Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-07-27

of the war, YVES elected by q small majority over
the incumhen', Mr. George A. Freem IN. The
rue OF rotation in ofi"e' has heret0fore been
rigidly applied To this Office. Mr Freem ,n was
rotated into it 10 April 1884, when the Secession
excitement was beginning to be rampant, and it
Is there ore no causo for astonishment that the
Poop e should decide to IN Ike another change.
Next year. there will an universal scramble for
the Office
Captain Of Night W0tch.--Hr. James B. Pleas.
ants was turned out of this Office by the City
Council, about nine months ago fer engaging in
q game OF car s, TO kill time, whilst on duty Ia
the Capitol Square, and sending it was alleged, a
disrespeciful mes sage 70 the Mayor. Being liable
TO CONSUMPTION, he iined the army" The people
believed that he ought T. DO reinstated and so
elected him. without reference 10 his "sojering"
herif.-There was lively contest for this
Office, and Mr.. John W. Wright, au ex.deputy,
was elected. Every body here knows how earn.
esty and persistently Mr. Wright resisted the
doctrine of Disunion When the leopard changes
his spots we will believe that Mr.. Wright will
abandon his political convictions and sympa-
thies. II is true, he wen, into the army Ike
almost every body else. His popu arity and the
| electoneering aid of VAIN lends, secured
| his election, though the ngures show thai he
mads narrow Escape. Mr.. Ely son, the incum.
bent il an efficient and valued officer, VI the same
political stripe as Ar. Wright, who has held the
| office for several terms
CIerI, nf Circuit COuFt.-Mr Benjamin Pollard
| Is an old d efficient court clerk. His competi.
\ tor Mr.. Sands had also some experience rs a
clerk, and moreove: commanded battery OF ar
tillery in the first year or two OF the war, but
majority Of the votes prefAred Mr.. Pollard, who
WAS an anti.D' unioni,t
| AHOrHeyQf Circuit COurt-Fe men Nor u or
South, have b titled more jealous for The Union
of States, the union of ,nds, and union of
hearts than Marmaduke Johnson, the success
| full competitor oil Mr.. Tazewel Long alter the
had haan nil ln IVA nal cd ida
whether he would eater the Confederate service
| or abandon his home and friend He chose the
| former alternative and wentin" No y that he's
out again, and the Union Is preserved" the pe0-
! pie of all shades Of Union remainder Mr.. John
] sons efficiency as a Prosecuting At oTney, and
, in view of his ehtire past re ord part OF which
won satI.fy the most exactink unioniSt they
| b IN red him with an election, without any sps-
| cial objection TO Mr.. fazewell, who WAS the po-
| litical assoc ate Of Mr.. johnson.
A Bone Of Conte1tioa.-Yesterday morning, q
| negro woman, with IN evident design of migra.
ton in her head, appeared on RUcsetts wharf
| Just on the eve Of the departure Of the steim.
era. She was putting and blowing, and it was
some minutes before she could get breath to IN.
! quire, Is dis de boa. for WashlngtonT When
| she had done so and was subsdi like pricked
bladder under the gratifying answer o! Yes"
two runners" OF the rival steamers just then
| STARTING reized h.r. One pllled one way towards
| the IOOt plank OF MS IaFOIlte hIedDeT, huu tue
other pulled the other way, towards the foot
plank of his steamer. Uinah was IN danger Of
having her arms pulled of, while her yes rolled,
and in her ears rang the wori-, This way 10 the
| steamer. This is the right boat Madame" "Lor
b-ess you. M4ssa, cen take boat Of de steamer J"
calculated the old darkey pulled in oae direction
aud han,ed in the other. " II you keeps on much
longer | will be In two parts, sure" Just then
| OF of the run ers" let go and seized her car.
pet bag, one OF immense proportions and bulgug
sides, and carried IL on board bis steamer.
At the sight OF the departure o. her wardrobe.
Dinah broke and folio =, d her baggage on board.
