Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-12-13
THE STATE AT LARGE.
PETERSBURG AND VICINITY

I'm, New tIus,,ur.. Court Judge-sixty Thou
sand Dollars Paid out for Tobaeee-Bishop
Wb,u,e,. yi.,,-Prince GeorRe Affairs.
Correspondents ofth Richmond Dispatoh.)
PETERSBURG, Dec. IL, 1888.
The nomination Of ID. Meade Ber-
nard. ESQ.,, for Judge Of the Hastings
Court Of this city to ill the vacancy
caused by the death Of the late Judge
L. NJ. Mann, gives great satisfaction
here. lie was the choice OF the bar OF
our city, and had their unanimous en-,
dorsation for the office. Mr.. Bernard
is a son of the late d. NJ. Bernard, OF
Orange county, who for a great number
of years was the clerk Of the courts in
Petersburg. He is yet young in years
but has attained distinction as a law
yer, and his success at the bar has been
remarkable. lie will make fit sue
cessor Of the learned judge whose place
he is to take. While yet youth Mr.
Bernard entered the Confederate States
army at the breaking out of the war,
and served gallantly until its close. lie
is a gentleman Of courteous manners,
popular among all classes, a close stu
dent, and useful career awaits him.
Judge Budd, who has filled the
office Of Hastings Court judge by APP
pointment Of Governor Cameron, has
discharged the duties of that position
with ability, impartiality, and entire
acceptability, and his brief services on
the bench add honor to his reputation.
The sales of loose tobacco at the
warehouses in this city during the
present week amounted TO nearly no.
600 pounds. In this respect the week
has been one Of the busiest in the his
tory of Petersburg. At the low ave-
rage of five dollars per hundred the
sales this week amounted to $4,000
last week they amounted to s25, 600
making 100000 paid out to the plant
ers on account of tobacco in two weeks.
The indications are the receipts next
week will be almost as heavy as they
were this.
While our cotton receipts thus far
arc not equal to what they were for the
corresponding period of last year, they
are yet quite liberal, and during the
past two or three weeks have shown an
increase.
The Christmas trade has opened
bri;kly, and our merchants generally
predict satisfactory business.
Bishop Whittle preached to crowded
congregation at st. Stephens church
last night, on the occasion Of the ordi-
nation to deacons' orders of five cOlOred
men, who were formerly ministers of
the Zion Union Church in Mecklenburg
and Brunswick counties. One of the
deacons will remain as assistant at St.
Stephens; the others will go among
their former people to preach the gos-
pei.
At the County Court Of Prince
George held this week several unim-
pOrtant criminal cases were tried. The
most important criminal the county au-
thorities want, however, is the negro
Lem. Taylor who lately murdered
James IIargraye by choking him to
death in the public road, and who made
his escape from the officers while e"
route to Jail. But. as in nearly half a
dozen cases Of murder in this section
during the past two years, the murderer
will probably never again be heard of.
The contract for blasting and remOy-
ing the rocky distractions in our har-
Dor has been fulfilled by the Morris Il
Cummins Dredging Company, of New
York, at a.cost Of 81, 100. \ uniform
depth of ten feet Of water in the harbor
proper at mean low tide is guaranteed
by the contractors. The removal Of
these rocks will prove great adyan-
tage to the harbor. ROBIN ADAIR.