The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-03-25
Rirhmond Aispatth.
WEpNESDAY.........MA hCh I'' i''s'
rcorrcspo,,dcucc Of the Richmond pasp''e"'
{. r,o,cfourt- from HanaS.

AND THE RkNGSll
TAIN THoMSs DEATH. TO-,
,S, ..,,a. ,r,ycjtins by rail for the last |
lno sa,s from Chsrio!tesvi!ie 10 TINS |
Nv: " 49,, 80 ,.n.r1 no one subject more thor |
i"'u', ,3 critically discussed tilah toc |
pu', ~. r,,o.mcssacr, nor has no lo''hu III !
hc''p n hundred and fifty miles but TWO
the u ;nG;yid,,als who have condemned
SOU. :,nrnor for his action with regard 10
the Petersburg charter-ni,. ,,,rcr ;s nro.
LUZ The etliyy burning in Petersburg is pro
wood y disprace(u affair, rchect'nS i"t
moro di.c.edit upon those ehS'Se" u. Wv
sh,refu, proceedings than on WV ~,
b,oyc man they sought to dl>HoHoi "'u ~
,yc arc convinced II VIII on soo'i, $500.
49,. W. ". hc regarded hy the Whole country.
T anTu 81 Governor kemper selling ont TO the
1871, a,n The people who elected MN
is,,,h \, the idea: and while nggcr.riaoen
pc,.rsinrr has the Sympa:hicS OF ali %oou
,rc, orr much abused Governor Is III no
manner held accountable for their troubles
snd has risen one hundred per ceAl. ID the
estimation of his party. He has inain,''Ihcu
in =, INNS. irving ordeal his reputation LOT Luz
teprity and courage. In the summer Oh ioof
General kcmpcr, in the CONSCIENTIOUS ui,.
..harre Of his duty, bravely threw hlmscli |
,,,,on ,hc hri,,l,ng, baZing breastworks on /
Cn,,y,hury's heights. Ten years later the
same high principles Of honor, the same un-
daunied courage, babe Goccraor heihpeT
face the opprohrlum, tue abuse, tue Insults
of those lie had called friends. bul Us III
the first t.al, the soldier came from the he'u
mancled and bleeding, but hero; so I'D th's |
second contest, the civilian comes our 'li'-
lirned. iuSuitcd. but immortalizcd rs uIe
statcsman--a man who could, notwithstand- |
-, "A rri g
sec tbe right, and seeing. dared maintain II. |
we honor him for his brave, decided stand, |
though we regret the necessity for Ii. lo!S
live Governor Kclnper. The sentiment VIII
find r, sponsve echo in thousands ana lens
of Thousands of true and patrloilc hearts.
Some topics of local interest have attracted
1ls rs We tarricd in the several c0unties
along the way. Charlottesville Is disturbed
by conflicting petitions, memoria'iziDS the
Legislature on the subject Of their town
charter, taxation, etc. But she has CIT0'l-
lcle and Jcfersoniah. to speak for her, SO
we won't NEEDLE. Lynchburg FurSue> the
even tenor of her ways 1--WE don't refer 10
her streets, there is no cvenneSS there), get-
ting and being got, selling and being soid,
and just now making decided Impression
on the tobacco market. Her commission
merchants are very aggressive, aHd throng
cordially they place their soft, white hands
within the horny grip Of our sturdy farm
ers; bow they vince and smile as their
kuuckles crack, and with what persuasive
elouuence they discourse of the tine prices
tobacco is bringing. the peculiar advantages
of the Lynchburg market, and the extra
inducements offered to customers by
L" our house.' Thcr to see all this
urbanity and rhetoric wasted as the OLD
clod.hopper turns OF. " Motive got cou-
sin in Richmond. bleYe III try that market
this year. Didn't do so well with y'all last
spring." 1t is sad 10 hear the muttered re-
ioinder: "Cuss your cd yellow skin,
didn't care much for your tobacco anyhow
pretty near all OF it cut green But, not
withstanding many disappontments, these
Iynchburg men get their full share OF trade. |
Energy aud perseverance and polltcneSs
such us theirs will bring success. And so
we pass on to Botetourt laid not stop in |
Bedford, where they talk railroad pretty
much, and do very respectable snare
Of railroad work to back 1t, and brag no
little on their wheat crop, and promise |
any amount of money on it. Then We |
come into Roanoke where Judge Mahood is !
holding his court, with rape case and
breach-Of. promise case, and several other
shooting and burglar cases on his docket. |
The ravsher and the burglar (both negroes
were sentenced to the pententiary for five
years each. We couldn't stay to see his Hon
or through, as he thought 1t would take him
all next week to do Roanoke justice.
And next we find ourselves ut this
Bangs" the cuphonious but convenient
name given by the Postmaste General to
Christiansburg depot when she seeded from
her mother town, aud pctitloned for a post
h,r 4 "a, NJ
good citizens are disguised at the name,
thinking it compliment to some Radical
post-oflice clerk III the Department; but we
have made calculation tor their comfort,
and we hope they willappreciate it and COM
plain no more. The good point about 1t Is It's
brevity. You can scratch off 20 "Bangscs
in minute. Let the Bangsites look
ahead few years to the time when their
growing town may number 1OO,OOO inhaol,
tantS, and contrast the position OF Their 6O,OCO
letter-writers, averaging their letter day,
with that OF the unfortunate people who
have to write such names as Indianapolis and
Cincinnati at the head Of their sheet, and es-
Innate that they can write one Dangs TO Tour
Cincinntis or five Indianapoises, and they
will see that in one day they will save ten,
or $3.50 days in year; and TO people who
value time and love money like the Bangsltes
that ought to be consideration.
The distressing and fatal accident which
overlook one of the citizens of the place,
Captain r. r. Thoms, on last Sunday, still
casts gloom over the people. Some OF
YOUR readers will recollect the item. The
unfortunate man was standing on Il switch
at Big Spring giving his attention TO his own
train, when another, moving up slowly be-
hind him, knocked him down, passed over
his legs, crushing them in several places,
managing one thigh dreadfully. lie had the
nerve, though half dead, 10 draw himself
from the track before the second truck
could reach him. Skilled medical aid
was promptly summoned, but was of no
avail. The IRON constitution of the sufferer
struggled with the enemy death, until Mon
day evening, though there was no reaction
the whole time and the attendant physician
could get no opportunity to operate-the
sufferer finally sinking under his excruciat-
ing misery. His body, followed by an i'm.
mense concourse of sympathlzing friends,
was taken to dublin, where il was met by
his brethren Of the Masonic fraternity, and
most solemn and impressive funeral dis
course was delivered by Rev. Mr.. Mundy.
and inferred with Masonic honors in the
presence OF one of the largest gatherings
ever seen in this section ON similar occ.,-
sion. Yours, BoTETouRT.
BEAST BUTLER AND HIS BAcKERs.-The Of
fa' OF society, the bummers, the beats, the
rowdy roarels from the by-lanes and the
n N,ta will hoc L