Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-28
News of Fifty Years Ago

DR.. Mudd. of Maryland. and the othor alleged
h"sness Hay IN the Lincoln assassination
Dry Tortugas in which they to spend their
lives. The, New York Tribune describes tho
place as follows: The Dry rortugas is secure
prison on barron reef, few miles beyond
Key West. Fla. No visitor reach the place
OF confinement and there is absolutely chance
Gn o a silent o ana these ssos air
absence OF every living thing save the nlbatross
'e the blue blu be-
quence of the hurricane, which only adds terror
and desolation: all these may family picture the
far seward home of those to whom the law
DEATH
Rev. DR.. Josiah Ryland has resigned the pas
torai care Of the First African Church Of Rich
mond He has preached there to the negroes
or nichmond Tor twenty-four years. and he has
done his duty we'll But times have changed
and the negro longer takes interest in the
preachers and spiritual advisors of the good old
times lie remains to be if the Carpet
Dagger doctrinaires or the tangled negro
preachers will improve in any way on the
Gospel that DR.. Ryland for nearly n quarter
of century has been dispensing
The Richmond. Fredericksburg and Potomac
cars. both passenger and freight, now run fifty
eight miles from Richmond. or within three
miles Of Fredericksburg. 1t is confidently ex-
pected that trains will go on to Fredericksburg
the middle of September Colonel Harman,s
,h OF stages now takes the passengers from
w She sen terminus On to Potomac
ana bring others back in due time
The following named Confederate generals
have reached Boston from the disreputabo
prison at Fort Warren, and in due time will
come on home. they having taken the oath OF
aieSiance to the United States when there was
nothing else to do: Major Generals Kcrsha,v
ana Marmaduke: Brisadier Generals s. " Bar
ton W; S. Cabell, NJ D. Corse. D. NJ Duboise
). w. Masler. e. Hunter. C. w. Gordon J A
Jones, j. c. Scott and j. B. Smith
General Frank p Blair on the occasion ~
the mastering out the Seventeenth ARM
corps OF which he the brilliant com
nahaer IN speech told his soldiers that in
the event or Louis Napoleon's abandonment OF
ms mexican usurpation they the sodcrs) may
quietly settle down to the pursuits OF civil lifc
ana general peace, but should he persist in his
attempt to upset the Monroe Doctrine tho r,cn
Oh the seventeenth Army Corps may he called
upon Tor another expedition southwark
The Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad il nm
oerEoing repairs at rapid rate. So far trains
are running between Portsmouth and Suffolk
Tor the accommodation OF passengers and shin
pers. ~ ''f
In the Richmond election the following w.r.
SUCCESSFUL; W. H. Lyons. judge Of the HustinGs
Court; Raleigh I. Daniel. Commemorative A..
torney. Hastings Court; " ~. Sturdivant MAYOR
of Richmond; Thomas u Dudley. CITY Sergeant.
j. A Hobson. collector; Charles Campbell su.
perintendent OF the Gas Works. James L. Davis
superintendent OF the Water Works; Albert X
Crump high constable; John w. Wright sheriff.
B. NJ. Pollard. clerk OF the Circuit Court: Mar
maouke Johnson. attorney for the Circuit Court
Edward A. Pollard is collecting material 70
Southerners standpoint 1t remains to be
seen II the military authorities will allow its
publication. If they do not Pollard will know
the why. '