The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-02-17
Letter from Petersburg.
Correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatch.]
PETERsgURG. February 16, 1876.


PETERSBURG, February 16, 1876.
The stockholders of the Petersburg Iron
Works Company held meeting yesterday
evening, at which Mir. ". l.. Watkins was
called to the chair, Mr.. John Mann acting as
secretary. The following officers and direc.
tors Of the company were elected for the
ensuing year c. S. Stringfellow, president.
Directors: II. b. Parker, Alex. Hamilton,
George II. Davis, George Cameron, and j.
T. Young. DR.. L. K. Marable continues the
treasurer and superintendent OF the works.
The three vacancies in the Board of Di-
rectors of the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio
rsil Dad, created By the death Of Captain Z.
d. Mcilwaine and the resignation Of Messrs.
J. F.. Venable and J"F. Slaughter, were filled
by the election Of DR.. j. II. Claiborne, Hon.
T. S. Bocock, and Captain II. L. Warren.
Mr. William NJ. Langhorne, of Lynchburg,
was in the city to-day, his mission being to
appeal to the stockholders of the Atlantic,
Mississippi and Ohio railroad to pass resolu-
tons or take some other decided action adj
verse to the running OF trains on the road on
Sunday. Mr.. LanghorDe has devoted him.
self TO this work Of reform for the last ten
years, and is very active in urging It, althouSn
he is totally blind. He arrived too late TO
attend the stockholders session, but he
sought an interview with General Malone
for the purpose of urging his views on that
official.
A curious police case has come up to-day,
for which nobody seems able. to offer any
consistent explanation. A white man named
Michael or Mitchell Conway, claiming to hail
from Dnwiddie county, delivered himself
to Officer Donnan to-day, stating that he
had heard that there was some criminal
charge against him which he desired to have
investigated and he asked to be taken to
iail. He was accommodated, but seemed I'M
able to give any Information as to himself,
not even knowing the nature Of the alleged
accusations against him. He is neither drunk,
crazy, nor very seeds; and the notion which
has induced him 10 put himself into the
hands Of Justice cannot be guessed at by
those who have seen and questioned the mys-
terious man.
Rev. Hugh Roy Scott, editor Of Church
Work, Baltimore, has preached several times
in the city this week. and is to deliver 81 ad'
dress before the guild Of St. Paufs church
tomorrow night on Mission Life in London.
Mr.. Scott has been great traveller In Eu.
rope and Africa, and has abundant stores OF
interesting experience.
There is a heavy freshet in the Appomat'
toy river in consequence of the recent sud-
den and violent rains.
Captain James May and Mr.. William 81.
Drewry, two prominent citizens, are lying
very i'll. The former is paralyzed from bis
waist down. The latter is ill from typhoid.
pneumonia.
Miss Eta Butord, lately teacher in one
of the public schools, is also lying at the
point OF death.
Colonel William Turnbull, Of Brunswick,
is on visit to the city in the interest Of the
proposed tramway from Brunswick Court
house to some point on the Petersburg and
Weldon railroad.
Workmen were engaged oday in repair.
ing the steeple OF the Tabb-Street Presbyte-
rian church, which WAS blown out OF per.
peudicular by the recent storms, and which
was thought to be likely to fail unles:
strengthened.
The Relief Association which met las
night exhibited an outlay of only siXty.on
dollars for the relief of the poor during th'
past week. There were not very numerou
applications. The money Of the Association
must be pretty well exhausted, as the appro
priations for the ensuing week were OF Woot
only. -...
Or. Hoge had fne attendance on bis
lecture at the Academy of Music last night
and it was received with great favor and up
plause.
Tobacco brought very low figures at tn
breaks to-day. ROBIN HOOP.