The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-07-11
airI,n,ol,d llspatf'h|i.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES IL, 1877.
pETERSBURG,

SERVICES AT POPLAR .oRovE--APPR0PRiArE
PRAYER AND ApDREssES-THE ERA OF RE-
t,oScnIATIoN--A CASE INVOLVING OBSCURE
LEGAL IssuES--aSOTHER KEROSENE FIRE
MORE HOT wEATnER-GALLANTaf OF THE
por,rcE--ISsPECTIoNs OF ToBACCo---PER-
soNAL-A MURDER, &C.
Correspondence Of tho Richmond Dispatch.]
.fgLT IL, 1877.
The exercises at. Poplar-Groye Cemetery
Yesterday afternoon were largely attended
bv chr peeple. who exhibited proper de-
gree OF respectful interest and sympathy IN
them, Among those present were Colonei,
D. G. Potts, our new postmaster; Colonel
y. p. Brady, Rev. Giles B. Cooke, Captain
!. G. Griffin, Mr.. r. 6. Watkins, and many
others, including, also, numerous iadies.
An appropriate prayer was offered by
AIR. Cooke; after which, in an address
of ten or fifteen minutes, MIR. Wat
kins. young lawyer OF the city, eX-
pressed In well-chosen terms the senti-
Inents which fill the hearts OF the southern
people thus standing in the midst OF the
silent graves OF those who were lately their
enemies. to whom in death they feel that de-
gree OF reconciliation and regard which
every brave man feels for his worthy foe.
He alluded to the era Of good feeling which
has come to pass, and invoked peace and
harmony betw cen the sections so late at de-
structive war. The address was in good
taste. and was heard with pleasure by all
who were present. Captain John c. Griffin,
q gallant ex-Confederate, also made Few
remaks In Keeping with the spirit OF the
time and place.
There are 5,567 Union. dead buried in this
one cemetery, almost at the gates OF the
80 hrx, a ri thpyn n mont r.
BILE memorial now rises. About thirty un-
marked Confederate graves are also within
the enclosure.
A case involving dark and obscure points
OF law has arisen in this city, involving two
darkies and dog. The dog is dead, but the
two negroes are alive. To the elder Of the
negroes the dog belonged when it had the
happiness to be alive. The younger Sene-
gamban used to "devi" him-that is the
language OF the Observation-Disclosures
he passed anywhere nea- the dogs
habitation. At last the dog "upped" this
also is Officially and bit the boy. 1t seemed
10 be 4 case OF poetcal justice, but in the
absence OF the dogs owner the bitten boy
got magistrate to order the dogs demise,
which was accordingly inflicted. Now the
owner Of the same is besetting the Mayor
and all the justices OF the corporation to get
his "rigbts" Whether he wants the dog
revived or the little negro killed does not
appear at this Stage OF the litigation.
Still third fire occurred Yesterday, al
most this morning, for It took place about
12 O'Clock. A house owned by Tempsey
Stokes, a colored woman in Blandford, was
the victim. The careless handling of a
kerosene lamp did the mischief, as usual.
Mercury marked ninety-eight degrees in
the shade again to-day. People talk about
nothing but excursions to the sea and flights
TO the country. er-
Rev. Or. Gibson has returned to the city.
People are praising the police, and espe-
cially Officers NIaher, Berry, and Crichton,
for the gallant labors by which they saved
the large building on Pine street, known as
Bishops factory, on Sunday night, when
the house of Dir. Eichburg, next door to it,
was burned to the ground.
4 postal convention is expected to be
held ut City Point on the Goth instant, at
which various needed reforms in the matter
of the postal service are expected to be dis
cussed and introduced.
The inspections OF tobacco at the ware
houses Of the city Tor the first quarter OF the
current year are reported as follows Centre
warehouse, 1,511 hogsheads West Hill,
$50 hogSbeads; Oaks, 1866 hogsheads;
Moore's, 2,139 hogsheads. AS to two OF
the warehouses these figures represent
slight falling of, as compared with the in
spectionS for the same period OF last year.
With respect to the two others there is
considerable increase, as measured by the
same standard. On the whole, the tobacco
trade Of the city may be said to hold its own
very well. .
Information has Just been received here Of
the murder OF white man named James E.
Traylor by negro boy named Jim Thatch
on the farm Of Mr.. r. Boiling Wilcox, in
Prince George county, last Saturday. The
two had some alteration, in the course Of
which Mr.. Traylor, who was fifty-four years
of age, and married man with several
struck the negro boy, aged eigh-
teen years, with small stick. The negro
gathered a brick and struck Mr.. Traylor on
the head with it, crushing the skull and in
flicting death. The negro has been ar
rested and lodged in Jail.
DR.. j. Edward Moyler has resigned the
OF Grace church Episco-
pal Sunday school, the duties OF which he
has discharged with great zeal and success
for some years past. ROBIN ADAIR.