Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-22
News Of Fifty Years Ago


The residence of Rev. Mr. Converse cditor os
tweo 1, Observer. on franklin street, be-
T Tnned last night between and . o'clock
Mn ,l, the family were at their evening meal,
Il inner got upstairs and stole "A trunk contain
ing $i,ooo in Grecnbacks. 500 in gold ana a
q'antitE OF silverware. No arrests have vet
been made. '
Hope Fire Company. No. l. or Manchester
WAS was reorEanizcd yesterday with forty-,wo mem
' ne, ," oo.n active and honorary. The company
oror ~ "sh' nrc on the Southside when
ever 'lS services may be required
memorial from General Rober, T. Lea nr..
~ M"Sh'hst"n College. was yesterday laid
y, or, me Leg stature It asks for state aid
III me establishment of i've additional profess
Sorships in that institution. viz practical ch ON
istrE. experimental philosophy practical me-
Ihhcs applied mathematics and history and
literature The memorial asks for these pur
poses the grant Of an annual appropriation or
$4,000 to come from the iuconro ~ 49, y,
fund. VIC "
Two thousand bales OF damaged cotton 1,,,
aged by recent warehouse fires were sold al
auction aa In New York yesterday. They brought
from to 16 tents per pound. Some of this COT
ton was very much damaged
';eneFai Carl Schurz. in his report to the
am .n;,,a. states senate takes strong ground
AGAINST trustinE what he terms the affected
LOYALTY" of South.rners. and in this respect /,
liners very much from the reports OF Generals
Grant and Howard.
BriEadier General Harris ,ybo IN. h ;;
command of United States troops stationed M
RECONNAISSANCE. has been called to Washing.
ton: for what purpose he does not know. M,
'hlhks ne Is 20 be mustered OF the service
Four white men and one negro have been
arrested in Fetershurs. charged with stcaiinl;
horses from the United States government
Much of this kind Of business has been roirr
on or late an! il goes without saving that
"heh guilt is proven il ia going very hard
with the guilty ones.
captain y. l.. Guzman. OF Louisiana the Iast
confederate to be held a prisoner at John
son s Island. mas been released on condition tina,
ne leave the country within fifteen DAYS ncyar
to return He was held 1t Fort Delaw AMI
oifcrcd his release il he would take tho ,a,I,
OF allegiance to the United states which he
refused to do. He saws he never intends To
take the oath. f1c will go to Mcxico ana js
now on mis- way to that country.
j. Y Mason. Jacob Thompson. Judah T. Ben
jam!n and Colonel Fuller. noted Confederatns
are in London. where the expect to remain
Mr.. Slideli is in Paris
Ihad stevens OF Pcnnsy lvania. Yesterday Of
Tered In the House OF REPRESENTATIVES a bill T.,
double the pensions of those who have been
made pensioners by the c:izualt ies OF war: 70
lay damages % loyal men who were pcrscc,,.,i
by the late Confederate government and "r.;.-
el raiders" and to enforce the connscation laws
so as TO pay all of these additional appropr:,
tons out OF the confscata! property Of Sortn-
erners or. as he STYLES them ''the enemy"
There bitter debate in the I-ni,n1
States Senate Yesterday under the head .,rhc
Good Of the Country" Senator Srmncr r,.,l.
very vitrioIic speech against the South and
all Southerncrs. and was replied TO 10y Sem
tors salisbury and Cowan.