The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-12-04
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Arrival OF Members--Cnuc To-
Night-GOvernor's Message.

OF the General Assembly arrived yester-
day. Many more will come to-day. when
the hotels will be full Of them and their
friends. the candidates.
IL is likely that some time during the day.
| II enough members can be gotten together,
n conference Of Democratic senators will be
held with reference to action on the Senate
rules. Tonight, however, at "A O'Clock,
the regular Senate caucus takes place in
the Senate chamber At the same hour the
Democratic members OF the House viii
meet In caucus in the hall Of the House.
! Officers Of the two houses only will be
nominated tonight. The time when the
Democratic members OF the two houses
will meet in Joint session for the nomna-
ton OF basement officers" is not yet
fixed.
HASTEN SLOWLY.
On the part OF great many thoughtful
men there Is an earnest wish that this mat
ter OF nomination OF basement officers shall
not be too soon forced upon the members.
Most OF the members will meet here perfect
strangers 10 each other and TO legislation,
and IL is deemed prudent TO allow them to
get acquainted with each other and 10 IA
mIliarize themselves with the situation be-
fore being called upon to vote for officers
Of government.
II, however, the candidates become too
annoying, il may be that the members will
in self-defence have to get rid OF them by
proceeding to nominations at an earlier day
than they otherwise would. "Let none
OF the drones in the hive have a sip OF Off
cial honey" is the motto, but at present
some OF these drones are busy bees, and
an uninitiated one would hardly recognize
them as the same persons they were before
the election.
GOVERNORS MESSAGE.
Governor Cameron will no doubt have
his message ready by tomorrow noon,
when the General Assembly meets. IL will
not be printed before being sent TO the two
houses. Generally these messages are put
in print in pamphlet form in advance and
printed copies sent 10 the clerks to read
from aud given TO the press to publish from.
Governor Cameron's messages are usu-
ally short, and this one will probably be in
tereSting as Indicating his position with re-
ference to Mahone's misrepresentation.
sPEAKER-NEw CANDIDATES.
Great interest centres in the contest for
| the Speakership OF the House, but the
number OF asprants is so large that the
what the result will be, since half the men,
bcrs have not arrived.
There is q new candidate for Clerk of the
Senate-M Mr.. W. II. Davis, OF Pulaski, for
merly Of Richmond and at one time a COM
mittee clerk in the House. The other cam
ddates are DR.. j. ID. PendetOu and Major
| Thomas Il. Wallace, OF Orange.
The candidates for Clerk Of the House
are John Bell Bigger, Esq, and Mr.. Hugh
| c. Preston, OF Montgomery.
Il. W. l.. Holt, Of Mecklenbnrg, is can
didate for Sergeant-at-Arms Of the Senate.
PERSONAL.
The following members, candidates, and
other well-known gentlemen, were regis
tered at the hotels last night:
ST. CiQire.-W. +. Graves, Bedford: j.
y. Kelly, Washington: ID. w. Bolen. J. W.
Green, and Ira B. Coltrane. Carroll; Al
fred Leigh, Fairfax: Chancellor Bailey,
Spotsylvania; W. Il. Moncure, Stafford
| Thomas NJ. Dunn. Albemare; II. G.. Moi
fit and W. w. Mofiitt, Rappahannock; J.
| c. Gibson. Culpeper; John l.. Hurt. Pitt
sylvania: John K. Thurman, W. i. Burks,
General w. II. Terry. and J. T. Johnson,
Bedford; II. :. Menifee, Rappahannock;
David Meade, Clarke.
| F0rGS.-John T.. Massey, Albemarle
| Thomas Z. Fitzpatrick, Nelson; Peter
Saunders. Franklin; X. j. Anderson, Pitt
sylvania; NJ. w. Camper, Botetourt; sam
uel j. Seay, Fluvanna; 4. koiner. Au-
guSta William II. Davis, Pulaski; Il. W.
l.. Holt, Mecklenburg.
Erchdnge and Bdildrd.-Henry :. Trout.
Roanoke: d. :. IIenkel, shenandoah; \.
w. Harman, ROckbndge; J. II. overly.
Charlotte; w. Il. Petit and Pembroke
Petit. Fluyanna; James W. Marshall,
Craig; Corbin NJ. Reynolds, Botetourt; 7.
:. Crockett and y. u. Ogilby. Wythe;
Henry Heaton and j. +. Ryan, Loudoun;
r.. T. Barton. Winchester; Robert VI. Strib-
ling and II. Shepperd, Fauquier; W. W.
Scott and Il. l.. Gordon, Orange; Marshall
Mccormick. Clarke; II. G.. Allen, Shenln-
doah; Frank Fletcher, John ID. Grant, and
w. y. VI. kellum, Accomac; Il. +. Wal
lace. Orange; j. /. Marye, Fredericks-
burg: II. u. Twyman and T. i. Chapman,
| Madison: Ed. Echois and John y. Opie,
| Augusta: VI. W. Paxton and W. a. Ander-
son. Rockbridge; Il. X. Noblin, Halifax; y.
VI. Bowman, Augusta; Thomas smith,
Fauquier; j. II. Wingtield and John Il.
Moon. Albemarle; Samuel II. Newberry,
Bland: Williams {. Wickham and X. ii.
Cardwel, Hanover; X. Il. Berkeley. Phil.
w. Mckinney, and l.. c. Irving, Farm
vile; Il. II. Glass, Lynchburg; W. NJ. El-
lis, Montgomery; James II. Darst, Pu-
laski; Il. \. Ayres, Scott; Charles L.
stuart, &. A. Mushbach, and Morton
Marye, Alexandria.
ST. james,. c. Hill. Scottsyille:
:. NJ. Fulton, John II. Cardwell, Wythe;
l.. Waddell, Charlottesville; W. W.
Forbes, Buckingham.
Major John w. Daniel, Senator Paul
Edmunds, John Bell Bigger, Esq, and DR..
~. ID. Pendleton are in the city, stopping at
private houses for the time.