The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-06-22

LOYAL AFFAIRs.
foLPoRT GsJT VrYG ytA.-L.st Mon :
day the Boa-d OF Directors of Baptist gun5,x
Schools ard Colportags in tn 10 State be,d th.ir
regular monthly rnestIng In this ci,y The auner-
intspdent brought hafore tho BOARD the names of
twenty five young man now prosecuting their stui.
les in several colleges who wish TO set as Coo-ie,
curing their approaching vacation. The B,ard
! determined TO appoint them and auy other such az
! may apply. gentleman Of A no sttainman,a a,a
VINO for years has been distinguished f,r his n,
cheney ss aD agent for Of our great national
ns'.us societles applied for appointment. as col
| porter Tor fhfs city. Hs was appointed aud atso
TWO nther gentlemen. Orator Norfolk and p,rts
rnou'h ana another for Carroll and 9r.ys,, c,un-
"es. pSrlng the Summer, this denomin alton aIone
w"' i've seVsniv hve colporters going through
| the waste piscHa Of our State ESTABLISHING sun.
dav schools. hndng n aver rnaa,Inos and dis,r;h
| utiug THOUSANDS OF voinmas Of reIigious book. :
| with much smaller number Of Iaborers las,
year. the Board found 1900 families destitute of
| the Bible. "
SH CKoE Hull BURYING GRoUNp.-Tbis
| resting place OF the dead. is now In ioe ordsr
ana seems TO be attended tn with a praa. deal of
care The carriage wavs are neat and clean tho
trees and sbrubbery look fresh and luxuriant and
the monuments AID tomb stones are of every va.
rie'y and form The keeper sesms 70 lsbor hard
| 70 protect the howers auj shrubbery fror, the
rSshuCt Oi tnODHhtieSs visitors. but this he
bods almost i'm possible do How crueI 4. s f,r
! any ore to break and irjure the flowers ovar the
grave OF some one whoae sister or brother or
mother or child, or perhaps husband or wife have
placer them there as tokens of sf.ction nurtu-ed
| them with the greatest solicisnde and n.rhans
watered them with the bitter tears of vni,b ard
monroing. And yet there are persons who visit
grave yard, from Idle curiosity and careIessIy
piucktns n1wers and def4ce the marble mnnu.
ments that stand a. santircls oyar tho .,ea.in,
without thinking vhst cruelty they are infiics;ng
oy their nnkndness. Sach Cffsuders deserve the
seyerest punishment
PUBLIC SCHooLS.-We are Cratified 70 Soc
mat the memhers of tho City C1rrcIl are avake,-
iog 10 the importance Of well orgcnyad public
SCHOOLS and that they arc about 70 adopy m
TO ensure greater ciency in them than heretefr.
something moro than mere e.tabIishn.pt ~
schools and employing of teachers IL necsss.rv ia
educate INDECENT children of Richmond Visitors
are necessary, not only TO look m scholars ard
lnduce their parents tn permit their children 10
enter the school, but to sec that thsy attend re-
gh'afiy Under tho present system. some of the
teachers have f,snS great dificuI,y In prev.pt;,s
their rcho'ars from PLAYING truant-a d;hBcr,t,
shieh may readily be avoided by promp. and fl
cient visitors Education, II ia we'll known ia the
great motive power by which the Intelligence and
Virne OF eur peopls are to bo preserved and every
community is bound to exert Itself to that end II
chifdren, whoss parents are uuabie TO educs..
them. are permitted 10 ran wild m the commons
associate with the vicious and deprsved ard be
come suhiscted to the control of sucb o
nv. on the crimes of Others. the community will
sun.r the consequences and have to paw for their
neglect in the amount necessary 60 provide nri-
sons ana poor houses for their accommodation.
HE NEW VOLUNTEER COMPANY, II ia said
| viii be raised and equipped, b.yord . dsubt. a.
more than fsrty members have sIresdv been oh.
| tanned and others ara expected to ,ia 10 q shor.
| um': Tho Grsys, too. are daily adding TO their
n"fnoers. aud viii probably continue to do so iii
1 n hat ALI of aha
old B'ues, ever warmly cherished for its paat re-
nowp,sre eprolliDg new recruits and daily gaining
strength. The military srrit among tho youne
mon of the city. seems to be looking up and the
nope ~ now expressed bv military men, that all
the con- p1nies are prospsrng and becoming strop-
| Eer every day. We should lik. 10 see the proner
| snort made to organize = corps of horsemeu for
the fret regiment. which will continue ipcom plets
without cavalry and {. seems to Ms ths, the m ye
would succeed, II 1t were undertaken by the proper
| parties.
