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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-08-05
Nircinin,s OBLIGATIONS.

To tie Editor of the Dispatch:
The recent decisions of Judge Bond
and the Supreme Court Of the United
States have wellnigh started the people
Of Virginia but there are some tax
payers among us whose inclination to
use coupons in payment Of taxes
prompts them to insist that there is no
obligation on them to regard public
sentiment nor party resolutions on this
subject, because the law allows them to
pay their taxes in coupons. And some
persons even urge as reason why they
should use coupons in payment Of their
taxes that the bondholder has been
treated badly by the people Of Virginia,
and therefore each taxpayer ought to
hely the creditor by buying his cou-
pons and profiering them for taxes, &c.
Are such persons sincere in their
sympathy? Are they really anxious
TO right, as far as they can, the wrong
they complain of, or are they trying to
persuade themselves that it is simply
right to do what ones interest prompts
him to do-to wit, use coupons in pay
ment Of taxes, not SO much because a
high moral motive to the creditor urges
him to do SO, but because he saves
money by the transaction: Unselfish-
ness is q noble virtue. Moral duty
exalteth every man that observes it.
If such a motive incite the tax-pay-
er, then would it not be consistent in
him who uses coupons in payment Of
his taxes to bay them, not at heavy
discount, say thirty or forty cents in
the dollar, but rather at their full face
value? Should he not go to the in-
jured bondholder and say, am one
Of those who sympathize with your
wrongs, and ] am sorry my State don't
pay you what she owes you. will
right the wrong as far as | can individ-
ually do so; therefore, let me have
your coupons TO pay my taxes, not at
heavy discount, however, but at their
face value, and | will give you the
money for them-a hundred cents in the
dollar.
This will look consistent. This will
look fair and equitable. and the specious
plea Of defending the rights Of the cred.
itor by buying and using coupons in
payment Of taxes will then have some
show Of sarnestness, sympathy, and
sincerity. But when taxpayer gos,
out on the market to buy coupons at q
discount, heavy discount, and then say,
think we ought to use coupons and
show the creditor that we have some
regard for his rights-God save the
mark How much regard has such ,
person for the rights of the creditor
This high moral man that wseps oyel
the wrongs and errors of his State. He
has, If he buy coupons at 80 cents il
the dollar, just 80 cents worth Of sym
pathy for the creditor and 20 cent,
worth Of selfshness in bis composition
Simply that and nothing more.
'lfself the wsvering balance sh AXE.
'Tis rarely risht adjusted
But there are others who contend
that if the bondholder chooses to sell q
heavy discount it is right for them Il
buy, &c. Well, If there were no in
jury to the State government by such
transactions, it might be sxcussble fol
them to buy at a discount and proffsl
coupons in payment Of taxes, bu
when such persons know, or are tolC
by the high officials Of the State, tina
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-08-05
wRDNEsDAY......AUGUsT 5, 1885.
Using Coupons.

We publish this morning commu-
n;c.tion from a gentleman residing IN
Caroline county, urging taxpayers To
pay their taxes in money and not IN
coupons. To what he so well says we
would add that inasmuch as the State
government has to be supported, there
must be money enough paid into the
Treasury for that purpose. Therefore
IL the taxpayers should be unwise and
unpatriotic enough to pay all their
taxes in coupons, the result would be
that the Legislature wouldbe compelled
to levy an additional tax for the support
Of the government.
The public schools must be kept up.
Dare any man to say that he is willing
10 soc them closed? Is not every man
who pays his taxes in coupons doing
all that he can to put an end to the
business Of educating the children Of
this Commonwealth? Crime must be
punished. To punish it. the State Off
Gals must have money-not coupons,
The courts Of justice must be kept
open. To keep these open requires
money-not coupons. The lunatics
must be cared for. To care for them
the officers and directors of the asy-
lums must have money-not coupons.
The deaf and dumb and the blind must be
provided for. To provide for them,
the State must have money-not cou-
pons. In a word, the whole machinery
Of the State government must be kept
in motion, if il is kept in motion at all,
by the use Of money. Coupons will
not answer the purpose Coupons will
not educate children, nor punish crime,
nor administer justice as between man
and man, nor feed and clothe the luna
tics, nor instruct the deaf and dumb and
the blind, nor do any Of the thousand
and one things which all good Govern
ments must do.
Will you pay your taxes in coupons
and leave the duty of supporting the
State government to your poorer neigh
bors? Can you have the conscience
thus to impose upon honest poverty?
The struggling toilers who have but a
few acres Of land in the country, or but
small house in city, cannot pay
their taxes in money half so easily as
can you who buy coupons for that pur-
pose. They are compelled always to
sacrifice something when they pay their
taxes. You pay yours out of your
abundance. Is it right for you to do
so?
If the taxpayers Of Virginia would
for year OF two refuse to buy coupons,
the creditors of the State would fund
under the RIDDLEBERGER settlement.
1t is only because they find partial
market for their coupons that they per-
sist in their refusal TO fund. The cOu-
pons that are fundable in RIDDLEBER-
GER bonds sell at the same price as the
bonds.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-08-05
SEVEN HOURSIN THE WATER.
man ClInGs for Life 10 His Beat During a
Long Dark Night.
fUachinefou poxt


