The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-12-21
LOCAL MATTERS.

DARING R0BBgRY.--Ab0ut two o'clock
last Saturday morning, the tobacco factory of Mr,
James A. scotf, on 21sf street. between Main and
Cary, Was forcitly entered and after being robbed
oi one or two boxes Of tobacco, = keg Of sugar,
eighteen blankets and some other articles, set
on hre in two places. The rogues--for they were
Two negro fellows-effscted an entrance by getting
into the lot and forcing open side window. They
tnen broke the locks on two desks In search Of
money, but finding none. bruised and defaced the
iron safe, bat failed to get 1t open. They next
forced the lock on the store room door, helped
themselves to oil they eorld carry, and kindled
nfe IN the seeaud story. and In the water closet on
the frst story. In attempting to seerets their
plnnder in the neighborhood. they aroused a ne
gro man. through whose fnstrumeutalfty Lieut.
wheat, OF the Night Watch, was sent for With
1he AID OF two OF the watchmsn. Mr.. Wheat dis
Iosesea me tobacco and sJme other articles
formed .oer OF what had taken place, awoke Mr. J. L.
nhitiock, the manager of the factory and both ot
them repaired to the bnilding in time TO extin.
gash the nre, which was dying out for the want Of
MT. scott's factory has been closed since the lss
OF october. and as matter Of course he had no
money in the building. aE
ATTEMPTED INCEspIaRrsa--Ret
the hours of and o'clock last Saturday MORN
ing some daring fellow scaled the fence aroupd
tne lumber yard of X. III. Whitlock q Son. corner
81 io,n ana DOCK streets, to get supply of tim
| fearing detection, applied burning match to
paie OF hay, lying nader the shed, and made his
escape; fortunately for the neighborhood, MIR.
ohas mhitlock discovered hesburning pile before
the names had made much headwsy, and promptly
extinguished the fire. -
HARD TO BELrsvE.-Within the past
ten days, the office of Mr. E. Il Dudley, at his lum
Der YARD, has been forcibly entered four times
the rogues failing. each visit, to secure euonoh
oaooty to pay them for their labor The fact thar
Mr u has an iron safe in his Office 10 proof posj
tive In the minds of the regues that he leaves
money IN 1t at night, and they therefore seem de
termined to get g portion of IT, Mr. D. would no
DOUBT be obliged to them if they could ind a good
piie locked up In the safe, and would divide witt,
tnein Tor he has ransacked it en- of late ut fall
cd 70 discover enough to buy sswhisksy straipht,
| lie has therefore determined. to leave the door
open at ns IN future, so AZ to his nocturnal
visitors the trouble of breaking into them.
/ FIRES AND ALARMS The first alarm of
I hre last Saturday night was caused by the disco
very OF flames issuing from large COOPER sho on
1 the south side of the basin, which were extiu.
guished with very little trouble Between and
ao O'Clock, rear building on Exchange Alley toak
hre, but resulted in no serious damage, as the fire.
men were prampty on the ground with a bounti
/ ia' supply OF water. and drowned cut the flames
! AT IL o'clock another alarm was given. which
proved false; and at O'Clock yesterday mornir q
| tns lourth alarm was caused by the burning of a
| chimney. y :"