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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-06-16
Eenper and Grant.

,r,.,n !. authority for stating thai wil'o
.,,n nom az A Presidential ticket W''h ~,
,o,,,,> Of Grant and kcmper WAS present."
=, Governor kemper " was rei'eiicu oS "'"'
:. IN, most cmpaatic manner. IoI'tuo'
,;,,r,n,., ambition i coniioed 10 serving ms
IN his present Office. lie IS opp"sen ~
.,r third term idea. and inii"Nlh'v ana SCH
,,lv dcyoi,d 10 the Conservative orSahsHa-
ton OF Virginia. - Wash. Cor. san.
Weh.ye been entirely satisfied taa, "hch
the time cane tor him 10 spea" t'enefa'
kexrkR would I've exactly IN the riSh' pace.
There is not more true Uiau to all his ooli-
cations, public and private, than hehcra'
Esurrn. He is not the man TO plot or
scheme for his own promotion to the prJu-
dice OF anr relation he may sustain TO the
public or 10 society.
Should any person in any position OF In
Duence make ans movemeu; affecting the IN
tercsts Of Virginia 10 III extent sufficient u
call for action in Virginia, the people OF Var
GINA will end no mole safe counsellor, nc
more reliable and di.intereSted leader, than
General kIMpER What is for their Sooo
will be earnestly sustained by him. But any
idea that nc can separate from them to ioi
low what he imagine, 10 be pfop'tious iol
himself is utterly unfnuUded and untrue.
General hsNpER has lately written letter
TO A Virginia gentleman, about which there
is good deal Of rumnr. i it not due hott
TO The people and binsClf ,bat it should b'
made public:
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= 80. and A., NJ. & .. R. R.

The Lynchburg Virginia" demonstrates
aranst the Dispatch for calling attention 70
the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio as not pay
inr the interest Oh It's debt when The Che>a-
peake aud Ohio is also not paying the 'n1e-
rest on lis debt.
In view of the wrong inflicted upon the
pcoplc Of Richmond by the Atlantic, Missis'
sippi and Ohio in rejecting their business II
was proper 80 say it was not paying interest
In view Of the lavish expenditures oil lha'
road in salaries aud otherwise il was further
more proper that we should refer 10 thi'
delinquency.
The Chesapeake and Ohio has not dcnle(
us facilities and is not under discussion
Furthermore, it has built 200 miles OF rail
road and equipped the whole at the expense
of SO 900, coo in less than four years, while
the Atlantic. Mississippi and Ohio manage
ment has not 5uti one mile Of railroad since
lis organization. 1t is therefore less surprlS-
Ing that the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad
should be embarrassed than that the Atlantic,
Mississippi and Ohio road should be. The
Chesapcake and Ohio is hardly yet in full
operation itself, and its western connections,
which have cost it great deal of money, are
vet incomplete. 1t is in no condition TO be
arraigned, and, above all, it has not denied
us express facilities.
When the Chesapeake and Ohio is up for
discussion we shall be able to speak of it i'm
partially and fairly. We shall never defend
its errors, much less the wrongs it may in.
flict upon those who should receive its pro-
lection. Certainly we shall never speak Of
j, in that spirit of parlisaury which we have
seen so passionately employedto prevent the
true object of discussion.
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The C,vu-Serylce Reform.

