The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-03-30
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Only civil eases IT sit tsistosed 6f teidassii
Judge 1 Manns court. foiaorfpW tha iHN
iriat OF Winfield Lewis, recenti ycoiist cted oj
gassitg 9sf counterfeit Sl9.nofs, win begin
pejats tfs~ thai stsatsa} iiss bssii CON.
tinued and the case Of Frederick Macliii,
found guilty OF the same offence, will be alsd
continued, II he can procure bali. 500 81
intelligence has been received here of the
death on last Sunday Of Mr.. David ". Nichol.
son, wealthy and prominent citizen OF
So4tnpmpton county, The deceased was at.
tacned 70 She OF the two ihfaiitrS e6fniniiies
which t9 wettt ffohi this city. to the Mexican
wa Wsr, alld, was also gultant member Of the
t hmhI.sshn Regimstt; Virginia cavalry
thfouebous the goffedsfate struggle. Hc
was about fifty-five years old at the time of
his death, and left behind him numerous
family. ss&Ssy: 0'''
Movements Of cotton Mt this port for the
week ending March 10Th: Receipts. 395
bales same week Inst year, 2e1 bales. Total
since september !, 1871, 25.0S4 bales; same
nme last year, 29,97l bales. Exports, $40
Dales STOCK, 3,S5S bales. twill he observed
that the weekly receipts dire rapidly and regl..
iarly increasing over those of the correspond.
ing weeks OF last year so that the aggregate
receipts Of the tqttoh Teat, which ends on
the olst OF August next; will probably be as
large rs those OF last year. Large acccssions
to the Petersburg trade are expected to be
made, moreover, by the boat which the Pc.
tersburg Railroad Company proposes to put
on the lower Roanoke river in North Caro-
lima. The boat Of the Seaboard Company
t,ct A
gion TO Weldon, Of which but screnty.fiye
were brought to- this city.
The Relief Society has become .funcus
oticio, and is virtually disbanded. Happily,
the hard season ended almost simultaneously
with the "giying out" Of its funds. The
president was authorized at the. last meeting
to publish an appeal to the citizens for pr;
vate charity, but siiee the warm weather set
in no further move in that direction is likely
to be taken. s.s.s ~. .a
The First Baptist church Of this city has
adopted for its hymna the Baptist Praise
Book, instead Of the PSdlnlast formerly used,
but now discarded. ~
A party of young gentlemen from Rich
mond visited the city to-day for the purpose
of inspecting the Crater battlefield and other
points of interest OH the line of Notifications
around the city: .
Rev. Il. NJ. McIlwainc, pastor of the Sc.
cond Presbyterian church, Lynchburg, is an.
nounced to preach in this city on Monday,
and series of prayer meetings is to be held
at the Presbyterian churches of this city on
every day of next week.
The committee appointed by the Council,
at meeting held month or two since, to
ascertain whether the city stock in the At
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disposed of, and if so at what price, has SO
far received no proposition; and the tempo.
rary interest then felt in the proposed trans.
fer (Which was supposed to involve an i'm.
portant and extensive combillation) appears
to have subsidized entirely.
The Board of Overseers of the Poor hold
their regular monthly meeting this after:
noon.
Beautiful weather to-day, and much &C.
tivity and life on the streets.
ROBIN ADi1R.