The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-09-07
PETERSBURG.

GAVIN CONSERVATIVE RALLY--THE OPENING
~, vur CAMPAIGN IN fETERsBURG-PAs-
rop,1 CAt.L. ACCEPTED AP-
roISTED--AN UNFORTUNATE MAN--ViSfT TO
me yslI.-PETERSBURG ARTILLERY TO GO TO
Observation-Disclosures REVIVAL.
correspondence Of tho Richmond Dispa'ch.]
SEPTEMBER G, 1876.
ARRANGEMENTS have all been perfected for
,,n oncninc OF the campaign in this city to-
' 'G and the prospects arc that the meet
: n.y. vii, he one OF the largest held in Pc
." +.hnrr since the war. Captain William
- lI;n:on. Jr., candidate for Congress in
th;S district. vii! deliver his hrst speech OF
NO canvass. and Hon. a. NJ. Kelley, John
: Wise, ESQ. Judge William IL. Mann,
Colonel samuel Il. Coleman, Captain I. X.
Wrisiecr, and others will follow him. The
Academy OF Music, in which the meeting
i fo he held. has been handsomely deco.
ra,nd for the occasion, ana the peautlui
hammer which hangs across sycamore stfeet,
,'',,. Tho ,,ortrai,S Of Tidcn, Hendricks,
and Hinton. wild be hnnS across .,ie st'Se
80 The bulId:rc in full view OF the audi
vncc-
81 No,tow.v Courthouse tomorrow
,oorrf.dav) the Conservatives Of the county
Min he addressed by Captain William +.
Hinton. Colonel William +. Cameron, Z.
". Mckinney, Esq, Major L. .. Poorc,
and others. From this date the canvass in
mi. district is 10 be prosecuted with the ut
most vigOr unit! the day OF election.
letter received to-day from the Rev.
,,,nro,. !. HOLIDAY, OF GrccnSvillc county,
anncuncc> hi. acceptance, after careful and
nr,yrriul consideration, OF the call to the
nasfnratr OF the Byrnc-Strcct Baptist church,
IN fhi, city lie will enter his work rs pas
Tor on the first Sunday in October.
Nc>>r~ W. II. Colwcll, c. 7. Ramsdcll,
Charles VI. Walsh. and J. +. FittZ, have
been elected delegates to represent the
Bvrmc-Strcct church in the Portsmouth
Eap,iSt Association, which holds its eighty
nth annual session in Suffolk on the 10th
instant.
I. ". Hammond. who was sentenced to
,nr chain-ranc in Richmond the other day,
VA. confined in the Jail Of this city from the
9TH 81 Nav 20 the Sth OF August. He was
declared iunutic by the Corporation Court
81 Norfolk. and was put in Jail because sur
rendered hv his surcticS. He is most re-
.rrr,ahlv connected in the counties below
Petersburg. and has brother who Is an
Erixcopal minister. He Is afflicted with
klrn,omania, which has brought much troll
Bile upon himscl; and sorrow to his friends.
The prisoners in our Jail were to-day VS.
tied by a travelling evangelist, who ui>trl-
hrltcd Bibles 10 Suc OF the inmates rs can
read. and spoke words OF elaboration to AL
oi the unfortunatc> This is the first time Il
visit Of this kind has been made to the prs
oncr> for many wears; though it may sad
occasional visits are made by the pastors OF
this city.
The Petersburg Artillery, Captain 5. w.
Jones. ut a meeting held last night, decided
to visit Raleigh in October next. during the
State Fair. ii suitable arrangements could
be made with TIC railroad companies for
Transportation. \ committee was appointed
10 ascertain whether such arrangements
could he made. II the company so they vii
carry siNty-iiyc or seventy men and then
full battery OF Napoleon pieces.
Hon. John Goodc. .lr., is III the city to-
day. and may possibly Spcakat the Academy
tonight.
Rev. Dr. Murrc}, OF New York, who has
stated charge Of the Tabb-Strect church
during the absence OF Or. WithcrSpoon, Is
preaching ni-htly.to large congregations al
the Old-Strcet Presbyterian church, where
deep religious interest has been awakened
Il is not improbable that Dr. Murrell will al
an early day connect himself with the East
Hanover Prcsbvtrry.
The Conservatives OF the Sixth Ward arc
making preparations to raise ut ali early day
two tall polls II different points on Halifax
street. from which banners will be thrown
10 The breeze. ROBIN ADAIR.