The c,vil.Seryice rciorm received further
ouietu> on Friday by the T'j1c'ion OF NO.
ton 70 appropriate $4,000 10 carry out the
rules and regulations Of the Civil Service
Commission.
We have always pronounced the ciri-scr-
vice reform IN aG>urdity. It capnoI Dc
elected with our present Government anu
our present Constitution. General GRANT
urged The ciyi!-scryicr reform upon the Gov
ernmeu: With much apparent Zeal, but he
does not him-,l: srcin 10 lie governed very
risiily ty :he rules which lie has approved.
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS several years ago
diycs,cd BE rules aud regulations by which
tie competency of applicants for Cttlcc was
to BE- a>certalurd. These are the rules which
money was required 10 enforce, and this mo-
ncy Congress refuses TO give. Indeed, Con-
cIeSS evidently regards the rules rs absurd.
AID is noi DISPOSED to pay any thing for their
enforcement. ii may BE- that the perceptions
of tba. bod, ON the >ubicct are improved by
the recent eulo-y OF CURTIS on SUMNER,
which made that deceased enthusiast 4
greater statesman than WEBSTER aud others.
The custom of the Government since 1900
has been to reward patty leaders Nth office,
and that custom cannot be broken up proba-
bly, until the Government Itself is changed.
The power 10 change ttlire-holders and ill
offices with the followers Of the party III
power is constitutional No party will at
tempt to amend the Constitution a> long as
it has power, and the party into whose bands
the power is about to pass won't amend il.
mcut ii>el Is changed.
General GRANT has found long since that
his idea of clyil-scryicc reform Is utopisn.
and he cares not title about the failure
Of his plan 10 carry il out. This reform
being impossible any how, lis defeat was
only the more certain after it had been
handed over 10 CURTIS. man only di>tin-
suished Tor his folIies and Representatives,,
and who last year resigned his position on
tue clyii-.crvice commission because his
rules We're treated with contempt by The
President. General GRANT has done rs he
pleased about appointments-so had done all
the Presidents who preceded him during the
Century, and so will do all who come after
him until the Presidents cease to be cleo.
tive; and We begin TO think that the coun-
try need care Very little how soon that may
hlppen.
Civi!->erricc reform is therefore reformed
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AS well as we remember it, STERNE says
his Uncle TOBY did not love Widow WAD-
MAN, and all that Widow WADMAN had to do
was to 20 on loving Uncle TOBY or let it
alone. The Widow WADMAS would do
neither the one nor the other.
We were reminded Of this by reading our
report of what took place at the Hampton
Coored Academy. 1t is stated that DIR.
RrFFsER said he made up his mind some
time since not to love General HOWARD. the
negrophilist; thercupon General HOWARD
crossed the room and shook the Doctor by
the hand. But the Doctor did not say he
bad changed his mind.
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RICHMOND, V A

RICHMOND, A,
Messrs. Editors Let us have light. What
are the facts about Muhonc's Express! Can
YOU tell us? Does he from caprice, or What
decline to make un arrangement with Adams
Express Company, and thus accommodate Il
large business public? Surely it must be de-
trimenta to the interests of his own road-
hich, by the way, is one Of the finest in
the and-to divert from it, or to cucumber
on it, so large an express business. Or is he
makinga bold and lpge-handed fight against
| q powerful and oyerbearing monOp0list? In
other words, does Adams Express Company
offer fair terms to Malone, which he capri
| ciou.y and maliciously declines, or is he
merely resisting unreas enable demands? AS
this is, Malone deserves eXecration, or ap-
proya! and support. Many are with us in
the dark. Enllghten us. ~
We cannot enlighten three stars any more
| than we can the seven on this matter. All
We know is that the Express company does
express business over all the roads in Viz
ginia save the Atlantic, mississippi and Ohio,
and with that il has no intercourse, to the
| very great injury of this city, which is equal
in dignity to all the principal towns in the
State combined.
The Adams Express does business with
JouS ROBINSON, GARRETT, BARBOUR, REUBEN
RAGLASD, WIcKHAM, and BUFoRD, and does
not do business with MALONE. Now this
fact stands in Virginia sig to one against Ma
HONE: pretty heavy testimony.
We repeat, we know nothing about the
facts other than these. We are not the par
tisan Of the Adams Express any more than
we are of the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio.
We represent the people of Richmond, who
are injured more than they are themselves
aware of. Each business man is sufferer
vet each man does not know that every other
man is subjected TO the same inconvenience
that he suffers from. When we say Rich
mond is injured to the amount Of hundreds
of thousands Of dollars per annum for the
want of express on the Atlantic, Mississippi
and Ohio we say what we believe to be true,
without having the facts to prove it.
The question is, Shall the people of Rich
mond continue to suffer while the war goes
on between the president Of only one OF the
most important of Virginia railways and this
Express company!
70 tell us simply that the President is
right, and therefore We must suffer, gives no
relief to our trade, which does not know the
thing called sentiment. Suppose the passion
was compatible with commerce; would it
not more likely 90 with the six railroad
presidents than with the one-the more
especially us its interests are helped by
the practice of the six and seriously injured
by that of the one? Oh, no; 1t is impossi-
bic to look for sentiment In this matter. We
must be governed by something more solid,
and the trade of this city must not be left TO
suffer from a prolonged war between one
out of seven of our railroads and the Ex-
press company. II possible, a remedy must
be found for our present grievance,
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Why did not Mr.. G. Y. Thomas Interfere
Was he out OF Washington or does he in
tend as Virsiaian to give that countenance
and encouragement to carpet-baggers ="
which neither Mr.. AMBER SMITH nor Mr..
SESER could give? That is the question.
We hope Mr.. Thomas will answer it. That
this State in a time of profound peace should
be disturbed By such persons as PLATTE and
SrcwELL with their representations that
Federal troops are necessary to preserve or
der and protect public officers and public
property is out of the question. The Viz
gilman who gives them countenance and
support is unworthy of any trust whatever
from his fellow.citiZenS.
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We would bet ten to one that the editor of

