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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-06-03
Ohio Republican Convention.

COLUMBUS, O., June 2.-The Republican
State Convention assembled here to-day.
Five hundred and forty-siX delegates were
in attendance. Lorenzo Danf0rd was elected
temporary chairman, ard K. B. Hayes nomi-
mated for Governor.
Ldter.-The following platform was unani.
mously adopted without discussion:
The Republicans of Ohio, in convention
assembled, reAffirmiDg The cardinal principles
of their organization, which have become
received as maXlms Of policy. Stale aud pa
tional, declare on specific points the series of
sentiments following:
1. The States are one as nation, and all
citizens are equal under the laws and enti-
tied to their fullest protection.
2. That the policy of finance should be
steadily pursued which without an unne-
cessary shock to business or trade will ulti.
mately equalize the purchasing capacity of
the coin and paper dollar.
8. We are in favor of tariff for revenue
with incidental protection to American in
dustry.
4. We stand by free education in our pub.
lic.school system, the taxation OF all for its
support. and no division Of tho school fund.
8. Under our republican system Of gov
erument there should be no connection. d.
rect or individual, between church and State,
and We oppose all legislation in the interest
of any particular sect. Upon this subject
we should not fail to profit by the experience
of foreign Governments whose efforts Of The
church to control the State constitute an evil
of great magnitude and endanger the power
and prosperity of the people.
6. We demand snch revision of the patent
laws as will relieve industry from the oppres.
sion of monopoies.
7. A grateful people can never cease to re-
member the services of our soldiers and sail
ora, and it is due to them that liberality and
generosity should obtain In the adjustment
of pay and bounties.
8. We demand that the public domain
shall be scrupulously reserved for occupancy
by actual settlers.
8. The determination of the Government
to collect the revenue and prevent and pun
ish frauds has our unqualified approval.
10. That the power Of municipal corpora
tions to create debts should be restricted,
and local and other expenditures should be
so reduced as to diminish taxation.
II. The observance of Washington's ex-
ample on retiring at the close of a second
presidential term will be in the future, as it
has been in the past, regarded as funda.
mental rule in The unWritten law Of the Re-
public.
12. The distinguished success of our Ad.
mnistration, which to the fame OF the pa.
triot and soldier has added that Of the ca.
pable and judicious statesman, entities
President Grant to the gratitude Of his
cOuntrymen.
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Court-six to white and four to colored cou-
pies. In the Police Court twenty-five arrests
were recorded for the month Of May; OF
which number two we're sent on to the grind
jury, two to the chain-gang, two fined, and
nineteen discharged.
To BE CoNTEsrgD.-The election of Col.
onel William Ambers as Common weath's
attorney for Chesterfield county Is to be con.
tested by his late opponent, Mr.. ". F. Gid
dings.
BRIEF IrEHs.-Judge Weisiger left the city
last night for Petersburg.
The ladies of the Meade Memorial church
will have feast at the courthouse tonight.
The Eureka Quaztette, Of Richmond, are ex.
pected to be>present and sing several of their
popular selections.
The Chesterfield Circuit Court adjourned
yesterday for.the term.
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MARROW ESCAPE FROM DRowSINa.-9es-
terday afternoon about l O'Clock one OF the
pleasure. boats used in transporting passen-
gers to apd from Hollywood was returning
TO the city stern foremost. A colored man
was holding the long oar or rudder which is
used to steer the boat, and in passing anetber
boat, bound up, The oar was struck and the
man thrown out into the canal. Toe ac::
cident occurred just where the Connection
Compauy's bridge spans the canal and where
the water is quite deep. Ihe man after being
thrown overheard rose to ehe surface and Gu
deayored to catch the boat as it passed, but
was unable to do SO. He sank twice. and
would have been drowned tMt for the timely
ala Of Mr. Leo. Wheat, who happened to be
ON board. He saw the accldeut, and before
the man got out of reach caught him by the
wrist as he was about to sink the third time
auC rescued him. The man wass of course,
Isyisl, iu bis thanks and offers to serve hr.
Wheat ter saving him.
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hILDREY PAGE AGAIN SENTENCED TO BE
HUSG-DEcEMBER 10rH The DAY Fixed foF
HIS EXECUTION This CASE TO BE TAKEN TO THE
SUPREME CoURT.-The Circuit Court Of Ches-
terfieid met yesterday morning st 10 O'Clock.
At about II o',loek the counsel In the case Of
Hitdrey Page came into court, and recess
was taken by the court 10 order to allow
them time to prepare the various bills of ex-
ceptions made during the progress of the
recent trial for house. burning. They COM
pleted their bills about 1850 O'Clock, when
the Judge resumed the bench and proceeded
TO dispose OF the case.
The Clerk: q Hildrey Page, stand up."
The prisoner arose.
Clerk: g. You stand convicted of two fel.
onies. the penalty of each being death. Have
you any ytbing to say why the court should
not now proceed to pass Judgment upon you
according to law?"
There was no response from the accused.
Judge Weisiger then proceeded to pass
sentence upon the prisoner, as follows "Hil-
drey Page, you have been tried in this court
by jury Of your own countrymen upon an
Indictment for burning the dwelling Of
Colonel Ruffin, in Chesterfield county, in the
nighttime Of April 20, 1874. You have
| been defended by counsel OF your own Sc
| this court hos taxed its energy to afford you
fair and impartial trial. / do not pro.
pose to oppres' your feelings with q
recital Of the facts upon which you were
| onticted, but shall simply proceed
| to pass sentence, and urge upon you the ne
cessity of preparing to meet that tribunal
| which all men must sooner or later be
| called upon to do. Your counsel have signi-
fed their intention to appeal to higher
| court; but do not be misled by any such
| hope. It is my painful duty to order that
you be taken hence to Jail, and there secure.
ly confined until the 10th day Of December,
1875, whence you are to be taken by
| the sheriff to some convenient locality in
Chesterfield county, where, between the
| hours of sunrise in the morning and sunset
Of that day, you are to be hung by the neck
until you are dead. And may the Lord save
your soul
cit is my duty also to say to you that you
have been tried and convicted Of burning the
dwelling -house Of Colonel Ruffia on the
night of the 3lst of March, 1874"
| He then repeated that portion of the sen.
tence in reference to the execution.
During the passage of the judgment oi
| the court the prisoner exhibited no sign o1
emotion whatever; only now and then cast
| ing bis eyes towards the judge and down on
| the floor. A death.lIke silence pervaded the
courtroom during the delivery of the SEN
tence of the court.
AS intimated in the sentence Of the Judge
MesSrs. S. NJ. Page and E. G. Cabell, couu.
sci for, the prisoner, design taking the case tc
| the Supreme Court of Appeals on writ Of
| error and superSedeas. They have filed
nineteen bills of exceptions to the ruling OF
the court in the two cases-four on the FIRST
| trial and fifteen on the second. The case has
been under consideration twenty-three days
of this term.
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ST7pRS DEaTH.-Frank D. Hill (colored),

