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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-03-21
Timely Warning.
What is the evil


The State sounds note Of warning,
As follows:
1--WE warn the Virginia Democratic
delegation in Congress against their
most serious danger. 1t is the appoint
mont, when men are equally qualified,
of those who have done less instead OF
Shose who have done more in honorable
efforts 70 secure the late Democratic
victory. We trust that they will keep
this danger continually in mind. The
Democrats Of Virginia are in no mood
70 be trifed with, and they are closely
and critically observing every recon.
mendstion that is made. For the charac.
ter Of these appointments the Virgins
congressman will be strictly held re
sponsible. We trust, as we believe,
that they win do their best in the dis.
charge Of their delicate duties"
It is bad enough that these appoint
meats should be absolutely controlled
by our congressman. IL is not tn,
manner Of appointment contemplated
by the fathers. The excuse we meu
toned yesterday. But it would be in
tolsrable to find each congressman Sc
lect,ng his own personal favorites with
out regard to the wishes Of the peopl'
most interested in the faithful discharg'
Of the duties Of the Offices, or to tn
services Of the applicants to the Demo
!. cratic party, or their qualifications 70
the places sought.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-03-21
DOWN TIE MOUNTAIN.
A Freight Train Wrecked Near Altoona.
with Loss Of Life.

with Loss Of Life.
An Altoona telegram says: Thurs
day morning about $3.50 O'Clock, as a
freight train, in charge Of Engineer
James Fox, was coming down the
mountain, the train became unmanage-
able after leaving the tunnel and ac-
CURED terrible velocity, running at
the rate of mile minute for dis
lance of four miles, when it overlook a
freight train ahead, running in the same
direction at the rate of fifteen miles an
hour, and collided, killing Flagman j.
r. McMichael, of Connaugh, and Sc
siously iniuring Engineer Fox, Conduc-
tor Hatch. and Brakeman Berghan.
Thirty cars were completely wrecked,
and an engine also.
Engineer Fox had the presence Of
mind after being injured 10 crawl up
the electric Signal-pole and take tn.
lantern off and proceed considerable
distance eastward, bleeding all the way,
and Tagged a west-bound train in time
to prevent another collision, the train
which was run into having proceeded
eastward some miles, leaving the wreck.
ed portion behind. Fox reversed hi:
engine Immediately upon discovering
that the train was unmanageable, and i
ran about three miles reversed at thu
rate of mile a minute. Men who saw
it say that the sliding of the engine
wheels on the rails left train Of fir,
behind.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-03-21
rgARs FoR PENJDgn.
0rsye Apprsheasiss In London that Rsssis
ssss occupied the Afxhan Fortress.


srss Occupied the AGxhan Fortress.
A London special SAYS Another
storm is preparing for Mr.. Gladstone,
which he may be able to weather with
his proyerbial good luck, but which, at
this moment, looks serious. The old
timers ut the clubs are discussing, with
crave faces, the rumors Of Russian
advance upon Penjdeh. They are by
no means satisfied with the assurances
Of M. de Giers that General Komaroff
has been ordered not TO attack Penjdch,
and they assume that his request to be
allowed to capture the place was made
to furnish him with an excuse for cap
turing il in the absence Of negative in
structions, which he could not receive
for many days.
There is strong suspicion that
Pcnideh may already be in the hands Of
the Russians. All interrogatorles on
the subject, whether propounded IN the
House of Commons or at the War or
Foreign Offices, are met with the stereo-
typed reply, I'VE do not know"
The Tories insist that these professions
OF ignorance are hypocritical asser-
tons, made in accordance with the
habitual ministerial policy Of break
ing bad news slowly. They are organ
izing their forces for a division on a
motion of censure regarding the Gov
ernment's policy toward Russia. They
claim that the Government has already
betrayed. the Afghans, and that its
blunder amounts TO crime IN view OF
the fact that the selling out Of the AT
ghans is now proved to have been I'M
necessary by the eagcrness with which
India accepts the prospect Of war
with Russia.
The Conservatives also say that Lord
Dufferin foresaw the present complica-
ton even before he was appointed Vice
ROY OF India, and that his first official
act in that capacity was to demand the
fullest powers to mobilize the Indian
army, TO strengthen the regiments by
recruiting. aud to locate them on the
northern frontier of India in such posi-
tons as he deemed best suited to assist
the Amecr of Afghanistan in repelling
Russian advances. These powers
were granted to the Viceroy, and
he acted with his customary vi
COR in maSsing a large force
of Indian troops at Que.tah. The
transportation facilities were found to
be inefficient, hut Lord Duiierin solved
that problem by putting the quarter
masters under arrest and promoting
their subordinatcs to positions where
they could be of some service. Now
that the Government is backing out,
Lord Duifcrin is indignant. 1t is said
that he has offered his resignation and
that his letter expresses his wish to
leave India As soon as it may be posi-
bic to send a relieving officer if Eng
land really wishes to retain her hold
upon India.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-03-21
Fcderal oesces IN tho South.


