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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-07-23

PETERSBURG, Va, july II, 1880.
Editors of Dispatch Gentlemen
Whig OF yesterday says that the Reddjuster
majority OF the ,ohite vote over the Funder
vote In the seventeen senatorial districts,
carried by them last fall. was l0,62O afier
deduciing the coIored vote. Had the Wh'9
stopped there l should deem no reply ne
cessary, rs I think his statement very nearly
correct. but he goes onsto say that ne dc.
MES there is any lsrge Fandcr mGority
anywhere else. and dctes facts and figures
TO prove 1t. Having examined the ctcidl
cote 10 the remainder Of the State pro-
coed 10 show as follows:
Vote in Twelve Funder Districts tOmCiaD:
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The Winchester Times says that the re-
moval o! Captain Mesmer, for number Of
years the faithful end efficient chief OF POI
lice Of that place, occasions general regret
among the better class OF citizens OF all
parties, whose peace and property be has
so e0ectually protected. The fact that he
was gallant Confederate officer, and ,dlsa-
bIed In that service. had little weight IN a
body 50 peculiarly constituted as Is the
present Council.
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RICHMOND, YORK RIVER AND CrESA-1
PEAkR RAILROAD COMPANY,
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT,
RICHMOND. VA June 20 1870. !

CpECIA l. \ OF & E.--Commenc
~ THURSDAY, July 1st, the PowHACAN-
foarth and Dock streets, for BALTIMORE eaeo
THURSDAY at o A. VI.
THE SUNDAY EXCURSION TRAIN 10 WET
Dock streets, on Zach SUNDAY at 8 A. NJ, Return
Ing, arrives az Richmond Al 7.S0f, NJ,
Fare from Richmond 10 WQst roirt and return
good sniy for'ha, day aud uS,a, 20 cents;
II, 4. DOUGLAS.
t23'3Vl superintendent.
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VI s:EEiS.ss.


HRAno'Rs CoMMANDERY OF ST. ANDREw.l
RICHMOND, july %, 1880.
ORDER No. 9.-SIR KNIGHTS, \.[
~ Attend stated assembly OF The Cop- ~
mand.ry al the asylum. la ~. Adams Hall, ~
corner of Third aud nain streets, THIS II y
(Friday) EVENING at o'clock In ciii-/
ZEN, dress. The members OF Richmond Com
mandery, No. 2, and all WELDING sir knights, are
cOurteOusly invited 10 attend.
By order OF The Eminent Commander.
JNO. n. LAUGlITON. JR.
Captain. General.
Attest: FRANK -. STRGEs, Recorder jy 23 II
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NJ THE ONLY WELL-ASSORrED
| STOCK OF Lawns 10 the city i, az LEVY BRO
THEIRS.
See their choice styles Of LAWS a, ). 50, s. RIO,
| 12H, and BE. yer Yard;
| LINEN LAWNS st lfi, aud 20c
REAL FRENCH LAWNS ~ 2Or.:
| REAL FRENCH OkGANDlA ar 33c. formerly
sold st so. u -
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-07-23

M THE SALE OF ELEGANT PARA
SOl> and >TS-UMBRELLAS Is meeting with good
success. And why should 10 NOT, when = save 81 az
least 80 per cent. can De made
jy22 LEVY BROTHERS.
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ZI,052

majority in Republican and Funder dis
,rlcls OF Funder over Readiuster vote,
which would be increased by deducting me-
eroes. So that the account stands:
rmnder IN sjorty In twenty-five districts. ,052
Readjusler majority In seventeen districts. lO62O
Making In the State................. .."....10,432
Funder majority without deducting any
negro vote except as stated by che Wing
itself. fta
! hone this is q satisfactory answer to its
demand. Yours, &c, HANCOCK.
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~ CHENEY SILKS.
NE-D DAMAGED WHITE CAMBRIA.

FINE YARD. WIDE WHITE CAMBRIA. dan.
aged slightly board Of the steamer, will BE- sot 81
l2hr. per Ssrd. 1his CAMBRIC u inner Than ih.
LOnsda.e. Us 22l LEVY BROTHERS.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-07-23

IL TIE GREAT SALE or LINEN
ana LAWN DRFS>Es. LINEN TL>TFR~. and
LAI It>' UNDE8NEAR. b. attracting large
humber OF purchaser f0
~ % LEVY BROTHERS.
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csosh t:IsY. GLAsSssAs.,...s .
no wv TIL I co!

