Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-07-24


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The Bust of Er. President Tao. Tyler has been
removed from the recess Of the virginia state LII
brary. We are not informed what disposition has
been made Of il.
Suspected Of Robbery ION Friday night the
guard arresttd a wel.known character named
James Robertson, on suspicion OF being a roDDer'
He was placed in confinement.
Chicken HduL-Peter Thompson and VIM. Roy,
(negroes.) stole % chickens from N. +. Burton
They were caught in the act of selling some OIL
them, having disposed Of portion oil the io'.
They were Gagged.
More There's William Lee was arrested Sat
urday and locked up for stealing pocket ooK
from Herman Meyers. Edwin Morris was also
caught in theft and resisted the guard. Both went
TO the cage for hearing.
I1jng in the Street. lon Friday night, negro
woman named Jane Armstead, was found Sleep
inc D the street for the sake Of getting some air,
INT she was compelled TO exchange her airy
concb for the hard floor and foul atmosphere OF
New Market cell.
The state Seal Of Virgini0.-The State seal of
virginia has been materially altered by the new
state Government The device is the same, but
the words Liberty and Union now appear above
the Goddess of Liberty trampling upon the pros
trate form Of Tyranny.
Horse There's. Marion, said TO be con.
nected with gang of horse thieves, and accused
of stealing horse, was arrested Saturday night
and committed to prison.
j. L. Hill was caught in the act of stealing q
horse from Patrick DonahO. He too was locked
up.
The Election To-Dfoyro,C-The Bar Rooms TO
be CloSed-By reference to General Orders, No.
g. issued by order Brevet Major General Turner,
it will be seen that, influenced by desire that
the peace and order of the city msy be preserved
on the occasion of our municipal election to-mor-
row, all the bar rooms, saloons and places where
uor is kept for sale by the glass are ordered to
be closed for the day.
Rotr at a BaH--There was tearing ball, Fri
day night near tie corner OF 9th and Marshall
streets When "the wee sma hours" came, the
atmosphere, reeking with alcoholic fumes and the
scent of the slum O. creation" bred riot and
such muss, mingled mess chung fingers and
pulled wool. Finally, the guard cane, and, after
a more general fight, the affair ended by the
breaking up of the well-battered Terpslchorean
crowd and the arrest Of one man for striking the
guard.
A More to Aid the South.-A movement is on
thu tapis 10 procure an extended credit for South
ern planters and merchants who are possessed OF
landed estates giving them the facilities TO pur-
chase goods at five per cent. advance upon cash
price, and to advance goods on cash upon the ba'
sis of growing crops. An English gentleman,
Mr. R. Hoggins, Of London, associated with
tor of the plan to rejuvenate the South. We have
perused the plan which has teen drawn up with
great care aud we think it will receive the warm
cooperation ofevery Southern man.
Fire at the Eureka Saloon Saturday night
about dusk the cry Of fire was raised in the vi
cinity of the Eureka Saloon, on Franklin street,
below Governor The fire, which was soon ex-
tinguished, was causei by the lighting Of one
of the pendent gas burners. The flame oommu-
Il A1,n fan nj ho erau
pipe and the hanging circle of tissue paper on the
ceiling, leaving not a vestige Of eth n. These
being consumed, the confagration ended, the
excitement subsided, the guests again attacked
the smoking viands, the glasses clnked at the
bar, and all things returned to the "Sfdta quo
ante beILHm.
Arrests at the Propost Marsh0TS Office, Third
Districf-Chares Schmyke was arrested for at
tempting to break into the store Of John F..
Dougherty, Wall street, on Saturday night, about
| | o'clock He was committed for trial before the
Provost Court, this morning.
John Powers, drunk, and insulting Mrs Mary
Ann Ladbrook, was released on making amends
and ample apology TO the lady insulted
| Frank Brewers, Co. L, Oath n. Y. Cavalry, was
arrested on Saturday, at the Soup House, Metro.
politan Hall, as deserter. He succeeded in max
| ing his escape from the guard having him in
charge, while on his way to the Provosts Office.
