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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-07-25
lFor the Dlsnatch.l
The Fourth District.
CIrNRERI,AND COUNTY.

Alta meeting Of the Conservative party OF
Cumberland county, held at the court-nouse
on the 22d July, 1878, j. III. McRac being
chairman, and William Holman secretary,
the following resolutions were adopted:
Il. .Resolued, That we hereby affirm that
Il is matter OF. the greatest importance to
this district that we should be represented
in the next Congress of the United States
nv Conservative and In order to secure
such a result perfect harmony and unGnlm-
ity, should prevail in our ranks.
j g., Res0lUed, That we protest most ear
Mostly against the introduction OF the State
debt question into the congressional can.
| yass. ss,,,ai. 49,, i'll,
"a. Resolued, That our delegates to the
Petersburg Congressional Convention be
instructed to cast their votes in favor OF
Samuel f. Coleman, OF this county, as the
| Conservative candidate .oI~the Fourth con-
eressional district for Congress, and that
they use their best efforts to secure his
nomination. ~ -. -.
+ r., ReSoIUed, That the city OF Petersburg,
situated as it is at the extreme end OF the
district, is Oil inconyenient place for the
[holding OF the convent on, and that it is in-
teXpedientt to hold said convention at so early
"a day as that fixed upon by the Executive
Committee; and we hereby recommend and
request the Executive Committee to substi-
tute .Burkville tthat being more eligible
place. in the place Of Petersburg, and that
the time for assembling OF the convention
be not sooner than the last week in August
nor later than the 10Th OF September.
| 5. Rescued, That should such change
be made our, delegates who have been ap'
pointed to attend the Petersburg conyen'
ton be and are hereby authorized to. repre-
sent lii county in the Burkville convention
The following delegates were appointed
by the chairman !: =, 49,
For Hamilton Distrct-William NJ. Eos
| ter, delegate; B. A. Flippen, alternate.
For Madison District. A. Booker, Gel
egate; J. e. Clarke, alternate. n,o.
For Randolph District-B. w. !, ban
ton, delegate; a. b. Agee, alternate:
j. FL. hICRAE, Chairman.
Wiuiana Holman, Secretary. n .;,'s
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Items ON several Subjects.
baltimore Rd1letin.l

4 az. ~ S1t
FuI RIVER AND CHEAP CuRRENCY.---ln
the discussion, oi tfe labor question IN CON- yo
nection with that of the. currency. General
ButIer alluded recently to the condition OF
Tie Fall River mill operatives, SO many Oh
whom are out OF work. This ailuslon proves
zoo much for the Generals purpose. Tue
troubles of Fall River, grew, out OF lnlatl2h,
and not ont Of diminished currency. Efhe
enormous and unhealthy increase OF cotton
production at Fall River was one OF the
fr1Iits az the abnormal stimulation which
on inflated currency gave to all industrial
ENTERPRISES. Speculations like those Of Eall
River are begotfen only by the existence OF
cheap currency. ---.---s---.,
: Eyeryman who ex poets to fail during the
next twelve months will make short WORK
OF it and ensure a. discharge: by going into
bankruptcy during august. Consequently
the list of bankruptcies that may be pup.
lisbed during the next six weeks VIII NOT
indicate the real condition OF affairs, but
simplg the desire of failing men to be free
from nessentauglements. There IS one
advantage for solvent business-menin this
rnsb Tof the. ipsolyent ones into bankrupt
cy--they will not much Iongerbe compelled
tn compcte, with those who, mot expecting
TO pay their debts, .llnderseny the honest
trader. :,isg..4 mo- -!stih -. -
If, as some of the. pleaders for more money
assert, business is so depressed that it pays
nothing, the other popular charge of the
same men. that labor is being robbed by
capital, falls tothe ground and in place OF it
there stands the fact that the great manufac-
turing capitalists! OF the country are 'doin
business at.u small profit, or no profit at all,
merely for3the sake OF theirworkmen. Des-
pite: this, the, demagogues will endeaVor
to arouse the laboring men against their
employers. 'iIt.a nj yt9 on; D.! 80
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TIE other Slde-None But Taxpayers
aai:ntr 3',! Ought to be Voters. =. .a' -
G,.l(Norfolk Ledger. ] .|t''-'|

