Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-03-22
RICHMOND ENQUIRER.

that Whig meeting would be held at The african >'> ,
| Friday night, 18th inst, 10 nominate eh"u"a', -
Gus offices TO be filled under the cisy cnu 80 ~
tendent of Poor House 10 his Honor ''' ' ;,
be Whig meeting aud 10 nominate '' "a,
was in tho bph sounding language "f one "' 'o' J"
, 49,, ,,;,nsti ti,n and resentment Tor the hcartlcss
prescription OF the base"'e"' '
| gerry n,andsr Of Tho State. ,
rh h,u, came aud with il two hundred ana '"e"S
vh; all told as motley crew as ever hea mo ''"''
~ ,hurch As the bell nlrd eight a hard looking cnS'o
mar arose. and proposed that an Old and respected "etca
no vo,sd to the Chair e was voted into III oht when eau
! ~ far ma did no, come The sap4u, who proposed him.
finding lha, had decampcd. nominated Col Mrkae, VINO
was duly elected and duly took his seat Secretary was
ren appoin,ed in the person young gentleman slightly
hal but whose Uranium was nevertheless, luminous
These pteliminaries satisfactorily settled one MI W"
ans offered resolution limiting tho NOMINATIONS I" NC
maic TO such offices nov iiled by poh"ct"'s WHICH
wns warmly advocated by hlr H. L. ah'ci anu Opposed ny
Mcsss Minor and Price. Al TINS stage oi u'e proceedings
Thin ,isaged gentleman arose AMI moved i'al III" hec'S
oIur, because Of The lIness of The present Mayor. Be.
fore tins occurred however we had beautiful cxr'nrica
,;,, os the ecenry and order of the Wing party. tall,
n;, hodd gentleman arose and began urge the meet
;r ~, ~ be guilty the ndececy OF canvassng The disposal
NJ an office now held by perhaps dying man few Sticks
rapucd on the foor but Kisses more aboundrd lhee are
same reese In house, MIR Chairman sui the srcuk"r
The hisses furious. "kecp order gentlemen
said the Chair "All gentlemen will sir continued lle
soake anL for the geese who are kissing, don't mi
they are fools and blackguards" Being blessed with
strong lungs he succeeded in making himself heard alter
time and sut down seemingly satisfied with his effort
| Mr. Willamss resolution being withdrawn, Mr.. Minor
offered ono OF coincidence with and thanks present
Mayor pelacng it with few remarks showing lS great
love lu his honor and appealing 10 The thin Vsaged Eenle
man 10 say ne meant certain remarks lor hiH (M.)
addressed the meeting, not MIR. NJ was the curt rctof-
By this time another ready appear upon the
stage Mr. A. A Hughes stepped FORTH hat and cane in
hand and ovcrcuat on, and said "Mr. Claimant! llS
done In very proper manner and certainly n" ct~n
had better righ, speak than Mr. Hughes; but then en-
suci scene which beggars description No sooner did ne
open his mouth, simulIans burst {" yes hISses,
sa,pups and scrsrchiuss greeted him n sides. He
quietly wiped the from his caacions i"rrcaa ana
waited subsdencc "i the inlul IL ceased anu
again hc sssay.d I" speak. Agaln these terrible screenings
scaled his mouth hird ei"rt was not more successful"
The blood r,shud m his face and he staggered Recovering
hiuse however he laid aside his hat and cane ana "co
al Ia llyrst hnsei OF his overcoat This ncoh was a
nI,ui after This fashion "go it, Arche" "hurrul, old i'
ow "s,and up 'cm like msn And {" he 'i'h s'hH
IN 10 them like man When by the united efforts "i 'e
Chairman a:d several Muses. quiet rcs'rei he began
again II thought, in Wing meeting aud that wing
wou,d he heard" "Youu Democrat, shouted the crowd
ii an, M such thing, am an Unborn Whg Dian' 20"
vote for old piercel" mo- didn't. "fon voted io Ehs
| kle though" "Yes did, but He could say no more,
for had all tho Devils la andem0nin been lct loose IN r
African Church. they could have done no mare than was
done "put him out" .put him out" the cry. "i""
had better come and Try put him out. defy The coward
and scounde who said put him ont 10 Iuce here in ths
aisle dare you CONF you dastardy poltroon have
the right speak here ana will speak. did vote for Gas
k and under Ike circumstances would do 8" again. and
50 would tvry hnnes WhiS Now the Chairman appealed
10 ,em telling them how honorcd he should feel II they
would be orderly mud closing By awarding the floor to tr
Caskic man.
