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PETERSBURG.

y.nxRp INCREASE IN TRADE DURING TIN
tAsT yEAR--sTATlsrlcs OF A AND MAN
rrAcrRED ToBAcCo-oTmER STATISTIC
ARREST.
correspondents Of the Richmond Dispstch.l
DECENBER 81, 1881.
The review OF the manufactures, com
merce. and trade OF Petersburg shows an
increase both marked and gratifying.
There has been a no less decided progress
In improvements and additions TO long-es-
tablished manufactures, and on the whole
a most healthy tone pervsdes business In
all lis relations and aspects. Trade rela-
tIons have been established with merchants
In the counties remote from Petersburg;
and even portions Of North Carolina,
hitherto considered too far removed from
me commercial purview Of our city, have
been trayersed by travelling statesmen In
the interests of Petersburg merchants and
made to realize that the Cockadc city offers
- great inducements ana advantages III i
business aspect ~ even great bai'l,hoIe'
The total amount OF tobacco manufacture
in this city during the year ending to-day
amounts to- {, 1929 pounds. IheeNpor's
Of manufactured tobacco for INC same peilod
aggregate S,40j,Sl5 pounds; the NUMBER OF
pounds Of taN-paid tobacco mounts 10
5.747,l52.
There was a very heavy increase in the
rcceipis Of loose tobacco in this city tor the
last six months. The statistics VIII snow
I'm increase Of at least 80 per cent. over the
rcecipis for the corresponding period OF
1sS0. while the receipts OF packages Indi-
cate an augmentation OF - per cent. over
the last six months Of last year.
The receipts Of cotton from July l TO
december 81 have been unusually large,
and exhibit an increase OF 20 per cent. over
the six months ending December ~, lSSOl'
Tho railroads have done a freight bush
neSs nj once great IN the amount OF matter
Transported. and varied a. regards the
character Of the freight itself. The IN
crease has not been confined 10 any one
line Of railroad, but j. general. The Nor
folk and Western railroad report an IN
crease I'm their business for the year ending
to-day OF 40 Der cent. The Petersburg ana
Weldon exhibit an augment OF % per cent.
in their general business. The various
steamboat companies indicate an increased
business of 80 per cent. over the past year.
The number Of police arrests made du-
ring the year amounted to 9G6, the arrests
being about equally divided between
whites and blacks.
The number Of marriage-liccnses issued
during the wear was 179, OF which II were
issued 10 whites, 102 to colored.
The mortuary record shows that the
nrn,ber Of deaths for 1881 has been but lit
lie in excess Of the deaths for 1880. There
have been G5j deaths for the year ending
to-day. while there were 6j0 deaths during
the corresponding period ending December
81, 1850. ROBIN ADAlR.
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s COUNTY.

correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatch.l
Now that the political caldron has
ceased TO boil, and the disturbers Of the
country's peace have ceased their wran-
Cling to enjoy at their homes this festive
holiday occasion, it is to be hoped the ma
iority party will return TO their legislative
work imbued with iuster ideas of right and
more Of charity than heretofore in their
hearts. / presume the little General has
arranged his programme, and will now
cease from further interference in Virginia
matters at least for a season.
The fall and winter has thus far been UNI
usually mild, fayoring the farmers in com
pleting their work preparatory for winter,
and a blessing TO farm stock in view Of a
short supply of %provender.
The growing crop of wheat is very
promising and more advanced than for
some years.
Let us hope, though the political outlook
is dark and ~unpromising, that ut least
Providence will gladden. the State with
abundant haryests and good prices.
OMEGA.
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appointment. lie stated that bis name bad
been prominently connected with tfn Office
OF county Judge for the last several years
past: that now, for reasons satisfactory 70
himself and friends, he declined to suffer his
name before the present meeting. This an
nouncement Of the Colonel produced quite
a commotion In the camp; soon, however,
the forces were rallied by the sagacious ana
gallant chairman. But one ballot was taken,
when Mr.. Shelor was proclaimed as the
choice OF the meeting.
