The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-03-06
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,oxsssyarlys aass-MEETIss'--IHs DE, u !,
CossH wsrIoS TO BE DEscgsss p---coN IhAs :
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acsrns'?S'>' MARCH 5, 1870. !.
,.etins OF the Conservative citizens
iasss,sSshI,rg appointed ios} Erlday nigtitt'
Of ;ss EXPRESSION 10 their sentiment IN re
10 =" y, the settlement or the o.
E" ga S,ate debt. has been changed TO to.t no,
.nt night at the Academy OF Muse. Ine
Ill for the meeting is signed ny some wv
s,n,drcd OF our best citizens, Wec3 ps isss,s
.hat their best interest, public ana pftts,,e,
ts Nv the immediate settlement ., 'n y,
IN question. and that the proposit'on y.
W. W. holders OF the State bonds, now oeipsS
.ns ngislature, is liberal, Just. ana ousn,
- We accepted. .Apumbes q aIsSinsuls,'e I.
" ,,sn,pn of our. city, haTe. beea "ihsitea 20
ssarcss fhe meeting, ana nave slsh,nso
thn;r willingness to, 90 So sIs9:ls atn .s.
;nv;ted to speak are fhe Seaa'D. .loIn LIE
district and the delegates iIe's re q, :
The Academs viii be cfo&aeu ~ sass 49, ~ -
sinn aniia positive expression o,sss.he -
~ the people in favor Of tue ss el,!Iiach Iii II
the deb, on the basis OF the 'MeSuu -, th h,,
Will be given. The great sn '.!o. ;sfsnb.
people OF Petersburg are arc r'sh' ~ - 71s'E
jec'. -. tor rebujlding the tobacco
Ds I ~ William Cameron & Brother, on
d., street, on the: site OF the one ne,
~. dcstroye6 BY fire, has been aWardeo
M ~, J II. Newell, OF Richmond, whose
Ia 10 &c vas the lowest. The contract calls
Nv thc completion OF the work in ninety
i Sa,s There were numerous proposals,
va. J tho difference in the amounts was
az" AIN MARKED. From 100000 to 5000, 0Gl
,r;ol,. will be needed, and the factory
,',,c', completed will be one Of the largeS'
WIZ hcudsomest in the State. The ma
" ,'"n 10 be introduced will be. OF tht
Ia,r,t ard most improved order, and en-
,,,nyneDt will be given to nearly one thou
5ord hands. Dir. Thomas Sheldon, OF .lhls
city. viii superintend the work.
A. the term OF the Sussex County Court
r,iirh commences tomorrow, the cases 81
Tho four negroes charged with rlotous con
duet near Wayerly Will come up OF for trial
Captain John Lyon, OF Richmond, Is then
meeting OF knights OF Pythias OF The
c.v UJl be held tonight TO establish
division OF the uniform rank OF the or
dar here, and make application for char
Ter. - .-.- -, .,..;...;;; 49,.
convention Of one wing OF the Conser-
v,,lycs 81 Prince George county. MIL DC
held at The courthouse on the first day Q!
thc tIarch term OF the court, to make nomf
nations for county officers. Several OF ,tht
districts have already appointed delegates II
The convention. and one or two have re
T., d 10 do so. The two wings seem to %
h,,,.eiy separated, with no prospect o.
coming together.
The meetings Of the Young Mems Chris
,ian Association are being held this week IL
the Tabb Street Presbyterian church, ano
the attendance has been so large that they
lave been transferred to the main body OIL
the church. Rev. 5. Il. VIM led the ser.
vices Yesterday afternoon, and Rev. DR.. Glib
son, OF the Episcopal Church, led them this
afternoon. Much good Is being. done bj
these meetings. - u.s.. ...e.' g.
Nuch qualification is expressed that Con
crcsS has increased the appropriation to tn
AnDomattox river to $50, 900 instead of $40,
600, as reported by the committee. None!
is very cresily needed to dredge the bar
formed by the late freshet. Vessels draw
inc nine to ten feet of water have to b
lghiered in order to get over some OF tn
bars.
The loose tobacco sales average $4,000 tt
G0.G0O pounds daily at our warehouses. ant
the better qualities Of dark leaf bring 50 Il
$40. Tie crop Of colored planter in Din
widdie to-day sold at $1,000 per hundre'
pounds-the highest price that has been oh
tanned this season. ........-.. ....... ....,..
The Council. by almost unanimous vote
has stricken from the city ordinances tn
provision, wherever it appears, ailoWin
one-laf OF The fine imposed for violation
OF the law to the informers. .......-.
Considerable interest has been manifesto
in tobacco circles to-day, relative to the elct
ton OF an auctioneer ut the Exchange t
succeed the late Colonel f. A. Wyatt. ID
lit Of candidates for the place, it Is undel
stood. has been narrowed down to tWe-M'
James T. Tosh, OF Richmond, and 81
Thomas c. Moss, OF this city,, Somcthin
Ike political feeling has creptinto the maj
Ter. At a meeting Of rhe Exchange held tx
day >iy new names were presented for men
bersbip, but the Exchange voted not
elect any more alernbers until after the ele'
ton OF auctioneer, which is to take place o
Friday. D. -s -ht
Mrs. Wilson, wife OF Mr. r. T. Wilson
awe!-knowD lawyer Of our city, is lyin
critically i'll to-day. ROBIN AD4IR.
Salt for Hogs. -: r, 4.