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Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-03-14
THE ENQUIRER.
RICHMOND, VA.
Thursday Morning, March 10, 1915.
The Conrcntio,, Of his District.


We have not received The official account of
the proceedings Of the Convention, which met
Yesterday at the Union Hotel, in this city, 10 no.
inmate Republican candidate for this Congress
sional District. We understand, however, that
Mr.. J. w. Jones, the late highly respected RepTc-
sentative, was not brought forward-that Mr.. Jas.
A. Seldom Of this City, and Mr.. Hopkins of
Powhalan, were the only persons named, and that
Mr.. Seldom received The nomination by decided
majority. After The nomination was made, the
delegates decided 10 make il unanimous, and never
was more periec, harmony and union exhibited
than in the case of Seldom. We cannot permit
ourselves 10 doubt his triumphant success. His
friends will do their dnly, and 50 will the indo-
mitable friends of the District After The nomi-
nation was unanimously made, Mr.. Seldom was
sen, for and addressed the Convention, and ac-
cep,ed The high honor conferred upon him. We
are favored nv delegate with The following COM
munication written before the Convention met:
FoR THE ESQuiRER.
To Tic Voters of The GM Congressional District.
Fellow Citizens The unpleasant information
has been announced that The Hon. John w.
Jones will not be candidate loc reelection
to Congress from this District. We cannot
complain. Fourteen years Of devoted attention
10 public business ought 10 plead his excuse Tor
retiring from public life 10 enable him TO attend
TO his own private concerns Three gentlemen
in the District have been presented BY their par
ticular friends, rs fit successors OF our present
worthy Representative, either OF whom would
dignity the Representative Hall of the American
| Congress by truly and ably representing The De-
mocral;c Republican members Of the District
! One ofthem, however, is, under the present cir
cumstances in which we are placed, most admi-
| rably fitted, bv nature and education 10 carry
| on a successful canvass. In these days OF hum
busgery and ballad singing, impudence and i'm
pertinence are moi uncommonly resorled 10, TO bat
/ Ter down decency, good manners and good sense,
and 10 turn even patriotism itSeltinio ridicnle.-
| James A. Seldom, of Richmond, is The man;
| should any one make the attempt on him or his
| principles, a flash from his eve would strike the
| miscreant like the electric stroke from Heaven.
/ II Mr. Seldom he our candidate will any one he
| bold enough TO make The attempt on him. No,
gentlemen, no. rs soon would The bind OF night
open his eyes 10 the glare Of the meridian sun, as
| any attempt Of the kin! would be made on him.
| Let MS then Join with one heart and one voice,
and declare James A. Seldom our candidate
! The other Two gentlemen will cheeriuy unite
with their brethren. Its no dsparagementr either
| OF them, that, although great and firm men, and
deserve well of their country, they possess not the
| death dispensing eye Of James A. Seddun.
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WASHINGTON, March i

w ASHiSGToS, March ~.
TIE SENATE, which adjourned over some days
before The close Of the last week, confirmed to-
dav Mr.. Brancroit's nomination without dissent
ing voice. We have heard that ne object OF the
po>lponement asked for by member Of the Sc
nate, arose out ola wish 10 examine some public
letter written By Mr.. Bancroft in reference 10 Inc
imprisonment of Gov Dorr. We suppose lhe
puTport of The letter must have been grossly mis-
represented; for certainly nothing ever came from
the pen Of Mr.. Bancroft more honorable 10 his
head or his heart. We learn with great plea
sure, that the mover of the incpient inquiry gave
notice that he dropped it, and the confirmation Of
the nomination was unanimous.
The organization OF the committees in the Sc
nate shows an array Of commanding strength in
support of The new administration. The first,
which looks 10 foreign affairs it will be seen, has
on it strong men from every section. Gen. Cass,
We learn, waived the tender OF the first place,
which his age commanded, in favor Of Mr.. Al
LEM Giote.
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MR.. TYLER's WITHDRAWAL.

