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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-09-03
How to Prevent Panics.

The animal meeting, last month. Of the
American Bankers Association gave rise
70 discussion Of the subject Of the posi-
billy Of the prevention Of ranics amonss,
bank deposiicrs. The discussion has not
yet ended. The New York Tfi5ane Of
Monday closes an article as follows:
"ii Is not really any sudden inability to
paw that produces panic. In niue eases
out OF ten the general situation when such
crash comes IL just ss good ~ II Was a
month. or perhaps three months. pre,i.
ously. IL 10 not that there has been a real
diminution In the commercial fund OF
money. but that credit. upon which so large
q proportion of modern commerce il con.
Quoted. 10 for the time dead. Confidence
Is lost. and confidence and credit are one.
in ordinary times capitsl 10 concerned only
about Interest; 10 psnics the question 10 Of
The Profession Of principal. But when
confidence Disappears the fundamental re-
quireinent OF business 10 gone. and nothing
remains but sudden forced settlements. dis
arranging every enterprise, parslyxing tue
strong. aud destroying the weaker ones.
Now. unless 10 10 possible TO devise some
means OF preventing ,loss OF eonfdsacs, IL
10 difisuit 70 ~ how pspics can be
avoided. FOR tbs loss Of confidence en-
snes upon general ~ sspiion OF the actual
facg that spoculoti0n has been Overcome,
tnas credit he been based on precArlous
sbsk in Short somebody 10
certain TO loes money. When everybody
wants 70 unload on . falling market no
BODY eaD 20 out uninjuSsd. when every.
body WAn0 70 borrow. nobody vspt 10
lend. when svsrybedy demands his owo,
he wbols yast fabric Of credit b disor- |
Esnised and shattered. Yet Il seems
impossible 70 prevent these things from
being done whsnsvW distxuss strikes an |
inflated mAFkst.1
We csn remember when papics were |
,,yssd by ~ nses failure a the banks 70 |
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-09-03
l,crsOIial.

Henry G.. Bohn left some remarkably
full memoirs, covering fifty years and deal
ing with authors. They will be published
soon.
Mr.. Bonnor's latest remark. cOmpacent-
" made. il TO the point that his ownership
Of JAY Eye-See. at an outlay OF $4,000, Is
only a matter Of time.
Pauline Lucca is expected to get cor
dial welcome in Paris during tue next
winter. because she has always refused TO
sing Wagner's music.
Judge f. II. English. Chief-Justice Of
The Supreme Court Of Arkansas, died at
Asbeyjlle. n. G.. Monday. The remains
will lie taken to Little Rock for interment.
DR.. Hicks, who got nOtoriety as "the
spiritual adviser" OF Guteau, has resigned
from his pastoraie in Washington. ID. c.,
and is going TO Florida to raise oranges.
A movement is on foot to raise by dime
subscription throughout the country fund
to add 10 the $500 left by Mrs. Brown for a
monument to the memory Of her son,
"Artemus Ward"
A quotation Is given in the P1ii-NdH
from 81. Augustine, in which the word
"Nibilist" is employed in exactly the
same way "a by TourgenefT, who has the
credit OF having invented the word.
Mr.. Frederick Layton, Of Milwaukee,
has just arrived home from England and
has brought back with him the plans for
the ert museum which he is 10 erect in
Milwaukee. A site for the museum has
been purchased at a cost Of f25.0eO, and
gl hound will be broken either this fall or
next spring.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-09-03
WORKS His Credit and Runs Away.

\ Wheeling CIV. Va special OF Monday
says Jacob UmstOt was for fifteen years
one OF Whecling's most successful clm-
mercial travellers. and was fayorably known
10 every i0bber IN the city. When. Il year
ago, he opened 4 store OF MS own at Sardis,
Ohio, with a capital OF $1,000. he found no
difficulty in obtaining all the credit he
wanted, and lie worked it vigorously. on
Saturday he sold out his stock at its value
to Gus Bridgeman, at Sardls. the sale taking
place al Noodsied, after which UmStOt
departed for parts unknown. Every Job
Der on Main street had amounts against
him ranging from $500 to $500, and meet
ins was held to devise ways and means OF
bringing him back aud recovering their
money. Attorney J. ID. Ewing was re-
tanned, and two detectives were started
into Ohio on Umstot's trail. beginning at
Cambridge. The total liabilities viii, not
exceed $1,000, but the character OF the
transaction has caused great indignation
among the wholesale merchants here. They
believe there is a woman In the case. and
that Umstot. who was generally respected.
will return and settle up.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-09-03
Silver and Gold

