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Things in Petersburg, &c., &e. CORRESPONDENCE OF THE RICHMOND DAILY DISPATCH.] PETERSBURG, Oct. 14. The money excitement has reviwed with all its recent ardor, and indeed affairs have assumed a more serious aspect, and now appear with a deeper tinge of reality. No sooner had the news arrived to-day, of the suspension of the Farmers' and Exchange Banks in your city, than the branch of the Farmers' Bank here followed suit. Runs were very naturally made upon the Virginia and Exchange Branches immediately after, but both, up to the closing hour, readily shelled out" to all demands. Fortunately for the Exchange, but few of its notes are out, and, I am told, its vaults are abundantly stored with specie. Both, however, are expected to suspend before the end of the week. if only for the sake of" keeping up with the times!" A boy named Daniel, belonging to Mr. Charles Hamlin, was before the Mayor this morning, charged with robbing the dwelling of Mr. William Smith, a few days ago, of $135 in money. The matter was partially examined, and postponed till to-morrow It seems that suspicion of the boy's guilt was aroused by the profuse munner in which he handled divers amounts of money subsequent to the theft. The several Cotton Mill Companies have resolved to suspend work for a time. The Ettrick's Mill, I understand, met with a heavy loss, through the misfortune of a Northern agent. Messrs. P. H. Russel and J. Schneider, amateur musicians from Richmond, will join the Excelsior Glee Club, at Mechanics' Hall, to-morrow night, in the benefit concert to Grace church. Birch's Minstrels have been reaping a rich harvest at Phoenix Hall. Birch is a great favorite, and has been invariably greeted with the broadest grins, the loudest laughs and the biggest thunder. ARIEL,
