Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-01-31

.oloreI of II 30 Reuben Buckley rccogn zed the
accused As the party who picked hs pocket, where
.apon the Judge sentenced William - comm iheh'
in the Libby tor three months
RAID ON THE CHRISTIAN CONWISsroN.-J.m
Robinson, negro was arrested yesterday by the
police on the charge o. stealing stationery from the
christian Commission. al the African Church, val
mel M t,cnty-une dollar. The stationery laNeh
from hum is now at the police staIon. uc VIII
have an examination betpge Judge MtLhtce To-
day.
The IRGFrrEsslBLE UNITED STATES HorsL-Nrs.
Relipda Kayaulugh was asain before Mayor -aun-
ders Yesterday on the charge Oi using threatening
l,r,ns. To several OF the Horn family ami Others
nh, rssi,. ia the United states Hotel, made noto-'
lions by tie character OF lis occupants. lhe Mayor
stst.d that he did uOLthink Gti'Hia was IN proper
condition for trial and woud therefore n1Hd he'
over 4, her SON. She attempted % explain hef post
ZION Iut his Honor ordered the sou 70 take her OF
The Courtroom After some pcrsudslon sue Irlt VAN
tn t-.r king down her check. Belinda evidently
thinks sue Is "a badly used woman.
Mayors CoCEr-MAyoE SAUNDERS PPEsDINc.--
Nsyor saunders held his Court at the usual hour
Yesterday morning, and was surrounded night ana
left by reporters This being unusual, and no doubt
di.,g,,elble caused him % lean forward, when, u
~ ,.toni,bmsnt he found that the reporters desk
y..s MESSING lie made several inquiries, and >ent an
Ulcer out mn search Of the missing desk, Nho re-
-. ned without it, rhe Mayor then said he would
lo,h further iutO the matter. But short time had
aI,ps, I however before Captain EpfS anu a !'eed-
man an, cared with the missing property.
A CASE OF FoEGERY.-A man, whose name we
withhold fcst4 present, on account OF circumstances
sprrouDdns lis s17e, was before the Mayor yester-
J,, imam the Charge IT forging the name o! E. y.
u,.,,i,b.,tl,,n OF MOhtlY last Tor a considerable
snn The testimony addueei AZ the examination
showed that the accused, az tue tlme OF the oecul
,anre Mas in a state bordering npoG k'iStly mi0N'-
cation. The Mayor, after hearing The testimony,
sent HIM ON for tfa before the lluNtngS tOuIt ana
I,.I HIM i'm the sum of Use hundred dollars Tor hs
appearance.
Morr NraEoES SENT To THE PE>rENTrAEY.-
less, Dabney and Peter smith were tried oeio'e
b,dge McEntee Yesterday, on tie charge Of stealing
,.,, the premises of ". 4. Ellison Go. two Soda
- batteries. valued At $50 each about the *l.h
Jav al January. IS66 This party attempted !" se',
The hat cries 10 -. l.. Il. Oo,i1shat, VINO NJ"
them arres Ted by polircneh. W. H. E4''ou IL,
roonized tl, property as the same thdl u ''NV"
from his store Policeman sweeney 500 S,i.l,
parties wer, placed IN his charge, and that Na''A
i,,Le Ioo.e AL ran about halt mile before Ue
,.,uld catch h.m, The parties were then etlh Se'''
FENCED 10 the VUxigia Pen.tentary Tor one le''
from date.
Wr,cgrs ,xp Mast yl.s.--Hr stated some TIM
ago. and indeed more than once ,s-' there was al
the old Dollhouse ia tue Cap,", square bsiDFe anu
dpripo tb, war. a vaiulb,e collection OF United
States standard weights and measures ih'e"ue.'
Of course Is regulators i"r weights ana W'Ssull' ''
Richmond. We SAY. ycicrual, hiN '"'' OVN'NN
these articles there; but shane To SAP SOM CON.
poaant parts of these artcicS S'e ~lftAA ShD'' ~
floor some one ought To take the whole lol IN han"
oyerLsuI examine and pat thcm lh 0iAT'' ,'0'-I
say the Board " Public Works properly SuoN'u
haze cuntyJi pt them some SAY thN 4hNPv' vs.
Ai.i,rbts and N.l~u.,- % there Dee such dh bul"ti
sboulJ M, Nh. uAs.y: but We tdiu6 the G1Nefh"r
ouht IA give Instruct uS TO some one % see t 'Ai7
valuable property Is NOT allowed Ia be- neglected. '
be lost. Either they arr OF 30 use OF tnel "'.'
the former then ST.. thcm aud yut the money lh 'n1
Treasury % the latter thea apply ibrm 70 '"e P"''
slos,,s for which they were. procured
r,yr7uEx SENT To THE PESUE>uAET.--5ohu,
ogic, lack Johnson Charles johnson and Wills
St,nard. wee tried yesterday before judge NeEn-
tee ON the ehaTse OF entering the @1eA'inth sA''
of Isaac FaneaT, on Broad 'tieet a'u ''N'u+ ',e''
rn,, tyo avilS GA. CrOw-bIr, ON" ujl OF steel 50
nm L,ves and otheg articles to the value OF twenty
IN. dollars Tho articles were Afterwards lOuud a.
