The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-03-22
Aitt,montl 1lspattlt,
.........., MARCH %, 1871.
PETER SBTTRG.

rETERSRRuG RAlLHoAp--N0 AEETING-THE
MISUNDERSTANDING THE PRESIDENT
TOLD COLONEL rGTTs--No APPOINTMENT TO
RE MADE At OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES STRATEGY
OF THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. oRM-THE
SITE FOR THE CENTRAL. ASYLCA-AccIDENT.
Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.I
MARCH 81, 1877.
The annual meeting OF the stockholders Of
the Petersburg railroad. advertised to be
held to day, did not take plsce for want OF
Z quorum. and an adjournment was an
nounced until the 10Th OF May. Meanwhile
the present Board Of Directors will hold
over. with Captain K. G. Pcgram acting rs
president. A meeting OF the Board was
held to-day. TO whom statements OF the sew
cral departments OF the road for the past
year were presented. -@.
Colonel d. G. Potts returned from Wash
;ngton this morning. While in that CITY he
called upon the President, and was intro
duccd by Postmaster-Gcnerat Hey. The
President informed Colonel Potts Of serious
charges tha: had been preferred against
him. 1t was charged that he ostracized the
coiored members OF his own church; that
he had voted while in the Council to dis
franchise fully one-ha.i OF the colorcd voters
OF First Ward; and, worse than all, that he
was 4 member OF an association or society
which had cruelty murdered poor negro
before the war. To learn from the .Presi-
dents lips that he was charged with muir
der must have been shock to the Colonel,
who is one Of the gentiest and kindcSt OF
men. The Council year before last reduced
the number OF vpting-prccincts in each
ward in the city TO one. simply as mca-
sure OF economy. The Republicans OF First
Ward sent in petition asking that another
precinct he established there. on the ground
that the iuH vote Of the ward could not be
east at one place: and the Council, OF which
Colonel Potts was a member. declined to
grant the request. For this he is charged
with voting TO diIranchise the colored
voters. As 10 the other charges am iSno-
rant.
The President informed Colonel Potts
that he would make no appointment OF
postmaster AT present. and would not APP
point him until he had time to investigate
these charges. This action is considered as
fatal to Colonel PottS's prospects for the
office, and it IS altogether probable that
straight-out Republican will get the place.
The name OF Peter G.. Morgan (colorcD is
already spoken OF on the street as the
comm" man. He was 4 member OF the
Legislature al one time, and for one or more
terms was member OF our Council, and
was one oil the men said to have been dis
frauchiScd iii the First Ward.
lis known that Jorgensen, Stowcll, and
Pait, and the whole carpet-bag ring in this
city, have fought desperately against any
concessions TO the Democrats, or the APP
pointment OF any Of them to Office, and it
looks very much rs though they will be SUE
ce,Sful.
We had sharp thunderstorm this after
7 '.,ln al ,,.it haa IVY
shower. There were several vivid flashes
of lightning.
Hare'S farm, the site agreed upon by the
Joint committee OF the Legislature rs the 10
cation for the Central Lunatic Asylum, lies
about one mile east OF the city between the
Norfolk and Petersburg and City Point
railroads The Newmarket race-course, cele-
hratcd in the annals Of the turf before the
war was 4 portion Of this tract. The old
San,,,.- mansion WAS destroyed during the
war an,, the proprietor has ever since
been a resident Of Petersburg. The place
has all the requisites pf good site for The
asyilm.
The immortal 81. n" arrived i:ere this
afternoon. lie proposes to lift the pres
sure" on Friday night, il he can get 4 hall
cheap.
George James. brick mason, while en-
gagged IN removing the bricks from the
front OF Mr. Spotswood's store, on Syca-
more street, to-day, fell distance OF fifteen
feet from the scaflolding on which be was
standing, and was painfully hurt.
Susan Wyatt (colored) died last night OF
burns received some days ago. Her clothes
caught fire while she was cooking, and she
was dreadlully burned before assistance
could reach her.
The receipts Of tobacco this week, both
priced and loose, have been very light.
There was some increase to-day. The manu-
facturers are unable to supply their de-
mands. ROBIN ADAlR.