A fisherman pulling his boat up the
river about 4 o'clock Monday morning
observed, as he passed Holtzman's
barge, a boat floating down stream.
Rowing toward it, he discerned the
form of a man floating in the water
and clinging for life to the boat. The
work of rescue was difficult, for the
man was benumbed and helpless from
exposure to the water, and had to be
lifted bodily into the boat. His right
arm, with which he had chung to the
boat, had become so stiff that it could
not be Strengthened. He was taken
ashore, and, after restoratives and
stimnlants had been applied, was able
to give an explanation of his situation.
my name" he said, L" is Arthur
Snyder, and | live in Georgetown,
where am employed as tailor. Sun
day night about O'Clock went up
the river in boat as far as the Chain
bridge. Here | went on shore and un-
dressed. Then, taking my boat, |
pullCO Oub iulO luO otitdills anu pluHSCh
in to take a swim. had hardly
touched the water when | was
taken with cramps and was just
able to reach the boat before one side
Of my body became perfectly help
less. l chung to the boat and drifted
down Tie stream. The storm had
driven in all boating parties, and the
river was deserted. My cries for help
only awakened the echoes along the
shore, and received no other response.
For seven hours drifted about, until
daylight, when | was picked up, more
dead than alive, by the fisherman. Had
not the arm which | threw over the side
Of the boat become stiff, would GER
tainly have drowned"
After his rescue, search was made
for his clothes, but they had been stolen
during the night and he clothed himself
in a miscellaneous collection Of gar
ments, contributed by various parties.
He was then taken TO Freedman's Hos
pital. All his limbs are very stiff, and
it is with difficulty that he can use them
at all. His injuries, however, are not
considered dangerous.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-08-05

silver, she would lose by the operation
three hundred thousand dollars. our
interrogatcry is, Can France anora 10
do SO foolish thing!
Our Charleston contemporary further
says;
"wcre the Government to exchange
gold dollars for silver dollars in the
way that the Dispafch proposes, the
Government would simply be in the
position Of buying at par, in gold, dol
lars which it had issued and made
legal tender as equal to gold"
To redeem valuclesS paper dollars is
wise and statcsmanlike and worthy OF
great financiers. To redeem valuable
silver dollars would be simply buy
ing silver at par" Now, wouldn't re-
deeming paper dollars be buying
paper dollars at par? If not, why
not? You admit OF course that the
silver dollars have real value, and the
paper dollars none. But you think 1t
would be wrong to redeem the valu-
able dollars and that it is wise to re-
deem the valueless dollars
We quote again:
1--WE come now to the question
which we are urged not to dodge. To
begin with. it is not the mere promise
to pay in gold Tor coin) which imparts
such value to greenbacks; it is the
public confidence in the ability and
willingness of the Government so to
redeem them
We make no objection to the change
Of phrase. We will adopt it, and re-
peat our question If the public con-
fdence in the ability and willingness OF
the Government to redeem the green
backs keeps these greenbacks at par
why would not the public confidence in
the ability and willingness of the Gov
eminent to redeem the silver dollars
keep these at par?
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-08-05

fence with the dogs teeth in
necessary part Of his costume. ON
GERS Schwartz and Ries, who live
near by, were sent for, and marched
their prisoners to the police station
All the jewelry was recovered. Inc
men, who gave their names as George
Green and Benjamin Sherman, are be-
lieyed to be members Of gang who
have infested the vicinity of Ames
street considerably Of late breaking
into freight-cars, stoning trains, and
doing other acts Of lawlessness. De-
tectiyes Kavanaugh and Scott, who
have been looking after them, arrested
another fellow by the name of Eckman'
some distance away, about the same
time
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-08-05
IN TIE JAWS OF DEATH.
The Remarkable Rescue or n Little b
from Drowning in Baltimore.

