The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-04-04
THE MUNICIPAL WAR.
DEMAND FOR SURRENDER.

At about 5 o'clock Saturday afternoon
Deputy United States Marshal Boiling made
his appearance at the City Hall and asked
for Mayor Ellyson. The latter was not pre-
sent at the time, but being sent for, soon
after appeared, and the Marshal handed
him a paper, with the remark:
"Yon can just read this, Mr.. Ellyson."
Mayor Ellyson: "Will you leave me q
copy of this2"
Marshal: Certainly, sir.'
Mayor Ellyson [rcadingl: I" 1t does int
say when this order was made. Oh, on the
I'd day of April"
Marshal: To-day, I believe"
Mayor Ellyson latter readingl: "Well,
| shall send down to see my counsel before
| answer this.''
Marshall: every we'll"
Mayor Ellyson then sent after his coun-
scl, and in the mean time convcrsed with
the Marshal.
THE ORDER.
The following is the order served upon
Mayor Ellyson:
" CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED
ESTATES OF AMERICA,
"DIsTRICT OF FIRGINIA-s. s.
"Ihc President of the United States of
-fmcrica to the Marshal of the Dis
trjct Of Tirginia-yreeting:
"Whereas by certain decretal order of
our said Circuit Court of the United States
for the District of Virginia, in certain
cause there depending between George Cha
hoon, complainant, and Henry K. Ellyson
There follows the names of the Chief of Po
lice, captains, members of the City Council,
heretofore publishedl and others defand-
ants, made by Hon. John c. Underwood, one
of the judges Of said court, on the I'd day Of
: pril, in the year 1870, it was, among other
things therein contained, ordered, ad-
Judged. and decrced, by the said court that
the United States marshal for the Dis
trict of Virginia should remove tie de-
fendant, Henry X. Ellyson, and all persons
acting under him from the City Hall in
the city of Richmond, and from all other
places and property belonging to said city
and properly in the custody of the Mayor
and police Of the said city and that the said
complainant, George Chahoon, be put in
the peaceable possession of the said places
aud property, and Of all other property be-
longing to said city, as by the order Of in
junction made and entered in said court On
the 3lst day of March, 1870. in the afore-
said suit he was adiudged to be properly
entitled thereto; and whereas the said COM
plainant has not been let into nor allowed to
take quiet possession thereof, as aforesaid
according 10 the tenor of said decree and
whereas the same is in the possession and
occupation of the defendants, as aforesaid
and whereas by an order of our court, made
and entered the day and year aforesaid, ii
was ordered that our writ of assistance
should issue to you, the said marshal
Therefore we command you that immedi-
ately after receiving this writ you 60 to and
enter upon the said City Hall and all the
other property heretofore mentioned, and
that you eject and remove thcrelrom all
and every person OF persons holding and
detaining the same or any part thereof,
against the said complainant, and that you
put and place the said complainant, George
Chahoon, in the full, pcaccahle, and quiet
possession of the said property without de-
lay, and him, the said complainant, in such
possession thereof, from time to time, main
tain. keep, and defend, or cause to be kept
maintained, and defended, according to the
term and true intent of the said decree and
order OF our said court.
"Witness The Hon. Salmon ?. Chase,
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the
United States Of America, at Richmond,
the "a day of April, in the year 1870, and
of our independence the ninety-fourth year
"W. II. BARRY, Clerk"