Our object has been and still is TO bring
the Conservative party up to higher stand
ard in its choice OF representatives than It
occupied in the several years previous to
and succeeding its rescue Of the State from
the bands of Radical politicians. This is
necessary as q maiterof eli-protection. NO
people ct themselves honest and pure in
their own individuality are compelled to
submit to representation ~ by any other
than hlgh.toned and honorable gentle
men. IT., however, to favor this candl-
date or aid the other candidate we are
willing to do that which is illegal for
the purpose of gaining favor with those who
are not and cannot be legal participants IN
an election, then we deserve just such
representative and just such laws as will
suit that communistic element who claim
the right of controlling the balot-boX by
brute force, the license to do SO having
been granted to them by those who con-
troll the party machinery. 1t is perfectly
competent for. the Executive Committee
to say that none but Conservatives shall
vote. This is entirely within the range
OF their power, and their duty Is TO
protect their party organization, but the
qualification of the voter is above and be-
yond the committee.~~The State law fixes
Tue !quatlHCatlouI W tHo &So'S.' ano
Executive Committee has no right to add
to or take from the States requirements.
Legal voters have only the right to
elect, and legal voters are only compe-
tent to select candidates. What farce,
then, is it for our City Executive Com
mittee to break down all the barriers be-
tween the Taxpayer and the non-tax-payer,
and after refusing to allow tax-paying
minorities any representation in their re-
spective wards, in the choice Of candidates,
give the balance OF the selecting power
into the hands OF those whom the State law
disqualifies, thereby ignoring the iunda-
mental safeguard OF the people and virtual
~ Offering premium to illegal voters to
come up and take possession OF the ballot
box, and dictate whom the qualified voters OF
the city shall select as their choice for rep
resentative in Congress.
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The Nationals and Greenbnckers,s
.ltss.t a emfFr.

Z y Is !
In the local columns OF this mornings
! gbserpsEa ahasseen "a. lfatom
nanrler fn which the people OF this secrsOn
ARE sought to Be fnnocu iated With the lprinci-
pIes OF tie sotcsiIed National Greenbnck-
Labor party. SFrom the devices which are
being employees to beguie them from their
party allegiance, wes urge them to turn
away. We ask them TO consider fhe folly OF
the arguments with which they nre being
uiied By this New York advocate. IS any
one so foolish as 10 believe that the measure
OF prosperity which people enjoys Is gov
erned BY the amount OF money in clreula-
ton in.the country? Yet this Is the whole
sum aud substance, as we understand It, OF
the teachings of the paper in question. 1t
seeks to make the people believe that il the
country Is flooded with paper-money the
nanacea will thereby be found for oil our
woes, Nothing could be more faltacious.
| A certain amount Of currency is needed Tor
the purposes Of commerce and trade, and
all the surplus over this necessary amount
is not only not. needed, but its direct infiu-
ence is to debasc our whole financial sys-
tenn! Tn support Of this position we cite
again the case of the Confederate states
| during the closing years OF the war. Every
mans pockets were filled with money, yet
our people were never SO nat: u was
| starvation in the midst Of plenty, il money
| is the only constituent element OF plenty, as
these sreenbackers would have the people
| believe. -.
We tell our readers that their pros perity
and advancement arc not to be found in the
triumph OF any such policy as that adyoca-
| ted BIZ these financial luuatics;. and those
who desert the party which has demonstra-
ted its purpose and its ability to give the
country good government and a wise and
safe administration OF the finances. to fol-
low this ignis fatuus, will do SO, to their
sorrow.-Charlotte Nv. C.j Observer.
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The i.npressionti gaining ground in the
Alexandria (Va.) district that there will be
two sets OF Delegates from nearly every
comfy in the district at the congressional
convention on the 18th Of August. Some
81 the most experienced politicians thinksit
likely that there Willnot be sufficient NUM-
her OF delegates in attendance with nneon-.
tested seats to organize The convention, and
appoint the usual committee OF. one from
each county to examine credentials. There
Is q tendency to regard General William 81.
+. Lee as q compromise candidate likely TO
harmonic the warning factions Of the party,
and d general disposition to- send him to
Congress, not only on account OF his own
marked abilities, but as a tribute to the
memory oil his father. General Robert e.
Lee, Wushingtos. letter Baltimore Sun.
We are free.to confess that we should look
with perfect, equanimity on Grant's nomi-
nation. We believe that he lis the worst
man that ever came to great prominence In
American politics. o tiCa Gtsefuer Demo
cratic 3. ..s So
The 1rst Of the State elections Of 1873
1Will be held In North Carolina next month.
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n, ru = ,, and whisehcad.

