The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-08-31
STAUNTON.

AID TO TIE TEi.LoW-FEvER SUFFERERS -
BIRTHS AND DEATHS IN AUGUSTA-TIIE con-
GRESsI0NAL CANVASS personal, &c.
CORES pondcncc Of the Richmond Dispatch.]
AUGUST 80, 1873.
Our city is stirring in behalf OF the vel.
low-feycr sufferers. The Stonewall Band
have announced n concert to be given next
week in The cause, and Mayor BaIthis this
morning appointed committee OF citizens
10 go around and solicit subscriptions
through out the city for the sufferers.
The whipping law OF Virginia has excited
considerable interest here since yesterday.
wrote you some days ago Of the arrest OF a
"Dr. Thomas protesting 10 come from
near Richmond. who had been beating va.
rious watcring-placcs and hotels out of
board and borrowing small sums Of money
on false pretences. He was yesterday SEN
fenced in the County Court to five lashes on
one conviction for petty larceny, and five on
another. The man is .'highly respectable"
in appearance, about fifty years OF age, and
OF fine address. His health is quite infrm-
perhaps too much so for a man Of his age to
be stripped and cowhided; but the Court
has no alternative. His counsel, Fl. ST.
George Tucker, applied for new trial,
which was refused, and has now applied for
4 writ Of error from the superior court, in
order TO gain time enough to apply to the
Governor for remission OF the sentence.
The "Doctor" is a professional dead-beat,
but his age and intirmity have been viewed
with some genuine sympathy since his sem
tencc.
The congressional canvass in this district
is progressing with energy. Last night
Rev. John +. Massey was TO speak by inyi-
lation at HarrlSonburg. On Wednesday mt
the great sheep sale ut the Meem farm in
Shenandoah both he and the Hon. John L.
Harris were on hand with valiSes filled
with documents, but there was no speak
ing.
The official figures show that j3T white
children and 10 black were born in Au-
gusta in 1877, and l34 white persons and 81
black died.
The hog cholera is prevailing to consi-
Gerablc extent in South-Riyer district, in
this county. Several farmers have lostfrom
fifteen to thirty on their places.
Major John W. Daniel has 0een invited,
and consented, to speak here on the State
debt question.
General John Echols was invited to de-
liver the address at the unwilling Of the
Confederate soldiers memorial shaft ut Dan
vile, but had to decline, being confined to
his room by sickness.
Professor John j. Ladd, who as Superin-
tendent has given the Staunton pubic
schools high reputation throughout the
State, has resigned that position. The va
cancy will be filled by appointment OF the
State Board. Penn.
Interesting letter from Mrs. DIR. Bel
ton.
lSubmiited to the Dispatch for publication
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA.,1
August 20, 1878.
Dir. James Bedie:
Dear Sir,-The discussions before the
Richmond City Council on the contagion or
non-contagion OF yeliow-feyer has recalled
some facts connected with the Norfolk cpl
demic OF 1858, which may have some Jn-
terest and significance at the present time.
The children orphaned by that scourge
were removed to Richmond and placed in
u building set apart for their accommoda--
tion outside OF tho city limits. Medical and
other attendance was rendered, as you