The Remarkable Rescue OF n Little Boy
from Drowning in Baltimore.
An exciting incident of Mondays
storm and flood in Baltimore is thus
described by the Sun:
At 5 o'clock in the afternoon the
seven-year-old son Of Mr.. William Nc
Sweeney, of Front and Centre streets,
while playing about Jones's falls at
Centre-Street bridge, fell overheard.
The stream, owing to the heavy rains,
was very high and the current was run
ming strong. The little fellow was
whirled away on the tide, tumbling
over in the disturbed waters. In mo-
ment he was at Bath-Street bridge,
carried along swiftly by the torrent.
Then to Hillen street he was swept,
where a number of people, drawn by
the wild gesticulations of those on the
bridges above, saw him pass down.
Among them was Thomas Lally, a
young man living in the neighborhoOd.
He saw the boy just as he passed I'M
der Bath Street bridge, and, running at
topspeed along Front street, darted
down ten-foot alley which ran into the
falls thirty yards north of Gay street.
Thus, short of breath after his hard
run, he jumped on the retaining wall,
and, without hesitation 10 take off his
coat or shoes, or even his hat, leaped
into the water to save the boy, who
was being rapidly carried down the
stream. Swimming out he caught the
little fellow in time and brought him
back to the east wall. Here, just
st Gay-Street bridge, large iron
pipe, the outlet for a sewer, juts out
beyond the wall, and to this Lally,
with his inanimate burden, chung. Rain
had not fallen for some minutes before,
and the sewer was free of water. Lally
thrust the little fellow into it and
crawled in afterwards himself amidst
hurrahs from the crowds on Gay and
Aillen-Street bridges. The boy, as
soon as he was gotten ashore, was
rolled and other remedies applied. In
a short time he was brought to con-
seriousness and out Of danger. To the
swift current Of the stream, which kept
him mostly on the top, and to Lally's
judgment and pluck, he owes his life.
In all he was carried nearly a quarter
of a mile along the falls.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-08-05
COMMONWEALTH 81 vTR0rrfA,
RICHMOND. August 4, 1885.
DY THE GOVERNOR
A PROCLAMATION

whereas by the death of General y. \.
GRANT the country ls called 10 mourn the
loss Of an Industrious citizen, whose deeds
have made him famous through the world.
and wbose generosity In memorable crisis
Of the fortunes OF this state left an lndelli-
BILE impression on the hearts OF our people;
and ss 10 Is becoming that In common with
our fellOw-citlzens OF the republic Nir-
ginians should mark their sense OF the ma
tional loss and pay theh tribute % respect
TO The memory OF the ex-Presldcnt and
great Commander OF the United states
Armies:
Therefore n IS ordered that on SATUR-
DAY NEXT. sth instant. the day appointed
for the funeral OF General 4. \ Grant. all the
public ofilctsof the state be closed. that the
flags OF the Capitol be displayed at bslf-mast.
aud that from snnriSe 10 sunset guns DO
fred every half hour from the Capitol
Square.
The citizens throughout the Common
wealth are requested 10 observe the solemn
occasion by religious services or other -
proprlate ceremonies.
WILLIAM l.. CAMERON.
BY the Governor:
II. ". FLoURNOY.
Secretary OF the Commonwealth.
an 4-jt
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-08-05
Another Interrogatory,

