The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-11-07
pETERsBURG.

,,po r ELEcTIoS CONSERVATIVE
tn meg ARREsTED--oLD CASES IN COURT
sv.osoSAr.-ANNIyEgsAR sERMoN---GRaSD
nnsr or GOOD TEMP. ARs- BRtcKLAYE Frs
WANTED.
,ro,,espendcnce Of the Richmond Dispa'ch.I
'0'''> NOVEMBER s, 1878,
Ar Alexander Vaughan, q Conservative
NJ, 81 election at the Fourth-Ward pre-
!,s, in this city, was arrested last evening
c!nss ~ close Of the polls on the charge OF at
NJ .n n commit fraud by.adding tickets
u ','r hsIiots cast during the day, as they
70 W" nrontied from the ballot-hoS on the
W. - be counted, and thereby attempting
- nfac, The result OF the election IN that
.an;,ct The complaint against Dir.
rra,ahar was made on oath by Mr.. Il.
yoruc, 4 Federal supervisor, and
~ a. arcDsed was released for his APP
80 for examination before United
- commissioner Waterman at /
o;"iock this afternoon. At that hour the
.bc csSe was called, the Commissioner SIT
,;nc in the Mayors Courtroom. District
Attorney l.. l.. Lewis appeared Tor tue
,,rnsrcuiion on behalf OF the Government,
and Major Charles s. Stringfellow and Cap
tain D. 4. Hinton appeared as counsel ior
rho accused. Mr. Lewis asked for con-
t;nuancc OF the case 10 allow the Govern
mont 20 prepare and arrange its evidence.
He stated also that nc was compelled 10 so 10
Norfolk this afternoon, and the time inter-
ming before his Ciisparture was not suffi-
c;rnt FOR him 10 go into an lnveStlgatlon.
Counscl for the prisoner offered no ob!ec-
tion to continuance, provided Mr..
Vaughan was released on his rccog-
nizance. or only light bail required. III the
orrrrent that followed there was some
sniritcd talking between the opposing conn-
snI Continuance was granted until next
Wednesday by the Commissioner, ana Dail
oroDted in the sum OF $1.0D0-the highest
limit of the fine provided By the statutes
for surh offences The warrant OF arrest
oIIcues that there were siSty-ei"ht more
hoIo,S fognd on the table than there were
votes cast. -,
Il NAV be mentioned in connection with
This case that the cases OF the Petersburg
election Judges arrested on similar charge
III 1874 are still in the courts, and are llkely
ia reach the Supreme Court OF the United
States for final hearing.
Major T. r. Scott, Mr. Charles Ellis, H..
Z. e.. Baskerville. ". Ii. HaXall. j. Ii. Mon
taruc. and A. shaw. OF Richmond. arrived
IN the city this afternoon on special tram.
General Roger \. Pryor, OF New York,
pISSrl through the Guy to-u''S WI b'H iStu' IL
homc from NOt!oway county, where he has
brrn visiting his father. -,
Rev. DR.. Curry, OF Richmond. will
preach the anniversary sermon beicre me
Ladies Baptist Missionary Society OF re
tersburg next sunday night.
Rev. DR.. Eaton will tomorrow night de-
liver his lecture OH '.Poor Kin" at the
First Baptist church, the proceeds to go 10
u benevolent object.
The Grand Lodge Of Good Tempars OF
Virginia tcoIored). now in session in this
CITY, represents about twenty subordinate
lodges. with membership OF 700. AT the
election OF officers for the ensuing year
held last night Rev. William y. Derrick, OF
Richmond. was chosen Grand Worthy Chlef
Tenpar; J. Anderson Taylor. OF Rich
mend, G. G.; Adeline Hill, OF Richmond,
G. Y. T.; DR.. Thomas L. johnson, OF
Richmond G. ID. NJ. &c.
Good brickIaycrS are just now much in
demand here, and within the past few days
a number have been brought over from
Richmond and put to work. ROBIN ADAIR.