IL is stated that President CLEvs-
LAND. when assured by the South Caro-
nina Democrats that they entirely APP
proved Of his civil-service policy, but
that the carrying out Of that policy
would necessitste the dismissal Of all
or nearly all the Federal ollice-holders
in that State. made reply to the
effect that he was fully aware
Of the abuses from which South
Carolina, in common with other southern
States, had suffered, and that remedy
would be provided at an early day.
The Boston Herald says that at first
blush the position of the South Carolina
Democrats would seem to involve a
contradiction, but it is evident that the
President did not view it in that light,
aud proceeds to comment az follows:
There are some obvious reasons
why much more general and speedy
change in the Federal Offices at the
South than in those at the North may
be made without violating the reform
principle or injuring the public service.
The appointments at the South have
been made, as rule, purely for psrti-
san reasons, and from class of per-
sons who would not be given public
positions on business grounds. or by
the suffrages Of their fellow-citizehs.
Many of them are importsticns from
the North, who have no title to their
positions under the principle Of home
rule, which should govern national APP
pointmcnts to local offices. The
large majority of them, especially in
the revenue service and in the depart
ment of law. were selected more for
their ability to bring delegates to
national conventions, and to keep TO-
gether the fiction of Republican or
ganization in the southern States, than
for their fitness for responsible office
of any sort. All these mercenarics and
emissaries should be dismissed as rapid
" as possible. The Republican party
has been injured rather than helped
by their connection with it, and the
public service cannot be reformed while
they are charged with its duties and re-
sponsibilities."
1t is very apparent that the Herald
also understands the situation in the
South. The above paragraph tells the
whole story of the abuse to which the
southern States have been subjected at
the hands of the Republican party, and
clearly points out the remedy. If MIR.
CLEVELAND made the reply indicated
to the South Carolinians-and the state
ment of our staff correspondent in
Washington that he understands the
situation in Virginia justifies the be-
lief that he did--there is going to be
pretty clean sweep in the South. Ger
tain it is that in no other way can the
reform principle be successfully APP
piled in this section.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-03-21

An "Old Financier in Brooklyn
saws that there are to be no new VAN
DERBILTs and GOULDS. But he is
mistaken. As long as the laws of ma
ture exist, and are supplemented by
human laws such as the world now
has, so long will the wealth of the
wealthieSt increase instead of dimin-
ishing. That is to say, when New
York city shall hayca population of four
millions and the United States popu-
lation of one hundred millions, there
will be a man in that city worth per-
haps a thousand millions Of dollars.
New York is to be a financial centre
such as the world has never heretofore
known.
All the property in New York State
is assessed now at about three thousand
millions Of dollars. New York city has
less than one fourth Of the population
of the State. but owns at least a third
of all the property in the State, or one
thousand millions Of dollars. GOULD
and VANDERBILT and the ASTORS
own one third of this property.
Now, when New York city shall
have population of four millions and
her property be worth eight thousand
millions, three or four of her richest
men will still own Ione fourth of it.
Why not: How is it to be prevented
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-03-21
ExrnvD rrurts.

The expenditures NJ sald company. giving
ment OF the same:
GToss amount actually paid for losses. in-lu
losses occurring IN previous years ...........
Deduct all amounts actually received tor sH
on Losses OF the last or Vt previous years..
amounts actually received !Of rriusuran
panics. s227 So p ....................
Net amount paid during the year fOr lDs
Paid for commissions or broke rage. .............
Paid for salaries. fees. and al! other charges
all other employees.
Paid Tor State national. and local taxes IN
All other payments and expenditures r:
Amount OF deposit premium returned dur
risks. sl1 SZS.Os.
Aggregate amount Of actual expenses
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-03-21
Personal.