We find that our recent object lesson
has not converted our friend of the
Charleston. Ness and Courier from the
error Of bis monometsllistic ways. We
find, however, that he has become more
reasonable in his utterances, as witness
the following;
"In the first place, we have not said
that 'the mere promise to redeem paper
dollars in gold makes these paper dol
lars better than silver dollars There
is no promise or engagement to redeem
the paper dollars in gold; they are re-
deemable, or payable, in coin. G., in
gold or silver. We said distinctly that,
apart from any question Of converti-
bility,' silver dollars are worth more
than paper dollars in the measure Of
the relative value Of silver bullion and
bank-note paper That is, the silver,
rs such, has higher market value than
paper has, weight for weight. Even
when paper dollars, which are legal
tender, are not convertible, they have,
as long as they are current as me-
dium of exchange, or as long as they
are sought As curiositieS or souvenirs,
avalue higher than that Of bank pa
per-"
Again:
"Silyer has high market value in
dependent Of any legal-tender quality,
and in dealing with silver, therefore,
there Is less risk Of loss than in dealing
with bank notes. The issuer Of the
bank notes can refuse to redeem them,
as q State can refuse TO pay its debts ;
and, when the debtor cannot be sued,
The holder Of the repudiated notes has
nothing but so much waste paper to
show for what is due him. The silver
dollar, however, is worth, as silver
about eighty-three cents in gold, whether
the Government treats it as legal tender
or not"
That is good doctrine to come from
q monometallist. But we are not sure
that the following will stand the test
Of inv, stigstion. Our contemporary
says:
Whenever foreign nations have IA
send specie 10 Us they will send us sill
ver."
Will they Silver is valued at q
higher rate in France than in the United
States. The ratio of god 10 silver
there is l5s 10 ], or 8 per cent. higher
than the ratio in this country. France
has many hundreds Of millions Of dol
lars Of silver coins in her banks and in
circulation. II, therefore, she were Ia
send us even ton millions Of dollars in
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-08-05
yytse on RiddIeberger.

General MahOne's candidate for Gov
eInor, when asked if Senator Riddle
berger was supporting him, replied !;
81 don't know his present inactivity
will not matter much" 1t seems from
this that the candidate doesn't put a
much higher value upon the Senator S
influence than his "master" did last
winter, and that he at least doesn't
have much faith in the effectiveness OF
OSCILLATION as a political measure.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-08-05

RIEL, the leader Of the recent half
breed revol; in Canada, has been found
guilty Of treason and sentenced to be
hanged. The Government, however,
might prohtably initiate the clemoncy
Of the United States, and decline to
carry out the sentence in its full severity.
Washington Star. When did the United
States decline to carry out a sentence
against REL, pray:
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-08-05
A Dog Trees One Man and Captures
Another with HIS Teeth.
Rochester Democrat


A lively little episode occurred on
Moulson street yesterday, which, for a
time, made things interesting to peo-
pie in the immediate neighborhood.
Charles Bachmsnn is the name of a
German who keeps a saloon and gro
Gerry on Moulson street, near the Cen
trail Hudson railway. About noon
yesterday two suspicious looking
characters entered his place and
called for quart Of beer. Mr..
Bachmsnn keeps his beer in the cellar
and has to go down there to draw it.
While he was in the cellar the men
proceeded to take a quantity of jew
elry, etc., from the showcase, and ran.
Mr. Bachmann noticed the condition
Of affairs, and going to the door saw
the men running down the street. He
called his big Newfoundland and
pointed out the fugitives. The dog
understood matters and started. Within
two minutes one man was up a
tree and the other against a
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-08-05
LOSTA BAGFUL OF DIAMONDS.
nss Harrison Takes Her J-welry Travel
ling, and Comes Back Without IL.

uss Harrison Takes Her Jewelry Travel
ling, and Comes Back Without IL.
Miss Nellie Harrison, of west Thirty
first street, New York, is looking for
$4,000 worth of jewelry which she
says left her possession about $50
O'Clock on Friday night. She has Of
fered reward Of $4,000, and no queS-
tons asked, to any person who will re-
cover the missing property and return
it to her. 1t has been her custom to
20 to Boston once a month to collect
the rents Of four houses which she
owns there. She started for Boston on
Thursday with her jewelry scattered
about her person. She left Boston on
the 4:30 O'Clock train on Friday after
noon with the jewelry in q little ali
gator-skin satchel, which had the mi
tial IN. H." on it. She threw the
satchel beside her on the seat and
thought no more about it. When the
train reached New Haven, Miss Harri-
son left her seat for a few minutes.
When the train rumbled into the Grand
Central depot she could not find the
satchel. Among the jewelry was a
large solitaire bracelet containing an
eight-arst diamond. Besides this,
there were two pairs of cluSter-diamOnd
bracelets, a cluster-diamond locket,
and a watch with the name of Nellie
set in the case with diamonds. Miss
Harrison thinks that some person fol-
lowed her from the time she left New
York city for the purpose Of rObbing
her. The Twenty-ninth-street police
are trying to find the diamonds.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-08-05

Says the American " irst-Assist-
ant PostmaSter-General STEVENSON
bounced lSS postmasters in one day
last week. This week he will try to
eclipse his own record" And may Pro-
violence aid him in his efforts.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-08-05
THE GENERALS FIRST NAME.
lie STATES Through General Babeock That h
Was Hiram Ulysses.


