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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-03-04
General Assembly of Virginia.
WEDNESDAY, March 8, 1875.
SENATE.


Mr.. QuEsENBERRY president pro tem.) in
the chair.
The CHAIR announced that there was a
quorum Of senators present.
The PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a
communication from the Board of Education
ia reference to charges against the Peters
burg Board of Education; which, on motion
Of Nr. NowLIN, was referred to the Com
mittee on Public Institutions, and ordered
to be printed.
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
- Mr.. CRIrcHER, from the Committee on
Roads, reported House bill for the protection
of the Lynchburg and Aide Turnpike Com.
pany; also, report declaring it inexpedient
to legislate on the subject Of petition Of
John Goode, OF Craig county, praying to be
relieved FROM forfeiture, and to be reinstated
to his original chartered rights in the Salem
and New Castle turnpike road.
Mr.. COCHRAN, from the Committee on
Finance, reported House bill for the relief of
William b. Garrison, of Warren county;
also, with the recommendation that it do not
pass, House bill for the relief of the sherffs
of Charles City, New Kent, Hing and Queen,
and Montgomery counties. -
Mr.. KIRKPATRICK, from the Committee on
Public Institutions, reported bill to amend
the charter of the Valley Union Institute
and to change its name to Hollins Institute,
&c. and Senate bilI.to prescribe and legu.
ate the uniformity of textbooks, dc. -
LEAVE OF ABSENCE.
Ar. HERSDos asked leave OF absence for
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THE CIvIL-RIGHrs BILL IN BALTIMORE
The civii-rights bill has so far caused no
change in the current order of things in Bal
timore, where the colored people take care of
themselves, and, as rule, mind their own
business. No deviation from routine is eX.
pected, and there will surely be no test Of
rights in public places here, except possibly
from strangers. In Baltimore the commu-
nity of colored people have their own schools
and churches, clearinghouse, restaurants,
and grave.yards. There have been long
established houses among them where accom-
mediation desired is always to be had. They
have large and commodious halls, and several
of the churches will compare favorably with
the churches of any people. AS for the right
TO travel, there has been no distinction on &C.
count of race, color, or previous condition
for some years. Sun, 3D..
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WHOLESALE AKNExAEoN.-There is q
scheme on foot 10 the New jersey Legisls.
ture for consolidating the towns located be-
tween the Hudson and Haakensack siVers, in
New jersey. They are mainly jersey City
and Hoboken, with ssseh outlying villages as
may be within the limits described. There
seems to be strong probability of the sue
cess of the proposition. 1t is found gene.
rally that where popular towns Of prosperity
and promise are near one another peace, and
order, and power, and prosperity are promo
ted by their union. The world over, this is
the case. This fact is one worthy of the
study of the wise men Of this city who de-
feated one,of the most benefieent PROPOSE.
tions Of annexation that ever were con-
ceiyed.
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TsE CU1L-RIGHTs LAW IN LYECHBURG.-
We shall keep as cool under it as an iceberg,
if for no other purpose than to thWart the
internal designs for which it was connected:
Every southern man will feel himself called
upon to act as a conservator Of the peace.
This bill is going to be felt more keenly in
the North than in the South. At the South
most of the purposes which the bill pre-.
scribes have been already accomplished. As
to the rest there will be some peaceful means
of avoiding them. The constitulionality OF
the bill will soon be tested, and there is little
doubt that it will be pronounced unconstitu-
tional. What we feel most concerned about
is that the people of the South Shall control
themselves now with supreme calmness and
resolution. --Ne,CS.
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The CIVIL RIGaTs LAW IN NoRFoLK.-The
few aggressive darkies who desire to make
cases will be thoroughly disconnected when
they find that under the law they can pay
for certain uXuries without molestation,
and purchase no little constraint and embar-
rassment. All we have to do is to keep our
tempers, and when we encounter those
whose seIfassertion trenches upon the rights
of Others, hand them over to the police. In
the mean time test-case will no doubt be
made up and. presented to the Supreme
Court, when we believe this foolish and
maleyolent law will be pronounced uncon.
stitutional and expunged from the statute
k.-Ldndmark.
