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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-06-08
LOCAL MATTERS.
Supposed Poisoning Case I'm FIenrtco
County. ~

1
| Information was received in this city yes.
terday morning Of the sudden death of q
| colOred man named Jerry Shelton at the
farm of Mr.. James e. Schermerhorn, OH the
Mcclanicsvillc turnpike, under circ,lm-
stances which seem to Indicate foul play.
On Monday night Jerry, who had been in
| the employment Of Mr.. Schermcrhorn for
some time, retired Us usual, applrently
very well. The next morning, shortly after
| daylight, he was found lying on his side
| near the kitchen door, cold and dead. Near
| tho spot where he had fallen, and where his
head had rested, could be seen quantity
Of prtiaIly-digcsted food, which he had
vomited up in his dying hour.
Mr.. Schcrmerhorn was at once notified by
| the servant who had made the discovery,
and set TO Work TO unravcl the mystery if
possible. There was no clue, however, to
the death OF the man; for on Monday night
hc was perfectly well, and it was thought
strange that hale and hearty man should
be taken off so suddenly.
Only one circumstance was suspicious.
A short time ago there was really no work
for the man to do ut Mr. Schermerhorn's.
and he had accordingly packed up bag and
baggage and gone to the adjoining COUNTY.
Hanover. Here the man became attached
TO u woman, and with her he determined to
stay, leaving his clothes and other effects.
For some time he was satisfied, and had lit.
tie inclination to return to his former home,
but the desire did come finally, and so on
Saturday week he went back to his former
employer and went to work.
On the following Monday MIR. Schcrmer-
horn saw 4 woman in conversation with
Jerry, and heard part of what passed be-
tween them. Jerry had evidently left his
M ItNt OIL 70 1n,o
| sum of money which was due for his wash
ing. and she had followed him up to get
! the little balance Of $50, and Willie stand
| ing there gave him i piece Of her mind.
Later, the woman went to llr. Scherner-
horn and asked him to reserve the amount
| due her out of his wages, and while talk
| ing with him stated that if Jerry didn't
| do right about it, she would fix him and
| the woman with whom he was then liy-
ing, tool" With this little threat. she left
him, and it was the lust time that they
were seen together.
| Yesterday morning Justice Chamber
layne was notified Of what had transpircd,
and. acting as coroner, caused u Jury to be
summoned, with Mr.. John Wcrth rs fore
man, and Il partial examination was had.
Three witnesses were examined, whose
| testimony threw no light on the subject,
and the jury was adjourned over until the
contents of the mans stomach could be an
alyZcd Dy 4 competent chemist.
While there was no evidence atlduccu to
show that the man had been poisoned, yet
his appearance after death, his stomach
| swollen to III unnatural size, and the cir
| cumstanccs attending his association with
| the woman, look as if there had been foul
play. Should the examination of the food
| bring to light the fact that his death was
caused by poison, his body will be disin-
tered and regular post mortem cXamiua-
| tion held.
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TIE POLICE OF LONDoN.-Thc London
Daily Ne,rS says:
Colonel Henderson, the Chief Commits
sioncr of the Metropolitan Police, is ut the
head Of Il little army. The huge bulk OF
London outside the city Is under his charge,
and he has to garrison it, in the name Of law
and order, by Il force of 9,lG0 men. This
garrison is perpctually increasing. Year
by year this metropolis grows hl%er, push
in. out on all sides like il growing boy rich
and poor. successful merchant aud needy
adycnturer, honest workman and be"%ar, all
swarm to London, so that III the eleven
months from February to December, 1870,
a new square and 22O new streets were
added to its area. This mere growth of
eleven months added 42E miles to the
length of streets over which the Mctropoli-
tan police have to walk in their regular
beats. The police themselves must of
course increase in number with the in
crease of their work. They have been
too few for years past, and now the chief
commissioner reports not only that they
have been increased, but in tar greater
proportion than the area they watch. In
pursuance of last years promises 2G2 were
added during the year; and since the close
of the year the 9,1GO have been augmented
hy 100 added during the first quarter, and
al
But even when this 500 are all employed,
the number will only reach what was rcck-
oucd to be essential 10 the London of 1869.
The police are not all employed in walk
inc beats. On the 31St December 1,UG3 po-
licemen were employed in hired duty.
There were nineteen ut the Houses ol Par
lament, forty-fve at South kenSln@ton
Museum, a hundred in the Royal Parks and
grounds. eighteen ut the Crystal Palace,
and others employed ut various private e.
