The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-02-03
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PgrEaasrRG Februafy2, 1874.
a stormy session of the CITY Conncll was
hold This afternoon. ut which the Radlcal
members committed an outrage on the PEG,
ole in connection, with the new char ter, any
the means adopted by the Council 70 oe'e.l
its adoption, which has caused the most luz ,s
tense feeling and indignation. among .n1
first proceedings OF the body was Inc suu..a
sion of the report OF thecommittee, con5ls..ns
Of Mayor Wood and Councilnen NUE. sad
and McCaleb, setting forth that tney t the
visited Richmond, in accordance VIII III, tne
| instructions Of the Council, ana tised wn VIA.
ever efforts lay in their power 70 pte .sau
the adoption by the Legislature Oh Wnao enf
are pleased to term an unconss:us't ~ tho
charter. They refer with gTatlilcat,ont =. , .no
circumstance that some OF the "aoies' III az
horsU of the Senate opposed certain OF the
Geat,,res which were especially obIsctlona'
hle to them, and they express the Il eonn.
dent hone that the new charter VIII hot
nass the General Assembly. Finally. lhey
intimate that they were put to certaln On
nenses for printing the charter, traVei,'ns
cxnenses. and obtaining legal advice. @c.
which will come before the Council lot SEA-
| Element in the way Of the Commltlee o1
Claims. &c. The report was adopseu, anu
the committee was continued-a Vote VI
thanks being actually returned to the con-,
mittee, on motion of Mr.. j. A. West, 1or .:ie
efficient manner in which they nnu o''
charged the duties deyolved upon theuI. the
When the appropriations came s,t up annIi-
Committee on Claims put in moues a.u aT near
cation for 81 ,206S3, which came Won oo,,rse Of
heing sncaked through in the usuai ' Censor.
things. had not Mr.. Spots *oou uiJ the com.
| yatiye member, inquired "lA' ,onnsv Then
mittee want with SO muIn LET ont that II
MI. nJ &c., = expeases incurred In connection
was W ue'. ,,:sv charter; fee of 800 to Judge
| WIN .nI r ror arguing the injunction case;
Wafsi az printing the. charter, and fee OF
PLY IN io r. Mr.. John Lyon for opposing
SI,oo oJorter before the Legislature. There
seanI I a very excited and at times bitter
discussion, in which one pass at least was OF
y yery personal character. One Tapley (and
not rightly member, by-the-bye,) made a
spread.eagle speech, arguing that the poor
man who paid small sum on his small
property did as much proportionately rs the
rich man who never worked for his msney.
Dr.. MAY, who had just previously spoken,
arose and said If TapIey referred to him he
was a liar: when Tapley promptly said he
did not mean Dr.. May, and then subsidized.
Most urgent protests against the proposed
action were made By DIR. Lasslter, Or. May,
and Mr.. Spottswood. Various Radical men,
bers replied in Incorporate speeches. 1t
seemed to be their idea that the injunction
issued by Judge Wesiger and continued by
Judge Mann applied only to the proposed
issuance of two $500 notes, with when 10 pay
counsel to work against the passage Oh tne
charter. It did not prevent them, in their
view. from making an appropriation of the
money direct. Fayerman (coloredD opposed
the appropriation on the ground that
if Mr.. Lyon was smart enough to defeat the
charter he ought to be smart enough to dis
solve the Injunction and permit the Coun-
ell to issue its two notes for $500 each. The
appropriation finally passed, Messrs. LASH
ter. MAY, Spottswood, Sutherland, Fitzpat-
rick. and Fayerman alone voting against it.
Mr., Alexander Donnan and Mr.. r. A. Young
were not present. Immediately upon the
massage of the appropriation garni-
sbee was served by Captain R. G. Don
nan. DEPUTY sheriff, on Mr.. Dyson, set
ting forth that sswhereas the Merchants
National Bank of Petersburg, lately in the
Hastings Court of the city of Petersburg, |
recoy ered against John Lyon 81 sos Sd, with
legal interest thereon from the 9th day OF
November, 1872. till paid, &C.; and It hay- |
ing been suggested by the said Merchants
National Bank that by reason of the lien OF
its writ of .fieri Jacias aforesaid there Is
liability on the city OF Petersburg" &c, the
city is summoned to appear before the bust
inos Court on the third Thursday OF the
month to answer the suggestion aforesaid. !
So that it appears MIR. Lyon VIII not get the
benefit of the money, although the city may
lose it.
National Bank. Mr.. Orson Adams, is to make
payment of $4,000 to the city tomorrow
on its deposit in that institution, and the
Council hoped to be able to use the money,
or at least so much of it as answers its pur-
pose.
were us follows:
Major G.. Is. Cooke was elected to yacaE-
CIV on the School Board in the Third ward,
and Mr.. George V. Scott to vacancy on the
Lower AppomattoX Board made by the re-
moval of Mr.. w. A. Moody to Richmond.
NJ. B. Thomas. city gauger, reported that
during the month just ended he had gaused
,054 casks Of liquor.
Mr. NJ. B. Tapley submitted his reslgna- |
ton Is Councilman from the Fifth Ward. IL
was accepted and two nominations were
made for his successor-one, that OIL Jonn
T. Ford, respectable white resident; ana
the other. William Freeland, negro. Inc
vote stood and 8, when the Mayor, true 10
his Radical instincts, made the casting Yole
in favor Of the negro. Such IS the kadicai
marty of Petersburg. Will not some of the
relnctant members of the Senate make q
note of this and of the other proceedings of
this afternoons session? -..-
Hanlin, the letter-carrier, was severely
burt by his fall of last Sunday, and will
probably be disabled for many weeks.
Rev. r. N. Sledd will preach next Sun