The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-03-17

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CIrr CoUsc1I- -An sdjournsd meet-
| Ing Of this body was held yesterday sftsrpeoa.
Messrs Saunders. Aliss, GiAzsbrook, Withheld,
df.ttsa. 6rsstsf, Rihsrdsos, s0sasos esdng pres
snt-Messrs. Deuoon, Dimmock, k0hinsoa, Rod
dey, Hill, UaskiDs and Hall being abssnt.
Gsfms.--Mr. drettor, from the Csmmittes On
eiaims, reported ia favor Of refunding Sl6co 90
George L Earnest, aud t2l 10 r. 10. sfzsr, che
amounts having been impropsrly paid In % the
city iie also saortsd In favor Of Pierso0 + New
eiis Dill OF So aud Dr.. Jackson's bill Of t20 and
the report was adopted
me market ordinance was next taken up, Dis
sassea al length, aud amended.
STEALING CLoTHEs. Brirnole
was arrested and Gagged by officer Seal yestsrdsv
enargsd with having IN his possessIor. clotbins'
Esb.a.~x ~ss stolen from Ash Levy on the 9th Of
feoIuaIy. Levy lost about go worth ef clothing
AZ tne t'me referred 70. but found only one piece
IN the possession Of the prisoner. which he ssvs
be purchased Of a lady. "r
DaUaMKp Our OF SexvIcE---A N Ipcorr;ysht. a..
wish marine Was drummed out Of the servtcs ~
the brooklyn nayyyard, on Wednesday lsst Hs
was tried BY eourtmartial, and sentenced To Ia
kept IN irons for one week aud fed on bread and "a
yer. The week expired on Wednesday. Just at even.
ing. ss the workn,en we're leaving the Yard ha
was brought out accompanied by q file Of marines
acard with "thief" written upon IL Was ninn.S
Nh, NJ ~, p'eass, aai TO the tune OF the "Rogus's
maIen; executed IN fine style, by dsfach snspt
from the North Carolina Band he vas drummed
out OF the yard and service, AMID the hootlns. az
hundreds who had assembled to witness the pr,.
ceediOgs.
DISPATCHES FROM CHISA--The Navy Departm.ut
has received dispatches from Commodore Arm
strong, dated Hong Kong, January 18th. He rs
ports every thing quiet at that time. in Canton
and all along the whole coast TO Shanghai liz
also says his health Is still very feeble and that he
shall leave for the United States ON ths arrival OF
Capt. Tstnal.
Commodore Armstrong has ordered ths frisata
Minnesota with Commissioner Reed 10 proceed 10
the Port 6f Macao for the purpose of assistance
aud protection to the America citizens resident
there, IN case OF conspiracy or revolt By the
Chinese population.
FATsL AceiBgNr.-Capt. John Young, of porIar
Island Md, met with his death ON the 9TH instant
under the following circumstances: He In COM
pany with his son in-law, was in the act of crawl
ing down through seme bushes TO shoot ducks
when sotne bushes cams In contact with the lock
OF the gnn in the hands OF the latter causing the
gun 10 go OF, the eontents of which took effect n
the lower extremities OF tho eaptaia, killing him
iastant ly.
FIRE At ASyspoLts.- On Friday evening nrs
broke out oa MIR. aeorge TayloF's wharf at An
napolis, Md ,in small unoceupied building which
was consumed together with about $1,000 worth
OF lumber, belonging to Mr., Truett. No insurance
There were lie deaths in baltimore last week:
incindins Is OF consumption and ~ Of small pox
Ii is rumored that Thomas Washington smith,
who Was acquitted of the murder of Richard Car
Ter In Philadelphia, on the ground Of insanity at
the time OF the commission of the act, Is now y
confirmed maniac. 1851 A p
John Stewart, sr.. for several years president of
the Insurance Company OF the State OF Pennsyl.
vania, died ia Philadelphia on Sunday.
The stable OF MIR John G. Ford, at Oiney, near
Philadelrhis, was destroyed by FIRE Sunday, TO-
gether with some fifteen or twenty cows and
horses Loss $1,000, insurance &3,UaO.
Henry S"yster, OF Cum berland, Md, has been ap
pointed route agent on the line from Baltimore 10
Wheeling, ia the place of Smith Mcdonald, resign
ed.
Henry Strickland. QUE Of the Old Defenders Of
baltimore. died IN that city on the 18th Inst.