rLynchburE virgtnian.J
Monday was court-day In Nelsop, p N1s
ass 1 csahahs,sy ssasonnot faare hasasaaas
fTesnsnaI crowd was out. he court pEo-
'seedin g ware devoid Of spublief tnteIssss $
ss9ha N,onsstyatfve ExeCntiv asomMsNee
oEshe count decided mt the dessg@ss 10
nsiaied by fsfmary meetings., to be he'd az
alie various voting precincts on the, sasuI-
.daY preceding the fourth Monday IN Aus An.
gust. ..:.a rYaa srhomas
whitehead addressed q crowd Of about ons
hundred and fifty personsin the court-nous
OF, The. issues involved in the 'congr M y
eon.esf, ; and formally declared nim 9a :
candidate for Congress. Captain wv nlIs J,
heads speech felt on Hstless ears, anu
aroused no enthuaiasfn and awakened IS
sympathy among the people Of Nelson, W Eng
know full well what valuable services 1T 81.
tucker has rendered to dissection; ana stats,
and thew do not lock with any dayor5upoan
the present attempts to dispiace trom a.s
snhere Of useiulness that eminent stsles-
man who, while his fame girdles the CONT.
mont. stands like an intellectual colossus
omnnp the giants OF the nation. F. T. b.
= Loy1SosToN, July 2sd.
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Tseveral items from The Charlotte IVA Gazette.
We are not in favor Of introducing the
debt question into the congressional cam
vass. Yet the forcible readi are push
ing it. " '@'
liz this [Mahone manifested be not Jaco-
binism, or communism, or radicalism gone
to seed. we don't know what to call it. But,
it is said, this or utter reputation. 1t has
been demonstrated over and over again that
with economy and fair assessment at the
present rate the interest could be paid:
With the credit of the State maintained, the
bonds, as the Chamber OF Commerce has
shown, could easily be exchanged for four
per cents, and thus all threatened danger
be avoided. With the adoption OF the plan
proposed, the public credit is destroyed, and
utter ruin must come to every industry ana
enterprise. Let every citizen OF Virginia
pause and consider. =. s. 49,.
:. TIE CRY FOR GREENBACKs.-Eyery sen,
sible man knows that paper money IS based
on credit. When paper dollar is ex-
changeable for gold or silver dollar credit
is good and business prosperous. suppose
the currcucv inflated, for awhile all is pros.
nervous still on the strength OF the old credit
tin the day of payment comes, and then--a
crash. A man can do a large business as
long as his notes are good.
Now when money is abundant it requires
a large amount to buy laud or build a house
or do any business. Our grandfather once
told us he gave $50 of Continental money
for mug Of cider; we have been told that
q bushel of meal was once worth, at Char.
lotte Courthouse, $500 Of Confederate mo.
ney. Is 1t not better to have money OF some
value than to have money like this?
But it Is said the endorsement Of the Gov.
ernment may make it valuable. Yes; Just
so far as the Government can redeem it, an6
the business of the country demands its use
The trouble now is, not that there is moi
monev enough; but there is not confidence
enough among businessmen to use it in re-
productive enterprises. Money is valuable
Just SO faras it Is useful; or demanded fol
the production OF more value. .a:;tc,tt i;,,a
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why the Times are Hard.

Eyeryb body has q remedy for the present
depressed condition Of business. Most
people seem to think the trouble is the want
of money. A man imaglnes II ne had mo-
new enough he would be all right. Per-
haps he would, as long as bis money lasted.
But suppose be did not use his money IN
any productive enterprise, and suppose mo-
body else wanted to SO use it, it would be
only question of time. Besides, how
can one expect to get money il he has no
valuable consideration to exchange for it
But, says one. "this is the very trouble.
The farmer finds his products do not yield
much over the cost OF production the me-
chanic and laborer finds that he cannot eA-
change his labor for much money. II money
was plenty, tobacco and corn would be
worth something, and there would be no
lack for employment" "Ah!" says an
other, "there has been over. production,
and the labor market is crowded, and that's
the reason times are hard"
We have very different ideas. In the first
place, the times are hard for people who are
in debt, who have been living on credit,
and are forced to pay. Times are hard Tor
those who are engaged in Don-productlHe
enterprises. who live on their interest, or
by their wits; who do not raise their own
pigs, sheep, and corn. Times are hara'
too, for those who are engaged IN proauc,,
ton, who rely upon n single product, ana
who incur debt for the means OF produe-
ton.
There has been too much effort to live mere
" upon money, or its interest,"; to live mercy
by the exchange of values, not by its produc-
ton; agriculture has been deserted 1or
trade; capital has been diverted from pro,
ductiye channels; the land has been used
as basis OF credit, and the result has been
STARVATION. What with labor, insurance,
fertilizers, freights, interest, taxes, and the
thousand and one expenses OF the farm, with
constant depreciation and other drawbacks,
the source OF real value has been drained,
and the land itself rendered almost valueless.
|. Bring the matter down to our county.
We send how much money away for fertil-
izers and supplies Weencourage no home
business, but send 1t abroad. The number
| of lawyers, merchants, and non-producers
lis increased. We employ no capital in i'm
proyements and enterprises which create
value, and complain bitterly Of bard times,
stagnation OF business. and lack Of money
Verify, with our wealth OF land aud album
dance of resources, these things ought not
so to Charlotte Gazette.
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Sound Sense.

