The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-06-02
GitImond 9ispatth.
Observation-Disclosures, $780,
PETERSBURG.

rccp,pTs AND EXPENDITURES OF TUE CITY
ssr,vArEs poR the NEXT FISCAL YEAR-A
1.pcE BApT1zING IN BRUNSWICK COUNTY
nr.rus LAST MoNTH--SEw CHURCH oh-
clNs-clRCUTr COURT, &C.
rccrcspondeucc OF the Richmond Dspascsj
JUNK l, 1880.
The Trcssuer's report shows that the
~ rccein,s Of the city from all sources
Snring the month OF May amounted To Gill;
,ox 20. az which the sum OF S1,99i was
aid IN on account az licenses.
Trnmt the Auditors report IL Is learned that
,ha1wncndit.rcs OF the city for the month
- NAV amounted to ssl,l9I5S. Or this
80 a. ZOO was paid out In redeemiug
nonds ~ The city, which fall due on the lst
., August. OF the 100000 OF bonds then
falling due. only the above small proportion
has been presented for payment. IL IS eV'-
dent that the holders prefer drawing inter-
cs, until the last day.
THE Common Council, at the meeting 10
Nc held this evening, will make up the e>u-
mates Of the expenditures OF tue Guy gov
crnmcnt for the next hscai year. IL u pro,
liable that The amounts required LOT souie Oh
,no do,artmenis will be larger than those OF
the present year. The Council u Is hhu'I-
tool. will be asked 10 estimate for the pub
lie schools on the basis Of a nine months
sSssjon. and II Is thought the street depart
ment will ask for an additional appropria-
ton in order 10 improve the sewerage OF
the Bap,isi General Association meets at
: o,clock tomorrow night. The opening
sermon will be preached by Rev. j. ;.
Dunawav. oi Fredericksburg. The Asso-
cation will hardly do anything more on the
first evening than perfect its organization.
Al Lawrenceyilie. in Brunswick county,
last sunday. Rev. Robb White, who Tor tue
mast yecr has been zealously laborng as an
evangelist of the Episcopal Church among
Tho colored people OF the organization
lnovn as the Zion Apostolic Union, bap-
,iyed seventy persons in accordance win
The rites and faith OF the Episcopal Church.
II is believed that the whole oil TINS apos-
iolie union, which Is an organization seNe'
raj thousand strong, spreading through
several counties in Southside virginia ana
North Carolina, will eventually be brought
into the Episcopal Church. when mas al
rcadv established schools for the training
and instruction OF their young and is doing
q oreat work among them. Al Lawrence.
vile the work among these people is con-
ducied bv Mrs. +. f. Buford. 10 neat
chanel which she has lately had erected;
and the Rev. Robert Goodwin has there
very large and growing Sunday school
among them.
Tbe report Of the health officer shows that
during the month Of May foriy-tve deaths
occurTed in this city-a gratifying decrease
ss compared with the two previous months.
of those VINO died - were males and 20 re-
males: IL were whites and q colored; and
ali eXcept 5 were natives OF Virginia: IL
died under 8 years Of age, 10 between 90
and 90 years, and ! over the age OF 100
years.
The new organ for the Second Presbyte-
rian church has arrived, and workmen from
New York are now engaged in putting II
in Mace. The organ for Grace church VIII
be here the latter part OF this week, and
will be put up at once.
In the Circuit Court yesterday two suits
Of 81 900 each for damages against the city
were dismissed on demurrers TO the declara-
lions by the attorney for the city, Captain
Drury A. Hinton. Ii Is probable. however,
that the suits may be brought anew. The
Court has been engaged during the session
to-day in hearing argument in the iniunc.
ton case Of Huntington Us. Dickinson and
Allen. sent here from the county OF Prince
Edward. A number Of lawyers are engaged
on either side.
In the MAYORS Court to-day Frank Cole
man. charged with attempting to bride a
colored man TO vote certain ticket in Sc
cond Ward at the election last Thursday,
was discharged, and the complainant in the
case barely missed prosecution for perjury.
II was clearly established that there was no
Il offer OF bribery in the case.
Mr.. James Ford, an employee OF the Rich
mond and Petersburg Railroad Company,
4 while moving hogshead Of tobacco last
evening, very severely strained his back,
from the effects OF which it is thought he
H will be confined to his house for several
i months.
Loose tobacco sold in this market to-day
\ for Sl4. ROBIN ADAlR.