George Eliot is Queen Victoria's ia
vorite novelist.
Miss Cleveland. sister of the Presi-
dent, speaks four languages tiuently.
Mrs. Tom Thumb is TO be married to
Count" Magri on discretionary in
the church Of the Holy Trinity, New
York.
President Cleveland has received
from an Albany lady a crazy quilt
made entirely OF Cleveland and Hen
bricks campaign badges.
Marshal MacMahon is writing his me
moirs, from the opening of his military
career to the close of his term as Presi-
dent of the French republic.
Pope Leo XIII. has issued another ap-
peal for contributions to the Peters
Pence fund, which have greatly fallen
off during the past few years.
Sarah Bernhardt's painting of " La
Jeune File ct la Mort, which brought
only $40. 20 at her recent sale, is now in
the shop Of a Paris dealer, who asks
$675 for it.
Nine. Mariscal, wife Of the Secretary
of State of Mexico. who is on a visit to
Washington, is said to have caused a
sensation by her beauty. She is de-
scribed as Superbly moulded woman
of the blonde type Her maiden
name was Laura Smith, and she was
brought up in Baltimore.
The Washington Post says; Mr..
Mills b. Goodwin, an old journalist and
printer, and who has been employed i'll
various capacities upon the Eeening
Star, of this city, and by the various
Richmond papers for more than TWEEN
ty-fve years, is dangerously ill, with
little hope Of his recovery. at COS
street northwest.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-03-21

order 10 excite NJ. cLrvELASb's or
Nc. MAsKsno's jealousy Bat the
President snd his Secretary Of the rrea-
sary are not such +" small pssssoe~ As
that they can be turned against their
friends BY charges that those friends
exercise too much influence over them.
Not they. On the contrary. RANDALL
CLRvELANp, and MANNING will joke
one another on that very subject.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-03-21
SATURDAY.........MARC 81, 1885.
A Question.

The Commissioner Of Agriculture OF
Tennessee has very recently received
letters from a large number Of north
crners asking for information concerning
that State. The names occupy column
and a half Of the Nashville american.
These people have no doubt heard from
soune source favorable stories concerning
Tennessee. and have determined to in-
form themselves more fully in regard to
The inducements held out there to north
ern persons desiring to remove farther
South.
The Farmers Convention soon to as
semblo in Richmond will no doubt dis
cuss many questions connected with
the prosperity Of their class--the class
which upholds all other classes, and
without which there could exist no
other class. The experience Of the
Commissioner Of Agriculture Of Ten
nessce ought to be the experience OF
some person, some Official. or some
society in Virginia. The history
Of the world cannot produce
such bargains for sgriculturists as
NAV be had in Virginia lands. This
STATE If things has existed for years.
These bargains have gone a-beggins.
wbye Why should anybody prefer
the western wilds to Virginia ms?--
an Arctic region to sunny cline p
an outdoor year of six months or less
TO an outdoor year of almost twelve
months? Ii is not because it is too
warm in Virginia. 1t is not because 1t
is too cold.
What, then, is the obstacle: What
turns the steps Of immigrants from
abroad and settlers from the North to
other regions rather than to this spot
Beioved OF Heaven Ger all the earth be-
side =
IL the Farmers Convention can solve
this problem, nothing will remain to be
done but TO find the remedy and in
such cases the remedy is easily found
as soon as a thorough and a correct di-
acnosis has been made. What is the
evil.
We have faith i'll Virginia. We have
faith in the South. What may be
called the South is destined to control
this country. Ii lis impossible that it
can be otherwise. We do not mean
that the southern States which at
tempted few years ago to secede will
rule it; but the people living south Of
line to be drawn from the Atlantic TO
the Pacific ocean, first by MASON &
DIxoN's line to the Ohio river; then
by the Ohio river to Cairo; then
By the eastern and northern boundary
line Of Missouri around to the
southern boundary Of Kansas and
thence west to the Pacific ocean.
There is a much larger area of good
tillable lands south of that line than
north Of it. There is not simply a
greater number Of acres of land, but
the land is better. The people of New
England, Minnesota, Michigan, and
even New York, New Jersey, and
Pennsylvania, have to feed their stock
twice as long every winter as the peo-
pie even Of Virginia have to feed theirs.
II has been said jocularly Of the coolest
Of the northern States that they have
nine months Of winter and three months
more Of very cold weather. There is a
substratum Of truth under the asser-
ton. And yet that is the region which
hitherto has proved more attractive TO
foreigners and to its pative-born citi-
zens than Virginia.
What is the evil:
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-03-21
ny YOUNG MEMS CHRISTIAN