A New Haven Conn special says
r. ID. Bassett, who, as live politician
was appointed Minister to Hayti, enters
into the discussion Of General Grants
Christian name. He writes to local
paper that be has q letter from the late
General o. Z. Babcock, which gives a
statement in conflict with declarations
recently printed in New York journals.
lie says:
The occasion OF Gen9al Babcock's
letter came about in this way | had a
son born in Hayti July 7, 1872, who
was named after General Grant. Ihad
seen the allegations that the Generals
Christian names were Hiram Ulysses,
and later on in the year, during the
presidential canvass, | read at Port au
Prince, in an American journal,
Roscoe Conklins's New York speech,
in which he was represented as
calling the President ulysses
Sidney Grant" The Sidney" was
probably typographical error, but it
occurred several times in the copy of
the speech that | saw. Under these
circumstances, when | came to the
United States in the early winter of
1874, | brought the matter to the at.
tention Of General Babcock, who was
then, and for several years had been,
the Presidents private secretary and
intimate personal friend. Following is
the letter written in reply by General
Babcock
EXECUTIVE MANSION, !
WASHINGTON, Dec. %, 1874.
Dear Sir,-In reply to your letter
would say that General Grants chris
tened name was Hiram Ulysses. He
was appointed to West Point by mis-
take of the honorable member of Con.
gress as Ulysses S. Grant. This being
clerical error it was supposed it could
be corrected at the academy, but it pass
ed into the records as Ulysses S. Grant
and finally into his commission
and has been from that time
adopted both by his family and him
self. The gentleman appointing hin
COMPOUNDED the name of younger bro
Their with his, the middle name Of thu
younger brother being Simpson.
have read the above to the Presi
dent, and he says it is correct. Will
kind regards, am very truly yours,
o. E. BABCoCK.
Mr. Bassett adds "The fact o
General Babcock's explicit declaration
that President Grant had pronounce'
the statements in the above letter cor
rect may be of interest in the discus
siOn."
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-08-05

An exchange says: Lightning
struck a piano in a house in York
county, Mo-, the other day, and tho
roughly demolished it," Il doubtless
played thunder, or executed a reci-
tativo movement from MEPHIsTo-
PHELEs.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-08-05

The History Of the Surplus Rerenue Of
1887, being an Account Of Its Origin,
Its Distribution among the States,
and the Uses to Which 1t Was APP
Piled. BY EDWARD G. BOURNE, b.
A, Foote Scholar in Yale College.
New York and London; &. p. PUT
MANS Sons. 1885.
This book will prove interesting and
instructive to many Of the politicians
Of the present day.
For sale by the publishers and at the
bookstores.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-08-05

Over year ago sailor belonging to
an English vessel at Port Royal, ia
maica, disappeared, and few days af-
terward shark was caught with his
tobacco-box in its stomach. II was
sent TO his wife as an incontrovertible
witness Of his terrible end, and she
rnourned over it until he dropped in to
see her the other day. He had de-
serted, he explained, and had lost his
box overheard in getting into the boat
10 60 ashore.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-08-05

New York is not the place where
General GRANT ought to be buried.
Bat New York has secured that honor
for the present at least. And New
York is sharp enough to call for sub
scriptions to the GRANT monument
whilst "the hearts Of the people are
beating heavily at the portals OF the
tomb"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-08-05

The Washington Post says: An
appalling rumor has gone forth to the
effect that Colonel FRED. GRANT con-
templates writing book" Well, is he
A Fred TO write a book?
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-08-05

alt is we'll that the Dolphin does not
have TO stow away all the correspond
encs that is written about her. She
would sink" Yes, indeed and even
without the correspondence.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-08-05
BRIEF COMMENT.

A Republican organ says: AS an
issue BEN. BUTLER seems to have
faded completely from the public eye"
Because he is aside issue.