Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-11-24
NOT GRANTED.
JOHN p. EVANS NOT ALLOWED A cBAHaE
OF vEHUR.
The Norfolk Republicans Looking After
the ofieea-Consumed with Anxiety
Briefs and Personals.
loorrn.nondeuco o. .he RIchmond DI.patch.l


NORFOLK, November %. 1883.
In the CORPORATION Court to-day IN the
c.se NJ the Commonwealth Sgalnst John +.
Fvans. indicted for the murder Of Peter j.
Mclean. the Court rendered the, decision,
reserv,d YESTERDAY, and refused TO grant the
change of venue asked for. The jury was
d,,charRed. and the case continued TO Tues
dav next. when II will come 10 Tor regular
trial. la The mean time the Sergeant viii
nroceed 10 Fastyllle. on the Eastern Shoro,
Uamntou. and suffolk and summon spe-
cisl inrv 10 try the case. % II Is thought a
competent Jury cannot be obtained 10 this
neighborhOod.
The Republicans Of this section have COM
menced 10 actively look after the Offices IN
the cusrom.house AMI post office and the
nayy.yard positions theg hope 70 occupy 10
March,. Those who were master Workmen,
clerks, sud writers when the Republican
rsqiine collapsed are busy putiing IN thelr
claims Tor restoration. Ihere are perhaps
forty or fifty Republicans ~ the yard some
OF them leading men, WAC have never eeen
removed by the Democrats. Oae OF them,
4. Is. soutaard, a life long Republican, occu-
pying the position o. chief draugbisinau Of
the construction department. who was gotten
ont bv the Democrats about six months ago,
was restored Nv Secretary " htney ltst
week. much 10 the disgust Of The party work
ers here.
There isasmall army OF hungry Rcpubii-
cans here, aad there are great many good
plsces to tu. They are nearly consumed
vita anxiety, ho~eyer, aud II General ha-
hone has the patronage 10 di'pense there
will be macy sore appointments, "a toe
element :hat antagOD ized the General n this
secton was quite large and mostly the old
placs-boIders.
There is some anxiety FELT here by The
friends Of the passengers on the Washington
steamer Excelsior, In ;he Rappahannock. de-
layed by the gale with machinery disabled.
steamers arriving to-day report the weather
severe on Chesapeake bsv last night, and
thew pulled through with difficulty.
Quite a number Of cOOred people have
been arrested within the last few days for
stealing cotton 90 the Whlryes. The fall and
winter 10 tho harvest time here Tor the peii.
thieves, and they keep the police busy a
times.
Congressman Bayly Browne, OF the East
eTn Shore, is In the city.
II il not now believe that the Home Hlnk
will nav its deposit0rs over 80 cents, II that.
The smash is worse than az first believed.
The collapse or the bank has carried under
the largest ice firm here-RawllES White.
hurst & Co.-aud it is feared other failures
will result.
The Udlted states steamer kearsarco viii
be inspected by Admiral J0uetts board to-
daV. aud leave on the 2Stn for NonieYiJto
with new crew ior the TailspOos1.
So i,r no disasters are reported on the
coast from the prevailing storm. The gale
has been raging FOR nearlya week.
This afternoon on complaint d Captain
Charles southlrd, master OF the schooner
Cofecuh, loading with coal for Aspinwau,
two seamen-W william Boydeu and John
Winston were before United States Com.
missioner Charles T. Barry on the chfrce %
mutiny in uersistonty refusing TO DO duty
and a.saulting with sheath-tniye, the officers
Of the schooner After the evidence had
been taken the Commissioner sent tie eases
on to the Nay terra.
The Atlantic and Danyie Railroad Com
psny have made another proposition % The
city Of Portsmouth for q subscription OF
$4,000 10 enter the city With the Offices,
workshops, and round.houses, and abandon
the West Norfolk terminal except Tor through
business.
Mr.. Willis 4. jenkins. z graduate Of the
Virginia Military institute, has been elected
principal Of the Fourth district pubic
schools in Portsmouth wee John ". Young,
deceased. Ct.