The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-01-02
noNTaoMERY COUNTY.

,,onaence N The Richmond Dispa'chJ
isci ,.-I ssBURc, Va, December Se, 1870
CBk's saaa,hnr is fayorite topic TO beg,n
Ine ,,s time. but lust now ntne1y-nine
with az au ns,,ndreti would be likely to men.
men 10 a., sn this lattfude. !" Polar wave, {,
tion II nlS came =. for our old-iashtonea "coid
that new a,, n the case here admirably, oniy
snsF s wave is OF something suaaen
cur laes ~ Seluing, and rs soon on as on.
. o 'elm s,'Waye. from the regions OF
?ae p..ss orn aurora is OF the lingering va
the Rei, =. .,me down upon US last week:
rely. hoars sway. 1t found the GROUND
ana Sun M nrepared with a mingled cover :.
wen ~ eIsaf snow. and rain, ana tns ~
ing ns ~ ut once into solid slippery Cow Sus
eops Tho consequence is locomottoh uas
OF ~ d;f,cmn and dangerous to man ana
Nv, sesS Eontho,d has been tnosS .unees.asn,
peSSs. ,,n have been the falls, OUT 50 sal
al'u me- sar;nrs nature. We have naa
n"ns va - lirht falls OF snow:---one iast
hu.so HIT 90 far they have been very h2n'
my El.,s,,nas has been unusually dus' Win
49,. Ihris,mas-day was SO cold that even
Us. u. have yentured out sparineiy. Unhap-
tn1 ~ az come cannot be said OF the Votaries
p s na vol They are strangely faithfui IN
" y. ,~arsbin, Of their bestial god, ana SOME
S Sn yr,th MS. they seem to court tue puos,e
no a. and low to parade their DeaSuy SOY
ss;ahnoss nnon the streets. There oueht 10
% ,ory in towns as we'll as cities requiring
W. errest and incarceration, Mntli sooers %
W. IN man who. in violation OF common ue-
.ancr. appears drunk upon the streets.
W. Shelburpc, our delegate TO the Legs
,,.,sr: e,l,ea a meeting Of bis constituents
49,, 49, -, I,st Tuesday (court-day} TO adVise
h ne, bow mo should vote Oh tue readlust-
m ."nn. ~ the State debt. 1t seems thai ne
niodeed himself as a candidate not 70 vote
tar any increase of the Stale tax. $, NOW tnas
t ,be % nnesriou seems likely to come up IN one
Wv -, ,bc methods Of readjistment proposed
Ta vishes to give his constituents an oppor-
,,,r;tv n say whether they desire h,m 10
ah;dr by that pledge or vote for tie four
Tsr.rent. bonds and an increase oil tax. 10
1,ret them and establish sinking fund.
The meeting was held here under the can,
and though there was an earnest discussion
Of the question no vote was taken, as the
yoertinc was n small one. Senator Phlegar
1sde an able speech, it is said. in faror OF
the four-pcr-cent. compromise ana an IN
creased tax OF ten cents on the one hundred
dollars of real estate. Major }. {. Taylor,
late Attorney-G eneral, replied in opposi-
,;on Mr., Sheltnrne has called meetings IN
other parts Of the county, but 1t is most ike
" they were failures too, as the weather has
been very bad, and so he will havet to return
to the legislature and vote against an In
crease Of tax, even though the proposed
measure should meet with his approval
The position is 40 awkward one, and shows
the ioI!y OF these pledges in advance which
candidates generally so unwisely make. NJ
nan ought thus to part with his freedom O
iadgment and action ordinarily. Was Il
not Mr.. Burke who said that he had often
TO vote contrary to the views OF bis con
stituents in order to promote their interests
or 10 that effect? Our representative
is not Burke, and that is no disparaSe
lDent. Us such men rarely appear; but he /:
4 patriotic. conscientious gentleman. who
sincerely desires to do what is right, and
therefore the more's the pity that he ha;
placed himself in so embarrassing position
There seems to be general satisfaction al
the reelection OF our circuit Judge, Judge
Blair. He is descrvedly popular, both as
gentleman and officer. 1NTENDUM.