100 TIN TOILET SETS iu't received. 10 Dr. sold
al from 10 10 20 pr cent. los than regular
price
Great bsrgiins in SlLVER-pL MED lNf-
PITCHERS.
poRCEL AfN.LINED PRESERVING KErrLlo
very cheap.
The largest stock 0r CHINA DINNER, TEA AM
TOILET WARE and IOUSk-EURNlSiilNG
GOODS GENERALLY, to be found south Of
New York, at NOTION PRICES. IL You wish
bargains give raT cali
jyI2 Il. q. TAYLOR. lClt Main sIresI.
TUSr RECEIVED, \ CRATE Ot
81 sOUP-TUREENS from England larse 'ioeA
OF DECORATED CHAMBtk ssIr, ,o'ss ~
pr.ity A Few Syly once; s greaI variety o. I'm.
SETS: 1000 MlLK-PANS, slightly daInAAeJ'
$50 n. n. WALL ACE,
TIA No 4O6 Brosa stree.
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SPECIAL sor1cgs.
W A CHANCE TO GIT BARGAIy.

DRY GOODS AT VERY Low PRICES.
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4a SUDDEN AND SURE DEATH ~
to Woodland and their companions.
Burns'S means had ceased, fox the water
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-17
MANKATO.

MANKATo, Dec 16-The Superior Hose
company No. 2 are still hard at work
making arrangements for their grand an
nual ball that is to take place at the
Opera House on December 30th. The
lovers of good music should not fail to be
on hand The Great Western band of
st. Paul are to furnish the music for the
evening. We hope they will be well pat
ronized by our citizens, for they arc a
good and faithful company and are al
ways on hand at the tap of the bell
whether the fire is in the city or out of it,
The last run they had was as far as ST.
Peter, where they done excellent service
in helping to save the asylum for the in
sane.
The animal meeting of the Y. NJ. C. A.
was held at their rooms last evening and
the following directors were elected for
the ensuing year: G. III. Austin, L. N
Holmes, w. w. p. Mcconnell, A. B.
Smith, w. c. Durkee, G. w. Mead, r.
w. Beebe, D. l.. Clements, B. futile, D.
B. Owen, d. A Dickinson and Harry
Brown. The above directors will meet at
their rooms on Wednesday next to elect
a president, secretary and other officers to
complete the full board of officers.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-17
Hope for Wiili0n,.
TChicacO Times.1

One Of the most successful lobbyists of
the good old Grant days was the notori-
Gus William, better known as Bill King,
of Minnesota. He was sergcant-at- arms
Of the House at one time, and, subsc-
qucntly, a member of Congress. He was
met in Washington the other day by a
reporter, who very naturally supposed
that he might be up to his old tricks
His answer was, however: ''Not at all:
| am going to the finest city in the world
-Minneapolis-where my wife boards
me free. She don't buy my clothes, but she
gives me my board. | am not going to ask
anything Of Congress. I have no bust
ness here at allo Mr.. King may con-
clude not to take hand in the revival,
but the day of the lobbyist, banished dur
ing the reign of the brigadiers, is soon
again to dawn. When the Presidents
message talks of substituting mail steam
ships over pretty much all of creation ac-
ccssible by salt water, and of aiding the
laying of a submarine cable to the Sand
wich islands, the lobbyist begins to prick
up his ears. Another winter will find
him in Washington
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-17
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS.
Gathered w the Special Reporters Of the
Daily Globe.
SALTWATER.

