The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-03-03
J. Letter from Petersburg.

Letter from PefofHOurk.
rUcrespsfdcSse or the Richnord Dispsach.l
pTERsBrRa, March 4, 1916. |
d In the Common COUNCIL lsssA evening the
chairman of the Finance Committee res
apor,ed that 300, 900 Of the 800, 600 bonds re-
Gently Issued to retire the floating debt had
been sold-S58,00o In this city. The price
realized was about ninety.fve to ninety
and a hall. cents in the dollar. In view Of
the fact thai hereafter there would be money
enough tn the treasury to promptly meet oil
demands, the Council, by resolution, forbade
the further issue OF warrants upon tho Tres
sury-a system which, has been In practice
for some months past. 1t WAS announced
that these warrants had besn haWked ABOUT
tho streets by the bolders, who frequently
sold them at from tsn to fifteen ana t"ehty
DER cent. discount, TO helr OWE loss ana me
dissredit Of the city. a,-, !, -. -.
The Council also defeated an amendments
offered to the fire ordinance permitting hre-
men to run their hsnd.carriages ana reefs 90
the sidewalks Of such streets ~ arc MOI
paved or nacAS6mlEed. IT-..
The nost interesting matter oetole7 the
Council was tho proposition some tlmS Egg
made to subscribe a25, 600 TO me reou,laing
Of the Roanoke Valley railroad ffom Gfarks-
vil,e ia Mecklenburg county, to Mauson's
I.netion. On the Raleigh and CASTOR rail-
vo.G, The appropriation Mss TO be csndi-
tinn.l-none OF it to bs paid until the
rnad was completed and contract
siyned protecting Petersburg from any
discrimination In the matter Of @freights.
The road-bed Is complete and In good copdi.
ton. and all tbas is needed is the iron, siils,
and bridges. Mr.. e. Il. Harris and Colonel
B Baskerville, Of Meeklenburg, were present
to address the Councilin favor Of the sppro-
pristion, but they were placed Ia rather
EN- barrassing position at the beginning by
the refusal OF the Council by vote OF seven
Teen to three to take the resolution from the
table, Finding that these gentlemen could
not speak to the subject unless the Council
receded from its vote, a reconsideration was
had. and Mr., E. X. Harris addressed the
body at length, detailing the present dis.
crimirations against Petersburg, and ap.
pealing 10 the members by their
votes to give the people of Meckleuburg al
outlet and market for their produce, which,
in tobacco alone, amounted before the war
to betw cen five and six thousand hogsheads.
At the conclusion of the discussion the
Council again laid the resolution on the Ia
BILE, and refused request to allow it to be
Withdrawn. At the reques. OF the Meek
Ienburg delegates it was then announced that
as far as the people of their county are con-
cerued they now have no proposition before
the Council. So 1t appears if this road is to
be rebuilt will not be done with any as
sistauce from Petersburg.
The City Auditor reports the expendi-
lures for the month Of February at S9,1l2.
A meeting of the Board Of Directors OF
the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio railroad
was held In this city last evening, at which
it is understood General Malone submitted
a report of bis European trip. Nothing as
to the nature Of the report or as to the action
of the Board has TRANSFERRED.
The health officer reports fifty-three null
sances abated during the month Of FebrQ.
airy. &c., a,
February as against 36 the previous month:
OF these 30 were coiored and IL white; IA
males and IS fenfales. Five Of the number
were over seventy years Of age. .,g
The revival at the First Baptist church
continues. So far between twenty and thirty
professions of faith have been made. .-,
The Conservatives Of ,Dinwiddie county
met In convention at the Courthouse yester-
day to nominate successor to X. u. Rutnn,
Mr.. j. C.. Smith, who was dominated last
week, having declined. Four gentleman
were placed 10 nomInation-viz., George q.
Baud, DR.. E. C. Powell, j. C. Smith, and
DR.. William F. Thompson. The latter was
subsequently withdrawn, and MIR. Smith still
adheriug to his determination not to De a
candidate, the vote as between the two first
named resulted in the choice of Or. L. Z.
Powell, and his nomination was made unanl.
NOUS. DR.. Powell is man of great intelli.
at the annual meeting Of the stockholders
of the Petersburg Savings and Insurance
Company held to-day the following directors
were elected for the ensuing year: K, q.
Pegram, Alexander Donnan, Joseph S.
Budd, Samuel B. Paul, S. W. Venable, Rev.
A. G.. Brown, James S. Gillian, George Il.
Davis, John r. Patterson, DR.. James Dunn,
John 2. Branch, and A. G. McIlwaine.
At a subsequent meeting of the new di.
rectory Mr.. r. r. Hill was rejected presi.
dent, and Mr.. A. G. McIlwaine vice-presi-
dent.
II your reporter will interview DIR. Edgar
Allan be will probably learn something In
teresting about that gentleman's visit to Din.
widdie county to-day. With others be spoke
at Ford's depot to-day in support of the
election of DR.. E. Harvey Smith, the Repub.
lican nominee for the House Of DELEGATES.
There were few whites and goodtmaDy
negroes to hear him. 1t is reported that his
speech was so offensive to the whites that for
personal safety he was compelled to hurry
aboard the mail train to this city, under the
protection of his colored friends.
The residence of Mr. Lucien Green, on
Adams street, was sold at auction to day.
Mr.. C. D. Tinsley was the purchaser at
$2,705. ..-.. e.. .-....,.... .... ,..
The new parsonage of the High-Street
Methodist Episcopal church, now being
erected by the congregation for Rev. a. G.
Brown, will be flushed by the 1st of June.