Mr.. o. J. HoLLIsTER writes to Brad
STREETS and proposes:
Now suppose the Government were to
turn all but The needed subsidiary coin in
the country into bars OF absolutely pure
gold and silver, stamping these bars and
denositiDg them in safe Keeping, and then
Issue certificates representing them, as it
does now representing gold and SILVER coin.
what better currency could there be?
What objections could there be toit! What
Inconvenience would il entail on anybody z
Suppose Europe and Asia and America
should adopt this system, agreeing upon
the ratio between the two metals which pre-.
vailed for three hundred years prior to about
1870. and which was fixed by natural. not
by human, laws, and under which, by the
way, silver was always 1t slight premium
over gold, what better monetary system
could be devised for the worid?"
II does seem as II that ought to be sound
currency. And 1t does seem TRANCE that
anybody would rather have irredeemable
greenbacks than such a currency.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-09-03
The Coupons-Once More.

An important decision was rendered in
the United States Circuit Court yesterday
by Judge HUGHES, who held that in the
fourteen cases now before that court. GOV.
erng some S3O0,0 OF tax-receivablc cou.
pOns, judgments must be given requiring
these coupons TO be funded, recent legsla-
ton being unable to prevent such funding.
The Judge delivered an elaborate opin-
ion, showing the present condition Of the
State debt. and that recent legislation has
left over four millions OF taX-receiyable
coupons, already due, unprowded for and
outstanding TO "barass the Treasury,
cumber the courts, and ly-blow the repu-
talicn OF the State in the monetary centres
Of the world" The Judge processes TO
apprehend serious consequences from this
state of things.
"Ao6!eSSe oblige," quotes Judge HUGHEs,
the author OF the repudiating phrase
"cut-worms Of :he Treasury" as applied
TO taX-paying coupons. Surely Judge
HUGBBs has changed his opinion now,
when he says that such State as Virginia
cannot repudiate her obligations.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-09-03
pIA,yK yYEAE.UP IN THE VEST.
A CAIN Review OF the Presidential bss''e -
the Truth Presents IL.


Washington special to the Philadelpn,s
Public Ledger says: The real lniorm'.'vdd
received here from Tue YVES,
south in regard 10 the ponllcai SUI
ton is very different from the statelnen,i,'
daily given to the public by those hepuol'
: can Journals which are strictly partisan.
Within fortnight those who have access
10 The private Information when coInss
80 20 Republicans have been sur
nrised at the unanimity OF opinion that'
instead OF the od-time Republican MAORI
Hos in the leading western States, there arc
uIoin Indicators that every one OF theuh Is
ranldly beco ming uncomiortaDiy close.
ThIs Information, which comes Dy ietter
and has been brought also In person oy
men prominent in the contes' wn.,n
"a open,ng, il from supporters Oh Tue
pon,,hIican ticket. In all cases
want of money Is noted. In no single
western state are Republicans giving IL
thev have IN other campaigns. -o,h
sections like the Western Reserve III
ohio which have been hcralded to the coun.
try rs "on fire for the Republican Ticket
rerorts come from leading men Oh ai
,ustby which Indicates a large stay-at nome
vote The truth about Ohio to-day i tbat
many OF the Republican workers VINO "le
recocnjzed as those who should be correct
/, informed regard that State rs eXceedlhgiy
close with the present chances IN II'or on
the Democrats. The same is undoubtedly
true Of Wisconsin, and within the last Weeh
Kepublicans are beginning to admit tual
Nicbigsn i no longer by any means SURE
state. Unless the inside Information COM
ing here both TO Republicans and Democrats
Is altogether at fault there Is no longer any
chance of the Blaine ticket carry ing thaI
st,te. There are even reports from IOWA
hat Give the Republicans uneaslnes' WIN
r,sncct IN the congressional vote. PUBIC
mon rs prominent as any among tne ne
,,,hIicans L;A written here practically
rorccdinp nm Wher district 10 the Demo-
crats. and saying that the HcpuDl'c!nS
must he prepared to see that stare go Ior
blaine only by reduced majority.
G~rn,n who has been Observing the
conditions i'm that State ana reporting mere
s,v, that he Gid not find single one OF MS
coi,ntrymen who would vote the Re-
,,,blican ticket. In brief, the RepuDiicah
Situation, as recognized by those managing
fine campaign, is that the States OF tle cen
ttal West, with the possible exception OF
Illinois. are to-day dcbatablc ground. The
National Committee. instead OF being able
IN contiuc IL, efforts aS heretofore TO ono
and Indiana. has suddenly been aroused TO
The fact that both Michigan and Wisconsin
ore slipping away from them. and thai 10
nav vet be- possible iol the Democrats u
succet d without a single eastern state.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-09-03
Shirt af the Ante Eress

