The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-10-27

l'f FRA ANKf1N STREET. NEIR MONROE PARK, ;,
SELECTED As. THE .sPoTra kQB THE M 1WE1,-
COME raADDREsS--oGHER FEATURES OF
h THE MRETFNG1rNE.. ..OEFTCiAEr. FRO
DaRxmNEsoF CEKEMoNfEs DUR1SG HIS
| ExCELLENCYs,vIsIT.: &C., &C., ..:sH'nI :
~. r..i: ~ "a t-=--r-. 3::.ff.7--th,ii ITtiw
The disasreement bsesweeiI the,ausb4f fities
Of the city,, OF: the State, andIof the AgrE
4 cultural Society in 8tonnectiog!'' With the
place for the Presidents 3 welcome and re.
ception has been satisfactorily arranged, and
AFTER much squabbifng ns' to Hia Should
have the pleasure 5ni showing lHH kE1cef'
4 leney the'most attention the pregramne has
all been arranged, and ndpreparatfDps afe now
progressing tin earnest1dor hisH entertain
n:ent and 3dbspositiop Of bis time White tl In
Richmond. :-DI!3MiAg arr :eatHl -,
THE ,coXMrrrEE MEETING YESTERDAY. :.
Another meeting Of the general commit
tee from the two branches Of the Council
and the Board of Public, Interests was held
yesterday morning, at,.Which Judge Mere.
dlth presided: Present : Messrs. j. R. An
derson, Charles L.. Todd, Nv! IA. Scott; "a.
e. gsn gapnSa + 5a E BssS %hi,l0fk it, ;al
two branches Of the 2 City Council, and
utSsIsa ntay3In Giciii ~ " aHu =. ~, SUiitfuS,
OF the Board of PnbHc Interests, and Gene.
raj; Peytenr NTYiseJchie marshal for the pa
rade. ,,',1i ,~',tI i,:" i.,. ;,.;dr ,y,s..J vo,o
was ionnd Ito be present Judge Meredith
took the chair and gave detailed statement
Of every thing that had transpired between
the committee aud the Governor and Major
A. II. Drewry, president OF the Agricultu.
ral Society. o. The facts, published in the
| Dispatch yesterday morning contained the
case in u; nutshell 7 but the committee,
through its chairman, desired the repre-
sentatiyes Of cypress present at the; meet
| ing Yesterday morning to, withhold from
publication the details ;of the Interviews
! between the authorities. named; as1tg pub
licity might creatg, ,ap erroneous impression.
Lone Of the reporters present apromised! to
accede to the wishesof the chairman.
Judge MereditRs account was certainly
quite interesting, and served to entertain
the committee not little. ,,..., ...r.,,,.,; =.
At the conference at Governor Kemper's
house on Thursday might seyeralrepresent-
atiyes OF the Agricultural Society were pre-
sent. Major DreWry was nxious that the
Governor should deliver his address at the
! sident on, the Capitol Square the Society
would have .to"get one Of its own repre-
sentatiyes to do Their speaking at the p #airs
/ Grounds. 80! rt:3.L!cOH .ar &l..IILlZ
The night conference at, the, Governor 3
tbroke UP without bavipg accomplished any
thing, and so matters stood when the. COM
mittee met yesterday' ;moyning. I. In order
| to reconcile the disagreement OF the gentle
men who Were at The Governors Colonel
Knight suggested Monroe Park as a suitab ble
place for the welcome, but nothing definite
was decided then. - 'i:!.S. j. ~; ''t,!i.iiS
f.. ''2''i: OTHER Places PROPOSED.
fO Judge Meredith having made his state
ment, Mr.. Curtis proposed that q suitable
platform be erected IN front oi the. Council
chamber, on Breaa7stIeet; that the escort
meet the Pfes1dept AZ the, head of Fra!pkin
tbere,have the welcome ceremonies
T. "A, member. suggested that! THE, Council
chamber buildingMas unsafe for crowd /;
tahd gotbat, Pre- % fti6ni Was dropped. nj -
f.. GsneIIaat ANDERSON ggdggested ID A5nrae Park
as being very accessible as web as as-desirable.
Judge Meredith iinterposed an objection;
he believed i,Wolid be. j beetasr t2Ey the conn
mittee to adhere to their first; plan OF hav-
! ing the ifsceptfon,1 &c, at the Exchange
Hotel, where platform could be put up,
Several gentlemen said that to take, the
iPfesident along csueh an hninVitihg street,
| by the Hvery-stabfeg ana other places as at
}Itraetive, would: lookserygb rygbadis!>I<aIsi
Mr.. Cannon meptionedgthe old, City Hall
lot as a suitable; PLACE, The 1fesn 1fesneing could
| be easily removed, spacious stand erected,
and the adjacent and commod odiStuis streets
Ew6uld afford ample room FOR u vast 1ithber
Of people. ;"'E::':''''': " '"' :"
! ct -eiii!i:up PLACE yTiHIoa
The committee had now been in"session
two hours, and 7reaIly nothing accom-!
], Mr.. PnlIam moved that the. open space
near Monroe Park BE- selected in in liee}p lie}p OF jail
other propositions. ,.'",.,,,r'.,,
| Mr.. T6dd end6rsed this plan BE said q
fplatforn of sufficient dimensions could be
put up on Belvidere street; thatlthe train
j bearing the presidential parity, could come
alongside, and the party could s-disembark
from the cars Immediately upon, the stand
T1s,t that ths RjtSEy s & S9nq M p sPas eEaHR
Henry street, 7ard the carriages ontBe Beisidere
4 street i$kBusoon as' the party goteut, the
train,eouid move, Of, ,,and thus enable many
thousand persons ITO agatheE aHoundi the
7 After the ceremonies the party, could gel
into the carriages without confusion, and
the line 81 iihaircl betakefi up to the Hotel
where Mr.. Hayes will be quartered' during
! lfig staY here 4 4RiITI.ta baE '1iiuAI r.
MfoRpiiiam,a pnopositieui wasl adopted
with onlNene dissenting vote The com.
mittee then decided that the stand shoIlad
be erected Of sufficient size 1tp. accommodate
about on? huh died b ppefsoRsAITiz., the Com.
mittee of oAfraab geements;;: members OF tht
Council, the invited gdestsiwllo will go;uI
Che ,ifoalf 'So' meet the party, and 3abou!
twenty-five members. d the press. :,
AEAsaupy1sp 5lissy l5sz vi plssaR ssa Proposed.
- Mr.. Tedd, addressing the committee, said
I he thought tIWohld be Ieminentiyh proper
that the city should entertain the distin.
guisshbtssfl gpsst and bis hf party with suitable
to the hetfl would ocfupY several hours,
past s O'Clock. He thought that from that
hour until9 o,clodk should be given to the
President forI1rest, andJa refreshment, and
that the bnquet should be given about 8
o'clock. Hebelieved that n iudicious inyi:
ttation Committee could be appointed to de
eide who should attend the banquet, and
! Satisfaction given to all parties, s.Hewouh
haYe present the committee; members oil the
Council, a sprinkling Of the clergy, distin;
e3ished citizens-such al" General Joseph
3. Johnston. the, presidents tpfathe com: q
mercial ,Y.organizations,h and II the spressssfi, {,
makihE! HI afrabous i15 or $50 persons. 30
- Several members, opposed this praP!oqsition
on the ground that It would take up tof
iapehi time .snt prevent jthe people from 2!
| The banquestproposioion was lostslr =.
| A proposition was made by Mr,' Bass s toi