The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-07-18
PETERSBURG.

PETERSBURG.
NATIONAL oRY--ENTERTAISaESTF FOR.
TINE BgNeFrr oFTlIE LEE-MoSUMEET FUND -.
THE THEATRICAL ssAsoN--rHE PUBLIC
TAsTE--iLLNEss OF AEABY--"wHAT's THIS
DULL TOWN no Me PA PETERSBURG &C.
Tsos-coLo REp TAx-PAYERs--P &C.
correspondents Of che Richmond Dispatch.i
july II, 1877.
The Commercial National Bank Of this
city has been made national depository,
by which tie circulation OF some fifteen or
ski cen tho usand dollars on an average VIII
be kept In the city monthly that has here
tofore been deposited in the banks OF other
places in the district.
~ Miss Anna Davidson's school LETT TINS
morning for Weldon, n. c., to favor the
peopIc Of that town with the rendition OF
q Beauty and the Beast" and the Young
Contincntals." The actors who appear In
these parts are very young children, some
OF them mere infants, but they perform the
characters assigned them with rare fidelity
NJ memory and readiness and grace OF gts-
.ticuIation. Quite large excursion accom-
nsnind the little histrionics. The proceeds
.of the entertainment aud excursion are to
be devoted to TIE, Lee. Monument AS socia-
ton. ,s.rl-.sss,;3 ,t :.t3.as.7
1t Is promised that the coming theatrical
season is to be very brilliant in this city.
New scenery is to be provided at the Acade-
NV, and other improvements are to be IN
troduced. Popular &c stars " OF the pro
fession are to shine in our heavens, and all
is to 60 as merry as marriage bell. =.
II these promises are fulfilled the theatre
cal companies that visit Us will be welcomed
and literally patronized; otherwise they
will not be- There is no absence OF aSpirit
and disposition here to go to really good
dramatic performances, but the people are
disguised with anything OF lower stand
ard, and stay at home religiously as to all
such entertainments. One trouble is that
the second-class troupes are generally de
flcient in the refinements and proprieties OF
language, alusiop, and gesture, which are
indispensable and essential to Virginian au-
dienccs Gentlemen are actually afraid to
escort ladies to these places until they are
sure that nothing Of character to offend is
to be introduced.
This is more local views than local news,
but 1T is not without local interest, and
~ ought to be held we'll in mind by any en-
tertainment that proposes to visit US. 49,
All five coats Of paint have been added to
the Presbyterian-church steeple, and the
scaffolding is being taken down. FINS.
One OF our city papers keeps an able and
able-bodied statistician on constant duty Tor
the sole business OF acknowledging the
8. first cotton bloom Of the season."
The wife OF Mr. William j. Branch, o
prominent commission merchant, is report
ed as being quite sick. This amiable
lady has long been FRUSTRATED with dropsy
OF the heart, but her recent apparent i'm
proYement has been such as to encourage
the hope Of her recovery among her friends.
A great many citizens are out OF town,
and good many vino are here are sick. Ii
is not strange that the town should seem q
little dull. a..@.. .sr. i.:a
4 Our townsman, Captain w. Gordon Mo
Cabe, master of the University school, has
just appeared in the role OF author his per-
Torrance being work on Latin Orthogra-
ply, translated from the German OF Bran
bach, with notes and additions by the trans
lator. 1t is published by the Harper Bro
theirs. Your correspondent, who can hardly,
keep up with the science OF English SPELL
ing, will hardly undertake to criticise or
commend Captain McCabe's work, but is
confident, from the known scholarship OF
that gentleman, that it is a valuable contri-
button to the textbooks used in our CLASH
cal institutions. ,t..--;,. ..,- 81
The almshouse has got fine, new ambu-
lance, which cost $3.50. It looks SO pretty
tuat every Douy wants W NC paupel Al VI
der to enjoy ride in it.
Rev. T. 7. Eaton returned from Raleigh
yesterday.
A country dog, escaping from the official
net, concealed himself two weeks ago in the
cellar OF burnt building on Bank street.
Some workmen engaged in the erection of
stable near by discovered him yesterday
in condition bordering upon death. He
was lifted out and attended to properly,
and bids fair to get well. The dog is a valu-
able-and, as the incident shows, intelli-
gent-hound.
People who talk about repudiating the
State DEBT on account OF the emancipation
Of the negroes will perhaps be given point
to think over when informed that more than
thirteen hundred coored people Of this city
pay taxes on real estate. ROBIN ADAIR.