The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-06-25
LETTER FROM PETERSBURG.
correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatch.
PrrkRsruKa. Juno %. 1867

PETERSBURG, June %. 1867.
Tho registration in South and East Wards
having been completed, the result Is rather
anp,liing, the whole humber OF whitc No.ers
sp,rns oniy 65l, against LESS colored. II all OF
the former class had turned OUT tney wouIa
still have been in the minori,y, out Tvs SUI,
posed that at least 800 omit'ea 10 reglster' IN
Centre and West Wards the registration VIII
,ake p,ace next week and the week after. In
hoth OF these districts the whites are much
.hs most numerous, but IL the same apathy
should continue, II Will be impossibIo 10 over,
come the present heavy majority. There Will
doubiiess be afforded another opportunity to
the people for registering when the Attorney.
Generals special instructions for virginia
shall be made public and then there may be
some hope OF modifying or reversing the pre-
cent disparity. BY that time IL will also be
seen what further action Congress will take
An the premises. Dinwiddie, too, has listed a
heavy Radical majority,
Business has been pretty steady and mode
rateiy active during the past week. The
breaks of tobacco have been heavy, and the
market has been characterized by an increased
degree OF activity. The greatest demand has
been for good shipping leaf, though there has
been some improvement. in the prices OF all
kinds, except the inferior. The receipts du-
ring the week have not been so great as the
preceding week, but the inspections have been
greater.
The sales OF cotton during the week have
not exceeded one hundred and fifty bales. Up
TO Thursday the transactions were on a basis
Of % 10 2lc. for good 10 prime, BAT afterwards
the market was something weaker, and ut a
decline of &c. Receipts during the week, los
bales, against 20 last week.
The reports from North Carolina concerning
the growing crop OF cotton are quite uniaNora,
BILE. The wet, cold spring has caused a oao
stand, and the cultivation has been imperfect
a large breadth of land, however, has been
planted, both in that State and Throughout
the South.
II is dincult TO determine ut what price cot
ton ceases TO he remunerative. Before the
war IL ranged from eleven 10 twelve cents for
several wears, but the currency was then on a
specie basis, and the crop was exempt from
the heavy burdens under which II now iabors.
That il will have TO come down II the next
crop should be abundant seems more than
probable, for manufactured goods have been
declining for some time, and VIII doubtless
continue TO do so.
The Hastings Court, which has been in SEES
sion In this city for several days, has disposed
OF q heavy docket, both as regards civil and
criminal cases. The parties TO the latter were
mostly blacks. and their sentences ranged
from five DAYS TO six months confinement in
the city Jail.
a shooting affair occurred on Sycamore
street this forenoon between FIR. X. q. Biz
Chett and Sir. George Church, both we'll
known citizens of Prince George county. onc
shot only was fired before the parties were
separated. and neither OF the gentlemen was
injured. The case viii be investigated by The
Mayor on Monday morning.
Since writing the first paragraph OF inns
letter, ! have obtained the registration returns
ccmp!ate Of three districts in Dinwiddie
county, and one in Sussex. The hrSs maSiS-
teriIl district in Sussex registers 81 WHITES
and Us blacks. Dinwiddie Courthouse, BIZ.
lups's. and Goodwynsvillc, up 10 the close Of
the Offices last evening, show an aggregate re-
CisiratiUn of 23j whites and so blacks. he
cistration i'll the remaining districts of this
county will be commenced next week. ,.