Norfolk Landmarks: So far a. the ne
grOes are concerned, their interests are
really identified with those OF their white
friends and employers; but we do not
expect them to understand this until they
have had another bite or two OF the Dead.
Sea Apple served up TO them by the white
Republicans.
Lynchburg Virginian: II our Page could
hear the comments that are made by the re-
spectacle white people Of bis native city on
the yindlctivc and incendiary speech he
made to Il crowd Of negroes and their few
white political associates, on the evening
Of his nomination, he would be more care
full in his future utterances
Norfolk Ledgcr: Democrats i'm the pre-
sent contest should use literally and with
fCareSsncsS the ammunition that has been
thus prepared from the records against
Blame and Logan. They have been faith
less to honesty in the past-they are COW
cred with the shame Of dishonest acts-and
Democrats and Independents should not
only unite to keep them out OF office, but
never cease their eXertions until every ras-
cally Republican is turned out.
Alexandra Gazette: Yes. the civil war
and lis memories, as in the past. continue
to he, with the Republicans Of the North,
the chief and most effective ammunition.
And 80 il will be until the White House
shall aoain haze national instead 81 a Sec
tional occupant. The people Of the South
try TO obliterate the unpleasant rcmem-
biances Of the war. and do their best TO
restore community Of feeling between the
citizens Of all sections Of tue country. but
The Republicans OF the North, rs long As
they can make such remembrances conduce
to their retention of power, will strive to
perpetuate them.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-09-03
Secretary TClgcr'S Designations.

just back OF the Treasury stands large
frame house, which Is used by the pho
tCgrapher OF the Supervising Architect.
All plans Of public buildings are here pho
tographcd. and the office is useful 10 tba
Department in various ways, but Secretary
FOlger has put it To a new use. Ever since
he came into Office he has manifested a
most extraordinary fOndncss for being pho
t0eraphed. lie has been taken in hundreds
OF positions. and each new pose suits him
better than all the rest. When he has a
leisure momn. he runs over to the photo.
graph gallery. puts on an amended, revised,
and improved smile, and sits while the
camera does Ms deadly work. No man in
Washington can really call himself friend
of the Secretary unless he has al least
dozen photographs OF him Of different
STYLES. Some days ago Secretary Nc
PhcrSon. Of the Republican Congress
slonal Committee. hurried down b the
Treasury ana was ushered into the Score
IMy'S room. The Secretary was being
photographed. So he was told, but would
be back in a short time. He waited and
waited. but the photographer mean while
having suggested that Mr.. Folger looked
Landowner in a four-buttoned Prince Al.
bert than he did in his short sack coat, the
Secretary had gone home 10 don this most
important garment. Mr.. Mcpherson still
waited. hut finally be got impatient. Mes
sCngcrs were sent 10 the several photo
Srarhcrs in town, and ut last he was caught.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-09-03

