Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-11
News Of Fifty Years Ago
tFrom tho Richmond Dispatch. March H. Is6t

, The findings of the military commission tina,
approved washng and the veSdie tSS Of 'f sS.
o ,hES v S%%rt VIII be carried out, According
Sr lis T"%l sssm Mil be The :s,s
Years III the penit"ntary.
Never in the history OF Richmond was there
SO much building going Contractors have
hcsiegeL with orders The PROSPECTS now are
1 1nai H mi,, ,e amy nar of I'll. burned dis
by The return of winter. The sprIar and sum
of time. '"' ''"'e 'ehs'h
IT., is stated that there have been upwards OF
dent under the S2o.ooo clause since hc issuinp
OF the amnesty proclamation.
nsh, r rSsive ir'GS 1xer f ,T
not Stsn The Joint resolution for the admission
The residence of Jacob I:akcr one of Tho ola.
time places ~ Winchester was dcStr-,ycd bv
iire night hefor" last. Tho loss WAS over
The Superintendent Of Tho .r,reedmots VII
lag"I has been instructed by General la,ward.
divide the Arlington "stat. lying east IF the
Rock Road int" iive-ac'e iots, l." Il" tented
iims ton nron"ri, w,s omoI Ii Hr"ns IN Nr
/, was ,In, on,}sc',cI "w'"" ~ ,itn",aa lee
was bought by tn" soyernmen, at SAID Tor
represented c,her to pay tic ,axes or to-, bid
on the property
The proposed amcndmeu, to the Constitution
Of the United states appoitinninr representa-
ton among the States according TO populat pn
and narrowing the basis of represent ION I'm
proportion TO those excluded from voting. al
account of color or race. having passed TIE
House. came up FOR discussion in tho Scnat,
Yesterday. Mr.. Henderson. of Missouri. offered
- substitute 10 the effect That state shall
dlS"rimlnai" IN tn" voting privilege account
OF race or color. The substitute Was rejected
iE"n rejected by vote of - % -. II required
two thirds vote to pass tie resolution sum
nei and other radicals voted against the rcso-
luton because of the absence OF a clcar-cut
ami positive provision for negro suffrage in the
South.
1t is whispered in WASHINGTON tina, the SUI
pr"me Court Of the United states VIII give ThAd
stevens. Charles Sumner 4 90 :: decided ..,-
pack III that the court will not approve the
ulal ny military commissions Of civilians The
ue.iSion VIII he rendered i'm a casc now
before the court that calls for a decision this
week. "
TN" House and Senate both passed tho much
taiked-of concurrent resolution yesterday I,
reads pretty much follows: THAT i'm order
70 CLOS" agitation upon q question which seems
HhcIf 70 disturb The action of tho government,
as ""ll as /" quiet tho uncertainty which is
states which have been declared to bc in a
state OF resurrection. no senator or Ecnrcsnn.
tttiNe sinai he admitted 20 either branch or
congress from any OF said eleven states untii
,l,s ohSrcSS shall have declared such states
sn en-; I" rcnrescntation" Thad stevens is
Said TO II" the author Of tho Joint rcsort ion
although II was originally offered IN tho name
Of another. " ''''
Montreal. tho leading city Of Caroa, 20, v.r,
much cN"iicd night before last Over riIDore -,
a fcnlan raid Of huge dimensions and INC an
thortics called out 10000 troops ia hc mn, ~,
guard. Tho Fenians did not :ppc,r AM ~
camp life. " '"J"E