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After lingering about session after session,
the civii-rghts bill has fisally passed Con-
gress. In the bandying backwards and for
wards it has undergone very material aodi.
fications. 1t is no longer the aggressive and
exceedingly Objectionable measure first in
troduced bg Charles Sunaner. The most
obnoxious features have given way, one after
another, to the heavy blows struck at them,
and q weaker, tanner piece OF party legisla-
ton has seldom, if ever. emerged from the
national legislature. Nothing OF any value
can be accomplished by it, but considerable
annoyance and unnecessary trouble may arise
under it. Colored people who are bent upon
self.assertion may do many things of an ut
terly foolish and unwarrantable character,
and, by the irritation their action will pro-
duce, delay the time when there shall be uni
versal good-feeling and harmony between
the races. Fer this the politicians who have
passed it care nothing. They see in it q
means of making political capital, and that
Is all they desire. Indeed, the more bitter
ness and bad feeling they can engender be-
tween the two races the greater do they think
their chance of maintaining political su.
premacy. Philadelphia Telegraph.
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WpY rHE C1vi1-R1sHTs BILL WAS PASSED.
from the Portsmouth Enterprise but 10
relation to the civii.rights bill the Demo.
cratic senator's were 10 q very peculiar, not
to say embarrassing, position. Inere are u, q
the present Senate twenty DemocITs; Vi
whom fifteen are from the late slave STATES,
the other five being Eaton, Of Connecticut
Stockton. of New Jersey; Thurman, 0l
Ohio; Kelly,of Oregon, and Hager, OF oa'''
fornia. -. os. Oh
The bill had been robbed OF its most oD-
;ectjonable features, and. In the condition In
which il came before the Senate for actioD,
differs very little from laws now 10 existence
in nearly all the southern states, ana nau
Tho soi1fhern senators defeated the Dill
II would have. strengthened the only prop
which is now holding up the falling Ao.
ninistration party. The text ana suo)eet oi
the orations of the Administration speakers
and the editorials Of the organ grlnoers are
that Il is necessary to continue in power tne
Republican party or the southern etates WIZ
d.nriye the negroes of their neWly'acqulreo
privileges. Another four years OF the pre-
sent Administration would ipjure the SCUM
more than the passage of tlty ciVii,r,Snes
hills. Imagine what weapon Wouio nave
heen placed in the hands of the enemies Oh
The South With which to infame the hostility
If the North in the campaign Of 1876 II the
southern senators had defeated tne civil.
rights bill after it had been stripped OF those
features which rendered it SO peculiarly
Objectionable to the southern people. AS
the bill stands its enforcement Will 1nJure
tbe North much more than it will the SOUTH,
and negroes now will have the same rights
in Boston that they have In South Carolina.
Pompey and his Dinab would make sensa.
tion on the ballroom floor at Long Branch
or Saratoga. There are very few occasions
upon which principles should be eompro-
missed; but we think the southern Demo-
cratic senators were looking beyond the i'm
mediate present to the future, and !! IS not
altogether certain that their action in per-
hitting vote on the civiLrights bill was not
judicious one. We already have negroes
on the jury in most of the southern States.
We have them in Virginia.
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The Supreme Court, Ia such instances as
this, is the last hope OF ali who still attSch
any value to that somewhat despised instru-
ment, the Constitution of the United States.
Neic York Times.
Herein lies weak point Of our Republic
The Supreme Court has acquitted itself well
in many things, and not very we'll ia few ;
but when We consider the manner in whieR
it is organized, and it's utter dependence
upon the power and will Of the Legislative
and executive departments of the Govern
ment, we see that it is not possessed Of that
independent organization which endoWs it
with the power to resist the Executive and
the Legislature combined.
