The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-10-22

M,YGRs CorR1, THCRapS -Ti,r dDcke. IN this
count to-day >hott one, though, osing T., the
number OF Witnesscs ,.Iminei, nearly Two hours
were consumed i'll its consi lcI itioIl.
The most important ease disposed of was that
against Henry :. Arnold, charged with stealing u
lot of chl0roiorm, cilomel, duininc, and other
dicines, belonging to the Confederate Govcrnment.
Arnold halls from King George county, Virginia,
young and respectable IN appearance, and has once
been wounded n the service, but at the pi. nt time
claims to he detailed tor light duty The medicine,
which he Is accused Of stealing weF,, discovered In
the store OF Mr.. q. NJ Berrqn, DRUGGIST the cor
ner OF Broad and Twenty fifth streets; and that q
tltman asserts that be bought them from the phi
soncr. The first witness called wasDr. Drew, Ctei
OF the laboratory department. Of the Medical Iur
vcyor's office of the celiieleI &C States DR. Drew
recognized the chlorotoIm as being the property of
the Government from the peculiar manner in which
1t was put upthc mouth OF the bottles being seal
with plaster OF Paris, mode he hal never seen
adopted before. He could not say that there had
been any medicines stolen from his department, but
was of the opinion that the robbery Was committed
at some hospital, aud some which had been i,-
sued by hm.--A clerk under Dr.. brew stated
that, some weeks snct, he went to the sore Of Mr..
Borflan to young man, aud wltik t3efe his at
tontion was attracted to these inedicfnes FROM the
peculiar manner in which they were put NJ. He
examined the bottles ami thought they were some
which he had filled and sealed mp at the Purvey0rs
Department. On inquiry, he informed hy Mr..
BeriIans clerk that the medicines had been bought
from Arnold, and w'Is shown memorandum written
III the handwriting OF Mr.. @. H. Morrison,
ploycc at the department, which memorandum had
been wrapped around of the glass shoppers
which tied to the neck of the hottlc.--M Mr..
Morrison Called and identified the writing as his
own also thought the medicines were some which
had been issued from the Medical Department. This
witness, also dIl the prcccdin" him. thought
he could identify bottle of COraih;r from the pecl
ilnty 0i the label bat upon calling to til" stand
Mr. GeorEc W. GARY, the printer iur the drrJ,t-
m"nt, it shown TINT hc might easily bJ mis-
taken, numbers OF the description could t'
printed at any printing c|tlbiiah,n"lt IN The
civ MIR Bcfuth tt.ttl,l lhat AruoL!
came to his store about q month since, in
open day. and old ham the rlc,h, ines which
,Iim,i aa b,lone IN to th,. Government At tho
TIM hG hou.ht IEcim the iT..oll,l informed h!m
that he WAS from Kan G'"'er county, ati that th
articles hc had sold bvuHs;,.i IL biuvk.ii,IuIlncr
tIOIn that county, who had recently brought them
from Baltimore. Having frequ nty bought medt
cincs put up Ill similar bottles and in precisely the
stme style, both before the war aud since, he felt
hesitation in buying them. AS to there being any
thing unusual or exclusive i'll themanner Of sealing
the choTofOIm bottles, that not the case, for
lac had often bought it put up i'll the same style
An expert, who Ind been III the apothceary business
Tor upwards ot forty year, stated that he had never
seen chlOlDfur1n bottles scaled with plaster before
the war; nor hal he known it 10 b. put up IN that
style :inre thc It AIy other eEablla ahuent but
the Medical PElv"Y a. department. .---fhc clsc
wls thcIvurou cent on for examination before thc
iiusnr~ tu,ut, and the prisoner admitted 10 bail
IN the sum oi live hundred dollars Tor his appear
dICC.
Many T. Fsctmin, a free negro, charged with
stealing a dress, valued at three huu,iIrd dollars,
II io!n Mary Shchan. After short examination OF
one of the WIHrsr. II turn,t out th1t The "tienc"
was committed in iicui,D county, Whys,ui"u the
Mayor refused 70 hlv, any thing further (" do w!ih
the case, and scicrel tLe parties toa county nlais-
tIttt.
Winston, slave of Colonel c. W. Richardson,
made tls appearance to answer the chm - uf having
Il lot III clothing supposed to have been stolen. The
mother OF the accused produced a. 4 wltncs.,
.uid g,va An account Of the clothing Ia question,