The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-07-13
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LOCAL MATTERS

| LOCAL MATTERS.
The Clay stafus.A meeting Of tho Dirac,o,v
| appointed to superintend tho reception AK
eree ton OF the Clay Statue, was held q a ~.
ain,s % Hal, yesterday afternoon--Wm H. Mac.
Mr.. Ct. A. Myers, chairmaa Of the COMMITTEES
tappointeu at the last meeting to recommend a
| su!aoie location Tor the statue, reported,
verbally, that there had becn no meeting oi
| the committee, and recommended that further
| action upon tho subject DO deferred until IL
could be ascertained whether the Legislature
OF virginia would allow the statue to be
paced upon the Capitol Square-the statue,
~ the meantime, if II arrived, to be placed in
the mechanics Institute. under the care OF
the Board OF Managers, and insured by them.
ne thonght 1T probable that the Legislature
| Would readily grant the privilege and place it
| IN 'front.' OF the capitol, on the slope between
the portico and the hsw Custom House. If,
! however, it was to be placed on any other To-
cation, he was in favor of the Jefferson Ward
/ Square.
| iMr. Barnes was in favor of a permanent n.
| cation being at once selected and offered as a
subs titute 10 Mr.. Myers proposition. that the
statne be placed on Richmond (Church) Hill.
ne thongnt IT necessary to act at once, in or
DER that the City Council might have time to
| authorize such improvements as they intended
| to have made at the place designated
1t was then suggested, by way Of disposinr
OF the whole matter, for the present, that the
subject be postponed until the next meeting I:
and that in view of the difficulty Of obtain ming
aquorum of members under the present ar
| rangement, that application be made to the Ia
dies by whom they had been appointed to au.
thorize any ten members 10 transact business
leaving the time of the next meeting to the
| call Of the President.
Mr.. Macfarland assured them that he would
convene them again within two weeks as he
thought 1t important to act in the premises at
once.
| The meeting then adjourned
lThe vessel containing the statue Is expected
70 arrive in September or Octoberl
Hastings Court-Present, Messrs, james X
Caskie, Geo. w. II. Tyler, Geo. E. Sadier r.
| yesterday, and disposed of number of civil
cases as well as the following of a criminal
nature:
Geo. w. Brown, charged with assaulting and
Deatlng negro at ono of the market houses
was found guilty and n fine of SI0O assessed
against him; whereupon, on motion Of the At
| torney for the Commonwealth n sapias was
awarded against the accused, % bring him into
Court at the next term. This is the result of a
| new trial granted the defendant, the amount
OF the fine imposed at the former trial having
! been only ESQ
| In the case Of VIM. N Tinslev charged with
misdemesnor, in issuing notes for circula-
! ton of q less denomination than five dollars
anoi!t proseqEi was entered on the payment Of
/ the costs by the defendant.
A. ID. Tinsiey, five cases. and VIM J. Lvn.
| ham, one, of similar nature were disposed Of
| in like manner
| Robert w. MCGEE, charged with stealing an
pvereoat from Albion Crump, was ordered to
| be taken before the Mayor for examination
James Branch, for assaultiug and beating
| Solomon Marks, was found guilty and fined
| $50, and capiGs awarded against him for the
| next term of the Court.
| Ne,v Order, it is said is about to be intro
| duced into this city, It's objects being purely
| phIlanthropic and benevolent. Like the Ma
sonic fraternity, Is mem mbers are in every couu.
try and of erery clime but, unlike Masonry il
| imposes no fines or dues, having already il, it's
treasury some thirty millions of dollars. On
lts roll are to be found the names Of the Cxar
! OF Russia, Emperor of China, Emperor of
France King of Sardinia, President and Ex-
President of the United States, members of
| Congress, Governors of States Professors OF
Learning Merchants, Mechanics and Capital
| ists-all brothers in one cause and each known
| to the other by those "secret signs,r the pro-
mitigation of which is utter ruin and death
| NOT being one OF the initiated, we are unable
! TO say what influence this order is to have over
the annexation of Cuba, or the next Presiden- l.
tlal election but Judging from its operations
IN the Legislature OF another State, where a
! member had only to give the usual sign to en-
sure the passage OF bill, there can be no
doubt that all ques tions effectng the stability
| OF this Union, will be duly weighed by it and
that the fraternity, to man, will labor zeal
| ousiy to strangle in its infancy any formida-
| Bile effort at dissolution. Without being per
mltted TO say more, at present, of the aims
and objects Of this worldwide order we will
| merely add, that a well-known citizen has
| just received the necessary documents for
| opening Grand Council, and that citizens
Will be apprised of the time and place through
private notes. OF course, politic,l hacks will
be ruled out at the start and only reliable
| men Will be admitted.
Beautiful Vess.L-The new brig virginia y
| built by Messrs. Abrahams & Ashcraft, OF
| Baltimore, for John Currie, Jr, and the
Messrs. Crenshaw, of this city, and intended
exclusively for the South American trade, is
now loading from her wharf, in the dock, fo1
Rio de Janeiro. The "Virginia"-so named in
honor of the lady of one of the proprietors
| Mr.. Joseph G.. Crenshaw-is about $50 tons
| burthen, built with all the modern improve
ments, under the general superintendence O
Mr.. Currie, and has been pronounced by
judges one of the most beautiful vessels ey el
launched from the Baltimore yards Th
cabin Is as neatly and tastefully arranged a
that OF any nrst-class accommodation yesse
| running TO this or any other port, the panel
ings being entirely composed of polished rose
| WOOD handsomely gilt, and possessing all tn
accommodations that can be conceived Of 1,
fact, every portion of the brig seems to be per
| represents the American shield and surround
| ings, while that on the stern is Washington
family coat OF arms. We are under obligation
to Mr. Currie and to the obliging polite an,
gentlemanly commander of the brig. Captai,
Robert H Ramsay, for their attentions TIL
Virginia is expected to sail for Rio on Fri
udy next, ldueu Win hour.
| The enterprising proprietors of the "Vir
glnia expect TO place new barq us upon tn
same line by the 5th of next month The nev
vessel Is being built by the same parties
Messrs. Abrahams & Ashcraft-and will h
| about 4e0 tons burthen
The TsmPsra"es School, SO long talked of OF
church Hill, seems about to be established.
we are to Judge Of the action OF the Sons o
| temperance In that section Springfield
DIVISION has an excellent hall of its own
ana is entirely free from debt 1t ba.
at least one hundred and fifty members NOR,
than half Of whom are heads of families anf
as it has ample means to employ one or twt
good teachers, and to educate children At one
half the charges of private schools there is nc
| reason why simple plan may not be adopted
| ana carried out When a subscription list was
! opened to build Springfield Hail, subscribers
| were assured that as soon as the Division coI,ld
| get out OF debt, school would be establish
ed for the education of the children OF mem.
| bers. Will the Division redeem that pledge
| now that 1t Is in condition to do so Will
| the committee appointed to enquire into the
| expediency of establishing the promised school.
| report favorablys Can they do otherwise -
| We shall see.
Nsp Fsluntesr Corps.-The young men of
Church and Union Hills held meeting at
Springfield Hall last Monday night, aud re-
| the two hills Capt. Billups, formerly COM
mander of the "Union Guard" advocated the
| organization and when the list for signatures
| was presented to the meeting, seventeen gen.
| tiemen handed in their names as members. A
committee of six was then appointed to OBJ
tain members, and the meeting adjourned
| until Monday night next ~ hsif.past o. clock.
Judging from conversations with several
friends Of the enterprise, the corps, when or
| ga niyed will adont uifuruQ. and iOiu