The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-06-20
LOCAL n1ATTERe

n'cnnono Is now seen in rs most beautiful asnses
A view rom the prominent points Of observs,,on
with which the city abounds 10 quite a. ,t,r..,;.
as any sver deineaied by the pencil Of an .r,ist
Nature revived oy eopious showers. glowing with
nVins Veiaure; The wide spresd fields of grain
'ipenins Tor the harvest the river stretching far
away in the distance washing the fertile shores ~
e'-oer sde, with here a2f there q sail gs, epinz In
S Se suaiigna or steamer gliding swiftly ihrcuah
ho,, woiis The thriving city, with Ito wsre-
| houses, handsome residences and ofv snir.. .dd.
| interest to . spectacle At once p:cturesons snd
| o~uufoi wax to the sum NIT of the biII -h;ch
o,anss Inc eastern portion of Richmond il An
and 'ut T. 81. ma1hod OF disposps of leisure hour
Au lakea at sunrise, in the vigorous srs.hn.,.
oi he morning air, ii will give health and str.rs,n
| 20 Iue soleeoled frame. Try It, youus ladies And
| youI cnseAs WIZ soon acquire . rosy ,iuee more
| rouge or lily white. ' Impaired oy
| of airs Mary KeAEDs, srre,,sS ar ens p.opefsy
| suspicion of stealing twenty 6vs no.h,I W
which he had In bis possession va. .,rs,.nass'
fore the Mayor yesterday. 0ffcer Morris .t..sd
that be saw Jim near the Basin rhn,.a. IS s eu
| noon, and observing that he ran off a. a.
proh hched, be pursued and overlook him r, ~.
] scuttia that ensaed, Jim threw away some intras
aud the officer At oncs suspected him Of thss,
| me negro declared that be bought the knives
| dowa town. for 81 50: bus yesterday he told The
Msyor that be purchased them on the Basin Tor
| 81 After hearing the Testimony, his honor ron.
| ttuued The case Until this morning aud remsnded
l hoc hckEO Jtl ne cutlery of good Quaiity
| and worth, probably, over 500
QniGt Times Such a scarcity of material for thu
local department ef rawspaper as vailed ves-
| terday, we have not known for MANY dav No
| incidents. No accidents Mayors court dull and
| police transactions limited. In a city like New
| ofx where sixteen murders have been perpetrs.
| TED aimee TIE first of Apri-where there Are tan
1 thousand professional rowdies, according to the
| statement OF their own papers-where ickpockets
ana knaves practice their rascates openly, and
| "iihont fear OF punishment-it is q much easier
| matter to prepare summary of exciting events
| than in quiet place like Richmond where the
| laws are generally respected, and order 10 one of
| the leading charscterstics. But Richmond isn't
New York, and we hope never will be.
| Fourth Of Jaiy-Two weeks from TODAY occp-.
| me anniversary OF our national Independence,
| 'on which occasion" an unlimited amount of fire
| works and patriotic sas will be exploded a. usual
Our military companIss are preparing to celebrate
the day after the fashion that has allied for az.
| vFal years past, by parade aud fen de joie to
be succeed Dy eating, drinking aud merry IN akipg
Ing PicDics will be resorted TO by the Young and
doubtless all will enjoy TIE day better thus than
they would by participating in a formal celehra~
! ton. Nevertheless, we like the custom adopted
every here else OF rousing speech and the read.
| ing OF the Declaration of Independence
Pay Your Gas BHLs.-Consumers of Gas ara
wt aware that if they fail to pay heir bills with
In ten daya after prs4entattoa, that thn,r sas will
| be shut off hat frequently it is forgotten and
they ate subject to toe iuoonsep OK oeipg with
out light IN consequence To prevent ihis ma
much as possible the committee 0p light ~ n sir
| last meeting authorized the Clerk to publish
| uoiiee to "delinquepts 80 that none could havs
excuse for tgdipg fault, if they should be- left
| in the dark tonight. The Cl-rk's notice may be
found in our advertising columns.
AssanI.-John Eubank appeared at the Mayors Q
Court yesterday, to answer to g charge of as
sautiog ia OBJ Vincent with stone, on Thurs.
day last. Vincent exhibited marks of coutsc
with some hard substance, but the accused alleged
that he only gave him back handed blow with
his first, Vincent having interfered with his
business and raised hand spike to hit him -
With the view of getting at sll the facts, the
Mayor adjourned the investigation until this
morning.
Union Trotting Course Third Day-The match
race. yesterday afternoon, between Mr. Burcher's
b m Rhoda, and Ii Miller's M was ION by the
former For the match trotting race, 2 mile heats,
for 500 side, there were two entries. viz: II
Milers m Fanny Wickham. audJ I'll Norton b
m Sally Murpby-ths bay winning the race In 6:24
| -6:l6.
| foot race of half q mile then took place, for Q
| purse Of $40 with five entries L Treat was the
winner. Time 1885,.
N.u POtatoss of fair quality are retailing In ou r
market at so cents a peck. This price Is rather
too extravagapt to be reached by limited on rses
and even those citizens who have abundant means,
| will fec: awhile before they pay such rates.
Cherries price of cherries in the markets.
yesterday morning was 20 cents quart. They
are rather scarce, and until they come In more
| abundanty We anticipate no reduction.
Needs Attention There are places 10 Richmond
| where uuwh0lesJme odors taint the atmosphere,
but none more than GER tain alley located bet
Is; street and Brook Avenue. This place has been
| rendered positive nuisance by an accumulation
of dirty water from adjacent lots and If not kept
in better condition We may expect to hear of .
good deal of sickness Ia that quarter.
| The Neo GalLego MIL This structure Is pres
cres.ip 2 gradually :o~ ards completion. The vol
il of the mort sIoe al kind, from the foundation
up; and when fl,shsi the building will be look ed
up.u as grand achievement of Southern enter
prise l; is literally founded upon rock.
Rain-We were favored with abundant
shower Of rain yes.erdzy 1t commenced falling
about 3 O'Clock, A. NJ, and continued with occa-
son al intervals thT CHOU. . considerable portion
of the forenoon.
| H1stiugs wsa held yesterday, for the exann alton
of lose oh Cluyt0r for fsoniously cutting Charles
Jordan Miller but st the request of the accused
and for good case shown the case was adjourned
over until Monday next
R,tu,nsd.-The SC esanvereIn Frohsinn," TWEEN
| tv- hit members returned yesterday mornins
! with their beautiful banner, from Philadelphia
, where they took part 10 the great Musical Festi
i val held by the Germans, In that city.
. hrno;ntm.nt The Governor has appointed
= Johu A Belyin. of Richmond. as Director OF u
I Peuitsntiary. in place Of Col K Nimmo, iatel
2 appointed agent
i TIE Juator Biuss, contemplate naking 80 exeu
sion 70 Charlottesville on tbs 4th OF July.
Q advise tbs young s.ldisrs 70 pay close astent
!. 20 drill, previous 10 going. The Albemare Csde
will put ID cir sk to severe test, and they saou
, be prepared TO meet II.
, SERIOUS AccIDEsr Gap, 'ot g Bel, we
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