Wheat: No. ], SIC; No. 2, e4c; No. 8
76c. Receipts 1000 bushels.
Invitations for the grand masquerade
ball, in Opera hall, Jan. 20, 1881, were is
sued yesterday.
The sheriff of Stearns county conveyed
Winslow Malley TO our State prison yes
terday. Malley was convicted for five.
years for the crime of assault, armed with
dangerous weapon with intent to rob
and kill
Prof. GoOch'S band has been engaged to
play at the skating rink every Wednesday
and Saturday evenings. The rink is in
first class order and the attendance in
creases every evening. Open from A.
NJ. to IL p. NJ.
A large crowd of young folks leave
this evening for sleigh ride to Mrs Car
RE Judkins, living some seven miles in
the country. The enterprise is got up by
Miss Hattie Boughton and it is expected
to be a success
The dwelling house on the farm owned
by August Ziegler, better known as the
old common farm, some six miles north
of here, was totally consumed by fire
"Wednesday night. The cause of the con-
flagation is unknown. Andrew Wenger
was the occupant of the house at the
time.
Prof. Wood, who has been for the past
month teaching dancing school in our
city, has taken the ''grand skip" leaving
some of the boys a little behind He had
just organized new class lass week Fri
day, and some of the prompt ones to
pay regret having been so in a hurry.
Some of them say, II don't care" others.
Gle didn't beat me-" but more pronounce
him fraud of the first water. He is
teaching in Minneapolis at present, and
we warn the ''boys and girls against him.
AS teacher he is first class, but all is lost
in his ''note," as ''now he is here, and
now he isn't''
sTILLwATER's WATER WORKS A SUCCESS.
Yesterday afternoon our city fathers
gathered on the levec for the purpose OF
| witnessing the test of the water works.
The first test was made by six streams
from three different hydrants, two of
| them seven-inch streams, two one inch
and two one and quarter inch, with lOC
to $50 feet of hose. The next was q
stream from an inch nozzle, thrown over
the new Opera block, a distance of about
fifty feet, and with this stream an addi-
tional one with one and onc-inch noz-
Zle thrown some $50 feet The pressure
was simply that from the decline from
the lake with about twenty pounds of
pressure from the engines
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-17
-tPRECEDENT NEEDED.

There is need of precedent in tn,
canvass of electoral votes, and, presuminc
that the Morgan amendment to the rules
of the two houses passes, precedent
should be established before the close Of
the present session of Congress. The
facts are these, always supposing that
the Morgan resolution is adopted:
The vote of the State of New Y ork is in
controversy. 1t is known, and has been
proved, that the State was carried for
Garfield by the most unblushing frauds
and intimidation of voters, while there
are well-grounded suspicious that large
number of voters were colonized in New
York city from other States The evil
dence as to these statements is incontro-
vertible. Such being the case Congress
has the right, and ought to exercise it. to
throw out the vote of the State of New
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-17

York and refuse to count it either for or
against Mr.. Garfield. The rejection of
the vote of this state will, fortunately
have no effect on the general result, but
it would be salutary example-a prece-
dent for the future 1t should be under
stood that no election can be carried by
fraud, and that if the returns
as made are based upon a
fraudulent election, they will
not be counted. A State has no right to
representation in the electoral colleges
unless that representation is gained by a
fair vote of the people. 1t is as much
the interest of the Republican party as it
is the interest of the Democratic party
that there should be free ballot and a
fair count, and if it be established that
nothing short of these requisites shall
entitlc the States to voice in the govern
ment of the country, there will be fewer
frauds upon the ballot. No more aus
picious time than the present can be
offered to establish a precedent that shall
govern all cases in the future in which
fraud is proven. Let Congress reject the
electoral vote OF New York unless it is
proven beyond controversy that the vote
as cast and returned was an honest eX-
preston of the sentiments of the people.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-17
OFFICIAL.
OFFICIAL.
Meeting Of the Board Of Public Works,
ST.. PAIL. Dec Q 1eeo

ST. PAUL, Dec 3. 1880.
Board met at 2 p NJ
Present-Messrs Koch and Mr. Presi.
dent
Absent--Mr. harrington.
Minutes of last meeting read and an
proved.
Messrs. B. A. and J. e. Froiseth pre-
sented communication complaining that
the contractor for grading Mount Airy
street had left the street in an impossible
condition, and asked that the said street
be placedin condition for travel during
the winter, etc. Referred to the Engi-
neer.
The Street Inspectors reported the
number OF men and teams employed by
them the past week, where employed, and
the cost OF the same. Placed on file.
The Fifth ward member, to whom the
matter of opening street along the line
of the Union depot grounds was referred.
submitted the following report, which
was adopted to-wit:
To the Common Council Of the CITY of
ST. Paul
The Board of Public Works. to which
was referred the report of the Committee
on Streets, with reference to the opening
of street through block 90, St. Paul
proper, and blocks three and four of
| Hopkins addition, dated Oct. 10. 1880.
has had under consideration the subject
matter of said report.
We find that property cannot be found
| benefited to pay for the land taken for the
opening of the north half of said street.
upon the understanding that the benefits
and damages for the land taken for the
opening of the south half of said street
and owned by the Union Depot company,
are equal i'll amount We understand
from this that the lands on the south side
of said street owned by said Union Depot
company are not to be assessed to paw for
the lands taken for the north half of the
street.
The Board of Public Works have con
ferred with all or nearly all the owners of
the land which would be taken for the
north half Of the proposed street. They
assert one and all that said street would
not only be no benefit to them, but that it
would be positive damage They claim
that 1t would be SO occupied by omni-
BUSES, hacks, express wagons and other
vehicles seeking access to the Union
depot as to make it unavailable for the
purposes of ordinary business, and that
even, if paid the value of the land taken.
the street, if opened and used for the pur-
| POoNo li"iiiCut NOulu lCilldlu IL udLldSt 10
their lots and detriment to the business
to be transacted there
Such being the case the Board is unable
to find property benefited to the extent
of the damages to be paid for the land
taken for the opening of the north half of
said street
The Board is also required to state, if
they are of the opinion that property
cannot be found benefited to the extent
of said Improvement aforesaid, to state to
what extent and what amount of money
would be necessary to be provided for in
some other way than by assessment.
On this subject the Board report as
follows:
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-17
Death of James Raguet.

