The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-05-14
LOCAL MA9rHp.

LOCAL MA11nan
Dsmocyatic Coneession.-Ths dele..,.
DeI1ocr attic Convention to nominate s.sMt 70 the
Attorney General assembled at Mssropo,;.s !, for
q O'Clock, yesterday and were called . oas..
ed Col Ro. A. BANKS. Of Madison, a. temnospsss
chairman. and DR. james Dove of Richmond .ry
Daniel Gardner Of Heurico, ~ Secretaries. saw
Coi Banks, on taking tho chair, explained III.
oo)ect OF the Convention when q COMMITTEES W,
appointed to recommend permanent officers 70,
the body, who, after . short re;iremsnt. made In.
i'i,o"ins report. which was adopted:
Presfdent.-Ro. A. Bark of Madison
VIZ e1Gredrxs Roger Pryor, VIM Richie r
hughes, Ro B Aexaoder, A D Banks Ch.,
~ nsr Russell, Hush NJ Garland, C T Al
Ired. Dr James Dove and Daniel E Gardner
Inc rules of the House If Delees.es. A far .,
applicable, were adopted to govern the Conven.
On motion of Mr. Cha,,ain White, Of Hanover !,
esosSo snat the voting In the convention by
counuss snaii be cast Ia accordance with tbs
ticn. e'ec'
On motion of Mr. J. B. SsovaIl. of H.l;f.r the
convention adjourned till 4t o'clock to eiye time n
tne secretaries to ascertain the number of dele
gates in attendance y. Ne'e'
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Convention met YESTERDAY af.ernoo, nrr
suant to adjournment, Col Banks in the chair
Inc Committee appointed to examine and ro,
port upon the delegation present, made the tollov
ing report:
Whole number of Democratic vo,e, l., .,. L..
Presidential election, 9O,352
In the convention, the number of counties rem
resented is 90, and the vote of these counties IL
o2,770, OF which amount 80 1886 votes are neceasarv
to 4 choice.
The President announced his readiness to re.
ceive nominations.
Mr.. Walker nomina ated JotN p .snor pu r,,.,r
of Winchester " A''AA"'
Dr.. Thorn, of Northampton, nominated JAMES
Lyons, Esq, CT Richmond
mr. Morgan, of Lynchburg, nominated JAMES
GARLAND of Lynchburg
Mr. Montero, of Goochland nominated Rrcu.n
lVANHOE COOKE, of Richmond
Captain Wiley. Of Amelia nominated JAMES
ALFRED JONES. of Richmond
mr. henry l. Gsrnets nominated ROBERT l.
There beingno other nominations. the seeret.rv
called the roll. VAC N'e'o'~'S
In order to give the Secretaries m opnor.un;tv
20 ..n eoun. the votes, the Convention took recess
till o'clock, P. M. '"A AS'e''
NIGHT SESSION.
The Convention re-assemb,ad .t g o,o,o,L ~.
president resuming the chair ' 'Ae
Inc chairman then stated that tho ,o.. h.s
oeen counted, with the folio wing resuIt.
mhO,e eumoer 81 OF votes represented by the Con
Necessary to choice, 80 2ss.
OF this number
JOHN RANDOLPH TUCKER received "a 900
JaMes Lyons' .'......... ...................,I24 41f
James Garland. cor
Ricnard IVanhoe Cooke. ke......... 7oG
ftooerI l. montague. ...........,...1 l alC
James Alfred Jones. sa-
James Neeson = 40.
Wn II darman. Observation-Disclosures. o5s
Mr. Tucker having received q majority of "a:
ol All Tue Voses cast, he was declared to be the
democratic nominee for Attorney General
On motion of Mr T. P. August, the nomin atior
OF Mr.. Iucker was declared to be unanimous.
on motion of Mr.. Walker, Of ROCKINGHAM 8
committee OF tive was appointed to inform Mr.
Tucker of bis nomination
Inc Cnair appointed on said committee Messrs
WaKsF OF Rockingham, Riley of Frederick, Au.
gust of Richmond, Heiskell of Washington and
Wallace of Madison
On motion of Mr.. Stovall, q vote of thanks wa,
rendered the President and officers of the Couyen
!ion 1or sne faithful and impartial discharge of the
duties imposed upon them
", on motion, vote of thanks was rendered Mr.
w. +. Bocock for the able manner in which be
niled the office OF Attorney General
Messrs August, of Richmond, Irving, of Dan,
vine ana Berry, OF Alexandria, were severaliy
called upon, and addressed the Convention
briefly.
On motion, the Convention adjourned sineais
Fairfield Rac.s-Second Day.-The weather WI,
u,
the dusty roads. was quite pleasant Considering
the character of the entries, the attendance was
fair, though nothing like wha. it would be if II
accommodations for visitors were better, and .
handsome pavilion existed In which the fairer
portion of humanity cspd assemble to enjoy the
sport aRd participate in the excitement incident
to gsod race. That race grounds, properly inn
proved and conducted. would be literally support.
sd by our citizens we have not . shadow of .
doubt and we trust the day s not far distant when
old fogyism will be pushed aside, and Young
America take the lead in all amusements which
have tendency to improve stock and increase the
value Of the horse. Fairfield. of all other loca-
tions in Virginia, is the best adapted to racing,
because of its close proximity to Richmond, and
its easy access from North or South. All it needs
to make it rival the Washington Course In popu-
larity and outstrip the National, is enterprise at
its head; and whenever the present owner can
make up his mind to put upon it modern improve
ments and to make 1t inviting he will find no diff.
ficulty in raising large club and In giving that
life TO racing which he - much desires. Warm
friend as he is to the turf bis lack Of energy, or
willingness to plod along as at present must keep
back his course and prevent 1t from reganing the
popularity it once enjoy 3D. and to which Its admi-
rabe location now entities Il. But to the race
First Hsat-Positions having been assigned the
horses by the judges, the trumpet sounded and the
three entries came up to the scratch. Shoekce be-
ing frat: Deucalion second and Tar River third
On getting the word. Shockoe got off with q slight
lead, Deucalion being at his launches. and Tai
River third, but they had only gone few hundred
yards. when Deucalion went up to Shockoe
passed him
Like cloud In the dim distance aeeting,"
| and under h.rd pull, continued to lead through
out the heat, making the first mile in l:53. and tn
heat in 3:49t, Shockoe being second, and Ia
River third.
The race was now considered over no one be.nt
willing to bet more than . section of ginger breas
| to . ION of gold dust that Deucalion would no
wn 1t being evident to all that be could run ava,
| from Shockoe whenever he wished TO do 80, ant
| that Tar River who was complaining At the start
was too lame to make another effort for the purse
Second Heat-The usual time having expired
the trumpet again sounded to saddle, snd sooI
thereafter Shockoe and Deucalion came TO ths
score. On receiving the word. Shockoe got of
with the lead and held II = short distance, whel
Deucalioa dashed up to him, gave him the 60 by
and
Like an arrow, he few away"
uuder strong pull, passing the stand the irsttim
in ISL, and making the heat well In hand, In $50
thereby winning the race.
Deucalion 10 In the four mile stake, at New FORK
to be run In June, and may prove himself trouble
some on that occasion
We append Q recaptulation:
Proprietor 8 Purse $500, two mile heats.
Maj Thomas Doswelfs IN b. Deucaiion, years oil
BY Revenue, dam the Qaeen by Priam -. l
James Tallys ch h. Shocsoe, I years old, By
Tally BIO. dam Betsy White .............2 2 2
D. McDanieps br. h. Tar River, 4 ysars old,
by Nicholas, dam BY Simon ............... s d.