Establishments all over London. These men
are paid for by the authorities or private
persons whose property they guard, ana the
advantage thus gained Oh both Siucs Is That
the public have il reserve OF police on which
they can draw on an emergency, ana Tie
shons, offices, theatres, &c. arc duly looked
after by men accustomed and trained to
the work. 4 special detachment OF Metro
politan Police is employed i'll the dock
ward. GIG altogether are distributed between
Woolwich, Portsmouth, Depltord, Chat
ham. and Pembroke. The work of watch.
inc the metropolis is, therefore, done by
>! sliDcrinlcndrntS, 2OT inspectors, S.S SER
ueaIlt>. and G,S32 constablcs-a force OF
$50 men, all told. This little army has
the metropolis in charge IL must be re-
mcmbered, not only by day, but by night.
1t is, III Tact, by night, that lis chict WORK
is done.
The Commissioner has to report that out
of 8, lGO men, only 81 were charged before
the magistrates during the year, and OF
these thirteen were charged by The Com
missioner himself During the same
lrriod the Commissioner has had to give
G16 rewards for special good service, while
on thirty-two occasions, police other than
detectives, have had comnlendatlon and
reward from magistrates and judges. The
police are, in fact, increasing i'll Their use
iulncss and efficiency rs we'll us in their
numbers.
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Tho telegraph rsefween New York
l'losf and sOuth America. 1

w are informed on The best authority
that number of well-known capitalists In
New York and London, among whom we
may mention Cyrus w. Field, who viii
leave for Europe in the coming week In
furtherance of the project-havc united
needless delay, tclegraphic line and sub
marine cable to connect South America,
San Domingo, and the West India Islands
with the United States, in a complete
telegraphic system. The value of such
a communication cannot well he cal
culated., 1t will enhance the import
ance of our West India traffic; it will
give value to the Bay of Samana, or other
possessions which the United States: may
acquire in San Domingo; and, more than
all, it will supply 4 want long felt, iu de-
yeloping the trade of Brazil. With that
country our Government holds most AMIGA
bic relations, but its trade is of small value
to us in comparison with the advantages en-
Joyed by England through her steamship
connections. The anticipated coming of
Dom Pedro III. is an auspicious event. and
has Il double significance in view of this
movement to bring ourselves into direct re-
lations with his enlightened Government.
The United States Inlay reasonably regard
this visit of the Emperor rs promise thJt
the friendly relations, so long existing, will
result in substantial advantages, not only
commercially but politically. s.-. a--
An organization for the proposed tclc-
graphic work is complete; the requisite
amount Of capital has been assured, and it
now only remains to obtain certain cOnccs-
sons from Spain before the wire to Cuba
is submerged. Commencing OH the coast
of Georgia, the line will extend down the
bed of the Gulf stream to San Domingo,
then to Jamaica and other West India
Islands, and along the eastern coast of South
America, touching ut Bchia and terminat-
ing ut Rio Janeiro. "A branch will connect
with the Isthmus of Panama, where the
E'cable recommenccs and runs south
along the Pacific coast of SOlth
America, via Lima, Valparaiso, Callao,
sc. OF course the details of the route
to he followed will depend upon
| further surveys, and also, to some extent,
upon the privileges granted by Govern
mentS whose territory is within the chain
of communication. But that the essential
features of this plan will he carried out lit
orally and speedily, VIC have. the most posi-
| tive assurance. This prospect, together
with the announcement Of the completion
of the cable between Singapore and Hong
Kong, shows that the world is soon to be
girdIed by tclcgraphic lines. London is
now in direct communication with Hong
Kong, and 4 tclegraphic dispatch can be
sent ut any moment from Hong Kong to
San Francisco, through London and New
York. This is rapid proSrcss.-Ne,o YORK
Commercial.
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Capture OF AN EsCArED CONVICT UNDER
PECULIAR ClRCUMSTANCEs.-On Monday
morning convict named John Brown cs-
capped from the pcnitcntary guard while at
work with the gang pulling down the old
Armory wall. On Tucsday evening appli-
cation was made ut the Almsllouse for the
admission of Il negro who had had his hand
cut OIL close on the wrist, at u saW-mil in
New K.nt county, about nineteen miles
from Richmond. The patient was accom-
mudatcd Us desired, and DR.. Strother, the
resident physician ut the Almshouse, was
sent for to dress the wound. The physician
came, and at once recognized the fellow as
John Brown, the escaped convict already
mentioned. Superintendent Strother, Of
the penitentiary, Was then called in. and
his testimony placed the question of iden-
tity beyond Il doubt. Brown was therefore
returned to his old quarters at the peniten-
tiary. When he escaped he had only two
more months to remain in prison. The
result of the escape was the loss of bis hand
aud five years additional confinement in the
pcnitcntiary.
