The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-03-01
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A,.csio,, Sales This Day.
DAvENPoRr co. win sell At Il o'elock to-day
aquantity Of stocks and bonds, and such other
securities ~ may be offered on the day Of sale.
LOCAL MATTERS.

TRIP OF MEMBERS OF THE DELAWARE
LEGISLATURE TO THE CITY-VIsrT TO THE
CAPITOL, ETC., ETC.-On Wednesday night
party of the members Of the Delaware
Legislature, State officers, and private citi-
zens. together with several ladies, reached
this city by the Petersburg cars from
Norfolk, and stopped at the Spotswood.
The chief object of the trip was to make a
tour of observation over the Anamessic
route. We give the names of the party !:
Ignatius C. Grubb, John II. Paynter, Ed.
Ridgeley, Ben. Watson, Richard Harring-
ton, Samuel Bancroft and lady and Miss
Bancroft, Joseph P. Comegys and lady
and two daughters, Mrs. Ridgeley, Miss
Ann Comegys, Mrs. Davis, James Bradford
and lady, William Atkinson and lady,
George ii. Raymond, Paynter Frame, NJ.
Hays, P. L. Cooper, Joseph Wilde, John
s. Baker. James Williams, Alexander
Johnson, Mark A. Jackson, ]. NJ. Hous-
ton, Robert Ii. Davis, and Henry Eubanks.
The visitors made q visit to the capitol
on yesterday morning, whittier they were
conveyed in the Spotswood omnibuses. As
soon as their presence was known, joint
resolution was introduced into the Senate
by Mr.. Lee, of Orange, inviting them to
privileged seats. This resolution was i'm
mediately agreed to by the House of Dele
gates. Mr.. Lee then conducted the visi-
tors into the Senate chamber, where they
were received by the senator's, all rising
and standing, while Lieutenant. Governor
Cowper delivered an address of welcome,
which was responded to by Senator Jack
son on behalf of the delegation. The dele
CATION spent portion of the remainder OF
day in visiting some of the points of inte.
rest about the city. We hear they will
leave the city this morning by the James
River boat.
Similar proceedings took place in
the House of Delegates. The event of
this reception of the legislators and citi-
zens of Delaware was quite diversion.
The privileged seats were all crowded IN
both Houses, and not few ladies honored
the occasion by their presence.
HEAVY CONFIDENCE GAME-A LADY
DUpED OF FIFTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS
Scarcely day passes that some sche me of
swindling is not exposed; and yet people
seem as easily taken in as ever, despite
the many examples before them. We re-
cord this morning an instance of credu-
lity scarcely to be believed, and yet we
will venture to say there are a thousand
others within the limits of Richmond who
might be swindled with as much ease.
One day during last week two women
called at the saloon of Mrs. Mary E. Ed
wards, on Broad between Sixth and Sc
venth streets-commonly known as" The
told the proprietress, in
cock and bull story about a
fortune which had just been left her by a
Confederate soldier. They said they
could aid her in getting it, and asked
her what fortune she already had. She
at once believed their story, and ndproceeding
I'D stairs, produced for them bag con-
tanning all her treasure. There were in it
5000 in greenbacks, two fifty-dollar trea-
sury notes, seven twenty-dollar notes, and
six ten dollar gold pieces, two coupon bonds,
and three gold watches and one chain.
The bag was carefully examined by the
strangers, who left after awhile, stating
that they would return the next day. The
next day they returned, stating that they
were in fair way to procure the fortune,
and after palavering with the bag, placed
it back, as it appeared, into the trunk
from which Mrs. Edwards had taken it, and
the trunk, left, telling her not to
open it for three days. The Widow y
swallowed the story, and promised to do as
she was bid. Her curiosity overcame her,
however, before the three days had elapsed,
and on Saturday evening she opened the
trunk and in a few moments opened her
eyes, for it did not require much examina-
tion to find out that her friends had
changed the bag of money, and put in its
stead a bag of the same size filled with
lead scraps and trash. She has made
every endeavor to track the thieves, but
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