The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-01-26
VIRGINIA NEWS.
Letter from Petersburg.
Correspondence Of tho Richmond Dispatch.

Correspondence OF the Richmond Dispatch
PETERSBURG January Is, 1872.
The sale at auction to-day by John Mann.
executor aud administrator, Of large amount
Of stock in different railroad and manufact,l-
ring companies, attracted large crowd,
composed of the leading capitalists and bust
ness men Of the city, to the auction-rooms of
Captain ThomaS Pannill, where the sale was
made. The stock so disposed of belonged to
the estates Of David May, John Kerr, Rich
ard Stnrdivant, J. McD. Anderson, and DR..
B. II. May. The list of the stocks disposed
Of aud the prices brought would be too
lengthy for the limits tR a letter; and will
only indicate the different prices at which
the different securities sold were disposed Of,
aS follows:
Siyty-iive shares III the Petersburg and
Weldon Railroad Company sold for Sj0.25
per share.
Raleigh and CASTOR Railroad stock brought
81, 10 Sl..23 per share.
Richmond and Petersburg Railroad stool,
sold at So to $29; 5000 ! per cent coll-
pom bonds OF this company were sold at
s9l.2J in the hundred 500 worth of first
mortgage q per cent. bonds of the company
brought SS3 in the hundred.
The stock Of tic Atlantic, Mississippi and
Ohio Railroad Company, of which about
ninety shares iii different lots were sold,
brought Si9.25, $50, and S21 per share, which
is quite 4 rise on Its rcccntly-reportcd market
value.
The stock of the Matoac, Manufacturing
Company brought $3.50 to 5000 per share.
BattcrSrl Manufacturing Company stock
brought $50, 5000, and $3.50 per share.
The shares Of tho Ettricks Manufacturing
Company stock commanded SIS, $3.50, and
$50. Thirty-thrrc shares of stock in the Me
charles manufacturing Company sold for
$40 per share. and two shares of the Peters
burg Aqucduct Company stock sold at par
500 per share-the only securities which
stood SO high. These prices generally indi-
cate an increased livclincss in the stock mar
| kct aud rise in their negotiable value. The
| entire amount realized by the cash sale was
in the nciShhorhood OF $4,000. Einolls re-
trcshlncntS were served while it was going
on, and the bidding was spirited and lively.
\ drunken maa named John lIenebry went
down TO the gas works yesterday afternoon
10 make iii attack upon Mr.. Wells, the day
foreman. Tic was armed with knife, which,
he did not Use, however, and he received a
severe beating at Mr.. Weiss hands. Not
content with this, he roauled about the
streets at night, annoying and threatening
ltOlhc, dilu III olic CiSC DlIiulSillllS lllS kuuc
The police finally captured him and locked
him up and to-day the merciful magistrate
let hin oil with the fine Of one dollar. Mercy
but murders pudonins those who would
kill"
Ihcladic Of the Washington-strcct Metno-
dist Episcopal church. Of which Rev. Charles
II. Hal! is the pastor, will give a feast and
fair inr'hc benefit ol'tlc church, commencing
Gu Tho g.! y Of newt month
The weather this morning was cruelty
cold. and though it was somewhat tempered
Fly the srsn in The middle of the day, it re-
nr,inrd quite Severe. There arc symptoms
OF more SHOW in III" sky.
Tie remains of Mr. Philip Old, formerly
Of this city, who died yesterday il Norfolk
were received on tic railroad this morning
and after services at Grace church were in
TERED ii BlanGiord.
Three fine new coaches for the Atlantic.
Mississippi and Ohio railroad have been re-
| ccivcd from the works OF the New Haven
Car Company. They are OF Il brilliant red
color.
A negro preacher named Smith has raised
much excitement among his flock here b..
preaching in defence Of dancing.
| ROBIN ADMR.