The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-03-31

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ALpramEr ron MONROE WARD.--
E Samuel T. PuiIian1, Samuel Reeve.
Peter w 9rubbs N e. Ltpsccmb,

samuel T PuIlism, samuel n Reeve. Reeve.
Gentlemen: Allow us to call upon you to servo ss
Magistrates in our Hustings Court TOT the coni.ns
year Our object in this call to secure the
Of Justices who, In addition to their known
tons IN al other respects, will use souno
viii not grant ordinary licenses except to agpiicsns
who, under the requsition of the law see Coae
Of ls4s Ppge AZ sec ~ Constantly provide n sar
houses Of entertainment with od ling ana siel Io5
travellers and their servants aud with stablease ana
p ovender for their horses"
We want Magistrates too. who will rightly construe
and properly apply the following provision OF the law
in regard to licensing houses of public entertainment
section Sd f the court be Of opinion that the appi
cant is sober aud Of good character and will proDa
bly, keep house orderly useful aud such as the law
requires, it MAY grant such lieense'
y surely cannot be known to our citizens general
y, that since the LIST of May last the Musings Court
pal Hotels in city, to thirty three taveiDs
dinsries That the larger number the thirty three
establishments are nothing more than bar-rooms or
location and exterior appearance, will question
Who believes that they are fuse full and such as the
law requresp' Who believes that they are r vided
with dgngs diet stabeage, &c for travellers and
their servants and horsesp'
Notwithstanding the law above quoted requires
the applicant for license be sober and Of good
charGcter," the Hustpgs Court granted license to
of the above thirty three who, at the time, was
isl before he Criminal Courts of city; for of
fence too committed not thirty days before the Hus
tin gs Court expressed the opinion officially, that he
was sober and of good character"
When applying to the lie gislature to submit the
question of prohibitory law to the people, we were
told that that unnecessary, because the people
had the of accomplishing their purpose in the
election of their rates, in whose hand the pow
of licensing efusing license the sale of
dem spirits was placed by law. Then let the
means. We do notexpect, nor do we ask. the Law
now stands, that Hastings Court shall refuse all
LICENSES but Go ask that next Court will not
follow the example of the present Court in granting
| tavern licenses almost without discrimination We
shall construe your failure to decline publicly this
nomination. as consent your part to serve. if
elected Ii you desire to know the names of the
number of gentlemen vino unite il this nomination.
please leave such request at the office of this paper
| and you shall have them
| We call upon all the law-loving and Iaw-abiding
voters of Monroe Ward to support the above ticket.
NH Sits MANY VOTERS.
To THE VOrERs OF RICHMoND-I an.
nounce myselfa candidate for reelection to the Office
| of CAPTAIN OF THE NIGHT WATCH
NH Slide ARCHIBALD WILKINSON.
MONROE WARD Election of Council
men The following Ticket of good and trae men
will be supported at the approaching election:
FOR CouNCIIMEN.
D. ]. Saunders, IT. p Eppes,
Samuel Reeve
SEVERAL VOTERS,
! NH Sl-5t~ on cad and Franklin SITS.
Common OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Ward
| The following Ticket will be supported for Monroe
| Ward, at the approaching election.
coUNCILMEN.
| ID. Denoon, d ]. Saunders,
Thomas Bale, George K. Crutchfeld,
| Thomas Sampson.
| from different parts of Monroe Ward.