Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-11
News Of Fifty Years Ago
'From the Richmond Dispatch. Jan H. 1869

On account of tho cold snap the Richmond
1nnrkets are almost bare of eatablc;. and tho
housewives are forced to depend on bacon. dried
peas etc The intense cold weather and the
horrible condition OF the country roads are
Keeping the market wagons away from the city.
\ large meeting OF citizens was held yesterday
afternoon to protest against the high and cx-
orbitant rents that landlords are charging for
both business houses and residences. John
Harner ''ilmer presided. aud numerous earnest
speeches were made condcmning the action of
lam"iGris In cNtortins exorbitant rents. In
tive committee of five was appointed to call on
tho landlords and see if it can he arranged to
tfihS about Il moderation in the rental charges
r." pcihS demanded because OF the scarcity of
houses.
ut II meeting of the stockholders Of the Ma
u"rai Bank of Virginia held yesterday. the fol-
. Nolting. George ". Gillian. abncr l.. Harvey.
ballard John Purcell. Mathew Blair. George w
Williams and S. 4. Suit The directors will meet
ia ? few days to name the president OF the bank
The National Exchange Bank stockholders
yesterday elected the following officers: A. Vance
l,rown. president; Isaac Davenportc Jr., oscar
klns. william u. Jones. II. NJ. Ranney. S. H.
Adams. William Beers and Jcbu purcell al
Colonel Il. G. Baldwin. of stanton late OF
General Lees STAFF. had the misfortune to break
III richmond at the Powhatan and recovering
slowly from the injury.
When Mr.. Davis and Postmastcr-Cieneral Rea.
Eli were captured In Georgia: last spring there
were round on the person Of the latter sea. 900
OF ois of exchange. drawn the Rothschilds.
.: London. by AIR. Trenholm. Secretary Of the
confederate Treasury. These, with Others cap
ts.rcd by the United states troops were sent on
ny the secretary of the United States Treasury
icr collection. They have all been returned
with the Endorsement mo funds 1t is known
by several persons that there were ample funds
Ia the hands of the Rothschilds when these bills
were drawn, but by means 81, other /,
seems they have been spirited away.
One firm In Fredericksburg paid ont last year
as much as $1,000 for sunac article which n
few years ago regarded as n pest in vir-
Ginia
CysterInen many OF them negroes. on tho
lower Rappahannock and York Rivers. are get
t:nG as wages from So to SIS per day
IL the United States Senate yesterday MIR
Sumner presented the following: Whereas. IT Is
the President of the United States are being kid
raDcd and carried to Cuba and Brazil O be sold
into slavery; Resolved, that the Committee of
the judiciary he directed 10 inquire If any fur
thcr legislation is necessary to prevent the re-
vival OF the slave trade on the Southern coast
Mr. Sumner read letter he had received from
Ala bama relative the matter in which II was
stated that Federal officers among the
guilty parties. Senator Davis said he had no
doubt tho Yankees cndcavoring to open the
slave trade. He knew they wcul. do IL thcy
could make money by II, he moved the
adoption OF the resolution, which was done.
Tho joint committee reconstruction have
agreed that the members shall be bound keen
secret the operations of tho committee.
tho Radicals is broadening. and getting warmer
every day. Every conference held at the White
House with congressman and Senators o
make il worse and