The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-05-01

bic Butler, held an inquest vestsrdy ~ oonssa-
body of white man, aged about As ys,.. 's. s, De
noaspg IN the dock The jury examined The nsr.
son thoroughly, but finding marks Of vicI,oa
rendered verdict that be came to bis dessb .
accidental drowning. From Appearances The bo5y
nao been in the water ten or twelve days The
Msn mead was partially bald, his hair Of sandy
soior, ana ne appeared TO be about 5 feet 10
| ,nehes nigh la his pocket was found q pearl
aandie knife, the blades of which were broken
out mere were no papers or any thing else by
"n'en niS name could be ascertained.
| "os ITne-The rumor about the streets for q
Gay or two past, that several young ladies' In the
semaie Institute had been poisoued, turns on. 10
rec.in ). .nu we therefore tase pleasure in cor
recnng 1t At once On Mondsy last one or two
| young ladies' were taken quite SICK caused bv
| somethng they eat the day before and others Of
| .ue'r schooimafes eecomipg alarmed soon began
S opiein oi indlsposiiion, fearing that they had
oeeh poisoned To allay their suspicious, physi
c1ans were called 10 to administer to their suffer
ings, and thorough analysis was made of the food
| aud water, al of which proved to be good This
Iacl sausned the minds of the boarders in the In.
| S1iute' ano Immediately restored many of them To
neat1n, VINO had been quite sick few hours before
| from sympathy.
| moonlight Parade de-That deserved,v nonr,.,
| corps, the Young Guard, under the comma n5 of
Capt John Il Richardson. will have a crand dress
psfaoe next Saturday night, and march through
the principal streets of the city "a well as those
/ on Church and Union Hills After the fa,igue and
excitement of the march, the company will repair
to its armory, on 18Th street, where foe sumner
VIII be givea by one of the members. prepara
tory 10 his leaving for the West All the bonorarv
| members are invited to meet at the armory, at s
O'CLOCK that night, to participate in the entertain.
| men1 vi coursc they will need no other in Vita
| non when The fact is considered tha, fine sup.
| per Is to be attacked and stormed
The Cicl Docket in the MAYORS Court nevar
la"s 10 ofns togetner scores of persons from all
4 pbo
at tnae time, to adjust their differences and tile
| tneir Oils Apart from the criminal business
whlen hourly comes before the head of the police
| the Mayor has claims OF greater amount to pass
| upon, annually, than almost any Judge in yirsi.
| nla We have long thought that the duties of the
| mayor were too complicated, and that thew ouebt
10 De divided in such way to relieve him of all
siVh business, as we'll IS of the necessity of passing
upon me Trivial cases usually disposed of at the
| station houses each morning The office of Mayor
snouio De one of dignity, not merely police su
perVlslon, IN which he is required to punish ne
sroes for impropreties, and lock up drunken men
70 get tnem sooer. The chief magistrate of the
city should be the adviser of the Council as well
director OF city affairs, and should have the abv
| 10 recommend whatever is necessary for the pub
| lie good His court might be held as at present at
1ne CITY hai where Criminals could be examined
ana sent ON or dismissed but the trivial cases
\ now occupy most of his time should be djspose,l
OF oy the Captain of the Watch or his first officer
OF police and thus give him an opportunity of at.
tendins to matters of greater interest to the com.
munity at large,
Fdted LocaHty.-The neighborhood of Franklin
} street. between l7th and l5sh seems IN have heen
doomed to destruction by FIRE On the night of
the 18th of January last three stores occuuied bv
, Mr. John A. Lacy and others, were destroy ed by
the torch OF an incendlary. Since then Mr. La.
~ s'aoie ana horse have burned, and about five
other buildings In tha. locality have been on fire
! at various times. On Wednesday evening last py
way OF increasing the disasters a chimney took
hre ana the sparks were scattered broadcast oy er
ihe ao]oning buildings, but the prompsness of the
nremen prevented any injury from resulting there
from.
