The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-08-06
PETERS BURG.

ruppoveury1s IN TnR HARB0R--DEATH-Tbb
youNo DEMOCRACY AND TIE nos. JOHN w.
nlSryI,s NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ABOUT TIE
BOILERS And coALITI0NIsTs.
rcornspondence OF the Richmond Dspatcn.I
AUGUST 5. 1881.
n has been announced that survey OF
e,esn,s cu,. opposite Blaudford. viii be
msde AZ An early date for The purpose OF as
cerfaining the cost OF opening the same. IL
,s nrobable that the scheme VIII receive en-
couragement from our people.
Rv making this cut the outlet from the
harbor the distance would be shortened
Inv several hundred feet, and fsr Deller
annroaeh TO the barber would be secuied'
Furthermore, the long, torluous course on
the Chesterfield side OF the river would De
avoided. This course has cost the city ana
the National Government many thousands
az dollars more to maintain II Than the ola
coutse which was abandoned In 1898. Ihe
opening OF sleim's cut, In the opinion OF
competent authorities, will result fayoraOiy,
NOT only 10 the harbor but ol.0 to the
channel below. IL Will cause The wbaTVes
10 be extended down on the south or
Landlord side Of the river, as there VIII DC
a great demand for wharVeS II twelve
foot naylgable channel shall be secured UP
to the city. A.,
The death IS announced here OF Mrs.
Eleanor G., wife OF Rev. I. u. heeh' ~
ID. Her death occurred OIL Wednesday,
August Sd. at Hopknsville, Ky. she was
the mother OF Mrs. John Armstead' OIL our
city. .,. :.
Hon. John w. Daniels nomination Is
hailed with the greatest enthusiasm by tue
young Democracy OF tbs city. Tue GUAR
man OF the Executive Committee carry thlS
morning sent congratuIatOry dispatch 10
Major Daniel pledging him the hearty sup
port OF the Club, and inviting bin to open
The campaign here.
Our civ has been in state OF continuous
noiiiical excitement for The last few days.
The bolt from the Republican City Com
miitee and the subsequent exclusion OF the
boilers from the Republican City Conven'
lion has been the absorbing topic OF COM
ment. The factions Of the Republican party
mere have passed reconciliation; and a
strong personal feeling having arisen among
the leaders of The Slraight0uts and CcallllOL'
ISIS. the outlook for restoration TO their
former unity of action and thoughts DIS
coura2iDg. ,r,...
The ward meetings here last Tuesday
night were revelation 10 a good many OF
our citizens They first established the
fact that men who aIc notorious Tor their
mendiclncy ana thriftlesS poverty could in,
! bihe the fi0est OF liquors and pay Iull
prires for their drinks, and that therefore
ibcIe must have been provision maze lOf
8. irrigating" the faithful at no cost 10
! themselves.
The ward meetings were, for the most
mart. Dom, brook Fairs in miniature.
What was lacking IN numbers was made up
| bv intensity Of bellgerency. At the meet
ing held in the armOry on B)lllngOrOoK
street, Mr.. J. II. Van Auken, prominent
custom house fetal and Goa lltIonls', was >et
unop and badly bruised by his antagonists,
and in attempting 10 make his escape NON
the hall fell from the porch, distance OF
Gfleen or twenty feet, and sustained Other
painful bruises.
Attbe CITY Convention, which the boilers
held after exclusion from the hall on BOT
Ilinobrook street, speeches were mace highly
damnatory Of Colonel J. ID. Brady and other
pace.men here. aud there was an evident
determination on The part OF the boilers 10
maintain a bitter aut2gOnlsm against all at
| tCmpts at bOsSism.
| ID. ]. Butts, the chairman Of the Republi-
can CITY Committee. is man OF great intiu-
ence with his race, and is spoken IN bis
deuuncaion Of fusing RtadluSterlsm into
Rtpubicanism.
The ward meetings as conducted by tie
Rpuublicans last Tuesday night, and pre-
sided over by colored ch1irmen, will prob1a-
bly revolutionze the parliamentary rules
which obtain at present. To the ordinary
darky the restraints Of the former system
for the parliamentary conduct OF assemblies
is ontrous and intclerabe. He had gone
in that rut so long that il was become hack
neyed. SO new rules Of parliamentary gov
eminent were adopted, and for sweet sim
pHcjty, primitive crudeness, and induOi'
table regularity they stand prominent.
Africa may be wiiisg to be 'led into the
war" but as for being feliered 6y conyen'
tionalisms Of any kind, he will not hear
of it. ROBIN ADAlR'