The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-10-04
PETERSBURG.

,c,1S--ufS ORDINATION POST
DR.. -ToBACCO INSPECTIONS FOR TIE
foHm' ,,,y COUNCIL. AND THE CITY POINT
fhM% DEATH OF A CONFEDERATE SOL
RA!n"' wy or CorToS FOR THE YELIow-
pInn srprERER S--REMARKABIE MAR
n f,cr-M1yoR rrEMs--A CURIOUS CASE.
,'...-.s,x,naencc OF the Richmond Dispa'ch.l
l|"'''' OCTOBER 3, 1876.
ora;na.ion OF Rev. DR.. Morton Nor
"vh;rh was arranged to take place at
reh', Sr BAPTIST church last night, did not
the / a. though large congregation was
come ~ ~ witness the ceremonies. A COM
rrfssnnIn =; five members OF the church., ap-
m lis.e On sunday, decided that the pres
i" penn, "a ordain Or. Morrell should consist
'i;Tn ~ Letter, Curry, and Hatcher, OF Rich
q. nS and the resident Baptist ministers OF
~. h;,'' XIV Or. Hatcher being here q special
49,. t,,snnccr was sent to Richmond to notify
hrs ,JcIer and Curry and ask their attend
"' rho messenger returned with the mes
80 .ho. !, was impossible, for the Rich
,nHnd brethren to come over, and nj their
,,,rrcst;on the ordination was postponed.
,Ncr consultation OF DR.. Hatcher and the
ras;drnt ministers with DR.. Morrell 1t was
a~rred 70 delay the ordination for some two
wrckS. His credentials were examined
and iound to be satisfactory, but in the ab-
.rnre O: Drs. deter and Curry, and In ae-
cnrdarce with their request, which was
arrrcd 10 by DR.. Morrcll, the presbytery
wa, no. formally organized. The ordina-
-;on will take place in the First church.
Thr above facts were stated to the congre-
,rstion. after which the Church resolved
;hgt certificate OF commentator be fur
nish,d 10 Or. Morrcll, to be used until his
ordination shall have been accomplished.
Dr. Morrcll left to-day for the North.
The number OF hogSheads OF tobacco in
sprc:ed At the four warehouses in this city
for the wear ending September 50, 1876, was
1,sis hogsheads. The stock on hand in
spcctcd is 1896 hogsheads; and stock on
hand for inspection 90S hogsheads. s
In the Council last evening the president
II the body was authorized to appoint u
committee OF three to examinc aud report
70 future meeting rs to the relations OF the
city to the City Point branch OF the Attain
tie, Mississippi and Ohio railroad. In view
Of the importance OF the matter, the preSi-
dent was allowed time to appoint the COM
mittcc. /, may be that the Council will
AXE some action in favor Of separate sale
Il this road in case Of the sale OF the main
STEM. A. the road was built by the city for
m outlet 70 deep water, the matter is one in
which the people naturally feel 4 deem in
tcrcst.
The Fifth Ward Conservative Club Will
in A few days raise pole one hundred and
twcntv.Gye feet high in honor OF Tildcn,
Hendricks. Hinton. and Reform. Sixth
Ward Club raised their banner last night.
CAPTAIN William II. Widgins, gallant
Confederate soldier, and lately lieutenant OF
our police corps, died this morning after
lin,crin" illness. he was q member OF the
thirteenth Virginia cavalry.
The bale OF cotton contributed by Mcssrs.
John Arlington 4 Sons for the benefit OF
the ycllow-Icvcr sufferers was sold at auc-
ton to-day. and was purchased by the Et-
trick Mar uiacturing Company at 125 cents
pcr pound. The cotton was classed rs fair
middl,n". and the price paid was about .
cents above the market rate.
Or. Hams. rector of st. Pall's, was very
unexpectedly called upon yesterday to marry
:, coup!" 10 get them out OF the meshes OF
the law. The groom is q sea-faring man,
captain oi vessel in our port: the bride
was from Richmond. They met in Peters
burg on sunday for the first time, took quar-
ierS at ole OF our hotels as man and wife,
were arrested during the night, and in the
afternoon, before the hour for examination
before the Mayor, were married.
The mortuary record OF last month shows
two deaths from typho-malarial fever. The
city i reported by the Board Of Health as
entirely free from epidemic disease OF any
kind.
4 troitmg match has been arranged to
take place on the track ut our Fair Grounds
on Monday afternoon next for purse OF
$50 a side between two wcll-known Peters
burg horses.
At the meeting of the Council yesterday
afternoon every one vi the twcnty-four
members was in his seat-the first time
since the organization OF the body that such
has been the case.
The receipts from the Centre Market for
the month OF September amounted to
$22G.90. The amount from the Old Mar
kct for tnc same period will be somewhat
larger.
4 somewhat curious and interesting case
i now undergoing investigation by the au-
lhoritic>. Some four or five days ago a
Young colored woman named Sarah Wilson
was taken w in very forlorn condition by
the police and carried to Jail. Since that
time She has been almost constantly i'll a
stupor. The impression is that she is the
victim al poison, administered either by
her own hands or that OF some unknown
person. In brief, lucid interval day or
TWO ago >he let fall some expressions which
led to the arrest OF Il woman on the charge
Of poisoning her, but an investigation this
morning proved the innocence OF the ac-
cuscd and the case is now as far from solu-
ton =, ever. ROBIN ADAIR.