The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-01

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1t whlrlinE down upon me prick ply Ply
n,cnt below, where It was shlVereu III
many pieces. ~.
There was no ntttenp. 70 .s,oI, .hls ~
,,onstra toni IL was a. ,reek porn ~ ~
sudden INSPIRATION ana put too squ .,.Nas
Into execution 10 DC stopped i, ai ..le.o
Dcen ahSpooS uisposeu ~, ~ ,.sI,.s !
Some OF tnose VINO par.'c,pa ~ - ~.
demonstration were pupils O mr. 'qu'res .
Schooi. =.
Onuel NeW rids a..
successor Of the United states govern
mont. took posscssion Of tho custom.
house and posto,t,ce. and soon Installed
some Of its chief officers there. The fol-
lowing werc located IN the custom house:
President Davis, Office on third floor,
ascending by tho stairs on Bank street;
the room which is now The United States
Court clerks office.
The office OF the Presidents secretary
was in the room adjoining the Tresi-
dents
Office Of the Presidents aides, room
opposite the Presidents.
Downstairs Hon. c.. G., Ntc,nminger,
Secretary of the Treasury, occupied the
room. which afterwards became the office
of the collector Of customs.
rho Confederate q States I,,, Treasury also
Until 1863 the postofncc remained on
the first floor as now. but III that year
1t was removed to the Inflated Spots
wood Hotel. where the Chesapeake and
Ohio general ioftes now are, and the
postofce floor In tile Federal building
was used BY the Confederate Treasury
Department., which, previous to that
time, had not been athletic assemble ali
OF It's offices Iii q one building
Evacuation Fire IS.
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lne p"stoIce n''l'ulls tal''e oul o. t.'e
ea.,,a, ~ ~, ~ u',.lost WI
a., sne -. - n'iu ~ uo".i
~ sIeee l.au ~ Ees's.eu lh'1les RACED,
~. ~. .I,ls stiuc.uIe nells separn,eo rom
ne e'tros ~ ~ spaces
Oh Vuca1't 'sroulo' ana = having a Rood
lhe Ia, 'roo1 IN addltlio'1 10 70 mex stone
walls suffered no . great damage The
worst INA Unopened TO lt was the era ok
Ing by heat or some or the granite blocks
IN the wall on the east Side. Upon the
occupation of the city by: the victorious
Federal r. troops 7 The = Federal government
came lntoEits own again ind promptly
took possession; putting the Gust ON house
to varous4tcfnporary uses. until the set
tied orucf or things carrie nbolit,, when 1t
dcvoted' ita to tho purpose originally de-
signed.lo' u y, i: ~ HIGH,
The first p6stmaster after the war was
DR.. Alexander Sharp, a brother-in-law
Of General Grant. One of the first Of the
national banks here had It's home in the
hall on the second floor at the end near
est Main Street. In those days there
W, were -, no steps TO the Main Street end
, nu.t d Vow, III, aro',. me scc9nu 10 INC
80 ,,o,. - J" : : pue ~ "'A'ee
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MIo LAWS GaVe BOND.
On May Eth,G 1867 MIR Jefferson Davis
was broughtObcforc United states Judge
Underwood, sitting in the court room adj
joining the very office where, as Presi-
dent of tie Confcderacy. Mr.. Davis had
for four years administered the affairs
and directed the fortunes Of the govern
mcnt that failed. William NJ. Evarts
and District Attorney t.. H. Chandler
appeared for the. government ana Charles
O'Connor w. B. Reed George Shea, John
Randolph Tucker and Robert Ould, for
Mr.. Davis. After argument It was agreed
that bail be allowed In the sum Of $500 600.
The following became lis bondsmen:
Horace Greeley. Augustus Schell and
! Horace Il Clark, Of New York: Arlstidas
Welsh and David X. Jockman. Of Phila-
delphln, and w. II. Mcfarland, Richard
Barlon iiaSall isaac davenport, NDra-
ham Warwick, William w. Crump, James
Lyons, John A. Meredith, William Fl.
Lyons, John Minor Bolts, Thomas w.
boswell and James Thomas, In, OF
Richmond. That was the last of the
prosecution Of Mr.. Davis lie was never
tried on the charge Of treason.
The Building ENLARGED.
T, ,ss7,soon,res ~ tlmn tYr III,
ceoreo,J, Nviso ,avfn,s ails X p;ronr,..
tions thorofor the workc o,5 retnn1elIn,.
and eIiarpi,3r the hIildnr wna 'her,,n
Tho mans we're nrena red n Wnsh,neto,,
and r. n powell was annolntad HI,inerin-
tendcnt of construction and Writ 4.
Chestorman, assistant s,perintendent
and Charles W, Allen, foreman. For a
good while the enlargement was done by
day labor. After year, however, day
labor was abandoned and a contract was
made with washington contractors, and
fbov cnn,ptnt nh Ia ynrl, ~ 1870 Tho