The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-11-30
FROM WARRINGTON.
n, Grecnbackcrs Want 10 Pay tho Ma
,,onal Dcbt-Mr. John Lewis's Motives
-. chr,uiancy Divorce Case.


washington special to the Baltimore
90 ssvs Grecnbackers profess 10 be much
.,,.ouragcd by their increased vote in most
~ ,bc States in which general elections
~ bccn held this fall. Some Of their
,a.icrs who are now in Washington say
.sst the members OF that party elected 10
~ IIouse OF Representatives will take
.,..-v opportunity at the coming session TO
49, 49, their measures upon the attention Of
hst hode. one OF the fayorite Greenback
. .'' i that sufficient legal-tenders should
~ Issued 10 pay of the national debt
~ uu. They argue that legal-tcn-
Ier. are now al par, that they are q non
;r,crc>t-bearing obligation, and that IL
49, public debt was paid on with them
.be corntry would he relieved Of the bur
1en imposed by the annual interest on the
JcM. II is expected that propositions for
,Se imitation OF the currency, with this and
o,bcr objects i'm view, will be presented.
me Grecnhackers either cannot or will
moi see that the inevitable result Of any
,,,cb Wholesale imitation OF the currency AS
tbcy propose would be its rapid and disas-
,r,1s deurcciation. AprOpOS OF this mat
tcr. II l. very significant TO note that the di-
s.ior oi the mint, who has always been a
rr,nounced silver and paper man. recon-
msnds in his annual report that the coinage
n silver be discontinued until the Treasury
81. rid Of some OF its vast accommodations OF
his metal. silver is now piled up and
overlowing i'm every available su5-trcaSury
vault IN the United states. and vet the i'm
,nensc monthly coinage is still going on, 50
a, perhaps no wonder that the director OF
he mint has come 90 his senses. The pa-
per currency has been improperly aug
mcntrd by the issue Of silver certificates to
REPRESENT silver which has never been out
NJ Government possession from the time il
was coined. This is in accordance with
the constructive" idea OF Mr.. Sherman
when Secretary, and IL is understood that
tbcaiiention Of Congress will be called TO il.
4 EEADJUsTER on PRINCIPLE.
Tnited-States- Marshal Lewis, the Read
ulster licutenaDt-Governor elect Of Viz
cinia. SAYS the freely-circulatcd statements
that he considers the United States senator
ship should he given 10 him on account OF
preyious understandings with General Ma
hone are erroneous. lie said that he lad
gone into the RcA1iu>icr movement on
principle. because il embodied idea, which
met hi, approval.
COMING BACK FOR THE PLACES.
Four or five OF The old officers OF the
House who went out when the Democrats
came I'm, and who Immediately disappeared
from their familiar haunts in Washington.
have returned 10 the city, and say that they
oxpec, 20 get back TO their old places.
THE CHEIsTIANCY DIVORCE CASE-HIs MOTHER.
lN-LAw GOING FOR HIM.
81.
noon the cT0sS-eXaminatiOn OF Mary f.
Lugenbcel. mother of Mrs. Christiancy,
va, resumed. Upon being asked 10 relate
some OF the details OF Nr. Christiancy's
alleged cruelty to his wife, the witness said
that one morning i'm 1877, while she ChC
witneS,) was visiting them i'm Lansing
Mich, Mr.. Christiancy Knocked his wife
down in their room, and witness, hearing
her fall. went from her own room, on the
opposite side OF the hall, opened the
door, looked in, and saw Mrs. Chris
tiancy lying upon the floor. She picked
her up and carried her across to her OWL
room. Some two days later witness spoke
about the circumstances 10 Mr.. Christiancy
and he said that he was drunk when he
did il, and that il should not occur again
She did not know whether Mr.. ChriStiancy
struck bis wife with m open hand or cinch
ed fist, and there were no marks or bruises
on the body TO show where she had been
struck. She further testified that Mr.
Christiancy and his son were drunk du'
ring the entire time she was at the
house, and fighting between them was an
everyday occurrence. During the giving
Of the witnesses testimony she was re-
peatedly prompted and corrected by heI
daughter, TO which the counsel for the
plaintiff objected. This brought on sharI
colloquy, in which Mrs. Christiancy as
serted that her husband was drunk all the
time, rs was one OF his counsel. This las
declaration irritated the gentleman to whom
she referred (Mr. lugersolD, who demanded
that the charge be made a part Of the re-
cord, and. amid some excitement, the ses
sion closed.