Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-11


for The religious belief of Robert Anu.r-
| son. n n believer In the doctrine OF tne
| general resurrection, his grave, IL shou'i
seem, ought TO have been ssaliow' hhu
his coffin Hight and fragile. IL not
| believer. an agreement OF IDEAS In sucn
case should have led him TO dig MS grave
as deep as the deepest. and TO have nifoe
| his coffin inyiolable. save as The caoine'
| OF a richer soul within" II only re-
| mains to be said that Captain Anderson
survived several years after Mr.. Alien
! visit. and that he was finally buried IN me
| casIset so long before provided. In a grave
| ten feet deep. located In the midst oil
| his favorite strawberry-pateh. He sain'
| should he ever arise. he wanted 10 90 80
| amid pleasant surroundings ana famiHar
scenes. IFS body was borne TO the grave
| BY bis own slaves. and the burial was
| supervised. az he had requested, by MS
| frieads and neEhbors.
Few Of those now survive who shaped
| the affairs either OF State or city forty
| years ago. The woful tnroads made by
| time and chance on both are shown by an
| inspection Of Cutters Richmond Direc-
tory for 49," Then Joseph Johnson was
| Governor Of Virginia; Shelton +. Leahe,
| Lieutenant G.. W. MunfOrd,
Secretary OF State. and w. II. Richard
son. Attorney-Gensral. The men who
controlled the affairs OF the city were:
Joseph Mayo, Mayor: s. T. Pullam. Re
cOr1jer: James Evans senior alderman.
The aldermen. who composed the Hust-
ings Court. were: jefferson Ward. Edwin
Farrar. Alfred Iuloes- r. d. saxxay. A.
l.. Register William Taylor; Madison
Warl-James Evans. Thomas Tyree, X.
NJ IMrten J. j. RinfOrd j. 4. cOwardn.
Monroe Warl-Samuel T. PulliaE, J. c.
WLsfiel. j. Bray, a. =. Il. Merritt.
CITY Council-Bichard .. HaSkins, y. Is.
Hill Ansos. Richards. y. III. Butler, j.
u. Talbot. q. ~. Myers, Thomas w Me-
Canoe. VI. W. Fry. w. O. Payne, J. NJ.
Sheppard. Jr. James a. Scott, a. Scott,
D. J. Saunders, Joseph Il. Anderson;
City Attorney. Raleigh r. Daniel; Clerk
OF Hastings Court. Ro Howard: Clerk
OF Council. w. T. Sheppard; Judge Of the
Circuit Court. John 4. Meredith. OF al
these State and city officials II Is believed
that the only survivors IS William Taylor
father Of Mayor Taylor. DIR. J. L. Bur
rows was pastor Of the First Baptist
church. Or. K. L. G. Vowel, OF the Sc
cond, DR.. ]. y. Jetpr ~ Grace-Street,
Rev Reuben Ford Of Leigh-street. Or.
c. u. Read OF the United Presbyterian
church, Rev ". $. Kep!er q -. Johns
Episcopal church. Or. George Wood
James, and Christ churches, IL seems.
were without rectoPs. as their names are
not mentioned. Rev. ". J. Pettgrew
was pastor Of Sycamore chursh DR.. 7. Y.
Moore Of the First Presbyterian. Or. VI.
D. HOge or the Second. Rev. Thomas
Wheeler Of Trinity. Or. II. s. DOggett OF
Centenary. DR.. l.. NJ. Lee OF Clay Street
AMI Wesley chapel. and Rev. W. II.
Wheelwright Of Asbury chapel Rev.
Henry 5. Jacobs was readar 70 the
Hebrew congregation Beth Shalome at
the SYNAGOGUE on 5iayO street. and Rev.
NJ MSheibacher TO the one meeting on
Eleventh street. Rev r. Ryland preach-
Cd to the colored people at the First
Artisan Baptist church. and Rev. J. Por-
ter was pastor Of the Second African
Baptist church. Rev. Philip Courtney
was president Of the Virginia Bible So
ciety. and T. V. Daniel. Jr.. Of the Young
Mems Christian Association.
The various orders and societies were:
Masonic. Od1-Fehows sons OF Tenn
peranea. Rechabites. Cadets Of Temper
ance. Red SIen. Drluds American Me
chaalcs, German Benevolent Society. 81.
Vincent {. y. Society. Richmond Typo
graphical Society, ami Journeyman Cord
wainer's Society ThS knowNOthings
was a large and Influential political or
SANITATION, and held regular meetings on
"election-day."
The post-oGlce was then snder The EH-
change Hotel and was open from \. II.
mill after the arrival Of the northern
mail due at $50 i. 81, ana after the
asserting Of that mail undl =. ". There
were 10 letter-carrers In those days.
and long lines u persons were always
seen at the deliyery-window taking their
turn To receive their mail. Thomas Is.
Bigger was postmaster, and William y.
Davis assistant. William Is. Reed and
Phil. Frayser were delivery clerks. and
their remembrance Of the names Of the
many persons who presented themselves
AT the window was regarded as wonder
full
The principal banks were the Bank
Of Virginia. James CasAie. president;
capital stock, ,25So90o. The Farmers
Bank Of Virginia: William ii. Mcfarland;
president: capital. $4,000; and the EN-
change Bank OF Virginia; John c. Hob
son. president; capital. N,sej5o.
Besides these were the Richmond Saw
Incs Institution 81. Thompson, PRESIDENT;
Union Savings Bank "a. Y. Oenshaw'
PRESIDENT. and the Commercial Savings
Bank Oylniam q. Paine. PRESIDENT. The
Richmond Fire Associa ton -. c. Crane
PRESIDENT. Virginia Fire and Marine In
surance Company q. Peasants, presi-
denD ana the Mutual Assurance Society
Of Virginia o. Rutherford. principal
agent, offered indemnity against loss by
fire. The Richmond arfl Petersburg
Richmond and Danville; Richmond. Fred
eyicks burg and Potomac. and the Virginia
Central were the only railroads. There
were two trains daily 20 Petersburg ana
Freieri sitsbure. and only one % Danville.
fnFf
Mrs. Freeman's. on east Franklin street
twice week for Tappahannock and VIII
liamsburg.
The steamers jamestown and Roanoke
piled between Richmond and New York
the Virginia and Pennsylvania r,n 10
PHILADELPHIA. line of steamers carried
freight only 20 Baltimore. and the popular
route ~ Norfolk was By the Curtis PEEK.
The Lynchburg packet-bodts left dai!y'
except Sunday for points on the James
River and Kanawha canal The ken
mond Library Company was popular m
stitution. Ii WAS founded in 1889. and had
400 volumes in It's library in the Atne-
neurG, corner Marshall and Tenth streets.
Judge John Robertson was president, ana
Gat<iel Ralston librarian.
The foreign consuls and sice-consuls |
were: For France. \. Paul; Belgium. Il.
o. Noting; Brazil. II. baldwin. and Bre-
men, W. Da. Voss. The novelist. G. p. r. !
James was Consul Of Great Britain, but /
Ids residence was in Norfolk.
The roster OF the First Regiment OF |
Virginia Volunteers. organized May l, 1870. |
was as follows: Colonel. Thomas y. Au- |
gust Northumberland. W. II. Harri- |
son: Major W. Il. Ball; Adjutant. q. :. |
Patton. F'aymaster, w. +. Munfordi /
Quartermaster Abner Trabue; Quarter
master-Sergeant.P eyton Johnson; Surgeon, |