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A THROAT. CUTTING AFRICAN POLITICAL
CHRISTMAS wHIsEEY FRACAs-DhVELoP-
MEYT OF MOVEMENT AGAINST THE FEDE-
RAJ. OFFICE HOL hEBs THE LECTURE COM
MTTRE SNOW AGAIN" VIRGINIA
PEERAGE," &C.
correspondence of The Richmord DispatcHJ
DECEMBER %, 1880.
An alteration between two negroes In
bsr.room on Twelfth street yesterday has
incidentally disclosed some interesting po-
litcaI items. The parties to the rem
contre were one Wyatt Dtllard, a
leader among the negro Readi busters,
and a son OF Jack Averett, who Is an
emplo, & In Captain Rives's Office, end also
tipstatr OF Judge Rives's United States Dis
trict Court. "Jack IL notorious politi-
clan, and is in the Federal service ana
identified with the DebtPayers' party.
Most OF the negroes here are at heart Re-
pudiators, and have hence conceived a
great prejudice against "Jack," VINO Is
none too popular on any account; and they
charge bin with having res0Ited to under
handed tricks at the last election. Dillard
was airing these accusations yesterday In
bar.roo when AveretPs young son took
Nd his fathers quarrel. and fight ensued,
in which Dillard received severe stab In
the neck. hyerett was arrested, and this
morning in the Mayors Court the cjse was
postponed for fuI tber bearing.
In the talk which tn fight gave rise TO 1t
transpired that the negroes here are using
strong efforts 10 dslodge the occupants OF
the Federal offices in this city. Meetings
are held among them twice week to pro-
cure signatures to petitions that Will be adj
dressed 10 General Garfield on his Access
sion praying The removal OF Captain Will
son from the post-oflice and Captain Rives
from the collectors office. u is said that
fifteen hundred names TO these papers have
already been gotten. The ground on which
the application for change Is made is that
home men are preferred TO bill home offices.
| doubt if these applications have much
effect, for bolh officers are popular; and
Captain Rves, moreover, is Virginian,
and from a Deishboring county. The move
appears 10 be really inspired by objection
to these officers on account OF their debt
paying stand on the great issue III State
politics.
The following gentlemen have been con-
stituted the Lecture Committee OF the Hol-
combe- Hall Association: A. Mcdonald,
ESQ, Captain r. q. ii. Kean, Rev. j. Gilt,
Hon. G.. w. Button, and Maj l.. ). Marye.
the next lecture in the free course will be
delivered by Mr.. Kean, whose subject has
not transpired; then Major Daniel, on the
" Small Industries OF the SOUTH; and then
Mr.. Gregory on "Lord Beacons6eld."
The snow has been falling fitfully this
morning, and there are indications Of its
becoming steady snow.
Mr.. r. II. Craighil's book, "The Virgil
MIA Peerage," will appear tomorrow. 1t
includes skctches'of Washington, Jefferson,
Henry. Randolph Of Roanoke, and John
Marshall. The book is entitled Volume l.,
as it will probably be followed by other like
sketches from Mr.. CraigbllPs pen.
The German last night at the Norveli
House was great success. 1t was the first
of the season, and all the beaux and bellies
OF the town and some from distance were
on the floor. TELEPHONE.
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The Nayy-A RumOr.

lSpecial dispatch TO the Chicago Trihune1
WASHINGTON, ID. c., December Get is
rumored tonight that tue President has
formally invited General Wlckbam, OF
Virginia, 10 be Secretary OF the Navy, and
that should he accept he may hold over un,
der the Garfield Administration. General
Wickham is one OF the southern candidates
for the Cabinet under Genera, Garfield.
He is one of the most prominent Republic
ems I'm Virginia pUiiiics. lie occupied
good position before the war, and en-
tered the Confederate army, where he at
taIned high rank. AT the surrender he
abandoned the Lost Cause and became an
earnest Republican. He has remained one,
and " bile a leader among Republicans, has
also preserved the respect OF the Demo-
Gratis. In the iaclioDal fight in the State he
il radical in his opposition to all repudlatng
schemes, and is the most vigorous opponent
that Malone has. Should Wickham get into
| the Garfield Cabinet that fact would not
particularly attract Malone 10 the Ad-
ministration. Wickham is successful
and fairly wealthy businessman. he
is practically the president and manager
OF the Chesapeake and Ohio road. He was
and is chairman OF the Republican state
Committee in Virginia, and during the
campaign he was the determined opponent
OF all attempts OF fusion between Republi-
cans and The Readiusters. lie maintained
that it was the duty OF the Republicans to
adhere TO their principles, to do nothing to
| help either faction, aud that there were rea'
sonabe chances OF Republican success.
| The Democrats were greatly concerned lest
his prediction should prove true.