Why, have we not had eforisrecently made
in Congress to alter the opinions Of the court
by increasing its numbers: Do we not
plainly see that in more ways than one the
court may be revolutioniZed and made the
mere register of the orders of aavicious aud
corrupt party in power?
We understand the weariness.2ld impa-
thence which induces the Times, in view Of
the "civil-rights bil' and the" force bill, "and
the general outrages of the Republican party,
to proclaim its last hope" in the Snpreme
Court. The once great leader in the:Est Of
Republican papers beholds that the .Repub-
lican party and the usurper at the head Of
it are doing the unTisest Of things TO pco-
long their possession of the offices snd emol-
uments of the Government, and that in do
ing this they will be defeated, and with. then
the Republican party. 1t inveighs agains:
the acts Of Congress and the President, and
utters its "last hope" in the!Supreme Court.
It's remedy will probably for the present,he
eficacious; but there is far better one, land
that is the decision of the people OF the
United States at the polls.
Indeed, the Supreme Court itself finds dts
only protector in the popular will. When
that fails the court is gone. 1t becomes the
victim of the Government When it shall
become the only protector of the Constitu
ton the usurper will waive it aside as reed,
and make his will the substitute for the
opinions Of the court.
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Try Rrr,rp.Por.nn A1rgRc.r,os-Geu

TIE BuTLER-P POLAND ALTERCATIoN.-Gene
raj Butler is anxious that some member OF
+, he House who witnessed his alteration with
IL 'dge Poland shall make some public state.
me, It which may be interpreted as a denial
that the report of it contained In the Tn.
Dune o. Saturday was correct. One member
who hea rd the whole conversation desires TO-
have it st sted that Mr.. Lamar was not pref
sent, and L'sd not make the offer ascrloed to-
him. Carei VI inquiry in regard to this mat
ter .discloses NE tnet that there was mis-
take rs to the 'erson, out not as TO me iact;
While the alteration was going on, General
Eppa Hunton went over and took a seat near
Judge Poland, and was ready to assist him
should the occasion ar!se. The next day,
when Judge Poland was Informed OF this
fact, he said that ne MAS gfeatl! pun,ea "
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The Extension of the Canal.

Colonel CHARLES S. DARLINGTON, president
of the James River and Kanawha Company,
was Tuesday before the committee Of the
blouse of Delegates for the purpose of call
ing their atteusion to the bill before the Le-
gislature with segard to the extension of the
canal to Clifton Forge. We have more than
once expressed our views sn this project.
4 9ery large nEmber Of oIG citizens, in
Guiding aelarge proportion of the lead
ing business men Of the city, have
expressed their approval Of the scheme.
The law, as We have stated, is so
Er,mee as to give complete protection
70 the property.holders and taxpayers of any
city or county in the event of the Submission
OF any such question to she people, requiring
fog the adoption Of such measure cot only
three-Gfths of all the votes cast, but also a
majority Of those paying a property tax.
The present bill merely asks the Legislature
to submit to the voters Of the cities of Lynch-
burg, .Richmend, and Norfolk the PROPOSE.
ton to aid the James River Company 10y an
endorsement Of its bonds) In tie extension of
the canal to Clifton Forge, either by rail or
water, as may be preferred. We suppose
that the amount Of such bonds to be guaran.
teed by tie city of Richmond would be about
81 600, 900.
Richmond. it is forcibly urged by the gen.
tsemen who have this matter at heartily
Qua manufacturers and commercial men-
canrOt afford to stand still and continue 10
stand still without serious detriment to her
interests. The sentiment has been steadily
growing that she must in great degree look
to the canal for her protection and relief.