SUrpRN DEATH.-Frank D. Hill (colored),
a member of the Attucks Guard, died sud.
denly yesterday near the corner of Clay and
Adams streets. He walked out yesterday
morning and complained of feeling badly,
and later, q son OF Mr.. Forester. member
OF the City Council, came along and found
him lying dead in the street, as above men,
toned. He was married and was about
twenty-five years of age. DR.. Taylor, the
coroner, was notified of the case, but upon
learning that be had been in ill-bealth for
some time, having suffered from asthma, and
indeed complication of diseases, deemed it
unnecessary to Inquest the body. The com.
pany of WHICH he was member will parade
and bury him to-day.
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Police Court. YEsTERDAY-JuStice Joseph
j. White presiding. The following parties
were fined James Staples (colored). 81, for
being drunk and creating disturbance on
the street G. N. Clutter (white youtb), 81,
for interfering with Policeman Depriest in
the discharge of his duty; Pleasant Payne
(coored). for assauting Jennie Crump; Jcn
ME Crump (colored), =. for trespassing upon
the premises of Pleasant Payne and abusing
and fighting suid Payne.
The case Of Meta Williams and Margaret
Smith (coored), charged with stealing $40
from the person Of Mr.. j. NJ. Southwait
while he was in drunken condition, was
continued until to-day. Accused were CON-
mitied TO Jail.
Francis Hoffman, charged with being
drunk, was ordered 10 leave the city at once.
Mile Lee (coored), charged with assault
ing and bealing MabaIa johnson, was com.
mitted for five days in default of security for
$50.
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Weather ReuOrt.