The successful aspirant Is q young law
yer OF this county, and his friends claim
him fair capacity and some legal know
ledge. His political status has heretofore
been much commented upon, and not
generally understood, hence the necessity,
we presume, OF stating 10 the meeting that
ne was a "good Resdjuster." We have
heard that Colonel Turner'S friends before
the caucus OF the Readiusters in the Legis-
lature OF 1879 proved that Mr.. shelor was
as "good a FunGer as Judge Samuei r.
Staples" whereupon the Colonel was de-
clared as the choice OF the said caucus, but
by some means OF hocus-pocus the unfor-
tnnate and ill-used Colonel was most sum-
marily set aside, and A. NJ. Lybrook, Esq,
elected rs our county judge. Colonel
Turner and his friends are greatly morti-
fed and depressed to be thus slaughtered
In the house OF his friends. He has been
considered in this and the adjoining coun-
tics ne n Marty leader OF considerable infu-
ence. bui he has now 10 stand aside. "Bro-
ther. I am more stalwart than thou" The
farce through, the meeting then uilinl-
mously recommended Judge A. NJ. Ly-
II .l.t.o Tor tho nfhaa ~ INDIA
for this circuit.
We hid no court-Judge Lybrook hay-
ing resigned the Office OF county judge.
No doubt he has rome to the conclusion
that he cannot be judge and senator at the
same time, and has laid aside the Judicial
robes and preferred the uncertain and UNI
grateful life OF 4 politician. Our senator
and representative (Parr) were both on the
street during the day, cOnverslng freely
with their friends, locking happy and as
nice as new pins in their city clothes.
They will Of course o o return TO Rich
mond and resume their legitimate duties,
and not rest again, we hope, from their
Herculean labors till they have fully re-
deemed the promise made their constitu-
ents TO settle finally, and at q very low esti-
mate, the great question OF dispute in our
State. Our good neighb0r Judge Ly-
brook is one of the most fortunate men
we know Of besides his recent political
promotion, and his Federal expectation,
during the last year, he has had an addition
of two TO his household. Honors never
come single-handed, and when it rains it
pours. IL was never thus with the Judge
till he got to be n Readjuster, and now pro-
pitious fortune smiles upon him from every
side. DAN.
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STAUNTON.

TIE NAY CROP OF AUGUSTA VALUABLE
CHRISTMAS PEEsENT-RA1LROAD MATTERS
HIS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. CHRIST
MAS. &C.
Correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatch.l
DECEMBER 81, 1881.
Upon the comparison OF notes by the
principal hay-dcalcrs Of Augusta county,
L seems that there was more than 5%,0O0tOns
Of bay shipped from the county last year,
which. at the average price realized OF Sl3,
brought 10 u farmers at least 500, 200 net.
Contrary 10 the expectations Of those con-
cerncd. the crop this year VIII turn out TO
De- one half Larger than that OF last year,
and the price will average INHALED on the
the farm S15a ton. 50 that it may be safely
calculated that the hay crop OF this year
will bring not less than $4,000 into the
county. There are some large troopers OF
ibis commodity in Augusta. Probably the
most hay made IN one farm was 100
tons on the j. Wayt Bell estate, and the
next l2j tons by Henry A. ShOwalter.
There is more money in this crop
than n other that can be made in this
section OF the State. and farmers are pay
Ing more attention to il every year.
The old HOuSeman farm Of 297 acres. ly-
ing five miles northwest OF StauntOn. has
been sold at S12 per acre to j. j. Gloss
Dreamer.
The Institution for the Deaf and Dumb
and the Blind has been insured by the
Board for Sj0,O00.
Among the Christmas presents OF the
season was a purse of Sl3l, given 10y some
members Of the Second Presbyterian
church to their pastor, Rev. j.. T.. Booker.
only son OF John Booker. Esq, Of your
civ.
