The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-09-30
Manchester Items.

The RALLY OF TnE RADICALs.-Fcom the
great preparations made, expecting to see
monster gathering, we wended our way
to the African Church on Thursday night,
but on our arrival, from the small and wo-
tul-lcokins party assembled, we were led
to believe that EadicsllSm was already
dead, and that the party assembled were
doing honors to its cold corpus, Porter.
Maddox. Landon Boyd, Lester, Joe Cox,
and John Oliver, were there. Jim SYee-
ney, Jan May. and other seedy.lookipg
pot-housc politicians from Byrd Islaad and
rink alley, were on band. The orators
outnumbcred the auditors, and but for the
camp-tolloWers from tho custom-house,
who came In Porter's wake, the meeting
would have been doleful indeed. Ballard
Edwards occupied the cnair, Carroll Clarke
acted Us secretary.
The principal speakers were BOYD, Les
ter, Cox, aud Jim Sweeney. Their speeches
were but repetition of the old Radical
slang; full OF hatred OF Virginia and eve-
rythlDg Firginian; full OF Inisrepresenta-
lion; trusting to The ignorance Of their
hearers not to discover tho fallacy of their
arguments.
Col. Ambers, Capt. Clopton, George
Cox, and others, rcpeatedly poured hot
shct into their ranks, and several times
during the evening rich scenes cnsued.
The iIIepresSible Jackson several times
tried to he heard, but was unceremo.
niously squelched. The fancy mulatto OF
Richmond did not come to be dictated to
BY any common Manchester nigger.
After the regular order was through,
Major Washington obtained the floor. and
paid his respects to his friend Maddox.
This was rich. Maddox Wriggled like q
worm ON Il hook; but the gallant Major
forced him to The wall. He essayed areply,
but utterly failed. -;
WHY was this meeting failure? Cannot
Maddox aud Porter and all their salar1ed
henchmen draw M audience in the hot-bed
of Chesterfield Rtdicallsm? 1t was with
great difficulty that the party kept from
going to sleep.
Another and final effort will be made
next Thursday night to revive their droop-
ing spirits. But the inglorious tizz!e OF
Thursday night is for the Conservatives a
token OF great good. . a'
PERsoNAL.-Mrs. Laurela w. Bennett,
who was SO horribly burned near Chester
some time since, is improving. She loses u
thumb und several fingers from, her right
hand.
|: We regret to learn that Dir. John w.
Lipscomb, father OF our Captain Of Police,
is wing dangerously i'll at his residence near
Broad Rock, in Chesterfield county.
We had the pleasure of meeting on yes
terday w. G. Webb, Esq >, formerly men,
ber OF the board OF trustees, and at present
O resident OF Baltimore.
Messrs. c. Y. Waugh aud HaryeyJ. Nun
naily leave on Monday for Richmond Col
lege to prosecute their studies for the mtn-
lstry.
TIE PoRr OF. MANcHEsTER.-Arrived
schooner Z. B. Carter, John Reid master,
with cedar logs, from Dismal swamp, for
Pearson, Allen y, co. Norfolk papers are
not obliged to be Jealous even II Manches-
ter does bid fair to rival Norfolk, 80
BRIgps.--Gharles +. and Sylvester Moore
were on Yesterday discharged by Justice
Edwards for assaultiDg Archer Dyer.
|. The Board of County Supervisors meet on
the 18th OF October in Manchester. Per-
sons having county claims will remember
this. " 80
No change in the religious services to-
morrow. Only one service at Masonic Hals~-
at 1 p. NJ.
The Manchester barbecue and mass meet
ing comes off on the 18Th, and not the 7th,
Of OetobeF.sS
The fracas between well-known physi.
elan OF Richmond and an employee OF sta-
az 3 8 - Il