The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-12-03

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te''' ,,o Richmond Dspa'ch,I
lcorresr'n,,,orn, ,,snrrc, December 2. 1915:
PE7hES ~ "J late Captain Beverley
The !a" took place this afternoon AZ rne
p'i0lS't@S. o roy Methodist Ep,seoIa'
NS>nl'S, 81 which the deceased naa ne ,s.ara
cNu'ro. % W MANY years. The exercises were
ncna'r, 'o u, :" = large congregation, among
aucnd'i ~ ;rc Nrchanics' Benevolent Asso.
vtch VIZ , ~" went iu body. Captain
ca'i3r' We, NH behind hut two native white
prinAaf" H., are older ,h1n he was-M
c!ir':s, " ..r- and Captain Clements. both OF
pane ' ,,,lr eIrhtv.tve years OF age.
whom S' .. -" that tic Government officers
j i inyc.tigate the reported irregu-
srHpHeu ,I,eralities in connection with
l'T!l,,> 49, 1i.,illrrv. in this city, approached
Toe N.Y., ,triv in lis employ, Messrs. Nc
thee 't ",Io,nqn and Sheffield. and offered to
tao"' ,h,,, % testify for the prosecution.
hj's ','' ,,cnt i that one of these employees
TIE S'$ ,r,,o5 with bribe Of 5000 10 give 10
VT M"I before the United States court
tx ,.,+ r,s rrA|over and the revenue officers.
,;,o VA, spurned by the workmep,
IAI a.nri3 ma. be likely to know Of any
va. ,,rcSnr>>" in the distilery, il indeed
,,arr had been HuH t"'o, Va .'o
49, i testimony against parties accused De-
va .sc rnifcd States courts IS procured by
.,,, n,.n. a. these, it is time that the pros.
80. themselves should be made the OBJ
49, Of prosecution. -
DENOMINATION OF james Young andJohn
I'm charged with cutting Scott Jordan
- uop,isy night, will be had before Mayor
%r@,3ry tomorrow morning. Jordan is
,.,,Fc.e, to be able to attend and testify.
u. has recovered much more rapidly than
rra. q; first expected, rs his case was or'gi-
80 f.. regarded 10 be of very serious cha
r,le:.
Tn, polar wave has struck us to-day in
c,o3 ernest, and winter may be considered
;, nave come 10 stay" Ice was formed in
al i9c cutters, small streams, and exposed
yy,.y!, MS morning, and the mercury in the
,nba stood a. twenty.seyen degrees at
o'.ar,, aud later in the day the temperature
r,.c: aud the figures at - ID. were thirty.
.ay.1 degrees. and at 8 O'Clock thirty.eight
degrees.
r.- people were rather more amused than
;ri,,p,lt AZ the card Of Mr.. T. r. Cham.
HIS which appeared in the Dispatch of this
morning, asserting that he had been request
a hy citizens OF the Ninth senatorial dis
,r,ct 10 protc>: against the late election rs
C,auIuent. Illegal &r. Mr.. Cbambliss is not
= resident OF this district, as he states him.
self and heaven only knows what right he
has TO meddlc in its political affairs. If there
were any comp!lint of the kind that he
srs.kS of-and of that there is no evidence
wHalever-he is perhaps the last man who
would BE- selected to present the case, unless
I,-,-
cya2r. people. Perhaps the card does not
deserve so much attention, but its publca-
lion reflects uujusty upon our people and
The Conservative party OF the district, and
among those who do not know Mr.. Cham
bliss would be calculated to do US harm.
A, a meeting OF The board OF directors OF
the Planters and Mechanics Bank aid to-
day Mr.. John B. Eye was elected director
T. succeed the late +. L. Johnson.
Your types made me say yesterday that
the resignation Of Captain Hinton was offered
to the Council. whereas wrote "was not"
II is stated, Sowever, that Captain Hinton
will resign his seat in that body. .
Rev. I. T. Eaton left to-day for Norfolk,
where he i, assisting in the conduct OF re-
Fivai al the Freemason.Stree church. Mir
Eaton has very recently assumed pastoral
charge OF The First Baptist church 10 this
city, but has already won high reputation
and his sermons are regularly attended anC
allentively heard by large congregations.
Our election cost the city three hundred
and lightweight dollars and eighty cents.
Petersburg is the only community in TIT
State that has no candidate on the carpet TO
the United States Senate.
1t is said that q great many marriages, ant
some of the fashionable kind, are soon to b
celebrated. ROBIN HOOD.