The work IN tie county clerks Office the
past year shows Il well. The deeds AMI
other writings admitIrd 10 record number
ed 1882, and the er-pGrte settlements 90.
Intelligence just received here from Rev
MacDufi Simpson, the late pastor OF the
Second Presbyterian church, stanton.
now located in Scotland, j. highly crafty
ing 10 his friends. His congregation has
had. in the eight months Of his charge, $40
additions, and his health has greatly i'm
proved. His present charge is located be-
tween Edinburgh and Leith.
The track has been laid on about eight
miles Of the shenandoah Valley road south
Of W~aynesboro'.
Mr.. G.. W. Dudley, Of WayncSboro'. has
invented a rotary engine, which has been
patented by the Elastic-W Wheel Company.
The secretary has been i'm Philadelphia
several weeks preparing for the tests, and
his reports are so Sanguine that il is thought
the result OF the invention will revolution
ize steam-pOweT In this country.
"Old Uncle sid" a gigantic negro in the
Moorman family, near Fort Defiance, has
Just celebrated his Observation-Disclosures
Christmas. and looks rs If he were good for
several more. He is probably the oldest
person in Augusta county. PENN.
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LEY ROAD, ETC.
DECEMBER %, 1881.
Editors Dispatch: An amusing incident
occurred here during the last term OF our
County Court-Judge Palmer, OF Roanoke,
presiding in the absence OF Judge Mays,
who was in your city. A jury was empa-
nelled TO try one BOlen, charged with an
assault on J. G.. Sperry, the latter testifying
in the case. After two days deliberation
the Jury returned into court with Il verdict
Of m~dpSlaughter. 1t would be hard to pic
ture the scene that followed. The bar was
cOnyulsed, the "dcad man" smiled audi
bly,. the Judge looked on for a moment in
mute establishment, and then hid behind his
newspaper.
The situation Of the Boss and his advi-
sers is beginning TO attract attention here.
The determination (Which now seems to be
! arrived al TO throw overheard the Stall
warts who won the canvass OF 1879 and fill
the vacant offices with new men, or late
converts TO the cause, is regarded as the
entering wedge 10 the dissolution OF the
dominant faction. The slaughter of Mas
sey, who is very popular with his party in
this section, and the election Of RiddlebeT-
ger, is a bitter pill to the old Roadjusters,
while the alleged ~"gagging" Of Lewis and
his followers is very, very bitter TO the old
Readjuster Republicans and candor COM
pels us TO say that n more fearless and I'M
firing " SET Of workers" never stripped for
political battle, and should they change
front the "BOss" will feel that in losing
he has lost htayiiy. Heretofore they have
been almost solid, and voted to the man,
under orders from their local leaders.
should these weaken, hundreds OF their
followers will vote this fall for the Demo-
cratic nominees. The crowding of Read
iuSter- Democrats newly-converted to the
faith into offices won by Republican votes
and Republican money over Stalwarts who
fought for a bad cause when only desperate
and INSCRIPTIONS politicians dared openly
to ayow their principles will edo the
work" for us quicker than any move we
can make. Mark this prediction. The
worse the men they select for position the
more cheerfully should we acquiesce in
their elevation.
re two committees representing each
wins Of the ReadiuSter party will meet at
Fincastlc on the 3lst. to select a candidate
for superintendent of schools for the coun-
". They will doubtless select a good man,
n the committees are made up of friends
Of the free schools.
The work on the Shenandoah road has
progressed finely, and the ears run to Clo-
verdale daily. by May the first will run
through TO Buchanan. A. b. c.
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Thomas T. Henry, a colored resident Of
Philadelphia, was admitted to the bar
Saturday. Henry was born in Richmond,
Va. He wa q letter-carrier in that city by
appointment Of Miss Van Lew.