4
WASHINGTON, March :, 1919
TO my Republican Friends IN The First Can
sfCssional District Of Virginia.
As have before stated, when my name was
first spoken of among you as that OF a fit person
TO repTesentyou in the House of Representatives,
1 refused 10 permit IL 10 he used.
Again when, notwithstanding this fact, YOU
voluntarily nominated me as a candidate for Con-
gress, in the papers Of the district, 0niy silently
sscalcd 10 The act
Shortly after this, | declared, in letter address
cd 10 The Editor oil the "Old Dominion, that in
merely asserting 10 your wishes, ! dill not desire
10 be placed IN a hostile attitude 10 Mr-AHiason.
AT a still later date, through the Richmond
Enquirer, in replying TO certain calls made upon
me, / repeated This dcsre Anxious. however,
that your feelings in my behalf should be pro-
perly respected, declared both in favor of Con-
venton ofihe friends Of Mr.. A !kinson and myself
Since then, circumstances have transpiled,
which leads 10 The strong hope that the same
friendship and indulgence which you have here
loiore SO kindly Weld 10 me, will cause you 10
pardon me, far nor catutiy rHddractag fr0m Ne
canrass.
The last Administration, with which | had
the honor OF brin. intimately connected, closed
with the passage OF most oil the great measures OF
national policy, wherein, al this time, felt i'll
common WIFI lllC COUNTY,. INC uccptSl htcltst
AS tor those that remain still 10 be acted on, eel
confident that they are in the hands Of authorities
which will accord 10 them full Justice. Any per-
sonal or public consideration, therefore, which
possessed, for a continual connection with poll
teal lie has become cxtinsui>hed. But !!
there remained 1atterng wish 10 he the proud
spokesman OF ihe people, The condition OF my
private affairs, in connection with The future
comfort of my family notwithstanding the late
charges OF peculation and corruption in The public
prints, render il imperative that should remain
al home.
Besides these considerations, there are others
which should compel my withdrawal however
strong my desire might be 10 remain upon The
field. Such are The divisions existing in the De-
mocraiic ranks Of the First Congressional Dis
trict, because OF the ardent desire OF Mr. Akin
sons friends TO have him returned, through the
very proper fear, that otherwise discredit might
be attached To him, that there is a strong pro-
babil;ly that The enenY you'd seek TO take advan-
tage of the OCCASION and achieve The victory.
Rest assured, he is now only lying on his arms
his spiri, is as yet unconquerci-and like The giant
of old though his locks may be shorn, he may
reach the pillars of our governmental edillce, and
uphcavc il from It's foundations.
would prevent Inc Dissertation Of our fair
Temple of Liberty, and this can only be done
By The preservation Of harmony and united ac-
ton in The ranks Of The soldiers who guard it,
NV withdrawal preserves this harmony, and TIL,
UNION. in line columns Of the first District.
have the honor 10 be,
Very respectfully, your obi serY't,
JOHN TYLER, Jr.
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W,srlIkrrnS Afarch
10 he EdiLors Of Mc ENanlrcr.

PORTSMOUTH, March l0;h, 1915
Gentlemen: make this communication (Which
wish you 10 publish in The Enqurer) with The
view 10 obtain the information, Gil there is aGy
one that can and will give it, whether there is in
existence portrait Of Bisdop Madison. have
been told there are some OF his descendants yet
living-peThaps daugh;cr-in your civ and
that, il there be such memento Of the Bishop, ii
is most probably in her possession-or that she
can give some information respecting il.
There is Church periodical which, is publish.
ing portraits Of all the early Bishops in this com
Try, with short memoirs Of their originals; and,
being Virginian by birth, and member OF the
Chulch, am DESTROYS OF having likeness OF
ON FIRST Bishop with some account OF his life.
II there is such a painting in existence, beg
the favor Of any such as can give The desired In
formation 10 do so, either through the medium ut
the press or by letter 10 The writer OF this comm.
nicalion; and TO state whether the use OF it can be
obtained 10 have an engraving taken from il, or a
copy in paint And any facts made known in
regard 10 the Bishop, at any period OF his iie not
already nron record, would he very desirable
AN EPISCOPALIAN
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VOLUME 4i-.-NO. 100.

