The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-06-04
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occurred q the Fair Grounds 10 Henrieo eoaDty.
bstween Joseph Clayf0f apd Jordaa Miller, durin9
the progress Of which both Of them wefe ssvsrssy
wounded-ths latter believed 70 BE- fatally. ThsIs
ars msuy statements - 20 the cause Of Tie an.
h,ulty between The parties, that & will es iDpos-
sbIe 70 get q the true one until the wtDessea are
heard before the Mayor tomorrow. The most
riausibe one, however, H. that they hsd both bsen
indulgipg freely In drink, and that words passed
between them which led to blows. Miller usipsa
knife and siabbine Claytor severely 10 the back
the right shoalder blade. and the top THE
head; and Claytor using haichst with which he
produced . fracture Of . serious nature, In MiesS
skull After having his wounds dressed By Dr..
Thomas. Claytor was srressed BY officer Morris
ard committed to prison. DR. VIM Carter was
called In 70 attend Miller, and thinks bis case al
most hopeless The Mayor yesterday continued
be exanination of Ciaytor until Friday next IN
order to ascertain, il possible, the extent Of Mi.
ier's injuries
SDset Snap-Last Tuesday night young man
from Massachusetts. calling himself Charles n.
Brown, and protesting to be . sailor was arrested
and Gagged on the charge Of stealing . barrel Of
molasses, valued at $50, from l. d Gasiin, Cap
tain of the brig Lydia Store. from Portland, Ne.
Yesterday morning. when brought before the
Mayor, the following fscts were elected: On Mon.
day last the prisoner shipped with Capt Gaslin
for voyage, and the next morning went on
board the brig, Capt g. then having on the deck
IT his vessel two barrels Of molssses, which he
bad brought from Mafarzas, w I. That afrer.
noon prisoner, with the aid Of q negro. hoist.d
one OF the barrels Of mo the side Of the
vessel, and lowering 1t into the dock made II fast
by q rope That night after the Captain bad
gone on shore, he got into . small boat took his
prize in tow, and was sailing off with IT, when
Mr. n Thompson and Cspt George Smsck, who
we're watching goods on the wharf, discovered
him. and under the threat Of sivisg bim . touch
Of hot lead, made him bring his booty to the shore
and took him into custody Brown stated that
ne had purchased the molssses of . sailor. who
had left the vessel that day. for the North-that
be gave him % for It, and had sold e to q grocer
In Rockets for $40; aud that when he was hailed
by Thompson and Smack, he was then to.ioR II
down the dock for delivery OF course his state.
ment was worth nothing, AZ be had no evi3encs
to sustain It. The Mayor remanded him to ial to
answer the charge OF grand larceny. before the
Hastings Court, next Monday, and refused to ad.
NIT him to bail for his appearance the case not
being bailable one.
Fell in a Fit About O'Clock yest rday morn.
ing. negro man called William Robinson, slave
TO Col Thomas B Bigger fell in q ct on Main
street, In front of the Virginia Fire and Maripe
InsuraDce cfice, and cut his face severely causing
tie blood n f>w 10 prcfuson As soop a. bis
master heard Of the situation Of bis servant he had
him removed to bis house An propssl cared for
The Knight Templars Bali at the Exchaoee He.
tel last tuesday o,ght is said TO have been grand
affair, doing credit not only to that order but TO
Mr. Ballard who had the manaeemens of the
room snd supper As none but the initiated were
Ell We eau give no ue6cTIQI1Ou oil SN0 scene,
The successful Sir Knight, In the "tit' of the day.
s. P Mi chell, crowned Miss Josephine White, Of
Petersburg, Queen of Love and Beauty Sir
| Knight, II J Barnes aelected Miss NJ Wiley of
Amelia. as first maid of Honor Miss sall'e Lam.
| bert was selected sec'nd maid byJ II Davis; Miss
| V Talbot third maid by W Wyatt; Mis-. L
| Wilson fourth by Harri.; Miss Smith
ath, by H B Dickinson; Miss NJ Beers sixth, BY
n''ss,j WFLy' Jr'; Miss Talbot seventh, by Geo
Tue GROWING of the Queen was cond icted IN
| the usual style. and the dspring was contir ued
till late hour If ali were not pleased, It was NO
| fault of those who had the mana cement. ard who
| rad spared no efforts te make the evening pass Ia
the most agreeable manner.
