The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-08-24

LITTER FROM PETERSBURG.
VII Tors from New England Looking Tor Win
= .tr> Don't l'amkcr After Nad'chis saie
-. ,b, FIRST Bale Of Cotton, &c.

.x,,..,>,rscrcc Of ;rr t{ich,n md pisrateh.l
rErxRsprRa. Aug. %, 1871.
Yesterday Hon. Frederick smythe, eN-
,,,,,,.nnr or the State O: New Hampshire,
mi Col. Waterman Smith, agent OF the
W,rrinmc HrintinG Company. and, rs / am
inf .r,ned, once Mayor of Manchester, ar.
- in the city, under the auspices Of
ii'u' Il-. II. r,-,tt. who, whatever else he
,n.y ar may not be, Is certainly an active
ami " lie. awake man.
nhr>r rcnilFmeu were shown All the OBJ
~, , IT interest about The town, and, II Is
SAL. carefully inspected the mill sites Oh
N. liver. gaining all the information they
90 id gather in regard 10 The water power
hr.r. with the view oil purcha@ihc pf"pE'H
AMI establishing mills, factories. ~. 1heS
~ ,rr>>ca themselves - greatly pieased
go, Ill that they saw. and with the repre-
,..;,,Iy.s Of the community whom they
,,,.,,,nicrrd \ number OF promlnent
,.",lrnru called uUon them. ana extended
~, ~ every riy.lity. Ii IS Suggested lhat
IN ,j.u had probably some reference 10
th.. iuIchaSc Of certain city bonds. But OF
~ more anon. They lett for tic North,
NJ. Norfolk, this afternoon.
II >,rmS that the Chambers FIRE toH-
,,.y. from the time when they learned lhai
nr,. Fire Department was under Radlcat
m ,narrmcnt 10 the time they 0cpHteu,
w.nlI have nothing 20 do with the MEM
her. Of any organization here except the
J,hoson ASSOCIATION. OF which MaJ. JARVIS,
lac vhie1 of the department, Is president
The association is composed OF the young
mn, who formerly belonged 10 the Johnson
+ - Conuary. which dlshandcd when the
council elected Radical chief. With these
n, Chamtcrs "boys| were hail-tcliows'
VII mel hit they bore themselves very
II filv towards the other boys. :,
he first cottou-!alc OF the season
WIS duly received by MeSsrs. Mcllwaine &
Co. Ia, night. and this morning was sold at
~ cents per pound 70 ilessrs. Rowlett,
I inner 4 Co., hy whom ii was shipped al
o.r. hy express 10 MesSrs. Murrell g. Tan
Il hill. New York.
Yesterday one Of our Radical police force
while hlll-craZy from drink, on duty. pulled
@ / hi- pistol and tried TO shoot some tire
n IN in the armory on 1ahb street. He haG
boon assigned there TO keep the Desce anC
u.rycnt disturbances. II TOOK three mer
H. Get him out of the house. and his friends
Il en- carried him home. To-day the case
WIS quietly ignored; no witnesses APP
pared. and the Mayor didn't care TO inyes
ii ,atc further. OF such Is the material o
our city guardians, and such IL the dlscl
pine exercised over them.
rhp 'ounrctcut;cTs returned home thli
n,rninr, greatly pleased by the courtesieE
e. tended them here by all with whom they
c2me in contact.
1t j. now given cut positively that tue
Academy Of Music, so long an clc-sore tc
every body. will be ready for occupancy by
tbt tSt Of October.
Tobacco is looking up over here. Heavy
breaks yesterday and large receipts to-day
P!;ccs rule firm. ROBIN ADA1R.
y. ST have it on good authority, since
", ting The above, that Colonel Platte sold
tn visitors from New Hampshire one hun
DIR Il thousand dollars in city bonds ut par
An 1 thereby h:ug> q tale. Platte bought
these hoods himself bat Il few days since at
80 per cent, tie money having been adj
Nanccd hIm, it il stated, hy New York
broker. with whom he will probably have
to divide the spells. Then he contrives TO
sci tnm 10 these capitalists at 100. clear
in: Il cool St0. 900 by the speculation, with.
OF! he Invest mcnt, plobahly, of solitary
cc,li. Platte i nobody TOOL; which is well
elnligh Tor I'latc and his friends, but bad
TO- the city, which mas to pay the piper.
IL 4.