The filling up of the narrow gap between
the canal and the Chesapeake and Ohio road
(some twenty-nine miles) at once brings to.
gether the iron deposits of the James river
valley and the Kanawha coal-tieds. 1t is
believed that This will lead ut once to the
development OF the iron business along
the route of the canal and in Lynch
burg and Richm ond. The canal is
prepared now to transport coal and iron
for nine mills per ton per mile, including
tolls; it has offered so to 80. II this can be
done under present circumstances, with
.otal tonnage OF. 200 or 300, 900 tons, it is be.
ieved that with the great increment in the
mount of the business on the canal, which
would follow tue opening of the coumuni.
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Among the many bargains to be had arc
LIGHT MEDIUM MOURNING PRINTS AID
PERCALES;
LINEN and COTTON DIAPERS;
PLAID and NAINsooK MUSL1NS;
STRIPED, COLORED, aud BLACK slLhs WY
cheap;
BLACK ALPACAs ut csc. and up;
PURE MOHAIR at soc. worth 81;
TABLE DAMASK ut Soc, 75c., and 81 ~ofA
75c.. 81, and 1875 per yard
BLEACHED and BROWN SHiRT1NGS, sHhI!'
INGS, PLAIDS, &C., very low;
MARSEILLES and BRIDAL QUILTS at si'-F'
80, and $3.50, and at IS worth 50;
SHAWLS, SKIRTS, BLANKETS, and CAE'
PETS, very cheap TO close them out; -.
TOWELS at 12t4c. worth zoe, ut 20 worm 1'''
apiece;
SPRING CAssIMEREs for men and boys T'a''
very low; ,,u
GENTLEMEN'S USDERSHlRTs and DHA"-
ERS at II for the set worth So;
Also, a very cheap line Of CAMBRlC EDGiHc'
and INsERTINGS, CREPE Wells, SASH HE
BoNs, SILK SCARss and MUFFLERs, foklh'
MONNAIKS, HOSIERY, HANDKERCHIEF
CORsEIS, SHIRT-BUsoMS, WHITE shlhie'
Sc. &c.
LADIES' and GENTLEMES'S KID GLOVES
alarge assortment and cheap; ,,,,
just opened another large lot OF The best fA'h'0
LAWNS ut 12xc. worth 20c- yard
Now is your chances 70 get cool dress &! spA"
price.
For full particulars Of the above, call ..
WILLIAM THALHIMERs,
mil COL Broad street corner o! slA'H'
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r,,,ana.arkansas Resolution.

The Poland-Arkansas fsseaotioM
nho resolution of Mr.. PoLAsD, Oh YER
,,ont. asains. any interference Win tne '.a'.
government of Arkansas, was passed !. ."e
House of Representatives by h''ol.ss
composed of the Democrats ana 'ne 'es
hos, c,ass OF representatives who nave neso'
,ofore G. operated with the hep"o''e'n
party. ,st oncsx,ro.
We look upon tho fact as most encsosa-
s,no II Is one Of the most asreeaoiy s'en'h'
e., events Of the session'of Congress Gen
orr, GRANT, In brief message, Imperial 10
~t,s ,onc. declared his opinions OF the govern
won't If Arkansas, as though bis opirsons had
been asked aud be were both judge ana ex-
ecu,iye officer in one man. Hts opinions
had not been asked, and he had'Rs right 10
decide the case at all.
lf,his was not playing the rSse q the Diets'
tor, what was it2 To preserve the bar
mony of the dictatorisl rule, Congress shou'd
have acauiesced in the judgment OF Pres'-
dent GRANT, and should have authorized
him to take GkBlAND by the throat, thrust
him frem the gubernatorial chair, and 'nau-
pura,e BROOKS, whom he 'no~, strangely
enourh declares to be the righuui q nor,
after snvipg recently approved bis being put
out, aud after having "skewered" bAxTEs
in hechair.
Bst the House, with proper regard to'
its ewn dignity, treats GIANTS fnperlou'
message with contempt, aud declares tha
. s,sssaSp Is toe lawful Governor, and tina
there is no OCCASION for interference by thf
Federal Government 'aHd the sending Q
troops to preserve order there, since orde'
ssyood and she governse1t good.
