The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-04-13
PETERSBURG.

rr-SsRAf OF Mr.. A'nwAINE--ADDREssEs BY
nnTsToes BROWN AND BoGB, OF RICHMOND
INpnrss,vE SERVICES SICKNESS OF DR..
y,rurRsrooN - UNIVERSITY ALUMNT--THE
SopruERS oRPHAS BOYS = SUCCESSFUL
qp,pr1NG--coMMrTTEb FOR TRIAL.
Ico-,esparaencc of the Richmond Dispatch.f
APRn. 10, 1873.
rho funeral OF the late Archibald &. Nc
T,,vaine look place from the Tabb-Street
prnsbvterian church tof which for hfty-siS
,.aa,.s he was member and officer) this
nrn;no NJ II O'Clock. The spacious edi-
49, was crowded to its fullest capacity. In
,ssrect to his memory most OF the business
nn,ses on Sycamore street were closed du-
n;nc rho services. Members OF all the de-
,,snminst;ous united in the respect shown
the deceased. -,
Tho funeral services, which were OF q
very solemn and impressive character. were
conducted by the Rev. DIR. William Brown
ard Rev. DR.. Moses D. Hoge. OF Richmond.
md Rev. Or. George d. Armstrong, OF
Norfolk-all OF whom were long and init
matelv associated with the deceased. DR..
Brown give q brief sketch OF the life OF
MIR. Mcliwaine, and of bis character as o
citizen and Christian. Dr.. Hoge spoke Of
his death as a bereavement to the Church
and TO the community with which he was
50 long. so honorably, and 50 uSeiuliy ident-
ided. After picturins his character he said
when such a man dies an angel is born.
The best motto in regard to living and dy-
inc is this: Willing to wait, ready to go !;
and this was the motto OF this. venerable
father.
The Rev. DR.. Wiiherspoon, pastor OF the
church, under whose ministry Mr.. Nell
waine has sat for some years, was prevent
cd, by loss Of voice, from conducting or
taking any part IL the serviccs-a matter
very much regretted by him as we'll as by
the friends OF the deceased.
The alumni Of the University OF Virginia
residing in this city are about to inaugu-
rate movement TO raise money TO assist in
the building OF an observatory at the Uni
yersisv for the Mccormick telescope. Many
OF The alumni hive here, and it is not doubt.
cd they will raise Il handsome sum.
The average daily enrolment at the pub
lie schools OF tins city for the week was
I.5S2; OF which SIG are white children.
The average attendance was az.
The temperance revival is about to COM
mrnce here. The first OF series OF public
addresses is to be made at the Academy OF
Music on Sunday afternoon.
The TWENTY-FIVE orphan boys who arrived
furnished with homes in Greensville coun-
tv. Applications were made for some OF
them nearer. Petersburg, but as they had
already been engaged the applications were
declined. The boys work the first year
without wages; afterwards they are fur
nished with clothes and given such pay as
their services may be deemed worth. There
are now some two hundred OF these boys
in this vicinity.
4 couple Of citizens OF New Bedford,
Mass, have within the past two months
captured on the RorrantZ creek fifty bea-
yers, three hundred muskrats, seventy-ive.
coons, an otter. and several foxes.
! negro named Charles Washington, who
recently broke into the warehouse OF
1ieSsrs. Allison Il Addison and carried Off
sundrv bags OF guano, was to-day sent on
10 the Hastings Court 10 be tried for felony.
Washington is somewhat noted and des-
perate character, and is remembered rs the
leader in the negro riot which occurred two
wears ago, when the negroes late ut night
seized Pocahontas bridge. ROBIN ADAIR.