The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-04-26
DErERSBURG.

PElESSbOIN''
THE CONCERT LAST NleHT--sri.kSpip hhehr'
Wv ro 4 YOUNG PETERSBURG ARTISTE-
,,SIr or NORTHERN CAPITALISTS - FRO
c,,nyE OF THE BRITISH CEIEBRATioN-NE'
cpnrs WHIPPED 49, INSURANCE CASE SET
rp--THH LIoro Observation-Disclosures FOR
observation-disclosures FROM THE NORTH.
Correspondence OF The Richmond Dispatch!
ArRIL %, 1877.
Tho concert given ut the Academy OF
~, ,sst night for the benefit OF Miss
Mary l.. Tuck, the young PETERSBURG ar
t;.,c was a brilliant success. The Aca-
so,,,,. was crowded with one OF the most
c,,,t;votrd and critical audiences ever as
.n,,h,nd there. and Miss Tuck's reception
a,,,nr,.cd IN n Dcrfect ovation. This young
r,Sy ,chn Is native Of Petersburg. Is just
seventeen wears OF age, ana mas really re-
oc;,cs very little instruction In music. She
,,ns.csScS a soprano voice OF wohuef1ul Fich-
rcSS comrass, and power, and singing comes
asDstural to her as 10 bird. Inc peneht was
GIVEN her last night ny the cltiZenS OF re-
fnr,hurn 10 enable her to go into training
uotcr competent instructors and masters
abroad for professional life. Her audience
were wrought up 10 genuine enthusiasm
uodrr the influence OF her sweet voice, ana
lime and again cncored her. To-day paper
j. IN circulation and'iS being generally
signed asking her 10 give another concert.
The concert was given under the direction
Of Professor F. G. Hair, Of this city, and
among the performers was Miss Annie
Slcdd. daughter Of Rev. Dr. Slcdd, OF Rich
uoad, one OF Professor Hairs pupils, who
i,rr;orn,cd with rare grace and perfection.
Recently party OF northern capitalists
purchased 4 large tract Of land on the line
., the Atlantic. Mississippi and Ohio rail-
road this side oI Lynchburg, on which
there are lar-c quantities OF iron ore OF
rrra; purity. Several OF these capital
ISIS were here Yesterday looking after the
facilities for transporting and shipping this
ore.
/ meeting OF the Committee on Pro-
cramnr % che British international cele-
bration was held to-day, and programme
Of festivities extending from May ed to
the o5th inclusive was adopted and author
lied 20 be issued. The secretary reported
the receipt OF letters from Chicago, Ottowa.
and many other northern and Canadian
cite, expressing warm interest ii the eel
citation.
Within the laS: three days three negroes.
convicted o! stealing hogs i'll Prince George
county, have been whipped To the extent
of thirty-nine lashes each and sentenced to
Imprisonment for six months in the county
iail: and two or three others have been
committed for trial for house breaking.
In the IIuStings Court to-day, in the case
Ci +. L. John>on'S heirs Us. The Life lnsu-
rance Company OF Virginia, for the recovery
q $40, 900 on a liic-poIicy held by the late
+. l.. johnson. il Was announced that
satisfactory settlement had been arranged
between the parties TO the suit. and on mo-
ton the matter was dismissed from the
dockct. The sum paid was $500. The
suit oi Austin Baker (colorcd) rs. The
Lynchburg Banking and Insurance Com
pany, Tor the recovery OF $500 on personal
property alleged TO have been burned, was
continued until the next term. Payment
i>rcai<tcd in this case on the ground That
the value al the property destroyed did not
equal the amount OF insurance.
MIR. =. ". Robertson. n venerable and eS-
tcciHcd citizen, IS quite sick. y day or two
$40 his tongue was paralyZed. He IS better
TO-DAY. and hopes are entertained OF bis
carly and permanent recovery.
AT the meeting of the Liquor-Dcalcrs'
Association held last night report was
submitted hy The special committee appoint
ed 10 visit and consult with the Richmond
liquor-dcalcrs. and agencral financial, exc
clitve, and managing committee, TO super
Scdc all others. WAS appointed TO raise FUNDS
Tor the purposes OF inc aSSoclitlolI, anu W
take any action deemed necessary to protect
the interests OF the dealers.
Among the persons convicted at the pre-
sent term Of the Hastings Court was ayoung
man named W. G.. @. Andrews, OF North
Carolina, for passing forged drafts. An
drcw> is very youthful, the son OF highly
respectable parents, and merely passed
drafts which had been forged by an older
and more wicked man, who used him as
tool. Andrews was not taken to the peni-
Tertiary, to which he was sentenced for two
wears, by reason Of respite from the Gov
crnor. for whose consideration petition
for pardon is now being prepared. 1t has
received the signatures OF the jurors who
tried him. officers Of the court, and other
citizens. The Governor and senators OF
North Carolina will personally intercedc for
him.
DR.. J.. r. Wincfeld, one of the promi-
ncut land agents OF this city, is about in
PRODUCING boy lahorcrS from the North IN
this section. He expects the first instalmcnt
Of some twenty-five or thirty boys to-mor-
row morning from New York. These are
orphan and homeless children, who will be
placed upon farms in this section and
brought up under good management, and
probably they will grow up to he good and
useful citizens Of the Old Commonwealth.
Others will be brought here rs fast as good
homes can be obtained for them.
ROBIN ADAIR.