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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-01-18
DEATHS.


CADY .-Died, at his residence, Verdon.
Hanover county, Va, on Friday evening,
January 10. 1885. at o L. NJ, CHARLES o.
CADY. eldest son OF the late Co.onel IL.
Csdy, formerly OF RochesferT-N. Y.
Rochester papers please copy.
FRIEND.-At the residence OF her father
In Danyille. Va, at $40 i. NJ, Friday. Jam
uary 10. 1886, JEAN BOYLAN third daugh-
ter OF John q. and JEANNE Is. Friend aged
five years and one month.
southern Churehmdn and Petersburg In
dsJ-dppeGi please copy.
McDONOUGH.-Died. at her residence,
221 north Twenty-tifth street January 10.
1885. at IL A. NJ. Mrs. ANNE MCDO-
NOUGH. a native OF Ennis. County Clare,
Ireland. In the fifty-tirst year OF her age.
Her funeral VIII take place SUNDAY
EVENING at 2R O'Clock from st. Patrick's
church. Friends and acquaintance are
respectfully invited TO attend the funeral
"
SAIINDERS.-Dieda at No. 1714 east Mar
shall street, January 10. 1855, at III O'Clock
A. NJ. Mrs. LUCY j. SAUNDERS. beloved
wife OF L. II. Saunders; aged thirty-iiye
years.
The funeral will ia Ike place THIS Sunday
AFTERNOON at 8 O'Clock from ST. Peters
Cathedral Friends and acquaintances are
respectfully invited To attend.
Petersburg papers please copy.
SEAL.-Died. January 10. 1885. at 10 \.
NJ. JAMES ARTHUR, youngest son OF de-
lilah III. and Horace W. seal; aged two
years two months and four days.
JIMMIE thou art gone TO rest;
Thine Is an early tomb.
Tho Jesus calleth thee away
Mama VIII miss thee at home.
The funeral will take place from his
fathers residence. Louisiana street. Fulton,
at 3 o'clock THIS Sunday AFTERNOON.
Friends and acquaintance respectfully in
vted to attend.
TYLER.-Died. January 10, 1885. at her
residence, Mrs. JULIA A., beloved wife Of
w. b. Tyler. In the thirty ninth year of her
age.
lam waiting for Jesus"
For pleasure and rest:
When His love-arms enfold me
I'll lean on His breast!
Oh! how long must wander
In paths down TO gloom,
When across the lone river
Are fields rich In bloom?
| am waiting for Jesus
And hours Of relief:
MAY the time OF His coming
To fond hearts be brief
While the clouds gather DER me
In earth's night of woe
But the Cross bears me onward
AS heayenward go.
The funeral will take place from the
FouTth-Street Baptist chapel MONDAY.
January 9Th. at III \. VI. Friends and ac-
quaintances of the family are Invited 10 at
tend
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suNDAY.........JANUARY IS, 1885.
Tho whiskey Ring.

Secretary McCULIeoH shows a won
derful libcrality in his dealings with tho
manufacturers Of whiskey. As we I'M
dcrstand it, he has done in effect what
Congress last year deliberately refused
to do---that is, in the several regulations
or orders on the subject which he has
recently issued. Mr.. WATTERsoN,
writing on kindred point, says:
ssThe people are in no mood to conn
tenancc the shifting Of taxes from luxu-
ries like whiskey and tobacco to neccs-
sites, &C."
Why couple tobacco with whiskcy?
The whiskey Ring monopolize the manu-
facture Of whiskey. They do not de-
sire TO have the tax removed. To re-
move it would be to enable all country
people who have orchards to make fruit
brandies. and thus come in competition
with the whiskey manufacturers. 1t
would also divide out between thou
sands Of men business which is now
monopolized by few hundred.
II is not so much the tax on whiskey
that the real friends Of revenue reform
object to as the continuance of war
tax in time of peace; and this tax one
to be enforced by spies and informers
and heartless officials, who drag inno-
cent parties hundreds of miles from
home and subject them TO all sorts of
indignitics, in addition to the outrage
ously unjustifable expense to which
they put these unsuspecting jewellers in
our mountainous regions and their in
accessible valleys.
But as we have argued again and
again, and as Mr.. TUCKER has shown,
the abolition of all internal taxes is a
measure whose effect would be, not to
compel higher customs duties to be
levied, but to compel judicious tariff
TO be put into operation. There are in
Vulnerable articles upon which the du-
ties are so high under the present law
that the Government derives no rev.
enue from them. There are others
from which more revenue would
be derived than is now derived
if the duties upon them were lowered.
We know Of no good reason for doubt
ing that tariff might be framed which
would produce all the revenue that the
Government needs. Therefore, the
statement so persistently repeated by
Mr.. WATTERsoN that Mr.. RANDALL
wishes to abolish all internal taxes as
means to an end, this end being higher
duties, is a groundless assumption.
But we return to tobacco. No con-
gresham need be afraid to vote to re-
lease this sole luxury of the poor man
from Federal taxes, whether Mr.. WAT
TERsoN and his followers couple whis-
key and tobacco or not. We believe
that such a measure would be popular
in New England-evcn in Maine. No
body has ever been able to induce any
State Legislature to pass a prohibitory
tobacco law. Tobacco, therefore, must
be more popular even than intoxicating
liquors, though the drinking Of these is
supposed generally to be the most diff
cult habit to control which men eve.
aco,,;re
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PETERSBT RG.
Sales of Valuable Farms-HiRh Winds
Hastings Court Proceedings.

