The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-12-03
PETERSBURG.

| DRED6E-BuN.DrNG OS THE APPOMATTOx -
PROBABILITY or SUPERINTENDENT
COLLECTIONS AND TOBACCO EXPORTS -
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS or THE POOR
yOus0 MEMS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION -
PERSONAL MATTERs-REGiMEN or COLI
oRED INFANTRY.
Correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatcb.l
DECEMBER ., 1882.
The Petersburg Iron-W orks have just
completed the machinery for one Of the
/ la,gcs, class OF steam drcdgcs now In use,
and have secured q contract for duplicating
the same. Both OF these drcdgeS are for
the New York Steam Dredging Company
one OF them to be used on the Cape Fear
river and the other on the Delaware. Ar
rangemcnts have been made ~ buildtbe
hull a. well as fhc machinery in this city.
/ The cost OF the two dredges will be about
sixty thousand dollars. II is highly
probable, with proper encouragement. that
a good deal OF work OF this kind, rs wei
- Of building vessels Of the smaller class,
. will Zoe done on the banks OF the Apo
mattoX river within the next few years,
and that the demand for such work here
will ncccssiiatc the building OF ship
ward. such q thing has for some time been
/ in contemplation, and will no doubt soon
take practical shape.
The intcrral-reyanue collection, in The
Petersburg district during the month OF
! November amounted to 500, ~, ana thc
exports OF manufactured tobacco from TINS
ciiN during the month were 3jj,32I pounds.
An ordinance was presented III tEc Com
mon Council last evening creating Board
of Commissioners for the relief OF the
moor. The Board is to consist OF two MEM
/ bers from each of the six wards OF the city,
TO whom all matters relative 10 the refer
of the INDECENT outside Of the alm-housc
are 10 be referred, and 10 whom all appro-
priations shall be made for the relief oi the
poor. This Board will supcrsede ihc old
Relief Association. which was composed
of charitable citizens. and which has done
so much for the poor OF the city during
the past few years.
The cash receipts OF the city treasury
during the past month amounted 10 Sj.SlS.
The small amount is in the main due TO
the fact fiat a. the November meeting Of
the Council the fine for paving taxes with
out penalty was extended. The eNpcndi-
lures 81 the city during the month amount
ed 10 Sl3,6l3.
The rooms Of the Young Mems Chris
fian Association were visited last month by
over 1000 persons. The Association IL
doing q good work.
Rev. DR.. John +. Edwards has been
quite unWcll since hi, return from Confer
cnce, and has been able 10 do bat little
pa.tora work. lie i out to-day, how
ever, though quite feeble.
Hon. l.. G. Marshall, oil Port mouth, late
Democratic candidate for Congress IN the
second district, arrived in the city yester-
day. The object OF his visit, IL j. under
stood. j., 20 look after the frauds alleged 10
have been perpctralcs liz this portion OF his
district at the tate election.
Mr.. John Thompson Robertson, about
The oldest editor in the state, and formerly
and fer many years connected with the
press Of this city, has been confined to his
bed by sickness for some time. he l.
nearly or quite eighty years Of age. The
old IpfrHigcpCO', tong anterior to the war,
and the Express aud other papers before,
during, qad subsequent to tho war. viii
testify 10 ni, ability, yigor. AND cienruc>s
as a writer
Ii is expected that at m carly period the
officers .. the colOrcd military companies
OF Danville, Lynchburg, Petersburg, Nor
folk. and Portsmouth, will be called to meet
in this city to organize the First regiment
OF Virginia colOred infantry and elect field
oliccr,. There are enough cOmpanic, in
the cities lamcd TO organize full rcgi-
mcnt. An organization was Effected about
wear ago, when Captain j. II. Hill. Of
thi, city, was elected colonel. but the Off
GERS have never been commissioned. and If
is understood that, in conformity with the
suggestion OF Governor Cameron, rc0r-
,y,niynfion kyilI fake plaqp
In the Circuit Court next week the case
OF Hinton as. Bland. civil ca>c of much
interest. removed from Amelia and Motto
way courts here, will come up for trial.
There are some six or eight lawyers en-
gagged in the case, representing the various
Interests. ROBIN ApNG.