The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-02-09
VIRGINIA NEWS.
Letter from Petersburg.
Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.


PErxRsnute, February s. 1872.
The Friends Of Temperance Society OF
this city will visit the Ladies' Fair at Me
chapics' Hall tonight. to partake of their
bounty, going in procession and decorated
| with the simple but significant and beautiful
reSgalia Of tho Order. T am reminded by this
circumstance 10 say that the cause of tempe
rance hos recently made great and very OBJ
rious gains in this city. which was not long
ago very justly considered one Of the strong
holds of the arch enemy Alcohol. At every
meeting OF the Society large accessions are
! maze 10 lis membership; and the interest in
thus revival Of the caiise extends TO all classes
| OF people outside Of the Order who arc con-
| cerncd in behalf Of 4 reform SO important
and beneficial.
The ladies deserve great praise for the part
they have taken In setting in motion this
good work, many having become members
| OF the Order to exert 4 s2lutary influence
over the minds OF their male friends. There
is good hope, therefore, that our city, which
one OF your metropolitan papers persists in
styling ''thc Cocktail City, will lose that
perverted and unsayory designation.
Some nights ago an attempt was made to
enter and rob the store Of John Couper, on
Bank street, the front door Of which had
! been broken down few nights previous on
the occasion of fire. The parties who made
the raid were captured, but broke and ran,
and scrcGa! shots were fred at them. Last
night 4 negro fellow named Anderson Lee
was arrested on the charge of being one of
the burglars. There is the wound of a pis-
tol shot in his hip. which is supposed to have
been inflicted by his captors. 1t is not seri-
Gus.
The Finance Committee were wholly icno-
rant that any such conference was expected
| such rs lir. Eagiand probably held In Rich
moud Yesterday or to-day with Colonel
Thomas \. Scott, Mr. Walters, Mr.. Barbour,
aud other railroad magnstcs. Even if they
had known Of it, however. it is not probable
| that thcy would haze dcclinod Mr.. Ragland's
rCqucS; for delay OF two days in the final
cloSn@-up of the contract for the sale Of the
| city stock. The committee meets tomorrow
at J.. NJ. 10 adjust the matter. Meantime,
| il is not possible 10 anticipate any develop
mcnS that lnav be unfolded. Just as likely
rs not, The matter will lie quietly adjusted
and Tie contract complied with rs it is, the
! letter to the committee being III eXpcdient,
,ncrclv. to gain two days Of time.
! Prince George County Court was III Scs-
sion to-day. but lis proceedings have not
! been received Judge Eattc was to have al>-
pointed q successor to VIM. S. Underwood,
! commemorative attorney, Of whose resigna-
ton you have betn Informed. Underwood
is a very clever Young man, a NTginian by
birth. and said 10 be 81! good family, but per-
fcctiy interruptions il politics, and not very
s,l0ticSs i'll his private character and record.
| a!n Informed that he is going to Pennsylva
mia 70 canvass the oil regions in the Interests
Of Grant. The lest impression he made
about here was in TIC yigor and ability with
which he prosecuted the Friend murdcrcrs
and scared their conviction and execution,
Notwithstanding tic augury of Ground
Hog day. we still have very dirty weather.
cloud. mud, rain, slcct, sc.
The Old dominion Steamship Line has ten
dcrctl Il free passage to Richmond and bacl
to Company n. Thc company, by-the-bye
have definitely determined to visit the cit!
on the nd. ROBIN ADGIR.