We would bet ten to one that the editor of
the Petersburg NeUs never sent package
from Lynchburg to Richmond by Mahone's
express, but always by the Adams, over the
Orange and Alexandria and Chesapeake and
Ohio lines. Richmond Dispatch.
We would bet so, too. But what is the
reason? Why, simply because Mahone's
line does not run to Richmond, aud the
Danville, Dispatch, Adams line will not let
him run there.-Petersburg Neus.
That's just what we want him to do-run
to Richmond, or let the Adams Company
run over bis line.
But notice, ye people Of Richmond. The
home organ of MALONE confesses that Ma
HOMES line does not run to Richmond. Our
merchants and other business men know this
fact but too we'll. MAHoSE's line begins and
ends with the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio
railroad. And surely the Ne,os editor will
not blame Richmond people for following
the example he set them before he left Lynch,
burg.
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The One-Gent Express.
For the Dispatch. !

Possess your soul in patience, dear DIS.
putch, and give the General chance to make
good his theory. If the task is hercuean,
let us always remember it is Hercules who
ESSAYS it, and where il great principle Is IN
VOWED we can well Afford like Miss Julia
Mills, TO wait, and wait.
We have no patience with the irate old
gentleman who would still complain when
ever the apprentice got hold OF him; and
that, too, in spite Of the boss BARRIERS sooth-
ing assurances: "Sorry for you, sir; mighty
sorry. He'll give you an easy shave alter Il
while. But you see, sir, the boys got 10
learnt" Now, pray let us avoid such a
testv, ill-natured, unphllosophlcal course.
We have the promise Of a scheme that shall
confer on us benefits, such as are now enjoy
ed by the remainder of civilized mankind,
lust as soon rs one railroad president can
induce all The rest to subyert tlmc-honored
practice in order to pave the way for an un-
tried theory.
1t is true we shall have to forego the bene-
fits of an express system until that great
change can be wrought. This, of course.
will take time. A generation, perhaps: pos
siblv century. But let us newer forget
that there is a great principle involved. and
that principles arc eternal. We don't recolIect
exactly what the principle is, but we know
there is one, because the Generals friends
said so. And it is so sweet, you know, to
suffer in Il cause that seems so hopeless. We
Day a tritle more money, and lose little
more time. and wander down TO the Ger6t,
and learn to exercise patience, and hope, and
forbearance, and mecknesS, and charity and
long-sutfering, and all the weary catalogue OF
Christian virtues !: but then we have the eS-
tatic ioy which arises from consciousness
of having done sacrifice to principle.
Principle. Yes! That is the chosen
,yatcbword. Who so base as not TO offer up
sordid interest at such Il shrine? nav, who
so base as not to sacrifice joti principle and
interest rather than allow the D;0atcu
foreigner within our borders To DO twenty
five cents worth OF work for o quarter of
dollar!
Besides, this southern country is the only
spot on earth where the new experiment can
be fairly tried. All other communities are
so completely governed by a sordid regard
to their miserable pecuniary interests that Il
scheme like Mahone's could not withstand
the popular clamor for single day.
Let the South, then, submit with be-
coming grace to the manpulationS of the
novice, and if she don't get an "caSy shave"
when the tyro has become IL master it will
be because effect has forgotten how to fol-
low ctllse.
One word more: General Malone has
done the Adams Company an immense SER
vice by teaching the sordid classes what it is
to be cut of from express facilities. Let
Justice be done. The company, of course,
cannot shock our theorists >ensibilties by i
tender of gross lucre. Let, then, some new
honor or dignity be devised. Endow. for
instance, chair Of speculative medieval
economics, and install him perpetual profess
sorof super-subimated utopianism.
WAU-zEE.
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BURKEyILLE, Va, June 18th, 1874.