Some OF the newspapers talk about re-
sumption rs though it would be great
benefit to the nation to have specie in eircu-
Iatior, instead of paper. The advantage CT
resumption will not be that business will
hereafter he transacted in coin instead OF pa
per, bat that the paper will be equally val
liable with coin, so that we shall have but
one standard OF value. and thut commercial
standard of the word unchanSing.
A paner dolar-or to be- more accurate,
a promise to pay one doilar-is far more
convenient for mercantile purposes than q
silver dollar is, and nothing would be gained
by forcing silver dollars upon the public IN
stead OF; the one and two-dollar green
backs. That is not resumption.
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From the WilmiRgton IN. CT star.I

Colonel Winston is grocnbacker. so
called. and proposes TO wear General
scales's shoes, If the people will agree to it..
He will not wear the shoes nor gain laurels
If the following statement OF the Ners
does him justice. It says:
eve never listened to a speech, even
from Tourgee or Billy Henderson, which
contained half the filth and agrariansm.
His communistic doctrines are so gross as
to nauseate the sensible and thinking mem
bers of the Republican party. AN old and
fire-tried leader in the Republican party re-
marked to the editor OF this paper that the
man who could advocate such doctrines did
not deserve to get single vote in this con-
sressional district" &c..
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4WATTERsoN FOR a THIRD rERM.-[From
the Louisville Courier Journal There is
talk OF union upon Edmunds, of Yer
mont. to stave off the Grant danger. But
this will not do. Edmunds is an iceberg.
Even Washburne could be put in so MS to
beat him. Grant is simply q necessity.
The Republican party is nothing except as
a war party--a party taking its whole inspl-
ration from the war-a sectional, disunlon
party, based upon the idea Of force. Strip
it OF its military palaphernalia and it stands
naked before the people as disgraced
plunderer. Its more practical leaders per-
fectlv understand this, and hence they are
all in favor OF rcnominating Grant. No
other nominee can combine the hosts, can
start the old battIe-cry, can rally at once the
CAPITALISTS and the masses. .''-
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Mr.. Wattersen has decided to take hand
in the coming campaign in, Indiana. He
had much trouble evidently In making. Up
his mind about how, he should swallow,
VOORHEES,, for he remarks /: g II we agreed
with him in placing the financial issue above
all other issues we should prefer the devil
or some other available person to him for
United States senator. We just don't; and
because we sink the financial issue to where
it belongs-as q nasty little wrangle unWor-
thy OF such abilities as his-we, the hardest
of;hard-money Democrats, prefer him above
all other men. living or dead, for continu-
.ance in the place, which he not only honors
In himself, but in which he eleyates and
adorns the character OF IN honorable and
manly American statesmanship.o @
Il The third party Is The uncertain element
.of the pending canvass. Everybody recog-
nizes that 1T viii play q conside part,
but nobody can tell Just what any
journal ltssspabt ica,l $50 5ssS3 s9.z.
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First Congressional District.
e1oncEsrER COUNTY.

GLOUCESTER COURTHOUSE. VA.,}
July 10, 1878. }
Editors Dispatch: The delegates for this
comfy to the congressional convention OF
this district, to be held at Tappahannock. on
the 9Th of August, were appointed at TINS IS
place ON the nth instant. The county VIII
90 for our county-man, General W. b:
Taliaferro;- and -if~he should be dropped
Bland and Douglas will get the vote, win
some underlying strength for Beale.s ~:
~ lFor the Dispatch Repubishcd corrected.1
The primary election for member OF
Congress from the First district took place
in Accomac county on Saturday the 10Th IN
slant, and resulted in giving majority ior
Colonel Benjamin I. Gunter OF ABOUT 6oo
votes over Hon. John Nicely. AccoMAc.
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DEATHS.

