The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-03-26

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SUNDAY GcHooLs. adjourned neet-
; ug o. she Sunday school committee Of the Msshe.
,fiends Of tho cause, wss held IN Trinltv Church
~ ~. Lnufsday night TO receive the report Of suk.
hse h.-,s spponted to prepare coostitution snd
| rhs sssa. .ne eovsrnmsnto Of the Soeissy.
Ane ,ePois aNer some few ameudmeuts vas
aaopteo. ana the name selected for the sesecfa-
ton, The Methodist Sunday schoo, Uniop soci..
fyof Richmond City and Its vicinity"
me meeting was We'll attdadsd, notvithstaud.
ns one ha o. .ns weather, nearly al tAe
On the first Thursday in April psxt another
meeting will be held, In Trinity Church, vhsn -;
GERS Of the Society will bs elected. Any one nav
becomea member BY paying annually hfty cent.
or life member By paying $40. =
The object Of this society 10 to raise mean, 10
employ celporteur, whose duty it shall - 60
look after the absentees Of the various schools,
get new scholars, establish mission schools, bay
thereis to be speaking and other interesting s1s
ercises to create and keep alive an active Inter.
ess 10 the Sunday School cause. All tho business
o. the Society 10 to be transacted BY board Of
managers, consisting OF two from each school, aud
the omcers of the Society-so that the regular
meetings will not be embarrassed with details.
we are glad to see the various religious denowis
nations 90 actively engaged in the cause Of Sunday
schools for no other institution 10 calculated 20
tnect a. much good for the youth Of our city. If
the foung Mems Christian Association were 70 take
up the subject, and establish afternoon schools,
without regard to sectarianism, the moral eject
would be incaculabls. Indeed schools Of this kind
would be established in every neighborhood ladies
and gentlemen would take pleasure In teaching
them, and hundreds Of children could be inducsd
to attend, instead Of spending their time in ids-
ness and vice. s e4asI
THE LATE BURGLARIEs.-The police
have long been satisfied that most Of the house
breaking carried on in the city was the work Of
the gang OF young outlaws now coDfoed In jail,
and under that belief some members of tho uirhs
department are steadily at work endeavoring to
get sufficient evidence to ix the acts upon some Of
them. Private Franklin, We notice, has been
quite active in the search, and besides tracking
knife, stolen from Sutherland when his store was
robbed, to Robert Heath, has also discovered .
gold pencil, doubtless stolen from Wooahouss
when his store was robbed, to the same party.
The burglars, in disposing Of their piuudsr, no
doubt had partners who carried the goods up the
river and this fact of itself may yet lead to their
discovery and punishment.
DARING RoBBHaY.-Two negro boys,
Albert, slave to James II. walthsll, and Brax ton,
slave to William Jones, were examined before the
Mayor yesterday for breaking into kitchen occus
pied by Charlotte Brown, free woman, on Thurs.
day last, and stealing therefrom 42S In money.
The thieves went into Mrs. Pellett's coal house,
tore of the kitchen weatherboarding, then broke
through the laths and plastering, entered the
house and secured the money. Lieuts. Trueheart
aud Rains arrested the boys last Thursday night,
and found most at the money In their possession.
The Mayor deferred his Judgment until Monday
next, and remanded the prisoners to Jail for safe
keeping
THE Water QUESTION We have heard
i: suggested thatif the City Council would grant
the privilege, company sonld be formed who
would undertake to supply the eastern portion Of
the city With pure water at the price the city
now furnishes it. The city, We presume, would
not object to saving the cost of the new works
now iu contemplation, If she could do 30. without
eudaugering her own rights aud those of her citis
zens. The projectors of this plan should there.
fore send petition at once,so to have an opp0r.
tuniy of being heard before the report Of the Enc
gineers and Superintendent Of the water works 10
adopted. Let them make known their wants at
once, or they will be too late.
