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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-08-03
CHARLOTTESVILLE.
COURT DAY-ACCIDENTs-SU DEATH
BIG SCARE-1HE WEATHER, &C.
TCorresDondence Of the Richmond Dispatch.l

COURT DAY-ACCIDENTS-SUD DEATH-A
BIG sCARE-THE WEATHER, sc.
Correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatch.I
AUGUST ,, 1881.
Yesterday was August court. Perhaps
on no other occasion this year have 20 many
people congrtgated here. This was in part
due 10 the fact that farmers had generally
finished harvesting and laid by corn, and
there was nothing special demanding their
attention. The announcement that Captain
j. 5. Wise would deliver an address also
brought many. Captain Wise delv-
cred his address before a good au.
diencP, composed of men OF all par
ties. Like all the speeches Of men OF that
party, there was nothing new in it, and
the same old points were made, supported
by the feeble applause Of the vOtaries OF
that particular creed. IL was insutierably
hot in the courthouse, and required more
eoquence than Captain Wise possessed to
hold his congregation still, and we have to
see the first person who heard the whole
speech. However, it was said TO have been
fair effort and strong piece OF sophistTy.
Several accidents occurred during the
day. Mr.. Wash. Britt had two bones in his
arm broken, and sustained some internal
injury by slipping and falling on a wet
place in Mr.. Carriers grocery-store. lie was
attended by DR.. Rogers. Mr.. John Moo.
nav. a clerk in Wills d Geiger's drugstore,
also had bis arm broken by an almost SINH
lar fall upon the floor.
An old gentleman, Mr. j. l.. Mayo, died
suddenly at his residence on University
street. He was taken suddenly III at the
dinner.table, and ia few minutes expired.
Heart disease is supposed TO have been the
cause. He was about SiXty-fve years old,
and was a steady, industrious mechanic.
Considerable sensation has been excited
among some OF the suburban property
holders by the discovery OF an act passed
by the Legislature in 1871, which extended
the corporation OF the town In a certain d.
rection by the consent OF said property
holders, but who have never been assessed
or paid any taxes since the passage Of said
act. Ii is now claimed that the consent TO
the extension was conditional one. AS
there is no condition mentioned in the act,
il follows simply that the town has the
power TO levy the tax and collect 1t, as the
act is positive and imperative. Whether
the authorities can levy a tax for
the Ten years which have passed,
upon property upon which no assessment
has ever been made, is debatable question.
Their duty TO impose the tax IN the future
is very clear. Several persons have re-
Gently purchased property in the disputed
territory, which lies contiguous TO the busi-
sess portion Of the town, under the impress
sion that they were escaping corporation
taxes. The Albemarle Female Institute Is
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AnImportant Question Decided.
ILYnchhnrg News. |


At called meeting OF the City Council
held yesterday evening the joint Council
committee presented contract with the
RlcbmoDd and Allegheny Railroad Com
pany. which was ratified by the Council on
behalf OF the city, and now only awaits the
agreement thereto OF the railroad company
TO become an established fact, OF which
there is little doubt. The contract, which
was drawn up by K. q. II. Kean, the City
Attorney, provides that in consideration Of
the railroad company building roek'dam
across the entire breadth OF the river above
the city, so as 10 have the city always amply
supplied with water, the latter corporation
agrees to cancel debt due to it OF $4,000
and grant the right OF way through Jetier-
son street.
This is a very hIDpy solution OF what
promised 10 be a much.yeXed question;
and we uud rstand the railroad company
will at once complete their arrangements
for entering the city.
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The Best Man.

Your iayoriie may be the very best man
in Virginia, and vet so few people may
know the fact that It is quite possible some
body else ought to be nominated Tor Gov
eruor,
On the other baud. your fayorite may DC
the most generally known OF all Tue as
piranis, and yet his neighbors, who know
him better than you do, are not anxious TO
ace him nominated for Governor.
Again: A man may seem to you to be an
available candidate because you have taken
M the idea that be is exceedingly POPULAR
not in your section, but in bis own. Per-
haas II you ask his neigbbors. they may tell
YOU something that you haven't heard OF.
Once more Your flvorite may have an
record, so far as you know I;
vet 1t may turn out that his unknown record
will. when made known, be much more
difficult TO explain away than the record
known and read OF all men which some other
ospirant has made. "The fierce light that
beats upon throne" is not fercer than the
electric light that beats upon candidate Tor
high Office in the United States. The men
who have been under this light for years
may have after all better record than the
record which this same light will illumine
after the unknown man shall have become o
nominee.
That last paragraph may read as il it bad
been pepned In the interest OF the men
who have been long in public life. But not
so; it is merely thrown out by way OF a
hint. We are not pledged to any man.
though a member OF the nominating con-
vention, aud would as lief vote for new
man as an old orc if only he be the right
one to nominate. We are anxious only that
you shall think we'll and consult much be-
fore you make up your mind. Once nomi-
mated, our candidate must stand or fall by
bis record and his merits.
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The Maintenance of the Public Credit