ASSOCIATION corner Of Fourth and
Franklin streetsh--Young mems MEETING
every S.SDAy AFTERNOON at 3i5. Secre-
tary : conversational Bible study MONDAY
EyFSrSGs at $50. Boys meeting FRIDAY
EVENINGS az 3.
Meetings for railroad.men first and third
sundays In each month In the Richmond
and panviiie reading-roons Manchester;
second and fourth sundays In the Chesa.
peake aud Ohio readlpg-rvoins, al depot.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-03-21

A Philadelphia PAL tcicgrsn says |;
A boy giving his name AZ victcrIicnid,
and his residence as No. 1908 Monu-
ment avenue, was brought to tbs Len
trail station this evening by ,letrctye
Of The Philadelphia and Atlantic rail-
way. lie had been arrested ON ferry
boat for telling passengers that he was
going to Now Jersey to tear up the mar
row gauge railroad tracks aud wreck q
train. After beng locked up he stated
that his object was to create some fun,
and that he had no intention to destroy
the tracks or train.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-03-21
Pump, Pump. Pump

Your heart is the busiest pump in the
world, pumping all the time; never
stopping until you die. Itpumps blood.
Every four minutes all the blood in your
system passes through your heart.
Blood is the vital fluid. lmpoverish il
and you die. lnvigorstc it and you
are hearty and joyful. There must be
iron in the blood, or you are pale and
puny. Browns Iron Bitters is the mos,
efficient preparation Of iron-gentle,
powerful, and reliable.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-03-21
4 BRAVE SERFANT-GIRL.
FataIiI Injured in Rescuing Two Children
from Burning Bed.

rom DurhtnR beu
New York Herald
There were cries and strong smell
Of smoke coming from the fourthstOry
back room Of No. 1913 Avenue 4 last
night as Mrs. Gergengack, one of the
tenants, went upstairs. She ran down
in the street and called for help. Two
men, named Frank Albertus and Sam
uel Finer. responded. They found the
door of the back room locked, but hear
ing yells of terror within they kicked
in the panels, only to be almost
blinded by the smoke that came
pouring out. As soon as they
could the men crawled through the
broken door. A large bed in the mid
die Of the room was in flames. and near
it was a young woman trying to pre-
vent the clothes Of baby she had
snatched up from catching fire. while in
a corner stood little girl four years
old with her hair in blaze. One man
paid attention TO the bed, while the
other took care of the little girl. In
few minutes all the flames were extin-
guished. The room is occupied by the
family Of August Breihof, which con-
sists Of himself, wife, and two children
Katie, aged four years, and Henry,
an infant. The young woman was
Jenny Postlethwaite. an Irish servant
and nurse. She had been left in charge
of the children during the absence
of both parents. According to the girl,
the children, who were playing on the
bed together when she left them to at
tend to some work, got possession of a
box Of matches and set the bed on fire.
They were too frightened to give the
alarm at first, but the girl says she
smelled the smoke and ran in to them.
She did not hesitate to rush into the
flames and grab both little ones.
The servant was found after the po-
lice arrived to have been terribly
burned. Her face, hands, and arms
were almost roasted in spots and
there were several large burns upon
her body. She was removed i'll an am
bulance to Bellevue Hospital in a very
dangerous condition. The surgeons did
not think that she could survive. The
rescued children were less seriously in
jured. The little girls scalp was badly
blistered. but the baby escaped almost
unframed. Both will soon recover.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-03-21

