The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-04-26

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man. treasurer, oomptSpllsr; SC. Nathaniel
Cole' ,bs MAYOR elect, ID strict temperance
man and. an advocate oSsthe Sunday law ;
and from his initiatory acts 1t is very evi-
dent we are TO have no lager, no opera, no
German festivities on Sunday evenings. !,
rRApiE-rHE GRAIN MOVEMENT VIRGINIA
17'77 :. TO BE benefited Z
Trade has Frightened up with the wea-
Their and the opening Of the Mississippi and
Missouri rivers. The city is crowded with
country merchants, and OF the wholesale
houses they are as busy as bees. ,r..f
The interest Of the business circles in
this vicinity just now centres upon the or
onnization of's grsin association, the OBJ
iects of which are to direct the shipment of
north western produce from the route by
Chicago and the lakes to the all-water route
by the Mississippi river, the Gulf, and the
Atlantic ocean. Experiment has demon-
strated beyond eavillthatr the latter is not
only q, cheaper outlet, but one inevery par
ticular marked out by nature. The great
drawback heretofore has been the lack Of q
sufficiency of capital in the grain branch
az our market to handle, or, commercially
speaking, to float large shipments. The re-
CENT in single day heretofore Of fifty
thousand bushels effeotually flooded our
market, and lowered prices to rate ruin
ous TO the farmer. 4oovercome this obsta-
Gle the present organization propose to
place at once capital Of 100000 in the
business. This sum, in fact, has already
been raised, and more will be If needed.
The salutary effects Of the movement are
already beginning to be realized, and many
shippers on the river above US who have
heretofore made Chicago their market are
disposed to give st. Louis trial the coming
season. 80, ,r.c. .agr et.
When st. Louis once controls the grain
country of the upper Mississippi it is GER
tain. that she must have a railroad outlet to
the sea. The contemplated Norfolk and
Great Western railway is to be that route,
and at no distant day thousands OF bushels
of grain will be shipped from the elevators
on the Mississippi, and never break bulk
until it reaches Norfolk. .".o 80
THE PETERSBURG BoYs-THEATREs-THE
CONFEDERATE DEAD, ETC. rr.,l
In recent letter referred to the former
citizens of Richmond who are now plea
sanity situated in the great queen city Of
the Weat; we also find our little and ambi-
tious sister, Petersburg, well represented
in. the commerce Of St. Louis. Among
others claiming that as their home, we have
had the pleasure Of meeting Mr.. William
B. Harrison, George T.. Jarratt, John E..
Lemoine, David May, Jr., and Seth W. Cobb,
better known in southside Virginia as
" Black Eagle" a former knight ofthe quill,
and for many years connected with the
Daily Express, and latterly the index.
Like most exc onfederates he has changed
his base, and is now chief salesman in one
of the largest grain and provision houses
in the West. There are others here from
the Little Cockade--in fact almost every
town in the State is represented. Those
who come out with determination to sue
iced have done so, while others have come,
and after hanging on for several weeks
waiting, Micawber like, for something to
F." turn up" have finally been pushed out
TO make room for those with greater energy
and perseverance. The West is undoubt-
eddy the place for energetic young men,
but those who expect to)gain emulation and
riches, with but little work, had better stay
ut home. Once get foothold in business
here, and if you are but energetic your sue
cess is certain.
Protean Sensation and Legology still
rule at our theatres and opera-houses. The
theatre managers Of St. Louis have no de-
sire to cultivate the taste or intellect Of the
public ct the expense of their treasures.
The experiment Of placing the legitimate
on the boards of st. Louis has been found
to be losing one, and the last few weeks
fully confirms this. Cathcart who, although
8 tragedian of more than ordinary merit,
hardly drew a paying house during his en-
gagement. The Worrell Sisters, who fol-
lowed him and remained three weeks,
placed standing room at premium, and
could have played twice as long to good
houses. The veteran Proctor succeeded in
showing how very small was the anti-limb
minority of the theatre-goirg public, and
nothing more.
The celebrated Zavistowski Sisters opened
an engagement here this week at our fash
;onabIe theatre-the Olympic - crowded
houses testifying that q full display of the
lower limbs is the attraction. Mrs. Scott
Siddons, lady concerning whose histrionic
talents there seems to prevail wide differ
ence of opinion, opens at De Barr's Opera
House to night. During her recent brief
career in this country she has certainly
elected great dealo the most unqualified
praise, not unmingled with nearly the same
proportion of censure. The, New York
critics, however, whom we must take for
authority at this time for want Of any bet
ter, have generally agreed that Mrs. Scott
Siddons has few if any rivals in the more
elevated class of comedies.
In the several battles that took place in
Missouri during the late war, hundreds of
that gallant band who followed Price,
Shelby, and Jackson, were left dead on the
fields of battle. Recently an association
terming themselves the Southern Relief
Association have gone to work to gather in
one spot the mortal remains of those noble
men who bled and died for their country.
A beautiful spot on the west side of that
grandly beautiful city Of the dead, Belle
fontaine Cemetery, has been purchased by
them. The 26th Of the present month is
the day set apart by the women Of the
South as day of commemoration for those
of their kindred who fell in the long strug-
gle for independence which ended in gloom
and disaster; and the southerners who
are domiciled here will contribute their
mite to the good but sad work.
Flowers, which are the emblem of all
that is tender and beautiful in thought and
language, will be on this day strewn upon
the graves or woven into garlands and hung
upon the simple headboards which mark
the last resting place Of so many devoted
sons Of the stricken South in their narrow