BY this be il known that ! suffered with
a severe attack Of inflammatory rheumatism
for four weeks, the best local physicians
failing 10 give me relief. l was confined in
the house, my limbs very much swollen,
and / could only get up and down stairs
by crawling upon my hands and knees. l
procured a bottle OF st. Jacobs Oil from
my druggists, Messrs. Harris Brothers, OF
this town, and a few applications entirely
cured me. After the first application the
pain was gone, and In a week | was able TO
attend 10 my business.
ROWLAND Il. LENHART.
Wearc personally acquainted with above
mentioned Rowland 4. Lenhart, and know
him 10 be q young man OF truth, whose
statements are perfectly trustworthy.
HARRIS BROTHERS, Druggists,
Harrisburg. Pa.
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PerfIs or the Rail.

PART OF A TRAIN PRECIP1TATED DOW AN EN-
BANKMENT-oSE ERsoN KILLED AMI sEvE-
A INJURED.
KESYEBUSK, Me-, January 2.-As the
$50 O'Clock train from Boston, on the Bos-
ton and Maine railroad, with two engines,
crossed the iron bridge at Coles corner, at
Wells, the bridge gave way after the en-
gines, baggage and parlor-car had crossed,
precipitating the other four cars down nm
embankment, and they Immediately caught
fire and were totally destroyed. There
were about one hundred passengers on
board. One man, whose name is unknown,
was killed. J. Henry Downer, Of Ber-
wick, Me-, was probably fatally hurt. Con-
ductor Weymouth and James Nolan, brake
man, were badly wounded, and Leland and
James Carney, Of Pittsfeld, were also
badly hurt. Thirteen passengers were in
iured more or less severely.
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A Disaster.

SUDDEN n TERRIBLE TERMINATION OF A
PYTHIAN FESTIVAL FLOOR GIVES WAY
y PRECIPITATEs TwO HUNDRED PERSONS
TO THE FLOOR BELOw-NEARLY y HUN
DRIED CASUALTIES.
WASHINGTON, January "A Cleveland
dispatch reports that during a Knights of
Pythias festival at Shanesyille, Tuscarow
county, Saturday evening, the floor gave
way, precipitating over two hundred per-
sons to the floor below. Two were in
stantly killed, ten others fatally injured,
and between seventy and eighty, more or
less bruised or burned. The building
took fire almost instantly. The lights were
nearly all eXtinguished, leaving the strug-
Cling mass Of humanity TO grope their way
from the ruins almost in darkness. The fire
was subdued, but not until quite a num-
Der had been more or less burned. The
night was very cold, and the scene is de-
scribed as frightful in the extreme.
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How George Nesbitt Acquired . For
tuue and How RE Lost 10.

George ii. Nesbitt, who has been ex-
PEELED from the Pittsburgh Petroleum En-
change because he was unable to meet out
standing contracts, has had q career resem-
bling the former millionaire known as
"Coal Oil johnny When q mere boy
Nesbitt started for the oil regions to make
his fortune. He met with rare luck, and
was soon In control OF some OF the finest
and most valuable properties In the oil dis
trict. In ~Pleasantville, In the Bullion and
Bradford oil fields and In Butler county, he
was very successful. As q producer he
grew rich quickly. In 1876 he was the
big man OF the Parker Pa.) Exchange.
Then Parker was chief among the
oil centres, and Nesbitt was probably the
heaviest operator In the country. His spec
ulations were on the most stupendous
scale, not unfrequently involving a million
dollars In @ single day. II was not Till
within the last h%alf-dozen years that he
launched out into speculation. He seemed
to care nothing for risks. The magnitude
OF his operations for q time placed him
virtually above competition, and by sheer
good fortune he was not Knocked under.
His s~trangest freak was committed about
a year ago, when he was probably q mil
l~i0naire, and as reckless as he was rich.
