bauk of earsh, which f acttred his
left leg badly, and mashed the right one near The
ankle, in the most shocking manner. Not onIv
were the bones broken. bu. the foot was ltersIv
torn from the leg, leaving l. banging by a small
portion CT skin The next morning the unfnrtua
nate man was taken TO the Poor House, and that
afternoon DR.. Petticolss snruta'ed the Injured
portion of the right leg, in most ski.lful mann er
snd set the other one. The man was doing ell
when we last from him.
attempt TO Break .IdiI.-Yes.erday morning De-
putty Sergeant KiInhrough was sent for at the city
jail and getting there learned that some Of the
prisoners were preparing to make escape. In
com mpany with the guard, he entered the prison.
and after a brief search found short bar of IRON
piece CT saw blade, and & small IRON hook pres
pared for cutting through the outer wall last night
HaVIng good reason + suspect that Robert Heath
S'ias Beasley, and John Johnson, were the par.
ties concerned i'll the plan of escape. and fpdipr
that they had torn pp their blankets for which 10
make ropes for scaling the walls he had the three
put in irt ms and properly secured The fact that
prisoners are all kept together-black and white
young and od-and that they have no other en-
p0yment but to concoct mischief are the true rea.
sons for the frequent attempts at escape THE
city is very much in need of q secure siI ia
which to eonfine prisoners and whenever new
building is determined upon, the partitions should
be so erected as TO separate blacks aud whites
as we'll as feloEs from those who confined for
misdemeanors. Prisons should rot be made
schools OF vice for prisoners, young in crime, but
rather places of confinement for reformation
Congicted The negro girl noticed by us few
days since, as having attempted to burn the resi-
dence Of her master, DR.. Monseiro, of Gooehland
county, at the iRstiga,on of white man, has been
tried by o Court of Oyer and Terminer, of that
county, found guilty and sentenced to be hung
So we'll convinced were the court and bar that the
girl the dupe of the designing white man al
luded to, that they have signed petition to Gov
Wise, asking him to commute the. punishment TO
transportation for life
TIE G0ochLand accident Our informant r1adea n
sight error in furnishing the particulars of fhi.
accident Mr.. Samuel Horner is an old gentleman
about htty-hve years of age, and il the father of
Mr.. Richard Horner of this city. He was out in
the new grounds where his servants were cutting
timber. When large tree was about to fall Mr.
stood near its roots AID would have e. caped in~
jury. but for the fact hat the falling tree struck
dead one, which broke of, and in rebouniing
caught him, breaking both his thighs and riRht
arm. and cutting his right foot severely. He was
taken home by his neghbors at orce ply sician
called in TO attend him, end when his son left
hiT, last Thursday afternoon, he wss in an in.
proving conGi ion, and hopes were entertained for
his speedy recovery.
Interesting Meeting in Manchester Rev Gilbert
Ma on, soe newly appointed pastor of the Baptist
church in Manchester assumed his duties such
on last Sabbath morning in an able and appro-
pirate serm3n which was well received by the
large ard intelligent COZ gregatiou present He
will preach in the Masonic Hall regularly every
Sabba b morning at ii O'CLOCK, and at night at 3
o'clock for the future.
On next Sabbath (tO-morrow) afternoon ut 81
o'clock, he will be publicly recogniz by the pas.
trs and other Baptist ministers of the city, when
a sermon appropriate to the occasion will be deliv
cred by Rev DR.. Howell, and other eligous ser
vic es at the African church. which has been kind
ly tend dered for the occasion. The pubic inyi.
ted to attend.
The Nu,a5er Of Fires for the month of February
was3-faiae alarms 2-alarm from burning chin.
nay alarm out of the city total Z The
amount of property lost by fire was 1920 The
estimated amount of property saved from destrue
Ll00 by tuS Il ne LSPH' Siii'h't H~" WV.
Family SguaJJle-George Long was called be-
fore the Nav yesterday to answer the charge of
beating his better half, but she had out.winded
her temper. and not disposed TO see the apple
If her eye brought under the matches Of the Jaw,
she refused 20 answer when called and the prose-
cution was therefore dismissed
Iacsndiaries are at work on Church Hill, but
have yet succeeded il destroying very little prep
erty Between the hours of half past II O'Clock
a-d half past 3 O'Clock yesterday morning 40 old
stables in an alley bounded by Craze and Broad
and 2;}i and oath streets, were set on fire but The
flames were discovered and extinguished in both
instances before doing serious damage.
The Mayor had very little business before him
yesterday, aud therefore it is that We have p0
lice items to report The discovery of some grand
plot against the city just now, the receipt of an
| Internal machine by candidate, or grand pow
wow" of any sort to afford the people topics of
conversations, and localizers something TO write
about, would be most acceptable To the lovers of
the horrible at this particular moment.
Steam Up-Some amiable young gentleman, pro-
badly half seas over, aroused portion of the Gen-
| izens of Church Hill, at o'clock yesterday morn
ing, by his continuous cries of fire" he reeled
along through the old ields. The law imposes
heavy penalty persons for giving false alarms,
| and II example were made of of them,
| the firemen might be saved many 'ruus" that they
| are now required to make.
| The Montgomery Gnard Captain Moore return
ed 10 TIL, eiiy yesterday afternoon. after having
| had a delightful trip TO Washington and wines.
! ed the Inauguration Of President buchanan. They
sneak ia high terms of their visit aud recppr! Jn
bv their brother soldiers OF the Federal Metropo-
| lis and of the coed cheer they enjoyed whilst
| away from home. On their arrival they marched
through some of the principal streets preceded by
Smiths Armory. .Band, and made a very handsome
| appearance.
| Ndrrosc Escope.--A lad about years old, Eel
| into the canal IN Manchester yesterday, aud vas
| beine RAPIDLY washed under the gate Of the MAN.
| chester Coru Mill where he would have been los
stan,Iv crushed by the wheel but for the nterpos-
ton Of Mr. Hovan who heard his cries and rescued
| him ius, In time TO save his lifs
,SoBbiag-One day last week, difficulty tc>
curred at Dog Town. in Goochland county. : e.
tween lanes mos and John Wbiilocx, when tie
n,mer drew knife and plunged IL into the neck
of the latter infieting q dangerous, If not fatal
wound.
Inn fojpx prisosers--Since the buraing OF Abe
GoacLland county Jail, persons charged Win
crime in that county arc coniiaed in the jan OF
Powbatan county.
Lraiaa1e 1t would be wise policy IN the Ione-
ell IN MAKE culverts wherever desirable, IN of9ef
Tn drain the public streets and horoughiAre'; sid
wherever the residents of particular locality pr"
nrepared to incur two-thirds of the expsnsedr
surh a convenience, the city should never hes
,..s q incur the other third and have the WORK
- o,sa In aopns of the straets the gfA