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What says-the 1'imesa
Mr.. NoRDaoFF writes to the New Yor
Herald:

Mr.. NoRDaoFF writes to the New York
Herald:
"The southern negro is undoubtedly the
most docile, and. on the whole, the best
peasant laborer In the world; but the south.
ern white does not know how TO manage
him. He persists, aud with no inhuman
intention at all, IN regarding him merely as
the representative OF so many bales Of cot
ton TO the man, and the black free man,
who feels this, Is made uncomfortable by it.
He does not resent 1t. but as he becomes
more intelligent he flies from the senti-
menf. Just us hundreds OF thousands OF
Germans left their country because they
were subject to a similar degradation I'M
der the old aristocratic system and wanted
their children 10 have far chance In free
land"
We endorse Mr.. NoRDHoFR's eulogy OF
the negro; but We must say that his dictum
that '.the southern white does not know
how to manage him is absurd. The SOUTH
ern negroes are even now the best-ocntented
laborers in the void. They dearly love a
white southern man, and they delesta white
northerner. They cannot be bribed, nor
forced, nor entrea,ed to live outside OF the
South. They wifi work for much less In
Virginia than their services would command
10 New York.
II, however. Mr.. NoRDHoPP means that
the southern " aile does not work negro
half a. hard as saosthern white wosks him.
and therefore does not know how to aanage
him, we shall not deny the truth Of the as
serti0D.
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Tobacco.
THE "wHITE hurley" AND COTTON on THE
S0UTHSIDE.


TO the Editors of the Dispatch:
The production OF dark tobacco has
proved to be SO Improbable OF late to The
farmers, especially on the SOuthside, that
diligent inquiry is being made looking TO
something that UW pay. A correspond
ent, in YOUR issue of the oath instant, point
ed the farmers, in the dark-tobacco region
generally, to the :" White Burley "tvpe OF to-
bacco as the thing for them to grow II tobacco
is TO contiDuetO be their money crop. Should
any one take the trouble to lind out how
much sweet "navy" tobacco is now made
by the manufacturers in Richmond aud Pc
tersburg, the stock used in watch, except
the wrappers, is wholly "Wbite Burley,"
he will understand perfectly why our peO-
pie in Virginia ought TO make the effort to
raise this tobacco. DR.. Pollard, our Com.
missioner OF Agriculture, has something to
say on this subject In his last report. Just
from the press, and he presents, on page 81,
letter from one OF the best growers OF
white Burley" in Mason county, KY,
the region regarded on all hands as the Pc
culiar home OF this type.
But there is another opening for all the
more southerly counties OF Virginia, and
that is cotton. We have all observed what
an enormous element this crop has become
i'm the agricultural work of our ueighbor,
North Carolina. Since the introduction OF
artificial maDures the notions once held
about the natural limits OF the "cOtton
belt" have been entirely exploded. The
best cotton In South Carolina now comes
from the Piedmont region, where in old
times 1t was held cotton could not be grown
ata'i. Norfolk had practically no existence
as a cotton port before the ADVENT of these
mapures. Under old methods the boil could
not be matur,d, in the country tributary 10
her, before frost. The grass manures used
decayed loo slowly in the soil 10 meet the
demands OF the plant. But with a manure
at once available, from four TO six weeks
time is gained; and the staple being per-
feclly matured, 1t brings in the market the
same money, the type being the same, as a
fully matured staple from anywhere else.
Cotton is now largely raised in the counties
of Nansem0nd, Sussex, Southampton,
ought to be extended Dorlbward in the State
as far as, With the aid mentioned, the boil
could be matured before frost.
We need nor, for some time 10 come, be
worried about all overproduction OF cotton
ia this country. II we can make II cheap
Iy enough the world will take all we can
raise, our American type proving more
generally seryiceable everywhere than that
giown in any other country. We can make
II cheaply enough II the farmer will feed
both nan and beast from food raised on his
own place. He cannot II he buys his
bread and meat from the Northwest.
AN OLD FOGY
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and, that, white much iaIrer than auy otner
northern writer who has discussed in's
question, Professor RICHARDSON om''s most
important points which go to prove that
the criuc OF AndersouvtIle srd OF Elmira
lies not ut our door, but was part o. the
crucs war policy Of Secretary STANTON"
The editor announces that renewals ana
new subscribers for 1881 are now 10
erder, and we desire to endorse his appeal
that all who desire to help this good work
and have magazine Of increasing Interest
will send % 10 Dr.J. WILLIAM JONES, Rich'
moud. Let them also order back numbers
since 1876.
