The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-06-10
VIRGINIA NEWS.
otter frusa Petersburg.

,,pJrno, Of the Richmond Dispatch.
prrrRSE, RIG, June :. 1872.
.,!,hr,,inn today OF Decoration Day
-. Ladies Memorial Association and The
', ~. ,,cprYallv has been unusually iute-
.,.,' and imposing. The interest which,
a'', ,-.r ,mpartr,i ,o the days solemn eSer-
ho> hcrn due in great measure TO u'c
NJ The military companies from Rich
.,,J and to tho lart which they and conn
nr this city, have borne in the ccic-
.i,n, The train which brought efcE
.,,nir> y. +, and G., of the First Virgil
l.cr,mcnt, and number Of other
.,. from Richmond, including some
49,. arrived about 3 O'clock. II was
y, company 4 in martial array,
under the command of Captain
Is, mann /. Cameron and the military com
....., hr,n promptly formed, Were marched
cha. charge Of their hosts and escorts to
,,n,nry "f Company A. ON Sycamore
,..s where refreshments were served To
..,,, thcrn after their fatiguing ride and
.r.l subsequently the companies were
..l,i. Without their arms. to Jarra,ts
l..f Where they took dinner. About. )
...A The four companies returned TO the
... Vi mtr,'h. company A In advance, for
... N,,hIngiun->trcct Methodist Episcopal
..,.b, where the procession for the Gene
I EIandford formed. The line is IN
..,ari at the lrour vi writing, the military
,a.s hccn rrcrc,lrd hy 4 vast concourSe nf
....r- md lidc,. who have for two hours
tsn >ilra,mia" towards the cemetery
...,,,,r>an"'> of all kinds. bearing proflis,'
...l riju,fc>. in various forms and devices.
a,u,.lfr the graves Of the southern dead.
,... -i.,,, "t the city. almost without cX-
.,,,,n. were CLOSED at > o'clock. and there IS
.,fl,y-,i participation in the celebration.
yaryr i no arrangement for speaking on the
.aa FAMINE.
hr Patrons of Husltaudry protest against
,.,. future Of the Agricultural Society to
....; uu saturday las, being laid ut the door
-. r,nrr order. They say that the nemhcrS
AZ, f.,. ,.r,usc> are positively instructed to
l,.nJ the meetings of the Agricultural So
...c> aml hive constituted msjority Of
.. p. attendants. upon such meetings ever since
81. rrl,r was instituted. Their opinion Is
...r The failure Of the Society to meet was
..,. io the farmers being very busy, and to
.r lrt Of the day for meeting falling SO
.r', in the month. There seems to be Il
..tl .ai Of feeling on the subject.
The call upon Rev. Henry Williams, Jr.,
..olorrd. To announce himself a candidate
,a~ onerr>> in this district (signed hy some
comment and respectable white Rcpubli-
..g, MAKES the following severe thrust mt
,rouAl: We hope the Convention soon to
...ri At Farm>illr viii not put in nomination
W. II. II. ~towpll. Il nonresident of this dis
.,l.i. and now affiliated with the Republican
gtrl> here. the candidate Of Federal Office
/. hri~. and VIII" prcsilmc> on the ignorance
NJ The rolnlrd voters" The active and I'M
,,grnt efforts "f the revenue ring in behalf
Vi >i"wrll have Disguised the party very
aud may lead to lis defeat. hear
n, Irlril>an> have gotten out tho report that
Pc j the brothcr-in-law of President Grant,
tut possessed of great influence, with the
,rw OF imposing on the crcduity Of the
},rc ignorant rustic negroes.
w. " iiIiam Falconcr, superintendent of
&c. Imor-hou>c. who WIS rlruyZcd ycSter-
ia. is nn better to-day, and his condition is
nou"It IL lc very critical.
Ihr police attempted TO arrest 4 drunken
teu irunrd Harper this afternoon, when
IN EaycS (rccCntly released hy Underwood
pun Jail. where he was undergoing i'm.
3,>nnmrm' for. pcrjury,) intcrlcrcd and got
~ row. which led to his arrest with Har-
,1. They were both sent +" Jail.
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