Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-01-24


RY-wm. II. johnson James Cousins and Andrew
Jackson an colorsd were before Judge McEutee
Yesterday on The charge Of stealing from the Dan
Vile railroad company 1910 pounds OF iron, valued
az about So on the 18th OF January. This party
was forwarded by tn. ASSISTANT Superintendent Of
Freedmen tor the county of Chesterfield o. the
above court. Jackson and Cousins acquitted,
and johnson found guilty by Judge MrEntce oi
grand larceny and sentenced 20 one years cOntne-
meht in the penitcntlIry.
MYSTERIOUS DisAPrEARANcE OF JoHN ALoNzo
CowAEDIN.-MT. John Alonzo Cowardin, son Of Mr.
W. II. Cowarin, Of Richmond, Virginia, and mate
of the brig Emily Agnes. of Liverpool, was paid Oh
from that bark at NeS lOrk ON the 23th OF bccen-
Ter last and accompanied Captain " at>ou up
Broadway. After parting with the captain he return
ed tu tie ship, took away ms baggage, anu was .a~t
seen by an officer %, il in company with John Nun
phy OF Brooklyn. lie mas never been heard OF sa-e,
aud his friend, are naturally ANXIOUS about hiN.
Mr. Cowarlu is about feet lOs inches IN height has
light hair and blue ev.-. far skim and Is well built
When seen last he wore blue uFerCodt hroNhi'd
pants tucked into Ls boots whit, shirt black blouse
hat and a WOODEN comforter.
DECISION OF Jruoa LYo>s iN THE KIRBY CASE
Judge William H. Lyons delivered his op'aion IN
this case Yesterday lie said the iaN did not confer
on him the power 90 send party % the insane asy-
Ium He had, however drafted a hi and handeu
IL To judge JOvucs The chairman OF the Judiciary
passed, would invest MA with tH, power III was
In, opinion. hOYcvc. tIat Mrs. Kirby Was not !h-
sane. lie did not believe that her physician coh'l-
ton was uIicent % warrant the demand Tor Dali
he therefore remI1urd her o. Jail 20 await her Ifa
GOVERNOR WIsl's LECTURE LAST NiGur.-Gov-
ernOr Henry A. Vase drew large audience las
night to hear him lecture upon the ,ubjcc; Of Fe-
male UrpLIna.e, "a: the Fir,, Baptist church. All
present seemed 10 appec iae Jl. eloquent aud Icel-
Ing passages of the lecture, ln which the lecturer us
pllyeI The same pONers Ui usatury that made han
famous in 10 and 90. rs lac alluded 10 tHc moiuef
less aud fItheress dependent upon the generosity OF
the public, pity the heart 80 cold tndt % did NOT
beat quicker aud The hand that did not distinctive
az seek the pocket containing the purse, with view
20 alternating Their wants and puVdtonS.
The ROBBERS OF THE PAYMAsrER OF THE OLp
ponINlox NAIL CoMrANI.-J. h. Kelley, Ferd
nanI Giuiui, William Heuney, James Delay, and
another party were before his Honor the Mayor yes
t.rl9y ON the charge ut rubbing Robert Eiuc, the
CLERK OF the Old Dominion Iron Works ON saturday
evening. between , and o'clock in the uuucl ui
H.. Danyille railroad near Manchester, OF SL'lO-
TN. witnesses were called, but few answering, e.
r..allv for the Commonwealth, his Honor con
rulrd % postpone the case until to-day. joan
b; Young and MJrmdduke johnson were present
20 repr,sent Ginin!, aud asked that witnesses
,,rp~est be heard in order % bail hun. The Mayo:
refused bail any OF the parties aud they were tneh
conducted 10 the prisoners box.
An ArrAcx on A PoLlcENAN.-On Monday
night while policeman ODwyer was doing duty on
INST No. az the corner OF Seventeenth and Grace
.s,,..e.s above the Central Railroad he met negro
walking down the street with quite large bundle
under his arcI Tie policeman ehgulled OH h'
vii q contained. aud the INST response ht gut was
t, s;ol shots fro said negro The hr>t entered Ms
cap. aud the second passed through the cape OF ms
coat-uc.taeg, however, dong Nun amy ''I'N IN
h.auf ta It| o. U Do
~ ~, s.,, al times At the second shot the negro
fell and cred'iAstily. While The policeman was I'D
tbr act OF going To him, the negro jumped up anu
ske9gldied. The polireman pursued n'U, 0u' u'u
mot 0yrrrlkr ham. Five shots Were hTed ny t"t
policeman.
ux,yY HAUL BY A ErHGLAr.-A party OF
,,i.,es ent.rei the ,to-c of Wcis,ser IS Thompson,
on Seventh, between Broad and MARSHALL streets
NonJsv u.,bt and took tl,.rrliotn articles OF mer-
cLr-l,s. v,fir.,l m abuu. sIiT. The following az
tiri- are known tD have been ,-ucn; three hundred
aud dr,y pounds of bacon; tNo hundred pounds OF
coffee. one dozen hotties OF wines 11a Wa.NN'lS one
bly c.garS: one box soap, one huN aiuie9 NV "'
six cans of condensed milk thrce-Iud--hlu Goild'N
in silver. aaI about dollar n SIu1ll h'te'' me
burglars entered by breaking two locNS ON 'He t"n'
door-oue o pad lock and the other a stock i3eA.
