The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-02-18
LOCAL MATTERS.

The Ticket System An persons who v;...
the Convention Hall to-day, save the laxiie.
will have to procure tickets of admission from
the members. This plan is good one per
haps, for a temporary purpose, but IL adof,ted
permanently would be liable TO much abttse
AT the celebrated Convention in Charlie. ton.
5. c.. we believe, but two thousand tickets
were issued, and no less than eight Thousand
presen ted at the door. The public desire for
admission TO onr Convention is irresistible
and we believe il tickets were offered at fifty
cents apiece, the Commonwealth might realize
q sum sufficient to pay half the expenses of
the session. The object OF the members seems
TO be to prevent confusion, and IL appears to
us mat a plan might be adopted successfully. >.
sun. ml.nout resorting to the ticket system or to
it- Arms and three Doorkeepers: let these Off
GERS be stationed Mt the doors before they are
thrown open, and if they are not sufficient for
the purpose, employ soldiers of the Public
Guard, who can be had ALWAYS for State ser-
vice; and give the crowd to understand that
tney must enter decently and in order. if at all
Ihen open the doors, and when the sea ts arc
comfortably flled. close them again without
ceremony. We would suggest, in this con-
nexion, to the young men and boys, who make
SUCH q rush every morning for seats, that they
should pay some respect to old citizens and
strangers, and give them a fair chance. We
would caution them, also, against demonstra-
tons Of applause in the Convention hail for
the President will undoubtedly keep his pro-
mise and clear the house If such disrespectful
proceedings are continued.
Steamer George Pea5ody.-That well. known
favoriie with the travelling public, the com
modious side wheel steamer George Peapody
Capt. Pritchard, of the Powhatan Steamboat
Company's line, running between this port
and Baltimore. left that place at 3 o'clock on
Saturday afternoon for this port, with per
haps the hea West cargo ever cleared by steam
vessel from the Monumental CITY What
this circumstance may indicate in a political
point OF view, our readers are at liberty to
Judge for themselves That the gOOd fortuua
OF the George Peabody may go on increasing
each trip is doubtless the wish Of the people
of both Baltimore and Richmond The steam
| er arrived at her wharf in this city Yesterday
afternoon, and will commence, no doubt, dis
| charging cargo this morning. Her freight
consists principally of flour, whiskey sugar.
molasses, and other staple products The
| ''busy hum of industry" which will surround
| the steamer to-day, must prove pleasing
| trip of the Peabody is but the commencement
OF heavy business between the two ports.
The Washington Monum ent-By inadvert-
ence we stated in Saturdays paper that the
statue of Gov. Thos Nelson, intended for the
| above monument, and which will soon be
here, would cost about ~, 500. The six statues
| that Of Nelson forms part of the group will
| cost SO 900 apiece. The equestrian statue of
| Washington cost $36 0o0 Besides the statues
there are sundry ailegorical figures-six of
| them are to represent the lives and characters
| of the statues under which they are placed,
and will cost SIS, 900 apiece. The two shields
which are to be placed on the sides of the mon
| ument, representing the coat of arms of the
State, as it appears on both sides of the great
| SEAL will cost ~, 900 each. All this is exclu-
| sive of the granite work, which was estimated
at S15O,oo0, and which, no doubt, from ineffl-
| cient management, cost many thousands more.
The error in the sta tement of the price of Nell
| sons statue arose by not referring to the fac t
| that payment was made in ms talments for
| the work '