To General William Malone:
Dear Sir,-We live Immediately on the
line of your express and ought to be the
ones to support the company, but we see
daily SO much trouble in getting packages
from any city off Of your line that we can
but say that the Dispatch has justly placed
the blame upon you. When we also see
that persons on all other lines of express
have no trouble at all concerning their eX.
press, General, If the cause of this trouble is
not in the management of your express,
please explain to us through the Dispatch
las that is the only paper which seems will
ing to come to our aid in our trouble), why
we have so much trouble in getting express
packages from cities of of your line.
MANY PERSONS.
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WHAT is IN ExrREsS?-A common carrier
who takes anything from anybody and de.
li2ers it to anybody else at his home any
where in the country-wc may add, with
The due allowance for impossi oilities, any
where in the world. Is this a description
applicable to General Mahone's Express
No. He can deliver nothing of has line. He
cannot 90 beyond his line. His machine,
whatever it be-, is DO express at all-notwitll'
standing he boasts of certain horses and Wa
CONS and iackaSses in Norfolk and Peters
burg and Lynchburs, which we do not in
any manner question. 1t is an abortion.
viii some Of our correspondents tell us
about this stud of horses and this line OF
wagons? We desire to do them entire JUS
tice,
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DEATHS.


Died IN the 18th of June. MAGGIE. infant
child of August and Mary Weimer, agea eleven
months ~
Her funeral will take place ut The residence OF her
fatrer spring Park. THIS (Tuesday) EHtNlSI
At o'clock. Friends ana acquaintance ln'lleu ~
attend. -,
died. Yesterday evening" abont O'Clock, EG,
NaTZ BIJRGINCi son of Christian BurgiDg, aged
sixteen months.
Like The fairest rose OF summer,
Our little boy doomed ana dleu'
Oh how lone rnis world without MIN.
For he WAS our JOY and our PRIDE.
Yes, we loved hlm-loyed him dearly
AVID could never scarce control
That bright wave of his pure affecuon,
Which oft DER us would roll.
The funeral will take place THIS EVENING az
: o.rIock from his Parents residence NO. 6O7 RINK
alley, near Second Market FRIENDS ana acquai.t-
amcis are respectfully Invited to attend
D.d at his residence, on Church Bill, on the
14th Instant, at 1--we minutes past 0 CLOCK L. n
RDRERT p BROWN. In the tfty-thlrd year OF
his age, after lingering for some time with spina
He was the superintendent Of the Sabbath school
and clerk of the First Colorcd Baptist church since
the war, and 4 useful and pious member OF inc
church: was also 2. n. +. OF tn. James Seedfai1
Wife three daughters, mother sisters, ana pro-
Their, with many friends and relatives TO mourn
heir irretreyabc loss.
Farewell farewell, o. Robert, dear,
You have gone to heaven and left ua mere
And none YOU have left Will ever know
The SORROW, anguish. grief and woe
Of your sad wife and children three,
For none seem to them lise thee.
Dear mother, BROTH r, and sisters 100,
AIIy come to cheer our hearts anew,
But none can ever dry the lear
That's shed for you. ., Robert, dear:
His funeral will take place from the FIRST Coiored
Bautist church THIS AFTERNOON AT O'clock.
5hs friends of The family. brother, and brother-ln-
law arc respectfully invited 70 attend.
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The Staunton Vind,c0tOr thinks that Mr.,
HARRIS can give good reasons for voting
agains, the bill which proposes to allow the
people TO save three-fourths of the amour,
they now pay for postage, and at the same
time bring in more revenue to the Govern.
ment than the present law does. Mr. HAIR
Eis almost always votes Alright, US we have
said before; and if anybody can he can give
good reasons for the vote in question. We
are curious to know what they can be. We
were afraid that he lad voted as he did to
please the Findicat0r apd the dozen other
papers in his district, and not for good re-
sOps.
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Messrs. Edttors,-You are on the Atlantic

