The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-02-26

| I"e;-besween the hours Of and 3 o,els.h =
,., y.sroay morning, the furniture wareroon 81 NJ
vi nns0 Minister, on Main street. between lsth ara
hs;n,. - dscovered to be on fire. and the alarm
Ts,os speealy given, the 6remen wsrs ct the scepe
10 m. snott time, and soon extinguishsd the fiames
oeIofe doing much damage On makine An ers.r'
iaauon n 1t Was found that the torch bad been an.
IN the ~ @ .r anssno'asy as the FIRE was discovered
~ 'ne "aferoom- Mr.. Minister wss sbsent finn
tne eity 1t the time. His loss viii amount n shons
So, caused principally by the water and h friiv
covered by Insurance. Had the Ore rot f.jriyy
uron way, mere is no telling what amount Of
properly would have been DESTROYED bsfors n
could have been checked; but, thanks TO onr M" ~
Die hrefnen, they were prompt In their sc,ioc .nA
thus thwarfed the schemes of the worse than mnr
derer who applied the torch
Warning Thef-At . late hour on Tu..d,v
night last gentleman residing on Brooke Ays
nue., heard an unusual noise in his yard. and an
looking out Of the window, discovered two n i.vs.
ndusfrlousy engage In forcing open his hen hon..
Feeling some soicitude for his feathsrv tribe. hs
picked up his gun, and hailing the rufians com>
manded them to stand OF feourse the y both bound.
ed off at full speed, but had not gone many yards
when the contents of the gun overlook one Of them
aud tumbled him over, causing him to yell out
manfully and to scramble off without his bat.
which the gentleman afterwards picked up and
handed over to the police, with the hope Of being
able to discover the owner.
Early Spring If there is any truth In siRns.
spring ia now fairly open, and cold weather has
cut stick and travelled. We have often heard 1t
said that when the black snakes and lizards leave
their holes the toads begin to Jump, the ferrapins
TO crawl, and the water frogs to vocalize, that
warm weather is at hand, and spring fairly open.
friend from the country informs US that he has
seen q number Of snakes, lizzards, toads and ters
rapns baskng in the within the past week,
and that the frogs in the ponds in his
are giving nightly concerts of vocal music. We
trust these signs may prove true this season, and
that after the fruit trees have budded and bios.
s1med Jack Frost may not step in sone night In
March, and blast the crop.
The Washington Greys-In noticing the decors.
tons and ornaments in the Blues ball room, ls1t
Monday night we accidentally omitted the magni-
hcent Silver Pitcher aud Ladle," presented to the
company by the Washington Greys, of Phadel-
phiA These beautiful specimens of plate attracts
ed the attention Of all VISITORS and justly held
in high esteem by our Blues not only for their In.
trnsic value but because of the fact that they are
the gifts of friendship Of their brethren in arms,
in the Quaker city -..e
High Mettled Mary Murphy, married woman,
and the mother of three children, was arrsigned
before the Mayor, yesterday, to answer the charge
OF breaking into Cornelius Murphy's house, and
assaulting and beating him The tale told to the
Mayor was long one, and sbo we'd conclusively
that Mary was some at q knock down, as we'll ~
10 a tongue battle but as she had only broken In
her brotherinlaw's door, and planted . brick bat
on her own husbands mug, the Mayor wisely con-
cuded to let her off this once, under the promise
of better conduct in the future.
OF The Track B. W. Green, Jr, was fined by
the Mayor, yesterday morning. for permitting bis
teams to cross a sidewalk, in violation of . city
ordinance.
Bad Olive understand that the white drsy.
man who was run down 10 Rockets, last Tuesday
afternoon, by three wagoners, aud bad one of his
legs badly fractured, suffering greatly from bis
injuries. AS yet the guilty parties have not been
discovered and arrested.
4 Gloomy. disagreesble day was yesterday, In
terspersed with occasional showers, that made out
door operations quite unpleasant. .r.e
Nearly Clear-Main street il less encumbered
with mortar beds and heaps of bricks ct this time
thao we have seen it for ten years.
Eggs are more abundant Ia the market and
we're selling yesterday At fifteen cents per dozen