WASHINGTON, June 2.-For the South At.
lantic and Gulf States, stationary or rising
barometer, south and west winds, stationary
or lower temperature, except higher on the
South Atlantic coast, and partly cloudy Wea-
ther with local rains near the Gulf coast.
For the Middle and Eastern States, sta
tionary or falling barometer, stationary or
rising temperature. increasing cloudness and
occasional rain.
For Tennessee and the Ohio Valley, rising
barometer, southwest 10 northwest winds,
cooler, cloudy weather, and occasional! rain.
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MANCHESTER NEWS.

MEnoRrA1-DAY.-A large number OF per-
sons of this city participated in the memo.
rial exercises at Holly wood yesterday. The
public schools we're closed In honor OF the
occasion.
SrATIsr1cAL.-During the past month
twenty-five deeds were recorded in the
clerks office of the County Court of Ches-
tertield, and for the same period forty were
recorded in the clerks Office OF the Hastings
Court. Tep marriage licenses we're also
issued from the clerks ofies Of the County;
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The Richmond, Williamsburg and
Central TRrnpikc.


Editors Dispatch Please allow me space
for statement in reference TO the recent diff
ticulty at the new tolgate. While there can
be but one opinion as to the criminal Jolly OF
destroying the toll-gate, yet the company has
not been free from blame. This anomaly OF
O turnpike was chartered before the war, with
special provision allowing them to take
tolls when built to Hughes's. This is about
one and three-quarter miles from tbe.clty
limits, while the new road TO Blakey's milD
is seven.tenths of mile from the terminus
at Hughes's instead of two miles, as stated;
and the company have collected tolls for two
miles inste I'd OF the even..tenths actually
travelled. Some years since the company
built two miles on the Central or Darbytown
branch, making three and three-quarter
miles in all, while the general turnpike law
requires five miles before allowing tolls to be
collected.
Several efforts have been made to have the
company extend the road, but this corpora
ton demands at ttfe hands Of cit Zans living
on the road $4,000 per Aile, while it can be
built for less than half Of that price. An act
was passed by the General Assembly last
winter requiring this company to complete
Its road within two years or forfeit its char
ter, and at the hearing before the Senate
Committee on Roads it was proved that since
the war this company had doubled its capital
stock by vote without dollar being paid in
by the stockholders; also, that no reports
have been made to the Board ofaPublc
Works, as required by law. Wesuppose the
stock was doubled to prevent the State from
receiving the excess over Is per cent. divi.
dend, and the same reason may have prevent.
ed them from making reports of its condition
to the proper authorities.
If the road was kept in good condition 1t
would not cause so much difficulty but it is
rather hard for the lumber and wood deal.
ers to haul their loads from three to twenty
miles over country roads and then to be re-
quired to pay toll for so short distance over
q road but little better. FAIR PLAY.
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BY TELEGRAPH.
President Grant and the Indians-The
President goes TO Long Branch.
Especial telegram to the Dispatch1

President goes TO Long Branch.
Especial telegram to the Dispatch.l
WAsHINGroN, June 2, 1875.
The President held q council with the In
dians at the Interior Department to-day,
from which reporters of the press were ex.
cluded, the Department acting under the im-
preston that its reports would be of more
value than those of the press representatives.
1t comes out, however, that the council re-
suited in nothing more than is already
known.
The Indians insist upon recognition of
their greatness and the Government makes
no new points. The whole thing is big
farce, and the Indians will 60 home leaving
the entire question for which they were
called here to consult upon as unsettled as
ever.
The President will leave in the early train
tomorrow for Long Branch. There Is no
intimation as to when be will return again.
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GALVESTON. June 2.-In the civil.rigbts
case in the United States District Court yes.
terdsy against Manager GreenWalt, of the
Opera House, the Judge decided that the de-
murrer be sustained and the Indictment
quashed, on the ground Of the act being un-
constitutional and the indictment not alleging
that the complainant was q citizen OF the
United States. It is thought that other cases
will be decided in asimilar manner.
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Washington IaeIns.