{ Calling TO hs ScOre-Two persona Henry
j. Mathews and Daniel Kent were fined bv tbe
l. | Mayor yesterday morning, for running public We
hicles on the streets, without paying CITY license
for so doing The ordinance requires all teamster
s | and others owning public conveyances to ge. .
n license for them and to give bond and security fol
the faithful performance of their public trust anG
l. whenever the police officers discover an unlicensed
= | vehicle on the street after that time the Mayo
should impose the highest fac, upon the delinquent
Ii, on being detected, they to get off by mere
paying their dues to the city, they have nothing
| Fisk in making the effort to run, free of charge
> > and some of them, as a natural consequence, wi
= take all the chances to escape the tax.
Pretty Sight.-We noticed in the show windo,
OF Messrs Taylor q Isascs, yesterday, a pile
| Spanish dollars which, enquiry, we found 10 b
? the identical batch, dug from the ground at Wi
l. iamsburg, few weeks since Of the two hu,
/ ured and htty.hve we saw, the oldest was dated
l716 and the newest In lS09-so that 10 all prob
bility ttey buried about the time of the con
. mencement OF The last war with Great Britain
The Richmond Fire Association, in complia an,
win the requisition OF their CHARTER had a parad
9 and genera. washing yesterday We have L,
oeeo aoie 10 learn the Capacity of their engine
but understood that the suctions to their machin,
proved 70 De In hne order. when brought to be,
AfQrn Af
Ou- House" where collation. was served In Il
. afternoon.
Netting the Gan9-On Wednesdav niobt los
: the Watchmen succeeded in arresting and caeiu
ten negroes and Que white, in an unla wful as N
bly,, at Melissa Underwoods house. Yesterds
morning the Mayor had each Of the Afric ana At, /
ed and then discharged them. The white ms
! escaped ith an admorition
, !, Capture Of a Runanay-A negro fe,,ov ,.,,;r
{ himself Ricnard, and protesting to be the slave
{ DR. Seyia of Wilmington, N G has been arrest.
f iu this city by officer johnson, and iugged nm,
his master can be heard from This fellow r
t doubt, was endeavoring to work his way to fre
State, on board vessel, but was detected in tin
= to frustrate his designs Dr. Sevis has been il
formed of the arrest, and will no doubt send q
for the fellow as soon as possible.
Preterring It City Life.-A pauper calling hin
: self Samuel Grubs, escaped from the poor hou.
OF Hanover county, where he had been placed {,
safe keeping, and made his way to the metropoi
of the State there to enjoy the sweets of a cit
, life; but before he hsd become fairly transpiante
!, in his new home the police discovered and cage
: him Yesterday morning this wonderfully prop'
man appeared before the Mayor, and promisn
to find his way back to the place from whence
started was turned loose to retrace his steps.
= Educating Orphans If the Male Orphan Soc
: ETY. determine to adopt some plan TO give the ch
| dren under their charge a better education ibs
!, | they now prepared to do, we have no dou
. that our citizens will cheerfuily aid them in ca
y ryiug out their noble design. We have known
= few boys reared uuder the management of th
Society, to whom q liberal education would hay
| proved of ircaculable value; and we are the.
= fore pleased TO see effort being made to gi'
: those who desire TO do so, opportunity of stud
ing and fitting themselves for the highest caliin
g In life.
Is The Trouing Track, near Hollywood Cemeter
10 now ready tor use, aud promises to be We
fast one. The Proprietor is putting up bis bull
ngs, and will soon be ready to offer purses for tro
ting horses. We understand that there are no
n several good animals in training, and that nur
Der of others are to commence work In the ccur
q of q few days. At an early day In June the adn
it rers of fast goers may have opportunity Of Sc
Ing some Of the Virginia breed sprpgirg of oefo
light srikey at the rate of 2 40 on the new trae
II 4 rock battle. In which some Of the neigtbori
| windows suffered severely, was fought near {
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