The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-11-13

| husfIsos CouRr.- At the Husting
Court yesterday, Dr.. John Dove. Who hss been ~.
pointed Superintendent Of Schools for this civ
sppeared PEE and entered into the required bond Q
James Law, charged with atteu,p,ipr to ,,cr
1onn A. Lacy's pocket. pleaded not guilty. The
to-day. -s.''
Thomas }. johnson, Who was arr.isu.d on
cnarge OF attempted to defraud Kelly 4 Mason. b,
earring leaf from their Gales book was AL diudred
not guilty and discharged.
Jerry, slave TO the Richmond and petersburx
nor,h saoo oCoompsoy charged with stealing watch
and ordered thirty nine Ia.hss.
neor! haalegrove paid the fine imposed upon
charged. -'N u's'
Patrick H. Gibson, for taking q mustard nj,
from r. Read, Of the verandah Hotel. vas fonnS
guilty aud fined IS and costs.
Tne case OF Robert Patterson, charged with
shooting at Thomas stsptoe, was continued tiii
next term. s''
Mary Gleason, charged with stealing ,nm,.,
had hearing, and was scqsitted.
samuel Rose, alias Samuel Reese, iudicted for
s.eanng chickens, was found guilty, and recon,
menaed me- to the mercy Of the Court. account Of
nis extreme youth. After consultation the Court
agreed to discharge the prisoner
MAYORS CoURr.-The case Of MarRs-
res Wiison. free woman Of color, charged with
entering ey force aud violsnce, house claimed by
ia.. ~. a. oo1din, snd carrying away one lock Of
.se saue OF one dollar. occupied the greater part
OF the morning at the Mayors Court yesterdsy.-
MARGARET vas required to give security for hsr
good behavior. The principal question Involved
~ .ne case was one Of title, which the Mayor would
Ben johnson, slave to Anderson Edwards. vss
atraigned Tor stealing twelve bushels OF coal from
D. b. Botis. The case Was continued until mi.
n;U.nang, on account OF the absence Of important
Charles Jones, negro boy, claiming to be free.
was Drought up for having no fee papers, with
pass from j. B. Royster. The Mayor ordered him
20 pr,cure the necessary documents and dischsrr.
Phoebe johnson, q free woman Of color. f,r VI.
oienty asssutipg and beating Amy Bibb. slaye.
was ordered to be punished.
ACCIDENT ON rHs DAsvILIs Road
The engine, teuder aud one car Of the paasen.a,
train on the Dsnville railroad ran of the .r.ct ~
Iomahawk station yesterday morning The acct
dent was caused by the misplacing Of switch A.
the station, and it being totally dark at the time
ae which the train passed the engineer d,d 80 -
| serve the disarrangement until the sns;na "a "a
tender had run of the track aud sstucf In the
mud" Luckily no one was injured bv the .cc,s
cent; An extra train was sent up yesterday bv
the Superintendent to bring the pssse.osr. !.
Richmond. In consequence OF the accide5t ts.,.
ives no up train from the Richmond depot yes,er.
day morning.
The FIRE BRIoAps.-The Commar
ders OF the new Fire Brigade, held s,otber ma.t
ing on Thursdsy evening. at the engine hou,e on
1th street, but, owing to the inclemency NJ thu
weather, the Fire Committee Of the Couneil. vho
had been especially invited, we're not present And
no business of importance was transacted. II 4.
presumed that the most Objectionable feature in
the new law, (tbat requiring at least one member
OF each company to remain at the engine house at
all timesO viii be repealed at the next meeting oi
the Council. We understand that the Commsn,
ders have already received applications from soms
OF the best men in the Community, to become mem
bers of the igade aud that If the Objectionable
part above referred to should be stricken from
the law, there will be difficulty in organizing
an efficient fre department, composed Of Jus,
such men as are needed In the present emergency
An adjourned meeting of the Comnandsrs will
be held this evening at 8 o'clock at the Hook aut
Ladder CompaDy's house, on 9th street.
THE FIFTH DIsooURss BEpoR. rHr
YoUsa MEs's CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION is to b,
preached at the ID Presbyterian Church, on Ito
morrow.) Sunday afternoon, at 4 o'clock. by Rev
M. D. Hoge, the pastor. Mr.. Hoge's ability as
public speaker, with his well known zeal in IT,,
cause. is good guarantee that his audience will
be entertained and instructed. We have no doub,
1t will be large one 1t is very important thai
the audience assemble promptly at the hour, as
the afternoons are very short.
CHESS GAME.-The Richmond Cbes,
Ciub 10 having q very interesting time just new
The following game was played by one of tn,
players, without seeing the board. u ember o
the Club play ed the white, and two outsiders til,
black pieces