10 The very many personal friends in st.
Paul, of James B. Racquet, the sad intelligence
was received at an early hour yesterday fore
noon of his death at Duluth, at A. NJ, of
the same date. Mr. Racquet at the time of his
death was travelling for the house of Peabody
Bros. u Co., this city. He left st. Paul for a
trip over the Northern Pacific, and the north
ern end of the st. Paul IL Manitoba railroads,
ON the 9th of November last. After success
iul business trip, Mr.. Racquet was
returning home by way of Duluth At this
point, on Friday week ago, the 10th, he
succumbed to a severe cold from which he had
been suffering for several days, though it was
not until Monday last any alarm was felt for
his condition. The house here being tele-
graphed his condition, Mr. Smith Peabody left
Monday evening for Duluth. Arriving at Du-
luth Mr. Peabody found Mr.. Racquet, as his
in fair way of recovery. Cheered
and relieved by this prospect, Mr.
Peabody made all arrangements possible
for the care and convenience of the sufferer,
returned home, only to be met few hours
after his arrival with a telegraphic announce
ment of Mr.. Raguet's death, from hemorrhage
of the lungs.
James B. Racquet was the youngest of four
sons and two daughters of John Racquet, who
settled in st. Paul in 1854, coming from
GAINESVILLE, Ohio, and establishing himself in
the grocery business. The father died in
1851, and the sons, Henry, John
Samuel, and James, have followed in
succession, leaving the neither and
two sisters the surviving representatives of the
family: Mrs. Racquet, now quite an aged lady,
is residing at Davenport, Iowa, dividing her
ii1c between her two daughters, Mrs. Shaw and
Preston. Intelligence of the death of James
was telegraphed Mrs. Racquet and sisters yes
icrday, but old age and i'll health will prevent
either being present at the funeral rites, which
will take place here tomorrow, the hour to be
announced hereafter, though Messrs Shaw
aud Preston will be in attendance.
The remains OF diseased arc expected to ar
rive here this evening, when the final arrange
ments for the funeral will be made and an
nOlInrnl
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-17
OUR ALECK.
HO'r He Has HOnors Thrust Upon Hin,
Washington cor. Cincinnati Enquirer

HO,c He Has HOnors Thrust Upon Hin,
Washington cor. Cincinnati Enquirer
Secretary Thompson to-day waited up
on President Hayes and urgeh elm to ac-
cept his resignation as secretary of the
navy, to take effect not later than Mon
day next, by which time he indicated
he would have the affairs of the depart
ment ready to hand over with clean
bill of health to his successor The Pres
ident accepted the resignation, to take
effect at the time indicated, with consid-
e"able reluctance. Shortly after Thomp;:
son left the White House the President
sent for Secretary Ramsey, of the war
department. He told Mr.. Ramsey
of the acceptance of Secretary
Thompson's resignation, and announced
it would be pleasure to him if he Ram
sey) would act as the secretary of the
navy in addition to his present duties. Of
course there was no recourse on Ramsey's
part but to accept. At the present time
it is the intention of the President not to
ill the vacancy at all, but to have Secre-
tary Ramsey run both the war and navy
departments until the 18th of March next.
1t is believed that in the course of few
weeks the President will sec the wisdom
of filling the place, Notwithstanding his
present aversion to the calling OF new
cabinet officer to his official household.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-17
ROCHESTER,.