Mr. John L. Smith on tpe corner "I Trace ah i
Monroe streets smith somewhat q singular name J
came forward witness AMI So tt't lie PATTI
sffsfI1 IL
,be above named articles aud wished % slI them.
Tbrv Nsrehurght by him for a. small price as pcs
-be because he thuucOt they were si".r p. '!e ~.
They rcnre-entcd tina; &ey found The anllS lis
wife afterwards notified SerSe1Hl "'i'u' " '"1
Malice about thu property Nln rs poN'rNN.oh' WI"
Identified il yer, re- lily. OtiSr witnesses recognized
t,r property a. that slpicn irom tahs1f. lH' P'i,
f.. wen. ,,il found ghuty oi grand larceny AMI
.entenccl 10 the Peulteutrs lor one wear from u"''
Con.-We have heard OF such -s'ng as "a cat
in A meal tub" and said cat is ycrtath cat. In
sbe same WAY is there q devil in coal cart Va
leaves 4 part OF the load "A The ldru ana 'Ao1"''
,orton y I'M some freedman family on t"e way
AZ Is certain fact that coal yal owners never nave
Suv difficulty in hiring drivers t's Their cA'IN' Whie
drivers for other descriptions or carts ~ e~!
be- had Whether this arises from mise &thatl"h
Of interest we know no.. but 70 LOOKS like ~. l"c
city PAYS an Inspector Of coal carts ana an 'u~'c''
of wood carts DO these people do their duty 't
: Their, in existence such "a thing as mnLei CO"'
cart for which the ordnance provides
In the city OF Boston, every h'd Oh coat j.
wei, he'd at the public scale, w-"ch Shows tN''
YsRk .es are cute enough MOI % uu>t coal seal',>
A mere haut OF this city told u YESTERDAY tLa ne
mid al a coal yard Tor twenty-five hGN"eiS o. eo'''
b1t tI,t w IN the coal reached hlS house ne Na>
s,,.sfal an 4 he had been cheated somewhere, dhd
h. fS,refore signed receipt but for three-tourihs
If Ts naopIe rs.S are paid out Of the city trea
surv for Watching coal AMI wood carts W'il G't u'
tbsir lnty. or cauuOt =! SO, then let them DC ie'
rl az M tcei on the peas on list and let the po'
lice h,ve supervision OF the s4s1~ure OF coal am
wood. We suggest 10 our ptoPts. II they can
to have coal weighed at The public scale a. the Mar
ket We will ventilate tins 4" ss"ie thins sooo-
,LovER HUI RuLRoAD CoNPANY.-A meenaS
Off stockholders of this company Sas held al tLer
o,s,,. ON Franklin street. on the 9o'h aud 9Th in-
stants. ,..,-.., e.. q,
presept term, Us at Chester. % the James NV 40
u,barne'S distance Of about three mites HHst
any vessel can cane that can pass over iia'Il1,
bar The st1cSlrcts-S by resolution %usu0tI@1' ~
directors % purch'se gals pit and the pit "' ="
Clover Hill Coal SNiEE company both OF "u.SH
are contiguous % the pts "A present "orAeu .! ''
Clover Hill Railroad Company. 20 carry oH' ''le'F
improvements i VIE determined - increase tD'
capital stock OF tha c1mplny, by the -, . OF ne"
stock 10 the amount OF $40 UUO. The UaG, when
completed a above couteHl sted, viii bring the Pas
witt n twenty-Oue ME, al tdeWdter. chcuE-
ton has been made by some Ot the parties interested
in lirGterage which shows that ell can De brought
from Usborns To Rockets no ttoul V-s anda-hat 20
two cents rer buslel The route lOr ~ extension
above mentioned is now being surveyed - Colonel
Gives and it IS intended 10 commence lie SprN
"a soon the weather fairly opens. The Pr,sldsst
OF the company Is Vim. n. Mdciariahd' ana lhe u
reetG1S are lanes r. Cox John Freeland, William
Rutherford, VIM H. HaN1ll, and DANIEL on tirOn-
ing Secretary, aud Treasurer ID. ;, Wooldndge.
The cO1 Of hauling coal from the PIT over the
eOmpanys road and the Petersburg RAILROAD Twelve
failes of the l1iLe Manchester, Is seven cents pei
bashel. but the Petersburg Railroad Company iarh-
5sh the cars and locomotive power over the clover
H railroad, Is well ever tbs twelve miles OF thei
avn road IL costs from s1 % seven cents bushel
"a baul the coal from Name hester % the gas works
the company paying carriage.
Cry CoUScH-A called meeting % the City
Council was held MondaEeyening at four O'Clock
Pre,ent-Messr. Grattah President), Crutchfeld
TIonton. Burr Scott. Eppss, smith, Richardson, Lee
Malsuaugh. stokes and GlazebrooS
The minutes Of the last meeting were read and
adopted
NJ President stated that the meeting vas called
at the instance Of the Committee on CIai~s aG'
Salaries .,
M. Burr, chairman of said committee, pifsented
report that certain claims. the amount 81 s's4 d
be paid. -, l.,
The committee reported adversely to the clam; o.
y commutation Of a check held By Nr- L \. y. CloP
SON. ON Farmers Bank, given ~ the Chamberlain
The committee further recommended the payment