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The "IIUMoRs OF RECONSTRUCTED" IN
THE WEsT.-We notice in the st. LouIs
Times correspondence between 5obn Is.
Tripictt,. Il. II. Sublett, d: w. Marina,
duke, and other citizens Of that place, ana
MIR. james Z. Cowardin,. OF hlcnmohd.
Mr.. Cowardin is asked to favor the people
of St. Louis with repetition OF his hui
morous lecture on reconstruction, ana Is
assured that if proper notice OIL the tllne
and place is riyen he will have such an au-
dience ..as would flatter the vanity OF our
most iIIustrious speakers" In reply, our
friend accedes to the request, "althougn
in St. Louis on visit OF pleasure, and feel
ing very little like combining business in
such warm weather as that we enjoy at
present" The time and place OF the en-
tertainment are not named.
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WHEAT HARVEST has generally COM
mcnced among the farmers in this part of
the State. The information received from
those whose wheat has ripencd indicates I,
much finer yield than the farmers had an
ticipated they would scta week or ten days
ago. The rust, which had almost uniYer-
sally made its appearance on the blade of
the wheat, seems to have stopped there,
and in only q tewe instances reached the
stalk. The heads are said to he pretty
large and we'll filled, with good-siZed grams.
Should the season be favorable for taking
care of the crop after it has been reaped,
the farmers will, we believe, have no cause
to complain of Il "shOrt CROP"
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ROMANCE IN REAL LIFB-An Orphan.
.tsylunt 10y Inherats a Foytune-HO for
the Golden Stdtc.-[From the Detroit Free
Press, May 3lst. l-tluitc Il number Of years
ago there llvcu in Detroit mechanic
named Hugh Mcleod, who, dying, left Il
widow and son, the Latter AGED five years.
The father haG been always Il hard worker,
but was ilnprovidcnt, or somehow could
not learn the secret of money saving, and
SO when be died there was nothing but
poverty and Il toilsomc struggle left for the
stricken mother and helpless child.
The widows store WAS soon exhausted !;
her child must have bread, and the world
must be encountered. Hopefully enough
the mother cast about for the best means ut
ACCOMPLISHING her sole object in litc--lhc
,ruper care of herself and little one. She
found good friends, too; but it was not long
before her strength gave way and she dlct,
leaving her child quite alone. Through the
kind Offices of Mr.. Colin Campbell, i'll
whose flmily the mother has often found
aid and sympathy, the boy was provided
with il home ut the Protestant Orphan ASy-
lum. The years grew OH apacc, the little
orphan became II stout lad, anu when one
| day news was brought him that he was 10
| find a new home with kind farmer i'll one
| of the towns Of This county, he packed to-
/
good bye to lis foster home, and rode away
| with his new-tound friends. lie fell into
| the ways of farm lille readily, and, being
willing and capable, soon learned to make
himself useful. lie never LETT his place,
except to visit the city occasionally, and is
still there, IN Indispensable aid TO the good
| old people whose benevolcncc cncompassed
his childhood.
Now comes the story of rejoicing. The
asylum boy, the bound. out" youth, sud-
denly finds himself ut the aye Of 20 years The
posscsSor OF Il fortune. And this Is how it
came about Several weeks ago Il letter WIS
received ut the Free Press Office from DR..
| f. B. Donnclly, formerly of Windsor, but
now Of Vallejo, California, giving the his
tory OF young Hugh, substantially rs given
here, and stating that IN aunt of his
(Hueh's), who was very wealthy, desired to
lind him, and il worthy to constitute him
her sole heir. Through The medium OF the
Ffce Press the young man was discovered.
MIR. Campbell (his own and bis mothers
faithful flicnd) Informed him OF his good Tor
lune and at once communicated with the
aunt. assuring her of his entire worthlness.
He is now making preparations 10 90 10
California, where he will meet with warm
welcome from his only living relative, whose
fortune he is to inherit. ...
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MIR. BLuHTs APOLOGY TO Mr.. GREELEY.
To the Editor Cf the Commercial 1docrtiscr:
Some four Years since | offered resolutions
ut u meeting OF the Union League Club
called for the purpose of cenSuring Horace
Greeley for his hailing Jefferson Davis, rs
believed it to be mischicyous in its effects
in diminishing the natural Indignation
which should be felt against Il traitor.