Foreign Relations Mr. Allen. Chairman;
Messrs Cas- Archer, A,heron, Huger.
Ftnanee-Mr Woodbury., Chairman: Messrs
McDuifie Benton, Evans, Phelps.
Commerce MIR. Haywood, Chairman Mess,e.
Dix Huntington, Johnson, Sewer.
Manufactures Mr.. Dickinson Chairman.
Messrs. Sturgeon, Simmons, Semple Sreigh..
Asr'cnNnrc-Mr Sturgeon, Chairman: Messrs.
Sempe, Upham, Bates, Barrow.
Military Affairs Mr. Benton, Chairman
Messls. flanagan, Crillenden, Dix Phelps.
Mlta-Mr. Atchson, Chairman; Messg>
SemPlc, Barrow, Fairfield, Corwin.
Narel AtGus-M Mr.. Fairfield, Chairman;
MesslS. Colqult, McDulle, John NJ Clayton,
PUdlie Lands-Mr. Brcese, Chairman; Mes>rs.
Speight, Ashley, Woodbridge Jarnasin.
P'1ratc Land Gaims-Mr flanagan. Chair.
man; Messrs. Semple Johnson, Dayton, Tho,.
Clayton
Indian AGaus--Mr Sewer, Chairman Mc,srs
Basby, Phelps, Morehcad, A,chison.
Cia'ms-Mr. Bagby, chairman: Messrs Man.
gum, John NJ. Clayton semple, Dickinson.
Revolutionary Claims-Mr. Semple chairman;
Messrs. Jarnagin, Greene, flanagan, ColGui,'.
.ja6'eInry-Mr. Ashley, chairman; Me>sr,.
HuseI, Webster, Berrien, Breese
P0H OGec and Pas, Roads-AIr Niles, chair
ma" "iessi>. ciuIocOH clinlDonS SeInple, john
son. La
Hcoos ami CaaGls-Mr Anterior, chairman
Mes>rs. Lewis, Corwin, Sturgeon, Woodbridge
Pc.siosS-Mr. Dix, chairman; Me>>rs. Ba.es.
Miller, Ashley, Aichison
District Of Coiumbia-Mr Colquu. chairman :
Messrs. Sewer Johnson, Md, Miller, Wood
bury.
Patents and Patent oGo-Nlr. Woodbridge,
chairman; Messr> flanagan. Sturgeon, SreieLt,
Lewis
Reiyenelment-Mr. Lewis, chairman: Messr>.
Morehead, Anterior. DAYTON Dickinson.
TnrHories-Mr. Bagby charman Mess.
Allen. Lewis, Evans John NJ. CLAYTON.
Pubiic Bundinas-Mr Dayton. chairman :
MesSls. Simmons, Bates
re audH ami control the f0HtinPsni cr1eDsrs ~
he ScnoE-AIr Miles chairman; Messis. Blccsr
Corwin
Pnntug-Mr. Atheuon, chairman; Messrs.
Simmons Sempe.
EngrnSSd BWS-AIr Speighr, ehai.man ;
Mcssrs. Greene, Jarnagn
WASHINGTON March -
The Senate assembled Yesterday IL tie usual
| meridian hour. 4 few nominations Tor office
were received, Ohe most important being that OF
Col. Armstrong of Tennessee, 10 be Consul nc
Liverpool,) and referred 10 The appropriate coin-
mices; and, without acting upon any Of The ap.
pointnents the Senate after being one hour or
oin session, adjourned 10 meet again Al ~ o'clock
to-day Nal. mt
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TN RY.-VIRolNiA:-At Rules held
J. in the Clerks Office OF the Circuit Superior
Court OF Law and Chancery for Goochland coun-
", 9Th January, 1915:
Jacob A. Smith and Mary "A. Fl. his wife,
formerly Mary A. II. Watkins, Charles William
Dabney and Cordelia his wife, formerly Corlelia
Watkins, Joseph M. Watkins, Henry C. Wat
kins, Robert B. Watkins and Virginia w. Wat
kins, an infant BY the said Robert B. Watkins
her next friend, and Mary c. Shields, William
Z. Worsham and Birmingham his wife, formerly
Birmingham Shields, Polly c. Shields, Admi-
nis,ralrix OF Alfred w. Shields, deceased Joseph
Shields, Thomas Shields and Virginia Shields
infants, BY Polly Shields, their next friend, Joseph
Nd. Meriwether and Judith his wife, formerly Ju-
dilh Shields, and - Merwether, only child and
heir of Ann Meriwe,her, who was Ann Shields;
plaintiffs: against
Joseph S. Watkins, Lucicn nj. Watkins and
Robert c. Sianard, Defendants:
The defendant, Joseph S. Watkins, not having
entered his appearance and given security, ac-
cording 10 the act Of Assembly and the rules OF
this Court, and ii satisfactorily appearing, that he
/ is not a resident Of this Commonwealth, il is
| Ordered, Tha, The said defendant, Joseph S. Wat
kinS do appear before the Judge Of our said Cir
! cult Superior Court of Law and Chancery, for
! Goochland county, at the Courthouse of the said
county, on the first day OF April term next, and
answer the plaintiffs bill, and give security for
performing The decree Of the Court herein; and
that copy OF this order be forthwith inserted in
some newspaper published in the city of Rich
mond, and continued Tor two months successive
" and posted III the front door of the Courthouse
oil this county. A Copy-Tese,
MAR w. MILLER, d. C.
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BIZ the Lieutenant Governor OF Virginia
pROHI A NATION