The Maintenance of the Public Credit.
One OF the largest capitalists in New
York gave expression to the following Ian
guage a shert time since (and, we under
stand, is acting freely on iD;
"The South is a field that Offers the
widest opportunity and promises the best
returns. The other sections OF the country
have been ovcrTun already and the best
chances all taken. The South, however. is
a comparatively new field, and the next few
years will see a developement in that Sec
lion, rise in southern values, and an APP
probation OF southern opportunity that
will astonish even the cOOlest-headed OF
us"
The transfer OF capital southwark now
progressing is simply enormous. It is
going mainly into the construction of the
means Of doing business namely, rail
ways; and II is perfectly certain that the
men who build these channels OF trade will
see TO it that their roads haul all the freight
possible. This means development OF oil
the resources tributary to these lines. Mr.,
W. NJ. GRosvENoR, of st. Louis, published
several years ago some valuable papers in
connection with the railway as it bore spe.
cially upon agriculture in the West. He
showed by the figures he had collected that,
on the average, the lands through which a
railway passed increased in taxable value
500, 900 per mile.
Now, Virginia has not been forgotten in
this investment Of northern capital IN south.
ern railway lines. The great Chesapeake
and Ohio railway is being pressed 10 COM
pletion as trans-continental line; the
Richmond aud Allegheny railway is moving
forward with equal yieor; and the Rich.
mond and Danyiile system is busy at all
points likely to help It's business. Men be-
longing TO that organization are pushing
the connection between KeysyiIe and
Durham, opening up TO Richmond a very
wealthy region and when Richmond is
helped the State certainly is, for 1t is plain
that the more prosperous The chief market
OF State becomes the mere that market is
able TO assume the burdens OF taxation that
would otherwise lie on the country side. IL
is said that Baltimore actually pays two
thirds OF all The State tax Of Maryland. In
the face OF this prosperous boom in our be.
hall Ia Virginia, we would be different from
the old stock II il did not OH our hearts with
cheerfuness and induce determination to
make all these facilities provided for us
yield the best fruit possible. Who has the
hardibood to put up poor mouth In the
presence Of all this manly yigorf Is such
a man true to himself and to his heritage ?
A yirginlan devoted 10 the public veal
and not holding back bis means when any
enterprise Of value to the State was present.
ed, observed the other day in a communica-
ii0n 20 us:
The financial Standing OF a people Is
becoming more and more the criterion OF
their civilization In the eyes OF the world.
How they fought was formerly the standard
OF estimation, but how they pay is now The
guide. The established reputation Of Nir.
ginIa for patriotism and hospitality is not
proof against defect In her financial
honor"
And be Is exactly right; and we do hope
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The Greenback as a Tissue Ballot.

lFrOm the PhllaCeIphl IlmeS'I
The Malone iackals have set up shout
Of anticipated triumph, counting on the
success Of BILLY the KID as Malone is
now known, in his strike for the (Senate)
spois. This, however, is somewhat prema'
ture The Senate as it now stands is Demo
cratic. The two persons chosen by what
that eminent Republican Roscoe Conkling
calls "abhorrent forces" are not yet seated,
and possibly evidence will be presented
that may make the constitutional majority
hesitate before admitting them to take part
IN the organization OF that body. If tissue
ballots are enough TO invaIidate elections in
the South, tissue ballots in the form OF
greenbat rs should inbibit candidates in the
North
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Ou,Iawry AT Frederick ,burg.
rNews, August %

NtWe' NUBN1I 70
a negro man whom Officer Hudson had
attempted TO arrest week before lat for dis
orderly conduct, but who escaped after
being shot at four times, came to town last
Saturday, accompanied by several OF his as
sociates, and seeing officer Hudson in the
lower end of the town, the whole party APP
proached him, and, drawing their pistols,
defed the officer TO arrest them. Mr.. llud-
son being alone, and the negro party num-
bering some six or seven, he very wisely
concluded to come up town and inform the
Mayor. Mayor Sencr Immediately dL-
patched tie whole police force and several
specials to the lower end Of the town, but
the ruftians had left for the country.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-08-03
The Manager OF that Washington
Military Excursion I'm the station
IAleNandrla Gazette.l