Mr.. Greeley. In speech in Texas, said
that the Club was against the resolutions
three To one. That is not the fact his
friends, by preventing 4 square vote by
what Is called parliamentary tactics, which
| called by another name that evening,
caused the meeting to be kept up until
in the morning, when it adjourned from
WcarlnCSS.
This, however, Is not the purpose of my
communication, seeing that jeff. Davis is
firing the southern heart and forcing all
loyal men to take their places again il the
ranks for the country. thus being 4 great
benefit 10 the ca,lSc OF freedom and the Re-
publican party. | wish if committed a
wrong against Mr.. Greeley in Offering those
resolutions to make rcparation.
Ii Sir. Greeley ut the time he became bail
for Mr.. LAWS knew that Mr. Davis was 10
act aS he j. now doing, Mr.. Greeley WAS
right, and | WAS wrong, and own To the
fact, and with this reservation ask his tor
glvcuc>s. GEO. W. BLUNT.
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REWARD FOR MURDERERs.-Goy. Walker
ON Yesterday issued proclamation offering
= reward of SO each for the arrest of the
murdcrcrs OF Capt. Littlcbury, OF Surry
county. The details OF this murder were
first riycn to the public through this paper.
It was one of great atrocity. aud the per.
netrntors are supposed to be employed IN
The United States lighthouse service.
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Marquis OF Lorne, Washington, senate Club
HOUSE, kensington and all the other new Sty les OF
collars for sale low by 4. Is. SPENCE & soN, 1910
Main street. Also, Windsor scaris, and all the
other new styles Of n.ckwcar In great variety
Gauzc uniersbirts, 75c. each; Linen coats, one
doliar each Suspenders OF all kinds In great va
riely Pembroke shirts and drawers made 10 OF :
der by r. B. SPENCE & con. 1860 Main street
rerfect iis or no sale Call and leave your orders.
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The Tilusville Journal says The bay
window fever, the mansard-rooi relapse;
and The lightuln&-rod cramp have each at
lacked our citizens, and now that they have
been brought under subsection, there ap
pears another epidemic III the shape of the
stripcd.awning collie. 1t broke out on
Spring and Diamond streets yesterday, and
VIII spread to every business house In Town
if rigid sanitary conditions are LOT com,
,,IieG with ~
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HUsTINGs COURT, WEDNEsDAY-JudJe A.
B. Guigoa.-Dallas Branch (colored), i'll.
dicted Tor burglary in the house Of Chas.
Dippner, was discharged.
Walker Hill (colored), for assaulting Geo.
Winston, was sent to Jail fer thirty days
and fined 81.
J. f. Ncwbold, of Baltimore, was con.
victcd Of selling goods by sample without
license and fined $50 and costs.
Henry Smith, indicted for forgery, was
convicted and sent to the pcnitentiary fol
| tWn yparS.
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UNAVAILABLE LETTERS REMAINING IN THE
RICHMOND PosT-oFrIcE, JUNE 7. 1S11.-Jos-
$. kudd, Petersburg, Va; Miss Mollie A.
Richmond, Va. w. II. Lei. 9Th Church j.
II. St. Clair, Wytheville, Va; Mrs. Ester
G. Sterling, Harrisonburg, Va. ~ VI.
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PRICES or BEST FUEL, DELlykRED.- -usf
cord sawed pine cooking wood, ss.oa. a
Half cord sawed oak cooking wood. 3a.as
Half cord sawed pine kindIing wood, ta.2s. .
Half cord sawed and split OAK cooking Wood,
aa.5o. 49,
Hslf cord long pine wood, o.. 70; oak ss.7sssss.
Best coakiag coke, $slD$s, delivered.
semi.coke "a new ariicie) for cooklnS' s@'7'
Bituminous coal all kinds aud prices
A supply Of anthracite coai soid LOW. Aiso' :
cargo daily expected, 10 DO delivered from sesssl
chcsp. Deaiers and consumers please orter.
J. Is. WATKINS,
III Msin strset, and corner 9th and Casf s.sr
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THE S. G.. Is. CELEBRArIoN.-West Emu
Division, Sons of Temperance, has appoint
ed Il. j. Weymouth, Sampson Jones; ~. :,
and VIM. A. Heiferman, on tne Cohil''tSee comm Ws
of Arrangements; and Virginia nL:e Louses /, NS' u
y, Il. F., has appointed d. .: W hi'o' lie
Pecor, and W, Y. GazebrooK.
