The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-04-23

Notorious Oh oOt0StouoDH Rnu1
oss e OF the nest siarieg ne asgsoWAeA rosuos
Gagged last Saturday afisrseogs Agso1Qesr Bibb
and Blanksnshtp. Ross, for tho Haat IN years.
has spent ct least four-nfths q hie tiune n.
prison; and, since the essablteAneat Of the
chair. .gang, has been often employed In it,
About the 10th INST Ross was released nom
prison. and on the night Of the 13th the store
Of Putuey b watts WAs entered and robbed
Of Of ses in bank notes. which robbery z nslieved
nights after this 0ceufFeace, tie drug store Cf
Dove Il Go. was also roobed of 500 "a money
and Bill is suspected Of knoWiHG 6omethiaE
an associate and tool OF Sd.vaiss msS-
ana always ready for any enterpyise.-
When pursued by the ofBsess.s hs will take
refuge In any private house OK lot. and unless
never suffers himself to be takeu. On one oc.
casion, the police having warrant for him,
omcer Seal learned the house In which he
was secreted, and getting the aid Or i've or six
rounded, and then sntersdsths 6uildise to ef.
feet an arrest. just rs he got 70 the head Of
the night Of steps leading into the. second
story. be heard crash OF the window, aad
hurrying up to ascertain the cause, found that
Ross bad jumped through the sash into the
street, where he was Immediately captnred.-
On another occasion, being pursued by the
thirty feet high and escaped And on smother,
crossed the dock on plank, pulled the plank
after him, and thus caused the watchman to
get a good ducking. Altogether, he il the very
worse specime6of his race ever known in this
locality, aud II be cannot hs convicted of the
burglary of which he is inspected, the Mayor
ought to put him in the chain gang and there
keep him to the end Of time.
Draw Byidge-The crowded state of the
Dock at this time-the great difficulty of Sc
curing berths for vesseis-the immense
amount Of lumber. plaster and pig iron con-
tin nually arriving-and the heavy oy ster trade
carried on here, and Increasing every winter
all snow the great importance of having a
draw bridge at 18th street, SO that small YES.
sels may run into The western section of the
Dock-now unoccupied for any purpose, be-
load and unload. At this very moment the
margin Of the Dock, in many places, is COM
plefely occupied by piles of lumber and plas-
ter, so that vessels canuot load or unload near
them, and. as consequence, many of them
are compelled TO wait until Others have dis
charged and pulled out. If the west section
OF the Dock could be got to, many, II not all OF
the lumber vessels, could there unload, and
thus make room in the main Dock for other
and larger vessels.
The finn ncial embarrassments of the Dock
owners have no doubt prevented them from
erecting "draw bridge'' heretofore, and, as a
consequence, their receipts as well as accom-
modations have been lessened. If they are
not now able to make the expenditure, it would
really be good policy in the property owners
along the margin of the "Western section" to
advance the " needful," so as to ensure the i'm
provement this summer. The shipping Of
Richmond ia rapidly increasing every day,
and it is highly important that facilities for
Its accommodation should be promptly af-
forded, 30 that vessels will net be compelled
to wait for days at q time, before they can Sc
cure berths to discharge their cargoes.