The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-04-02
PETERSBURG.

appofsTryxra IN TIE REvExUy DEPART
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. FAcn
| ABOUT TIE CLERKS oFricE--PrRcHAsiSo
AGENCY or THE NORFOLK AND wksIEhs
| RxILROAD--cfTY ExrESDITrREs-FEtLls
AMONG THE NEGROES ABOUT HILLS RE-
I MoyAL--PERsoSAI, &C.
Correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatch.l
APRIL I, 1882.
The forced resignation OF John ". Hill
from the Office OF deputy collector In The
InfernaI-Reycnuc Department In this city
has ncccssitated one or two changes. Mt.
w. A. Butterworth has been appointed
dcnuty collector. and Peter Ramsey, n well.
known coIored barber OF the city, has been
appointed clerk.
Mr.. NJ. b. Mann, who for the past ten oil
twelve wears has faithfully and efficiently
served as deputy clerk In the office OF The
clerk Of the Hastings Court OF this city,
has resigned that position and retired FROM
the Office. II Is understood that Mr.. j. +.
#. Young has been appointed to fill the va
cancy.
It may be stated as a somewhat remarka-
bic fact in connection with this subject
that during period OF nincty-eight years,
extending from 1884. the date OF organiza-
ton Of the Hastings Court OF Petersburg,
TO the present time, with the exception OF
the two or three years from 1867 to 1870,
when Messrs. u. S. Burch and Thomas J..
Davis were the military appointees. there
have been only three occupants OF the
Office OF clerk, and two Of these are now
alive. Mr.. John Grammer was the first
clerk of this court, having been appointed
in 1874. He held the Office continuously
for fifty years. Mr.. D. NJ. Bernard, now
| OF the county OF Orange, was the successor
Of Sir. GraInncr, holding the Office from
1884 to 1850. lie resigned, and was sue
ceedcd by Mr.. John c. Armistead, the
present clerk.
IL is understood that Mr.. james j.
Gregory, who succeeds Colonel Joseph II.
siinetree as purchasing agent OF the Nor
folk and Western Railroad Company, will
have his Office in Lynchburg. The Office
here will be under the charge OF Mr.. John
Il. Butcher. 1t is thought that at no dis
tant day the Office in IFS entirety will he re-
moved TO Lynchburg.
The expenditures OF the city for the
month OF March, as reported by the Audi
tor, amounted to s12,S35, including about
50, 100 paid out in interest on various
classes Of bonds. The Treasurer receipts
during the month were Si,2lS.M.
II j. the opinion Of all with whom ! have
talked on the subject that one Of the ply
siclans OF this city-Dr. J. W. Bryant or
Dr. ID. 7. May-WIl be elected Superin-
tendent OF the Central Lunatic Asylum to
I'll the vacancy caused by the death OF DR..
Brooke.
The removal Of Hill from the revenue
department has caused considerable feel
ing among the coored people, many Of
whom regard the act as one OF great inius-
tice to this representative man of the col
ored race in Che community. II is not I'M
probable that a meeting will he held ut
some early day 10 give expression to their
sentiments on the subject.
Rev. Il. G. Dargan, pastor of the First
Baptist church in this city, received tclc-
gram last evening calling him TO the bed
side OF his father. in Darlington, :. C.,
who is very i'll, and believed TO BIZ nigh
unto death.
a large amount Of the unassigned labor
and supply-claims against the Atlantic.
Mississippi and Ohio Railroad Company.
which are to be paid under the recent de-
cree Of the United States Circuit Court in
Richmond are held in this city, and the
parties holding them are making them out
for settlement. EOBTN ADAIE.