WASHINGTON. June2.- The aggregate value
of dlstlIery property seized yesterday was
one eighth of million dollars.
The President has appointed Barbour
Lewis appraiser of merchandise at Memphis.
A board consisting Of Colonel Getty and
others has been appointed to meet June OH
at Fortress Monroe to examine and report
on the merits Of Roberts's new handbook of
artillery.
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Dedication Of the New Masonic Temple
in New York.


New YORK, June 2.-The dedicatory cere-
monies of the new Masonic Temple in this
city began this morning with procession
of Masons, which was probably the largest,
most imposing, snd most important civic dis
play vet witnessed here. In all directions
along Broadway and Fifth avenue and the
principal streets near these leading thorough.
fares flags and bunting were hung to the
breeze, and everything indicated gala'day.
AS the time for the procession to move
came on, the streets, and windows, and
doorsteps of the houses on the line of march
were filled with people. The twenty.six di'
visions into which the participants in the
procession bad been divided took up their
places in admirable order and with military
promptitude in the various streets, begin
ming with Ninth and ending with Nineteenth,
abultipg on Fifth avenue; the right Of each
division resting in each case on the avenue.
The Masonic Grand Lodge of this State
re reassembled this morning and proceeded TO
Washington Square to review the great pro.
cession. Many of their guests accompanied
them to the platform.
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RETURN OF THE ATTCcKs GUARD.-The At
tucks Guard, Captain II. l.. Hobson com.
mandipg, returned 10 the city yesterday be-
tween II and o'clock from Norfolk. Cap.
tim Houson is lavish in his praises Of Mayor
Whitehead and the citizens of Norfolk gene
rally for their attention and hospitality du-
ring the visit of the company. The Captain
says that the white and colored people /" We'd
with each other in their entertainments
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SnHden neath.

Especial telegram TO The Dispatch.l
BURkEvILLE, Va, June "A man named
Robert Thompson, Of Mobile, Ala, walking
the railroad to Richmond, lay down near the
road, three miles east OF here, this evening,
and died of constipation of the heart. He
has family in Mobile.
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st. Louis Items.

Sr. LOUIS, June 2.-The assignees OF the
Peoples Savings Bank, which failed last WIZ
ter for several hundred thousand dollars,
have sued the board of directors.
The Southern Presbyterian Assembly ad-
journed sine die at midnight. Nothing no1a-
BILE occurred in the closing proceedings.
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GAUZE MERlSo UNDERSHIRTs.-For the largest
stock OF underwear and gentlemen;s furnishing
goods In the city call on E. b. SPENCE & SON, Mer-
chant Tailors, 1900 Main street, where You find
all the new designs in English worst.d coaiDgs and
fancy cassfmeres for suits. and have them made up
to order In the latest and best styles at low prices
If you want nice clothing aad furnishing goods call
ON E. Is. SPENCER SON aud examine their stock.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-06-03

Is YOUR LIFE WORTH TEN CENTs?-We say
plainly no person IN this word suffering with dys-
pepsia liver com plant and Its edects-indges stion,
costiveness, sick hsadsche, sour stomach, heart
burn, palpitadon OF the heart, depressed spirits,
biliousness-can take GREENS AUGUST FLOWER
without relief and cure IL you doubt this, get
sample bottle for 10 cents. Try 1t. Two doses Will
relieve YOU. PURCELL, LADD & Co., agents.
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Meeting OF Stockholders OF the Balti-
more and Pof0mac Railroad.

