Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-06-26
THE coCKADE CITY.
rrRerNIA ANp cAP.oLiHA 4. &.

on what appeared to be reliable author
ity, Tat the Virginia and North Caro-
lima railroad had passed into the hands
Of purchasers who did not intend TO
complete the construction of the road,
4he Finance Committee of the Common
Council ct once took action to prevent
the projectors Of the road from getting
possession Of the small balance OF the
city's appropriation that then remained
snexpcadcd. Mr.. John Mann, who had
been appointed the agent Of the city to
disburse the appropriation, was directed
10 honor no more drafts, and the Com
mon Council directed the Finance Com
mittee TO make an examination into the
Affairs Of the road and TO ascertain, as
far as possible, how much of truth
there was in the report that the road
had been sold.
An adjourned meeting Of the Common
Council was held tonight TO hear the
report Of the committee. The report
was prepared by Judge Joseph ii.
Budd. our city attorney, and Colonel
John II. Guy, Of Richmond, and its
salient points will be found embodied
in the subjoined synopsis;
REroRT OF THE COMMITTEES.
"After repeated interviews between
the officers of the company and the
counsel for the city, an agreement was
entered into on the 9th instant under
which the money due contractors Of
work done was paid, and the company
agreed 10 make no further demands on the
city. on Mr.. John Mann, the depository
Of the bonds, under the agreement be-
tween the city and the railroad compa-
ny, until il should be aScertained be.
yond a reasonable doubt that the con-
templated railroad Of said company
would be built from the city of Peters
burg to the line between Virginia and
North Carolina. The amount remain
ing unexpended is about s3l 900"
THE ureXpended balance Of the city's
appropriation Of sl50,000.l
lin making the agreement with the
railroad company, counsel were inda-
enced by the conviction which pressed
upon them, after examining the matter
carefully, that the true construction Of
the contract between the company and
the city entitled the company 10 call
upon the city for all work done within
twenty miles from ths city terminus of
the railroad in other words. that the
twenty miles referred TO in the contract
aforementioned is to be estimated not.
as was supposed by your committee
when they instructed Mr.. Mann 10 make !
TO further payments, by reckoning !
from the city limits twenty miles to- /
wards the State of North Carolina. but /
by reckoning from the terminus in the /
city twenty miles in the said direction. /!
So, in that point, We surrendered no.
thing
THE CHARACTER OF TIE AGREE
NENT.
1.-The agreement reached implies that
the city viii now wait such rea-
sonable time As will bring develop
ments which may satisfactorily settle.
one way or the other. whether the road
will be built, but does not in any way
relate to or affect any questions which.
in the event the road shall not be
built, may arise respecting the securi-
ties held by the city for moneys already
expended, or the rights Of the city and
the liabilities Of the company growing
ont Of the transactions had between
the city and the company. The ques-
tions above referred to are being care
fully investigated by COUNSEL"
THE PURYEAR CASE.
The evidence against Puryear. the
alleged wife-murderer. continues to ac-
oumulate. and Or. Taylor's analysis Of
the stomach of the poisoned woman
will. it is confidently expected, show
indications Of strychnine. 1t has been
stated again and again that Puryear
purchased poison here two days before
be is alleged TO have poisoned his wife.
A gentleman who speaks by the card
says it will be proved that Puryear
went himself TO the drugstore Of +. r.
Beckwith. in this city. and asked for
ten grains Of strychnine. He was told
that il was sold by the bottle only. He
then left the store without making a
purchase, and probably procured it else
where.
THE RECENT HIGHWAY ASSAULT. .
1t now turns out that the men who
assaulted Mr.. Newly in Chesterfield
county wore black masks in order TO
conceal their identity. The physician
in attendance says that the most Sc I
rious wound which Mr. Newly received
was blow from a slung-shot. This
wound, he fears. has produced cOncus-
sion Of the brain. Mr.. Newly is in a {
very critical condition. The physician
in question, who does considerable
practice in Chesterfield, says that he {
has more than once been threatened by !
persons whom be CHANGED to encounter
at night while making professional Wis
its. and that within the last few days
he had seen suspicious-looking persons,
by whom he had been rudely jostled.
VARIOUS NOTES.
John A. EnroGghty, who was arrest
ed here yesterday on charge OF pass
ing forged checks, was brought before
the mayor this morning, and his case
continued until the Goth instant. A
telegram was received here from the
Norfolk authorities asking that En-
roughly be held, as he is suspected of {
being a certain "John A. Fowlkes,"
who has been operating in that commu-
nifty to the great sorrow of persons
VITO have been yietimized.
The Democrats Of Surry county held
n Convention at the courthouse yester- '
day and elected DIR. NJ. Q. Holt and q
Messrs. X. ID. Gillian and John n. Il
Ramey delegates to the State Conyen- G
ton. The delegates were not in Q
structed.
For many years past the chairman Of
the Republican party in Surry county
has been Goodman Brown, an ignorant
negro, but prison Of considerable IN .
fiuence over the colored Republicans Of a
Surry. Yesterday the negroes of Surry J.
county held meeting, dethroned II