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The Why's article Of yesterday In reply
to one Of ours published last week Is
good reading. We are delighted to see such
40 article 10 that Journal. 1t teaches lust
what, and only what, we were taught many
years ago. We would be content TO take
for an answer to II what the Wing itseli
would say in reply to the following ques'
ton: Would the United States Govern
ment allow Virginia to be treated with as,
or treated as, sovereign State by foreign
powers?
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II appearx from unfinished aguros ,h., n,

1t appeaN from published figures that Inc
total storage capacity In Chicago Is %, 1902.
600 bushels, OF which 19.455, 900 Is elevator
room, 2,322,000 saiI-vessel room, and 025..
900 steam-vessel room. The increase over
last years capacity Il over 1000, 900 BUSH
els. There are now In store In that city
la,eo0.00O bushels Of grain against IL, O00,-
Oo0 bushels at this time last year. A grain
gInt similar to that Of last spring Is not I'm.
probable.
The Chattanooga Times says that Jost'ce
Woods was not born In Ohio. hut m Ken
lucky, and OF Virginia stock.
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Armed Contest Over the Custody o
Prisoners I'm New Mexico.

LAS VEGAS, n. NJ. December 2S.-The
notorious gang OF outlaws, composed OF
about twenty-five men, who, under The
leadership OF "Billy the Kid" have for
the past six months Overrun eastern New
Mexico, numbering and committing other
deeds of outlaAyry, was broken up last Sat-
urday morning by the killing OF two and
capturing OF four others, including the
| leader. The prisoners were lodged in
the Las Vegas jail, and calls for
| Iynching were made, but the vigi.
lance OF the captors-Deputy Sheriff
Garrett and Others-prevented. Yesterday
forenoon Garrett and the other captors
boarded train with the prisoners Tor the
purpose OF taking them 10 Santa Fe. Sheriff
Romero demonstrated against taking Ruda.
baugh, one OF the prisoners, who bad killed
Las Vegas deputy sheriff, to Santa Fe, but
to no effect. He then went to the depot
with posse OF three hundred men, and
made formal demand for the prisoners,
but was told IL he wanted them to take
them. The sheriff then stationed men at
the engine to cover the engineer, and the
balance OF the posse crowded about the
train, the platforms OF which were crowded
with additional guards pressed into the SCI
vice of Garrett, and nearly every window
Of the ears seemed as port-hole for rifles.
Somebody suggested 10 rake the prisoners
now. Stewart, one OF CARROTS party. said
! the instant the first shot was fired he would
unloose every prisoner and arm them. For
awhile:a fight seemed imminent. The chief
| engineer, Robinson, appeared and demand
I'd that The train be allowed 10 proceed, and
the master OF transportation said il the train
was not allowed to proceed be would arm
all the railroad men and take IL out. De-
tective j. +. Morley, Of the Post. Office De-
partTent, jumped into the cab with pair
Of six-sbooters aud told the engineer to leap
out. The conference had just concluded O
compromise, 10y which 1t was agreed thai
| the sheriff and two men should go to Santa
Fe with the party, and, II the Governor
agreed. bring Rudabaugh back 10 Las We.
gas. The train then proceeded.
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The AlexaUVttS Vo<etts fSniss~es
A the Constitution Gays no state can
BE- d;vlded without its own consent, we
should not he surprised u some u ivy
numerous suits about the State ocot OF VT.
vinin were to bving up the question Q. me
cou<suusionslity OF the DIVISION OF vMx,n ~
before she Supreme Court, lot one .ws = ~
thai debt has been spporuoneo 70 "es' "
gints.n
That Sxestlon was before the sspreme
Court a the United States soon alter sne
close o. the war between the ststes snd u
w,s decided that West Virginia was state
conx,,tusionaliy erected. The pcsrse OF
west virginia would not willingly allow
their State TO become again . part Oh Vir-
xtuia. They have rcascas SATISFACTORY
"a their own minds Tor rretcrlpg It to re-
main A. It Il. Not only are the oehee-ho'ders
and al other men whose importance wou'o
he diminished II West Virginia were 10
cease TO be separate State opposed 10 any
change in the present relations OF tue
two States, but large majority OF the
masses OF the people agree with them.