Arthur Thompson. a sergeant OF colored
Washington military company aud manager
OF an excursion OF the company TO Rich
mond, was bef IRE tho Mayor this morning
Tor refusing to stop the train for persons
who had purchased tickets in this city.
Thompson said no tickets had been sold In
this city. The purchasers, VINO were pres
ent, exhibited the ticket, and The manager
admitted they were genuine, but could not
tell where they came from. One old woman
testified that she had purchased ticket and
made all necessary preparations to visit her
mother in Richmond, but the train upon It's
arrival here did not stop long enough Tor
her to get on. The crowd hurrabed, the
bullgine footed, and, Notwithstanding she
showed her ticket and waved her parasol,
the ears passed right along by her. Thomp'
son, who had rested in the station-bouse
during the night, was discharged upon the
redemption OF the tickets. IL was also
stated at the trial that several persons were
Kicked off the excursion train, and that one
woman was 50 badly injured that she IS still
confined TO her bed.
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Efforts 10 Beat JOrGensen and Dezen
hnFT.
[WashlngIOn Star, Kepub

Washington star, Republican,
The Virginia cOalitiOnists have, it ap.
pears, been putting forth special efforts
for the defeat of Hons. Joseph JOrgensen
aud John +. DeZendOrf as delegates to the
Republican State Convention, to be held in
Lyncbburg on the 10Th of this month.
These two gentlemen are particularly OBJ
uoxious to the cOalitioni,tS because Of their
uncOmprOmi,inG and active hostility to any
and all sorts OF fusion schemes. The latest
information from Messrs. DezendOrf aud
Jorgensen is that they feel assured OF
their election, and they may be relied upon
to do most effective work in The Convention
against the reputation coalition. The Re-
publicans OF Virginia are opposing the CO.
aIition project, because, in the first place,
its adoption would commit them TO repudia-
ton Of one third OF the State debr, and be-
sides, it would involve the surrender OF an
organized patty that cast "a 600 votes last
fall to faction that mustered only 3l,OG0 at
the same election.
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THE LYNCHBURG SENSATION.-The Id.
rance says: The excitement about the case
is undated, especially as Mr.. John Waite
makes some mystery about the case, and
threatens Burgess with some exposure if
he does not make a satisfactory explanation
Of bis acts, and also a report and some cir
cumstantal evidence that Mrs. Waite's
death occurred from an abortion, which
James Burgess was at least party to and
cognizant Of.
Mr.. Waite sent a telegram yesterday to
the sheriff OF Bay City, Mich. stating that
he had arrested Burgess and regaincd his
child, and asking for advice. He received
reply at II O'Clock to-day advising him TO
prosecute Burgess under the laws Of Viz
ginia. Other kilograms, considered OF more
importance in the case, have not yet been
answered.
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DEATHS.


Died at his residence. In this city. on he morning
OF August "a. az ten MINUTES 10 7, DAVID \. NC
DOWtLL, aged sixty years, one month ana nlne-
teen dsys.
Friends of The family arr requested to attend his
funeral from his late re-, euce. No. 40 south
Cherry street, THIS "wednesday MORNING at 10
O'Clock.
Died at O'Clock A. NJ, on the % instant. in the
twenty first wear Of her age, MARY HELEN,
daughter of B. &. aud :. T.. GRAY.
Her funeral will iake place THIS "wednesday
AFTERNOON At , o'clock from The Grace-Street
PresbyteIian church Friends and acquiintauces
Of the family are invited 10 attend.
Died. on Tuesday, ADJUST ID. at II o'clock W.
ESTELLE, infant daughter OF ". y. and L. 4. IA
rlsh; aged five months and ten eavs.
The funeral will take place at the residence Of her
parents. W. l3 west Marshall street, THIS (Wtd.
nesdavl EVENING ~ 1 O'Clock. Friends and ac-
qualntances II the family are Invited 10 attend.
Died on SUNDAY. july 3lst, EVA ST. CLAIR, in
FAINT daughter Of Joseph H. and lZaeta II. Vaughan
aged ten months and eleven days.
take these little lambs. said He,
And fold them 10 my breast;
Protection theY shall mud In me,
In me be ever blest.
Death NAV the bands Of lie unlOOse,
But can't dissolve nv love;
Millions of infant souls cOmpO5e
The family above.
Her funeral took place from the residence Of her
grandfather. samuel ;. Burcb, corner Of . and
Twenty.6fth streets, MONDAY, lst instant, at o.
O'Clock A. VI.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-08-03

