The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-08-11
PETERSBURG.

c,-RyRNl ToRIAI. ExclTEMEST--A LITTLE RE-
GERMANTOWN EARTY ENDORSEMENT OF
COLONEL. NORTHUMBERLAND OF 4 yESERA-
RTE AND BELOVED LADY--DEATn OF, A
Young NAN CONTRACT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
PRICES CCRRENT--.A KEROSENE "AcCI-
DENT "--pERSOSAL--MOvE OF DELE
GATES. &c.
correspondence OF the Richmond Dispatch.I
AUGUST 10, 1877.
The Gnbcrnatoriai Convention has been
the exclusive and all-absorbing topic OF
thought and talk in the city to-day. People
have left their business to frequent the bull
lctln-boards. copy the ballots rs they were
slowly reported, and discuss the chances OF
candidates, az il each citizen had the most
intense personal interest in The Issue ne
announcement az General Mahonc'S Witii-
drawal after the sixth ballot created an I'M
mensc sensation. The knowing ones on
both sides saw at once what was coming
but the pcop!c generally were mystitied. X
i hard 10 say exactly VIVA. is the temper OF
tho town with respect 10 the nomination.
or course everybody admits Colonel llolli-
dav to DC Il gentleman Of the highest worth,
in every way worthy OF the nomination.
General Mahonc'S friends. however land
they arc very numerous and very ardenD,
are greatly disappointed ut his defeat; and
most Of them are equally surprised. The dis
cuSsionS between his supporters and those on
,hr other side have in some eases been pretty
tart, though il is to be hoped that whatever
az bitterness there may have been over the
contest may now DC forgotten. The charge
thu; all the other candidates combined
acain-t the General. and so did not give
him 4 fair chance, is made 10y his friends,
while the others contend that the vote Of
do h,y-. h.,n, II.
Souihside candidate. And so they have it.
But the troubled waters will no doubt sub
side very shortly, and everybody will join
hands in giving Colonel Holiday an en-
th,lsla>tic support. That, indeed, every
body does alrcats. Colonel Holiday made
a splendid impression 10y the speech which
he made here during the Tllden canvass,
and it is not difficult now to find numbers
Of gentlemen who have been Holiday men
from the first and all the time.
Mrs. Agnes :. Lyon, wife OF Daniel Lyon,
Esq. died this afternoon at the residence OF
her son-in-law, Mr.. Thomas i. Booth, OF
Dinwiudic county, in the SEVENTEEN year OF
her sec. She was the mother OF Captain
John Lyon. OF Richmond and OF numerous
other children. Mrs. Lyon celebrated her
golden wedding last year. She had been 4
bright Christian all her life, and consistent
for many wears. Her funeral will take place
tomorrow afternoon at } O'Clock from the
Wa>hington-Strcct church. She was Il lady
adorned with AL the VIRTUES OF her sex, and
her death causes sorrow through wide
circle Of relatives and friends.
The funeral services of the late Walter
LuiSey. a worthy and respected youth, fif-
teen years Of age. took place yesterday after
noon from Wesley chapel. His disease was
consumption.
Mc,srs. HuGOn A. GrccMhoW have re-
ceiycd the contract for rcpavlng and repair
I'M. the north side OF Sycamore street, under
the authority oi the City Council.
Mr.. r. jefferson Clark a veteran IN the
printing line. la> resumed the publication
ii his Prices CuJTe,t. originally begun over
thirty wears aga, but suspended for some
time past. Il will be 81 trustworthy publi-
cation il the dlligcnt labors OF a thoroughly
honest man can make it 50.
Among our late visitors i Mr.. Barncr
fhaton. Il citizen OF MccklenburS county.
He Is upwards Of eighty years old, but is
H. lively and ~ vigorous rs any youth, and
walked into town by the side OF his wagon.
The IorSc-thici William Banks, OF Surry,
has not been heard from, and has probably
made his escape for good.
A colorcd girl named Ellen Jones was
badly burnt Yesterday by setting fire to an
oi-can hv means OF matches.
Judge +. Al. Mann departed up the At
lantic. Mississippi and Ohio railroad to-day
10 take his summer holiday before the ses-
sion OF September court.
4 number OF delegates from the south
eastern counties passed through town to-
day on their way home. They said it was
too warm for them in Richmond.
ROBIN .ADAIR.