The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-02-22

The PARTICULARS OF THE ACCIDENT TO Mr..
Cox.-On Wednesday last, 14th instant, two
white men were brought before Mr., James II.
Cox upon the charge of making an assault
upon an old negro.
The case was investigated, the parties found
guilty, and required to give security for their
good behavior; failing to give this security,
Mr.. Cox ordered them to be sent to jail.
Mr.. Robertson, the constable of the district,
when ordered to take them to Jail, publicly
proclaimed that Mr.. Cox was falsely imprison-
ing the parties accused, and refused to execute
the order.
A special constable having been appointed,
Mr.. Cox endeavored TO explain to Mr.. Robert
son that he was wrong in refusing to execute
the order in regard to taking the parties TO
jail, when Mr.. Robertson became very abusive
and insulting in his language to Mr.. Cox, so
much so that Mr.. Cox slapped him In the face,
and in putting himself in defensive attitude
to receive the attack of Robertson, he (nr.
Cox sprained his ankle, fell, and in falling
broke bone in his leg.
Our informant who is just from the Glover
Hill pits, reports that Mr.. Robertson has
left for New York. The two men who
were in charge of the special constable have
escaped, and are now supposed to be lurking
about Petersburg.
Mr.. Cox is doing very WELL and expects to be
out as soon as it is possible for person to be
with one bone of the leg fractured.
ATTEMPT AT GARRoTING-CITIzEN WOUNDED.
On Tuesday evening last as Mr.. - Rowe was
on his way 10 the dwelling of Mr.. Charles Phil
lips, in Sidney, he was arrested near the Fair
Grounds by two men, in Federal uniforms, one
of whom asked him what was the time. Mr..
Rowe took out his watch and told him. The
soldier then said, "You are not right" and
Mr. Rowe replied, al am" Without further
parley, the soldier cursed Mr.. Rowe and
peremptorily demanded his watch. This polite
request was declined and the soldier, drawing
q pistol, shot Mr. Rowe in the fleshy part of
the right thumb. Mr.. Rowe then drew a pis
tol with his left hand, and fired the soldiers
ran off, but one of them was heard to cry out
as though in great PAIN and is supposed to
have been hit. The men who attempted this
unprovoked outrage have not been identified.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.-Yesterday morning at
about o'clock dsnse volumes of smoke were
seen to issue from the tobacco factory of Mr.
Edwin Wilson, in an alley running from Nine
teenth to Twentieth street, between Main and
Franklin. The alarm of fire was Immediately
given, but before the fire engines could reach
the scene, the building was too far gone to be
saved. The firemen ha rs much as they could
do to save the neighboring buildings. Mr.
long, and consequently had not large stock
of tobacco on hand His loss, including to .
bacco, fixtures, etc., will amount to about five
thousand dollars, which is fully insured A
building adjoining the factory, used by Mr.
Edward BossieuX us feed house, was crushed
in by the falling walls, and about thirty or
forty bales of hay bnrned. The building used
as factory was owned by Mr.. ID. B. Turner
of New York. We are unable to state his loss,
though we learn that it is fully covered by
insurance.