The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-03-12

DISTRESSING .Suieids.-On Friday night last,
Nr Rich RD J. BLUNT, q we'll known citizen,
took large quantity Of arsenic, from the ef.
fects OF which he died about O'Clock yester-
tiay morning. On inquiry WE learned fbat
Mr., IL. finding himself In oissd ii eerions
financial difficulty, went to his own esdence
gu Cdtharlne street, just beyond the corporafe
limits, ana took teaspoons fuli vi arsenic As
soon as The suicidal act was discovered, ply
kiciaas We're sent for, and every effort was
made TO save him, but they pro ved uuayailing
He fingered III torture until yesterday morn.
Tug. when dea III came to his relief. Mr. Blunt
was a brick paver and cuIyert builder, and
hose who knew him supposed that be was
we'll 10 do, as he was generally EMPLOYED He
leaves helpless family to mourn the untimeiy
END 10 which be came by his own hands.
O5struct'ng Tie konds. One of our citizens {CJl
4 Informs us thar as his wife and himself
were returning to Richmond, in q buggy, on
SUNDAY. the Sd inst. and whilst in a lane lead
iDg to Rev. Mr.. Exali's house, about six miles
west OF Richmond, they discovered five n-gro
fellows, all We'll mounted, apparently drilling
rs troopers. As he approached them, they e
fused to give him the road, aud as he had no
weapons. he had to drive aronnd them. After
he had passed the squad. he soon heard them
charging down the road al full speed, the drill
master armed with large club, and without
,mying any a''ei.tion to him, "a they passed.
again form I'D in the road and forced him 70
leave it. The Colonel WAS driving a young
horse at the time, ami dared moi leave his wii-
in the vehicle alone, or he says he would have
attempted the arrest Of one or more Of .he par
ties. A "Cclt's Navy" properly directed,
would have been aa admirable assistant on
such an occasion. Whether the negroes were
drunk and cnly playing soldiers, or desig.ed
TO provoke difficulty, tbey alone can tell but
70 preventive recurrence of SUI h acts, it would
be wise policy in the patrol OF that neighbor-
hood, rs we'll AS III the owners OF slaves, TO see
Iaa. they are not allowed to dash about the
country on horseback, on the sabbath day nd
10 annoy quiet people who may he passing
along the roads.
CTR Raiiyoads-The Council will hold
regular monthly meeting this afternoon, and
it is hoped that the Commisst toners of Streets
VIII report upon the petitions referred to them
for the privilege OF laying down railroads Ii.
the streets over which cars drawn by horses
are 20 furnish travelling facilities for our citi-
zens- n the North, where the streets
vastly more crowded than those of Richmond,
horse cars ara regularly run, and are found to
be far more convenient than omnibuses and
much less dangerous 10 pedestrians. Rich
inond Is growing rapidly III populuto aud
business, and ii Is essentially necessary TO all
classes, that every facility should re afforded
the pm biic for going from one extreme of it to
the other. Ii u railroad is es I'll biished, and
regular hours iiXeu upon Tor the running OF
the coaches, men doing business in Rockets
can readily reside cn Shockoe Hill! because hey
can always get home without the labor of
walking, after The duties Of the day are ended
OI course the Council viii have to put proper
TestriCtiCn cN the enterprise to prevent is be-
coming nuisance in any respect. but these
they can readily agree upon, and the petition
ers, We are sure, will neither ask nor expect
any unreasonable priv ileges. They know that
the Improvement will prove profitable In more
wavs than one. and the public must see that
AL Glasses will he benefited by il.