redeem their own notss IN coin. Has any.
tody ever heard Of panic due 10 such
cause since the establishment Of the present.
system Of national bsnkAf Does anybody
apprehcnd apsnic from such q causei Are
the notehoIder Of the present national
banks possible victims Of a psnicf We
think not. There seems 10 be per.
feet confidence on their part IN the Sc
curi,y which they have. Let the bank fail,
snd they will be no loser by It's failure.
Let II refuse TO re'ecm its notes, and they
will have the bonds sold and the notes re-
deemed In Washington. The notes oil a
broken bank are as good as those Of SOL
vent bank. Why should any ncscholder
fear losss
ain panics the question Is the protection
OF capital" Just so. And the problem TO
be solved il how 10 avoid the raising OF
that question. Such question Ia no
longer raised as 10 interest. Such ques-
ton IS no longer raised as to bank
notes. How long shall II be raised
as to deposits ? Only until some
able finaneier shall have devised a
method Of making depositors feel as safe
as the noteholders now feel. Confidence,
not their money, is what they need. Then
everybody viii" not " demand his own"
Then everybody will not "want to Dor
row." Then everybody will not want 10
"unload on falling market" There will
be no falling market. The whole vast IA
brio Of credit will no longer be capable OF
being disorganized and shattered" In
fact. the problem before us seems 20 be the
last to be solved before the perfection Of
our financial system and the coming OF that
happy day when psnics shall be no more.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-09-03

messages, vetoes. and speeches, the ballots
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-09-03
- I0fnf Discussi0nS =,

The following circular has been issued
by The State Democratic Committee, and is
published for the information OF whom 1t
may concern:
Rooms STATE DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE.
ALEXANDRIA, VA. September 1, 1884. \
To County Chdumen:
The state Central Committee OF the DEM
ocratic party, conceding the right OF coun-
~ and local party authorities to determine
and regulate such matters for themselves,
yet respectfully suggest that joint discus
sions with our political opponents be dis.
couragcd.
Apai from other considerations not ne
ceSSary TO be mentioned, the extraordinary
position taken by the Republican leaders IN
Virginia in charging that the result Of the
last State election was due TO violence and
bloodshcd, and making II grave subject Of
congressional inquiry, has placed them be-
yond the pale OF proper controversy on the
hastings, and rendered legitimate discus
sion OF party issues impOssible-the true
and only object OF public discussion being
10 enlighten, not to inilame, the popular
mind.
Very respectfully.
john 5. BARBOUR, Chairman.
II. Shepperd, Secretary.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-09-03
REVOLT AGAINST ALL APPLICATION
STRENGTHENING

II having been proposed in the City
Council of Richmond 10 purchase a street
cleaner, we reproduce the following note.
which explains itself;
\ MODEL STREET. LEANER.- To the Ej.
t0r Of he Commercials Gazette Among
the NOS important and noticeable devices
at this time here Is what the inventor calls
= " gut,er-SwCepTr - u sort OF cart, which.
in operation. moves along the street close
To the curbSionc aud cleans the gutter. at
The same lifts the dirt and filth by an auto
matte contriyance up into the cart, etfccting
not only large saving in the expense at.
tending strect-cleaning, but with thor.
oughncss and rapidity that must cause il
to be utilized. particularly at this time.
when The sanitary condition OF all our cities
and towns Is matter Of so much i'm
portance, and in view OF the serious ques.
ton bow far the cleanliness OF our streets
and alleys nay prevent the origin or the
spread oil the cholera or any other dreaded
disease that may at any time visit or exist
smongus. q. wv. 4.
WASHINGTON. ID. G. August 10Th.
The cholera will not reach Richmond
this year, we suppose. But II may come
next. Thus year is the time to prepare for
II. or rather to prepare for keeping il away
altogether. We have abundance OF time.
Let US use II to advantage.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-09-03
Appointments.

The following appointments are pro-
mulgated by and with the consent OF the
speakers named:
SAMUEL. ?. COLEMAN.
buckingham, Monday. September s.
Amherst, Monday, September Is.
Sussex, Thursday, October z.
Rockbridge, Monday, UctoberG.
Fiuyanna, Monday. October 81.
A. II. KELLEY.
West Point, saturday, October 4 (night).
Gloucester, Monday. October O.
Caroline, Monday. October Is.
Fredericksburg, Tuesday, October IA
(nighD.
Alexandria. wednesday. October 10
might.
Essex, Monday, October 20.
II. sT. @. TUCKER.
Charlotte, Monday, October 6.
Amherst, Monday. October 20.
Highland, Tuesday, October %.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-09-03

One NELSON having stated through the
Boston Herald that last winter Mr.. CLEvE-
LAND wrote letters to New York members OF
Congress urging them to vote with MIR.
MORRISON both on the question Of consid-
Grafton and on the motion to strike out the
epscting clause OF the MORRISON bill, the
New York World says:
1--WE happen TO know personally that
this Is . lie. Governor Cleveland wrote no
such letters"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-09-03
REPUBLICAN KUKLUX.
Negro VILLAGE Assaulted Tor Casting Demo-
cTnfiC Noics.

