The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-05-18
VIRGINIA. NEe s.
Letter from Petersburg.
of the Vichmond. pIcr,tc,

| 'esPohuehce OF the Richmond niapatch
:, PETERSBURG. May II, 1872.
INC Republican ratification meeting, hell
'ast night on The city court house green. was
one on the most disordcrly and nproario,r
l""'":h gatherings that ever assembled il
| ',i,S CITY liati had counted upon hcin.
ap!S' y! virtue OF the great political influenc,
ne has always heretofore been able to eycr
c'Sn over the negroes, TO manipulate matter,
III the interests OF the regular nominations
To crowd ont the independent boilers. and tc
compose the differences in the ranks of the
la'1y. But he counted without his host, fo,
the negroes were 50 inr from submitting to
| lie led by him that many of them were
even impatient of hearing him speak
aud the utmost disorder prevailed in
despite OF all his efforts. There were about
| one thousand persons, mostly negroes on
the square; but when rlatt saw that he
could not manage his party as he desired ho
Conservative outsiders. and threatened t.
| have them elected by violence from tho
| grounds. Had he made the attempt there
would have been 4 bloody riot, and il is !:
wonder. Is things were, that no actual COLI
sion happened, though there were frequent
calls OF fight. John Chis.clt and John
Brewer. prominent negro leaders here, made
| bitter and violent speeches against Moody
who WIS IN extreme Conservative two years
| ago, and is ALLEGED 10 have then attempted
10 take up Il subscription to have Republic
| cans driven from the city.
The sensation was very intense While Ties,
men We're Speaking, and their efforts carried
| the crowd. The upSh0t Of it was that
| though the nomination Of Franklin Wood
| II.
could 10 no decision Il The pIcrtion on
Moody>s ratification. AMI to aid confessed
defeat a motion Was l:.rricd tat the mattr
| be referred back to the ward Clubs iorac! inn
After this vote there w1ia pro:riscuou, mas
meeting for Grant, Il; irnsacl i,y StoWelI,
Jenkins. and Plat. ANA hy iir. ). Ii. JU.u">
son Of Separator .Ian,o:, wIo aSsiea ts,,
revenue rim. very ~, ;in; appeared in
behalf of Porter. lie nd Flat had s0u.c
very sharp words between them.
There is no doubt til, powc; Of the ring III
this city is utterly broken. There are 10
leaders left in whom the nesroc: have conf
dence, and the lca~uers will lead and deceive
them no longer The Independent Rcpubli,
can ticket will probably be elected BY Il
Numerous majority.
This morning 1t / o. q, tic ir,sa f1.i,
building in smoky Hollow c"GcG I,y Mr.,
". =. Davis. and occupied aS Il tobacco fac
tory, was destroyed by fire, witt! all its valua-
bic contents, including fixtures and machine
~ sufficient to furnish three ordinary to-
bacco factories, and considerable amount
| ul tobacco. The building Was sold some ten
months ago to Mr.. Davis by Mr.. Reuben
| Ragland for Els .0G0. and il mad not for some
| time been occupied or USED. The tire was,
| hcyond doubt, i!iccndiary in its origin. Tie
insurance was :.> follows Andes company,
$500 on building and $500 on machinery
and fixtures; North British and Mercantile.
London and Edinburgh, - 600 on stock; al
bcmarlc company, $1,000 on machinery and
| fixtures.
| Movements of cotton 1t this port for The
week endnq AIay II, 1872: Receipts, 49,
bales: same time last year, 1870 bales total
since September /, 1871, -, l43 bales; saline
time last year. 1919 bales; shipments, TG
bales; stock, ,29% bales.
Rev. 4. Il. Van Zandt, ID. D., Of New
York, will preach Sunday morning and
evening at Tabb-Street Presbyterian church.
and Rev. Henry Smith, II. d., Of New Or
leans, will preach at the Washington-Street
church.
Company \ will have 4 t:'rert-Sll"'ing
Monday evening, whrn Il medal is 10 he
awarded (" the best shot.
pElti highly rnnDlinnnicd JUDGE +. VI.
Mann lust n"ht for lis fairness and itcgri-
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