The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-06-15
yIRaINIA 49,.
Letter from PetershssFx.
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/ GofiespofTicnec OF Che Tirhn,oist Dfana,ra.
| PRrsRsBBRG, June Id, 1s79. 4
a called meeting Of the stock hoisiers OF Che
| virginia Steamship nd Packet Gompar,s
was held this afternoon in f,,e Tobacco Es.
change. The attendance was not Iarpc. anf,
heauded General Joseph r. Anderson and
Atessrs. William b. Is;iacs, Claiborne Wat.
| kins, and S. Alexander, of Richmond. On
| motion CT Major n III. Tanior, OF this city.
one Of the directors thy whom the meeting,
was called to ORDER, Mr.. Isaaes took Che
chair. In doing so he made a speech, uryinp
the great importance OF maintaining The line
! TO prevent the shippers from being oppressed
by the exactions Of a monopoly Dir. Isiaes sta
| ted that since the line was established freight
charges between New York and the cities of
Virginia had been reduced little less than
nifty per cent, saving an amount Of S7O0, 900
| IN the course OF year. He said, moreover.
mat Commodore McCready, president of the
old dominion Steamship Company, had
publicly declared that his line meant to keen
debit and credit account with the new COM
lany, and ultimately make them responsible
for whatever reductions they woald suffer
from their competition. This declaration.
ne said, had almost cost Mr.. McCready his
place. lie urged the Petersburg people to
assist I'D subscribing the 100000 necessary
10 sustain the enterprise Without pecli-
mary aid, II would die, and no one would
theh nave the nerve to undertake a similar
enterprise.
General Anderson then responded to an
invitation to speak, and made an elaborate
address in behalf of the proposed s,,bscrip-
ton. The points which he raised and argued
were substantially those of Mr. Isaacs's
speech. He argued, also, that when the
Chesapeake and Ohio railroad was com
pletcd, the Cumberland Gap connection
built, and the short and direct line to At
lanta established, the volume Of trade would
be so swollen that more than one line Of
water transportation could he maintained.
Colonel GEORGE w. Boiling being called
out. said merely that he c.,nic to gain infer
nation. not to impart it, aud suggested that
it would be better to digest thoroughly what
had been said.
A motion prevailed that tic meeting adj
iourn to meet again at the courthouse on
Wednesday evening next, the 10Th instant,
ut o'clock. 1t was stated that the pIeva-
| lent excitement here on the subject of
the recent stockholders meeting Of the Pc
| tclSh,rg Railroad Company accounted in
| LARGE measure for the mc:lgrc attendance.
| Il is reported to-day that the minority
| ptrtv, some of whom arc large stockholders
| and materially Interested in the recent ac-
| toa of the company, have by no means
| abandoned their purpose OF arrcSting those
| proceedings, if il can be effected by legal and
judicial means. .ha report takes the shape
that these gentlemen have engaged eminent
counsel Of Richmond and this city for the
purpose of instituting action for conspiracy.
II is Impossible 10 state III present whether
or no this report is wel!-grounded.
The new track and bridge Of the Peters
burg railroad near Weldon will be com.
| pleted in November next.
! All the wards of this city except one have
elected delegates to the Conservative State
Convention which meets on the eth instant
MIR. Il. j. Rogers. of the Ru'di Messenger,
will accompany the editorial excursion which
| leaves Richmond tomorrow. The inter will
be represented hy Mr.. .Joseph'S Budd. !
have not learned whether the Progress will
have 4 representative along or not.
The delegates recently chosen to represent
Dinwiddie county in the Radical Nominating
Convention at Farnyille are understood to
lie in favor of Jenkins for Con ercss, whose
stock is slightly rising.
The new crop Of wheat will be in market
about the middle of next week.
There is an unusual amount Of sickness
prevailing here among the little children.
Movements Of cotton for the past week
Receipts, 10 bales same week lust year,
III bales: total since September lst, q ,4Sl
bales; SAME time last year, 81, l4I bales. EN-
ports, none Stock. $50 bales.
RoEIN ApAIR.