Daily Richmond times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1849-1850, 1850-04-19
CITY COTTNCH.

TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF JOHN c. CALHOUN.
AT called meeting of the Council last evening" the
following preamble and resolutions were offered and
| unanimously adopted:
Whereas it is understood that the remains of JOHN
y CALHOUN, late Senator from our sister State o.
south Carolina, will be brought to this city on Monday
afternoon in charge OF joint committee from his
tive State and from the House of Representatives and
senate OF the United States and this Council being de-
srous, on the part of the citizens OF Richmond OF
messing every respect to the memory OF man not less
distinguished lor the purity OF his private lie than Illus
| trlous as statesman and patriot:
ReSotUed, That be committee on the part oil
the Council, and - a committee of the citizens Of
kchmond, to operate with any committee that may
be appointed by the Executive of this Commonwealth
IN making suitable for the reception of the
remains ol tne late JOHN T. CALHOUN their arrival
IN ts cltyand that the committee on behalf OF the
Council and citizens be requested to invite the ont
Committee, and all other persons having charge of the
remains to consider themselves as the guests of the city
ReSotDed, That the said Committee of the Council
and citizens inform the Joint Committee thereof and
make the necessary arrangements for their accommo-
dation
Messrs Haskins, Chamberlayne and Allen were an.
pointed committee the part of the Council. and
Messrs Loftin, N Elicit, George E. Sadler, George
M. Carrington James H. Poindexter James Winston
Hugh Rileigh, Richard B. Haxa1l, William F. Richie
Thomas R. Price, Col. John Rutherford, Nicholas
Mills, Thos. T. O. Giles, William H. Macfarand, Will
liam Rutherford Mann S. Valentine, Judge John S.
Caskie, Robert G. Scott, and Joseph Mayo, were ap-
pointed committee on the part of the citizens, under
the second resolution.
On motion of Dr. Chamberlayne, the President OF
the Council added to the committee on the part OF
the Council
On notion the Council then adjourned
cBTA meeting of the Joint committee appointed
above is requested this evening at S O'Clock in the
Chambera MS office.
FINEs.-Mr. IA. Belvin, Wednesday, appeared be-
fore Recorder Pulliam to show cause why he should
not be fined for placing obstruction on the sidewalk
in front OF his furniture wae-rooms on Governor street
The warrant charged him with having placed lounge
and rocking chair there on the 18th ns thereby OBJ
structing the ootway. Mr. B. begged the Recorder to
recoec that the sidewalk that portion of Governor
street, lying between Main and Franklin streets, was
very narrow-in truth not eight feet wide-that in re-
ceving and packing bulky articles like furniture por-
ton of the ootway must be used and that really he could
not conceive how any Just cause of complaint could be
found to exist The Recorder said he would be compel
led to impose fine; but, under the circumstances he
would place it low-say so cents and costs Mr. Belvin
demurred at the principle established and thought if the
fees assessed took different direction citizens would
not be harrassed by vexaous fines like the one under
consideration.
Messrs Doggett & Anderson were also fined so
cents and costs for obsructng the footway on the same
day, by placing large chair in front of their store
which is one door above Mr.. Belvin's Mr. Doggett
appeared and said that really he did think the chain
constituted obstruction. Workmen were then and
had been for several days engaged in pulling down the
front of brick tenement the of Franklin and
Governor Streets only door above his store-large
piles Of rubbish upon the sidewalk and the nature
of the operations upon the building such as to en-
danger the limbs Of persons passing-thereore none
passedhow, them he asked, could the chair in front of
his store be magnied into obstruction? He ventured
the assertion that it did not constitute serious an OBJ
sructon large pile of dirt which had been suffered
by the officers to remain in that neighbourhood all the
winter. He had seen officer Warrington looking at
the pile of dirt several times but he supposed all he did
to look at it, because there it remained. The Re-
corder remarked that it would be removed if Mr. D.
complained, but that gentleman said he did not desire
to harrass the citizens with such trivial matters and
prayed that in future he might likewise be exempted