The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-04-24
Petersburg.

lUNtTICS-Sa ALL-roX-F1GHT-HoC BUILD.
rrG--THE GBRARf-A FAroRIrE AND FAMOUS
r0TSr-IN Observation-Disclosures OF
MrEpEErK-rERsoNAL, &C.
I, correspondence OF the Richmond Dispntch.l
fETERsBCRG. April IS. 1873.
ra>cy Peterson and Lucy Graves, two
colorCd damSclS were examined TODAY by a
commission dc inn0tco inouirendo, and
h'ili. t0Gnd duly crazy. they were put under
restraint, preparatory 10 their transfer to the
yt,orrd Iunatic asylum ut Chimborazo.
\ case of smallpox made its appearance
tn-dtN on board of one u tho vessels lvino
- tlr E,!y wharf. The white tlag was Gle
,4,cd and the usual embargo placed upon
;rnpir who had had access 10 the patient.
\ ,Ight tooh place at the dcrot of the Rich
mopd railroad to-day between man named
LIZ ANA Captain William ). McCance, pro-
pr!rlor Of McCsnccS Express. The parties
were separated before any mcntionahlc dam
,.r had been suffered hv either, though
Nrtaucc had Ltz down at the time they
.vyrV pulled apart.
The wurkmrn finished to-day the dcmo!l-
ti1n uC the old warehouse III PocahonlaS, on
IT,, SIC oi which new buildings are 10 tie
erected.
There is much present activity in the
r. -oing III, II the western end of Washing
. street. and il is announced that Colonel
,.,.rrcc ". Boiling will soon erect several
roulortahlc dwelling hou>c> AT The corner of
iti.,iax and Sycamore streets.
The committee appointed to canvass the
-, IN behalf OF the library (Which had falcn
liio something like negiccD report very
lra.ifvlu" progress. and the reception OF
J,iaier;al ara. The library i one OF the inSti-
l!tion> OF which our people n" most Justly
lTo,.G, and there Is no danger q. lhclra allow
TX !; 10 ran down entirely.
\ h,y.e shipment OF granite for cIrhing the
,,GrUa,h~ Of the streets now IN process OF
rm...o>, MN: WAS made 10 the city to-day
(r."! lh> L ,oth quarlc>, Dinw:ddic county.
Tn mrli.kuuWu hor>c Peacock, belong
il. L. the s.raIucr America, Is reported 10 be
- ii tina, Iii death Is unprecedented. 1hlS
l-lat finest horse il the city, and though
now Guit" Old. i, still II splendid animal.
The box, Of the BoIjngbrook FHe Com
Itn,, al 4 meeting last night, resolved that if
t1,ir horse did die they would have his skin
-'Hllrd for preservation.
Ey-.hc-hy. the body OF the Clneu the huge
ln>.r,,liau nird hcousrns 10 Mr.. William
cameron, and recently Killed by >ouc ans
ralr.ou> y..r>on,} has been very arti-ticaIly
=.
! ltsrly If 100 immigrants, mainly from
England. passed through the city this MORN
;a- over the Atlantic. Mississippi and OHIO
~.lroad. They arrived 1T Norfolk Yesterday
.. The steamship lIihcrnian. About sixty Of
80, number in.rud to u!ake their homes in
Virginia.
The wagon Of Peter Hawks, negro from
-, country. wa> run into by the Petersburg
t,..H wAiIc crossing Washington street this
afternoon and knocked Into vi. Fortll-
tr.;,'r. Peter and his horse escaped unhurt.
\ MT-c black snake was killed lc-tay on
Long Market street, in the centre OF the
,it.
The 1u>'in.s Court to-day took up the
r.4,rrry docket. hl!t transacted no business
81 lu!t ,n"".
LIN Mathews ,coIorrdl. who killed John
j.''i.ur Lewis, in THIS city, SOME months
.-.. ~ striking him on the head with Il bot
3d.. ~ arrested to-day ~ officer J, }. MAJ
>.a. assisted ly private citizen named
i..s WAoin he summoned IL deputy
..t.,'4.tr. within .eVcu miles Of Richmond.
Nata,%~ has hecn brought TO this city and
t.l-ri in '4;l. 10 await Iii. examination on
'r.r ar. of murder.
Ea!r lessons were brought 10 TIE city
.m ~lg3N county on the charge OF stealth. :,
. a,..'rr from one Nr. Scanned, and We're
Ia, lu ia.. That institution is 50 full at
II. ~vi,; Nat the inmates are sublec, 10 many
yr,y .utyuycuirnccS than The stlugs OF con-
.,,Hrr.
H',. mr. William +. Hatcher will preach
A memorial : rnou at MELVILLE church, in
~..>>.> @'uliy, Oh SuudIy next.
~" rrior,d military company was robr.
-@IHZ"a hast livhi. anG Levy officers eject
~. l. name ha~ ',ccu changed 10 the Pc
',r,hurg ,iuard>.
i,cy. j. :. AiwcI left Today for Savannah