No one sleeps IN the stop,. The firm. upon whom
TN. loss fall, heavily. had only recently commence"
b,Siness. Valuable papers belonging TO them Wee
=, tered broadcast about their counters Nothing
LAS L y
The ull ties who committed the burglary
,xn,sgps.-We predicted that the meeting Of
landlords called by meeting Of tenants for last
evening. would prove failure and so 1t was. 1t
wa, tizzc. Al 20 six Mr.. Willis moved that NJ.
M0ottou lawyer Sn'e i!leo shou'u 'aNe 'ly Ol i
ms yys. seconded by NJ. Powell who called on
Wn,tt,u aforesaid for . SpesCh WoOtton Occuped
Sturlivauts seat aud said that the blood ana tears
of tenants, and the holy Bible, had is4Hced nun %
come 10 the meeting. The poor could not snPport
Themselves lll "a. would make an appeal M btgSit
r ,rnrtunutes who hid lost their all in the waf
and that thing he would do. Tor alter viewing 'erit>
traI thns- and the sacred page hr was down on 'he
usUr- and hetrtles.ucsS oi landlords. Ut "u'','n
rbrI held down his head, cog tliing ne'r0 gt'''
,gd suddenly retired wnereup'n t1e meeting goa
si>iin, of twenty-five persons, expired INA ~
.,hrre's gan end % this chapter
Coxv,ers ESc,rE FROM CASTLE rEUNDEG.-IEe
following named parties escaped from Castle t"uH'
der an Monday night, viz, Alexander Hamilton,
,b, ,,,s confined A,fItnc his trial for several OF
rences 4 bah and cSSin surrounded ms ankles 40
~. time Of his escape. jeSn Davis, who was sea
tcaced December 3J.h, lao5 teg petit larceny, as"
had a ball aud chain ON him. IeesSe '"y'll" ~,
sentenced January Il, $50 for sixty a. Tor peg,
llrrenV Cornelius Lewis, c"hhn,p ny ~'f'I gu
V,i,r' Uu~ton charged with grand larceny. lus
vtiteS were confined ON tie hi>t toor OF tAe hul"-
q, ~ and succeeded in removing Lg.t6S enough ioE'
ann. -r the window Zoo tI- rear "J iAc nous 20 ','
tt.m elves out. After gct;1uS uui al '.' lul'"i'-
.b.r - alcd the wall bv the Hu oil piece OF "Hltl'
80, Oh, nd ten feet long. Three >eutine> were doug
,tv ON IN post near where these c1h'iciN es.ai
0i II i spD0 posed tua; they were either bribed o.
asleep at the u.ae. They have been put under "i'
f..f and charges viii hr preferred against tAeH-
Mag Aporr the TyRrFE.HNrroN Ho&Ss
STEALING CAsE.-Turnev aud Hampton appeared be-
5,r. the Mayor. yesterday tks charge OF stealing
So, to-.,. nh. pr,pe-tv OF Dr. fuRer and MAJOR
$tdeu when the following additional Testimony
Was taken Turner represented ny Jues' ''"
and Mirmllukc johnson -,
~ So;rsr said that her brother came % her house
nm Sunday the 9Th December, about gi9rtct-p1>'
onc o'clock They ,lued at two "'cl''N. u' n'INe
,rere sent b Dr. H'h>ou'S about hIii 'u h'''4' ~
farmer got there with them. While thty wen, d, ~''
sls- fhe cars passed. The mari tr'h usually pa
tI.., house about two o'clock. Turner iel "a "
gor>s .bat evening ON the freight train ior E'c D.
5nund -., .,.,.-.,
tl. sch day at December. ! dued There Ai'
-r,-y.r was prrs.ut. Z know q was the 9TH, Ii'h
,b. f,-t that 1 received note from Mr~. 'ar'tr
(which was here prodNesd) inviting me 10 u'e VIII
liis r,,,r after rey,cu-ia. tlc testimony in tl'
ca. decided 10 send the p-us .n before the ue\
ierm OF the ilu>tiugs Cour, Tor t2St u'a,, "nu "'
m.tf.I them 10 bail ia the sam OF SitVD each
Turner found bail, but Hampton 'u Oci1Vy 9i SIC d
was rtmandel 20 Jail aS usual
-.CurEcH AND UNIoN HIM HUMANE ASSocia
-1a>.~--Th.s Association held another meeting OF
M,aG.y evening last, in tie LectUre-room oil th'
Third Presbyterian Church. 1t was largely al
4s,I,l ana .,.rv one present Scemedto evluce
deem ntcr.,, in Ia cau>, for which the Association
v,as organized. The committees recently appoh'e'
reported that tLcy had ,<uyaSScd their districts u'
found number OF deserving pooy who are heet ~
assistance. R..y John T. Edwards, Of Trinity Ne
thud>. Church, reported tina; he p5e@ched sermon
last sabbath eyeoiAg on Charity. Az TOOK up
collection Amounting t' S23l
10 WAS also reported tIat Mes>rs. Norton LC.
bakers had donated % the Assoc iation 100 ioav@
nj h-,71 Collections viii lee taken mp IN Other
ehurcle, on the Hill next sabbath for the benefit o
this Association.
Rev. John T. Edwards aud Rev A. +. Dickinson
leave Richmond tins week on tour % the NertherI
cities u solicit funds for Tins Society We be>peas
for them the aid and sympathy OF al our Trends a
~, North and sincsreiy pray that their efforts may