The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-01-18

VIOLENT Assault.


i IS, VIOLENT AasArLr.
fEldborre Smith lcoInfe }wss syrestxfs1.
day in tho city on che charge OF nj ~
assault with q stick ON SIR. Dayid 80
EDeilyX citizen OF Prince George rn,Infv
i NnnneiIy #as able 10 cone rs I'm fo.fRy''
but there fs above his forehead quite = 8.
riosls, deep wound. The negro gaa con,nfi.
/ ted to Jail, but viii be delivered of, af5piIca.
! ton 70 the authorities of Prince Geofee.. e.
is GREAT SUFFERING A,;esG THsi psor, s. s.
There Is reported to be great SUFFERING ~
present prevalent sam0Dg the poor OF tie
city. The fpresiderttof tbes Relief Assocsa.
ton for one Of the ward, has stated that
within thepast week one thousand Applies
tons have been made to- him for assistance.
he had but the allowance OF $50 to acecn.
plish all the relief that they required. No
doubt there we're in this number nanny
sturdy beggarsn who did not deserve re-
lief; but the majority Of them must have
been Of the really necessities aud helpless
class. Trty5 ~ q 81 .s.
81 A CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE.
The death Of Mrs. Matte L. Poor In Bal
timore, yesterday, (she was the wife OF Ad-
miral e. II. Poor, Of the United States uayy,)
recalls curious circumstance in connection
with the PaWnee war. Your correspondent
teHs it as it was told to him. The deceased
lady was the sister Of the hate DR.. PoWhatan
B. Starke, for many years q prominent resi-
dent of Petersburg, and after whom Lodge
of the Masonic Order In Petersburg Is now
named. The Doctors home at the beginning
of the war was the county .seat Of Berkeley,
some twelve miles below City Point, on
James river. His sister, Mrs. Poor, was
staying with him st the time Of
the evacuation Of the G0sport navy
yard. Seeing that hostilitfes had actually
broken out, Captain Poor, who commanded
the Pawnee steamer, then off Norfolk, deter.
mined to run up the river and get bis wife
before communication was interrupted. so
he headed his vessel up James river, and the
news went before him that the Pawnee was
on its way to lombard Richmond. There
was great excitement In this city also. The
Richmond reader needs not to be reminded
of the excitement there, and Of the parade
of the defenders to the Rockets wharf, with
Governor Letcher and Mayor Mayo at their
head. Unless your correspondent has been
misinformed the whole excitement grew out
of the dutiful domestic conduct Of Captain
(noW AdmiraD Poor.
PASTORAL CALLS.
The vestry of st. Paups have made two
calls since the resignation Of Bishop Wing
field to the rectorsnip Of that church. One
of these was addressed to the Rev. Dir. Mar.
shall, of Raleigh, N. c.; the other TO the
Rev. John s. Lindsey, of Warrenton, Va. I
hear they were both declined, and that no
subsequent call has been made by the vestry.
Bishop Wingfeld is still In the city, and con-
ducts divine services at the church. But he /
is expected to leave In few days for his new
field Of labor in California.
PERSONAL.
Rev. DR.. Witherspoon has recovered from
his recent sickness, and will preach to.mor-
row at the Tabb.Street Presbyterian church,
of which he is pastor.
Mr. Andrew Kegan, of this city, Is In at
tendance on the conference Of North Caroli-
ma bondholders now In session at Raleigh.
ROBIN ADAIR.