The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-04-18

| OH lllOtipu O1 MI. SuTtiS, Tic TtsOlutioi
Of the Committee on Streets ior culvert on
! Twenty-tifth street, &C., was taken up.
/ The culrert is to cost $3.50. Agreed to
unanimously.
! On motion, the Council, at P. NJ, ad.
journcd.
THE INDEPENDENT MovEMENT-ORGAN ANIzA.
TON OF CLUB IN CLAY WAEp.-A meeting
OF Independents was held last night over
| the drugstore northwest corner OF Cary
and Laurel streets. About thirty voters
were present. Our reporter, upon enter
! ing the room, felt many misgivings rs to
the reception that would probably be given
him. not knowing whether his presence
would be considered compliment or other
wise. He was, however, soon made com.
Portable by the cordial greetings and warm
welcome given him. A good deal OF time
was lost waiting for the arrival OF the tenn
porary chairman. In the interval Captain
Martin Meredith Lipscomb enliyened the
party by relating some anecdotes OF by-gone
days and politicians.
The meeting was called to order about
$40 by the temporary chairman, Mr.. Greg.
ory, attorney at law. He stated that the
first business was the election Of perma-
nent chairman.
On motion, Mr.. Gregory was unanimously
elected to that position. Mr.. j. Henry
King, who was not present, but whose sym.
pathy with the movement was vouched for,
was elected vice-president. Mr.. George W.
DueSberry was nominated for secretary, but
declined on the ground that he could not
see very well at night. On his motion Mr..
James Laughton was elected secretary.
The body thus organized was named
| ha OF n
That having been done, Captain Lipscomt
rose to personal privilege He desired
the meeting to understand that he was pre-
sent not as a sympathizer, but Gas silent
spectator" To friend seated. near him he
said that in the game Of roulette the odd:
against the player was as twenty-seven tc
one; that he thought that bad enough, bu,
in this undertaking the game was five hun
dred to one against the player, and he de-
sired to have nothing to do with it.
| He was asked il he did not desire to see
abuses in the party corrected, and he ad
mitted that he did. He then went on &c si
lent spectator" though he was) to give some
of his political experiences. His conclusion
was that Richmond was as rotten as Sodon
or Gomorrah, but he was determined to vote
at the primary election, and If he got whip
ped meant to "succumb."
These sentiments were received in goot
humor. Whether they were endorsed by 6
majority present did not appear.
The chairman was authorized to appoint
a committee to confer with the committees
from other wards in relation to conducting
the municipal canvass.
The roll was signed by q number o.
voters, and the Club adjourned.
FUNERAL OF THE LATE CAPTAIN WILLIAM
ENGLISH.-The late Captain William Eng
lish was buried from st. Peters Cathedra
Yesterday morning. The eGifice was crowd
ed to its utmost capacity. Among those
present were several prominent city ant
State officials, besides representations from
the Old First Virginia Regiment, Catholic
societies, Excelsior Club, &c.
The funeral services of the Catholic
Church were most impressively performed
by Bishop Gibbons, assisted by the clerg!
in attendance; and the choir with its slow
solemn music was in sympathy with th
sadness which pervaded the vast concours'
Of friends and relatives Of the deceased.
Bishop Gibbons made an appropriate ad
dress; after which the remains were escort
ed to their last resting-place in Shockoe
Hill cemetery. The pall-bearers wer
General P. T. Moore and Colonel William
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mel w. G. Darlington and S. II. Pulliam, o
the Excelsior Club; General Joseph r. An
derson and Mr.. John NJ. Higgins, Of th'
City Council; Messrs Bernard Reilley ant
Patrick CASTILLO, Of the Catholic Beneficial
Society; Hon. A. NJ. Kelley and NJ. L
Stra,,s, city officials; James Hays, John Il
Molloy, and Michael Hagerty, of the An
cient Order of Hibernians.
The coffin was beautiful one, OF costly
wood, with heavy silver-plated handles anG
screws, with tastefully-carved solid-silvel
plate on the coffin-lid bearing the following
inscription: "I. FL. S. William English
aged fifty-five years. Died April 10, 1876"
The floral decorations on the coffin were
very elaborate and pretty, consisting OF tube
roses, orange blossoms, and other floral pro
ducts worked in the shape OF hearts, crosses
stars, &c.
Appropriate resolutions of respect were
adonted at 3 meeting Of the Catholic Benefi
cial Society held Yesterday morning. The
Council chamber was draped in mourning
Yesterday evening in respect to the deceased
Respect TO MIR. ENGLISH'S MEMORY
MEETING OF THE Two BRANCHES OF THE
Cry CoUNCIL.-A joint meeting OF the
| BOARD OF Aldermen and Common Counci
was held Yesterday morning In the Councll
I y
chamber.
Promptly at $3.50 o'clock the bodies were
cslled to order by Mr.. Joseph r. Anderson,
| president OF the Common Council, VINO an
nounced the death Of Mr. William English,
member of the Common Council from
Monroe Ward, and stated that the meet!ne
had been called to take appropriate action
in regard to his death.
Mr.. Higgins moved that a commlttee OF
six he appointed to prepare suitable resoiu-
tions. Agreed to.
The Chair appointed Messrs. Higgins,
r. III. WhitIock, Straus. and Christian, from
the Common Council, and Williams ana
Scott, from the Board Of Aldermen.
The committee retired, and after prlel
absence returned, and Mr. Higgins pre-
sented series Of highiy-eulogistic reso!u-
tions; which were agreed to unanimously.
On motion OF Mr.. Smith, the joint meet
ing adjourned sine die.
HOME ENTgRpRIsE.--Mr. w. c.. Smith has
recently manufactured for a gentleman in
New York city a very handsome side-spar
top-buggy, which speaks well Tor Richmond
work. The same party has also shipped
recently to Bremen q beautiful baby-car
riage--a1, article that he manufactures eS-
tenSiyely. H all OF our manufactures re-
eeiyed the home as well as the foreign pa
fronage they deserve 10 would tend TO build
up & iehmoad, and make money more plent-
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