Bot let us suppose that The great wrong
Of the division Of Virginia into two States
could be remedied, and they could again oe
united. what thea would our people say as
10 the State deb,9 About fifteen millions
Of that debt were assigned 10 West Wiz
ginia 10 1871. Not dollar OF that sum- OF
OF the interest upon II, has been PAID
Principal and interest, that portion OF VIZ
ginia's debt now amounts to over twenty
three millions Of dollars. or several mil
lions OF dollars more than the total
sum which the RIDDLEBsRGER bill pro-
poses to pay. II these twenty.three. MIL
lions were added to the hirty-two millions
which the MccuLLocH bill proposed to pay,
the debt Of Virginia would now be over
fity-fye millions OF dollars! We are afraid
that our people are not honest enough TO
desire TO see the State OF Virginia bounded
terrItorially as before the war II she Is 70
commence her new career with debt oil
that magnitude.
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"A UNITED STATES SENATOR'S QuALifIcA'
ryoSs.-Tbe Chicago Times says:

"A UNITED STATES SENATOR'S VuALiflCA
TIoNs.-The Chicago Times says:
"The field from which q successor may
he chosen TO Francis Kei nan, senator from
New York, is somewhat restricted. Inc
State Constitution provides that State ieeis-
latoss shall not be chosen. nor members OF
the State judiciary. Any votes cast Tor such
persons snail be void. These provisions ex'
clude Speaker Sharpe OF the Assembly,
Messrs. Robertson and W0Odin OF the STATE
Senate. Chief. Justice Folger OF the Court OF
Appeals. and Judge Noah Davis OF the su-
preme Court-all Of when have been men,
TONED for The senaiorsbip. A. ~ contended
by some ultra-nationalists that these provi-
SONS may be disregarded, aud that a. tbe
Senate Is the sole Judge OF the election ana
qualification OF its members, any restric-
tons imposed by State laws are iutile; YET
IL Is hardly credible that. remembering the
oath be takes 10 support the Constitution OF
bis State, any member OF tue New 10TH
Assembly would deliberately treat the pro.
visions OF that instrument as a nulity."
The United States Senate has itself de.
cided the question raised by the Times, and
OF course 10 favor Of the views OF what that
journal calls the "ultra-Dationalists." III
the Senate were to allow New. York to add
one TO the qualifications named in the Fede-
raj Constitution, it would have to allow
Virginia to add another, South Carolina an
other, Pennsylvania another, Maine an
other, and so on until thirty-eight new
qualifications were required in members OF
that body-not all meeting in one man, but
all meeting In the Senate. The Federal
Constitution provides that senator shall
be thirty years old, nine years citizen OF
the United States, and an inhabitant
OF the State for which he shall be
chosen; thus declaring in effect that every
man who possesses these qualifications shall
be eligible TO the United States Senate.
Therefore, IL the Constitution OF New York
provides that any such man shall not be
eligible. that restriction is null and void.
The provision in the State Constitution is as
II il had never been adopted. 1t Is not SIM
ply voidsble; il is void. Therefore, again,
8. any member Of the New York Assembly"
who should permit that provision to bind
his conscience would do an uDjustidabie
thing. The Constitution OF the United
States is the supreme law OF the land. Each
member OF the New York Assembly takes
an oath to support that Constitution. IL,
therefore, the two Constitutions conflict, he
must obey that one which is the paramount
rule OF action. -.
What says-fhe Timps2
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II. ID. Cunningham, editor OF The Troy
IN. ~ Telegram, was arrested Tuesday,
charged with criminally libelling the mayor,
Edward Murphy, Jr. The libel consists OF
statement in that paper that The mayor at
tended o dog.Hght Monday, and that be was
said 10 own one OF the contestants. Cum
ningham was taken on awrlt Of kobeds cor
pus before Judge Strait, and bailed In
$4,000.
A writ OF hobeas corpus procured on be-
Clinton was dismissed IN New York Tues.
day morning In The Supreme-Ceurt cham.
hers. The prisoner consented to return 10
Utah, witness from that Territory having
arrived and Identified him.
John II. Read has been commissioned
postmaster Vt KiwbalI, Va.
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matlsts In Europe arc such, They are
trained for the business. International Jaw
and the local laws u their own countries
are the subjects Of their stndy Tor years.
But whilst we are partial 70 Mr. BLASE we
fear that be Ia not rxactly the man our
neighbor takes him TO be,
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49, :. ne r>>tdeuce OF her son. IN Nex L9fxv,
r,scsmtcr Sssii. sALLlk CHRISTINE TtrDA'
II he seventy eighth wear o. mr. a g., ,,.s African
.,,.sch rHinAY. December 31sf. ~ o'cncx nss
sr,snds and her society che Daughters Of ZION, s1o
invited 10 s.send.
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NJ VISIT SYCLE BROTHERS
when you are out looking for your
CHRISTMAS PRESENT.
