The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-07-05

Hon. Ieph. Turner, Speaker Of the House
.of Delegates, being vociferously called for
by Commodore Pizzini, excused himself;
but the Commodore declaring that {. SILVER
my m;a,inslay booYssaiHf. you mustn't
speak, Dir: TnrneIints on to say that as
n he could fa write s could speak,
speak better than they could write, he felt
forced TO decline. -..a..,-,~,--...- -
William II. Wade, ESQ.,, proprietor of the
1nssoen,ng Ne,es, and Grand Chancellor of the
1r;.R ghts Of Pythias Of Virginia, arose, and
| s mtn d very serious countenance made
tbati ;nr appeal TO the company in behalf OF
.naoi jour IN He said its circulation had
t eaGneu 'o,UN day, and stated that Sena-
S "n Suniner would write exclusively for il
t, In o'i.I. rour members of the I.ecisla-
h',t ne alitneu.seiS subscribed for one COPY,
me 1 the t Misea es, 70 pay in public docu-
seemed discouraged, and alter wrann;n cue
watermelon and plate of soup up in = snec;'
men copy of the Neaos started for home
The company Immediately commenced az.
aiming the almanac to find how l6no Il
would take him to set there.
The final and most conclusive oratoricaI
effort Of the evening was made by A. Mon
roe Bailey, genealogical editor Of the En-
quirer, who was speaking when the CON-
IJany left. His audience at that time con-
sisted of Mr.. S. Bassett French, William II.
Peasants of the Dispatch, and, a few
other members of the Horticultural
and Pathological Society. besides the
band. After he concluded, the song
We Won't Go Home Until Morning was
sung to an old and familiar tune, when
Mr.. johnson peremptorily ordered the
walters to close llp the establishment. -
And thus ended an entertainment which
Is said to have cost $685., 900, exclusive of
wines, which Worthy Patriarch Gilman
pronounced admirable and rarely sur
passed, .r.sG, ~ .@ t H.. '-
LETTERS FROM INVITED GUESTS.
During the evening the Chair stated that
he had n pockctflll of letters from dlstln-
g1lished persons unable to be present; any
body feeling interested could look over and
read them. ..,.... .5s =. s.s
Captain Drinl1nrd, of the Dispatch, arose
to privileged question. Those letters
ought to be read. lie closed with feeling
tribute to the Richings Opera Troupe and
q dissertation on philologv. His quotations
from Worccster's Grammar and Bingham 8
Dictionary on this point were truly SELF
satisfactory. ss ..,.t.1 ......s .- ss..
The following letters were then read:
FROM o. 8. GRANT.
~. EXECUTIVE MANSION, !
WASHINGTON, D. c., July 3, 1870. )
Dear Boys:
lam Obliged for your bid to the party at
ZeteHe's, but it amt possible for me to be
| there. If anything is left over-a box of
cigars, for inStance,-sen it on to me by
! MY friend Barr, of the Associated Press.
and i will see what I can do for you.
Canned Strawberries don't agree with me.
Yours, ever, ULYSSES.
FROM BRICK PoMERoY.
~ -... DEMOCRAT OFFICER
New YORK, N. Y. {
hear it is cred hot" down your way,
and you don't need me. Kind regards to
Dr.. Thine for the right,
| "BRIcK.'
Unsolicited communications were also re-
ceiycd from Ernest Wilt .(eight pages fools
capl James p. Cowardin twenty- one pages
of his Hrmors Of Reconstruction y, and
DR.. G. w. Z. Brock twenty-ninc pagcs-cs'
| say on the management of lunatic alSyums)
These gentlemen were unayoidably de.
tanned at the White Sulphur Springs. They
were referred, without reading, to the. Com
mittec on NarcOtics.3 ..,...