The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-08-13
RitI,nontl llspatch,
MONDAY AUGUST IL, 1871.
PETERSBURG.

PETERSBURG. ..-.s. .e.
ABATEMENT OF POLITICAL EXCITEMENT -
Everybody ENDORSES THE NOMINATION.
..RCr THE HOLIInAY CIGAR"-RUMoRS OF
PETERSBURG MEN on THE TICKET--ATTEMFT-
ED POISONING; JEALOUSY THE CAUSE
pLAsTING-WoKK on THE RIVER HITCH
COCKS cksE--NRS. LYONS FUNERAL-RE-
LiGIoUS Personal ITEMS.
Correspondence of the Richmond Dspatch.I
-. AUGUST III, 1877.
Grim-visased war has smoothed his
wrinkled front. To-day everybody got up
in good humor, and the long contest OF
the gubcrnatorial succession appears to be
ended. The Ratchet Is buried, and every
thing Is forgotten but the nominee. This
is as & should be. The minds f-peopIe
have been kept up to severe strain aud
tension for many months past, and, now
that the decision is reached, there seems to
he no reason in fighting over the battles OF
the past The streets have been very quiet
to-day. although many strangers have been
seen upon thcmthc delegates, no doubt,
from the counties below here, who were on
their way home. ...- .. 49, .s~..
| have heard nothing so far OF a ratifca-
ton meeting, but the Conservative authori-
ties here never do anything in halfway,
and Petersburg will no doubt give the
ticket :: rousln@ endorsement 1t u ut and
proper time.
Perhaps it is well enough not to stir up
the public mind so soon after thu" great
struggle, and while yet q considerable de
cree OF sensitireness prevails with respect
10 the issue of it.1Ars e-s-.a..as - - =. - '
Oncoi our enterprising cigar-dealcrs had
ont Il sign in front Of his store & STor, AND
Ely THE HOLIDAY CIGAR" or words TO
that effect, in au hour after the wires bore
the news OF the nomination. Meanwhile
the number Of original Holiday men is
rapidly on the increase, till it may be said
the woods are full OF them. Lastly, Il citj-
zen has tnrncd up who dreamed night or
two ahead of the result that Holiday is the
coming man ; but he wasn't supporter OF
the Colonel, and claims no reward on the
score OF his prophecy.
The standing joke among thc;locaI small
wits is tha. we arc TO have holiday for four
years. 3D. 6 20 ..,....s-.
Ii was believed here yesterday afternoon,
before General Walker and Mr, Daniel were
nominated, that General Malone would Sc
lcct the candidates for ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
and Attorney General, in consideration OF
the support given by his followers to the
yubcrnatorial candidate. The names of two
Petersburg gcntlcmen-one n prominent
member of the Convention aud municipal
officer Of high grade-were mentioned m
connection with the first Office, and we'll
known lawyer OF the city was named in as
ISOLATION with the latter. These various
propositions had earnest supporters, but the
ticket as otherwise made up is now pretty
generally acque>ced IN.
We have a small sensation Of attempted
poisoning. Two colored ladies are the par
ties TO the romance. One is the neglected
wife and the other the too-much-attcnded
friend of the same dark Lothario. Nitrate
Of silver was the agent invoked to cut short
this amour. but the sable coquette noted the
strange taste Of the coffee in which it was
mingled and did not gormand enough 10
hurt her. No arrests have been made.
Mr.. W. y. Davis, Of Richmond, for many
wears Il respected resident OF this city, has
been appointed route agent on the Atlantic,
Mississippi and Ohio railroad between
Lynchburg and Norfolk. .'.7. p. .,Eh
It has become pretty warm again, the
mercury skipping around ninety. Rut 81.
Swithin has dried up. the nights are cool,
and mothers and sons are doing as we'll ~
could he expected. zee
Blasting operations began on the Apo
mattoX river improvement this morning.
The rock 20 far has been hut partly dis
placed. Nitro-glyccrine Is the explosive
agency employed. az. ...is.....r.
The case OF John Hitchcock, charged
with Offering Insults to ladies, was post
poned this morning by the acting Mayor
until Tuesday next on account or the be-
rcavemcnt Of his lawyer, Mr.. David n.
Lyon, whose mother died on yesterday.
The funeral OF this esteemed lady took
place at ) o'clock this afternoon at the
Washington-Strcc Methodist Episcopal
church and vaS attended by large con-
course OF friends.
The District Conference ut Rocky Hook
church. in Surrv, has adjourned. and the
Methodist ministers OF this city will ill
their pupits rs Usual tomorrow.
None of the Petersburg military compa-
MES will attend the encampment at the
Grccnbrier White Sulphur Springs.
There was a picnic to-day near Church
Roads Crossing, on the Atlantic, Mlssls-
>ippi and Ohio railroad. under the auspices
and for the benefit OF the Rocky Kun
church.
Rev. Mr.. Tribe, pastor OF the Disciples
church at Norfolk, went up on the train
this morning TO preach tomorrow at Mount
Zion church in Dinwiddie. This denomi-
nation has lately grown pretty strong in this
part Of the world. -
The train from orfok for Lynchburg this
morning consisted OF eight cars, about dou-
bic the usual number. don't know the
occasion OF the increased travel. g.
Grapes are coming into market freely;
and on the lower streets of the city sumac
is all the cry. 3, ...g.g.... .,... ~ 4.-- -
Mrs. DIR. Leigh. lately reported i'll, i. bet
ter. '"h a~'a III 80. .... go q. ~.
A good many bets and small wagers gen.
orally have changed hands to-day .1ii'- -
,'.."t..s.. ,.,..aI. yarN ROBIN ADAIR.