Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-02-06

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RICHMOND WHIG.
TUESDAY MORNlNG..........FEB. 6, 1866.
CITY AND SUBURBAN.
For STEALING LrMsEE.-wiuston Morris, CO.
Io-ed, was yesterday arrested upon the charge Of
stealing SIX hundred dollars wo.th Of humber, %,
property of SIessr'. Strange X Perkins.
FoR BEISa pECNE AND DlsoRDrELY. James
Grant in court yesterday upon the above charge,
was required by the Mayor 10 give $500 security for
his future good behavor.
FIRE At CoALFIELD-The stores OF Myers 4
Jewett wcyc burned down at Coaldeli, in Chester
field county, on Friday night. The stock and
stores were insarej Tor the Of SIS OOO, which
will cover the loss OF taat Amount. Il IL thought
that IL the work Ui an inccudary.
TRIALS BEFORE THE MILITARY CoMuIssloN.-Lec
and Finn, both charged withstibb;ng negroes, had
AN examination before the Military Commission yes
tefday, each upon the charge Of s;abb;ng negro.
They were represented by Me,sr. Johnson and
Guigon.
DuEL-It was rumoIed ,as. night that Luciu
Polk and Captain &iliwood or the Spotswood lIo-
TEL who had an alteration the usher mig ht, met ye
terlay and exchanged shots, according % the cOdc
which obtains in aiiIrs 81 honor. Captain Midi
wood, n was furthermore stalled, received W"uhd
In the stomach. Inc friends al The parties were very
rrtcent and 10 particular, could De- gathered.
LECTURE By CAErEE LEs--we learn that a lee
ture VIII be delivered u tae city, some evening this
week los Charles Carter Lee, Ia, Of PowhatIn, d
a suitable hall can be obtained. Mr. Lee - well
knoSn 10 our cit l,uS As % gentleman Of very extern
sive reading and OF Tie mos; attractive and euteg-
tanning powers. II us theme Wall he "i.dughlcr, anu
we risk nOthn n slyiH- that lee viii ~ Treat % a.
10 draw from his audieacr may illustrations ct las
subject.
POLICE UNIFoEu-, p!l,cto,is are being taken up
i'm the city for the procurement OF material poce
uniforms. The collectors 90 everywhere, which IS
all RIGHT. They 90 into tailor siorcs too. Now, We
have heard that II Major Claiborne Wall send any
two of bi- men 10 William Ira smith * TO-, No. ~
Main street with the material tur two uniforms, that
firm will make tlet up free ct cost II Others wall
make such contributions this. the force Will soon
D. oliciatciad.
For TIE EENrrr oF ruE PoLIcE.-lt is with
measure that we announce the benefit at the Rich
mnnd Oh esa House ON tnmorrOS night February
7tt le36 aud trust the citizens will generously como
forward ON this occasion the proceeds are eN-
urrS,ly intended to be- distributed among the police
of tins city for uniforms. These gentlemen deserve
much credit this oder 10 ASSIST those hO,
assured Will appreciate Il. May the house be crowd
ed Knowing, as We do, that they cannot help being
amused. Tickets be secured at the hotels and
book stores Of the city.
observation-disclosures burke. charged with being
disor,lery and creating a disturbance in William
FIegenhcimers store, calledu up. lie being deaf
and dumb by means of piece Of slate and pencil, |
nm. Mayor was able 20 lnd out where he lived, which
..,- IN Rockets lie said that ne wanted % 90 Q"
tninnel James 20 whom he had letter from tower
,,r p-nlint The parties appearing against hin |
,dthat they dad hot want h,m published nut merely
Al the time OF his dUnSea spree 10 have hiu ut ""'
at htra's way. The Mayor sad be would discharge |
h.u aud hc went out eager % iud Colonel Jaine'.
.iLAuAs or FIRES GlsrERDAy.-The alarm bells
or the different stations were sounded twice yc-ter
J,y morning The ds. effort ut a fire was on Trace
street which was soon pat out The second, near
the corner Of Fourth and Marshall, was that OF an
old wooden stable, which suffered but little u hall
the town had been ON linz the bells would not have
made murc noise. Citizens consequently, appoc'
htntcl that serious cOn,agrdtoas were gong On
S1mcN here iu the CIty. We would suggest lhtl
when the lire Is known Ia be- extinct the bells should
stop ringing and thereby relieve many ner' Gus pen
sons Of useless anxiety
ANOTHER FRrEpwoNNN GoES To THE PENTENrI
ArY.-Caroline Brown, col5red, appeared before
Judee McEntee yesterday, ON the charge Of steal
inc ON sunday night, January 18th, 1850, from H.
e. Leigh. on fifth street. between Mann and Gary,
article, Of clothing 10 the value oI 80. She plead
not guilty b. stealing the articles but guilty 10 a.,
crivins them, knowing the same tu l' stolen. 4 a.
ruIr was inr q time ga tur employment ut NJ.
i.riol. bus EId been discharged previous % The
al Zee
Edmund Randall CoiOred, and DAVID t''rurtr also
coIoIed proved roAcluSiycly that Caroline dld seal
the articles iu question wherupon Judge Nihn'cS
found her guilty uf grand larceny, aud >ruicn Ell
her u the PcuitcUtdry at hard labor Tor one yea'
RExrs-Geor-e plbncy WOotton, lawyer So
called Ct aiii as the lawyers say. has hecu hold
iny anti .high-rcut meetings ia the City Hail. and
newspaper reporters were SUBJECTED HyqHe al
gfguxr0aa with speeches al HfItHfg. Let them shut
,,t,-lnr the bidding at TIE auction OF lease Tor
three. years of the irOn front hrr proof building,
corner Of Virginia and fourteenth streets, has SCI
tied the question. This building Is htty lcci
front. ninety feet deep i've stories high lhcluuue
basement aud Is certainty ut the hucSt, % mot
the finest IN the city IT. front Is more Like that OF
"a superb private MANSION or public INSTITUTION
than anything else and the material USED
ma the structure Is Of The very best description, aud
vet with all that. and though the attendance was
large the highest bid was $3.50 and the bid was ne
irrted Il was no faut Of the eminent aurtOuccrs
That higher rent could not De- had but men OF btNi-
ness feel that they cannot, without dead certainty
Of serious loss, pay tie eNurh,tant rents NOW de-
manded and, accordingly 70 is as plan Is pike
.tar that II landlords don't come down ia their "a
actions not only viii their houses remain un them
hands for rats 10 dwell ia, but trade vail 80 else
where, and then we will all 90 up the spou. To-
eether
Tmg GAS CoNPANr.-Iieccutly, Charles Campbell,
Superintendent Of the Richmond G.,s Works, i'm
ported from Fairmount Virginia, via the Baltimore
and Ohio railway. the Chcssl cake bay and jaime,
river two cargOes ot coal Tor the Gas Works andiuy
which he paid twelve dollars per q" Ion" ton ui
23iO pounds, or about 3lI cents PER hu-hrl, OF 30
hounds His reasons were these. lie had heard
that TN. coal used in Washington aud Baltimore.
in the gas works there, had given great o. L,tOn
aud hc found that the Midlothian coal Tor which hr
paid - cents e hushrl, and The Glover iiill tug
which he plid 3 cents, WAS delivered o. hm uu