The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-06-19
LOCAL MATTERS.
GENERAL T.. u. BAGWELL.
HIS SAD AND SUDDEN pEATH-sKETCH OF
HIS LIFE AND MILITARY AND POLITICAL
sERvlCES-A GOOD AND TRUE MAN GONE.


sERvlCEs-A GOOD AND TRUE MAN GONE.
a letter written hy Mr.. Ned Nicely, and
dated ACcomac Courthouse, 14th instant,
brought to this city Saturday the mcan-
choly intelligence of the death of General
T.. Il. Bagwell. a distinguished member OF
the House Of Delegates. and well known in
Richmond. His illness, arising from con-
gcStion OF the liver, bowels, and kidney,
was oG short duration. lie was suddenly
cut down I'm the fulncss Of promise. and
when career of wide usefulness seemed
opening to him.
RIETf AND EDUCATION.
General Ba@weli, a son Of DIR. Thomas L.
Hagwrll. prominent physician of Accomac
county, was born in the year 1889. He re-
ccivcd an excellent education at the vCner-
able college of William and Mary, and after
leaving there opened flourlShing school.
lie was engaged in teaching when the war
| broke out In the beginning OF the war he
responded tn the call Of his native State aud
entered the army Is Il lieutenant. His rcgl-
mrnt was dSbanded after several months
service and Bagwcll then enlisted as pri-
yalc in the Richmond Light lniantry Blues.
ARMY RECORD.
He was with this famous company ut the
| siege of Yorktown. on the retreat towards
| Richmond and in the services rendered by
The command near Chatin's Bluff, where
| WiSc's brigade long held an important
post. though not one which gave it much
chance to win glory and fame. With the
| brigade Bagwcll went to South Carolina,
and saw arduous service on the banks of
the EdiSto and on James and Johns
Islands.
PROMOTED.
| While in South Carolina 4 company in
| the regiment (the Forty-SiXth from the
| Eastern Shore elected him lieutenant. He
was then sergeant. From the lieutenancy
he rose to the rank of captain, and for some
time served on the staff OF General Wise.
He WAS in numerous engagements i'll front
! OF Petersburg, and always bore himself
with marked bravery.
.Sftcr the close Of the war General Bag
well married Miss Ba@wcll. of his county.
| IN 1869 he appeared in Richmond us a mcn,-
Der of the House of Delegates from the
| county of Accomac, and he held the scat
continuously since.
HIS POLITICAL SERVICES.
lie was Il fine representative. and espc-
| cially Ills stn",Ii>hed himself as an unfailing
twice when lie was violently opposed be-
| rau>e he openly and everywhere avowed his
readiness TO vote to Increase taxes to main
tain State credit. He was one of the very
few country members willing to put himself
on the record that way. The oyster laws
and the question Of the disputed boundary
between Maryland and Virginia also re-
ccivcd much OF his attention.
Ills MILITARY TITLE.
Governor Walker appointed him one of
the generals of militia. The volunteer sol
diery had in him a warm and earnest friend,
devoted to their interest, and always ready
to perform any possible service for them.
At the last session he was 4 candidate be-
fore the Conservative callcllS for the nomi-
nation of Speaker. There was little or no
cause of dissatisfaction with Speaker Hang
rr, vet such was General Bagwcll's popu-
l;lrity and his known qualifications for the
place that he received about tllirty-iive or
! forty votes in caucuS.
| PRETTY FIGHT.
II was chvalric fight between Bagwell
| and Hanger and the speech of Bagwell,
when he put Hanger in nomination before
the House will long DC remembered by
| those who We're present. 1t was eloquent and
manly, and had the very model OF sentiment
for one who, having been defeated by Il
brother Conservative in u friendly contest,
desired to carry out the party wishes in
good faith.
PUBLIC POSITIONS.
IIe was chairman Of the Committee on
Schools and Colleges, and second on the
House Committee on Finance, and member
Of the Committee on the Chesapeake and its
Tributaries. He was active in all the de-
libcratomS of the House, was Il ready dcbatcr,
| and on the numerous occasions on which he
was called to the chair presided with impair
tiality and dignity.
| At the recent Conservative State Conreu-
ton General Bagwcll was with great una
nimity chosen temporary chairman. Many
will remember what big, tinc-looking man
| he was, and how strong and hearty he
seemed. He probably weighed two hum
drcd pounds at the time OF death, and was
growing very tleshy.
General Bagwcl was IN alternate com
missioner from Virginia to the Centennial
Exposition. At the last session of the Gene
raj Assembly he made brave oifort to get
| an appropriation TO secure for Virginia q
proper representation Of her resources and
| industries, but failed.
| Deceased leaves a widow and four small
children.
General Bagwel had any number OF
friends. lie was warm-heartcd and gener-
Gus; had good word for everybody, and
| without an effort on his part won his way
| to the hearts OF people.
In his death the county OF Accomac has
lost worthy representative, and the State
one of her young public men OF fairest
promise.
TIE NEW SCHEDULE OF THE CHEASAPEAKE
AND ONO oRAILROAD.-The following changes
have been made in the arriving and leaving
time OF passenger-trainS Oh this road:
Mail leaves Richmond at 9:3O A. NJ. in
stead Of S:.t5, and arrives at $50 i. nj. in
stead OF 500 L. NJ.
Eypress leaves Richmond at II midnight
instead OF 10 T.. NJ, and arrives at 4:45 "A.
Nj.
Accommodation leaves at 4:45 z. NJ. in
stead of 1:3O, and arrives at $3.50 instead OF
8 o'clock.
New RAILROAD CUiyERTs.-The bricks OF
which the Richmond, Fredericksburg ana
Potomac Railroad Company's depot, car
house, office, and maehine-shops, IN inns
city, are made, are to be used IN ptliiGinS
permanent culverts on that ROAD Inc
buildings are being demolished rs rapidiy
as convenience will permit.
CHILDREN AND THE GRASS ON THE CAPITOL
SQUARE.-It is stated that the Superlnteno-
ent Of Public Buildings has determined to
allow the children in this city to play on the
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