The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-02-10

| Ine musings Court eommenced n. -
,elm yesterday. Messrs. Mayo. Sspxsv p.y
| dudley and Millspaugh presiding No .-,,s.y;
:. 5ess ~ a.s was disposed Of The Grand jury m.t
true bills against Adoph MuiIenhor p.ss.ss .e1Ia
Grseney Gy John Desler, Joseph Brizoiars, Dsrnsrd
ofaves, John Matthews James Burr. John ir,,n
u AZ ...u uusn.n vans charged with misdemeanors.
unon he &C., o.nsr cases not ready TO be acted
upan, 1he Grand Jury was adjourned over untif
friday next at II O'Clock. a''''
Supposed Discorery-Op .he ,-,h .s
isst negro man called David Gnnn ovraS -
mf a wicker, Of Hanover and hired 10 n, I.,,y
Scott LETT this city, and had not been hssrde IS
lui yes.e1aay morning, when two negro men re.
ported that they had seen his body Iv;ng - .s.
road 10 Hanover county, where he had dan..,,.s s.e
frozen to DEATH -'u aouotiess
Whipping Uhie Man sts..,...
the overseer of the Chain Gang had wbinnsd
white prisoner under his control last Saanras,
Win eowhide, has caused good deal of remafk
and $ atements have been made that the sas.ni.
was uaprovoked, and that the back of the nrjsonsr
was lascerated in cruel manner physician
1t Is said. has examined the person Of tho prisoner
aad says that be is net injured, and the ffeer
against whom the charge is made, claims that he
only struck the prisoner with the butt end of tie
co1hde. aud expects to prove that be was resisted
and threatened with violeUce before be caya the
prisoner blow The affair has been brought 10
the attention of the Grand Jury to undergo legal
investigation.
-iccedeRt Yesterday afternoon, Iaborer nam
ed Minser, riding on a wagon laden with granite
got his leg enangled in the wheel near the corner
OF Capitol and 9th streets. The limb was terribly
Iofn' before 1t could be diseDgaged. The sufferer
Has carried into the cfhce of DR. T. P. Mayo. un-
ger the Central hotel where all that skill could
eusges' was done TO alleviate his psiu.
To Watcr Takers-The high water in the river
having stopped the working of the Pumps at the
funp House, we are requested by the Superin-
tenaent OF the Water Works to caution water
takers against any W aste of the city water Tna
L jumps nave never been prevented from working
before since November, 1877.
anthracite C0al-now that the river 10 omen vii,
oe abundant in the course of week and NAV
ehs IN be had at SIS per load There are now sey
eral cargoes 10 the Roads and Bay bound for this
port. ~
Gamiag.-Peter, a slave in the service of Mr.
John A Jeter, was convicted before the Mayor
yesterday morping, of playing cards with other
negroes last Saturday night, on his masters pre.
mises, and soundly punished for the offence veg,
terday morning.
7respassing- slave to Messrs Hawaii
Co, was found guilty before the Mayor of being
drunk last Sunday night, and trespassipg on b
Catogni's premises, and by way of improving his
morals, was subjected to a skinping.
Deaths For the month of January there were
but AZ white intermenis in the Shockoe Hin Bury.
ing Ground, % OF whom were males and l9 females
ga the outside, the colored interments were 30 %
of whom were males and Ia females.
Young Guards BaH.--The City Council yester
day afternoon, adopted resolution granting the
use of the Market Hall to the Young Guard. for
their anniversary ball on the 23i inst The COM
pany, it is said, expect to get up grand affair ON
the occasion, and to that end invite the co-opers
tion of their brother soldiers and the citizens gen
orally.
Firernens Election The tremen Of the city met
at their respective engne~houses last night for the
election of officers. The following are the only
companies we have report from:
PhGnir Company. No. 3, elected III w Fry. Jr.
Commander; w Weed, 1st Foreman; FL Pearce
ID do Ed Gaines, Sec'y; Il V Carr, Asst Sec y;
II W Fry, Jr, Treasurer.
Protectton M. 2-Virginius Bossieux, Comsnan~
DER Richard NJ Crawford. lst Foreman; Lewis
Barnes, 2d do; Jed Gibson, Sec'y; w Ayres
Asst Sec'y; j Fl Howell, Superintendent; Syrus
Bossieux. Treasurer: Geo Thatf3rd Engineer:
John 7 Ryan, Asst.
Citizen, No 6-John T Rogers. Commander
Miles L Philips, 1st Foreman; Isaac Howe, Sd
40; Sergeant at Arms, James Jeffreys; See'v Jno
II Cobb; Surgeon, DIR Erasmus Powell.
TIE Boone Children These talented children,
whose performances were witnessed last evening
by aarge fashionable and de.jgh audience, give
another entertainment this evening, at Corinthian
Hall.
The R;uer has risen several feet beyond its ordi-
nary level but Is not yet sufficiently high to prove
a. all destructive in the neghborhood of this city.
The u. S. Court is now hearing and disposing
of civil suit involving a large amount of money.
When concluded we will endeavor to give the facts
of the case, as far as can gather them, and the
result.
No Pass-Dck, slave. was found in the street
at a late hour last Sunday night, without pass,
for which the Mayor had him scorched yesterday
morning.
Picked Up.-Luey Tyree. free woman from
Caroline county, was committed to prison by the
Mayor, yesterday for remaining in the city witt
out register of her freedom.
Criminal Charges "A bill Of the City Sergeant,
against the Commonwealth. OF &467 go, from the
lst to the 9th January, 1857 for criminal charges
was certified by the Hastings Court to the State
Auditor for examination
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