The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-07-07
Letters from PesersbnrE.
correspondence OF the RICHMOND Dispatch.J
PgrERsBrIG, July 4, 1870.


war the Fourth Of July has passed by with.
ont anv celebration by the negroes OF this
citv. There have been large crowds OF stroll
,crs on the streets al day long, made up
! mainly from country visitors. both whlieand
cnlorcd bu, never a procession has put In an
,n,carancc. and no note of the brass band
has been heard to-day. The only attention
| Maid The Fourth was the closing up OF the
nos,-otIicc and cuStom-house and the general
shutting up Of the stores at somewhat
| earlier hour than usual. The negroes have
been very thoroughly dcmoralizcd by their
l,,r defeat. which Is held to be one reason
whv they abstained to-day from their usuai
| celebration. There is not single one OIL
the race in the public employment OF the
city. So thorough has been the sweep that
| the street hands have been selected entirely
from the nccessitous and deserving white
! men. many of whom have for weeks past
! been ont of work, and who are glad for even
| this opportunity for occupation.
| one Of the late Radical city officials has
oot himself into serious trouble, and may
vet DC made to pay heavy penalties Tor his
| misconduct. In consequence OF a puelica-
ton in the Indcr.Alpedi this morning, .. NJ.
| 4 Steward, late commissioner OF the reVc-
| nur. was arrested to-day on the charge OF
| mutilating official bonds containing va'tiaDic
| matter with respect TO the COLLECTION OF tne
| revenue of the city. Steward alleged III hls
defence that the book from which he cut
these leaves was his own property, win
| which he had ;tlc right to do as he pleased !,
| hu, M inquiry nj the booksellers sno"eo
| ttnt the volume belonged to the CITY, LOT
| which il had paid, and that the work entered
| IN il had been officially done and paid for.
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cpscG Official is to undergo examination be.
| fore MAJOR Gregory ut O'Clock Inns allcr'
| uuon.
| The examination Of tn" Appoma,toX river
| nv the ncw Board proved 10 be very eucou-
| racing ard satisfactory. The Board ascer-
tanned that the complete Improvement Of the
| payiratiUn OF the river channel so aS to per-
| nit TIE free passage OF vessels Of sixteen feet
| dra,,, hi can he accomplished by the Govern.
| m,ut appropriation for the purpose, to he
| cxurudtd under the direction of Colonel W..
y rr9irhill. The Board was satisfied that
| the experiment OF Colonel II. ID. Bird. late
| eorinccr OF the Improvement, OF cutting 4
canal through The PaGdlcdock marsh to
strengthen and shorten the channel ana re-
move instructions, had already proven sue.
| ccsSful. The Government money VIII suffice
| 10 carry out that part of the Improvement,
and the CITY will be able to deepen the chan
mel between the city wharf and stem cut.
4 tirbt occurred this evening ut the cor
ner OF Halifax and Harrison streets between
| Hugh Sykes and Thomas Burns, two of the
new street swceperS. They were both badly
| used up. but neither one seriously damaged.
| The publication of the names OF the
fifteen Radicals whose influence induced
| the United States authorities TO NEEDLE
| in our local affairs recently, and the ar
rest of nine judges OF election, has
caused considerable sensation, for the real
sou that some men were involved in it who
| had not before been suspected, and some are
proyen guilty who have heretofore denied
| most strcnuouSly the soft Impeachment. The
! following is It list of the white traitors and
their cnlorcd dupes: White-R. &. Greene,
Franklin Wood. L. j. McCalcb, Il. \.
Young. G.. 5. Richards, Michael Rahily, }
II. Is alley. +. Gallagher, B. +. Burch, ID.
Bandford, }. NJ. b. Steward. BlackS-P.
J. Morgan. j. L. EvanS, and John Chssel.
ROBIN ADAlR.
PETERSBURG, VA, July 6, 1874.
The CITY Council had an adjourned session
| this afternoon (Mavor Gregory in the chair
| aud attended to variety of important bust
ness. The old code for the regulation of the
| Fire Department was repealed IN toto, and a
| new series Of regulations substituted, too
| long to lie summarized and, indeed, not yet
fully matured BY the Fire Committee. The
| Suprrintendcnt Of the Fire Department Was
also given police authority. The police regu-
| lations were also changed, and the uniform
| OF the CORDS altered from blue TO gray. The
| city doctors were assigned to their wards ms
| follows: First and Second Wards, Dr.. Har-
wood; Third and Sixth Wards, DR.. Hugh
Stockdell; Fourth and Fifth Wards, DR.. j..
Il. Hinton.
The sounds of the drum and fife have re-
sounded to-day all along the streets, on the
| occasion of the visit OF a colored company
from Richmond and their parade with tue
Petersburg Guards. They were followed
around, of course, by the usual crowd.
\ small colorcd boy named Henry How
ard was badly cut by knife in the hands OF
| Tom Niles, hurley negro, proprietor of d
| peanut stand, to whom the child had given
| some offence by jocu!ar remark. The
wound is quite serious one and may cause
death. The aS>aiant was arrested by Mr..
Joseph Carr and other gentlemen who were
standing near by, and delivered TO Il police
man TO be committed.
The CITY moves of beautifully under Con-
| srrvatlve auspices. 1t is remarked that a
more hcathtul tone appears 10 pervade all
classes: that business is bri>ker, and prop
| erty held higher, while roWdylSm is at dis
count aud peace prevails.
| Services ut the churches yesterday were
generally well attended. The sermon of the
| Rev. S. A. Steel, chaplain Of the Unlrer'
sity Of Virginia, at the Washington-Street
| Methodist Episcopal church, attracted a
large congregation by which it was received
with great favor.
MIR, j. NJ. Is. Steward, late commissioner
of the revenue, who was arrested Saturday
| on the charge of mutilating the records OF
| his office and retaining papers belonging TO
| the city, has made surrender of nearly all
| The documents in his hands (Which he claim
| ed at first TO be his property, and the case
will probably not undergo investigation.
The country people along the line of the
Petersburg railroad are said to be in great
alarm lest conyicts employed along that road
who escape from custody should do some in
| Jury TO thefx property or lives. So far, how
ever, no outrage has been reported as COM
! mitted by the fugitive zebras.
Great panic and distress were occasioned
among the vendors of pies and peanuts and
other such stuff, this morning by the new
commissioner making a descent upon them
and demanding the payment OF their taxes.
Some of them succumbed and retired from
| trade 1t seems that they have been operat-
ing heretofore without contributing any
| thing to the treasury of the city.
MIR. J. Q. Lulsey, an old and well-known
| citizen, died to-day after lingering illness.
The first Virginia cotton blooms have
been received. They are sent to town by
| Mcssrs. II. A. Pierson, of Brunswick, and