sales of Valuable Farms-HiRh Winds
Hastings Court Proceedings.
Correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatch
JANUARY IL. 1885.
The fine farm in Chesterfield countr
known as - Riverland." containing 46s
acres, mostly river bottom, owned BY
Captain John c. Griffin. was sold sew
eral days ago to Mr.. Piper. Of New
Hampshire, for $4,000. 1t is learned
that Captain Griffin has since purchased
the River View" farm. in Amelia,
county, belonging to the late Matt :
BANDS estate, containing G3l acres
The price given is not stated. r
The verdict of the jury in the Glenn.
Holland murder case is yariously com
mented upon in the community, but by
those who heard the full evidence it is
approved. Indeed, it is thought by
some that Glenn did not do the stab
bling. There is great rejoicing among
the negroes over the verdict. which they
regard as a great victory. The matter.
with many of them. partook Of the ma
ture Of race issue. Many squares away
from the courthouse their cheering was
heard. and long after the court closed
their rejoicings could still be heard in
the streets.
Very high winds have prevailed here
since early last night. but as far as as
certained no damage of material conSe-
quence has been done. The roaring of
the wind through the night kept many
people awake.
The Hastings Court is not in session
to-day. On Monday the criminal docket
will be resumed, when probably some
of the indictments in connection with
the Planters and Mechanics Bank will
be tried.
During the past month only IS
deaths were reported in this city-ll
among the white and "a among the
colored population.
1t is expected that within the next
few weeks track of the Petersburg
street-railroad will be laid through Old
and Canal streets.
1t is just learned that the frame
work of large dwelling-house in Prince
George belonging to Mr.. Mr.. w. F..
Lawrence was blown to the ground by
the wind last night. ROBIN ADAIR.
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A WOMAN starved 20 Death.

A Rochester On. w. special says: A
horrible case of death from starvation
came to light this morning. Mrs. Della
Dekin, Of No. 35 Caledonia avenue, was
found by the city physician yesterday
in dying condition in the midst Of filth
and squalor. Everything possible was
done for her, but her life could not be
saved. She and her husband were
tobacco-strippers, but could not earn
more than s2 per week. From Tuesday
last until Sunday she tasted no food
whatever, while the husband was in
toxicated most Of the time. The over
seer Of the poor gave burial certificate
to-day.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-01-18
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THE CITY BY THE SEA.
Fast ninil-An Interesting cuestion-A Gale.
fcnrresnondnncn Of fhn Rich nnnh nisnntch

