The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-07-24
VIRGINIA. NEWS


few weeks ago that highly efficient polio,
officer Mr.. Charles w. Burlington. WINS re
moved, and according to publication, mar
named Mayer appointed. Not soul her,
OF years residence either knew or hnt
ever heard of Mayer. lie was supposed t.
be myth, and as myths are rather intan.
gIble, it was hoped on the part of our tax
ridden people that he would never appea,
TO claim his salary. But no such good luck
Is in store for us. Mayer is not a full.
hedgcd carpct-baggcr, but one in an EN-.
bryo shane-a tad-pole carpet Dagger May
the fatcs forefend us How many more are
there awaiting the loss of caudal ap.
pendage before reaching tie aping powers
OF the frog? How many more are ready
Tor the jump from ohscurity in New York
into Office in Virginia? The Nc,cs has
hshed up the pedigree of Mayer-using a
small piece of rcd flannel as bait-and we
arc told that not only is he native of SYRIA
cusc, n: Y, but tha! he is still citizen of
that goodly place. He is reported by the
to fetch him." and the same journal sug-
gests "that the overseers of the poor fur
nish the required amount, and deduct it
from his salary after lie enters upon the
discharge Of his duties"
Mr.. Mayer may be very proper man
"to hum" and he may makes good citizen
here, but we advise him to "stand from
under" the opprobrium that will justly fall
upon any one who Gusts one of the most
efficient police officers VIE haye had in FIRE.
dericksburg for years.
We do not believe that Mr.. Mayer-living
rs he does in New York-wrote to General
Candy for the office. Let us have the name
OF the wretch among Us who did apply to
have good officer removed and stranger
appointed. He is entitled to the pillory of
public scorn and reprobation.
b,rg Herald.
ANOTHER HIGHWAY ROBBERY A daring
highway robbery occurred about mile and
a half westward from New London, on the
pittsylvaEia turnpike, yesterday evening.
Mr.. Meyers, an old gentleman, and his son,
a boy Of some fourteen ycnrs Ct age, had
been here to sell tobacco and to buy goods,
and were returning home when set upon by
four negro highwaymen. The boy was
driving at the time the attack was made,
ind they fired several pistol shots at him,
crying Halt halt as they fired. The boy,
of course, stopped the horses, when the ras-
Gals took him off his horse and tied him
took the old man out of the wagon and
stripped him of all his clothing, took all his
moncy-ten dollars-and riHcd the wagon
taking all of the groceries and. dry goods he
had purchased with the proceeds from his
tobacco. About this time gentleman,
whose name we have forgotten, rode up,
and the negroes becoming alarmed, ran off
Pursuit was given as soon as sufficient force
could be obtained, but the audaeious dcpre-
daIors had made good their escape; taking
the plumber with them. --LychtWg VIZ
yini0n.
RALEIGH 7. DAElEL.-The labors Of this
gentleman during the late canvass were
simply hcrculean. For six weeks he de-
voted his whole time, day and night, to the
cause. Body and brain were alike taxed
to their utmost. Never in his whole life
was his strong and admirably trained in
tellect brought so fully and so powerfully
into play, for never before was the State in
such extreme peril. Mr.. Daniel met that
peril as every true son of Virginia met
t-defantly-and, warming to the work:
gave his whole being to the struggle
As chairman of the Executive Commit.
tee, he was in Il position to do more
than other men, and it is but bare
truth to say that he performed his arduous
and responsible task as perhaps no other
in Virginia could have performed it
No detail was too trivial for him, no CUES
ton too involved or important to disconcer
him. His great legal knowledge was of IN
finite service on many trying and delicate
occasions. The manual labor he endured
in letter writing alone was beyond TIT
powers of any but the most robust men
But all this work Of head, and heart ant
hand. was done by Mr.. Daniel with the eas'
and efficiency which a large and generous
nature thoroughly aroused ia capable of
It does seem to us that services so imror
tant deserve special recognition at the hands
of Virginians. Viryinian.
ATTACK UPON CONSERVATIVE COLoREI
MEN-Late yesterday afternoon coloret
man who voted the Conservative ticket
while passing Fort Snacks, was stopped b.
some of the Radical black rascals who maxi
this locality their loating place, who cndea
yored to draw him into an alteration
While the quarrel was going on, anothe
colorcd Conservative named Cl8iborn
Brown, who lives at the confectionery stor
of Mr.. S. A. Boyd, passed the crowd, AM
he too was stopped and abused by the Well
negroes for having voted for Walker, an'
threats made that he would yet be whipped
for having done so. Claiborne, however
showed bold front coolly told his assall
| IL. L. l, e., nj md 4
do so again, and defed any Radical to 10.
finger upon him. The bold attitude o
| Claiborne somewhat cowcd his assailants
and he and his brother Conservative walked
away unmolested. -Lptchborg Ne1tS.
DR.. Eastman, of Louisa, died suddenly
last Sunday morning. He was member
of the Bayne-U Underwood convention.-Nd
tee VirginiUn.
The wheat harvest is about over in thi
county, and We have made dilligent in
uuiry from farmers who know all abou
such things, and are pleased to learn tina
the crop is very heavy and of the bcs
quality -IFWheuiNe Dispatch.
The LEAGUES TO BE KEPT UP.-Wc hea:
that the Leagues are being re0rganized IL
this and adjoining counties, with view O
being prepared for the county elections
FurmUWe Ne1cS.
SouTHslDE RAILROAD. - Engineers ar
again at work surveying the route for tn
proposed change in this road from poin
near Rice's depot to Farmville. This chang
will continue the road on the south side O.
the Appomattox, and thus avoid that bug
bear to travellers-the High bridge. 1t il
thought the new route will be put under