The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-06-23
after brief absence, presented series Of
resolutions, which wercagreed to. tg,.
NEW nr-sINros .srt-s ~

after brief absence, presented series O
resolutions, which wercagreed to. r1e
| NEW BUSINESS. r.
MIR. Wynne laid before the Council sundr,
petitions. &C.. which were appropriately re
ierred.
! The usual number Of petitions, &C., wer.
| presented and appropriately referred. Sun
dry papers which have been before various
coEimittees of the outgoing Council wer,
ordered to be laid before the committees 0
Isthe new Council when appointed.
l. Mr.. Newberry presented n resolution in
STRUGGLING the City Engineer to grade and re
pave the alley running from Fourteentt
street TO Mayo street, in rear of the Ballard
House, and charge to the owners Of the pro
perty adjoining said alley, its condition be
ing such as TO demand immediate action or
the ground Of the health of the immediate
! neighborhood. Agreed to.
| Dir. Braselman presented resolution in
strncting the Committee on the Fire Tele
graph TO put up an aiarm.boX at the corner
Of st. james and Duval streets. Agreed to
| By Mr.. Starke: A resolution of inquiry as
to the best mode of relieving the principal
sewers of the city Of foul gases, &c. Re
| terred. -.
By Mr.. Higgins A resolution authorizing
the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Poto
mae Railroad Company to load and unload
their cars on Broad street on the 4,h'of July
on the occasion of the picnic of Jefferson
Lodge, /. y. o. F., at the Fair Grounds
| Agreed to. ... ....,. .....
by Mr.. Higgins A resolution of thank:
| to President Wynne forthe faithful discharge
OF his duties, etc. Agreed to.
The president returned thanks for the
very fattering resolution which had just
been presented and adopted, and said thai
he bad endeayored to discharge the duties
of bis Office faithfully, and believed he hao
succeeded. Adjourned.
DEATH OF MAJOR w. q. TURPIS, ESGI
NEER OF THE JAMES RIVER IMPROVEMENT
| Major VALERIE. Turpin, engineer in charge
| OF the James River Improvement, died or
| Sunday morning of consumption. He had
| been unwell for nearly twelve months, never
| having fully recovered from an attack of ty'
phoid fever, by which be was confined tC
| his bed for several weeks last summer. The
! deceased was born in Buckingham county
| in this State, in 1920, and was therefore for.
! ty-tive years Of age. His mother removed
| to Richmond when he was quite small boy
and his early education was received in the
| best private schools of this city, and heater.
wards entered the Military Institute ut Bris.
| tol, Vermont, where he graduated with dis.
tinction. He commenced life as Il rodSman
| on the james River and Kauawhn canal
in 1S4S, and remained on that work for nine
years, constantly improving himself in his
| profession, and steadily rising in the esIinla-
ton Of the officers OF the company. About
| 1856 he left the canal to accept position III
an engineer corps, which was organized to
| locate 4 railroad in Minnesota.
| The monetary panic of 1857 caused 4 ces.
sation Of work on the railroad, and the de-
ceased came eastward and obtained Il posi-
| ton OF trust in the Land Office at Washing
ton. This he held until Virginia. seeded
from the Union in 1861, when he came to
Richmond and offered his services to the Gov.
| ernor. He was commissioners captain in the
Virginia Engineer Corps and assigned to duty
| in throwing up the forlitcationS near ScWclFs
Point. Subsequently he was appointed on
! the staff Of Stonewall Jackson. and remain
ed with him, performing valuable service,
| until after the battles around Richmond,
when. being taken i'll. he received leave OF
absence, and was for several months out oil
actual service. When he reported for duty
| again he was given position on the cugi.
ncer corps engaged in perfrcting the line OF
| Notifications below Richmond. There he
| remained until the evacuation. He went OIL
| with the rctrcatine Confederate army, and
surrendered himself prisoner of war to
! the Federal troops ut Charlotte, \. {.
After the close of the war lie received al
appointment as superintendent Ct the James
River and kanawha canal. Subsequently be
Was appointed on the y. s. Government
survey, and placed in charge Of the work ol
surveying the Jlmes River and kanaWha
canal from Buchanan to Richmond. Gene
raj Belknap. United States Secretary OF War,
| was an Old friend and Schoolnate OF his. lie
knew bis worth lis Il man and his great tai
| cDtS as an engineer, and i'll part through his
influence having satisfactorily completed the
survey OF the canal, was placed in charge OF
| the Government improvement Of James
river. He was elected TO succeed the la'
mcnted Minor, and until his death conducted
| the Improvement Of james river under Joint
appoiu,1nent Of the United States Govern
mcnt and this city.
| Within three years Edward Lorraine, r
| D. Minor, Walter q. Iurpin, Charles II
| Dimmock ard Norwood Randolph, all engi
neels of ability. have died in this city. The
| first four had obtained clninencc in theil
profession, and had made for Themselves
| regulations that extended far beyond tht
| boundaries Of this State. Mr. Randolph
was Major Turpn's assistant, and though
! very young had given ample evidence 0
talent when Il few months ago he died.
Major Turpin was man of the highest in
| tegrity and keenest sense OF honor, and pos
sessed great store of information not onl,
about his own business, but on nearly al
general subjects. He was a sociabe ant
agreeable gentleman, and had hundreds o
warm friends. In his death the city loses /
valuable officer and his family is bereft of
loving husband and father. ..
| His funeral took place yesterday evenin!
from St. Paul's church, and his body wa
followed to Hollywood by large number o
his friends, including old army associates
members of the City Council, officers Of th
| city government, and cmploIes OF the Jane
River Improvement.
CATHOLIC Notes Right Rev. Bishop
Gibbons was at the Woodstock (hld) Iheo
logical Seminary last week attending th'
Quarterly ordinations, which began on W ed
npsrlav and were concluded Saturday. lol.
orders were conferred by the bishop upon
number of candidates for the priesthood
among whom was Mr. John Tiernan, OF TN
city, who. during the past year. was teacne
of the acadcmicll class ut st. Peters Catne
dral Male School. Dir. Tiernan was Il stu
dent of St. Mary's Theological! Seminary, 0
| Norfolk, and the Seminary of the same nam'
in Baltimore. After visit TO his FAMILY II
Lowell. Mass, he will return to Rlchmont
and assume lis ministerial duties Ill thl