Messrs. Edttors,-You are on the Atlantic,
Mississippi and Ohio railroad about not re.
ceiving Adams express. You do not ut all
understand it. General Malone is protect
ing people from imposition by that monopo-
". A case in point: Some few years ago
ordered some grass seed from point on his
road. The party shipped it, and told me to
be patient, Us they had no express facilities
on the route. 1t reached me about two
weeks too late, and the effect was not only
that I was protected against Adams ey-
press, but was protected entirely out Of
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THE BOGUS EXPRESS.
what Business Men say OF the Malone
Express.


The following letter is worth thousand
theories. 1t agrees with what the Richmond
merchants say on the same subject:
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA, June Is, 1874.
Editors Of the Dispatch, have been
kind enough to publish our communication
from us stating the Inconvenience we in
common with so many Others suffer by rea-
son Of General Mahone's express policy.
We have read with very great satisfaction
your structures on his policy, and on our
part beg TO express our thanks for your
earnest defence of the peoples interests.
In your issue of the 18th We notice edlto-
rails on this subject taken from the Peters
burg Ne,cs and Bristol NerS. Itso happens
that by same days mail that brings Us your
paper we have an order to send package to
Ford's DEPOT, SouthSide Railroad. by express.
the writer using the significant language
:" Send care F. II. Robertson d Sons, Peters,
burg, uhoaoiH for,cdrd."
Another from Mr.. William G.. Stratton,
Bristol, Tenn, who directs goods shipped
by freight, as they uiNreach him sooner than
by express.
And third from merchant at Forrest
deI0. asking Us to send &C. o. D."
The first and second, BY reason OF loCiilly,
seem to furnish healthy food for the digest
i've organs of Petersburg and Bristol papers.
As between the adams Company and
General Malone the business public-Who
have been so Inconvenience and outraged
can have but one opinion. On the one
hand we find The people asking for return
to the former facilities afforded by the
Adams Company. On the other, few
newspapers who in their earnest devotion
to General Mahone's policy and Interests,
and opposition to the plain and outspoken
wishes of the business community, subject
themselves to the suspicion that their argu-
ments are supported by pecunIary con-
sideration.
The fact so forcibIy advanced by yourself,
that the "Adams Company" has been able to
make terms with every other road n the
State and United States, seems to blVe cut
little weight with the manager at cur con-
s0lidated Virginia road and its nr-aAs, VINO
are so ardent in their defence ot Virginia
and Nirginians.
CuARL oTTEsv1LLE WOODEN MILLS.
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Give Us That!
A sort Of apoiogist for General MALONE.
under the signature of "Cheap Freight, !"

a sort OF apOlO9lSL toI Oeuci "a 4"hfioNH'
under the signature of "Cheap Freight"
says:
"Givc us fast freight cypress from New
York to Washington, Richmond. Petersburg,
Weldon, and Wilmington, ut reasonable
rates, and let Adams Express Company com.
pete with It as they have to do on their
Western routes to st. Louis, Chicago, and
other principal cities, and it will result 10
saving as much to the retail merchants, and
more, than General Malone can save to the
wholesale merchants over his route"
Yes, yes; give us that. 1t is exactly
what VIC want. This, "Cheap Freight T."
meets with the warm appreciation of the
Richmond Wing. Are we to understand
that that paper supports this line? If 80, we
unite heart and soul with it. This line is
What Richmond wants above almost every
thing else. 1t has no connection with the
Malone Express discussion that we can,sec 4;
but it, is not second to it in Importance. Let
the Richmond Wing sustain that lne-thc
fast express freight line through Richmond
and it will do great thing for our people.
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TERRITORIAL RBpRESESTATIoS.-A bill has
been reported by the Committee on Terrific
ries which defines the qualifications of dele
gates from Territories. Among other things
it declares that no person guilty of bigamy
or polygamy shall be allowed to represent a
Territory. Congress takes great deal OF
trouble on itself upon this subject. The
Constitution makes Congress the judge OF
the qualifications Of its members, and there
the question may be left.