The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-04-30

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LOCAL AFFAIRS.
ToS.cco. WARsHouss. Many Of cur
readers may have noticed some months past mss.
ro store val gradually going Up n 30 K.st !iss
,vn ans sne Northern abusmsnt Of Mayo's bridge,
ana tne niiing 10 Of the lot North Of the wsll Sut
.s'y ,on OF them are aware Of the purposes for
wo.1n 'ns Improvement IL being made. The cons
~ sns s:s tsss T. Mayo, aud pressat owDsrs ef
Msyos osiage, are preparing 70 have erscesd on
this eite 90 enormous warehouse for the esoen9s
and sale OF tobacco, and to that end havs novsd
Mr.. \. B. C!optop, Architect, to prepare pleos n
:he Eaw building, which is to De 81 soo6 brsss
and put up in the most snsstansisl nSnssr. Ths
warehouses; Is to front on 14:h strees tour hunAred
fest! and TO run eastwardty from the bridge Ave
hundred feet, thus occupying most Of the secund
between the river aud the dock Tne lrnot Of the
building ia to be two stories high. % the drst
story TO be four or Ave ensrances into
the warehouse, and the iutersentug sps.
css are TO be occupied BY we'll arrang-
ed offices for commission merchants and others,
scme twenty odd 10 number. Ia the second story
10 60 be large, we'll ventilated hall to BE- used
40 sa'asroom. and then there are TO BE- several
offices for inspectors, clerks, etc To add to the
convsoience OF planters and others, track 10 10
Do laid from the warehouse to the Richmond and
DsDville Railroad, by which means, the cars laden
house and unloaded; and then Immediately north
of the sou'h WALL aed within the enclosure, 10 70
be laid of ADD graded, good carriage way, thirty
feet wide, by which wagons aud drays can enter 90
receive or discharge tobacco. The entire premises
will be enclosed by strong brick wall, and oil
the entrances will bs closed at night by subssao.
tial gates This improvement, when completed,
will cost the owners about 300 900, and from its
to the shipping, we'll AZ the canal
and railroads, cspuo. fail receive large share
of the tobacco trade coming TO this market The
Is expected Z, ~ partially completed
by the 1st of January, 1850, and will then bs put
in use.
In A ScRAPs Yesterday morning
Marx Berringer aud his family arrived here BY the
ears on their way to New York, having with them
= negro woman who calls herself Scinthia Riggiu,
,ays she ID free and balls from La Grange, Georgia,
where Berringer resides. The negro woman had
no register .f freedom, but carried pass from
ler Trustee, V. Holmes, giving her authority TO 70
North and return to La Grange. When the
parties arrived at the Central depot, the Condsc>
or refused to allow the coIored woman to take pas
age for the North unless Berringer could satiss
" him that he had right to take her, aud not
being able to do this, she was taken Ia charge By
watchmsn Crope and arraigued before the Re-
eorder, who ordered her to be taken care Of until
the Mayor Of Lagrange can he heard from. The
woman gave the names of several persons By whom
,he CAP prove her freedom, all Of whom will be
written to at once. IL free. il Is little strange
hat she should be allowed to leave Georgia for
New York without being furnished with certi.
led copy of her reg ister
SEE TO YOUR LlosNss.-A number Of
owners Of wagons, drsys, carts and hacks were
before the Recorder, yesterday and fued for fall
ing to call on the Chamberlain and procure the
license for their vehicles. Others will
probably be called up to-day, and now that the poe
lice have got the run of these vehicles, many more
will be required to pay dearly for negiecting TO
an n "a arro nnfa xrfk rtfx lsnan
granted to public vehicles, the owners are CON-
PEELED to enter into bond aud security for the faith
ful performance of their duties as common carri>
ers, thus giving merchants some assurance that
their goods would not be made way with by the
drivers; but when licenses are not obtained, mer.
chants and others have security, and for that
reason should be assured that the teams they en-
pioy, are legitimate public conveyances.