The fate of the resolution in the Senat'
we cannot foretell. We suppose there
.enough Of the brutal sCd vulgar spirit o
grant and BUTLER 10 tbat body to incite th'
sattempt te defeat it, anotwe further supPos
that the defeat may beEocompllshable. Bu'
one thingSs shown, and that is that GRAsr ba'
lost power, and that Congress, Repuolica'
as It is, isyet not SO est to respect for toe Jaw
as to endorse GRAET's proposals to destoe,
the Constitution and outrage the ioeM gu
thority,and laws Of the States.
( We derive iufirite satisfaction FROM th'
event. 1t is not o. matter of mere PeeJ
aboutwhich men noy honorably dldef- Il
turns upon a question of facts about WHICH,
the lBsecutive has absolutely lied w1tR
view to the aequniDg-cf power which *o'te
enable him to prosecute his plan to reehcs
the southern States 10 humilatioa-ts me
footstool of bis power-and compel tbess so
cast sheir votes for: his reelection to thsrd
term in the presidential chair. The aos'se
of Representatives "a least has told hfaa thai
he lied, and that he sksall not have The power
he cevets for the eradication of his personal
ambition.
The worst Of Radicals, and Of course all
those shameless and vicious carpet-haggers
who have come to the South to get Office
through negro votes and rob aud plumber
the helpless southern people, voted against
Mr.PoLANb's resolution.
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cation with the EAnnaWna coai helus1 ~
these coals, and lie iron ores, aud the lime
stone used In the production OF pig e'c''
could be carried for six mills per ION PEI
mile. -
I The distance from Richmond to Buchanan
by canal Is one hundred and ninety'seTen
miles, aud at six mills The tre'gns on
ton Of GOAL from Buchanan would be
st1ss-~By railto Buchananfroua tsay) Jun
nimost the distance is 13i mites, which at l
per cent. per ton per mile (the grade IS only
20 or 30 feet would make $3.50. ADD nVe
cents for transfer and we have 500 for the
cost of Transporting ton Of coal from Vuta'
nimont to Richmond. II we pay Sl.So Tor
the coal on the cars at the miRes Ct could
| probably be got for $i25) the cost Of the
coal delivered in Richmond would De s4'oo'
It would cost so eeats to send the same on
to Norfolk.
The extent of the coal business may be
gathered from the fact that 5000 900 tons
are brought annually by the Baltimore anu
Ohio railroad and the Chesapeake and ONO
canal from the Cumberland coal-mines. Ii
only / 100000 tons were brought over Tue
canal. at six mills per ton per mile we snou'o
derive from this source alone Sl,zoo'ooo'
sunnosing that of the six mills five mills went
n the carrier and one mill for tolls, the reVe-
nue. to the canal would be S2oo,Ooo. 1ne
entire cost of clearing eut-the bed oil the
canal (ssOO,00O) and building, the twenty
nine miles of railroad (S1, 100000 would not
exceed 81 ,6sO, 900, the interest on when la'
seven per cent) amounts to only Sllo'ooo.
We suppose the other business on the cana
would meet the expenses OF maintenance
. and repairs.
This gap of railroad between Clifton Forge
and Buc -ifthe present scheme snou'o
result in any OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES always
, command purchaser. 1t is gap that mas
to be occupied by some party, and II one
marty does not do it, another WILL Either
the Chesapeake and Ohio Company or the
Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Company
would buy it. This is further guarantee to
the city of Richmond against loss. a....
Such road, 1t IS furthermore pehefeu'
would pay for itself when the central water
line is put under contract, in the transpor'
tstion of materials for that work.
If, Oh the other hand, the canal be pushed
on across this gap, so as to have water all the
way to Clifton Forge, in that event the mo-
ney expended would be returned when the
National Government takes possession OF the
work.
