The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-09-17
correspondence of the Richmond DISPATCH.

correspondence Of the Richmond DIspatch.l
PETERsRrRG. September 1t, 1872.
\ meeting Of the stockholders Of the pro
posed Masonic Bank was held hast night il
| the Library Hall, DR.. james w. Chiborn
being called to the chair. and Mr.. William \
Madison acting As secretary. Out of the ~
>h;TcS or stock that had been subscribed t,
the institution oycr I0a We're represented il
person and by proxy, %3I being by the lat
ter. \ constitution was adopted, in whicl
the name OF the hank is changed from tina
originally proposed to the Bank Of Peters
burg. its character also being so FIR modified
that any person is admitted to become
stakeholder, whether II member of the Ma
sonic Order or not. The following director
were then elected: McSSrS. X. Ii. Jones, Jr.
William A. Madison, l.. L. Marks, JOSEPH
Keen. DR.. j. W. Claiborne. and J. II. Lab
tltiona subscriptions until ordered to b.
closed by the board of directors.
To-daya meeting of the directors was helt
for the purpose Of pcrfrctinc IN organization
by tho election OF officers. Mr. X. II. Jones
,Ir., was elected president, Joseph Carr vice
president, and John X. Patterson tcmporar!
cashier.
The bodies Of the unfortunate victims o
the Agnes disaster, which were recovered
Yesterday morning, Were inferred during TIL,
day by their friends. who took them il
charge on their arrival at City Point. The
remains of Captain Lacy were buried III TIT
old graveyard OH Corners farm. \ fine goIC
watch was found on his person, and som,
other articles OF value. The bodies were vi
badly Scalded when found, and Oh Captain
,Ioncs's head and back there were ugly cut
and bruises.
The temperance lecturer !. A. Mason wa,
again found drunk and asleep in the stree
to-day. and WAS ordered by the Mayor Il
leave the town, a policeman having becl
dcputcd to see him safely outside the limits
So that we are TO be deprived of the 5encf
TO be derived from his temperance preaching
and intemperance practice. both of which art
instructive in their way.
From information received here it appear.
that the storm which swept over Sussex
| county last Monday was very terrific and de
>tructive. The hail-stoncs that fell varied il
size from a bullet to small egg. The light
ming was so fierce and inces$lnt that thu
| negroes thought the day Of wrath la(
come, aud were in great terror and excite
i
| was swept away, and great trees We're rootcC
up and flung in every direction by the yio
lence of the tempest. The kitchen of Mr.
Andrew Owen was struck by lightning ant
destroyed by tire.
The convention called to nominate Il Cor
sentative candidate for Congress in this dis
| trct meets OH the 30th instant at Burkerillc
and not on the 10Th, as incorrectly printed
* nj iir,r.ifr pf nninjnn ~ tl,
people is to the policy and proprirly Of
making nomination; and there will I'M
dolihtedly I've strong opposition to the naming
! of any candidate. The IudCr will announce
| itself Monday rs in favor of the policy q
leaving the Radical candidates to fight The
matter ont among themselves, aS it seems
| next to impossible to elect Il Conservative il
4 district in which the negro majority OH &c
ciStratipn exceeds 1000.
During the past week the inspections o
tobacco in this city amounted to -, hogs
heads reviews. II hog>heads; receipts. 20!
hogsllcad>. Total inspections 1871, l1,91l
hogshcadS. Total inspections 1872, ii 10:
hogshead>. Total receipts since October
| 1871. 1!.90S hogShcidS.
Tie receipts of cotton for the week endnS
yesterday were 50 bales; same week la-
year, 40 bales; total since September |, III
bales: stock on hand. 2ij bales.
At Il meeting of the Executive COMMITTEE
of The Agricultural Society held to-day il wa
resolved TO accept the proposition Of thu
young men of Brunswick county to ride ;
tournament during the Agricultural Fair
| The committee will meet on next Wedncsda,
and the Society on Saturday of next week.
one OF The Indian sliowmrr, professor
Hamilton, is lying disabled i'll this city from
the effect OF Il blow on the head with cui
received from one of the purity.
A dispatch from Lyuchburg states tina
the Piedmont Club, of that city, Eeat th
AppomattoX Ciub-56 to rs.
The official body of the WaShington-Strec
NJ. L. church have responded III Il teelin!
| and fitting letter to the resolutions adopted
by the First Baptist church III honor Of TIN
memory Of Rev. Charles Fl. Hall.
| The weather has become much coolor.
KcgiN ADAlR.