Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-03-19
C0CKADE CITY.
A VISIT FROM THE FOURTH VIRGINIA
REGIMENT EXPECTED.
A Monument to the Confederate Dead
Governor Lee in Petersburg-Local-
Option Matters--A Sensation.
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Option Matters--A Sensation.
ICorrespondence of the Richmond Dlspatch.l
PETERSBURG, March Is, 1886.
The Ladies' Memorial Association
are already making preparations for the
observance Of the coming 9th Of June,
the anniversary Of Confederate memo
rial.day In this city. II is their inten-
ton to make the ceremonies Of this day
more imposing than usual, and with
this view have extended through Cap
tain John ID. Ragland, Of the Peters,
burg Grays, an invitation to all the
companies composing the Fourth Vir.
ginia Infantry to meet here aud particle
pate in the exercises Of that day. This
regiment is made up Of companies IN
Farmville, Petersburg, Suffolk, Smith,
field, Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Hamp-
ton, and the colonel commanding has
issued an order setting forth the circum-
stances and requesting an answer from
each company. From private informa-
ton received here, it is learned that
several of the companies have already
announced their intention Of coming to
Petersburg, and as this will be the first
occasion on which all Of the companies
of the Fourth regiment have ever met,
it is believed they will all come.
The ladies Of the Memorial have long
cherished the idea Of erecting monu-
ment in Blandford cemetery to the
memory Of the Confederate soldiers
whose bodies to the number Of many
thousands lie buried there. The site
for this monument was long ago select
ed, being the apex Of Memorial Hill,
around which, in graceful circles. run
the lines of graves Of the Confederate
dead from the various States. The site
is a prominent and eligible one. To
the efforts of the ladies is due the fact
that the bodies of the dead from all the
southern States were collected after the
war and buried in Blandford in ground
especially donated by the city. They
have also in hand a nucleus fund for
the erection Of the monument, and this
year they start with renewed energy to
increase that fund to the necessary
amount to complete their glorious
labors.
A VISIT FROM GOVERNOR LEE.
His Excellency Governor Lee is ex-
pected here tomorrow. The object of
his visit is to inspect the Colored Nor
NAL School-the condition Of the build
ing, as we'll as the system Of instruc-
ton. Work has again been commenced
on the building, and under the appro-
priations given by the General Assem-
bly,, will be pushed to completion during
the coming summer. The visit Of the
Governor to the institution will be an
event Of interest to all there. This will
also be the Governors first visit to the
Cockade City since the grand reception
given to him by the people Of this Sec
ton when be spoke here just previous
to the November election.
LOCAL OPTION MATTERS.
1t is reported that the temperance
advocates here will petition for vote
on prohibition as soon as practicable
after the municipal election in May.
That question will not be brought at
all into municipal politics. 1t is the
impression among many obseryant peo-
pie that the town will vote for prohi-
bition. This opinion is held by some
of the liquor-dealers themselves. tits
intimated that in one or more Of the
adjacent counties, where the temperance
people are moving, few or no licenses
will be granted until the question is
settled.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
The Hastings Court met to-day. This
is a term devoted entirely to civil cases.
The most important business to come
up is the trial Of the coupon suits
between forty and fifty in number-the
first Of which has been set for Satur-
day.
The suit of Washington Jackson's
executors against the Norfolk and West
ern Railroad Company for $4,000 dam
ages for causing the death of the said
jackson will be tried at the April term
of the Circuit Court Of Dinwiddie. The
suits against this company by parties
claiming damages have been numerous
during the past two years, but the
amounts awarded by the juries have
been small.
Quite a sensation was caused here
last night by the statement OF we'll
known citizen who had read a de-
scription Of Morgan, the Richmond
burglar and would-be murderer, that
the same man, or one exactly answer
ing to the description, had been given
supper at his house, and afterwards left
on a tramp out of the city. So con-
yinced was this gentleman of the tramp's
identity, both in dress and appearance,
with Morgan that he hurried to the
police station and stated the facts, and
thought it necessary to send in pursuit
Of him.
One of Puryear's witnesses is col.
ored woman named Hannah Blackwell,
who is imprisoned in Jail here for
felony committed some weeks ago. She
can only be taken out on an order from
the judge of the court.
The weather for some days past has
been delightful and the farmers in this
section are busy following for theiI
spring crops. ROBIN ADAIR.
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