The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-12-22
PETERSBURG. December 10, 1858.

PETERSBURG, December 10, 1905.
The receipts Of cotton are somownss ai-
minished this week as compared WAN .ne
lns.-being about 700 bales against niue
more than 900: but the market has oeen
exceedingly active, very little stock re-
na;n;no in first hands longer than one or
two days. 1t ia pleasant, indeec, 70 See
trade in all its departments as orlsh as !"
30 hscn during this week it reminds one
somewhat of old times. The receipts OF
tobacco are still very small, but somewhat
increased since last week. l have just con-
yersed with a gentleman returned from o
tour through some Of the tobacco counties,
who represents the stock in planters hands
rs very large. They are anxious to sell.
but are not willing to send to market at
present prices.
There have been two or three sales of land
outside Of the city within the last day or
two. The farm of Mr.. William Turnbull,
containing one hundred acres, highly i'm.
proved, with good buildings, and orchards OF
well-selected fruit in full bearing, was sold
for g., O00-subject, however, to the widows
dover. 1t lies about mile west Of the cor
poration line. In better times, and with
full title, it would readily have commanded
o hundred dollars an acre. The farm OF
Mr.. John Wall, in Prince George county,
about ten miles below the city, and contain
ing a hundred and two acres, was sold at
$7.75 per acre. Both places were SOLD al
public auction.
No little anxiety is felt in regard to the
effect Of the expiration Of the stay law,
now 80 near at hand. 1t seems to be gene
rally understood that real estate, under
deeds of trust, will no longer be exempt
from compulsory sale after the LIST Of Janu-
ary. In that event, it will be in the power
Of creditors to almost revolutionize the
tenure Of landed property. We do not,
however, apprehend the distress which
many persons seem TO anticipate. Credi-
tors are not destitute of sympathy with
human suffering any more than others !;
and while we may meet with cases OF hard
ship, vet we cannot but look for q large
spirit of forbearance in view Of the calami-
ties which have befallen the country. 1t
will be all the better for debtors to be stimu-
lated to exer,ion to discharge their indebt-
edness; and there be few creditors, we
trust, who will not be willing to enter into
some reasonable compromise with those, at
least, who manifest any disposition to pay.
The evil day has to be met at one time or
another and if it had been met immedi-
ately after the war there can hardly be
doubt that the condition of the people would
now be greatly better than what it is.
Hitherto they have been working with
burden on their shoulders almost as great
IS that of Atlas.
The Hastings Court, not having yet gone
through the criminal docket, has just ad-
journed over to Monday. During the three
DAYS it has been in session about fifteen
criminal cases have been disposed of. Five
of the criminals plead guilty, and threw
themselves on the mercy Of the court, which
dealt very gently with them, subjectiDg
them only to confinement In the jail for
twenty-four hours.
DR.. Prosise had his trial this afternoon,
and made an elaborate defence. The jury,
after an absence Of only q few minutes,
returned with verdict of not guilty.
The funeral Of the late Judge Gholson,
whose remains are expected to reach here
tomorrow morning, will take place at st.
Paui's church in the afternoon. Some de-
lay has been occssioned by the want of
perfect connections on the roads. The Rev.
John Y. Gholson, of Alabama, the son of
the deceased, brings the corpse here for in
terment. >.