| BROOKE RALROAD.-What are the friends
| OF the Brooke Railroad doug2 Have they given
up the s1bems, b.csuse some few persons do.
| nounced 1t as insxpedienI' Or, are they getting
| ready to commence the work this summer, aud
| have u completed IA good time? The experiment
'"sne WIN the horse cars on the Frsdaric sbur z
road 10 the beat guarantee that the new scheme i.
carried out, will prove snccsssfu even If used on
ior pleasure rides. But 81 ere are other reasons
Why the stock should be taken aud the road built
"nen ehs'ness meh fod that they can reside In
'he country and attend to business In Richmond
| going to and ffo At trifllug expense, scores OF
them will purchase suburban retreats on the Brook
road the lands along its line will decrease 10 value
and ia the course Of few years. pretty dwellings
and beautiful gardens will enciose Il on both sides
from end to end.
NAVY Hill is being built uo rapidly.
and as soon a, fourth. fifth and sixth streets are
continued to Ii by substantial cuvers across the
| raVlne, VIII become q village of itself Persoa.
unabIo to pay ths heavy reuts In more fashionable
portions OF the town, are seeking residences on
| Navy mn, because Of f.s near proximity to the
| busness part of the city, and hundreds Of others
~ould gladly sstta there, but for the difficulty ia
getting to II. Itwouid be Wise policy In the city
TO cu!Sert the ravine at all The streets leading t.
Navy and French Garden Hills. even If the streets
| are not filled up at oGce, and FIR the reason that
| avas, amount of waste dirt wouli bo thrown into
| Them, from time to time, while improvements are
| bslng made on Shockoe Hill. The extension oi
9th street has no doubt reimbursed the city for
It's cost, 10 the increased valns of property along
its line; and the same result will fJllow the ex-
| tension Of other streets
| PROPER WAREfEG.--k lsd Tamed Ih0s
Jones, an employee a. the Trodegsr Works, VS..
| called before the Mayor yestertsy for ssssuIting
| =. q. C0llios, member OF the Public Guard,
the parade ground At the armory, some few even
| logs since Jones, Ii seems, visited the arm0ry
| while the band WAS performing, and getting toe
| near the musicians was requested to stand back.
l Thinking that Collins had no right TO make suct
| request, he declined moving, and dispute arose
between them which ended la blows The Mayor
| stated ;hat Gem plants had been msde to him OF
| the rudensss of parties who visited the armory,
| and after declaring tis determination to preserve
good order there we'll as elsewhere ia the city,
reprilnandsd the accused for his condact and tbeI
| discharged him.
| WHAT CEcP.-A friend who has been
on visit TO Chester ,ld Hanover, and some Of the
adjoiDisg counties, speaks in glowing terms of the
| wheat crop generally, but says he has sesn soni~
as bad ss his eyes ever before behsid. Is portion
OF Hanover some Of the fields have suffered 80 ter
| ribly from the ravsgss Of the d and the JOINT
| worm. that they will not yield bu,he CT grain
to the acre la Chester aid similar fislds may BE-
found, and In Charles Oily complaints also come
| up. If these casss are cxcsp;ions--and We pre-
| sumo thoy ars-the crop will be : large one, snf
| the farmers receive handsome remuneration fu
| ,!llng the sell.
| ACCOMMODATING VIsIroRs. the i'm
pIovemsuts ou The Capitol sqnaro are nearly COM
pletsd and tho Ssuihers aide is equally as sttrae-
tive as the West, may not onr peops hope that the
Governor will have seats placed along the new
| walks, for the convsnisncs Of all who visit the
park. II this we're dcns, the Square would be
tbrongsd with visitors every Afternoon during the
| summer months. Tho Eas, fountain has beer
| ready for water for sometime, aud will prove
| highly attractive when IL Is introduced.
VIOLENT AssAuLr.-John McMahan and
Timothy McMahsp, charged wiih fsloniousiy as
saulting and beating officer G. G. johnson, while IL
| tie discharge Of his dnty, were before the Msyor
Yesterday but ewing to the absence Of important
| witness, the exaBinaiion was coutinusd aud the
PARTIES remanded 20 t.ii. Oficsr Jobuson IL OF tn
opinion that John did not strike him in the scoff
but that he kept on other persons who xouli have
| aided him taking Tim. and thus prevented the ex.
ecuiion OF 8 warrant which had been issued on his