Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-01-18

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u witness the examination Of H. Rives Pollard
Z. Editor Of the Examiner" fOr the assault on
/ Edward T. Brooks, Of the q" New York IMei' "n
| saturday evening last, at the SpOtswOOd Hotel
| Prominent among the crowd were numerous Jaw
yers fishing heavily for fat case. bat w'th tl.e SuC
oess-most offenders seeming satisfied "a P'e'u '"e'
/ own causes ii. I
/ Ftank Crebank, charged with being drunk anu
tre-passiug on the property OF Samnei
/ on Franklin street appeared Deioie lne ,, -
/ hank had ON a hOme-spun coat anu NO hAS anu W,
,hiyeriDg all over One or two witnesses ApPeaIeu
and testified 10 the facts set forth IN charge Nheh
h. ,vns reouired 10 give security IN the sum VI Two
I hundred dollars TO BE- Of good behavior IN default
/ of which lie was remanded TO jail.
Michael Burke. with lone blue coat appeared
| b.for, bis Honor on the charge OF assaulting
/ ana beating his wife Catherine. Michael ac-
| EnoWledg the "COTh," Nhereupon has Honor
required him 70 give security IN The sum Ol
500 for his future good 6ehaN 'or, IN default oi
which lac MAS conducted 10 the prisoners box.
GeOrgiaua Morris was charged with beating aud
aSslultlng Margaret Stone Margaret scented 10 be
satisfied At leStng the AFFAIR pass by, but his Honor
decided after hearing her evidence, TO require sc
curty in the sum OF Two hundred dollars, IA default
vi which GeOrgiana wO locked up.
John Kelly was up again yesterday ON the charge
Of buying stolen tobacco belonging 10 the es-
tate Of 4. Walden, deceased. Kelly was examined
on Tuesday last upon the charge Of buying empty
bottles and sent before the next term vi the Grand
empty bottle case aud bailed he was rearested for
buying tobacco screws Witnesses were examined
in order to test whether It was bailable case. HIS
Honor, after hearing the evidence refused 10 bail
Kelly, and he was accordingly locked up Tor FUR
ther examination to-day. The witnesses We're re-
cOgnised for their appearance.
Joseph Leyenburg, charged with keeping riot
Gus and disOrderly house, where lewd Characters
habtually cOngregate. The evidence being sum
cent TO warrant that charge, his Honor required the
- riya ifv IN no al
Philip Bowman, charged with beating and AS
saultng l.. Leary was before the Court, and IN the
absence Of Leary the was continued Until To-
DAY at II o'clock, and Bowman required to give
500 security for his further appearance. H. Whit
lock became his security.
H. WhtOck, charged with allowing water to es-
cape from his hydrant, was lined 50.
William Willis for the same offence, was fined s..
johnson Il Brothers were fined % for running a
wagon on the street without number on II, and
leaving said wagon in the street without driver.
- Tyler was charged with keeping his drinking
saloon open the llth Of the present month after
~ o'clock. Policeman Eggleston stated that, IN
passing by Tyler's saloon on the night OF the lth,
after II o'clock, he saw lightburning in the bar
room. Two soldiers were present at the bar, with a
bottle and glass before them. lie did not see them
drink. Other parties stated that no one was present
when the Mayor said he would continue the case un-
al to-day, in order to investigate the matter more
fully.
Madame Skayoska was called upon the same
charge. Policeman No. 81 testified that her bar
room in the Richmond House was open at ten min
utes before IL o'clock on Saturday night and that
gentlemen were at the bar drinking. Il seems that
aItOncert was given by Madame SkavOska on that
night. for the benefit Of the poor Of the city,
and the policeman saw several members Of the
band take drink. He also saw Mr. Wharton,
bar-keeper Of the Arcade Saloon, 90 in and order
something after which he poured it out Of decanter
aud drank it. lie saw white woman and negro
behind the bar and WAS Of the opinion that Madame
SkayOska was the white woman.
