Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-20
News of Fifty Years Ago
tFrom Newspaper Files, July 30, 1869

Governor Picrpomt has written n letter to
President johnson. in which he makes digni
fed and forcefu protest against the enforcement
OF the conhscation act, and asks the President
to call halt on Judge Underwood, who is max
ing himself entirely too prominent in Virginia
and. in the opinion of some of the ablest lawyers
OF the country; is stretching, the Constitution
and all of the laws up to and beyond the very
limit. Unless this creature Underwood can in
some way be curhed. there is no telling To what
depths Virginia may fall
Louisa County seems to be back In the Union
This fact was made apparent yesterday. when
the Governor appointed commissioners OF cleo
ton for that county as follows: John Hunter,
George w. Trice and Joseph NJ Booker
The highly priced Steamboat line between
Richmond and Petersburg. Il line that carried
a great deal OF freight and very many passcn-
gers. but which was knocked all to pieces by
the exigcnGies Of war. has been resumed The
the line.
After very much trouble and :; thousan nd and
one difficulties that had to bc overcome, Dan
willie at last is on the post-oiiicc route and tho
people of that distressed town get their
mail through real post-officc. J. L. Lowry
has been Installed as temporary postmaster.
Trains the Central Railroad TO
Millhoro. forty miles beyond Staunton Som"
day these sam" trains may possibly 20 as far as
the Virginia state line
The Northern papcrs tell MS that the last of
the Confederate prisoners who confined
in the worst Of all OF the Northern. prisons
that at Elmra. n Y, have been discharged and
sent on their journey home.
There comes report. through the New York
papers Of course. that Generals T.. Kirby Smith
MaErudcr and Sterling Price have left San An
tonic. Texas. for Mexico with large bodies Of
men from INC various Confederate commands
and all kint. Of stores and commissarv sun
plies. havin. made arrangements fight in
Mexico on one side the other. This report
is not believed by the people who know Cen
erals Smith and Price. Nobody seems to be
willing 10 act as sponsor for the eccentric Cen
cral MaEruder.
There was election in ITcurico County vcs-
terday. Whether II will amount to anything
remains hc seen. According Ia the
one-sided returns the following elected
the Circuit Court: William Folkcs. clerk tn"
County Court; a. r. Courtney. attorney for tn,
Commonwealth.
The Freedman's Advocate is tho name Of a
nesr" paper tina, mas mad" it's appearance in
Richmond. NJ Lewis. negro black as ebony,
is said 10 he the editor and general manager
y conversation with Editor Lewis. and a read
ing of the editorial column OF the Advocate
taken at TN" same meal would unTuestionnhy
convince on" that there must he some mistake
in the menu. Lewis does not talk as il he wrote
the editorials: in fact. admits that he could
do Lewis is but The editorial
writer. with his or her bitter invective stabs
In the dark; has no name and canno, be held
responsible. He is using Lewis. who
save his life could not write a line OF English
correctly. as "a cat'spaw. II the utteranccs Of
shooting, don't shoot the innocent nero. Lewis
but hunt for IN" miserable little side lslicrcd
New Highlander OF the male persuasion. ana the
moro miscrahl" little narrow ski-tcd female
with whancdoodln voice who ,rots after
him and both of them down here the
purpose Of grabbing all they get II is no
use 10 call names, and this paper might
suspended" II II did. Just to the Office of the
Frecdman's Advocate transact business and
you viii md no Freedmen" "Frccdwonlcn'
on hand to handle the money. The little side
row skrtcd wife. alleged wife. will be there
all right 20 take in your cash