Fast nlnil-An Interesting cuestion-A Gale.
NORFOLK, January IL, 1885.
The Post-Office Department has at
last decided to give Norfolk fast-mail
service to the North, and the service
over the New York, Philadelphia and
Norfolk railroad has been resumed
The service over the Bay Line to Balti-
more is also continued. and mails for
Baltimore and the Southwest will go
over that line, while northern and east
ern mails VIII go over the New York
line.
Tie steamer John Romer is so badly
broken up that the company has almost
decided to rebuild her from the base.
The Executive Committee of the
Eastern Virginia Christian church held
meeting this afternoon in Berkeley.
A very interesting case involving the
question Of Interstate commerce came
up in the Corporation Court to-day.
Oyster-lnspector Frank Hunter present
ed Captain j. ID. Dawes, Of the steamer
Virginia, one Of the Bay-Line steamers
between Norfolk and Baltimore, for re-
fusing to pay the inspectors tax Of
three cents bushel on oysters trans
ported over his line. The master of the
steamer states that his vessel belongs
to corporation incorporated under the
laws of Maryland, and that he carried
oysters in the regular course Of bust
ness between Norfolk and Baltimore.
|. The Court, upon the authority of the
State freight-law case in 18th Wallace
Reports, decided that so much Of the
oyster law rs requires the tax to be
paid on oysters transported beyond the
State is unconstitutional Is affecting
interstate commerce.
The wind has been blowing gale
here to-day, and at one time reached
velocity Of thirty-seyen miles an hour.
All along the coast it is blowing fifty
miles an hour, but as il is off shore no
accidents are reported. ELLA.
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VINO WERE THEYe
A Remarkable Discovery aad an Interesting
0uestion. .r

A Remarkable Discovery n,d an Interesting
0uestion. .r
When the first settlers las they sup
posed themselves TO be) came to bnnen-'
burg county, Va, they found about four
miles from what is now known AZ
wattsboro' an old graveyard inclosed
with stone wall. 1t wasa parallelo-
gram in shape and contained two rows
of graves, IS or 30 in number, lying
east and west, after the manner of
English burial-grounds. The settlers
named il 1.-The Old Indian Grave
yard" and as such it has always been
known.
A few weeks ago Mr.. w. w. Bos-
we'll, the postmaster at Wattsboro',
opened two Of the graves, in the hope
Of finding Indian relics. He discovered
that those inferred there had been
buried in collins carved out Of single
piece of wood, except the top, which
had been fastened down with wrought
nails about two and quarter inches
long. These nails, which remained in
position, heads upward, were all that
remained that could be handled, and
though so completely oxidized that
they may be easily broken with'the fin
gers, retain their original shapes. The
conjecture is that these are the graves
of the lost colony left on Roanoke
island in 1887. The colonists could
have easily reached this place by
coming up the Meherrin in canoes.
Ii will be remembered that when the
relief ship reached the island not a trace
Of the colony could be found, and the
subsequent expeditions sent out by Ra-
leigh were equally unsuccessful, except
that they were told by the Indians
- the pale faces had gone into the inte-
rior.''
More than 100 years had passed away
before the present race of Virginians
settled about Wattsboro'. In that
time the few survivors of the Roanoke
colony and their descendants. if these
are graves Of those cOlonists. might have
become so merged into an Indian tribe
as to be indistinguiShable, though it is
alleged that the Hatteras Indians
then bore strong resemblance to Eu-
ropeans both in features and complex
ion, and the suggestion was recorded
that they might have descended in part
from those colonistS. 1t is greatly to
be regretted that when the plank-rOad
from WattsbOro' was built contractor
removed part Of the wall of the grave
yard, which until then had remained
intact. Perhaps in the corncr-stones of
the foundation may yet be found i'll
scriptions. or the opening of other
graves may reveal something that will
throw more light on their origin.
ID. +. LEACH.
Chase city, Io.. January Il, 1885.
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"'Private' DALzELL says he has
Just received the following from an old
soldier living in West Virginia: 'Will
YOU be so kind as to let me know what
would be the best part of the West to
form colony of old soldiers? Many of
us here must leave or get out from the
oppression of Bourbon rule of West
Virginia. "Private " DALZELL
should be president Of the colony, no
matter where it may be formed.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-01-18
I'm MenOriaus .

