The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-05-10
Hitl,mond 1ispatfll.
MONDAY. ...............MA 10, 1880
PETERSBURG.

,xrr,xo OF rHg HiaH TENT OF REcuA.
n,rEs-REvgNug COLLECTIONS AND Rx.
popTs-cgors SUFFERING FOR RAIN
posT.NoRrEM POLITICAL NAT
Trps AID INCONSISTENCIES NOMINATION
or COUNCIL TIcKgTs-pEATH, &C.
Icorrcspondeuce Of the Richmond Disps,ch.l
May 8, 1880.
The High Tent Of Independent Order OF
pechabi,es OF North America will meet In
annual session In this CITY on Tuesday next.
The HIGH Chief Ruler OF the Tent Is Mr.
Thonas Il. Marchc. OF Washington. 1
learn that all the officers 81 the High Tent,
with a number OF delegates representing
tho different States In the Union, will be
nresent. Among the delegates are some
y,ss prominent men. DUR ing the session
81 The body public temperance meetings
will be held each evening, and addresses
will be delivered by some OF the best
sneakers among TIC visitors.
During the week ending to-day the In
formal revenue collections in the Peters burg
district amounted to siS,2S2. The exports
81 manufactured tobscco from this city
since Nav lst--not including to-day-were
7S,400 pounds.
Tbe farmers throughout this section are
comnisining greatly Of the want Of rain.
Il(N >lf lItN UANC UNNOt huNWh SNNA ~
dry winter and spring as we have had.
The streams aud the springs and wells
have never fully recovered from the effects
q, last years drought. Farming opera
lions and the growing crops are materially
affected by the dry weather.
The remains vi John Dottv, a Federal
soldier who was killed In front OF Peters
burg during the siege iD 1864, were removed
from the National cemetery at City Point a
few DAYS ago and forwarded 10 his relatives
at Newark, y. j. Seven bullets were found
among the bones, three Of them In the head.
II j. stated that the superintendent OF this
cemetery. in removing body from the
neighborhOod OF Richmond. found fifteen
bullets among the bones; but in this case
evidently most OF the balls bad been bu-
rled in the clothes OF the deceased. Several
weeks ago the body Of a Confederate SOL
der was disinterred in Chesterfield. Inside
the skull was found fragment Of Il she'll
weighing two and half pounds. The piece
OF iron Is preserved rs curiosity.
The count Of the vote OF the Readjuster
ward meetings made 10y the City Executive
Committee last night confirmed the nomi-
nations for the general municipal ticket as
reported in my last letter 10 the Dispatch.
The ReadjusieTs, as a general thing. pro-
lt>> W tC Attdftf cutNhNu ht NV ~ bubiiNNH
endorsement given 10 several Conservative
candidates for Office, and are very busy pro-
claiming the Inconsistency OF such thing.
They seem TO have overlooked or very con-
vcniently forgotten The fact that several of
their present nominees who were candi-
ddes for Office only four years ago were en-
dorsed by the Republicans and no holy hor-
rOr u the act was manifested.
The ReSdiusters have adopted the plan
OF ward conventions 10 nominate their
council tickets. The white and colored
clubs in each ward are 10 meet, and each one
elects six delegates. These twelve delegates
compose a convention which will nominate
candidates for the council.
In Second Ward the ReSdjuster ticket
will be Colonel Joseph =. Mineirce and
James s. Williams, Jr., as opposed to Da-
yid b. Tenant and William +. Morrison.
Mr.. George Claiborne, prominent citi-
zen Of Brunswick county, died two or
three DAYS ago. He was for some time an
officer Of the county. and was one OF the
most popular men OF bis section.
ROBIN ADAIR.