Conundrum Why should the silver
dollar, intrinsically worth eighty-iiye
cents in the dollar, legal-tender and
backed by the credit of the United
States. threaten to demOralize the cur
rcncy of the country. while nothing is
to be feared from the greenback, abSo-
lutely mOrthleSS but for the imprimdt"r
of the Government: But, query-Why
should the solution of this cOnundrum
produce breach in the great Demo-
cratic par,y?-Ch0Ti0ttesriU, Chroa-
iclc.
Some vandal entered the Offices Of
the Associated Press and the Baltimore
and Ohio Telegraph Company, in the
Senate wing Of the Capitol, Thursday
night. and tore out the telegraph instru-
mcnts, breaking the instruments, wires,
and glass. These Offices are in a cor
ridor Of the gallery, separated only by
single door from the Senate chamber.
No purpose other than an impulse to
destroy is discoyerable.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-03-21

We don't see the reason why people
are misled by using liquors that they
don't know anything about. If you
want pure articles go to a house like
W. ID. Blair & Co.'s, ll09 cast Main
street. They were established in 1929,
and no house ever enjoyed a better
reputation.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-03-21

The Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
says: 1.-The Republican majority in
Ohio in October will not be far from
forty thousand. Field-Marshal MU-
RAT HALsTEAD has evidently forgot
ten that the days of bulldog-reVol'ers
are over so far as the Ohio elections are
concerned
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-03-21
RICHMOND. VA. March %. ,S5,

Edasr Dispatch: | have had an in
quiry from a correspondent in another
State which am unable to answer. 1t
is this +, Was it proposed in the Con-
federate Congress during the session of
lS64-'5, either by bill or otherwise, to
conscript the negroes and enlist them in
the Confederate army? IL so, what
was the nature and the history Of the
propositions
My correspondent is a gentleman of
culture, intelligence, and standing in
his State, and seems very anxious TO
learn something about this matter, of
which know scarcely anything. Will
not you or Mr.. Brock OF some Of your
readers help him and
Yours very truly, l..
Yes. Such a proposition was seri-
ously made and entertained. The facts
may be found 1--WE think in Appleten's
Annual Cyclop@dia for 1861
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-03-21

Hon. THOMAS S. BOCoCK.-Very
many Of our readers will be grieved to
hear that this noble man and distin-
guished Virginian is in very feeble and
fast-failing health, and that it is not
likely he will ever again be able to take
any prominent part in public affairs.
May great peace come to him in his de-
clining ycarS.-LynchJarg Virgi"'ao.
We have attended several Democratic
national conventions of which Mr.. BO-
COCK was a member, and have seen
proof enough that all over the Union he
stands high in the esteem Of good men.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-03-21

The Philadelphia Times says; "Some
60 TO Washington TO seek office, and
others try to discover the North Pole"
And some that go to Washington to seek
Office feel like they had discovered the
North Pole.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-03-21

1.-THE rates Of insurance in Arizona
have been raised so per cent. 1t isn't
quite clear whether this is for fire or
life" Life probably, as the average
man would rather die than live in Ari-
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-03-21

We are glad to see that the Washing
- Psst speaks Of the great and grow
'>aat Of thepeople ofshe United
bimesslle standard.
see the same paper
. New York World,
Timss, and the New
RANDALL organs ia
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-03-21

New book.
Aiad-Readiag and Beyond. BY Will
LIAM A. HovEY, late editor of the
Boston Transcript. Boston: LEE
& SHEPARD. 1885. Cloth, illus
trated, sl.25.
Mr.. HovEY believes an influence
may be exertcd by one mind upon an
other, apart from any recognized mode
Of perception. His book is based upon
the records of the Society for Psychical
Research, (Loadon.) lie is very fair in
his treatment Of the subject, which is
one that has not been investigated much
in this State.
For sale by ). w. RANDOLPH x
ExGLisH.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-03-21

ne1' CHRIST CHURCH Corner of
Yenabe and Scott streets divine service
Tomorrow at IL A. NJ. when the sacra-
ment OF adult baptism will be admins
tered. Evening service Of 4 o'clock. Divine
service ON TUESDAY EyENISG ut o'clock.
when Bishop WHITE will administer the
rite of confirmation. TIE public invited.