Colonel 7. p August appeared as counsel for
Madame SkayOska and delivered q lengthy argument
against the cOnsttutiOnalty of the ordinance passed
by the City Council, requiring barrOOms Ordinares'
&c, to close up at a stated hUur-at the close Oi
which, his Honor decided 90 reserve his opinion IN
the until the arguments in similar cases could
be heard. During the delivery Of Mr.. AuguStS elO-
quent appeal in her behalf the Madame wep bitterly.
GoX4ERcIAL.--Ths world Of Iours is mixed up
concern at best for there are great many good, bad
and Indifferent things in il. There is for instance,
good whiskey WINE brandy, gin, ale, poster, good
people good luck, &c. then there are such bad
things rs spirtualsm radicalisu, red repubcanism,
aud the like and indifferent things like ourselves
With regard to good whiskey vine, brandy, gin and
the Ike, we have to say word. People wonder why
good LIQUOR is so high. They would not wonder II
they knew the facts Here is an illustration. J e.
terlay. IN the store OF l.. Esberg IN the new con-
mercal block on Cary street, near corner Thirteenth
We were shown invoices OF liquors, which showed
that on brandy the import price of which was one
dollar and fifty ceuts ma gold, there had 10 be paid
50 90 duty in gold, making 50 10 per gallon; and
on brandy, the import price Of which was - ~ IN
gold SO 90 duty IN gold had 10 be paid, making
- 10 per gallon. Now when the importer in Rich
mOud such l.. berg, for instance, puts his prolt
these and other prices OF course the cost per ga
Ion is considerably enhanced and the party pur-
chasing the article from L. Esberg staTes in astOnlsh-
h. la, - tlfs lint lao IL
for "a is shown II IS impossible to sell an article
| ia any degree at all good, without charging
/ an apparently extOrt.onatc prce for IT. L. r.
\ berg Is very candid about these things, aud
\ hesitates not 10 show the original gcRuine M
I voices. W His concern is a very superior one
and Il offers great facilities to the trade as whole
sale house presenting, rs II does, large ana varied
I assortment Of domestic and foreign wines aud IL
quOrs There is pure champagne OF different brands
| aud yintage5 pure sherry, port, claret ana khint
wines old rye and Bourbon whiskies, from three u
/ ten years old, mellow and rich, llne old Jamaica
/ St CiOix and New England rum, pure old Cognac
and the most celebrated brands known 10 the trade
pure Holland and other gins apple brandy, &c. The
frnn lriH SuppLy Ia customers al foreign Hgg0FS
6O.d IA original packages, tch3Ch as most mPOTfG
cOHSiierGtiOH for parties DhO DESIRE to get tHe arr
/ Gle as Il cur from GbrJJJ eh0Lf PdAStaS
\ through second hands Dealers are waited On by Nlr
| gua gentlemen engaged ia tie establishment, aud
/ who are well known among our people rs old ' ~
gnian merchants. This establishment IN every r.
spect rs We have said, is very superior one an d
\ we'll worthy the nqtice Of parties desiring 10 buy
/ liquors and groceries; for l.. EsbeTs \ "a, have Il
very fine supply OF the latter 9s well as OF the iorae
/ PEoYosP CogRr, YgsTgRDAY-CoLoNEL McEN
TEE PRRsmISG.-John J. Cocker, John Kayten
Bernard Bayler, James BOyce, James Adams, Jame'
O'Neil. Lawrence Tracey, John Morrison, Alexander
I Anderson Corporal p. K. Hay, Lawrence Jacobs
/ AL soldiers were sent " Castle Thunder
/ Virginia Williams, Rosetta Scott and Mary Cheat
ham, all colOred, charged with being drunk and DIS
orderly, and fighting were sent To the Castle io
/ twenty days
Stephen Robinson, eolored, charged with stealins
sundry artc les Of female apparel from Kate Jack
son, cOlOred, found guilty, and sGut 70 Castle
/ Thunder for sixty days,
| John Derleu, soldier, arrested night before las
in the city without pass, and under suspicious cir
cumstlnces, was awarded thirty days confinement II
/ the same institution.
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