JOHN BRowN's ExEcUTIONER.-Th Dis
patch yesterday published the death Of the
foreman OF the jury that condemned John
Brown. Our HarrisOnburg correspondent
in noting this fact, saws: Captain j. a.
Avis, OF CharlestowD, w. Va, still living,
put the rope around Browns neck, and
was the last man TO whom Brown spoke,
simply saying. as the moose was adjusted,
&" Captain, be quick "
The newly.eected mayor OF Harrison
burg, PendletOn Bryan. Esq, married a
Richmond lody-a daughter Of Mrs. Eliza
Lyon, whose husband, Jacob Lyon. de-
ceased, years ago used TO transact business
near the Dispatch office.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-08-03

The ReadjusterS are almost as strong ana
As numerous this year as they were last, II
we may Judge from the published accounts
OF the performances Of their leading orators.
Men who were utterly unknown as orators
so long as they remained ia good standing
in the Democratic party have developed into
eloquent orators since they became Re
adiusters. What wonderful speaker Is
Colonel CAMERON so long as he remains west
OF Lynchburg; but what an Indifferent one
he seems when be speaks in Petersburg or
Richmond He, however, is only one OF
many of the same sort. The rule works
both ways. \ poor speaker when he IS at
home in the Southwest is just as apt as not
TO become man OF rare eloquence when he
champions rCSdiustment in Richmond or
Petersburg. How IS it? Who can explain
these mysterious thiDgsI
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-08-03

The Iron. WOREs.-The castings for the
furnaces Of the new iron.works to be estab-
lisbed in this city by the Potomac Manu-
featuring Company arrived here TO-DAY on
the steamer John Gibson fIom New York.
Everything has been made ready for the
furnaces, which will be Immediately put up
at Messrs. j. p. Agnew & Co.'S bloOmery.
foot OF Wolfe street, and the manufacture
OF iron by the new process commenced.
The yapOr generator has already ar
rived, and is being pnt M by Alexandra
workmen under the supervision OF regu'
lar employe OF the cOmpanY.-Aierandrid
GQzeLte.
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FANCY GOODS. dc.


STEVENS
recoguiz'ug the beauty Of The phi'au'nr'r
ROW on f5otto give the people III Rchm1i
cuity The benefit u wholesale prices ou
CHINA AND GLASS,
amt wishing 10 ofY,r substantial a.i to 90.
enterpri e.. offers In ihe best mascs-
selected DINNER PLATES, extra ,h.f,
dozen;
Selected e.. G.. PLATES ~ So. l.r 1.rai
selected HANDLED TEAS, ezra iAn.'.
set;
selected ENGLISH CHINA. HANDLED
extra thin, a. Soc per set;
Good tRoNsTUNE CHINA.nANILfu I'''
45c per set;
LAMP CHlMNEYS al 40c. pr dof-n'
Fine PLAIN GOBLETS ,bsAuucl a.
dozen;
TUMBI.ERs, three style, a; s5c. rs- .t,a.
ln ROGERS TEA and TABLESPOON
FORKS;
IA CAkT-sTANDs, CASTuRS. &c &C.
esd large assortment, a. bottom p,'
je24 o7o n''N'
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Republican Consistency.

philadelphia Record, independently
Senator Mitchell has neither done himself
nor his State credit by espousng the cause
Of the Virginia Readiusters. The cheap
talk about Virginia BOurbonism advertises
the ignorance Of the man who INDUCES in
it. No State in the Union suffered from the
effects Of the civil war es Virginia suffered,
but her Bourbons have managed 10 bring
her from the pitiable extreme Of proStratiOn
TO a condition of comparative political and
financial health. All they ask is to be al.
lowed to fulfil with honor their self.allotted
TASK
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Richmond md Allegheny RaIIrond

TLyuchhurg letter TO Baltimore SUM-
This road up the James river has been
completed from Richmond 10 Lynchburg,
with the exception Of a bridge a few miles
below the city, which is expected to he
completed by the middle OF August, when
trains will run regularly between the two
cities. Between Lynchhurg and Balcony
Falls, near the mouth Of North river, work
is being pushed night and day, and though
the work is heavy it will be completed this
fall. From Balcony Falls the road is CON-
plete and running to Clifton Forge, on the
Chesapeake and Ohio road, with which it
has traffic arrange meDts for the present, but
surveys are now being prosecuted and the
money has been arranged for TO build a
through line TO the Ohio river, where con.
nections have been arranged for to Toledo
and Chicago. This road promises cheap
coal to Lynchburg, which will be an addl-
tional incentive for manufacturing enter
prises here.
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NT CLOSING OUT!
PREPARATORY TO MAKING EXTENSIVE
IMPROVEMENTS IN THEIR STORE
JULIUS MEYER & son
ARE CLOSING OUT THEIR ENTIRE
SUMMER STOCK
AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES,
AND OFFER MANY BARGAINS.