Our tall grey friend, before MENTIONED WISHED Ia correct
the Chair who had made The Impression that The meeting
dsorderly aad said he was unwilling that such an I'M
sion should go fol, the public He that il
few noisy boys aud low hlsckgnaids who had got
ten among hen expelled the meeting would be con.
Quoted as Wing neelings always have been Conducted IN
Richmond Quite cquvoca to say the least) The Chair
ponp,y declared that the meeting hnd not been disorery
and he did not mean be understood! Query What
constitutes dsorGsi Seeing that Mr. Hughes ""c h" be
put down the meeting listened TO him for fifteen minutes
and then commenced ,ur howlings ard huotinss in The
midst Of which the motion Withdrawn and the speaker
took his seat, The nomination o candidate for the Mayor
ally was then postponed and motion hurried through tina
the meeting proceed 10 nominate Tor the other Offices
|
gen.cnal aguu addressed The Chair and raised
storm, by proposing thai It'll impossible I" nuke Wing
nominations As az hc could be heard above Tho an
and umult tho Chnirman decided that the motion was out
of order ''lhen sir, said the speaker It" move recon
sidcraon last vote ond he proceeding to dis
cuss his motion, when The assembled owls opcIe' i'rt
Gods! what scGecchings! Our still Tin
se Every man seemed 10 be striving with might and main
to nigh,or, in hord, hidr'Is hateful" sounds
MIR. Daniel MIR. Minor Mr.. WIlunis, ttr Chairman, The
Secretary and others sove quiet The bat in vain
II ragged on like the Ocean when lased into fury by the
.naddening hurricane Many of the decent men has
leued from But the speaker above The sie
like another Neptune from euid but with quite M
feren aspect lie standing abut midway in The church
when pale young man. whs sat the platform near he
t'hairma and began 10 speak Our end Dir hnshes
rushed up the stand thrust tls yuugsrr aade Ike one
would Il babe and took his place. mid loud shouts lhe
man. smooth eloqnence and gold spectac!es now Hpea
ed ON stand aud begun To coaA The crowd and 10 sing
lullaby Mr. hughes lie talked "i Apollo anu :" Himself
and by lille udcuus 4ltey lulei the st"'ny elements
in IN. auditory which struggled Tor vent IN lht
breast Of The euaged speaker aforesaid The crowd inclined
10 Ies and The said cnrase speaker haranguei
lcm rr a few minutes and then in calm dignity, took
chair by side Of the presiding officer with The apparent
consciousness that ho Tho Lion ul the evening
II was o'clock, aud nothing had been ''ne TO-
witda ,ir OF the obccs {" the meeting b"'
e business quickly done, when once hey col al H.
'e following Nominations made by ucl 0oce 'o'c'
y " "i"son being manifested G. Joseph Mayo ios fI"-
soe"''"e Attorney Charles Howard, Clerk OF instngs
II eou'i 'h" NJ etgussun Segean j. &. Hobson, Cuec-
oi' L. DAVIS Superinc nicnt Water Works; Mchacis,
Superintendent P"o House; NJ. Bates, Superintendent
Streets NJ L. Sralt"n, Register Water Works; H. r. Luck,
Grain Measufcf and nabney NJ. Miller Assessor. Il ballot
was then had which resulted in nomination Of Charles
Campbell Superintendent Gas Works Samnson ,nus rs
Gauqer (thus superseding that veteran WLio n S,oba)
aud G. S. Truehesrt as Captain Of The Night Watch No
nomination made for High Constable lin ,Ace of e.
Blair present Wing incumhcnt0 thai ,eing until
nu,, Ina linn of Mayor is made.
II will hardly DO credited by distant readers all
trouble was endured merely 10 "ust one ichtir officer
4 Capt Burwell Jenkins OF the Night Watch
The highest number of votes cast on either ballot l9G
Truly this is noble faction of the two t!'lisand Why
v,srs NJ Richnond 10 saw nothing tho thousand ,c