Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-07-11
ANOTHER HEAVY RAIN fell yesterday, but
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was unattended by either thunder or lightning.
THE Provisional MANAGER of the City, Mr..
Saunders has his Office for the present, in the
Council Chamber City Hall.
THE PowHATAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY are now
| running the steamers Fannie and Petersburg he.
tween Richmond and Baltimore, leaving Balti-
more every Wednesday aud Saturday and atrv-
| ing here every Friday and Monday.
GEORGETOWN CoLLEGE.-At the Flfteth Annu-
al Commencement of this Institution, held on the
Sd instant, the degree Of A. b. was conferred up.
| on James II. Dooley and John A. Pizzin Of
| Richmond, Virginia.
REPAIRING Considerable Improvement il go.
| ing on at the City Hall through the different
apart nents The basement is being overhauled,
| and new closets, aud new doors substituted for
| thoss torn down and broken while the Hall was
| in the occupancy of the military.
NEW SrEAMKR.-The staunch old Bay binc Com
pany, Col. Moor N. Falls President, has upon the
stocks building at Baltimore a splendid new
steamer, to be called the Richmond, In honor Of
this city 10 whose port che is to run. The Rich.
mond viii be launched within few weeks.
THE MARKETS, as usual, on Monday morning
| were not so FULLY supplied az they are on other
week days Peaches and watermcons were tho
new arrivals. Wstermelcns were still standing
on their dignity a. one dollar aud one dollar and
| quarter Or ten cents slice.
THE MLYoRALTY AND TIE CHARTER ELEc.
oH.-COntrary 10 public expectation, raised by
rumor, the Governor did not publish his procls-
nation yesterday, appointing day for the Char
| Ter election. II ia uncertsin nJw when the day
| will be named, but, we hope, early. There are
several candidates for Sheriff, viz John Wright,
Isaac Walker, Henry X. Ellyson, and William N.
Tlnsley. George A Freeman is a candidate for
reelection as High Constable.
The TURF.-Three young men, citizens, were
arrested by the police, Sunday evening for riding
| their horses at full speed through the streets.
| They were fined ons dollar by COL kreutzer, and
discharged. Thsir orders we're not endorsed
| gallop" We see a great many people every
dsy-otficsrs and soldiers-riding as ii the devil
were after them, whose orders IL they carry any,
we don't think would be found endorsed "gsllop"
| IL they were examined.
The STATE ARMs-It would seem that the
State arms deposited in the State Armory, corner
OF Cary and 7th streets were removed by the mil
itary authorities under the impression they we're,
or had been, the property oil the Confederate
States This is a mistake altogether. The Con.
| fedsrate armory was destroyed by fire On the
morning of the evacuation, with Thousands of
stands of arms. The state armory was saved By
CAPTAIN Coghlan, then in charge, and It's arms
were never used for any but State purposes
Captain Coghlan has had an interview with Gov.
Peirpoint concerning the removal of the arms.
CHEAP SALOONS Several of the saloon and
restaurant keepers of the city have finally recog.
nized the fact that iving-eating and drinking
are at too high figure, and have reduced tier
prices accordingly. Among these are Messrs
WIN. NJ. Woodward, proprietor of the Raglan
Hou,e opposite the Vegetable Market 18th street,
and Mr.. d. w. Hughes, corner of Franklin and
18th streets. Both of these dealers have the ne
cessary licenses, State and Government IL will
not be long before the influence eXerted by these
caterers for the public will compel all Others
To lower their prices.
THE LICENSE AND TAX CLASSIFICATION.
direct the special attention Of merchants, manu-
iacturers, and all engaged in any business here
toore licensed or taxed under tho city ordinances
10 the public mott, given TO oil such by David j.
Saunders, Esq, Provisional Manager of City AZ
fairs, and approved by Brevet Major General JJhn
w, Turner, Commanding.
The Manager has appointed Dabney NJ. Miller,
Assessor, and Julius A. Hobson, Collector and
these two gentlemen are now upol the rounds Of
their respective duties.
Those engaging in any bu sinesS designated in
the catalogue of the Manager, failing to take out
license, will subject themselves, to arrest, upon
detection, and confscation Of stock.
HEAVY HkILsToRM IN HALIFAx--We are in.
formed by gentleman direct from Halifax that
terrific hailstorm swept over tn t county on the
afternoon of the 9th OF July. The day was clear
and hot until about o'clock when whts hail
cloud arose and passed, violently and swiftly, as
though impelled by hurricane, across tract
of country about half mile in width, going from
south to north. The hail fell as large as hens
eggs cutting down the corn and stripping the
foliage from the woods. Une man was struck
on the head and knocked down; window glass
was broken by hundreds of paues, and general
constern alton and destruction prevailed while
the storm lasted, which was only about five min
utes. The hail cloud blew away into air. and the
sun came out laughing at the fright that had
been occasioned.
THE SUNDAY ExcuRsIoE.-We stated yester.
day that the steamer NJ. Martin followed the Die
tator down the river on Sundly, with band of
music aud gay party of excursionists on board.
We cot hold of the wrong end OF the tail Tor tale)
and took the wrong bull by the horns. The Miss
NJ Martin, Capt. Livingston, did no such naughty
thing. Here's the truth-as we hope 10 take a
free passage some fine day. The band engaged
by the Dictator TO play Hail Columbia" and
"Uld Hundred" aboard was somewhat tardy In
reaching the wharf on Sunday morning, so the
Dictator, whose Captain, though obliging, cannot
be dictated to- left without the music. Pretty
soon the band came on the wharf, pufhng and
blowing mot their instruments) and the captain
of the Miss Mary Martin kindly took them on
board 10 carry them down after the Dictator and
transferred them to her decks iree Of Snafge anas
the Miss Mary Martin? If they did they were re-
ij0ious times they played. The Miss Mary Mar.
tiT ia religious boat, and don't carry excursion
sts on sunday yet in this enlightened year Of our
Lord 1865.
NuRpKR OF A. TURTLE, EsQ-Yesterday, at
Tom 1,rifin's, Governor street, where some sacri-
fee for the publics appetite is always berg offer
ed up, bloody but afterwards sayory affair." was
enacted. II .sppears that A. Turtle, native OF
the depths of the Chesapeake Bay, but then
prisoner at Toms front door, after oundering for
a ICood length of time in huge tub OF water,
was taken therefrom and ruthlessly, and without
renorse, suddenly decapitated to the great as
constituent Of bis Turteship but TO the delight
of the enicures who FREQUENT TONS Saloon for
at the hour Of u N. Yesterday the remains were
served up in style, reduced to most delicious soup