In Richmond. Va. on the morning Of De-
cember 20. 1884. after siXty-nine years Of
busy life Mr.. GEORGE WATT ST., entered.
We hope and believe, upon the " rest that
remaineth To the people Of God.
OF vigorous physique, clear. strong
mind. an ardent temperament. an ener-
getic, Independent Spirit. aud active
habits. his life had been one OF great actiVi-
ty and usefulness.
Iarge-hearted and open-handed much Of
the earnings Of his industry was bestowed.
at the prOmptings Of n sympathetic ana
generous nature. upon those IN need. Ot
comparatively few men can SO many Kind
and generous acts, quietly and unOstcnta-
tiousiy performed. be remembered by those
who walked beside them along the journey
OF life.
An his dealings in his extensive business
operations having been marked 10y ctndOr
and honesty. in business circles he bore
high character. and has left spotlcss re-
cord.
He was patriotic and publc-sprted. de
voted to his native State. and deeply IN
terested in her material progress especially
her agricultural development, To which he
had largely contributed by the invention
and manufacture of valuable implements.
An ardent supporter of the southern
cause. during the late war his house was
always upon to the Confederate soldiers.
Many were kindly entertained ut his hos
pitable board and not few sick ana
wounded tenderly nursed to health beneath
his roof.
His maternal ancestors. among the car
lest settlers Of Hanover county. Va, were
members of the church Of samuel Davies,
and his fathers iaHily-Scotch-lrls rom
near Belfast. Ireand-had been Presbyte-
rians for generations; but early IN me ne
united with the Baptist Church, and while
remarkably liberal and tolerant In his re-
gious views ana afiectiOnatey disposed to-
wards the Church OF his fathers, ne fully and
firmly subscribed To the tenets OF the Cnurch
OF his choice. was strongly and warmly at
tached to its form of worship, and regular
attendant upon it's services.
In the household over which his death
has east such dark shadow his watchful
kindness, tender care. and generous deFo-
zion are keenly IN isSed and his loss most
deeply mOurned.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-01-18
The Meohanios. Institute.

The movement to establish Mechan-
les Institute in this city has assumed a
shape that should assure its success.
Tuesday night the friends Of the move
ment will hold public meeting for the
purpose Of electing officers and board
Of managers. This may be regarded
as the second practical step--the first
was the establishment Of the night school
in connection with the Builders Ex-
changc--in the development Of the en-
terprise. The third practical step, and
the most important one. will be the
pledging of liberal support to the move
merit on the part Of all classes. And
that this will be done we do not
question. A Mechanics Institute in
Richmond can no longer be placed in
the category of things merely to be de-
sired. 1t is a necessity. This must be
evident to every manufacturer. Every
year we are brought into more vigorous
competition with northern cities, whose
manufacturing enterprises demonstrate
the advantages Of skilled labor trained
in technical schools. Every year our
public schools are turning out youths
for whom there is no place in the pro-
fessions or in trade, but who, if stimu-
lated to enter the mechanical field
would become producers, and add
largely to the variety of our manu-
features. The capacity of Richmond
in respect of variety Of manufactured
products, especially in the line of arti-
Giles upon which nicely of finish and
what may be termed artistic work are
demanded-h capacity, in fact, for
the utilization Of raw material, which
is insignificant in itself, but which has
been turned into fortunes in the North
is only limited by the amount of her
skilled labor. The experience of north
ern cities. where there are institutions
answering to our proposed Mechanics
Institute, is that the manufacturing
interest has advanced just in proper
ton as these institutions have taken
hold upon and been supported by the
public. In this aspect alone the move
ment assumes an Importance than
which none could be of greater.
1t is understood that the projectors of
the Institute propose to secure charter
from the Legislature, and hope to get
both city and State aid. AS we have
before stated, we would not decline
such aid but if the success of the In
stitute is to be commensurate with the
necessity for it, private enterprise must
have the controlling interest in it, which
interest will be in proportion to the
monetary support accorded it by pri-
vate individuals. We hope, therefore,
that the meeting Tuesday night will be
largely attended by those who have the
means and the will to put the Institute
on the high and proper plain it should
occupy.
In what we have said we have dwelt
r'y upon the Institute in its relations
to technical education, but there are
numerous other reasons for its estab-
lishment. While our manufacturers
are in one sense most interested in its
success, it commends itself to every
good citizen, in that it will solve a So
cial problem. By opening new avenues
of industrial enterprise it will be
safeguard against idleness, which is the
mother of vice.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-01-18

It is mistake to suppose that Colo
mel MURAT HALsTEAD, of the Gin
cinnati Commercial Gazette, is not a
funny man. lie is engaged in forming
cabinets for Mr.. CLEVELAND, and we
don't know anything funnier than that.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-01-18
SAMUEL II. NEwBERRY.