Once firmly planted upon the deck, Dnah gave
vent t. her in!On: " | neb r taught Gey would
show me so much detention. How be5 it mig.
ger can't be dsaIlowed TO trahel On one boat! II
use TO be nuif for m'ssus and myself too. rs
the ste amer plnughed out from her mOorings, the
black face nt Dinah, made radiant by the rising
sun conld be seen looking back upon the wharf
scene, and her Opaque mind evidently cogitating
the new situation of people of African scent"
LicenScs.-The number of persons in business in
this city who have al eady paid for licenses und
the Internal Revenue Law il about sixteen hun.
dred. TIE most of them are occupier. of prem.
iSes on VI in Broad end Franklin streets, Several
hundred Others who have been assessed have not
appear at the Collectors Office 10 pay the tax
| and thus have rendered themselves subject not
only to the penalty OF alb ut fifty per cent. add.
tonal 10 the license tax but likewise TO the cost
of the summons issued by tie Collector in case of
defaulr. II will relieve the Assessors from much
urhecessa; labor and benefit them elves much,
if the parties referred TO will promptly comfy
with the requirements Of the Law. The Assessors
are Gen. c. Wilde, whose boundaries are all the
localities North, South and West 10th street to.
gether with Henrico county, and Geo. j. II zines,
whose boundaries are North, S nth and East of
of 10th street, together with Henrico county.
Improvements in the WildernesS.-The citizens
generally, and every body except tourists, shun
the burnt dist let, snd never, or very seldom,
venture into its dep hs A tour of the waste
places on Tuesday assured us that many improve
ments are max ny, esp tally in that quarter on
the canal, and nigh the Tredegar Works. Many
frame buildings are land more are going up.
They are devoted 10 v-riOus tempora purposes,
but they are substantially bull, and OF sufficient
magnitude TO subserye present purposes, in tn
ab,enc Of the brick edilces that once adorned
their places.
A marble yard is in operation on 18th street. near
the Virginia State ArmOry; several carpenter
shops are not far of, and general business seems
to be ding on in that part'cla vi, unity. Ia all
the other sections OF the district everything is
dull, void and still.
History Of the Var Interesting CurioStieS.-
We learn that Mr. Edward A. Pollard, whose
name is alread. kn Jwn as an annalist of the war,
and as one of the editors OF the Richmond Er.
0nliner, has been recently making a tour of the
South the purpose Of collecting materials and
memoirs touching the war, with the view of Wri.
ting an elaborate hstor. of the past four years.
Mr. p has been so successful IN Richmond that
he has secured many of the original p,pers of
Gen. Lee and complete series of his dispatches,
which Of themselves will be the most interesting
epitome Of the events Of the war. Some of these
olograph dispatches will be Of infinite interest t.
collectors of curiosites ofthe war.
Contributions for Er.CoEfederatG Soldiers
The ladies of Richmond, 10y permission OF the
military authorit es ara now soliciting contribu-
tions of wines, liquors, coTdialS aud money for
sick and needy Confederate ,oldiers remaining or
arriving in Richmond. Any contributions Of
vines or m ney left at the Protes AIT Episcopal
Depository, Grace street, near 9Th street, Rev. NJ.
Kepler, az mt, will be put on the proper channel
for dis rbution and use. The subject was an
nounced from the pulpits OF the city churches on
Sunday last. and we are X lad TO learn the move
ment Il Getting With So cess and favor.
TRANSFORMATION for Prisoners Of JVar is still
furnished by the United States military authori
ties TO points accessible b. railroad or steamers. =
TRANSPORTATION is furnished South either over the
Danyle or Virginia and Tennessee Roads; to
F, rtress Monroe or Baltimore, and thence By
steamer TO any port South, when any steamer
sails The Office of the Bureau OF transportation
Is on the first floor of the Capitol in the chamber
formerly occupied by the House of Deleg ,tes Of
the General Assembly.
A Lofty double ioinied flagstaff has been
erected IN the yard Of the Baptist Fem'le Inst.
tute, 10Th street, the headquarters of the military
commandant, and United States flag of tie
larges. dimension floats therefrom.
Evacuation Camp Lewis, on the Creek, was
on Tuesdly evacuated by the garrison, and the
camp equipige and baggage was transferred to
more pleasant aud cong email locality.
The Courts.
The Prorost Court, Lieut.. Col. McE1tee pre-
siding-July 90, lS65-Mary Dahl, charged with
selling liquor to soldiers, was acquitted.
John Miller, for selling liquor 70 soldiers, was
fined sos.
1t pc 'red from the evidence that the liquor was
sold by Michael Edelbert contrary to his orders
Court rose until tomorrow at A. NJ
Before the Military Commission. - Driscol,
charged with stealing money from James P. Tyler,
CLERK Of the Second Market; White dde charged
with shoe in sergeant of the l4th New iork