The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-02-27

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.rorHsR CONSIGNMENT OF ORPHAN BOYS FROM
WV yoRK--sHERlrF's aALE---sAD CASE or
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES NoTEs-THE CENTRAL
IJtS1TIc AsYIua--TtfE AC7'I OF THE couS-t
C1I IN REFERENCE TO a sJTE--sHo0TfSG
AFFAIR. 5s
Correspondence OF the Richmond Dispatch.l
FEBRUARY 90, 1878. 81
Thirty more orphan boys, shipped by the
ChiIdrcr's Aid Society OF New YORK., VIII
reach this city on THURSDAY, consigned TO
the care OF DR.. B. T.. Winfield, 70 whom all
preyious shipments OF these boys have 1een
made. They are OF age and size suRcaent
70 labor upon the farm, ana homes cave
readily been found for all who nave peen
cont here. AS e general thing these boys
sa,e done well. bat there are exceptions to:
al, rnles. and some few Of them have
".,ed hsdly. or, becoming dissatisfied with
orr State. have left their new homes uri-
tremendously, and probably made their
wav hack north. Still there Is great de-
msnd for them, and in general good homes
are offered them.
The Guanahani Company's warehouse,
ON the wharf, was sold at auction by the
sheriff this morning to satisfy executions.
II brought $500, and it is understood was
purchased for the company. Some seventy
or eighty tons OF the guano were also sold,
bringing from $40 to $1,000 per ton.
Miss Frances r. Thomas, young lady
aged about seventeen yeas, was ad1udged
q lunatic this morning by magister1ai
commission before whom she was brought,
and it was ordered that she be sent to the
Williamsburg asylum. The case avery
sad one. -
There was no meeting OF the officers and
friends of the Farmers Council! to-day, as
nroposed. the attendance not being large
enough 10 take any action. The Council
has over $3.50 in its treasury.
An interesting revival has been IN pro-
cre>s at the Washington-Street Methodist
Episcopal church for some days past. UP
70 last night there were some thirty-hVe
converts, and it is probable this number
will be largely increased.
Rev. George l.. Petrie, late pastor Of the
Second Presbyterian church here, will
leave this week for Charlottesville to assume
charge OF the church there. The session
has not vet extended call for successor.
An official record OF the action OF the
Common Council in February and March
OF last year, relative to the donation OF q
site near this city for the Central Lunatic
ASYLUM, has been transmitted by mail to
Mr. George 5. Bernard, one OF eur dele
gates. TO be presented to the General AS
sembly when the bilGfor the establishment
and location Of the asylum comes up. In
February, 1877, the Council resolved, as
the sense of that body that suitable site
should be donated to the State for the per-
manent location OF the Central Lunatic Asy-
um, provided the commission appointed
BY the Legislature decide to locate it here.
At subsequent meeting on March Sd the
Council unanimously adopted this resoiu-
ton, the foregoing having been deemed IN
definite:
RcsoIred, That it was the purpose Of this
Connect TO be positive and explicit in d0na-
ting site TO the State; that the committee
of six appointed at the previous meetingl
directed TO purchase for and in the name Of
the city OF Petersburg, and deed gratui-
tously for and in the name OF the city OF Pc
tersburg to the State Of Virginia, such site
rs NAV be selected from among those exam
ined BY the committee in this vicinity, pro.
vided the State shall agree to locate the said
Central Asylum on said site.
Hare's farm, very eligible location east
of the city, was designated as the site. The
city only failed to make the purchase be-
cause the bill in relation to the asylum failed
TO pass the Legislature. The Council now
stand ready to fulfil its promise.
A difficulty occurred on Sycamore street
this morning between two colored boys,
Lee Rainey and Samuel Williams by name,
during which the former drew q pistol and
shot at the other. The ball missed its aim,
and buried itself in store-door. Rainey
escaped, and has not been arrested.
ROBIN ADAR.