The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-05-10

very certain that Exchange alley, to which
reference has already been made on ac-
count of the disgustngly filthy condition OF
the houses in it, is also the abiding place
of colony of negroes, who, with no law
full occupation, and very confused ideas Of
me,un and taup,, live upon the property OF
their unfortunate neighbors. Many of the
denzens of Exchange alley have from time
to time been before His Honor the Mayor,
and on yesterday negro boy named
Charles Black was brought up at the
Mayors Court on the charge of breaking
into the store of Messrs. Burke & Beahl and
stealing quantity of cloth. The evidence
went to prove that the accused had the
cloth i'm his possession, and that he had &C
knowlcged the theft; but the prisoner
himself stated that boy named DICK
Johnson opened the store, and that por-
ton of the plumber only was given to the
boy Black, which was afterwards taken
away from him.
There is no doubt that Jim Bell and
Peter Myers, both negroes, and now in
Jail, were implicated in the robbery, as
were also number of other inhabitants OF
Exchange alley not yet in custody. The
boy may be guilty, and is most likely so,
but he could hardly have planned the rob-
berry and carried it out by himself, and 1t
is probable that the whole family =
of thieves was concerned, and that Black
is now made the scape- goat to bear the
sins of the entire gang.
As Blacks case was continued, there
will be an opportunity of hunting up his
accomplices, and, for the safety as well as
the health of the city, it is imperative that
such" rookerics " of thieves and abandoned
characters as that in Exchange alley
should be at once and permanently broken
up. .....
THE New PASSENGER CARS on THE RICH
MOND, FREDERICKSBURG AND POTOMAC
RAILRoAD-THE EXCURSION TO ASHLAND.
The excursion trip to Ashland and back
kindly provided by the managers Of the
Fredericksburg railroad for the amuse-
mcnt of their friends and patrons would
have been entirely successful but for the
unfavorable weather. No sooner had the
party of ladies and gentlemen reached
Ashland than it began to rain, and the
whole of the invited guests returned to
the city by O'Clock, 2. NJ, having only
been absent three short hours. The engi-
necr on the occasion was Mr.. Bragg,
brother of the superintendent; and the
conductor, Captain Luther p. Ellis.
One of the cars furnished for the ac-
commodation of the eXcursionists was
built in the company's shops in this city,
under the direction Of Mr.. William N.
Bragg, superintendent of the road, and Mr..
William III. Trainham, master of the car
shops, the castings being from the foun-
dry of Messrs. Tanner & Ehbets. The car is
built after the style of the raiscd-top
cars received from Philadelphia now in
use by the company, and is equal to them
in point of finish, durability, and strength
of structure. The other cars of the train,
which had been reprinted and overhauled
thoroughly, are nicely finished; and, on
the whole, the work reflects great credit
upon MesSrs. Bragg and Trainham and
their employees. Mr.. Bragg came to the
Fredericksburg Railroad Company twenty
years ago as journcyman carpenter, and
has by his own efforts risen to be the SUI
pcrintcndent of the road, in which posi-
ton he enjoys the entire confidence OF its
president and directors.
The President of the Richmond, Fredc
ricksburg and Potomac railroad is deter
mined that no road either north or south
shall surpasS that over which he has control,
and he has, by his energy and good manage
ment, done so much towards making his
railroad perfectly safe, as well as perfectly
comfortable, that he has entitled himself to
the thanks and gratitude of every railroad
traveller. 1t is folly to believe that the
North will always remain ahead of us in
the mechanical arts if we will but ecork for
the superiority or equality that we desire
and this truth Mr.. p. V. Daniel has now
demonstrated with practical force that
admits of no contradiction or denial.