HoNoRABLY AcoUIrTED.-J. ]. Donald
son. the youug man charged with obtaining $50
from John Dooley by false pretences, was again
before the Recorder, yesterday morning, for exs
animation. MIR. Henry B0udar testified that hs
cashed draft for $50, drawn by the accused on
A. M. Beniuger Co. Of New York-and that
Messrs. Isaacs 4 Taylor forwarded that draft 10
New York. and Messrs. d. q Co, paid it promptly
The fact that this draft was drawn subsequent 10
the one cashed by Mr.. Dooley, but refused BY
Messrs. B. Co, satisfied the Recorder that the
accused designed no fraud on Mr.. Dooley, and
therefore ordered his acquttal.
EMARKsBLH PRESERVATION
than quarter Of q century ago, when Richmond
was mere village aud fine houses very scarce, Q
"tannery" was carried on at the Southeast corner
of 8th and Main streots, where skins were dressed
to order. When the town began to grow, this
tannery gave place to private dwellings, and the
old watts in the lanyard, without being torn up.
were filled in with dirt, and tanbark row was
built upon the site Not long since Mr.. L. d. Cren-
shaw, the owner OF this row, determined to demol-
ish 1t and build an edifice 10 keeping with the
times. After the old buildings had been razed TO
the ground, and the laborers com menced deepening
the foundation for the new superstructure, they
dug into of the old vats. where they discover
ed two sides of leather, which on being taken out
we're found to be as sound II they had only been
there Q few days
VIRGINIA MEDICAL SocIgTY I'm pub.
fishing the "amended bill," Ia the proceedings Of
the Medical Society Of Virginia, the sixth section
should have read as follows:
"The members of the Board of Examjpers sbaIl
be elected once 10 six years; three members there
of by the Governor of the Com non wealth. thrse
by the Medical Society Of Virginia, and three By
the three chartered Medical Colleges of the STATE
that is, one from each College. The Beard shall
assemble in the city of Richmond for the purpose
OF conducting examinations, annually, on the hEse
Monday In May; and the said Board shall be entis
tied to receive and demand Of every applicant the
sum Of twenty dollars. aud for every license the
SUN of two dollars"
W. SIZING The sire Brigade had q
general washing last Thursday afternoon, and ex.
hibited considerable skiil in the management Of
heir machines Most Of the members are strops,
active young men. and appear to be fully able TO
discharge With fidelity the duties they have as
sumed. The Principal Engineer has been drilling
the companies. for some time past, aud from the
discipline exhibited at the .washipg." hs. suc-
ceedsd in fitting them for the performance oftheir
arduous duties. We noticed that every order vas
obeyed with alacrity. aud that quiet and good OF.
der universally prevailed.
BAprIsT ANNIVERSARIES Visitors to
the Association, to commence on next Monday In
this city, are already arriving. aud learn from
gentleman who has been travelling excessively
through the State, that the number Of delegates
will be vastly larger than at any former meeting
of the kind. Nearly every State in the South viii
send strong delegation to the Convention. which
meets the day after the adjournment Of the Gene.
raj Association. II is expected Of our citizens fbae
they will throw wide their door6 to the visiting
strangers, on the occasion, and We have 10 d0ubt
that very many of them will gladly do 20.
soos TO 0pxx.--The old Columbian
Hotel, corner of 18th and Cary streets. II Dow ups
dergoiug a thorough overhaniing and rspairtos,
aud will open for the reception Of visitors In very
short time. The owners OF the property, Messrs.
Crenshaw, have spared no expense In renovatipg,
remodeiiug, and improving this once po1uise hos
tel and chat IL 10 to be again opened Tor pablo
accommodation, by two popular business men. ~
can see no reason Why IL should not get fair shars
of pa,ronsge-particuiarly from those who knew u
in its palmy days.
DIED oV HIS IsJUsIys. .--Sam'l Mcl dam,
the unfortunate man who was 90 terribly torn into
pieces by the machinery at the rolling mill some
time last week, has been relieved from bic suder.
Jugs by death. His funeral took place on yssssr'
day.
AccIDENr "A small orphan boy. in
the service OF Mr Carneii. was run over 10 Frank
lin street, last Tuesday afternoou, By male sts
tached to cart, and had bis right thigh ffacsured
Or. Brown attended the little sufferer.