The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-04-15
VIRGINIA NEWS.
I.ctfcr from Petersburg.
rorIrsr "ndcncc Of the Richmond Dispatch.

Correspondence Of The Richmond Dispatch.
PETERSBURG. April Is, 1872.
the letter Of Mr.. John Lyon. attorney fol
ihn Petersburg Railroad Company. published
~ jhr i',niEr ct yesterday. led TO correSpon
d,Yyl between that gentleman and Captait
+ 4. rcylam formerly General Supcrinten.
.s,tf ~. the road. and between Mr.. Ragland
,rJ Hon. {. I. Collier. formerly its preS
6rn aud ali The letters are given TO the pub
n. IT, the paIprS OF this morning. Captain
r,.fam'> note is brief and pointed, and
r,.y,ly desires Nr. LYON 10 state whether the
e,!aug~ nl irrcSua'i;y. supposed to he III
r..G,i 10 reflect upon the former officials
"a the COMPANY, were meant 30 alluac
,s,r.unrNv 10 him Captain Pegrim); 10
Which Nj. Lyon in reply dl>clalns any such
remote purpose, ana expresses the highest
REGARD 10; captain pcgram. The other cor
-,..n,irnrC-lhat between Mr.. Collier and
Nr. Rlrtand-includcs six letters, three
,r,t,n each. Mr.. Kaeland in his last commune
cation finally aud fully diSclaninS any ill.,
fnr.ou to reflect inluriouSly and personally
uynu the former officials oi In" road.
tly,iin Gray. chief OF police. returned to-
d,> t,r,n Mccklcuhurg county, 10 the au-
t4u.il;,> Of which he has delivered the negro
aHn recently induced Il young girl OF that
s,.4n litu and accompany him to Richmond
under circumstances familiar TO your readers.
Tic Radicals held city convention last
ul.slt ana elected delegates to the State Con-
>,Rtion. Hon. James III. Plat and Peter e..
Morgan were elected delegates, with Godfrey
Nly and J. W. Evans rs altcrmateS. MI.
t'.l,i j. il the city to-iay--a sure sign that his
.,.ity i making some special arrangements
,tg the campaign, or about TO make some
2lry, IN which our honorable congressman
l. particularly interested.
VII. /. ". Johnson has been notified 10y
the Mayor mat ~ soon aS Mr.. Donnan IS able
{, al.ru,. court the difficulty between them
" i'll H. examined.
VI. ,lMrc> Knox, an old citizen. and for
n,,ly a large contractor for the construction
o.. tie >outh>iic and City Point railroads,
u..Et here yesterday, aged scvcnty-ninc wears
a.,3 ms buried to-day.
ihr-c was an immense audience present
it~. :G,ht at the lecture Of General :. +. Gary
r1 "lr. upon the Philosophy OF the Tempe
..0r' Reform. The address WAS very forci'
md Impressive, and at times quite clio
rH-Tt. Tonight the same gentleman vii
a.,i,yr another address at the Washin~to OF
~.r,"r Methodist Episcopal church, upon I'll,
I,i, ot IN}cmr"ranrc and the Remedy.
The Methodist ministers of the city have
a. arranged II exchange pulpits for to-mol,
ron.
IL" revival n Hi.h-Strcrt church anC
", &c.. rhapr still continue and every night
t'..,r.." arCv>>ioM- 10 the pvniicutS and con
,.r;-.
i h,> hrcu very warm to-day. and tht
-s.,,:- trr Iii ,rylccahly dusty.
ROBIN ArAlR.
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'"j-i EAL""a bANQtET.-clu Dolnin'ol
i'"-". N".'. /. o. .. :, dctcriliiea TO show
80 ll' Grand Log" OF the state now TIM
".i' g., Virginia to''io en,Gr'a'h Us 2ue>tS
~ ''"' were '''".'Se" .,ie e"'t,c EMU
which The feast WAS held. and seats were pre-
,.r.,i fer about three hundred and fifty rc!,
lis.
About - O'Clock 7. NJ. Old Dominion
lode. r-c"iting the delegates to the Crane
i.o,i-t. and also their invited y,ic>t<, filed
r,;u ib.. bah, and ~oru an were ready for Tho
..p.pin.. ii the fray.
At,,r r:rlyrr. ti,,. feast commenced Thi,
added stretches and ,,,a.t> followed.
u rg}I rrld the toast..
stretches were made hv r. u, Stuart. Ma
r;..I C,lhr,t ! H. Eol,iusnu g. NJ Pain I
il; !u,,,.. u y ,vI,dhinS u ! Godu,in /
". t.iil~. l. 4. Hirt. zee, liH,rc W ats, JOIN
i. Gayh.. John ". Il. Porter. !. {. Hill
.,.,i : " Nn,nn..
letters Of y,.,r,., were ycsd from l,cSrs
.I.l,, ,,n.G, ,Ea,i,- ~lo,1n. John n Eoh
an. Admiral Davis r,n,.iu Ccnr.
...rpr. .f.,,,,.- Barron Uouc. Baker =. Lee
90. :. -. Powell. and Rev ., G. irwin.
u ,ya. rrv in1n tho woo SIM, hnmr. q
o..rnins, and tin. ronu,ry odiourucd with
j., 1,,,i,.rinu l,y fine l;"!. / PM Rc,;+on
t;.I finn. ,.u.l,i onr ul ,,,n ,ro>t hount;
'l'iH-,"H!iIgd ana bcSt-c"Iducicd banquet
'"t cay hI> ever Witnessed, ana portsmouth
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