Died OH the Oath CT July, 1873, at $50 a. NJ -,
HANNAH, wife of John X. o'hetic' aseo 'hirS
years. -,
Her remains will he taken from her husbands res
Idrnce, SGT BcviGcrc street, at S:30 O'Clock IHlS
(Thursday) MORNING, to ST. Peters Cathedrai.
where high mass will be celebrated Friends and
acauaintances are invited TO attend.
Peouiescat in pace. Amen. .-
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General Joseph L. Johnston has been
urged as Democratic candidate for the pre-
sidency in 1880. That would come as near
restoring the Confederacy to power and
honor as anything could. save the installa-
ton OF JEFF. Davis in the White House.
Since the death OF II. Il. Lee, General John
stonis, next to Davis, the ranking officer Of
the Confederacy. This should give him q
strong claim upon the d mocracy.- Toledo
Commercial. 80 ES5efEiSs .lfDa
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LOSSES AT THE CATLETTSBURG FIRE. GIN
cinnati, ohio, July 23.-The latest reliable
estimate OF loss by the Callcttsburg Qky.)
fire is S150,000, upon which there i' about
SAC. 600 insurance.
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o0.CEN'r STORE.

ECEIVED AT THE
93-CENT STORE:
25 handsome PALM LUNCH-EA>HETs;
More Of those square CHESTNUT TABLES:
IS C-kcy ACCORDEONS at 90c.
A few large ACCORDEONS 4: $l.9S:
20 large FEATHER-DUSTERS;
81 sets MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS;
so Handsome SlLK-VELyET FRAN ES-'i!o
size-at Soc;
ls-iuch all-ieather EALlSES. black AMI col
orcd. at *l.9S:
l6-ipch all-lcalher vALISf:S. with pocSet. A.
s1.9S; -
10 gross TEASPOONS at 59c. \ llf-d"zeu wNh.
RANrEp on white netal-:our patterns:
s gross TEASPOONS n 99c. i dozen-s9oi HN1
on nickel Stockholm patterns,
TABLESPOONS and FORKS 10 match ciih";
quality or pattern:
Elegant 5-bottIe Revolving CASTOR "AE-
RAsTED triple-plate on white metal, 3, La
PICKLE-STAND and FORK. stGAR-hp"
CAKE-STAND-Samc n; castor:
ELEGANT SOUP. LADLE, warranted White metal
iriple-plate, at 99c.
Catalogues mailed free 10 any arirr>S.
iy25 W. A. STEVENS. 5o5 Broad str''t.
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There Is money enough buried in Nanse-
mond, Isle Of Wight, and Southampton
counties to transact the combined business
of the three counties.-Sufolh Herald.
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PROPOSALS.

PROPOSALS.
CITY ESGISEEH, OFFICE
RICHMOND, VA, July "a, 1878.
PROPOSALS
IN will be received At this office untI
FRIDAY NEXT. 26TH INSTANT,
a. q O'Clock L. NJ, ,.,,..
FOR CONSTRUCTING TIE FOLLO" IN"
BRICK SEWERS: 1880.
street from Main 10 Frank In street
Rayine north OF Clay bet cen Ienih AMI Eie'"h'A
streets. ~ , ,,,tI.r.
Forms Of proposals can DC 0Dta,hto' Nv" Si'N'"'N
lions seen, by applying AZ this office. ,.,,,,-..
The Committee Strec:s reserves Inc t'E"' ~ ~
ject any Of all proposals offered. ,,.rsu,w
,rota,d tlty Eug!n"cr.
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MEETINGS.

TIHE MEMBERS OF JOPP A &.
i LODGE, No. 40, A. Y. ~, are requested ~
IN attend n stated communication OF tbelr/ " y
T,odge THIS Thursday EVENING at O'Clock.
Members of sister lodges and transient brethren are
fraternally invited to attend.
By order Of the W. NJ. rD,,,y .
Secretary.
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90 ~ 81 sstisss 80 lRa
.gsss.4s tslas.5 ali 20 Tvs sss.s.55 81
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sMUSEMENTS.

n ICHMOND MOZART ASSOCIATION.
THE regular weekly soiree will take place at Mo-
zart Hail THIS Thursday EVENING at 81
O'Clock. Admission only by membership or invita-
tiou cards, which must be presented at the door.
Members can obtain inyitation-cards on application
at WAITS music-store, No. 920 Main street.
9Th
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PLEASURE. GROUNDS.

DARTIES DESIRING PRIVATE OR
I PUBLIC PIC-NICS win find NICE GROVE
OH Chesapeake and Ohio railroad ten miles from the
city. splendid spring at one end and well at the
other; also, siding for cars. For Information apply
to j. Ii. TIMBERLAkE,
1y22,25&3O* Atlee's post Of1ce.
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MASONIC NOTICE.-Tbe mem. 81.
Nl bers of JOPPA LODGE. No. 40, will at KE
Hall ON THIS Thursday EVENING at o'clock.
Members of sister lodges and visiting brethren are In
ylted to be present. BY order OF the w: %.
WILLIAM j. RIDD1CK.
~ 25-1t* secEetary.