The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-10-13

mn AGAbOOl IkkSGFIlON Al OANv 8hs.-A ~
grand reception to Me-. George Peabody, the Lon
don Banker. came of At Danvers. Massachusetts,.
on Thursday last. We gather the following from
the report Of the reception in the New York Her.
aid:
Mr.. Peabody was received at North Dsnvsn by .
committee. and conducted tc South Dsnven, who're
ne was met BY the Chairman Of the Committee OF
Aransement:. Afesr good deal Of nd-shaking,
guest was escorted to an open car
mage drawn by dx horses The distinsnished gentle
which greeted him along the route. The procsssion
then passed through the principal streets Mr.. Pea.
Ssosy SSowins the men cheering him and the women
niiing his carriage with bouquets. The procession In
cindsd some i've thousand persons horse and foot and
its finest features were the 6rsmsn and the school
to
three OF their number represented England Ireland,
and Scotland. The streets were crowded to excess,
and there probably thousand people In town,
In addition to its regular population.
The procession arrived ct the place for the formal
reception, In front Of the Institute founded BY Mr.
brisnt On part of the building wa. erected plat
form for the elite. upon which stood the Governor
OF the State aud bis staff with many other distin.
women. In the centre was the quest Of the day and
in front was drawn up cavalcade of horsemsn bo-
yond them was a great ms:s of people, every place
within hesring or seeing distance being crowded.
Over all was splendid array of flags, pennons, mot
tos, flowers and evergreens uttering In the autumn
breeze and glitterng in the rays of the noonday
Mr.. A. A. Waltham delivered the address of vel.
come, and Mr.. Peabody replied as follows:
My heart tells me that this 10 no common occasion
This vast gathering, comprising maay old assocates
their children and their grandchildren, to welcome
me to the hsme of my childhood, almost unmsns me
unusual in the pursuit of fortune in another
land. am still in heart the humble boy who left yon-
der unpretending dwelling many, very many years
sgo. tCbess) have felt 1t necessary to decline
many prosred bospitalities but could resist tho
inpu SO which prompted me to accept yours, and 10
revisit the scenes once 30 familiar-to take you
loices my heart to see you You can hardly imagine
how the changes to which you have referred impress
me- You have yourselves grown up with them, and
10 me, who have been 10 long away, the effect is al
most astounding. 1t il gratifying, however that
these transformations have gone hand in band with
your prosperity and improvement The solitary fields
which were the scene of my boyish sports now
sound with the hum of busy labor and the spirit of
Improvement not content with triumphs over land.
has even converted Fosters mill pond into solid
ground, and made 1t the of active enterprise
(Appleuse But time h.. also wrought changes ofa
painful nature OF those left, the old al gone
few of the middle aged remain but old and infirm
while the active population consists almost entirely of
new generation.
The remainder of his speech was addressed to
the children, who had assembled on the occasion
ETHE EXTENSIVE FRAUD IN NEW YORK The
My. Herald, of Saturday, alluding to the arrest
OF Huntington, broker there, on charge of forge.
ry, says:
Additional and somewhat astounding develop
ments have been made in relation to the extensive
forgeries committed upon Phelps Dodge e. Co,
since our hrst account of the transaction appeared
in type It's now believed that over $10O 600 -th
of forged promissory notes on the above firm have
been executed by Huntington, and lthat he has
been engaged In speculatinr for some time past
upon loans raised upon these forged notes. In one
instance the accused paid back tho loan and re-
deemed the note, which was forged, and entirely
valueless. and thus the fraud was not discovered.
The holder of the note did not think it worth
his while to make inquiries regarding the paper
supposing 1t to be all right and 1t was not until
thursday that the trick was made manifest
Soon after the arrest of Huntington was nade
his bail IN the other cases appeared before Judge
Connolly and surrendered the accused, fearing
that he might take it into his head to walk of some
tine morning, and leave them minus o000 The
prisoner was then committed to prison on the two
charges of forgery, in default Of $40 900 bail.
A letter from New York says:
Huntington is man whose credit and standing
in the street have been unsxceptionable He is
very respectfully and fashionably connected. His
operations create IS great sensation in social as
in financial circles: But few particulars of his
transactions are known as yet and naturally
enough, strong effort is making to keep the af
fair as quiet as possible
Low WATER IN THE WESTERN RIvERs-A
dispatch from Louisville Ky, dated the 9th inst,
says:
The Ohio river is lower than 1t has been for
eighteen years, and is still falling, with but little
hope for Improvement. Navigation above this
city is very precarious There are few arrivals
or departures, and the boats refuse freight even at
high prices There is q singular state of things
at Louisville. All the upper rivers are falling
ExTRAvAGANCE.IN DRESS "A council of Bishops
has just assembled at Perigneux, in the South of
France and it appears that the venerable prelates
have Illuminated dscroe against expensive habits
In Dress which, according to the Echo, has created
quite an excitement among the bellies of the place,
who are snxously inquiring whether they are to be
condemned to renounce their 'mantillas' and all the
rotundity which the present fashion demands.
FILLMORE DEMoNsTRAroN-A Fillmore meet
ing very numerously attended, was held at Pitt.
sylvania Courthouse, Va, last week. Among the
Gov. Morehead, of North Carolina, James c.
Bruce, of Halifax, Hon. John S. Pendleton, Jack
Marshall, of Charlotte, N. G. Claiborne and others
The meeting continued two days.
REPoRTED DEFALCATIoN-A telegraphic dis.
patch from Albany to the N. Y. Times states that
defalcaton of 922 600 has been discovered in the
State ComptroerB office; that $4,000 of it was
abstracted in 1853 by Clerk in said office, and
the remainder more recently. The defaulter has
fed.
RUN DOwN.-The clock business of Connecticut
which has been driven so extensively for several
years. has completely run down. These clocks
have been sent to every part of the world, and
among the largest markets for them were Great
Britain and China. The great competition forced
prices SO low that the largest portion of the manu-
facturers have failed
COTTON By NEW RouTE.-Two hundred
bales OF cotton from Mississippi, via the Illinois
Central Railroad, arrived at Dunkirk, ILL., Tues
day, on its way to an Eastern market 1t Ia re-.
garoed as the foferunner of new trade
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