WHO'S TO GET HsR - Jane Harris, q
free negro girl, was before the Mayor yesterday
for want Of register. She was born 10 Charles
City. and at the death of her mother was placed
in charge Of Jane Ward, O free woman then Hv.
ing in HeIrico, who took care Of her In Infancy,
aud has had control of her for seven or eight
years. Jane moved into the city about year ago
bringing the girl with her, and a few days since
Ann Harris had the girl arrested to get her eut
Of Jane Wards control. The Hastings Court will
probably order the girl to be taken back to Charles
City County, where she was born, and placed In
the hands of the overseers Of the poor. The
Mayor sent her to Jail for waat Of papers.
HAPPINESS IN RAas.-Yeste-da after
| noon family of travellers consisting Of man,
woman and two girls, passed mp Main street,
and il we were to judge from appearances they
| had few of this worlds goods to care for. The
two girls were seated in an an old buggy, in the
midst of buckets, frying pans and rags, while the
| man and the woman travelled on foot. The. bug
| ey was drawn by a mammoth frame Of what
was once horse; while behind it trotted along
| two mastiff5 OF immense proportions. The whole
| party seemed to be as happy as II they bad nils
lions, not caring red cent as to who will be Gos
vernon.
THE LADIES of the Second Presbyte-
trian Church propose holding Fair in Mechanics
| Institute Hall, commencing next Monday evening
| and continuing throughout the week. The object
| of this fair is to repair and make several imPor-
| tant alterations iD the church, and as this is q
cause in which many are interested besides the
regular congregation, the ladies feel coDfdence In
| looking for encouragement both from their own
friends and the citizens generally.
SIDEwALKs.-The pavement in many
of the sidewalks Of the city ia but four feet wide
and is therefore entirely too narrow for two ladies
| TO pass without jostiing each other. At the easl
| because Of the large number Of persons moving ia
aud fro. The Council ought to declare At once
| sganst these narrow pavements, and II IL II not
| expedept to extend them from the houses to the
| curbing, have no more Of the same kind put down
| II the sidewalks ought to be more than four fee
wide, then they should be paved the full width, %
| as to make them useful.
| STRANGE VISITOR. - some mornings
since resident Of Sidney hearing noise in BIZ
s,af d faAtk ~
family were being deprecated upon, hurried ou
| to ascertain the cause, and found that ful
grown grey fox had made his way into the hsn'
| house and made q hearty meal on two hne putlets
Reynard endeavored to skuk OF, but Blanche
Fray and Sweetheart were put upon his track ant
he was soon captured and killed.
Nor PRovED.-Edward Wicker, Q lad,
~ss before the Mayor yesterday, suspected Of hsv
ing been In possession one Of the knives stolel
| from 3. Sutherland, but as nothing could b
proved against him, be was discharged. UatOrtu
nately for this little chap, he had been Asso,
| cIatiug With Bob Heath aud Bill Gsiishsr, whicl
probably caused him to be suspected.
ORGAsIzIsG We are requested to 90,
that meeting of the Opposition party OF Churc
and Union Hills will be held 1t Springfield Hall,
O'Clock Tonight, the object being to Organize 70
the Gubernatorial canvass.
RAIN STosM-This city was visited b,
heavy rain storm last Thursday night, acco,ups
MED by vivid lightning and peaIs Of thunder tha
| made the houses shake with Its reverbersttons =
| We have heard Of no serious damage by the stcsu
| but have no doubt that the neighborius uele
courses were filled to overowing By the vast sluaa
tity of rain.
SNIpE SHooTIsG 10 the only spring sper
| for huntsnen in this section, aud wouid nos b
very good, but for the fact that the lov grospd
are so soft and miry that no one can wade fhrsusl
| them with any comfort. A friend from Han0vs
informs us that snipe are abundant on the Chicka
homiuy Swamp, and generally In hns order. bu
very hard to get at. m
BURNED Edward Weir. ayoung car
peu in this city, bad bis hands severely burue<
last Thursday night BY putting out busoiot be-
| curtain, which accidentally caught IRE frssn
lighted lamp. Accidents Of this sort are slwsy
tue resul. Of careIsssnsss, and might b suArds'
against.