The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-10-03

| one of them being matned for life and ano
ther mortally wounded. /. appears that
| during the afternoon 'se. =. Scwsonl, oil CO
| e, SD y G.. regiment. sas On guard in froni
! of Castle Thunder, ana ',a's sot3e words Will!
| a memher of the la'taj.a., vho was coming
| out of the prison, whr1r he had teen OH
| business shortly after. ,,eWAnsa ''cing OF
duty, hut having his u.s~llet With him, wa
passing the parade ground 81 i!at portion al
The City Battalion which guards the LIBBY
! when some alteration occu!rod 'etWten nun
and Marlin Gripp, Il CO. /, in which
| Grlpp struck him m the face. Ncwsoni
| sprung back and, t1kipg 3ini at has aLtago
| mist, fired the lali, striking blm IN The breast
, and tearing of the flesh a. lar 4S lie shout
der The bullet then s'rGcl; private forey,
| OF company 4, SCATTERING his arm, t"hicn
| was ainputat,d last night ,,sii finally lodged
in the bowels OF private l,iclla-i Morris. oil
company -, who was stand'n& near, ihiiicl'
ing mortal wound. NcwSom then ran a
| few steps, bu; was overtakcn by no OF .ne
| battalion and lodged in Castle Ihundcr lhc
| weapon with which so muSh damage was
done M a single shot was short Mississippi
| lille Morris WIS not expected TO survive
through last night NewsOD, after being
/ placed in confinement N the Castle, expressed
much regret At the damage he had done, but
. said he was driven to il by the assault made
| by Aripp.
street Rhn,conA Yesterday morning ia
cob Fi,enoer 81 John T. Davidson. engine
drivers On the Richmond, Fredericksburg
ana Potomac Railroad, appeared before the
MAYOR H. answer III charge OF being cn@ag-
| ed In a rencontfc on Broad street the even
| Ing before. and with firing pistols al each
| other in tic public streets.
| When The case was called, the prisoners
being present, seven witnesses were sworn
and testified concerning tue altar, itom
whose evidence We make up the following
! statement
About twelve months since the parties
had q difficulty, which had never been alt
| iustcd, aud though both were employed D.
the same company, had not spoken 10 each
| other On Thursday afternoon last, mum
| her Of the employees Of the company as
| Se,a!iied at the depot, the prisoners being IN
| the crowd, when Mr. Leary, in playful
| manner, drew his knife and pretended as II
| he wa about to stab Mr.. Young. Mr.. Dd-
wilson seeing this remarked to L., 'lf you
| don't mind, some one will make you drop
YOUR knife Hearing this remark, and sup
posing il to he intended for him, EscnoU
said Ia Davidson, come on, sir, aud We can
70 md settle our difficulty" With this the
pariics started up thc street, when Leary
and Ruth int Tposcd aud stopped them for
The time Davidson then crossed the street
:. his room, but returned soon after and III
formed Eisenoer that he was ready for a
settlement The two passed up Broad to
It'll street, turning 7th towards Marshall.
After getting half way the square, Davidson
stopped Eisenoer desired 10 go farther or
into an alley. Davidson declined to do so,
stating that that was as good place as any.
E.iSen0cr hearing this imlnedla ely advanced
"a Il 10 commence 4 fist tight, when David
son drew his pistol. Just then Lcary caught
Eisenoer and Edward Sorrel caught David
sons hand III which the pistol was held, and
prevented the fight. Seeing his antagonist
ARMED, Eiscaocr returned to Broad street
ana borrowed Z revolver Of ChaS. Brady,
bat without telling him the purpose for
which he designed it. Leary in the mean
time persuaded Davidson not TO return to
the depot, but TO go home, and induced him
to 90 as iar as Marshall street, where he
stopped few moments and then returned
to 9TH and Broad streets, taking bis stand at
the lamp post. Davidson had been standing
II The corner bat 4 short time when Eisen-
Ger advanced ~ Broad street towards him.
Getting within a few steps OF the corner,
both parties drew thcr pistols and the firing
commenced. Davidson, ii seems, fired but
once, his caps falling 10 explode. Ei5cn0er
fred four shots, one bali striking DdyislsOn'6
right hand and sevciing lis middle finger,
another penetrating bis clothing, and the
Other two missing. During the firing both
lies "GIS NotiIiilD DSElbt tIiS titC DOste
10 escape each others balls bat az soon as
Eiscnoer lircd his last shot he gave Davidson
q blow in the face with bis pistol The par
ties then eaizcd each Oih4r and fell, when
friends iutcricrcd and separated them. Three
or four hours after the fight Dr.. Trent eX-
amined Ei8enocr'5 scalp, and discovered Il
slight wound, which lie SUPPOSED TO have
| been inflicted by bullet
! The Mayor, after hearing ali the Witneasts,
| iOGl frI: nDtY4it!p tn sgriit, "a at tis-
| position he should make Of eparies. so
| far as Eisenoer was concerned, tl!e case was u
tear one. lie had shot Davidson III the
street, and that Was q clear case of ieiony.-
If it could be conclusiyely established that
Davidson had also SHOT Eisenoer, his case
would be equally clear. Pending his decision
he felt compelled 30 send both parties to
prison.
Rt&Daed-Ye eriay was the day fixed
upon for the execution of Harrison Fntch,
member OF the Sd North Carolina regiment,
convicted before c0urtniartial OF deSer-
ton and Of being engaged in the murder of
Adjutant Mallctt, who was killed while in
pursuit of a band OF descrters; but for cause
satisfactory to the authorities the execution
w;.s postponed till further orders The con-
Wet in this instance is said to be 4 Young
man Of irreproacnabe character before the
war; and his friends believe that he was per-
u
undue influence over him, ten oi whom have
already been shot to death for murder and
dtsertion. If the Government should spare
the life of this young man it will only be be-
cause OF the HUiterinG3 he las already en-
durcd and OF the high character he has here
tOiore borne. DcseTtiou is now an unpat-
donablc offence, bringing death and disgrace
TO the soidiCT, and misery and woe to his
family and friends. Let mothers and wives
take warning-iot them never whisper to
their loved ones au4ht that can dissatisfy
them, but rather encourage them to fight on
10 the end, always hoping and praying for
independence ana peace.
HoNSe Bytaht,ey-At q late hour Thursday
night last i negro named Archer, slave to l..
j. Bossieux, was arrested by Waterman Graf
ton for having in his possession several pieces
oil bacon, supposed to be stolen Ga exami
nation it was ascerianed that the prisoner
was l servant III TIE store of Waldrop *
BDuis, On Main street; that lie lad cot pos.
session OF all extra Key TO the front door
during the day, and had thus entered the
house and robbed IL After hearing the Wit
uesses the Mayor Iciuanded the prisoner 10
ans wer for til. offence before the Hastings
Court OF Mn9is;raiss, at its next term
musings Couif-juIigc Lyons presiding
The following cases OF felony were tried aud
oisI oscd oil in this court yesterday
William Parker, indicted for ga.rotine
Louisa Jones, and rObDing her of $50. Tried
and found not guilty by the jury
John Smith ana Charles j Mitchell. in
dicted for garroting Hugh b. Arnold, and
robbing him OF his watch and $50 in money.
The evidence showed this case to be an ex-
ceedingiy aggravated one. Besides the rob-