l.
wv HEREAS, il has been represented to The
w Executive, that John Memo, free man OF
color, late resident of James City county,
charged with The murder of his wife, Elizabeth
Memo, has fed from justice, and is now going al
large; therefore, |, John Rutherford, Lieutenant
Governor Of Virginia, acting as Governor, pur.
suant 10 The Constitution do hereby offer reward
OF fifty dollars TO any person or persons who will
appreheud the said fugitive and deliver him into
the Jail OF James City county. And require all
officers civil and military, and request The people
the Commonwealth generally, TO use every ex-
ertion for his arrest, that he may be dealt with as
the law directs.
Given under my hand, as Lieutenant Cover
ro nor, and under The lesser seal of the Com
lSEALJ monwealth, al Richmond, this sixth day
of March, in The year l8i5
JOHN RUTHERFORD.
John Memo is described as "about five feet six
inches high, spare, bright black, sprightly coun-
tenance, and very quick when spoken to-sup-
posed to be thirty or thirty-Gve years old"
March T-cudu
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c,S CELEBRATED MAIDSTONE,

p,,,,d cnd snre prcrsntirc 10 HYDROPHO-
RI, from TIC bites Of !Naa-doss and other ra0la
enirsals. - ,oro
bs proper,y Of the late Humphrey Sale oil
C,,lipe county, Virginia, in whose hands y!
.-rsd :, successful in preventing that dreadful
:.,,sq The HYDROPHOBIA, in hundreds OF
-, Of persons who had been so unfortunate as
Mo b,;,en by Mad-dogs, or other mad animals,
,ow The property Of the subscriber, who has II
/ !, ,is possession, and who resides at CHERRY
ks in the lower end of Caroline county, three
NILS from Sparta, and on the road leading from
pr; ROYAL 10 Newtown.
The subscriber begs leave to assure the pub
i, that the good qualities and virtues OF this
,one. in preventing bad effects from the bites anc
wounds made BY Mad-Dogs and other rabld anc
yenomous animals and reptiles, have been Sc
.-eoucn,ly and so fully proven 10 the satisfaction
Inc community a, large, that he deems it only
necessary for him 10 say, that i; is with the great
e, confidence he recommends il to public Palro-
mage
The terms OF application Of the Stone, are, for
ererv patient Fifty Dollars, and board, with The
hindest attention given, free of charge.
lie wond also inform persons residing al a
distance, who may require the services OF the
Maidstone, that his residence is about II miles
rom Milford Depot, on the Richmond and Ere
lericksburg Railroad and about the same distance
rom Port ROYAL, on the Rappahannock river
where steamboat, passes twice week.
SAMUEL ANDERSON.
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D.nh ofDfr. .Sin,oas. Of Ploac J,,oud