CLOSING OUT
COLORED UALF-WOOL BUNTINGS at SIC;
COLORFD ALL-WOOL BUNTINGS at BE;
BLACK BROCADE GRENADINES at l24c.-for-
mery zoe;
BLACK BROCADE GRENADINES at l614c.-for
merry 2jc.;
BLACK SILK BROCADE GRENADINES, 75c.-
formerly 81;
Al BLACK GOODS at reduced prices;
All DRESS GOODS at and below cost;
WHITE GOODS a. greatly reduced prices
VICTORIA LAWN at sc. worth 1876;
VICTORIA LAWN at Be. worth zoe;
WHITE LINEN LAWNS and INDIA LINEN az
reduced prices;
FIGURED LACE.STRlPE PlQUEs at sic worth
15c.;
FIGURED REAL LINEN LAWN at l2ac.-ior-
mery 2Cc.;
FIGURED LINEN Lawns at l5c.-fomerly
25c.;
Best I24c. PACIFIC LAWNS reduced TO lie;
FANCY PARASOLS below cost;
SILK and SERGE SUN-UMBRELLAS at reduced
prices;
MOHAlR and LINEN ULSTERS greatly reduced
DRESS and ULSTER-LINENS at cost;
BLACK CASHMEREs az 10 per cent reduction;
and lots OF her good; cheap 40
JULIUS MEYER < SONS,
7-cCd co. and 500 Broad street.
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The Baltimore American, in an article on
the State Convention which meets in Rich.
mond tomorrow, says: "lt is not by any
means certain that the Conservatives will
not adopt compromise platform, although,
aside from mere partisan considerations, it
is deyoutIy to be hoped that they will make
q bold deliyeTance Ia favor OF the full pay.
ment Of the debt; bu, whatever they may
do, the duty OF Virginia Republicans TO
nominate straighout ticket aud adopt an
unequlyocal debtpaying platform will re-
maia unchanged and uDaterable.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-08-03

THE YORKTOWN FIREwORKS.-The York
town Congressional Committee Senator
John W. Johnston chairman-haye awarded
the contract for the fireworks TO be dis
played on October 18th and 10Th TO Mr..
William Bond, the prominent BllhmOre
pyrotechnist. Among the designs are the
surrender OF Lord CORVALLIS go by 40 feet
in slze), and representation OF the seal OF
Virginia, surrounded by the coats-of-arms
OF the other twelve original States. This
will be about % feet square, as will also n
figure Of Peace. - BdNimOre american.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-08-03

A "REMINISCENCES -" Templelon writes
to the Hartford Courdnt from Boston: 81
heard John Quincy Adams make bis IA.
nous address against the annexation Of
Texas in fremont Temple in IS43. IL was
one Of bis last public appearances. He
seemed old and feeble then. He was short,
small, and shrunken, as ! remember him,
with almost no hair on his head. II was
not easy 10 hear him al first, but he spoke
with an intense feeling, which gave force 10
bis tones. The audience received him and
bis views with the widest enthusiasm"
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-08-03

NORFOLK AND THE CENTENNIAL The Nor
folk Yorktown Committee have had meet
ing, appointed committees, and called on
the Council and citizens OF Norfolk, Ports
mouth, and adjoining villages to subscribe
literally. They advise military parade,
pyrotechnic display. &c. The committees
embrace leading citizens aud city officials.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-08-03

Ana oar 81 lilOu iilch
To beard the lion IN his den
Tho Douglas in hts hall ~

We should rather say be did. George
Wise was the man and Petersburg the place.
He did not "Carry Africa into the war;" but
be very vigorously carried the "war into
Africa" He used a plainness OF speech
which nobody could mlsunderStand, and
called things by their names. He did not
wear gloves, and he did not mince words.
Mr.. Malone and Mr. Cameron were sailed
right on the raw. And that's the way to
treat them.
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tina, the democratic party N Virginia will
look neither TO the right nor the left, but
move forward on this line. consistent With
IFS efforts in the pastto msintain the pubic
credit. What Is right is right, aud no prin-
cipIe that is morally wrong can be political
lv rtrht
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General Mahoue,s Colonel BRADY

The Petersburg derAppeai says Colo.
mel Brady, General Mahone's ayowed
"nearest and most intimate friend" is re-
ported TO have said at Portsmouth last
Thursday night that he was not a Read
juster, but acted with that party only for
The purpose OF aiding Republicanism.