Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-02-05

zen, was arrested Saturday Ly Sergeant EgscslOn,
of the police, the charge OF b..a, drul,S Jisor-
DERBY and breaking open the door Of the Virginia
House, and threatening L. assault and cut those
within. lie will be- brought before the Mayor THIS
morning.
Coyxr4RFrirr>G.-lsecenty several fractional
currency notes, m.aus the iga,eS, have been pre-.
scented to the Treasury Department for redemption
ID has lie 20 a,cc.taiucl that the figure i've ia the
five eut currency, IN many instances has been cut
out and pIsted over the hEUre one m the Ten cent
note, 10y this means converting the ten into atty
cent fractional currency
CHEAP ISsCR,Ncs.-An Insurance agcn; run,
regularly on the Richmond, Fs,ic;ick,burg and 20
tomac and the Orange aud Alexandria Railroads
who informs the ulSseugers TIA. he will nSu-, their
lives for the ptitu sum of ten cents aud ia OF
a blow up smash up ending iu the destruction ot
their existence that Insurance %; from > pn 90
$1,000 will be PAID to his wido" u- nearest relative,
TnE NATIONAL EXPRESS. Major General J. ".
Re sender, who has just been mustered out @. ser
vie, has accepted the position ct Superintendent u.
the New England division of the NatiauJl ENp.e,,
Company It's headquarters Will be- dt Boston. %
NAV not be amS, 20 add that th chef hcJIq uJrtei-
OF the company are at Richmond, aud that General
J. +. Johnston Is President
Drsr.-E NJ Ezekiel and :. Burnhau Lay, com
menceI clnyas'ing the city 20, subscriptions where
with to start street ,priukng machines on Main and
Broad streets Ca Friday they got foriy-Gyc sub-
srhcrs IN two squares on Main. THet hundred
Subscribers will Sc; The sprukers going. SubScrip
ON, one do lar Ter week. bOaa with your SulScrip
IONS, and down with the dust.
ruE DEAD on BELLE lsLE-Co,ourl q. T. Cad
,yaI!ldcr A. q. NJ having L,eI directed To ii>ic,;
Ellie I-e Opposite this city in order to ascertain the
barred reports Chat J tact about one hundred yard,
-tlIr. At, been set apart the Isle, enclosed with
Substantial board fence, which contains 100 bodies
OF which isJ are irethiy marked with good head ami
foot boards. The island Wa during the war used hy
the Confederate authorities ior Improving Federal
prisoners OF war
TIE TuEArRE-Bichard the Third was better
rendered on saturday night than we have Seu il
since Booth played at the old Marshall Theatre and
ia fact then the aggregate excellence OF the cast
ms not a good. Mr.. Roberts - Richard, NJ.
Bangs as Richmond, Mr.. Barley is kiug Henry, anu
Miss Carson Lady Elizabeth. not Ouly looked but
PLAYED the. parts Iu q manner that would have H.
ceivcd the piaudtS o, tsc most ceusorous cr,ii'.
The other members OF the company dd vi Jt WJs
allotted them most crcdUIbly aud contributed 90 c
success, OF the play. Master Claude. as tir Little
Prince. cyiured d-gre ct dramatic talent wonder
lal Ia one Of his age. he evidently born
acton"
RELEASED FROM CASTLE TBUNDEE.-C. Vowel
r. ". Early D. C.. Brown, ". r. Brown >. H.
Vowel and A. Brown, of Madison county, and g.
NJ House ana 4. IIlwkin-, of i:lppahlnnock. CON
fined in Castle Thunder upon the charge ui d.,
t-i....ug themselves lad burning the cabin ui 70 uu-
tlriJns old uegru man in VI td son county have been
released General kculvr, atd M.,>r>. GriyCs 90,
Madison. and a. Turner cd RtppJhJnuuc6. OF Tire
House %, Delegates. waited Up'n Gca,i1l Terry zee
Their behalf, " uu upuu learning On" circumstance
ts.. L.
clearly showed that Tine above gentlemen were ue.
guilty ct The charge ALLEGED. Albert Willis ami =.
a. Aylor, OF EnpIahinno H. wrr, also released l.,
order OF General Terry. Governor Pcdpuiut cVrdi-
Slly seconded the Efforts made Tor tieir release
MIYo's BRIpGE.-Wc saw warrant yesterday
lSunday) in the hands of police sergeant, Tor t,.
arrest of rcSge,t,bl, citizen ON the charge Of
having driven his wagon faster than 90 walk across
King Mayo's bridge. The sergeant told Us 10 WAS
hi, duty 20 bring the body " ut sJ.d ctzcH 20 t.
cage where he would Dee locked up Ia cell ID Dee
cOalI me-. find bail is tais riehi j. thrre law t,r
thisl Now "a woiS about Tim, >iur bridge. 10 va,
burned down. 10 was rebuilt l'y The United states
Engineer ops and was completed u Ju,y. loa',
aud ga December WAS turned ovrf Co NJ. Mayo. the
I'm III States authorities Cu:r-tri tHl, Uu the hrioc
whsle 10 Wa, "a their possession. aud some say Go.
they collected enough and some say mOrv IA. 20
enough o. pay ior the outlay. Now SOME othy
people say that Mr. MAYO pai She Ju.t,d States ari-
thurtirS lot their outlay and >"m' That he di' O.
