The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-02-28
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labor the Mayor has continually to perform. and
he hesxy which attaches 70 that ef-
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obs years TO another than all the suits brought 70
the Hustines CouT, me coanty court OF Henrieo.
the Circuit C0aftAof Rishmondg and sthet Circuit
Court OF Henrico put tegether. AZ an illustration
Of the business before him, from the 26th OF Octo
ber LAST 10 the 18th Of this month 521 SUITS were
disposed Of BY judgment or dismisseL involving
On On averaeeat least $40 each, making total 81
el0 40 10 little over three months time
p we have long since been under the impression
III a tue duties nov supposed on the Mayor wefs
eatireiy too heavy and complicated, and seoald be
divided Instead of holding court LOT civu VA
rants once week, that court should De neo oaiiy;
and theu the Mayor would devote hts time exciu'
sively to public matters and to enforcing tne oro
nances of the city No one man can long enduEe
the fatigue of body and mind now required u W
Mayor to discharge his duties, and change sn01Id
therefore be made ct once, or IS soon a PosiDie.
A Fox STeRY.-An old gentleman resi-
ding in the neighborhood Bacon Quarter Branch,
tells yarn about fox chase, when ne was young
man. which not only goes far TO show the natural
cunning of Reynard. but the ability OF the sports
man to get up good thing when hard pressed Tor
n polished story. We give It In bis own way
seSVhen was a young man. says the hunter,
.the uefghborhoodin which lived was celebrated
for fine horses fast and the best OF fox hounds.
One mack In particular was looked upon as un-
eouailed, for they had never been known to lose
fox after once jumping him. Some distance from
this neghborhood, the reputation OF the pack hav
ing spread over the eastern portion of the State we
were invited to chase In section where the dogs
always started, but always failed to Catch, and
We therefore accepted with pleasure. On getting
TO the skirt of woods frequented BY the unconque-
rabIe fox our pack was turned loose, and soon
l thereafter the well known voice OF Old Drummer,
as 1t echoed and reechoed through the valley, told
| that the game was up. Every huntsuaan was i'm
medately on tip toe for the chase.- Now the whole
| pack il in full cry and horses, dogs and hunts
men are all excitement the woods fairly alive with
the music Of that fayorte PACK, whose voices were
| far sweeter to their hearers than the pelodious
notes OF an asolian harp The base of the noun
tain Is but two miles off, and the fox is making di-
rectly for it, while the horses and hounds are strln
| ing every nerve and muscle to oveIsake him. But
he has doubled-he makes for the starting point the
dogs in full cry, yet no nearer the might've than
| when when they frst gave tongue. His course Is
now eastward, and he purSues 1t for at least two
miles, when he again doubles, and thus the chase
ID continued In this favored valley, backward and
/ forward, for at least eight hours, when the PACK
comes to bay To the great delight of the huntsman
whose faded horses told too well the fatiene they
| had endured, In the memorable chase. Knowing
by the bay of the dogs that they had freed the wea.
Red sportslnen gathered around them. and to their
| GREAT delight, found that old Reynard had taken
refuge In the hollow OF tree An axe was spec.
Oily procured, thetree cut dewn. when there lay
two red foxes both stiff pokers nrst one and
then the other having fed before the pack, until
each in turn had been run down and captured
OF course this circumstance explained the reason
why the valley was never LEFT, and why the fox
always doubled In the chase, and ran to the place
| from which he was irst started!A ,-~@. '~