The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-09-03
I.etter from petersburg.
Correspondence or the Richmond Dispatch. ]
~ 81 II PETERSBURG. Seutember12. 1874.

i ~ 4 II PETERSBURG, Septem ber!2, 1874.
A protracted meeting of the City Council
was held yesterday eyening &, at which bust
ness OF Importance was transacted. .+t,i I
The Finance Committee made memoan-
DUN of the settlement, Of the city with. the
Peoples Bank, of which, Congressman Plat
is the president, and which suspended some
time ago. There was on deposit ID this bank
to the credit Of the city the sum Of $4,000,
for which the committee had accepted, in
compromise, SO 000zrthree thousand incash
and the remainder in November and Janrt
larry. The agreement was accepted by the
Council. rsfss5 7S.$f 1870
Dr.. j. N. Pleasants was elected to a posi-
ton on the School Board ndde vacant iby
the resignation CT Mr. r. NJ. Dunlop. =
The Council assumed the expense of the
new grey uniforms with which the police
corps has been provided.
Mr.. j. S. Gillian, Jr., was elected Coun-
Gilman from2the Second ward utce Mhnford
(uegro). who had failed to qualify.
The first bale OF. cotton of the season was
received yesterday by Messrs. R. a. Martin
& Co., from Mr.. Isaac Page, oflWilson, N.
C. 1t was of good ordinary quality, and sold
for IS cents.
This morning between two and three hun
dred ladies and gentlemen left for picnls
excursion to Norfolk and the capes in the
new steamer of the Old Dominion line,
called The Hampton, which came up for the
purpose. The picnic Is for the benefit OF
the Washington.s street Methodist church,
which stands in need of repairs. F&
After a long and lingering illness, Mr..
William P. Elan died this morning Ofcancer
in the stomach. His death had been expect
ed for more than two weeks, but his aston.
ishing vitality sustained him against a mortal
disease. Mr.. Elan was a leading tobacco
commission merchant, a native of Prince
Edward, and was an officer and prominent
member of the Market-Street Methodist
Episcopal church. He was about sixty
| wears old, andtWas highly respected for his
many sterling qualities OF head and e q heart.
The Merchants Protective Association
met last night at Library Hall and elected
officers. It is stased that MIR. j. S. Gillian
Jr., was elected president.
The having Of newtrails on tho track OF the
Petersburg and Weldon railroad continues
They are now being laid near the Mount
Airy shops, and are being extended towards
the city depot. :.ss.
a SioGell meeting in the Fourth Ward
uas so disorderly last night that the police
had TO De calteG 1u,LO p4CSCl sSt.oeios FS.N'S'
Your correspondent has heard OF no move
ment on the part Of citizens "to wipe out
the stigma Of the eisy,Dgrning, as refer
fav days since. The matter had been well.
nigh forgotten, and no body sees what good
results can be expected from revival OF u
esuecislIy as the people generally never as
.sl,ued the responsibility of the act.
Two of the police officers OF your city Wno
accompanied the picnic party 70 this CITY On
yesterday fired of their pistols On . .ns stree, .Ssa
and otherwise behaved SO noisy that !hey
were arrested. I. s.. -, ], IS
a large excursion party Of city rnereha q
left for North Carolina this morning 1pi
trip Intended to combine business aao
pleasure. &, -. "a SO, 7
The freight and passenger business J, over essd
the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio railroad
il at present immense. An extra coacn n y:
10 ne attached almost daily to the mail tram
como west. and yesterday four freight uains
sssresaling sone hundred cars left for !, the
wsss ali heavily loaded. koBlN ADAIS 81
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