He casually called in at the Petroleum Ex-
change while seeing the sights. Just fresh
from the Pennsylvania oil regions, he
was interested in everything pertaining TO
petroleum. He was Disguised with the
slowness Of things in the Exchange. He
had no respect for men who bought oil in
lots of a few hundred barrels. He had
cherished the idea that New York was
q ,poothtcf, % "A 4oxr-p and h;c 1~icannnint-
ment was marked but what New York
couldn't do for herself Nesbitt determined
he would do for her. He had his private
secretary along with him, and in a
careless, off-hand way he ordered the
purchase Of a certificate OF membership,
paying out on the spot the 5000 or
$500 for which the certificates were
then selling. Mr.. Nesbitt proceeded to
business at once, and the magnates OF
the Exchange looked on in establishment.
From m operator who was dispensing
privileges" the new member called for
fifty thousand barrels as an initial invest
ment. Before the day was over he had
purchased three hundred and fifty thou
sand barrels Of petroleum. He made no
money in this speculation, and his losses
are not certainly known, but he had
done "big things" among the oil-brokers.
He had acquired fame; he seemed to
be happy, and the brokers certain
ly were. The next day he trans
ferred his certificate OF membership to a
Wall-street man and started on a Journey
homeward toward the oil regions. Fortune
has not smiled on Nesbitt since. His schemes
have miscarried, and his recent career has
been blotted all through with disaster and
i'll luck. He was very liberal, and his
charitable acts were numerous. His faults,
according to the stories told by those who
knew him in his palmiest days, have always
been to his own hurt only.
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Fire In q BOarding.HOnse.
THREE CHILDREN BURNED TO DEATH An
OTHER PERSONS INJURED.

BRADFORD, Pa, January 1.-The large
frame clearinghouse OF Garrett Abois,
near Rickburg, n. Y, was Destroyed by fire
at | O'Clock this morning. Gas from al OIL
we'll was used as fuel in the cOoking-stoye,
and an unexpected pressure set the kitchen
on fire. Mrs. Abois was sick with Il
fever in a front room upstairs, and
her husband, who is seventy years Of age,
was sitting by her bedside. He was much
exhausted from long watching, and fell
asleep. lie was awakened by the smoke,
and discovered that the entire rear part Of
the building was in flames. Selling his
wife he carried her out aud laid her down
in the snow in her night-clOthes. He then
went back to awaken three children who
were sleeping IN a rear room upstairs, but
could not reach them. There were two
girls, aged thirteen and eleven years, and
a boy aged ten years. Their legs, arms,
and heads were burned of, and theirtrunks
blackcned and charred, and several persons
downstairs were also dangerously burned
in making their escape. The exposure Mrs.
Abois was subjected to will, it is feared,
hasten her death.
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New York,s New Board OF Aldermen.

NEW YORK, January 1.-The old Board
OF Aldermen, from which ten members re-
tire, met at II O'Clock, and, after finishing
up their business, adjourned sine die.
At noon the new Board was called to
order and organized by the election OF Al
derman Sauer (Tammany) as president.
with the cooperation Of nearly all OF the
Republican members-neither OF the
Democratic iactions-the Tammany County
Democracy or Irving Hall-or Republicans
having a majority. Mayor Grace sent in his
annual message, in which he considers the
financial condition Of the city, showing
that the net funded debt Of the city, inclu-
ding the annexed district, amounted on
December 81, 1881, to sos, 3O2, s54.1s. The
final estimate for the support Of the city
government for 1882 is s27,412,S 1871 Sc,
which will make the taX-rate materially less
than during any year for the past ten years.
The Mayor also reviews various matters Of
interest 10 the city.
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MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
MINIATURE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 8, 1ss.
PORT OF RICHMOND, JANUARY 2, 1882.
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steamer Ashland, Carr, Philadelphia, merchan-
disc and passengers, j. ". McCarrick. agent.
steamship Wyanoke, Couch, New York, mer-
chandise and passengers, George W. Allen < Cos
agents.
