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Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.
meeting in Suffolk.

Suffolk, Va., Dec. 6th, 1860.
Yesterday afternoon, a little boy was seen going around through the town, jingling a small bell, and holding a card in his hand, which contained a notice, (our way of calling a public meeting.) The card invited the citizens to assemble at night at the Temperance Hall, "to consider a matter of vital importance to them."

The meeting assembled, when it turned out that the Mayor had received letters and other information, implicating three men, brothers, from Rahway, N. J., and who have been residing here for several years as blacksmiths and wheelwrights, with abolitionism, and probably with the underground railroad.

After freely expressing its indignation, the meeting "resolved" that the persons accused should change their residence--one of them immediately, and the other two by the first of January next. This is allowed them to settle up their business; meantime they will be closely watched by "a secret committee of ten."

Thus the ball moves. The one above referred to goes this afternoon by the Seaboard Railroad. The greatest regret is that these persons are quite largely indebted to several of our citizens, and will not be able to pay.

The child burnt at the recent fire has since died. Todd.

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