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

ssr. cnsis.ian 20 Ar. vassasns

RscaMoXD. December 3, lSg5.
E.as,ers DISPATCH: Gentletnen,-~I see IN
your issue Of this date card from Ar. va.
iosko Walden, clainssHa TO be q fepsy to .
very short one signed Sy me and pahshed
fp your issue OF Saturday last. 7 say csatn''
Sn, to be reply 10 my card because am
sure that but for THIS caGtas no one ccuio
have recognized II as such.
simply said In ing short ceM Laat
writer signing himself " dusutm fat nau
made several mistakes, doaetkss inaussIs
entiy, about the prooeed!ngs OF t1e m.e
beard OF directors OF the Eastern aslnaslc
! AsyiugR. which would take pleasure 20 COZ
recting H be would let the pte'ec Knew Wao
he was; t6a could not consent 10 Sosse ~
statements Of suonymoas correspooosn.s..
I Mr. yatSsn Ia reply 10 This cord saye.
!. as,onr other things, that i" Mr.. Christian
] eiaIms thar the sew board Of directors has
sayed 10 the State besYeea sixteen ana
seventeen hundred doiisrs,o &cs Sc.s and
acreases the Impression that ], member OF
the present directory, had had che bad taste to
reject upon the senduet OF toe fo'ssseT beard.
ara satisfied thss Mr.. yaidendid not iptend
. 30 40 this. but he has done go By eonfound-
lag ne with Other writer's, whose cards
have not seen, aud know nothing whatever
OF. Ii B more 10 correct this suppression
than anything disc that feel caaea upon 10
reply 20 hts present card. 80.
~ Il presest, chen, that made no asiusion
whatever to any actiso Of the former ooafo
oil direcsere, add have no intention or desire
either to critscise their conduct or 70 0eieno
any action Of the present board. sn per.
fectly satisfied that bott boards acted 90 tnty
Thought ssonld sess subserve the Interests OF
the trust commttted 20 them. l sinply
claimed in nv card that ~ Justitia Fiat ;. mac,
0denbsIess inadvertently" e., wstsons
{ ,aslyertipe 70 the EecDn6s-made some snis'
fakes. which / would take pleasure 10 cor
reetjpp. Mr.. Walden comedies that ne mace
some mistakes. and e0rEectsehem 10 some ea.
TENT. / wish. 10 the utnest kindness OF
spirit. tocorreet him little further. DE says
the present board made .nesc executive COM
mittaeEaen at aa additional expense OF one
hundred or two hundred dollars. The oy,
laws under which the former board acteo
provided that the executive commiteee
should consist Of foe members, any hree OF
WHOM to set. We simply appointed Ine
executive committee under this bylaw, ana
therefore did not make any neG executive
committeeman" at all.
. As to the salary of the superintendent, 8
motion was distinctly made to the board &c
increase it. to s. 600. That motion was dis
left on my mind was that some members were
willing to pay, If necessary. to get trst;
class man at the head of the ansheuhon'
as much as $4,000. can't say what the
board viii do about 1t, but 1t seems to me
that it is time enough to eriticise this action
in the premises when they have done some
thing. ~ =,
- AS to the Office of treasurer, the board did
all that ii could 10 abolish that Office, which
was unanimously deemed an unnecessary ex.
pepse; and don't think there 10 any douot
as to what the action of the Legislature Will
be. :,
It Is true, as Mr.. Walden says, that could
have found bis name at the Dispatch Office,
but will never consent 10 correspondence
through The press where one writer is known
to the public and the other is not.
This letter ia written In the utmost KIND.
ness Of feeling towards Mr. Walden and
Il every one else referred to, and with all re.
spect must beg to be excused II do not
write any more on this subject.
! remain, gentlemep, with great respect,
your obedient servant,
B Z, ~ a..s. 3. al e, GEORGE L. CHRISTIAN.