Negro VILLAGE Assaulted for Casting Demo-
cratic Votes.
\ Lexington ky.) special OF Monday
SAYS: NaddoXtOWn. lew miles from mere,
is a village inhabited almost entirely by
colorcd people. Yesterday three c0iored
residents OF the town came here ana swor'
out A warrant for the arrest OF Marcus Nc
Clam, awhile m3u. charging him with be-
ing one Of a gang OF eight or ten
men who made 4 raid on Maddox
town md MORALLY wounded Henry Nichols.
These m n say At 10 O'Clock last night
the gang. who are unknown TO them. n
tackled their village, fred ten or fifteen
,hols into some OF the houses, aad th'n re-
treated 20 a cOru-told near 10y. An hour
later they again fired about the same num-
Der % shots. rcircating again to the corr
Erld. They kCDt up these charges At in
tcryal, OF about an hour until O'Clock IN
the morning. when they let for good. after
firing more than hundred shots into the
ypr1ous houses.
In the charge they made at , O'Clock one
OF the gang shot Henry Nichols, who was
stansng in his own yard. The bail passed
through Nichols's bowels. inilctiue a NOR
tal wound. After O'Clock in the morning,
when the gang left. Cunningham. Green,
and Carr, the men who came to swear ont
the warrant, saw three white men leave the
corn-feld, one n whom they recognized
Is Marcus McClain, but the other two they
did not know. They know no reason why
hsddoXtown should be treated in such
manner, unless the cause be political one.
They state, further, that several such At
tacks have been made upon MaddoXtown
since the late election. when Il number OF
The cololed men living there voted the
DOmocratic ticket.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-09-03

The World We Liue IN. A novel. By
OSWALD CRAwFURD, author OF English
Comic Dramstists," Portugal, Old and
New" dc. New York and London. G..
Z. PCTNAM's Sons, 1884. Price in paper,
30 cents.
For sale by WEST. JOHNSTON g. Co.
TIE History Of Democracy Considered
as a Party Name and as a Political Or.
gdnisdtton. BY JONATHAN N0acRoss.
author Of "The Conflict OF Labor and
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We are glad TO see that this book was
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For sale by WEST, JOHNSTON & Co.
Life and Public Services Of Grover Cleve-
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1884. Price, 30 cents.
A readable little book. It includes Judi.
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-09-03
A Imst Estiriafo of RnfIer.

lJoaluin Mllcr'- New York lcttcr.l
| hear but little about Butler here. on
the ground where he is said to be the
strongest. OF course much i said and has
been said and will be said about Butler
But the fact about Butler Is. he Is simply
available matter for the paragrlphist. lie
is written about largely because he i, lively
matter 20 write about. | think he has no
real friends or force anywhere in politics.
Certainly he is not nearly a. strong rs
George Francis Train was when aspiring
10 the yicc-preSidencv,
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-09-03
Chandler Looking for His whiskcy.

A telegram from Woods Hole Mass
says q. J. Winser, general manager OF the
Boston Towboat Company, to-day placed
the steamer Confidence at the disposal of
the Secretary OF the Navy for the purpose
OF visiting the wreck OF the Tallapoosa.
The Secretary, with Lieutenant-C omman-
der Tspner, Lieutenant Commander Hitch.
cock. Lieutenant Wood, Lieutenant VAIN
wright. and other officers, embarked on the
Confidence at l p. H., and immediately
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-09-03
INSTANCE COMPANY.

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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-09-03

DR.. DOILIYGER is ioeman worthy Of the
steel Of any Of the tribe Of eyolutionists.
" There is no atomic evolution" says DR..
DOILINC.R. Atoms are the same always and
everywhere. We should think DR.. SOUTH
ALL could preach good anti-eyolution ser.
mon from the text we nave quoted.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-09-03

The Gl0be-Democrat says: "The Repub-
iicdn has discovered an Irishman who Is
opposed to BLAINE. lie lives in the Coun-
ty Galway. though. BLAINE never did ex-
pect to carry the County Galway" What
ever counties BLAINE does carry will be
cuIricd nall-WnY