The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-11-04
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.,o,.roy AND TOBACCO REcElPTs-- COMPARATIVE
Colh ,orswsSr--sALE or VALUABLE PROPER
s,.ruE c.NyAsS--A BRILLIANT CAM.
iycx-- CAPTAIN nINToS's SUCCESS BE.
nSvp no BE suRE--TRiAL FOR MURDER
Ivy RECEIPTS FOR THE MoFFETT RsaIs'
i ,c,-,r>pondcnce OF the Richmond Dispatch.t
t'V'' NOVEMBER 9, 1873.
,,. -,caints Of cotton in this city ola the
,.t.]rshurg railroad for the week ending to-
,.nro 915 bales, as against l,i15 bales
o.. ,he corresponding week last year. The
iV ~ rareints at this port since tho list OF
.sy" ',t the beginning OF the cotton
sln an,onut to 1902 bales, as against 3, I23
soins for the corresponding period last
wear. :, ,ohooon A. fho
,..ornbnuses in this city since the 1st OF DC
,,Nnr are 1883 hogSheads, as against 9SS
esoa,,csSs for the same time last year, ana
,hc receipts 72l hogsheads,
81" 6f,h part OF the Centre.warehouse pro-
.>nr,r and OF the brick stores occupied by
JgoseDh Carr and Il. A. Martin 4 Co.. on
Svr,morc street, belonging to Mr.. John
Rowlctt, was sold at public auction to-day,
and was purchased by Mr.. John c. ARMS
tead for s6,o2o.
As the clection-day draws nearer tic po-
,;,jcal excitement increases, ana IL is De-
loved by Tuesday next whatever apathy
may have existed in the ranks OF the Con-
scryatiye PARTY will have entirely dtsap-
nnsrrd. 4 fine canvass has been made
throughout the district by the Conservative
champions, and enthusiasm and hopeful
ness are everywhere apparent. during
the present week large assemblies nave
gathered at different points 10 hear ad'
dresses, In LnDenburg on Thursday an
old.iashioned barbecue was given at he
bnhoth, to which the people gathered
from all the adjacent country. AT Loves
mill in the same county, on Friday, captain
Hinton addressed n crowd OF between three
and four hundred men-a large aSSemD'aSe
for the neiohborhood. Last night at Far'n-
willie CAPTAIN p. II. Mckinney and Coionel
William Z. Cameron delivered able ana
convincing speeches to an enthusiastic
crowd. On Monday night General Roger
\. Pryor, Of New York, who is visiting
relatives and friends in Noltoway county,
will speak 1t Farmrille in behalf OF Captain
Hinton.
On Monday night we shall have the last
rally Of the campaign IN this city. and win
the eloquent speakers announced TO address
the meeting the crowd to hear them VIII DC
great.
As have said above, the Conservatives
are hopcful-ccriain, indeed-of clect!ng
Captain Hinton 10 Congress on next tues.
dav. and Of redccming the " Black District y.
from Radical control. So may it be. .
The negroes have been coming forward
pretty briskly to-day and paying their poll
lax for 1877. Ii is SAID that the number OF
colorcd delinquentS in this city is between
twelve and fourteen hundred, and in the
district between tive and six thousand.
The trial OF Mr.. W. \. Reese, for the
killing OF Adolphus Trotter at Hcksford
some two weeks ago, will take place in the
Grccn>yillc County Court the early part OF
next week. II is rllmored that the Radicals
Will employ counsel to assist the Common
wcalth'S attorney to prosecute him. The
political feeling against Mr.. Reese Is SAID TO
be bitter.
The Common Council last night passed
resolution authorizing the Finance Com
mittee TO employ additional counsel TO look
after The interests of the city in the Peters
burg railroad in the United States Court.
The number OF charity prescriptions
issued by the four physicians to the poor
last month was about one hundred and
fifty. The number is small, and the cost to
the city is small also.
The receipts from the Moffett registers
during the month Of October amounted to
S1,323.14. being the largest collections ever
yet made in one month from the registers
in this cty-larSer, indeed, than any two
months returns combined.
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