We suggested the other day that the an
nual saving in Richmond (and Lynchburg.
for fuel would compensate us entirely, or IL
great measure, for the interest guaranteed BY
US (say s7O,OOO), should the Canal Company
fail to meet that interest. At 100000 tons o.
coal for our consumption in Richmond pei
aunum, saving of half dollar on the ton
would amount 70 $4,000.
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ME- DOUBLE CHEST-PROTECTOR
of every size, imported from England, and soid
at MEADE& BAKERS drugstore.
DITMAN'S SEA SALT, In rs and SOC. packages
Sold at MEADE s. BAKERS drugstore.
CHARCOAL BISCUIT and LOZENGES, for the
relief and cure of foul breath, heartburn, and dys-
pcpsIa. Sold at MEADE& BAKERS drugstore.
CUTLER'S POCKET INHALERS afford prompt
relief TO sorcthroat, bronchitis, and catarrh. Sold
~ MEADE.& BAKERS drugstore.
PATE PECTORALE. ALUM and KlNO LOL-
ENGES, aud CHLORATE OF POTASH LOZ-
ENGES, for coughs, colds, and sorethroat, Sold al
MEADE & BAKERS drugstore,
f.1o 919 Main street,
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Common Sense" writes US q half-col-
umn letter to justify his opinion of JOSH Bill
L1SGs and JEAN ISoELow, and to show that
we are poor judges of poetry. We are not
sure but Common Sense" is right. Our
judgment is necessarily very imperfect. We
do, however, as we'll as we can. We will
admit'all that he charges us with if he will
excuse us for declining a controversy with
him. He can surely find some paper whose
poetry suits his taste.
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The NEW Postal LAw.-The new postal
bill 1--WE take 1t for granted it will become a
law) allows the Congressional Record, or any
part thereof, and public documents, to 20
free through the mails on the frank of a
member or delegate.
1t also allows members of Congress and
the Commissioner Of Agriculture to send gar.
den seeds free through the nails under such
regulations as the Postmaster-GeDeral may
l:es@slte.
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President GRANTS aspirations Cor arbi.
trsry power having grown stronger Of late,
he should now feel kinder regard for the
young monarch of Spain, who has 'politely
informed him of his installation as King of
Spain. He ewes 1t to decerous diplomacy,
as we'll as to policy, for the promotion Of
the integrity OF his own position, to Great
his young brother Of Spain With entire cor
dialifu
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M r r. PRICE s. co. have opened

~ T. K. PRICE g. co. have opened
this morning, by steamer, VI
NEW SPRING MEDIUM:PRINTs,
NEW WIuTE-GRoUND PRINTS,
PERCALEs and CAMBRICS,
CoTToS CAMBRlCS,
RUFFLINGs, CoRSETS.
MOURNING GOODS, in
BoMBAZINE CLOTHS, TAMIsE.
ImPERATHIcE, MoHAIRs, ALPAcAs,
REPS, DELAINEs, CASHMEREs,
ENGLISH GRAPE, GRAPE Wells,
BLACK SILK GLOVES, 49,.
BLACK KID GLOVES,
BLACK LONG SHAwLs,
BLACK SQUARE SHAwLs,
COLLARS, CUFFS, &c, &c. re 10
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The county courts were one of the main
supports of the county papers. We regard
this as one of the best OF arguments for the
restoration of those courts. A county that
has good paper stands much higher in the
opinion of the world than one which has
nome
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The discriminating veto would enable the
Governor to veto one section of bill and ap-
prove the others--a power the need OF when
is almost constantly experienced by Governor
KEMPER. Why not have it?
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TIE CIVIL RIGHTS LAW IN PETERSBURG
The comments of the Richmond Dispatch
on this law are so correct, and agree SO fully
with our own views Of its bearing, that We
publish Misunderstanding NelCS.