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The Daily Dispatch: March 30, 1861., [Electronic resource], Later from California (search)
Later from California The Pony Express brings dates from San Francisco to the afternoon of the 13th inst.--The following is a summary of the news: Gov. Downey has vetoed the Horace Smith bill, on the ground that the Legislature cannot constitutionally interfere with the Judiciary, and because a fair trial can undoubtedly be had in San Francisco, where both the prisoner and his victim were total strangers.--Both Houses passed the bill over the Governor's veto, in the midst of enthusiastic shouting in the lobbies. During the past four days the Legislature has met each afternoon, and gone through the routine of balloting for a Senator, without appearing to make any progress toward an election. Ten ballots in all have been had. It requires 58 votes to elect, and no candidate has yet received as high as 30 votes. Without new combinations are formed, no Senator can be elected this winter. Commandant B. B. Cunningham, of the Mare Island Navy-Yard, died this mor
The Daily Dispatch: March 30, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
est you to announce yourself a candidate for the office of Commonwealth's Attorney for the Hustings Court of the City, to be voted for at the approaching municipal election. Your fellow-citizens. J. Stewart Walker, O. Jennings Wise, Mark Downey, John A. Belvin, Geo. W. Hobson, Chas. L. Hobson, R. Milton Cary, E. G. Rawlings, M. L. Randolph, D. T. Williams, M. C. Macon, P. A. Wellford, Wm. B. Newman, Wm. M. Sutton, J. R. Chamberlayne, R. H. Lorton, John F Stag W. Blackburn, J. H. Cochran, Jas. W. T. Banks, Wm. Cardwell, S. N. Davis, C. H. Johnson. P. A. Blackburn, Richmond, March 29, 1861. To Messrs. John Stewart Walker, George W. Hobson, O. Jennings Wise, John A. Belvin, Mark Downey, and others: Gentlemen--In compliance with your request, I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of Commonwealth's Attorney for the Hustings Court of the City of Richmond. Very respectfully, your ob't serv't, mh 30--it* Jame