The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-06-26
bound TO hsve heard the guard who brouch
aim here telling OF the whole di1dculty.
rms FACTS OF run CASE.


The evidence, as usual, was conflicting
out the main facts were briefly as follows I:
Mr.. Mastin Adkins and Joe Minter fcolores.,
got into q difficulty; Dock Wright, a grand.
son OF Joe Miuter, came With a big sour.
wood stick Ia both hands raised up, struck
Cole Arthur. who was of to one side, no,
having anything 10 do or say about the dit.
ncuity, Knocking him down and killing
MIN then struck Colonel w. A. MurriIl.
breaking his arm, after which ne ran Oh.
lie came from the woods Into The road some
three or four hundred yards from the place
where there were several colored men, aud
remarked TO them, CT have been p,aying
the devil with the white men up yopder.v
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news from u Washington Standpoint.
The Washington correspondent OF the
Baltimore Sun says:
The plan determined upon By the de-
renee 10 the star.route cases was stated 10.
uay oy one OF those interested. Il Is not
believed now that the cases will come 10
triai before December, and then great
number OF witnesses, including congress
men, Cabinet officers, and others In high
ofncisl position, will be called TO testify as
TO what induced the general expedition
of the service. Another feature will
be the summoning OF all the jonr.
naiists, either correspondents or edi.
tors, In whose papers assertions OF
fraud have been made. These men ale
TO he put upon the stand and asked for
The facts OF their own knowledge on which
the assertions printed were based. Ii Is not
believed by the defence that one in fifty OF
the persons who have written these state
ments can substantiate their assertions upon
the stand. This will be relied upon to
| weaken the prosecution and lay the founda.
| ton for the claim that the charges have been
instigated by interested parties, and that the
men who wrote them know nothing OF the
facts.
MOVEMENTS OF THE PRESIDENT.
President Garfield will probably return
TO Washington on Monday or Tues day, re-
main there till Saturday, and return TO
Long Branch on Saturday. On the Mon.
day following he will leave with Mrs. Gar
field to attend the commencement at Will
liams's College. On the 7th OF July be will
be due at ST. Adams, VT, to attend the Ma
| tional Teachers Convention. From that
place he will go 10 some point on the White
Mountains, where he Will spend Sunday.
| Subsequently he designs TO return TO WASH
iDgton with bis family. and take up his resi-
| deDce at the Soldiers Home for toe sum-
mer. His two eldest sons-Harry and
James-are 10 enter Willams's College at the
| fall term.
| POSTAL MATTERS.
| G. ID. NJ. Hunter is commissioned post.
master at Louisa Courthouse, Va. X. T.
W. Kelam is commissioned postmaster at
louisville, Va, and w. Fuk is commits
stoned postmaster at Fulk's Run, Va. The
Post Office Department has ordered re-
newal OF the contract for the steamboat mail.
service between Norfolk and Richmond,
Va, with the Virginia Steamboat Company,
at the increased rate OF $1,000.
now MR.. GORHAN's PAPER PUTS IT.
The Washington Republican has the fol.
lowing in regard to the Republican situa-
ton in Virginia: "A portion OF the State
Central Committee having met last Tues
day, in disregard Of a postponement, its
| action was OF course irregular. The regu-
lar meeting will be held on the 18th, at
| which tine there will be an animated ses-
sion, especially il General Wickham shall
claim any authority to act as chairman by
virtue OF the informal proceedings OF last
| Tuesday"