Bark Laura Maria fBr.), -, Liverpool ola City
Point, salt, Davenport x Morris.
Schooner Hattie Page, Godfrey, Philadelphia,
coal. G. II. Page.
schooner Emma c. shaw, Campbell, Philadel-
peia, coal, :. II. Halves.
schooner Leaning Blue, Brauer, Philadelphia,
coal. r. Il. Murphy.
schooner Howard A.. Hunt, sharp, New York,
iron, Tredcgar Company.
schooner \. G.. Ireland, Gale, New York, Iron,
Tredegar Company.
schooner Sarah A. Boyce, Candy, Norfolk, logs,
Richmond Cedar Works.
Schooner Thomas q. Benton, Miller, New York,
salt, Davenport x Morris.
schooner Matthias Dunn0ck, Groves, Baltimore,
grain, G.. l.. Todd.
Schooner A. b. Fields, Frank, Baltimore, grain,
CALICO Manufacturing Company.
SAILED mi
steamer Manhattan, Kelly, New York, merchan-
disc and passengers, q. w. Allen & Co.
steamer Fanita, Smith, Philadelphia, merchan-
disc and passengers, j. W. McCarrick, agent.
SAILED YESTERDAY.
steamer Ariel, Clifford, Norfolk, merchandise
and passengers and United States mails, n. ID.
Tatum, agent.
Barkentine Mary Frost (Br.l, Williams, Rio ia
metro, -four, Haxall-Crenshaw Company before
reported clearedI.
chandlse, Currie 4 Co.
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the well-known manufacturer Of Lloyd's
maps, was carried to Tennessee to-day by
detectives from that State, who claim that
he has been obtaining goods under false
pretences TO the extent Of $4,000. He
operated here in obtaining goods from the
express office under the name OF Melon
aid, son Of General John Il. Mcdonald.
A heavy snow-storm prevailed here all
day and a gale is blowing tonight, promi-
sing some severe weather on the coast
Baltimore Sun.
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Hon. Edward JOY Morris, who died in
Philadelphia Saturday Of intermittent fever,
was born in that city July 5, 1917. He was
graduated from Harvard College, and was
a member of the state Legislature from
1S4l to 1S43 and in 1857. lie also served
in the Twenty-eighth Congress as a Wing,
and was a member Of the Thirty-fifth and
Thirty-sixth Congresses. From 1850 to
1853 he was Charge d'Affairs at Naples,
and from 1861 to 1870 he was Minister TO
Turkey. He published ATour Through
Turkey, Greece, and Egypt" "The Turk
ish Empire" "Life and Love in Norway
and "Corsica, Social and Political" the
last two being Transitions.
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The Ladies' Land League.

DUBLIN, January lat a meeting Of The
Ladies' Land League to-day Miss Anna
Parnell presided. The police did not in
%terferc. The police seized three large par
GELS of the United Ireland which arrived
from London addressed to the Ladies'
League.
LONDON, January 2.-Three members OF
the Ladies' League have been arrested at
Drum Gallagher. Several meetings OF the
Ladies League were held in various places
in Ireland on Sunday. The probable rea-
son assigned for the murder OF the two
Croughan sisters, who Were shot near Null
linger, County Westmeath, b~yian'unknown
assassin, is that they were suspected OF Civ
ing information to the police.
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An Alabama Tragedy.

SELMA, ALA, January 2.-Last night
"Babe" Burns and George E. Keipp be.
came involved in a quarrel. Il. Y. Adams,
proprietor Of the Southern Hotel, while at
tempting to act as peacemaker, nearly lost
his life, and was compelled to kill Burns in
self-defence. Burns fired at Keipp, but
missed him, and the ball PISSED through
Adams's cheek and ear. Burns then fired
at Adams, and missed him. Adams fired
three shots in quick succession, each ball
striking Burns, who died instantly.