ROCHESTER, Dec 16-Dr Mayo per-
formed a successful operation of remov-
ing an ovarian tumor weighing eighteen
pounds from the wife of Mr.. Thomas
Streeter.
Mr. Thos. Mcconnell, bookkecper at
the Rochester National bank, having
closed his engagement, has gone to Min
neapOlis.
Petroleum v Nasty can be secured af.
ter January 18th to lecture on 'Bricks
Without Straw" in Rochester. Who
bids?
In the trial of Reynolds for the murder
of Desmond seventeen witnesses were
heard yesterday out of the sixty-three
summoned, the first being Mr. Thomas
Hunter, the surveyor, who produced a
plat of the vicinity where the murder was
committed, giving distances. Mr. A. A.
Cady followed. Said be lived one and half
miles from the deceased; had resided
there twenty-siX years; at noon the oath
of June last was notified that Mr.. DcS-
mond was missing, and jumping ON his
horse he rode to where he was last seen;
found the scythe that he had been NOW
ing with; saw tracks and also place
where someone had crawled or had
dragged a heavy body through the
washout; about four yards away
he found the body, just as two men
came up, lying on his face, the throat cut
from ear to ear, and blood had ran down
the incline to his feet 1t had also spat-
rered the leaves about where he lay; his
hat lay eighteen inches west from the
body; IA large club lay near. We made
a litter and carried him home. Mrs.
Desmond called, and sworn-Am the
wife of Torrance Desmond, have been
married eleven years; have six children:
the Oldest 10 years and the youngest ]
year and months; last saw my husband
alive at 4 o'clock of the afternoon of the
23d of June; my sister married Reynolds
nearly two years ago; have not been on
intimate terms; nor did we visit; husband
and Reynolds had had law suits and
fights The evidence throughout will be
clear, but circumstantial; the case cannot
go to the jury before Saturday afternoon.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-17
eTTZ JOHN PORTER.

The bill passed by the Senate few
days ago to place Gen. Fitz John Porter
on the retired list of the army with the
rank and pay of colonel, is, perhaps, ac-
ceptablc to some of the friends of that Of
ficcr, but will hardly prove acceptable to
him or prove Salve sufficient to heal the
wounds he has so long borne. 1t has
been conclusively proved and to the
satisfaction of every unprecedented person,
that the court martial that condemned
Gen. Porter in 1852 erred in its judgment.
Some of the witnesses on that trial were.
perhaps, honest, but it was proved on the
rehearing of the case that all were preiu-
diced and some of them deliberately per-
iurcd themselves through jealousy of the
rising fame of the enthusiastic
and brilliant soldier. AS to
the main charge-the refusal to obey
the orders of his superior officers-it was
proven by the testimony of every person
who had any knowledge of the matter,
that the order to attack Longstreet
was not received until too late in the
evening to make an attack with any hope
of successful issue. But even if it had
come sooner and had been promptly obey
ed, the result would have been the utter
determination of the magnificent corps
which Gen. Porter commanded.
There is no question whatever but Gen.
Pope and Gen. Mcdowell both periurcd
themselves before the court martial. The
testimony on the rehearing of the case
admits of no other construction of their
evidence. Gen. Mcdowell at the rehear-
ing admitted that he had been ssmistak-
en-" when he first testi-
fed, while Gen. Pope refused
to appear before the court, thus confessing
his perjury before the whole country. He
did not dare to confront the witnesses
who had been examined previously and
set his word against theirs, for he saw
that he would be convicteda second time
of wanton malignity and regeneration
and sooner than run the risk he took adj
vantage of technically and refused to
attend the sittings of the court
Gen. Porter is entitled to full vindica-
ton or none at all. If he was guilty in
the first place he is not entitled to any
redress. If he was not guilty he is en-
titled not only to restoration to
his rank in the army, but to
the rank he would have occupied if he
had not been removed, which would be
that of brigadier general, dating from
1866, and to all the pay and emoluments
of that rank. This he should have OF
nothing.
1t is TO be hoped that the House will
insist upon doing full justice to a brave
and much aggrieved and abused officer
by refusing to accept the compromise OF
the Senate. 1t is better that Gen. Porter
remain ostraciscd from his old army asso-
ciates for eighteen years longer rather
than accept a partial vindication. The
Senate bill is simply plum thrown to an
injured child, in the hope that it will
stop its wailings. Gen. Porter should re
ject it with indignation, and insist upon
all his rights or none.