They have a great many
USEFUL ARTICLE
AT
GREATIY-REDUCED PRICE.

1000 SILK HANDKERCHiEFs from The COME
monest to $3.50 sach-the largest variety .i
SIX Handkerchief IN this city,
100 dozen FANCY LINEN aud EMBROIDERED
HANDKERCHIEF from "a g. Co. - each
Handsome boxes Of COLLARS aud CUFFS;
Large variety of LADIES and GENTLEMt\'.
GLOVES;
Great variety Of CHILDREN's CLOAKS;
Immense assortment Of LADIES tLpAko o. Dr..
closed ont AT much less Than regular vain:
We ale pave TO- OF an pu
100 pieces Of CARPET 10 b. sold 40 great iod..-
ton In pric".
WINDOW SHADES, and
LACE CURTAINS.
An immense stock OF LADIES aud bLNili-
MEMS UNDEEW EAR must be sold, as the .'.-
A few very ., hand ONE BRoCnE sHAWl.s suii4.l.
100 nj. " &C.. BI,AcK CASHMERE-'he cheapest ,,e.
shown ip Richmond Or any other ci'y-at ifor
17c. to ~ per yatd-Lupin', best so'd-'
80 pieces BLACK SILK al bottom pilce-;
80 pieces COLORtD >llE:
~ pieces BROCADED SILK;
10 pieces BLACK SATIN:
Al peceS CULORED SATIN. and hundred of o.llg
NOVELTY DRESS GOODS
Still "A few more of those CHEAP bRl>S GOODS:
|, 900 pieces OF handsome DRESS GOODS atgDf
$50 zen more q those cheap TOWELS;
20 10 pieces piece T&GLE.LINFN at soc worth 75c;
Large stock of FLANNF T. ana CA>>lMtBt>;
200 pairs more OF those cheap 81 ANhEtN lot;
900 BALMORAIS from soc 10 s5 each;
A large line of DRUGGtI> aud CkIMB 'LOiHN,
100 pieces Of NOME REP, at l2.c zeal yait.
25c.;
& 600 pairs STOCKINGS from lOc. 10 81 per p1ri
100 pieces SILK FRINGE and PAS~EMEA IERit
10 eject from.
l. o0p SCARFS. FICHUtS. and COILARETIES;
1000 COksE1S from 35c. 10 81 %:
- me more Of those DoCBLE-MiDTll DklS>
GOODS at the same old prce:
A few moe Of those Sc. DRESS GOODS;
BLACK SILb PLUSH al $3.50 worth al;
BROCADED VELVET Al ~ worth 50;
A large variety OF LAP-ROBES
our sI.75 VELVET reduced ~ 81 per yard;
100 LADIES SATCHELS from Zoe. 10 500.
SYCLE BROTHERS.
de l2.eod 81 Broad street.
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NE FOR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS .
AT VERY LOW PRICES,
- GO TO HUTZLER BROTHERS.
A TTRACTIyE CHRISTMAS GOODS.
CHRISTIAN & WHITE

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enumerae, for example,
LEGHORN CITRON,
FANCY MACCARONI, FIGS,
CANTON PRESERVED GINGER.
FRENCH PRUNES (in cartons and glass;,
VOSTIZZA CURRANTs,
ALMERlA, WHITE GRAPES,
NEW CROP NUTS,
NELSON'S, CHALMERS'S, and COX'S CELIA
TINE,
QUEEN OLIVES, ENGLISH SAUCES,
RUSSIAN sARDINES ard CAVIAR sHRIMPS.
DOMESTIC GOODS:
FLORIDA ORANGES,
DEVILLED and HARD CRABS,
HOMEMADE MlNCEMEAT,
PICKLES and PRESERVES,
ENGLISH RASPBERRIEs, OUNCE,
LINES, PINE-APPLES,
GREEN CAGES, &C.:
JELLIES Of all 1ayors,
FRESH SALMON, LOBSTER,
GOLDFISH and CLANS,
SMOKED SALMON and TONGUES,
ALKETHSEPTA, BROMO,
COCOA and INSTANTANEOUS CHOCOLATE
de l6.I7.ls,2s,24 25,3O&31
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PuLLgS's, VA, November ga lee', =,
NOTICE. II stall apply to tue p"s NAH.
IN Directors OF the Riehnend ava prtsRiiFI.
c scsT ~. 70 sSs dated October 10, ietyr,sSa.
share and No 2.72l aated lke.mTsr X, In AID
one share FOR Two SHARES "s J'aeoon,
ths "r,s,nsl hayine beeu losi ~ mNa'i,.
w 27.Th2m p"eN'