The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-10-21


-tropS-City items.
PETERS RuRG. October 10 1867
Snch has been the Indifference in regard {,
political matters which has 80 long prevaiie d
that 4, seemed hardly possible TO get up any
excitement IN this community. But tho flame
has al length burst forth. and something OF
-hn ancient spirit IS revived. The Republ
may make Roadway, are active In inflaminc
the minds OF the poor negroes by means OF
nightly assemblies and enthusiastic addresses
and no people perhaps in The world are more
easily wrought upon by such agencies. Their
yocitcrous cheering may be heard 1T the dis
lance OF several squares. The contest BIDS
fair 10 result in drawing party lines on the
basis OF color, with u small proportion o!
voters on either side willing 10 ovcrleap the
boundary.
money was used freely III our municipal elec
lions. There Is \ fine field open for such ope
ratiouS now. but, !ortunatey or unfor iunateiy
rs The case may hr. nobody has any money I,
cNpsud in this contest. And yet Il small dom.
C.ur might 30 4 great way III these times o.
cXtrclac need and The near approach of win
ter. As TO corruptiug the elections by any
snch practice, half the votes in the cit,
will be given bludiold, since no mar
can presume TO suppose they will b,
gwen intCligcnllv. Like Il flock OF sheep
the great majority will follow the bell
w.iher OF their party; and it must b,
confessed that Inducements are held out wei
adapted 10 strike the imagination of IN i'm
prrsSinlc people. Peter Morgan, the colorcC
candidate for the Convention, advocates tn
policy OF Il small poll tax and very heav,
tax on all landed properties exceeding four o
five hundred acres. The avowed object is L
break up The estates OF the so-callcd arts
toCraCy, and 10 place ii in the power of ever,
freedman to acquire Il freehold on easy terms
aud furthermore, the dwelling system is to ID
50 thoroughly carried ont that the words 'Ch't
and bh,cS are not To he admitted in TO the Con
stituti0u of New Virginia.
II is believed tina; ia" white vote of this
CITY will be cast almost unanimously aGains
a Convention.
From the country we learn very little about
politics further than its dcmoraliZinS effect on
tn" blacnS. Everything Is neglected TO attend
political gatherings.
The genial sun o! The past week has been 4
great blessing To the planter and farmer
Under lis uiiurncr thc hOlls OF the cotton
plant are rapidly maturing, and the wheat
has sprung up vigorously. tn" seeding Of
this grain is la Il forward state, and the Who'll,
crop VIII probably hc in III" ground by the end
of tn" present month Eul there is no inCic:l,
lion o! is being large ouc--nOt larger per
laps than that of last year. Thu high price OF
seed aud Of fertilizers, together with the very
nlA.cpG means of procuring them. Is 4 serious
obstacle III The way OF agricultural enterprise.
The Qu:ct Of The city continues uulntrr.
ruptcd. The only event of the week, outside
O. politics. that has excited any comment was
III" discovery II one of The dcpots OF six hogs
heads @! tobacco, apparently of leaf, but IL
reality filled "lth manufactured tobacco PM
up in cIGdi">. as YOU have already published
IN" fact, II i only necessary farther Ia say
tnat III" detection has given ri>" 10 Sindry
rumors. III" Justice or injustice Of which can
oaly be determined by Official Investigation.