The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-01-08
Letter from Petersburg.
Correspondence OF The Richmond Dispasen:!
a ...' PETERSBURG, January 7, 1870.


|aai ~ PETERSBURG, January Z, 1870.
The president of the Farmers COUNCIL OF
Virginia and North Carolina to-day commu'
pica!ed to the secretary, DR.. j. NJ. peasants,
the following Standing committees that nave
been appointed by him under resolutions
adopted by that body at its last session:
Committee on ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
John Dodson. Dinwiddie; Colonel George
W. Boiling. Petersburg; Colonel f. u. hut
fin. Chester field. North Carolina Major ).
K. Winston, r. J. Fulgham, and Colonel D.
NJ. Holt. "'.
Committee to correspond with capitalists
Rev. j. A. Riddick, Sussex; Major Mann
Page, Prince George; William b. west
brook, Petersburg.
Committee to lay the tobacco resolutions
before the Legislature: Major 4. l.: kagland
of Halifax; Captain William E. hinton, re-
tersburg; Colonel E. W. HUBBARD, bucklns'
ham.
committee to memoriaize the Legislature
! on he necessity Of penal law on labor: Or
| r. s. Powell, Brunswick; Colonel Lewis T.
Haryie, of Amelia; Major 5. ID. Flcklln, AL
| bemGrle.
Committee to apply 10 the Legislature for
authority to make periodical reports oil acre
aye of crops, &c.: Colonel William T. Bur-
well, Of Richmond 7. L. Payne, Chester
field: Colonel F. S. Rutfin, OF Chesterfield.
Committee to lay paper on State geoloSlst
hcore the Legislature Major Il. l.. Rag!and,
Halifax; Major R.V. Gaines, of Charlotte;
DR.. G. w. Briggs, of Nansemond.
Committee on convention OF lnaustrlal
classes: Mvjor J. R. Winston, of North Cor
DINA; Colonel l.. E. Haryie, Of Amelia ;
CAPTAIN William E. Hinton, Petersburg
General Stith Boiling, Petersburg; Colonel
d. D. Harrison, North Carolina.
The Committee on Machinery Is TO De
hereafter appointed.
Committee to Bear Resolutions on To-
bacco Ioternal Tax to National Committee,
,&r,. Colonel z. w. Hubbard, Of Bucking-
nam: Colonel r. B. Boiling, of Fauqnier;
and Msjor w. IT. Sutherin.
Committee on Orchards, &C.: DR.. ID. W..
Isssiter aud DR.. j. NJ. Peasants, of Peters
blrg. and Colonel j. b. Zoilcotfer and X.
w. Daniel, OF North Carolina.
The following interesting and important
statistics Indicate the amount Of business
transacted curing the year 1874 In the GUS
penthouse OF the port of Petersburg: En-
rered 4SS vessels of 464,14l tons ton
naue and IL 1863 men. Cleared 4S5 vessels
If 46S ,S63 tons and 11,123 men. These
were all ut the coastHise trade. Foreign
trade: one foreign vessel cleared from for
eign ports, 10 men. American vessels
cleared for foreign ports, 20, tonnage, 5,l33
tons and number of men, 143. One Amer-
can vessel cleared for foreign ports.
Inportations Value Of foreign merchan-
disc in bond January l, 1874, 81, 09S A.; value
nf merchandise imported during the year
ending December 81, 1874, S7S,660; mer-
chandise from other ports in bond, 1871.
Total, S9O,549.
Exports Value of domestic produce and
manufacture, $500.
Collections during the year 1874: Import
duties collected (gold). S9,S55.55; tonnage
duty Currency, S56l.4l /; Marine Hospital,
1892 IS steam boat inspections, Sl54.So. To-
tai, Sl0,76399.
Rogers. the vagrant who was sentenced to
be sold by the Mayor some days ago, has not
vet been disposed of; but the Mayor states
that it is his purpose to carry out the SEN
tence in full if buyer Of the creature can
be gotten.
Great dissatisfaction is entertained here by
reason of the late action of the Council re-
curing the reet-lamps to be put cut AFTER
midnight. The thieves are the only people
Who are pleased with the requirement.
The late Dabney Williamson was inferred
TO. day, his funeral services being attended
by the Mexican.war veterans unoer ColoneI
~ ~ IT III roher ROBIN ADAIR.