The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-10-20
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- .oeTo Der 20, 1919
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Ne'S''' - OCTOBER IS, 1879.
conservatives Of Fifth Warsf and vi"
tm s I'D a large meeting last night at the
dns. u;yh street. Considering t6e taef
hfaa IN Of the meeting was only gwen /
iGS ~ no ofternoop, and that by hand.bills,
h'e 10 was a decided and most graft.
ne n, snrcess. aud Is a strong evidence ioi
ly'S Length Of the Debt. Payers ln that
'pt ;s,, of tnc city. The meeting WAS
p 9..,D" by samuel N. Page, ESD,
'Sal' ,or two hours held bis audience
WI" ' rs few other ,mcn could have
'ess'" uc delivered IA very able -argu.
HoS,' ~ behalf Of the settlement OF
EF" s,a,s deh-one 81 the best, indeed, that
~, as sc~n delivered here get, MIR. Page has
do. ~ nointcd way Of speaking, add with
a,irtc,iye delivery he ,at~ once gains the
",,ion ~ his hearers, and does not fail
h' .aa,, !, 70 the close. lie met with seve-
u, ;n,rrrnpions last night, but he, was
~ val n The occasion, aud could not be
w., oG The track. Mr.. Page gave q
t Vmosuct history Of Eireinia's debt from the
,,.an i was contracted down to the present
. .'.nc when, after it has been recognized
.imc and again, it. is sought to readiu>t IL.
Var vbx. the debt wsS contracted, and how
n, money was used In constructing the va
,;o,,s internal. Improvement in the State, in
h1ildiuy our asviums and institutions OF
Earning, III building the monument at
richmond, &c, he told in terms so
rlsin that all could understand. He
..r~o tcId how the war had dey2s-
..,od The STATE. and how the people
haS came out OF that great struggle bereft
=, ,,ronrrir. and all else save honor and the
Sasirc 10 do right. He carefully traced the
history Of tie debt through The legislation
,nh,rouent TO Tie warts recognition time
md again br the General Assembly, and by
,hc constitution. which was adopted BY an
y.rShelming vote Of the people Of the
s.s,e both white aud cnlored.a He dis
rn,,ed the FINDING bin OF 1871; dissected pro-
zion nv provision OF the Barbour bill anu
tho Gocock- Fowler bin, and made bis. au-
dispce under stand what they were, and
yrhq, they were intended to accomplish; eX-
,,s.d The Inconsistency OF the Reahlusters
!. ,b.,r votes in the Legislature and their
.c,;or nov: and advocated the McCulloch
1.w a. the great measure for the honest
and eoui,able settlement OF the debt. In
~nrornisou with the other bills mentioned
,rs MeCu,iosh bill is infinitely preferable.
!, will no, oulv pay the interest on the debt,
snonort and sustain the public schools, and
mae; all The government expenses, but it
wjI nrore 4 great relief to the people OF the
>;a,e IN reducing the 10 be paid and
N The yearly balances it will leave IN the
Treasury. Mr.. Page took up and answered
IN det1il the arguments aud objections
urred BY the Readiusters against the Nc
Cnllccn bill, and made many strong points
2. he passed along. lie relieved his argu.
mcrt bv frequent well-told anecdotes. which
caused great laughter. lie was often cheered
.nd a1planded, aud The large audience re-
NAMED With him TO the end.
Another large meeting OF coiorcd Re
rnb,,cans was held last night in Fourth
Ward, fully three hundred being present.
Frederick DouelasS's letter WAS unanimous
Is adopted as the platform OF the meeting
in the p,esent canvass. This Club now
numbers about 175 members. all OF whom
s-e pledged 10 the support OF the McCul
4 loeb bin. And this leads me to say that tht
editorial in The Dispatch OF this morning l:
right 4, far as il goes in reference to ths
4 orysDjZatipn among the colored people
here There is club in every ward. bu
more than one in some Of them; and the
membership OF these clubs is rapidly In
crea.ing. Some OF them meet twice week
B 10 enlarge their rolls. A great deal OF en-
& ,pusiasm is shown by the c"lored people
& and their meetings are addressed by per
q sous Of their own race and color in adyo
"a cacg d the honor and integrity OF the State
sS A great change has certainly come over
NJ them since measures have been taken to eX'
"a lisiu the McCulloch bill to them.
"a Tie Readiusters are about to send ou
g. several coiored orators from this city Il
81 speak at different points in the State.
II Mr.. 4. A. Traylor met with quite pain
8 fulaecldeut at his residence, on High street
& thi, moraing. About O'clock, while go
ing 10 his stable 10 get his horse to accom-
a pany some friends OH fishing excursion
be fell from the steps and severely injured
bis left side, breaking one or more ribs anC
i badly brusing his body.
The trial of K. A. Bcchcr (white), In The
Hu>tiUgs Court to-day, for felony In steal
s. ing watch and twenty dollars in money
from companion while on an excursion
resulted in hung jury. The accused haC
able counsel to represent him. The jury
4 have been locked up since O'Clock this al
ID lerneon. t. - --
e Evening before last the cotton-gin own.
"A ed by Colonel william II. SpratIey. near
3 Hickslord, in Greensviile county, was de
81 slroyed by fire, with about sixteen bales oil
cotton belonging to different parties. The
S FIRE was accidental, and is supposed to haze
Il been caused by a match passing through
"A The mill There was no insurance on tht
81 property. --
81 The interua-revenue collections jp til,
# Petersburg district for the week ending TO
"a Day amounted to Sl7,301. The exports o.
manufactured tobacco from this city. for tb:
81 week Guiding to-day aggregated 53,63s
81 pounds ... 80 81! 5"f .--'g-
"a The inspections OF tobacco at the ware
"a houses in this city. this week were unusual
q y light, amounting IN the aggregate to only
FL 20 hogsbeads. The sales OF loose tobacco
@ were also extraordinarily small, amounting
# loonly 1850 pounds.
IA The quarterly meeting OF the Episcopa
r. sunday-School Association of Bristol'parist
@ VIII Ne held Monday night at Grace church
# rev. Dir. Barrett, OF Richmond, will deliver
an address on the subject of Sunday-schoo
organization, which will be the theme oil
81 dlscnSslon during the evening. .~s. .,h S..
train OF nine coaches. bringing about
IN I'VE hundred cXcursiu nisls from Weldon
81 ahu points this side, reached here this
morning. The visitors were about equally
W uNided as between whites and blacks.
n They combined business with pleasure,