| Baptist dnaiusrsaries We learn that tho meet.
| ings OF the General Association of Baptists In
Vrginia will be opened on to-day, at 10 o'clock at
the First Baptist Church, and at IL, the Introduc.
| tory Sermon will be preached by Rev T Keen,
| of Petersburg. The exercises will be continued
| during the remainder of the week. We shall on
| deavor TO present to our readers . sketch of the
proceedings from day to day
| A temperance Melting will be held to night at
Union Station aud several estipr addresses
| are expected the people of Uoion and Church Hills
| will no doubt crowd the church to oveIfowng.
| Wastin9 Apas.-DaIia' Moran, one OF the most
uncomprom' sing topers in tn whole city fell nto the
hands Of officer Tyler. while blowing batch Of
| bllingsgate on Q number of upof sAdins citizens
near the second market, and was taken before the
Mayor For some time past, Dan has been holdirg r
forth at the Poor House. under the care of Keeper
Paarce but despite the vigilance Of that estimable
officer tht d fellow will get out whenever be can
and All his hide with bad liquor, regardless Of the
| consequences. Yesterday morning his Honor de-
termiDed to lock him up for time, at the pubic
expense with the hope Of quenching bis thirst for
| fire water.
| The Ladies of Duval street Church, are holding
= Strawberry Feast on Broad street, At the store
| formerly occupied by Mr. T d. Quarles, between
| IA and 4th streets The doors are open from 10
| A M TO 10 NJ The Ladies have some of the
| nrettiest Strawberries we have seen this season.
and they are actually giving them away to all
| those who call on them The Ice Cream, Cake
and other delicaces are of the most superb kind -
This ia 4 very pleasant place to make visit, %.
pecially for those who want refreshments The
Ladies are never weary in well doing, or rather
| In uroyiding good things for the gentlemen -
what a pity the gentlemen do not think more Of
themi
Rurglaru On Wednesday night last. the s'o-e
and yelling of Mr. Grinwald, corner Of 2lst and
Main street was forcibIy entered by . negro fel-
l,w, for the purpose OF robbery ana perhaps Dul'
der but before be had an opportunity OF accom-.
pishing his designs some Of the family discovered
Kim. and on giving the alarm, be ef. cted his es.
cane The thief was armed with hafehet, ana
may have intended 10 murder al tn the house
while asleep
W,u Punished Isaac Qusrles. slave To q B I.
Jdoscomb has been convicted bef'rs the county
| 'urt of Henricc, of stealing hog, and ordered
| af,v lashes thirty of which we're Riven bin on
Tuesday, and the other twenty will be applied to-
| morrow.
Taking Nap-Oficers Seal and Tyler css'd
+ ma, camel John Tyler, yesterday. for bs
+ jn0 asleep on q market bench, He VIII have .
J hesrine bel fore the Mayor this morning.
Disorderiu Betsy Scott . free woman of color,
: fall into the hands OF the Charles last Tuesday
| night while on bender in the street. ana - sne
| seemed to have no control Of her tongue, sns ~
lock ed up Yesterday morning the MAYOR nao
her decently striped, and then set ber st merry.
: Serious Aetident-On Saturday night ASS Mt
| John ID Pierce mate of the brig Lyons o'ovo, %
Portland, Me-. bad fall in attempting 70 approssn
bis vessei lying In the dock ard fae'pra nm hgos
| ez. He was taken to the Msdcsi v neee sna
placed under medical attendance wnefe o" NO"
confined
TyouinS Rae.s.-Tbe Proprietor OF tne Uoion
rro,t, I,ours. near this city. oy way OF pu'unk
tho hall In motion, hss advertised several pufses
o., IN. a,s, meeting which commences on sfe
,1h d., Those who have trottipg atnek, and
II ~ a1s. ..ar. gs The sport, should bsnd In their
entries to the Proprietor, without delay
I,r;,;.ar cyHdition The negro boy John MAX.
az ~ ~ss so cruelty beaten BY hsosn moth
n.S ~, Ms,asy that his lie was elm despsired
Of Of -s. tnsensible up to late hour yesterday
, morning.
pound Oue.-James Evans and Mary va'sn-
~, frse persons of color, were arraisned before
.hs mayor Yesterday ard held to bah for their good
sehsvior on the charge of assauiting and beating