The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-10-09

CONSERVATIVES, aAss-aHErIsG--RADICAL CON
rENrioN--ssrPOsFD TO De DROWNED Dis
TuRBERs or THE PEACE CALLED TO ACCOUNT
| ROBBERY, ETC.
| Correspondence OF the Richmond DispatchI
| PETERSBURG. October s. 1873.
| News has been very scarce here to-day
| The following are the principal points upon
| which your correspondent has been able to
| lay hands:
The Conservative mass-meeting will be
held tonight at the Academy of Music, and
| it will probably be attended by one of the
largest crowds that ever assembled in this
city. Hon. A. NJ. Kelley, Major B. B. Doug.
lass, and Mr.. +. Il. Harris have already ar
| rived, and will without fail address the pub
lie. 1t is hoped there will be other orators
also in attendance. The temper of the PEG.
pie Is everything that could he asked, and
there was never time when they were bet
ter disposed to respond heartily and earn
estly TO the enunciation of Conservative doc
trine. ... . --...
Tonight will be also time of interest and
moment to the Radical brethren, whose con-
yention is to be held Mt the courthouse to
nominate candidates for the House of Dele
gates. There are a number Of aspirants, the
names of the most prominent Of whom have
already been mentioned, in this correspond
ence. 1t seems likely that the Hon. c. II.
Porter will be one of the nominees.
On Sunday last man named Jesse w.
Baltimore, who works ut Ettricksy while
laboring under an attack of nlanid.d-potu,
went out from his home at night to attend
TO some horses of which he imagined him.
self to be in charge. His walk led him down
near the bank Of the river, and as he has not
been heard of since it Is feared that he has
been drowned. The river was dragged to-
day in the expectation Of finding his body,
but so far it has yielded no remains and con-
fessed no secrets.
Last July an excursion of negroes from
this city went down to Beltield, in Green's
vile. to spend the glorious Fourth. While
there they took occasion to give some Of
fence TO the colorcd brethren of the county,
and the result was arrow, Of which you were
sufficiently advised ut the time. But the &C.
q,lc only transpircd to-day, when an officer
| of the peace of the county of Grcensville as
aforesaid appeared in town with bench-war-
rants for the arrest Of Henry Lundy "a color
| ed policeman and Richard Butler(a c0lorcd
party not in the police. These individuals
| have been arrested. and will be conveyed to
Grecnsvilc 10 answer before the authorities
| OF IlflL county lOT TIC OucllCcS tilclC tpili-
| mitted. for which they imagined, doubtless,
| they would never be called to account.
Mr. Charles Brown has started stcaun-
bakery here, the first one ever run here i'll
| the history Of the city.
| The wagon of the local Consolidated Ex-
press Company was upset to-day i'll the
| street, the result being the splitting open OF
! Il number Of trunks, &c, though no serious
| damage was effected.
| No session of the Mayors court was held
| this morning.
4 boy named Aleck, aged thirteen, and
| Of sable color, to-day robbed Mr.. Robert
'Taylo of Chesterfield, near the city. OF 500
| He has been arrested and is i'll the city Jail
| Another strong appea! in behalf of the
suffering sick and poor of Memphis was re
ccived here. An attempt will no doubt be
made to raise some contributions here.
The weather to-day has been of rare
beauty and balminess. RoBlN ADAIR.