The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-04-09
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Dat;se Rol5eyv.-One Of the most daring rob
heries that we have been caIled upon 70 notsce
this SEASON. occurred last Friday ntkee eS sos
shee store Of Messrs. Putaey 4 Watt, On 1l.in
street. About o'clock. the younG mee wnc
sleep in the store got through their hborf. ana
closing the doors and windows, seft the oossa'
they found that the place had been entered ~
burglar and robbed Of &65 ip money AZ
examination Of the premises showed that tne
robter had entered the cellar BY unlocktn the
forced the rear cellar door, which let him into
the yard--and tha. he had then cut away the
wooden rear window frame. pulled oos Two
Of the iron bars, hoisted the window ana
passed through it into the store.
From appearances, the burglar must have
known all about the management OF the bust.
ness, and the habits of the clerks, for he opened
the drawer of tho head clerk'a eoek, found the
key to the iron safe, which waa hid under
quantity of papers, opened the safe and
searched it. At the time there were about
81, ,6O0 In bank notes, put mp IN separate par
GELS in the safe. and &6S in the bank book
discovering the 1a5, the burglar seems TO have
contented himself with his luck, after scatter.
ing the other packages Of money and bonds,
no:es and papers, about the Aoor, and left the
store. leaving behind him fermer chisei,
large butcher knife, and pair of shoes, which
may lead to his detect No doubt the thief
will feel very much aggrieved when he finds
that most Of the little packages which he
scattered about the floor, contained money
search.
Easter Sunday is the festival cOmmemorating
the resurrection of Christ Among the Greeks
and Roman Catholics, Easter is the mos Joy.
ful festival of the church, and IL also observed
with great solemnity by the English Chnrch,
the L1therans and the European Calvinisis.
The Greek and Roman Catholic Churches DID
not celebrate IL at precisely the same time. ana
1t therefore happened that while some Chris.
tiaps were mourning in cOmmemoration OF
the passion, others were rejoicing in the resur.
rectlon Uf the Saviour. In the second century,
the dispute became warm between the Two
branches. the Eastern Church refusing 10 uls-
continue the celebration Of the feast at the
same time with the Jews whilst the western
Church insisted upon ceiebraiingit It without
the Paschal Lamb and beginning 1t on sun
day, the day of Chrst's resurrection. Inc
dispute was finally settled by the Council OF
Nice in 325, which decrced that the Feast should
be held on the Sunday following the first fuli
| moon after the vernal equinox. and not on the
| same day with the Jews.
Apart from the religious history OF the occa.
| sion the Easter holidays are always looked
| forward to in this immediate section with
| great anxiety by children and servants. The
| former have their E;ss ter pies and Easter eggs
of every color, and The latter are at liberty IL
| spend the three days in visiting, feast making
| and idleness. Workshops aud factories gene.
rally close, andi would be just as easy 20 GEL
| the workmen TO roll up their sleeves and com
| mence job on Sunday as on to-day. In I'M
/ country, the operations OF the farm are sus
pended, the laborers leave home to visit thefl
friends, and the time is spent in pleasant re
unions, and often in wedding and other par
ties. Hundreds of servants may be seen Oi
| the street this morning, peddlng on thei
| brooms, mats, eggs, etc, each with smltin
grin upon his face, and apparently as hapP.
| as mortal can be.