Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-06-25
FOR PARDON.
A wIFE's EARNEST APPEAL ron
HER HUSBANDS FREEDOM.
COLORED TROOPS TO BIZ Modified.
VIII BE Mustered I'm mt Their
Armories and Then Brought To-
gether-Captain Stuart Ordered to
Report to General Lee.

Governor Tyler returned last night from
Lexington. where he attended the finals
of the Virginia Military Institute. He
was one OF the speakers at the banquet
Thursday night. and presented the Hope
Jackson medals on Thursday. The Gov
ernor had pleasant trip. despite the
fact that he contracted a cold going up
that gave him some annoyance. and was
greatly pleased 10 find the institute in
such splendid condition. The session just
closed was one of the best in the history
OF the institution and It's future never
seemed brighter than it does now.
The Governor found q batch of letters
and kilograms awaiting his return. and
| during the evening had a number OF call
ers IN connection with military and other
official matters. Among the latter was
Mrs. L. L. Patsel, who. accompanied by
| several friends, waited on his Excellency
70 urge clemency In behalf of her hus-
| band, who is serving a term in the peni-
| Tertiary for horse-stealing. Her appeal
was an earnest and pathetic one, and
| coming as 1t did from the honest heart OF
| one who had suffered in mind and
| body, II greatly moved the Executive
| He will give the papers In the case his
| immediate attention, and IL the circum-
stances warrant him in so doing, there is
| little doubt that he will give Patsel his
| freedom.
WAS DRUNK AT THE TIME
| The Governor was assured that all of
| Patsefs trouble was due to whiskey, and
that he had no intention Of stealing.
While intoxicated. according 10 their
| version. he rode the horse off and dis
posed Of IT. 1t was further represented
that the man TO whom the horse belong
cd had written a letter TO the Executive
! aFking that clemency be exercised and
saying that he was now satisfied the man
was not responsible when he committed
the offence. A private letter from Com
mOnwealth' s-Attorney Edward Lyle, OF
Roanoke, said he had already signed the |
petition for pardon, and expressed the |
hope that the pardon would be granted.
.lrs. Patsel has been here for some |
time. having made her home with the |
friends who accompanied her last night. |
so as 10 be near her husband, TO whom /
she seems greatly attached. lnhealth I
forced her to go to one of the hospitals |
of the city and that having closed for |
the summer she is now cared for at the /
CIV Aimshouse Patsel is also in bad /
health.
The Governor assured his callers that |
he would give the case prompt attention, /
and indicated desire 10 accede to the |
wishes OF the troubled wife II he could |
see his way TO do so.
COUNTY JUDGE APPOINTED.
Governor Tyler has appointed Mr..
James McC. Miller Judge of the County
Court of Fluvanna. to succeed the late
W Ii. Holman. Mr.. Miller will hold
office until the next Legislature chooses
hic
ly endorsed for the position, which he is
said to be in every way qualified to mi.
He is about 80 years Of age. He was at
one time a member Of the Legislature,
and is familiar with public matters. He |
is not, however, a practicing lawyer nor
was Judge Holman, whom he succeeds.
The latter made a most efficient and ac-
ceptable Judge though, and 1t is believed
that Mr.. Miller will be equally so.
The State Board Of Education was to
have elected school superintendent for
James City county yesterday, but in the
absence of the Governor no meeting was
held. Two out of the four candidates
were in the city. The board Will meet
within the next day or two, possibly to-
day, to fill the office, and the time for
selecting the textbooks for the next
four years will probably be agreed upon
at the same sitting.
IHE COLORED TROOPS.
The mastering in Of the colored troops
will probably begin on Monday. Major
johnson, of the first battalion, reported
to the Adjutant-General yesterday That
each of his companies had 10 men, with
fifty more available, and it is understood
that the Second Battalion is also full
Drs. Alexander of Petersburg, and JEFF
ferson, of Richmond, the assistant sur
geons Of the two battalions, were exam
ined yesterday by Drs. Darlington, Leigh.
and Sayers, and both stood good medical
examinations. but the latter was rejected
on physical grounds. Major Johnson said
ne would provide another physician at
once.
kilograms received from the War De-
partment yesterday direct that the eight
companies be examined and mustered in |
at their respective armories, and that
the two battalions be modified after
wards. II has not been settled where
these troops shall be assembled after en-
tering the service. If il is not found to
be practicable TO carry them Immediately
to some point of mobilization place viii
be provided for them in Virginia NJ D.
Wright. of the Warwick County Guard
a company that mas been formed, but not
yet recognized as a military organiza-
ton. writes to the Governor. saying that
he has been offered the use of desirable
ioCdtloI near I1diuptOn LOT THIS purpose ,
and it may be that this will be accepted
The tents and blankets have already been
shipped.
The colored troops will be examined by
their own surgeons, and Major Shanks
will both attend the examinations in per-
son and muster IN the men. His work
will, therefore, be much more tedious
than it was in mastering in the soldiers
at Camp Lee.
THE OITESrrION on pANK
Among the numbers of orders recently {
received by the Adjutant-General from
the War Department is one with refer ]
ence to the rank of commissioned officers
In the volunteer army. This says: {
THE Secretary Of War decides that
relative rank as between officers OF the I
same grade commissioned by the Gov
ernor of State or Territory is TO be =
determined according to date of muster
mo United States service, and that when
such officers have commissions bearing ,
he same date, and were mustered In the
same date, their relative rank will be de- =
by previous length of ser
vice in the United States army, regular >
Or volunteer. or marine corps, under
and, secondly. in the abb
'ence of any such service, by lot" 7
ORDERS FOR CAPTAIN STUART.
Captain ]. L. B. Stuart yesterday re- r
'eived orders from Adjutant-Ge Cor
'in TO proceed to Jacksonville and report
n person 10 General Lee, commanding
he Seventh Army Corps, for assignment
o duty as commissary of subsistence on q
he staff of a brigade commander in that a