There is now grand opportunity for
the South to obtain valuable and practi-
cal assistance from the General Govern
ment. 1t is proposed to give Virginia for
educational purposes over five millions
of dollars, or about six or seven hundred
thousand dollars year. When we re-
member that we have in this State 430.-
352 persons over ten years of age who
cannot write our hearts ought to re-
joice at any prospect that is honorable
to relieve this wretched State Of such
things. Education is the great lever
which moves and sustains our Gov
eminent. Without it no sane man
would say our political existence I'M
der the Constitution could long con-
tinue. 1t is necessity, then, that our
ignorant and illiterate people should have
the advantages Of the school. The
prefer of this sum of money by the
General Government for this purpose is
but the paying back to the people what
they have paid beyond the necessary
expenses Of the Government in the way
Of taxation. 1t is, so to speak, a re-
funding measure. 1t does not lessen
the power Of any State under the Con-
stitution or increase that Of the Gene
raj Government. If it does not do this,
and the object is one which accrues to
the benefit of both, what objection can
there be to the measure? State pride
is foolish argument to set up against
it, especially in our extreme poverty,
which is no fault of ours, but caused by
the war. BY all means the educational
bill should pass, and Virginia accept
with gladnesS her proportion.-East-
era-Shore Herald.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-01-18
Virginia and North Carolina Postal
Notes.

The following postmasters have been
recently commissioned: Charles II.
Hughart, at Millboro' Springs, Bath
county, Va; William A. Wright,
Mofiett's Creek, Augusta county, Va. !;
William w. Magee, Stoney Creek, Sus-
sex county, Va; Charles II. Rosson,
Woodyille, Rappahannock county, Va. /;
Joel Patrick, Bells Ferry, Pitt county.
n. c.; Micajah b. Lassiter, Mount
Gilead, Montgomery county, N. G. (;
and Thomas w. Haskell, 0kisko, Pas
quotank county, n. c.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-01-18

A Washington telegram says: The
social conflict deepens between the lead
ing Republican houses. The Blaines
have made open war upon the Freling-
huyscns by issuing invitations for re-
ceptions on Thursday evenings. Thurs
day is the Frelinghuysens' day.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-01-18

lfTOln inc RUM Itoyhi bchiNNi"'N -'o"
In a friendly letter which we have
Just had the pleasure of receiving from
General Newberry, Of Bland county,
that noble Roman gives us some good
suggestions on current politics. which
we give to our readers, hoping he will
excuse us for the liberty we take in the
premises. He says:
If the Democrats in Congress fail to
pass the Blair bill it will put new
feather in Mahone's cap that will give
us more trouble than some are aware
of. Any member from Virginia who
casts his vote against it will be remem-
bered by the people of his district by
letting him stay at home in the future.
The Democratic party cannot afford to
put itself on record as not being friend
ly to the educational interests of the
masses. That was one of the strongest
arguments that Readjusters used
against the Funders. that they were not
friends Of the free schools, and now for
a Democratic Congress, with all in
coming Democratic Administration, to
make such blunder-it would be
blundeI--would have bad effect. not
only in Virginia, but all over the
Union, as the Republican party has al
ways claimed to be the special friend of
educating all classes.
have unbounded confidence in Gro.
yer Cleveland. He is a statesman, and
not trading politician. He has more
brains than some of the people think he
has, and the best Of all is, he is honest.
An honest man in the presidential chair
is something rare in these days Of cor
ruptiOn. If he had not been nominated
Blaine would have been our next Presi-
dent, and our last one. too. Four more
years of Republican rule would have
wrecked our whole form of government
beyond a reformation by any party.
And what would have become of Old
Virginia if Blaine had been elected?
You nor | could have remained in her
borders, but would have been forced to
flee from the scorpion whip Of Malone
and his mutineers; the persecution
would have been intolerable. But let
us thank God that it is as it is.
Your friend,
SAMUEL II. NEwBERRY.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-01-18

The Washington Republican hastens
to announce that it has not had row
with BLAINE, SHERMAN & Co.. and
that it is in full accord with that part
nership. We thought the Republicans
lucid interval would be Of short dura-
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-01-18

len his home, in this city, threatening
10 kill himself, has turned up all right In
Danyille.
Tobacco sales last week reached
ST. 900 pounds---an increase Of 45l 900
over the preceding week. Increase for
this tobacco year to date over same Pc
rod Of last year, 2.720,000 pounds.