The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-08-06
RICHMOND. VA. WEDNESDAY EVENING" AUGUST 6. 1873 Z

other demonstrations greeted the effusiy
emotion of Brown, and it was declare
carried. Though the band with commen
dable promptitude played g Hail t
the Chief'' in compliment to th
Judge, it was long before he showed up
He finally came forward and Grated, bu
y his utterances were not happy; he wa
evidently not enthused. After greeting
the whole caboodle affectionately, he sait
f that there was great probability if tn,
Republicans succeeded in this election W,
would be deprived of the last vestjges O
the rights granted us by the constitution
& Soon after getting off the above the Judge
perforated, and the band played.
VOCAL GUERRILLAs ON THE WAR.
PATH.
After the subsistence of Judge Ould. q
brief intermisston occurred, followed by
yells, screams and all imaginable noises,
2 amid which could be heard, above the up.
, roar, the word Kelley. Thereupon, with
: hat in hand and spectacles on his nose,
approached the Mayor of Richmond.
and delivered one Of those learned
: and erudite essays for which he is SO
famous, and which on this occasion were
intermingled with the flowers of rhetoric
wreathed into q chaplet Of denunciation
for the Republican party and its principles.
All good things must have an end, SO after
after while the fiery eloqueuce of the
Mayor, exhausted itself, and he becoming
" took back seat. Next "the red fox of
Iappahannock," Hon. Robert L. Monta-
que, ex-governor etc., let into the Republic
can party ''like thanksgiving into pumpkin
pie" and having duly ''played out" was
succeeded by "the eagle orator of the sea-
board" the gallant and impetuous
Hinton, of Norfolk /; who, after Civ
ing. some advice in brotherly way,
and apostrophizing the state flag as con-
tanning the most glorious motto ever hung
up for human admiration, gently sunk to
rest by all his country's wishes blest -
leastwise that part of his country which
sympathlzed with his utterances. Hon.
A. K. Holiday concluded this part of the
entertainment.
IIONORs TO CONFEDERATE BRAVES.
On motion of Major John w. Daniel. of
Lynchburg, it was resolved that Governor |
Walker be invited to seat in the conven-
tion.. A gentleman suggested that the mo-
ton had better be Withdrawn, as, in the
absence of the committee on credentials. it
was not certain that it was convention.
Ills few brief remarks" met with no IA
vor. Daniels motion prevailed. Com
mittee: D.. w. Daniel, Hon. John n.
Harris, Bolivar Christian.
On like motion, General joseph e.
Johnston styled the old war-horse) was
invited to the convention, and Jubal A.
Early and Fitz Lee appointed committee
to show him in.
THE COMMITTEE ON CREDENTIALS.
The delegates and spectators were getting
impatient about this time, and their mani
lestatlons were SO noticeable that some
thing had to be done to ease the pressure.
Accordingly squeaky voice near the
door announced that the owner had Just
come from Manly's lager-beer saloon, c
where the committee on credentials were
sitting, and that they had only gotten so /
lar as the letter f. An adjournment till r
O'Clock was suggested, and it being about /
grog time it was earned with
great unanimity.
CHILD Four WEEKS OLD FOUND
ON THE PUBLIC STREETS LAST NIGHT !
DESERTED BY ITS PARENTs-BOTH | r
ARRESTED.-Last night about 12 o'clock.
William j. Pate and wife, from Boston, C
were arrested at the Ex- 4
change hotel by Captain Disney, on the il
charge that they ibid unlawfully, cruelty,
wilfully and maliciously attempt to de- t
stroy their child -four weeks old) by put
ting the said child on the public street, and
did then and there cruelty and inhumanly /.
desert the said child.n
The circumstances of the case are briefly Y
these: Policeman j. M. Hobson and e
George Fox were at the Petersburg depot y
asst night when the 9:2O train arrived from T
me south, and among the passengers =
Who got off the train they observed g
,wo strangers, lady and gentleman, the
ormer with child in her arms. These /,
parties left the depot without any baggage. n
The policemen remained at the depot until Y
he northern train left, which was about 8
wenty minutes afterwards, and on leaving 4
ne depot gentleman informed them that a f.
mid had been found lying near the wall of ot
Anderson's warehouse, at the corner of
Eighth and Canal streets. They repaired to
he place, but found that the child had been II
emoved. On inquiry they found that 81
ne parties they had observed get off the pl
ram with child had been seen to di
inter- carriage little distance from the to
lepot. This they traced to the Exchange h,
otel, found out the names of the parties, Of
hen sought the track of the child. aud {
ound that it had been picked up bv Mrs.
iriffith and cared for. This they took charge a
and confronted mother and father with ~
The parents were both placed under = !
rrest, and this morning the case was par " "
ally investigated before his honor Justice W
White at the police court, and continued u
ntl tomorrow. The accused were placed
| the custody of Captain Disney for safe th
eeping until that time OF
m
THE CONFEDERATE STATES SEAL.- he
here has just been issued in Washington nc
ty pamphlet monograph giving an tier "
sting history of the seal of the late Com in
derate States, which in addition to being
valuable contribution to the secrets of the q
lost cause" contains considerable archeo- vi
ogical knowledge on the subject of seals pc
I'D signals. 1t appears that writer in ~
arper's Magazine in February. 1869.
nder the caption of 'rhe Executive in
apartment and Seals,u made the asser- -
on that antiquarians in future would I'M
arch in vain for any impression of an
nblem of sovereignty OF the @. S. A.
reiute the assertion that no seal had
er been made seems to be one z,
thn nhiactc of tbo \