Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-11-11
A PARDON FOR HENRY
GOVERNOR EXERCISES cLEME
POST HAVING BEEN SET FnEE.
BUSY DAY With AS EXCELLEECY.
Receives a Great Number of Callers
on Various MfssIons-Consider ing
the Matter Of How to Reorganixe
the Military.

avn W ihVihdS tenfy, OF 4 GlIlaN county,
convicted at the February term Of the
County Court 1856. of highway robbery.
In his stated reasons for the pardon,
the Governor characterizes the crime as
most heinous. and the criminal unworthy
OF executive interference. viewed abstract
~ bat some time ago lie pardoned Post,
the principal in the crime upon the re-
commendation OF the penitentidry ply
sioian, who certified that the prisoner
| was In a dying condition. and that fur
Their confinement would prove fatal Post
was pardoned, and has since led an up
right life, and Is said to be a thoroughly
changed man. Post appears to have been
the leader in the crime
After he had knocked down us victim,
one McCNntock. according TO the latter's
affidavit, he proposed 10 finish the job by
| cutting his throat. but was persuaded by
| Henry. who was with dim, to allow him
| TO go unframed.
| The men were apprehended and convict
| ed. Post was pardoned because he was
| believed to be dying. Henry, over whom
| Post seems TO have had a remarkable IN
| huence, still remained in prison, though
| he had borne only a small part in the
| AbDOtlN. y DtlllOU lIODl Il hhhAD's
| Of citizens asked for his pardon, setting
| forth that he should not be made TO suf-
| fer, as the principal was free, and aver
| ring further that his old father was on
probably his death-bed, and wished TO
| see his son once more. In view OF all
| these circumstances, the Governor order
| ed that pardon issue.
THE GOVERNORS BUSY DAY.
| Governor Tyler was very busy yester-
! day, before his departure for Savannah.
a large number of persons calling. Their
! business had almost infinite variety. AS
| usual. a large portion of the callers
| wanted TO influence him to grant pardons.
! In view of the number Of applications,
| the number of pardons granted by Cover
| nor Tyler is extremely small. not long
ago, after going through the papers in
nearly one hundred cases, the Governor
granted four pardons.
Visitors, including many Of the femi-
nine gender. called TO endeaVOr 20 induce
the Governor to have relatives discharged
from the army. Some Of these cases are
I affecting in the extreme The letters
from mothers and wives and daughters,
praying for the discharge of their sole
dependence, are heart-rending. The Gov
ernor is always affected by appeals OF
this character, and as he has frequently
remarked, his inclinations are in the d.
rection Of helping out Of the service every
soldier who wants his discharge. He ook
with him to Savannah list Of those who
wish to be discharged from the Fourth
Regiment. The number aggregates about
l25. Governor Tyler will look into these
cases, and if as the applications state he
will endeavor 10 have the men discharged
and their places filed by men from the
Second and Third regiments, who wish TO
see more service.
REORGANIZATION OF MILITARY.
Governor Tyler has also been busy re-
Gently trying to evolve a satisfactory plan
for The reorganization OF the military OF
Virginia He has consulted with many
mIAtary officers, but has not as yet reach
| ed a conclusion. Many of the men OF the
! Second and Third wish to retain their or
CARNATIONS, but many, including officers
and men, do not care to enter the State
| service When Colonel Male resumes his
duties as adjutant-generaL the matter
will be settled. This will not be for seve-
raj days.
The Governor has not yet received from
the negro soldiers of the Sixth Virginia
their memorial on the subject of his re-
cent appointment Of eight white officers
of the regiment to I'LL the places made
vacant by the resignation Of colored Off
GERS. Information from the regiment Is
TO the effect that everything there is now
quiet and the negroes apparently con
tented.
AFRAID FUNDS WILL RUN OUT.
The Governor has received from the Of
ficers Of the War Relief Association, Of
| Portsmouth, a letter asking him to us'
his endeavors, whore he consistently can
to have discharged the members of Com
pany l., Of the Fourth Regiment. Tn
letter states that contributions 70 TIL
fund for the relief Of families Of member
of the company have fallen off Of late
and they fear that 1t will not be possible
TO prevent suffering. They want sen
home Portsmouth men, upon whom fami
lies are dependent for support.
BRIEF CAPITOL NOTES.
Mr.. w. w. Scott State Librarian, I
very much indisposed at his home, i
Gordonsvlle. He went home 10 vote, an
has not been well enough to return. MI
Frank Z. Brent. secretary of the stat
Board of Education, is acting Librarian
: None of the employees OF tne stat
! Board of Agriculture have had penn
OF income for some time. The ClrcUl
= Court has decided that the department
j. must be supported from the state Tree
!. sury. but an appeal to the Supreme Coui
has been taken, and pending the decisio
L OF this tribunal, the department rs fui
ming without income. the attachees trus
; ing 10 luck, or rather law, for eVentua
payment.
e Many Of the attachees OF the Caplt'
: who went home 10 vote have returne,
but many are not back yet Juoilauo
. over the election on the part OF the cieIh
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