The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-10-14
DANVILLE
CAPTAIN M'KINNEY-OLD BUILDINGS BEING
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TCorrespoDderce Of the Richmond Dispatchl
OCTOBER II. 1880.
Once more those energetic men the Han
cock and English Club invited the people
OF the city to the Opera-HOuse, and this
time to hear Captain Mckinney, OF Farm
vile. Although the speaking on Monday
night was not over till after IL O'Clock, still
a large crowd met Captain Mckinney last
night. Captain Mckinney said that no man
ought to speak before such an audience
W no had to begin with an apology for the
speech he was going to make, but be must
say something for himself this time. He
had had a protracted discussion on Monday
at Martinsvie had bad 10 sleep with Colo
mel Cabel on Monday night, and candi-
date for Congress Is the most Uncom-
Portable bed.fellow imaginable; and
on yesterday had had to ride about
CITY miles over common country
road. But it was next TO impossible to
withhold a response from such body OF
men rs the Hancock and English Club OF
Danvile. Major Daniel and Colonel sta
Piles had arraigned the Republican party
before the country as party OF fraud. sec.
tionalism. and dcspotism, and "nOw," said
the Captain, " propose to show why 1t is
such a party as those gentlemen have de-
scribed it." The answer was that all the
forms which abolitionism had assumed had
proved miserable failures up to the time
when Seward and Chase became its apostles I;
but when Seward and Chase proclaimed the
doctrines of "the higher law" and "the
irrepressible conflict" from that time The
triumphs OF the party began, and, acting
| upon the principles involved in those doc
| trines, the party had necessarily become a
party of fraud and force, OF secti0nqlism
and despotism. That point argued through,
| Captain Mckinney next paid his respects
| In no complimentary way to the Readj
The old buildings upon the lot which
has been purchased for the custom-house
| are now being torn down, and soon we ex-
pect to see the cornerstone OF a slXty-thOu.
sand-dolar building placed in position on
| tina. lot. One OF the buildings Is seventy
years old, and was built OF beart-pine and
with wrought nails.
On Sunday night, during the services, an
alarm Of fire was sounded, but the bell rang
for only moment or two, and people con-
| cluded 1t was q false alarm. 1t turns out
| that an attempt was made TO burn the house
on Wilson street in which Mr.. G.. IL. Brim-
mer lives, and that a negro man named
Jesse Whitfield was the iDcendiary. Whit.
field had found out that another coored man,
named Martin Patrick, had about $50 in a
| drawer in the basement OF the house, and
after stealing the money he had poured
kerosene oil about the room and set fire to
it, his object being to conceal the theft.
The fire companies quickly eXtinguished
| the flames, and on the next day Whitfield
was arrested and about half of the money
recovered. The wickedness Of Whitfield
appears all the greater when it is remem-
bered that there were several children
asleep In some Of the rooms Of the house
and all the grown people except the nurse
were from home.
hie@rs. Gerst are now preparing to erect
| u large brick building on the site on which
had stood their machine-shOp. The ma
chine.sbop, q large frame building, situated
on the canal, aud full of machinery, which
was run by water from the canal, has re-
Gently been torn down.
Ms Thomas b. Spencer, native OF Char
o,te county, aud latterly a resident OF Pitt
sylyania county and citizen Of Danville,
died at South Boston on the 3D. Instant, in
his seventy fourth year.
Weather delightful. am writing under
an open wtadow. ALPHA.