The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-08-24
letter from Petersburg.

correspondence If the Richmond Dispatch.
PETERSBURG. August %. 1872.
E,.y. rharlc. II. Hail. pastor of the WASH
.a.iuu.~trrT Methodist Episcopal church.
"r,#thrd hi. last at seven minutes t" II
r'Aork Let night after lingering illness Of
several months. As his life had been pure
and faithful in the discharge Of all the oht!-
-itiun, at 4 man End Christian, 20 MAS his
fs..>HL peaceful and fill Of religious hope.
ilr Hal! WAS surrounded during his last mo-
u,ur> by lii family and many devoted friends,
vine W"r" permitted by the physicians to
SO him and converse with him when it he
came apparent that his recovery was hope
lr,> Though very feeble, he retained the
rl~rmc>> OF his mind and memory 10 the
ll>t, sent ai(cctIunatc messages To absent
nirnd> and brethren. parted with great feel
Ing from those around him, and expressed
IL. utmost confidence and hope OF hl~ ctcr-
mi haIpiMr.s in the other world. He was
~" ct the most popular ministers III IN"
rIty. and stood among the very leading NELL
h"r- Of the Virginia Conference 1T the Me
iholi>t Episcopal Church South. He was Il
Er'or"u~ student and faithful lmSt"r-cl0-
'rlrni and inlprc>~ilc in the pulpit, gentle
aud courteous IN is drmranor towards ali
with whom he had any intercourse. lie was
q Professor OF literature and mental and
mupI philosophy IN the Southern Female
'rl., -. ana WAS al solid and shining lite
rnIN a'lainmrntS
Nj Hall WAS bora on April 18th. ISL. i'll
Fay"it"Ijlic, Nunl Carolina. He graduated
with distinction at Randolph Macon College
n lS'';;. and i'll The fail Of the same year en-
tered the ministry Of the NJ. +. church South.
For four wears past he has been in charge OF
III" Wn>hngtun-Strect NJ. L. Church in this
city. In this relation he has given extreme
satisfaction, and was beloved 10y his congrc-
alton with affection almost Glial. Three
Wrnl> ago he WAS persuaded 10 20 To the
country, in the hope hat his shattered health
would he rebuilt: bnt the relaxation WIS
'n" late taken. When he returned home
three weeks a-o it was generally known he
!Hd come to die. Mr.. Hall leaves Il widow
1Nd live children 10 lament his loss. His
HE WAS insured for $4,000 in the Equitable
LII" Insurance Of New York: and each of
M TWO elder children received $1,000 since
ia" war from Miss India Warwick. Of Lynch
burg who died some years since. The
funeral services will take place Sunday
morning al IL O'Clock ut the Washington
street NJ. r. church. and will he conducted
hy Bishop David :. Doggctt. q" Ricsimond.
III" remains will be- inferred in Blandtord
cemetery for the present.
There is unusual grief at the loss OF :, man
- good and useful
Yesterday afternoon about E O'Clock a
N"rl!.rioGd came up with sudden violence.
surprising many people who ware driving or
waking III the street,. The rain fell in great
volume for ~ hour or more, and the light
ming was inccs>unt md Of fearful vividness
and violence. Two or three bolts are be-
It~'cd to have struck in the city, though no
dlnagc Is known to have been wrought by
them. One bolt was especially severe, the
crash OF thunder following it instantaucously.
great halt of red fire entered the hall Of
JlI"tt> Hotel, where Il telegraph wire, I'M
attended. was extended, and, exploding,
stunned partially number of people in the
room. he air has been much cooler since
IL" storm.
Twenty-Five hundred bushels Of wheat
,Aua line white--were sold here to-day by
Mr. John W. Epps, of Prince George. to
Ny'au " Brother. tor l.S5 pei. pushed.
The German Greeley and Brown Club Ind
meeting last night. at which constitution
ana bl-a"> were adopted and several new
members proposed. Addresses were also
WliNcrcd, and the best campaign spirit eX.
hitilcd,
Fl, kcv. L. II. Rutherford, pastor of the
'ahh-Nrcct Presbyterian church, has re-
,Whcd from visit of some weeks duration
% Nchtucky. ADD will conduct services ut his
'Hlrch to-mnrrow.
ne nl.llcr> are s,till complaining that their
operations are 10 some extent prevented BY
IL" I"wncS> ot water In the streams.
\ negro named Allen johnson was arrest
ol to-day aud lodged in Jail for beating his
"N' lie viii come before the Mayor to-
A'low.
:, ''l>iIcc Perkins, or Chesterfield, dismissed
w, W., case Of the negro Dick Bragg, charged
l.c!m.
me Malket-Street Methodist Episcopal
,"ofc" viii be closed Sunday morning ON
~'o'ii'' OF Mr.. HALLS fuDcizil.
"a profound religious feeling isrsported to