BALTIMORE, June AT a meeting Of the
stockholders of the Baltimore and Potomac
railroad held this Dorniag the following
officers were elected for the ensuing year ::
President. Hon. Owen Bowie; Vice.Presi.
dent, A. j. Cassatt Treasurer, John s. Leib !;
Secretary and Auditor, John Grove Direct.
ors. A. j. Cassatt, G. B. Roberts, W. T..
Walters, B. F. Newcomer, George Small, DR..
E. j. Aenkle, and Colonel Samuel Cox.
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Turmoil In the New Hampshire Legis.
.lature.

Turmoil In the New Hampshire Legis.
lature.
CONCORD, June 2.-The Legislature met
to-day amid great excitement. Twelve sena-
tors who bad been elected qualified. John
Sanborne was elected president of the Sem
ate, receiving seven Democratic votes. The
Republicans declined to vote. The five Re-
publicans then withdrew in body. The
Senate then completed Its organization under
Democratic auspices. The seeding senators
met elsewhere and made temporary organ
iZatiop.
The House is balloting for Speaker. The
entrance to the capitol is guarded by the
police.
[iSecond Dtspatch]
CONCORD, N. e., June 2.-The House or.
ganized by eecting Charles P. Sanborn (Re-
publican(, of Concord, Speaker. The clerk
and other officers were then elected, and the
House proceeded to business.
A message from the Senate was received
announcing that it bad received protest
from five Republican senator's; also stating
they bad taken the oath, but refused TO act
with the body so long as Priest and Proctor,
of Districts Nos. and 4, were allowed seats
in the body.
4 resolution was introduced directing the
Speaker to sustain the opinion Of the Su.
preme Court on the constitutionality Of the
action of the Governor and Council in the
matter of Sena' ors Priest and Proctor.
Without action the House adjourned.
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NsrIosAL BOARD OF TRADE.-Andrew L.
Elicit, Charles Darlington, and Frederick Is.
Scott have been appointed delegates 70 repre-"
sent the Richmond Chamber OF commerce
at the meeting Of the Nationas peafa "
Trade to he held in Philadelphia on the losh
instant.
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t..,r..,t!twu Il .tr'a'S funera! Oay.
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y. , ... .is faces 4 q iuI m at he ucad,
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II. -. 81, h.U" skS shall swi"s Ui,en Its gates,
A.: t!u la.. 90 una march silcn Is thrO',
r.. ;,. treat ,apt Ia i'r iinal review.
ra.. from he, hl I'D ih,t has flowed for The right
t-.als- ,n1I spIlHs upward uniarnisheu ana
l- -uI:
rg.r ,s., g'aA ear of each nsrtyrcd srn
T.. . >n-i clr The go dtIdi l2S, " ell done;
.E,.,-,! = for culilt'!> shall cover hen over,
=. \ I'd r e
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A...-.y, r tn, M over with beau Hui flowers.
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Damage from Raiu.storm.

INDIANAPOLIS, IND, June "A heavy rain
in this vicinity washed away several bridges
last night, delaying the railway trains. A
freight train on the Belleiontaine road went
into a culrert, and the conductor, engineer,
and fireman were drowned and eight cars
wrecked.
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HOME ISDUsTRY.-Buy the g Excelsior - Water
Cooler and the Polar" Refrigerator, the ONLY
CnARCoAL-rACKED ED ice-econohizers made in this
city. For sale by the principal dealers in our line
MoUNTCAsTLE g. CorER, manufacturers, 52O
Broad street.
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NEW GooDs-Ladies' Gold Hunting Watches at
$50, $40, and upwards TO 1926: Genllemcn's Gold
Hunting-Wa,ches at $40, 800 to 5000, and up
wards Ladies' Leentines. Opera Chains. aud Neck
Iaces: Amethyst Rings, Aqua Marine Rings, ORR
entail Topaz Rings, Gold and Pearl Glove-IIooks, at
~
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BAsE.BALL.--A game of baseball was
played yesterday afternoon on the Reservoir
grounds between the Swan and Athletic
clubs, which resulted in a victory for the
Swan Club. The score stood: Swan, 81 ;
Athletic "a.
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ORDINANCE VIoLATIoSs.- Police JUS
tce yesterday tined James Murphy, Peter
Fox, and James Taylor s. each for violating
the ordinance of the city in relation to. the
removal of nght-sOl.