N
RIGHT 20 charge tu0 toll now, luasm"-t Us The toll
collected from the people eel iHDhJu"ui and Man
chester, and o.bel, who crossed thr bridge, rHmVcu-
s:,i. th. Ted State, authorize, Tor the ulk dome.
and that obey, the people ut Richmond AMI Msuc.,>-
ter ef ai,i. under no legal or moral OBI; e oI
- rcJOn~t~uct for tho aau-,jt af M Mayo by tolls
taken cut Of the.g p' Act,. a work which they did
uni destroy AMI they complain too, That the Tolls
nav arr h.- lgr t.sn those charged hy the United
states authorities and hence % Is trIt the people ul
Manchester have secured tsc passage OI an act Ut
assembly auta1riz.u - them '1 borrow three hundred
thous.nd dollars wh-Tewith % build bridge OF their
own. and q committee from ImOu- the trustees 81
Manchester, cons sting of Me- McRac, Brad
ley, and Uthcr gentleman whose name forget
has been appointed 90 have S;,rycy and plans made.
The survey = being made and Mr.. COruIll Bradley,
wvlLkuoEn for MS inventive cr1iuS aul mechanical
skill has prepared plan 20 be- laid before the tTus-
tees. The plan cuu,emPoteS an irou-iHmcd britg
of about sixteen spans hUadJrJ feet 90 the span,
with a plank road and Gas lights 40 every two hun
dred feet ON each side. The plan Is iiUe specimen
uf drawing, and We Tccul.est that Mr. bradley lO-i
.,u arm by a she'll explosion, some Tins ago. The
work rNcltc~ ones adm.rI. .Oa.
MEETING or ruE TENANTS AND OruEEs ~
rEEE IT'D IN rHE REDUcrioN COP EENrS.-Quite a
respectable number Of citizens, interested in tn,
present eNorbitlnt high rents met at the city Hall
ON saturday night Mayor saunders was called %
the chair. lie "Fellow-c.tileuS, We are cou-
vcned tO receive report drawn up uy The vNeCut ~
committee, appointed hy the last meeting. The
Chairman of that committee being prc>eut he Will
make his report.
W. L. Polk was appointed Secretary.
Mr.. e. e. Gr.sW0ld. a. Chairman OF the Commit.
tee then made lengthy report, covering about a
dozen pages OF paper. The report said that good
could be- accomplished except hy the aid OF the land
lords. Landlords and agents had been waited Uu
who approved Of reducing the present high rents.
aaI th, mode proposed for accomplishing this end,
but hen meetings were called lut very lew Of these
parties attended lhe rcp1.t rcyoml,uled IA in
.trsaH ..srrU .srfH III
IA ,tra OF On. present circumstance 70 was ANN
Is sppiyude throughout and unanimously adopted,
Mr. Barnes said that he would state that De- was
renting "a hou-,. FROM John 7. Suh,ett, CuutiiuIu.
three -Dul rooms aal kitcLeu attached who never
charged Lisa but $40 a month. tie had .sed a.,
oWa rent lie waalI farther state that he was rent
ING a work shop Tor which he was paying about Il
Al Inch
Ca motion Of NJ. ". H. Read it was
ReSOired That a ou.uittrs Of three in ash V ar,
he appointed with power % increase their nUmbr
If necessary, Whose du:y . shaft BE- to prepare AMI
IL deemed eNleIcat publish iull and accurate LIS
ul all O.: egOgaittn. renting in such form Sn'
embracing such fact. % shall exhibit precisely wh,
are demand.nS SN'rh.tart rent, and the chagact''
and extent OF their eNtctoa-.
Calls were made fOr &. G.. tirsWOll ESI., who tool
the stand aud delivered able address after wlcl
the following resolution was odeted By Col. Nickl
and unanimously adopted;
..s,ofreI That tle taaaks OF THIS meeting, De ten
.le,l thc committee fir The a5e pplu made 20 the
meeting tonight.
The meeting was afterwards ajdre s~ed by Mr.
George Dabney WOotteu, rho was applaudel.
Mr.. Z. H. Berry then took the stand and displayed
the excellent sense, ia all that ne Sd which char
acrrzrs his efforts nj the bar and upon the Hastings
The following resolutol offered by Mr. Goodwin
was also unanimously adopted.
ResOireA That committee of - be appoini'
10 ascertain who Of the landlords willing 10 nc
duce their rents tu a reasonable Standing, and 10 ne
port at the hrst regular meeting nr tenants which
held which report will be published through th
public press or not as the next meeting may deter
mine.
Tie feature Of the meeting, however. was On,
spreeh of Mr.. Rockingham, the book seller, VIII,
said with more emphasis and point than VIC can rc
mort That he had come % the meeting give his al,
and counteBaner % the movement 10 relieve the op
pressed tenants Of the city Of Richmond but he wa,
forced To confess that be ashamed Of being fOun,
in an assembly that would listeq Tor hall hour 4