The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-05-10
NEW SPECIAL NorIcHs.
Jusr IN T1ME.-The Wing furnishe.

Jusr IN TIME.-The Wing furnishes q
glowing account of the speeches of Messrs Stansrd
and nscf.rlsns At Ps.sr'Sqfe, a. derived from the
"These gentlemen, both Of them, entered into an
animated and eloquent vndicstien of the principles
wsy to lsave upon every mind the dearest convic-
ton Of the justice and integrity to those principles
and purposes"
IL not surprising. for they are always So but upon
this occasion, no doubt, unusually so As fox hunt
ers would say. they were driving hard ITO get the
tall" In old Virginia. a. in old England, the gentle
men who get up the fox and pursue the chase up
hill and down dale.n seldom get "the tall for the
drudgery, has a stsed ready caparisonsd. suortns
and paving when the rider vaults into the saddle,
dsshes towards the musis Of the hoauds, soon he is
"well up" aad head OF those who have borne the
labor and fatigue OF the morning.
The fox Ia caught at last The r.ah ones 'are in at
fas in 81: they
best hunters and the best riders MIR. s. and Mr. M.
have not been engaged in this hunt until now. The
fox IL upthe fox is almost caught and they are Tin
for the tail "-noEhinz stranger In fox hunting and
and nota KNOW NOTHING.
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TAVERN LIoENsEs.-in the Code of Vir-
gInia I849 on page GIL chapter 49, section S. it is
enacted that all licenses granted to keepers of Or
dinaries &C.. shall expire at the succeeding May
term Of the County or Corporation Court, wherein
May term of the Richmond Hastings Court, Ito be
held next week) applications for Ordinary or Tav
In chapter 49, section 3d. of the aforesaid Code, it
Is enacted that IF the Court be- of opinion that the
applicant Is sober and of good character and will
probably keep a house orderly. useful and such as
the law requires, it may grant such license"
Ia the Sane chspter, section 4th it s enacted
every person licensed to keep an Ordinary, or
house of public entertainment shsll constantly pre-
vidsthe with odgi sndldiet for travellers and
their servants and uplsss 1t be dispensed with as
aforesaid, with stabage and provender or pssturags
and provender, las the season may requre for their
horses.'
The going ia the law touching Ordinary or
Tavern license. The difference between an Ordi-
nary or Tavern and fouse Ct pirate entertainn ut
TO- that the Ordinary Tavern keeper acquires I'M
der his license the right to "se by retail, wine or
ardent Spirits mixture thereof to be drank in or
at fireplace of sale. The object then OF obtaining
sn Ordinary or Tavern license is to sell by retail
wiue ardent spirits, mixture thereof
The records of the Richmond Hustings Court, to-
sether with the books of the Commissioner of the
Revenue show that since May, 1854 there have
been axtythree tayerns or ordinances in operation in
this city Can this large number Of taverns be need
cd in Richmond? Are they not, for the most part
the Monument. St Charles, Exchange, Columbian,
American Broad st., Powhstan House, Mt Vernon,
Union, Rockstts, esd1er's. Shockoe Hill. Goddin's
and two three others, then there forty-seven
eight others operating taverns. The law never
contemplated such noiscrrlinate granting of tavern
licenses and surely cannot be necessary to do
to induce that body to withhold the license from all
applicants land there will be at least forty of them
who are not known to be provided with accommo-
cations for travellers &C. and no do not such
houses as this law provides for in ordinances
The Court of Appeals has recently deeiG ed that
applicant not acquire right to such lcense-thst
the courts may may not grant such license to any
person they think fit But it is not ask I'D that ali
licenses shall be withheld. Let the hotels that are
hotels, be ilsensed-but don't give Licenses to the
| fruitful sources OF mischief and of evil.
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