The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-11-28
letter from Petersburg.
Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatcl
PETERSBURG, November p, 1SI

Correspondence OF the Richmond Dlspatch.J
PETERSBURG, November y, 1872.
An inquest in the case Of j. +. Lewis (col
| oredl who died this morning at 10 O'Clock,
| from the effects of blows made on his head
with bottle In the bands OF Johnson Mat
thews (negro). was held to-day, and
verdict rendered in accordance With these
facts The wounds were made on the 18th
instant. Matthews has escaped.
The homestead of the Whitmorc estate,
on Old street, was sold to-day at auction to
Mrs. NJ. L. Whitmorc for $4,000.
A little daughter Of Mr.. j. s. Harycli was
50 badly burned yesterday that she died to-
| day. ....
TIE FARMERS CONVENTION. r.
The adjourned session of the Farmers
| Convention OF Virginia and North Carolina
| convened this morning in the Academy of
Music. Major r. Y. Gaines prcSidEDg. The
attendance numbered about one bunl.red-
not quite so many as attended th4Iagt Con-
vention-and the business of tht body, it
must be confessed, has not, so been
transacted and disposed OF with US lfaueh ease
and expedition as marked the proc% %edings Of
last August's session, The fact tsssingular
that, though well attended, and thbngh i'm
portant matters are Immediately mHaitng
considerations the Contention GDcsEpbgcem
to be as great Il success as that WHicb sat
here three months ago. A sentlem{afs..; u. .i,, II,
| Henrico, representing the Tuckah0sests,
ship club, explained this comparatEye
sencc Of interest, incidentally, to-dayfsbE re-
| terring it to the rejection consequelsSgupon
the excitement of the late political fansass.
There are among the visitors III h4scity
| and the delegates to the Convention Ia1iirm-
Der of distinguished citizens amG,fu Whom
| may be lnentiaued Cplnnpl y. B. i1Eegan.
of RdalioRe, Judge Boisseau, of Dilswiddie: !:
Judge w. II. Mann. OF SottoWay; Haptain
C.. l.. G.. Minor, President of the Virginia
Agricultural and Mechanical College EEolonel
Edward Daniels, editor of the StdEfs Jour
nal Colonel D. G. Curtis, Of the Phtrons of
Husbandry Order; Hon. E. Drumgoole, of
Brunswick county; Colonel FrankG. Ruff
lin, Of LClssster#ld; General Stith BbIline. of
kunenburg Mr. w. Roane RufhI. Presi-
dent of the Petersburg Agricultural Society:
Captain Benjamin. OF Bedford, and
others. About twenty-five counties slre rep
resented. Governor Walner telel.raphed
to-day to the secretaries on tue Society
stating that official engagementssMoLld pre-.
vent his misunderstanding, hoWNar, how
long the session would last, and encou Ay
the hope that be will be able to com I'D
|
| certainly not happen before Friday night,
and probably not until Saturday.
The session this morning was opened with
PRAYER bv Rev. Mr.. Riddick, of Sussex.
Major r. V. Gaines, the president, alluded,
then. in a few forcible remarks, to the cir-
cumstances under which this adjourned ses-
sion opened, and briefly commented on the
importance of the question Of organization,
immigration, fertilizers, labor, and taxation
that were to come up for consideration.
A long discussion next ensued as to what
constituted membership of the Convention,
in which Mr.. Keller, of Dinwiddie, Colonel
T. G. Rutin,, Colonel G. w. Boiling, MIR. =.
S. Gregory, and others, participated. FL
naIly motion prevailed reathrming the re-
solutions prescribing the conditions Of mem
bership adopted ut the last session.
The resolution referred to admits as MEM
bers all those interested in the cause of agri-
culture or who are disposed to contribute
toward the advancement Of the purposes in
behalf of which the convention was called.
That yexed question having been set at
rest, Colonel z. Drumgoole, from the Com
fmittee on Organization, presented It's report.
,rbe paper, which is very able and elabo-
rate, sets forth the great and vital impor-
tance of such an association, and depicts the
advantages which may be reasonably eX-
nccted to cnsue from its consumnMtion. IL
also explains aud defends the principal fca-
tures In the plan of organization proposed
Inv the committee for the adoption OF the
Convention.
PLAN OF ORGANIZATION.
mWe. the farmers of Virginia and NORTH
Carolina in convention assembled, In the city
of Petersbufg--in order TO form . more per
feet union. insure protection 20 the Interests
of agriculture, promote its adYsneen,er ert ana .
Iernnnent prosperity, and provide an o.. OF,
aanlssa representative body wherein tne