The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-12-05

| oeAhi.,-fHseTesanS 20 Nerspapr Pa6tish
| ws-on motion for new trial in the ease O
White against Potter, "a suit for libel in which
veruict was returned for defendan.) Judge Store
Ieularked tast every mans reputation for solxeue,
We was matter OF public discussion conriacted wii
nrhf.n.in hcfciai business OF the country, and ii
puoeatton such as that charged to have beer
maae 1.-THE defendants newspaper was made frs,u
good motives, and without malice ti,st tha mart
made All the reparation In his power afterwards
| .ae jury might well refuse to give damages, OF
give merely nominal damages. Newspapers In
these days have become tho chronicles of ali nubI;r
events and whatever is proper for business men n
know, the editor. being guarded in his manner d
stating facts. and publishing nothing but what he
| supposed at the time he had good authority 10
state, would have the right to publish in hs news.
papsr. But If he published anything of this kind
wantonly, unnecessarily, and with On intention IN
inlure, he would Of course be liable
n he published anything merely as the business
history OF tho day, and what was supposed To be
the common understanding or general reunrt in tba
community the implication of malice would be re-.
Quilted from the circumstances in the ease But.
whiie newspapers would be permitted to publish
Tor the bencfit of the commercial world anything
connected with the price of stocks or with tfe All
veney OF individuals, from good motives and on
proper evidence yet the practice Of publishing nm
der the local head matters connected with domestic
.lle, interfering, as 1t frequently does, with the
peace and happiness of families was not to be toll.
Grated, and no protection could be claimed for II
In the present case tho court could not set aside
tne verdict OF the jury they believed sbstantiaI
!us',ee naa peen done-that the party did not in.
tena 10 inJure the plaintiff and as it was clearly i'm
evidence that his credit had not been injured =
Gin Com A.9oi
WAR lNvESTIoSs.-Some weeks since an Amer
can engineer arrived at st. Petersburg with ean.
non OF ms venton, capable, it is said of doing
tremendous damage He was admitted of oneo .o
iaas SLOW ms Invention to the Emperor, and orders
have been issued to the foundry at ST. Petersb,,ro
TO prepare everything for trial At the same Tina
model In wood was sent to Slataou Il in the IrraI
10 nave cast made. 1t is said that the range of
TINS gun Which ID oblique is more than 4, 600 me.
tres which, If true, would exceed anytbine hithar.
TO known. Anew musket is also spoken of rho
tounderles at Slataoust and Toua are to f1rn;sb
ninety thousand by next MAY. jacob. the inven.
tor OF the submarine Internal machines has. it ia
SAID, discovered the means of throwing Conerevn
rockets and other projectiles to an enormous dis
tanee and great success is expected from them
against the fleets. The government has placed the
arsenal aud foundry of ST. Petersburg at tn q pro-
iessors disposal to make his experiments,
STRIKES OF WoRKINGMEN IN ENaLANp-H;ob
Price ot Prorisi0ns-Tae manufacturers at Man.
chester, Eng. having recently decided TO reduce
the wages of Their workmen, an extensive strika
has ensued. The Manchester Guardian, of the 18th
ult, announced that the hands in six extensive
mills had stopped work that day and that others
would quit work in day or two. The men had
held several large meetings and denounced the pro-
posed reduction of wages at a time when provis-
ions of all kinds were exorbitantly high and
still advancing At one of the meetings, represen-
tatives were present from twenty-six mills, the
workmen i'll which all pledged themselves to strike
rather than submit to a reduction Of wages The
employers in Justification of their course contend
that az present rates they are losing money, and
are reluctantly compelled to make the reduction
The London Times says:
The price of cotton: except for short intervals
has never been lower than at present tor many
years past and the present rates certainly low
er than the average of the past six or seven years
In the beginning of 1896 during the whole of Ie4a
and up to September 1a49, fair upland cotton was
much cheaper. In the last three months OF 1913
1t was about SO per cent. cheaper But the chief
argument for reducing wages, If there be any, it
may be presumed, is the low price at which goods
are selling in the market now as compared with
the rates of cotton. The average price at which
cloth has been selling throughout the present year
is much below the average of the last five years
and with tho present large production there is lit
tie probability of much Improvement
The high price of provisions in London causes
no little uneasiness, as large and excited meetings
are still held every Sunday in Hyde Park, where
incendiary appeals are made, aud riots seriously
threatened. The London Times calls upon the
authorities to suppress such gatherings rs disre-
putablo to the city, and dangerous to the public
peace.
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