=
A few days since, The subject OF The following
Obituary called upon us in this CITY, and left be-
hind him The most favorable impressions. Little
did we dream at that time OF Inc fate which was
SO soon TO hurry him of 10 that "honrne whence
no traveller returns" A Correspondents, who re-
quests its insertion in the Enquirer, remarks there
is "no,hng said in il that Mr.. Sinons did not de-
serve" and that no Rhode islander would hest
tate 10 call him an "honest man.:
from the Baltimore Sum-
SUDDEN DrAIH OF AZ EpITun-Wr learned YESTERDAY
with regret of the sudden demise of Cot. William SIM
ons the publisher and editor of The Providence Il.
Republican Herald, J" at The hotel Of Mr. Whitman, in
Pratt street. The deceased, We believe, about
" Years Of age, and had for time st heen afflicted
ith diopsicai complaint, for which hs under
surgical treatment up TO he time of his death lie had
so once before suffered under apIopctic at
tack, hut frnn which he recovered He had recently
been ON n visit daughter in Richmond, Va and on
his way home he had paused in Washington merely la
witness the Inauguration, Immediately thereafter toui
ing on IN Baltimore He passed restless night on Wed
nesiay but rose on Thursday morning, hnp:n. To br
able 10 pursue his journey lie was after taken
seriously ill., and Doctor Gibson was sent Cor, who with
a fsns Of The deceased rendered every rnssia "a
sistance, hut unhappily without avh, he afterwards
expcd Ills remains were conveyed from the city
wards his late home, on Thursday evening, Ivy the
friends who had given hlm their kind and faithful at
tendance 10 The lat.
Colonel SinOnI VIVA horn In Boston, where lie
served his tiue-bning Printer by profession II. af
rewards conducted paper IN Newport, Rhode Island,
for number of yearsbut for the last eighteen years
has been the dGr Of the Providence Republican lie
raid - hch paper has been conducted bY him with
signal ability and enjoyed large share of popular Ia
vor lie was man highly esteemed in The social re-.
ations of life, enjoying the conitr Of his fellow
citizens and winning the esteem of all by native and
unaffected kindness of disposition III leaves FIVE chill
drrn all of whom we believe of mature are 10 In
mcnl their sudden bereavement.
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rF,om he 1Iadiou;;au. March Ill

The Hon. George Bancroft, shortly after his
confirmation by the Senate yesterday, took the
oath Of Office, and today entered upon his duties as
Secretary Of the Navy. The chiefs Of the several
Bureaus and clerks wa tied upon the Secretary this
morning, and officers of the navy in Washington
and its vicinity propose visiting him atten o'clock
tomorrow morning.
The Hon. James Buchanan also took charge
the State Department the heads of the Blu
reaus of which were introduced 10 him during the
day.
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LAND FOR SALE.

TINE subscriber offers for sale his farm in the
i county of Hanover. This farm lies imme-
diately on the Richmond and Fredericksburg
Railroad, ID miles from the former place, con-
tains about 262 acres. two-thinis in woods and
the remainder in cultivation, and has upon it all
necessary out houses, and timber enough, it is
believed, TO pay the price asked for it. Two
hundred acres more, Immediately contiguous to
the above, and having upon it small dwelling
and necessary out houses mostly new, can also
be purchased If desired, and the two tracts would
make most desirable farm. For information
as to terms, &C., apply to Jesse VIM, or P. W..
Brown living near the premises.
Jan. 2e-wtf JOHN J. WlNN.
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DIED,

On Wednesday, the 18th Feb, at The Warm
Springs, SARAH B. MAYsE, wife OF George Mayss.
aged 80 years-who was member ofthe Presby-
terrain Churcl-leaving an iufan,child aboutthree
hours old, three other small children, and husband.
10 bcmoan their irreparable loss. Could her attend
ing MUSICIAN, the unceasing assiduiy OF friends,
The prayers and tears OF her family, have avert
ed the unerring shaft, she would now have been
with u., dispensing happiness 10 her bereaved
family, and diffusins JOY TO that circle which
she so eminenlly adorned: but alas The insatia-
Bile archer had marked her for his own, and two
soon did be verify the fact that "all flesh IS
grass, ard all the glory Of man as The flower q
grass"