The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-11-30

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parable or The sower, and at night from fi;ss
para0ie OF tue barren 6g.tree. Both hlsermons
i were able Efforts. and the young divine won
she attention and interest Of his hearers from
4 Tue commencement and held 1t the close.
1 Mr. Scott in very short time has gained -
deep hold uponsfhe affections of his peorle.y
4 ana y fast building up his church.
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Arrival of Members and Candidates.
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cAuoUsEs TO REaHELD o-NeHT.
The General Assembly win meet. a. 10
| O'Clock. Tomorrow when the, two hos,sea
VIII De organized and o joint committee ap-
poiatea 70 @altupon the Governor, Many
number will arrive by the eyensnp trains
and boats Atpresent there are, almosf .,.s as
many candidates as members here. 3,
The. Conservative members OF each Housa
viii caucus tonight for officers of jtksir re-
Bpsctiye bodies, N fi4; 80.
The House caucus, wilI meet In the hall of
THE House at 7:30 O'clock, and frst proceed
to nominate a Speaker. The name OF Hon.
Marshall Hanger, who has filed the Speak
ler's chair for several years, viii be again pre.
sented, with strong backing. There are
several other gentlemen mentioned in con.
nection with the speakership, but It has not
yet been definitely determined whether or
no their friends will urge their claims.
OTHER HOUSE OFFICERS. .I.g
Mr. John Bell Bigger is without an oppo.
Enent for the clerkship. The sergeantcy-at.
arms and places of doorkeepers; are sought
by large number of worthy gentlemen. It
has been the custom to renominate those
defeated for the sergeantey for first door.
keeper, and those defeated for first door
keeper for second doorkeeper, and so on.
MIR. John F.. Wall was sergeant-at.arms Of
the last House. This session he Is a member
Of the House. Colonel CT. Crittenden Of
| Culpeper, Major James G. Hill of Albemarle
(and formerly of Richmond). II. D. Burruss
of King William, B. W. S. Holt of Mecklen-
burg, George NJ. Waddil! of Isle of Wight,
and T. f. Graves Of Bedford, are candidates
for the position.
The candidates for first doorkeeper of
the House are E.. =. Burke of Au.
gusta, William A. Maupin Of Rockingham,
John C. OFT of Woodstock, M. N. Anderson
of Louisa, John III. Smith of Albemarle, &.
o. Hudson of Culpeper, r. c. Macon of
Orange, j. Dew Montague Of Middlesex, B.
n. Francisco Of Louisa, a. B. Cottrell and s..
! N. Davis OF Heprico, Andrew Briggs of Sus.
sex, William Egglestop of Giles. y. :.
MIA. o. Sullivan of Montgomery offers
himself for reelection as second doorkeeper.
The only candidate offering directly against
him is Mr. E. B. Simpson of Bridgewater,
but some of these left out Of the race for
i tsergeant-at-arms and first doorkeeper may
enter this.
Mr.. John j. Wilkinson, of Pittsylvania,
was third doorkeeper last term, and is cam
h didate for reelection. j. B. Chandler, late
of Caroline, now of Richmond E.. Tyler
Jones, of Richmond; E. N. HoTerton, of
Halifax; and W. l. .Irby, of Hanover, are
also candidates. z -
/ SENATE OFFICES.
Colonel Shelton G. Davis, of Henrico, will
remain clerk of. the Senate as matter Of
course. Captain Writ Harrison, sergeant-at-
arms, will be opposed by Mr.. A. n. Dicker-
tsop, of Grayson, and by q candidate from
the Valley. No opposition to Colonel Minor,
| the doorkeeper, is yet manifest.
1 CLERKS AND PAGES. rs
| Mr., John, Bell Bigger, as clerk Of the
House, will have the pick of six or seven
icommittee- clerks out Of about one hundred
and fifty gentlemen who think they are COM
petent and desire such places. The Speaker
lappoints the pages. If all the boys who
have applied were appointed it would make
a serious inroad upon the attendance at sew
eral of the male schools Of this city. Colo
mel Shelton Davis appoints about half do
zen committee-cl clerks. Last year there was
some sort Of understanding that hereafter
these clerks should be taken not more than
lone from each congressional district, but
generally Colonel Davis is left untrammelled.
ILieutenant-G Governor Thomas will make the
; selection of pages for the Senate.
/ Nearly all the old clerks and pages are
eager to be reappointed.
s-,,.- STATE OFFICERS. -.
/ The nominations for State Offices will
probably be commenced tomorrow night
or the night AFTER. in joint caucus. The
Iterm of DR.. W. II. Rnfiuer, Superintendent
Iof Public Instruction, does not expire for
/ two years to come. No opposition to the
ireeIection of Messrs. w. f. Taylor, Auditor
OF Public Accounts B. N. T. Hunter,
Treasurer; James Mcdonald. Secretary Of
1.-THE Commonwealth; R. f. Walker, Super
lintendent of Public Printing; and Samuel Il.
4 Boykin, Register of the Land Office, has yet
been developed.
| ColonekA. G. Holladay, of Benrico, and
lGenerai Asa Rogers, the present incumbent,
are Candidates for Second Auditor.
j The contests for the other offices are noted
as follows:
The present incumbent, Captain W. N.
ITaliaferro, will not be candidate for reelec-
ton as Penitentiary Storekeeper, but his
brother, Mr. Nathan C. Taliaferro, who has
conducted the business for several months,
jofrers himself. The other candidates are
/ Messrs. William ,Lovenstein, James ID. Ste
vens, Lewis W. Burwelf, Charles Y. Norriss,
4 Frank W. Chamberlayne, and Miles Cary, OF
1Ricbmond; James o. Boley, of Norfolk;
I Charles T. Piunkett, Of Appomat1oI, and
l Thomas w. Spindle, Of Montgomery
I Colonel g. French strother, who has filed
the Office Of Superintendent Of the Peniten.
itiary for six years, is a candidate for reelec-
ton. His opponents are aMessrs. "a. G. Jones,
of Richmond John r. Num-, of Clarke;
and w. W. Hard wicke, of sLynehburg. R.
,tC.. Burkholder, of Lynchburg, announced
himself o candidate, but it Is now said ne
has withdrawn. e! 80 - at51s
I ADMISSION oP INDEPENDENTS. st
J, To the members of the General Assembly
j who have, arrived in the city the admission
Iof Independents to the Conservative clucuses
presents itself as a somewhat serious CUES
ition. independents were admitted last year
and the gear before upon the understanding
that they were to act in harmony with the
party in all matters where action was deter.
I,mined on in caucus. Many, members now
here think that the same rule should be
adopted, at this. time, while Others are OF
lopiniQn that true party Interest demands
their exclusion, or at least dehuite pledge