The Dog CatcherS were making raids upon the
CANNES on Friday and Saturday, and closed the
| career of q good many vaueless ours. Every dog
has his day. and that day came in the history of
about one hundred Of the race. One OF the dogs
netted on Saturday bit quite severely the negro
emnloyed in his capture and escaped from the net
| II was said the dog was rabid hut this was pre-
sumed 10 be story, started TO brighten the negro
The number of dogs slain, however, has not been
very great from the fact that the Owners.of dogs
of value have adopted the precaution OF muzzling
| them or placing them in confinement.
The T1eafre.-This establishment has been
opened for six nights by Mr.. Leroy, the late
Treasurer of the Theatre, who has, by his uni
| form courtesy, won the favor Of the Richmond
nubic. Saturday night Tom Taylor's comedy Of
tOur American Cousin" was produced to fair
audience So far as the play is concerned, it Is
tame and without point, and the interest has
always depended entirely on the actors them
L selves. On this occasion the performance was
only toerable. There was continual attempt
TO gag" in order to elicit applause, which might
have been more readily obtained by close adhe-
renee to the text and careful acting. This vas
the first production Of the play, which is some
excuse for dragging and Interpolation, but IL the
play Il reproduced, there will be excuse for the
sticking" the gags" and the waits"
Negroes NTH Deadly Wc0ponS-Tbe Provost
Guard have orders to arrest all persons in the
uniform of private soldiers of the United States
army who are seen upon the streets of Richmond
day or night except those who are known 10 be
ON Provost duty in the city On Friday night
about one o'clock, Sergeant Miller, OF the U. s.
regulars, with TIRES priyates, was patroling
Broad street, when he saw at short distanc',
crossing the street, three men dressed in blue
uniform. They were ordered to halt, and proved
| TO be negroes. Upon being asked for passes but
one could be produced aud that was forged
| They were then asked if they had any weapons
about them. They all answered in the negative,
| but IL was thought best TO search them. One
| had upon his wrist slungshot of the most APP
| proved pattern, being heavy lead ball knit over
| with thread and attached TO rope about eigh'
teen inches in length, which terminated in loop
| for the wrist Another was armed with a similar
weapon of home manufacture, being rusty
grape shot of cast iron, wrapped in one end OF q
| leather strap, while the other end was buckeled
| on the scoundrefs wrist. The third had provided
himself with three paving stones, which were
slowed away In Capacious pockets.
| The trio, who were named respectively Philip
| Boldwill, Samuel Drayton and John Robinson,
were marched, at the jag" of the bayonet, to
| the New Market guard house, and in the morning
| went before the Provost Marshal, who sent them
| on trip to the valley of humiliation, where is
situated Castle Thunder, and they, moreover, will
perform there some little hard labor.
F7nteing among /" The SpOrts""--- Descent
| aipor the Faro BdnkS.-Some days ago (so 1t is
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| the armies OF the United States, issued an order
commanding the military authorities in every
town and district under military rule OF martial
| law to break up all faro banks and laces where
|. games of chance were played. Accordingly, on
/ Saturday night, between the hours OF III and IL
| o'clock. the Provost Marshals Of the several dis
tricts, having previously posted the guards, came
down, like wolves on the fold on the peaceful re-
treats Of ye gamboling tigar in several quarters
of the city simultaneously. The following re-
sorts were visited by the guards, the proprietors
arrested and q guard stationed The house OF
John Ferguson, over the Peninsula Saloon, Frank
! lin street. the house No. 100 Main street, Henry
Hungerford proprietor the Bivouac House, Jo'
seph Furley proprietor, No. III Broad street the
house No. liz l4th street corner Of Exchange
alley and l4tb street. No. 10. Noimpements Of
gaming were found in the Bivouac House, and
the proprietor, Mr.. Furley was discharged yester,
day morning, and the guard removed from ms
house At none of the houses was any playing
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