The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-12-30
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PETERSBURG.

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,,usrsHsp REVENUE RKcElPTs--g.n nnn,s =.
ps.,s rrsT1yETIEs--THS LATE MURDER IN
IsnE,w.y--rsroNY CASES AWAITING Ex-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF a CITIZEN OF DIN
z.,1nnYy coUSTY-C0TToS RECEtpTs'-buSs.-
NESS CHANGES. ,,,,,,.,cn,
tc orr'S''Ne DscEaBER 90, 1878.
,r,,o acknowledgements receipts IN TINS dfs-
.u.st Tar the week ending to-day announces
u t'N anIv a., 400. The suspension OF Wo.k
,,r;nc the holidays, together win inc ngot
srade caused by the tooacco'taS agtat.on'
1sws led to this great shrinkage 10 Ieceipts;
The FIRST Baptist church was S.oM S.a.'
last night on the OCCASION o. sne u'ssa a III
ton OF presents to tne suauas a snn Christ
oreh 80. ..o Santa Claus was appropriately
.Dassassntcd. and an interesting address was
Ia,,,vered by DR.. Eaton, who seems TO pc
I.n,r ON all occasions and on all themes
~ 10 distribution Of presents the otncers
=, Tho school were generously remembered
br the children and the pastor Dy MS con-
location. DR.. Eaton received nne over
80 l., accounting which he SAID he trusted
S ss,s an indication OF the warmth OF the
see,ing 81 the congregation towards MN.
r. a5naars from later Developments that
Mr. Malachi Dupriest, who was kiled IN
Tottoway county on the night before Cns, ,s!s
mas. was shot by William N. Qualles' MS
aon-in-law-not by Mr.. Tnomas, as az hls;
nenorted. The families OF the TWO lheu t a;s
summed together, but suosequeht'? ,,as
mute arose between Dupriest ana Qua anIS
and the latter left, remarktng tuu1 nc 49, 49,
settle the difficulty in ine inoshit .sc
ouares's family live IN mouse ,; ~ ' he
same yard with Dupriest. ni.e ., n1
was preparing to retire ne W.. ~, uor
vi ont nv MIR. Duprest, and the quar-
-, renewed. Both men were armed, ana
ths f;rst shot was fred by Dupriest from his
nnrch. The fire was returned by Quaries,
ihe shot entering Dupriest's abdomen, pro-
dncing fearful wound, and causing almost
instant death. Quarles is son OF Mrs. Du-
nriest BIZ her first marriage, and also mar.
ricd daughter OF Mr.. Dupriest by bis hrst
1vife-making the affair in all respects very
distressing one. Quarles is in the jail OF
Sotfoway county, awaiting trial ut the JAN
nary term OF the court. Mr.. Dupriest was
formerly resident OF Lunenb1rg county.
There are now four felony cases awaiting
examination before the Mayor, all OF The
offences being laid to the charge OF TOO free
;ndnlocnce in Christmas festivities. In the
n,atter q, the shooting OF William Sheffield,
The narties charged with the dced-W. u.
Standby and Charles W. Thomas-have Deen
admitted to bail In the sum OF Sl,0O0 each
for their appearance on the llth OF january.
Only one shot was fired, and botn parties
cannot therefore be guilty. Though q
crowd OF people filed the house, no one ap-
parently knows by whom the SHOT was
fired. Probably under strict eroSs-eSanl-
nation some positive facts may be eilcited.
Sheffield will doubtless get we'll, ana may
be abb TO throw light on the case. ~ ~
William J. Stoner, charged with stabbing
William Henry Carter (colored), and John
Jessup, charged with cutting his sister-in-
law. Mrs. Bullock, are under bail OF S5OU
each for their appearance in court on Mon:
day. .....t< hH -. ..
Mr.. Porter Burgess, well-known citizen
of Dinwiddle county, aged about twenty
two wears, committed suicide last night by
taking strvchnine. About two months age
the deceased lost his wife, which greatly
affected his mind aud caused deep meian
choIy to fall upon him, under the effects Of
which he took his own life. He was founo
dead in bed at the residence Of his father
in.law this morning, where his infant chile
is kept. He was son of Mr.. Clark Bur
CESS, OF Dinwiddie, and q nephew OF Mr.
Rush Burgess, OF Richmond.
The receipts Of cotton at this port per the
Petersburg railroad for the week ending to-
day were $50 bales.
The indications are that there will be bu'
few, II any, important changes in the busi
ness firms OF this city at the beginning o.
the year.
The Appomattox river is frozen over al
points where the current Is not very swift
But for the fall OF the snow, 1t Is prcbabl.
q fine quality OF ice would have been OBJ
tanned throughout this section. ....,..@
#s ROBIN ADAIR.