The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-01-31
LOCAL MArrnns.

LOCAL kATxH1e.
Guy C0EDca-An adjoarnsd meeting Of IN
Oouncil wes held 10 the Chamber yesterday afte,
noon, at four oclock-Meears Dove. 0aunder,
0uarlss Roddy. Grsstsf, Scott, Whitfield. Eru.
nosriss Robinson, CFutchAsad, Taibott and Rieh
arason being present Hessrs. Richards an
Fire Ceais M. Scott offered . resolution
Inas the Committs on the Fire Department. to
Sesner with the Chief Engineer and Wardens
uqure . lnto The expedisncy Of furnhhins the Gre
"I,ca was appropriately referred.
luton '-o Ao'io"i"t ssso
Resolved, That the ordinances of the eity. print
E.o % M..a = manuscript be referred to Joseph Mayo
perry arranged, and when said ord;osncs az ~
revised and arranged that the Mavor hsva thar
printed and laid before the Council
IN mohon OF Mr. Morriss, the resolution wa,
e.er!eo 70 special committee Of three. TO ascsr.
tain the cost of revision, and rsnort -. :.
and Robinson ''o''' "o1iiSs
D1aes OF Assessor An ordinsnce, deaoino tho
powers and prescribing the duties and compsnss
r.a,,. y. 'ue Guy assessor, was taken up q the
regular business of the evening, read. discn essd
amended and passed.
=, There being no other business of import.nc.
the Council adjourned.
A Feothered Hstness.-Some short time s;nca ].
Dill was presented to the Auditor of Accounts in
the basement of the Capitol for settlement which
contained At least one novel item-ihe board Of
Key, TO the amount Of two or three dollars-which
nad Deen charged against the State. In Wirf
county, man had been arrested on the CHARGE Of
sieahng turkey, and as the lost bped was found
ahve ana kicking in his cssession and was there
lore part ct the evidence against the accused.
~ nad 10 De forthcompg at the hour of trial After
tne prisoner was remanded for a further hearing
ana the witnesses were called up to recognize for
their appearance before the Grand Jurv An of
them readily took the required obligation. and
were alscaarged except the old gobler, who fail
rects, and having No friend to undertake for him
was turned over to the Sheriff for safe keepinp
Ine Sheriff, In turn, feeling unwilling to release
the gober on bis parole of honor, turned him over
to the jalor, and at once Mr. Gobler was mt undsr
lock and key. Day after day the tailor dealt ont
asufhciency Of corn and dough to satisfy the era
wings OF hunger of the imprisoned witness: and
as the term OF the court was many weeks O ii. this
gooer fed and fattened, and strutted and gobbled-
oouottess chuekling over the good time he was
having-till Madam Justice took her seat and he
was called into court We have NO information
as to the conduct of the thief, from tie time he
committed the theft till arraigned for trial but
when confronted by the kidnapped fowl, and charg
ed to his teeth with committing the deed ba
swooned away. and had barely recovered his sen
ses' when the jury came into court and rendered
verdict OF guilty, on the evidence of the turkey
VINO was promptly returned to his harem of hens.
wnere ne was greeted with the warmest affection
and most tender regard.
We have already said, that. according to law. the
Snerif had to take charge of the turkey in order
TO secure its attendance as q witness: and aa tur
Keys as well as other bipeds must be fed bv their
custodian, the jailor made charge of three cents
per day for supplying food to his gobler and pre
sented it to the Auditor of Accounts for settlement
o~iag 70 some informalty in the BILL it was re-
turned to the officer in Writ county for correction.
ont when it Is again brought hack, we can see no
reason why the Commonwealth will not be re-
CURED to foot the board bill of the old eobler lust
as readily as that Of any other prisoner. heId In
custody by her officers, to meet the demands of
justice.
Theatre The management present n most s..
trac tive bill at the dramatic temple tonight "a all
will admit who see it. Three pieces have been
cast for the OCCASION and the strength of the com
pany Is to be brought forth 10 its most telling way
The entertainment will commence with J. B.
Buckstone's melo.drama of the Bear Hunters.
or the Fatal Ravine," which abounds in rare Incl
dents and thrilling scenes Following this is the
moral scene Of "Conjugsl Lesson" in which MIR.
and Mrs. Jefferson appear as "Mr and Mrs Lul-
laoy;" Next comes . Fancy Dance" by The
ing's ente rtainment to wind up with Robert Ma
caire,' Mr.. Jefferson personaling the highly anu
sing character of Jacques Strop" If such q pro
gramme will not tempt the seekers Of pleasure
from their fre-sides, disagreeable as is the wea>
ther, then we know not what " i'll induce them to
venture out for few hours.
Funtral Procession.-The Sons of Temperance
turned out In large numbers, yesterday, regard
less of the condition Of the Streets to escort to III
last resting place the remains of their deceased
brother, William H. Ellis Following the corpse
which was borne to Hollywood Cemetery for in
terment, were scores Of friends Of the deceased.
in vehicles and on horseback, the servanfs NJ
Messrs Ellis e. Peers, all mounted bringing nm the
rear. The scene wss truly an imposing one. and
went far to show the universal esteem in which
the dead man was held by those who knew him
when living.
Green Eyed Monster Ben Cook, q slave. wss
arraigned before the Mayor yesterday to answer
the charge of threatening the life of Dick Dabney,
. fellow servant. Dick. on being sworn testified
that Ben had met him on Cary street and threat
ened to hurry him to the other side OF Jordan in
most summary manner, and that having no desire
to start for unknown shores at this particular time
he had called on the law to prevent his Danish.
ment he had given no cause for the threat, and
begged the protection of the court Ben asked to
be allowed to plead his own Defence and leave
being granted. proceeded to recount the wrongs he
had undergone, at the hands of.the complainant -
DICK with MS serpent tongue: had wlispered hon.
eyed words into the ears Of Bens wife; had won
her affections and induced her to commit deeds
revolving to the eyes of virtue. Ben had seen for
himself-had seen his better half on terms of init
macy with Dick-had seen her disgraoed-had felt
the disgrace himself, and yet because he dreaded
death, had not taken both their lives. The vile
woman he had now abandoned, and though he
threatened Dick with vengeance, he would inter
rupt him no more. The Mayor warned Dick and
Ben, and then ordered them to return to their
masters.
Another Daaiel come to Judgment Daniel siavs
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