The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-04-01
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PETERSBURG, March 31.--fhe Nominating
Convention tonight nominated Colonel VIII
liam e. Cameron fol, mayor; }. A. Johnston,
Jr., sheriff D. A. Hinton, Commonwe alth's
attorney; &c. Armissead, clerk; VIII.
Harrison, commissioner of the revenue;
vIrgfnius Jhhnst6n, treasurer r. 81. Bond,
collector city, taxes; NJ Realsn,y ganger;
Walter Jarratt, high constable. s
4 SEATIoNxL, REpUBLTcANs .cANARD
:s4 NAILED no THE COUNTER. Z S
! A1sUsTA Ga, March 81. - Pie, statement
made IN, the Washington Repsblicap Chat
two negroes were kflled last weeRin Cotpn.
bis county, Ga /, and II hat over dozen were
takenfrom their homes and: severely whip
ped, four Of them having been tortured by
having hot se.ling4wax dropped yEupon
Their: - bodies, is without o shadow OF
Ftrutka ,Naa outragssei have z BEEN com
mitted on + 'coIored people In the eoun-
ties j eff ,Bnpke, Jefferson and Chatham,
aud there lis no truth In The further STATE
ment that in The, Vicinity OF Macon three
|negrees-8ere Pounds hanging 10 trees In the
nejghborh God, Or q reading ,Demoerat. The
relations between the races are AMIGA BILE, and
werea never umorel. so since the war closed.
The reported outrages are pure fabrieations,
gotten mp. FOE political effect! S,ai q - ~
MIsslssIPPE REPUBLICAN ooNvEET1oN.
MEMpHIs, March 31.-A special from
Jackson, Mss, 50. the Avalanche says, |!
The Republican Stale Convention adj
journed at 2 O'clock This morning. The del,
egates 10 the Cincinnati Convention are I'm.
instructed, which is considered victory for
the Conservative Repnb lcans. The delega.
tion is divided between Bristow, Blaine, and
Morton, mstority being anti Morton.tU5i
'.In the eolored mems convention to day
TO appoint delegates to the National ConVen.
ton OF Colored Men resolution that the
colored people south of Mason and Dixon's
line have corrupt leaders, aud that that race
would not pledge their votes to any but good
men, was. voted down."
woRCEsTsR's VANISHED WATER FAoILI-
- 1850 -. TIES. q -
WORCESTER, Mass, March 31.--The losses
to The city OF. Worcester 'bv7 he destruction
of the dam and reservoir is S125, 1000, besides
its summer supply OF water. The: other
losses are $3.50, 000-Oue man andtwo boys
are,missing. s.rravelis much disarranged by
washed railroads. IT. 3iH4 r
|. .,.;n CONDITION OF THE RIVERS.
| sWAsH1saros,. March ST. The Mississippi
has risen four,inches at Cairo, t&o inches al
Memphis, ! and one inch' at .Vcksourg. The
Cumberland has fallen three feet at Nash.
vlHe.s The Ohio has risen. nine inches at
Louisville, eight inches at Cincinnati, and
! fallen one foot at Pittsburgh.--- =
pARgoN's MARRIAGE LEeALlzED.i'
!, BosroN; March 81. II bill legaliztng Par.
toms marriage;w bis step -dsughter passed
the House of Delegates of Massachusetts by
a vote OF OF to 49, - ~ 6'Ha%' : "a !
BOILER EXPLOSION. 4pI. !
| Providence, e. T., March 31.-Four Of
sixteen boilers 10, Flescber's mill exploded
to-day. Two men were killed. ~ -
TREASURE REC9yERED, ~
PENziNcE, March 3l.-FiftN thousand
dollars was recovered to-day from the wreck
fof the German steamer Schiller, wrecked on
the Sicily Isles last year. - G, ai ~ ,.,a.,
s,l-,i Ria ~ briefs. % f.h'5< tx. .@.,..
,SPR1NG FIELD, MASS, March 31.--The
High.School at Pottsfeld was burned to- day
| by an incendiaty. Loss, $40 600. The lste
jJanitor was arrested. 6r, ~ ~, ~. -. p :.
MosrpsL1ER, VI. March 81. - George
Miles was convicted to-day OF robbing, the
Barre Bank and sentenced to fourteen years
| Imprisonment.
HARRISBURG, Pa. March 31.-As locomo-
tive exploded near Sand Ridge to-day, kill
ingsthfee personsa:iEJ ...tthicA@5
F. NEW YORK, March 31.-The workmen ai
the Green Turner Sugar Refining Company
have been discharged, and tits reported tha
the'conceru will go into liquidation. ~;
CHICAGO, March 81. --Pohlmap and Rust
we're found 8guilty to-day of completely IL
Yhiskey frauds on four counts.--A motor
for q new trial was entered.Arti 400 ~