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PRESIDENT OF GEORGETOWN COLLEGE,
rho board Of trustees Of Georgetown Col
Ieue at their recent meeting, elected the
rev. DIR. j. l.. Curry, of Richmond, Vlr-
g.nia, president Of the college. DR.. Curry
Is one OF the most eloquent preachers and
platform speakers i'll the denomination
Hc was, Ia early life, a member OF the Fed
eral Congress, and recently of the Contede-
rue Congress. lie is ti1e scholar ana ap a
hish-toned OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES (hy)
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HENRIco COUNTY CoURr.--In this court
Yesterday the case of Jonn Merk was tried,
who stood indicted in thirty-two cases.
lie confessed judgment in one and q nolle
proscqui was entered in tbirty-one.
In the case of Eugene Kuehn who stood
charged with assault and battery, notle
prosequi was entered and he being adjudsed
Il lrnltic was sent to Williamsburg.
The court adjourned until ii this morn
inu
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liRsAasEsrzD AMP rHs Doors REcovzzn.
Xaok YnlIard (cninradl xri1n sruas arreGfed

| Aack 4 UIiHru tc0I0fedJy VINO WAS afTtsteu
| on the 9Th instant, charged with stealing
one pair Of boots from Temple jack
son, valued at seven dollars, appeared
before Justice White yesterday morning,
and after, hearing of his case was dis
charged, Subsequently, Detective Henry
Dabney arrested Pollard again, and recoy-
cred the boots. His case will be heard again
this morning.
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PARDoNED.-Daniel James (colored), sent
to the pcnitentiary from James City county
to servea year for hOuse-breaking, has been
pardoned by the Governor. lie only broke
into log-house aud stole few chickens,
and had already spent eight months in the
county jail.
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IA fire In Philadelphia Tuesday damaged,
To the extent of so, coo i'll the aggregate,
the printing Office of spangier u Davis, pa-
per and rag establishment OF Perclvai q
Collins, gas-tiXture store OF Z. Jefferson,
and the pistol and gun warehouse Of E. Ii.
vr'o1
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AUCTION sALss Traas DAY.

on d1 public or Private sales Of Real Estat,
fndde oet'ocefa the 1stQf January aud the LIT y,
'nfH Me p'trctasers pay he tozes for te prc.
: sent Dedr; but on al sates Jetsoces tse 6r.
- das Of Juty and the last day Of Dscewb.r N.
seller pays them. "
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THE COUNTY SCHOOL TAx.-Of the fifty.
one counties thus far heard from by the
State Board of Education, only seven have
voted against the county school tax. These
are Amherst, Carroll, Charlotte, Giles,
Halifax, King George, and Lunenburg.
New Kent has also probably voted against
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Twenty-Five thousand children were In
procession IL; Brooklyn, N. L, tuesday, the
occasion Of the forty.second annlVei sary OF
the Brooklyn Sunday-school unlon'
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Merchants intending to open new sets OF DOCKS
an The ist of July would d, we'll 70 have them made
now, that they may be well seasoned and ready for
use, Give Mr. BIDGooD ut 1911 Main street, your
orders, and they will be gotten up In good stye ana
rhn
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OrERErTA.-A company OF young ladies
and gentlemen Will perform the opereftn OF
!. Lalia'' at Virginia Hall next Monday
nioht for charitable object,
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RANGE OF THERMOMETERS At DIsrArcH
OFFICE, JUNE Z, 1S7l: 8 A. M., 500; 2. NJ,
$50; 6P. NJ, $50.
Light southeast winds prevailed during
most of the dny, and in the afternoon the
city was visited by very heavy shower OF
rain, with thunderstorm. Is
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Something entirely new at WElsIGER's elnpe-
rium OF rashion-dark pearl, patent Venllia1or,
cashmere hat.
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PLEDGE i JACKSON. Sl7 Broad street, VIII oe-
liver, well packed IN leo, rich ana "en'na'oieo
tce-creams, 1t any time, IN any quahIlty'
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ArpLEToN's JOURNAL, CLIPPER, and SAT-
URDAY NIGHT, received from Elyson %
Taylor, 1116 Main street.
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Remember IN your promenade OF an evening
the neat icc-c,eam saloon at PLEDGE q JACK
son, Sl7 Broad street.
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Crcquet cheap at ELLYsoN TAILoR's s, lis
al In ret T.