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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-05-31
NOTHING NEW.
Paul Boyten's Joke Antedsted over One Hun
dred Years.
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Paul Boyten's Joke Antedsted over One Hun
dred Years.
lscientific Americana
Paul Boyton's recent prank in plac-
ing dummy torpedo against the Bri-
fish war-ship Garnet in New York har-
Dor brings to mind Sergeant Lees at
tempt to blow up Lord Howe's flagship,
the Eagle, in the same waters in 1716.
He used torpedo-boat invented by
David Bushnell, afterward captain in
the patriotic army. 1t had been tried
with success experimentally. and gave
promise of being US eful in serious war;
fare. The first opportunity for such
use occurred when the British fleet
took possession Of New York har-
Dor. The Bushnell boat was more
like a barrel than a boat. 1t
was Of oak, iron-banded, and only large
enough for one person. When floating
upright the navigator's head was lit
tie above the level Of the water. By
means Of two force-pumps, worked by
the occupants feet, the vessel could be
made to sink or rise in the water by
forcing water out or in, and so chang
ing its specific gravity. Its progress
horizontally was governed by two re-
volving paddles in front, turned by
crank inside. The torpedo was fastened
to the back Of the boat by screw, the
release of which set in motion a clock
connected with a gun-lock and flint.
After the predetermined interval of
time had elapsed the clock would strike
and ignite the powder.
The torpedo carried by Lee against
the Eagle was charged with $50 pounds
of powder (soms say 100 pounds), and
the clock was set 30 explode the charge
in thirty minutes after the torpedo was
placed. Lee was towed to the neigh
borhood of the feet by party in
whale-boats, and then proceeded to at
tack the feet alone. He succeeded in
reaching the Eagle, a sixty-four-gun
ship, undetected, and spent a long
time in vain attempt to fasten
the torpedo to her bottom with
hooks and screws, band Of iron at the
edge Of the copper sheathing proving an
especially serious obstacle. AS day
light approached he was compelled to
leave the feet and return to the city.
Off Governors Island he was intercept
ed by a British barge, when, to avoid
capture, he exploded his torpedo, es-
Gaping from his pursuers during the
panic which the explosion excited. If
the torpedo had been provided with a
strong magnet the strip of iron which
thwarted him would have insured the
success of his undertaking, and the use
of torpedoes in naval warfare might
have been FASTENED half q century.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-05-31
CHARLOTTESVILLE.
The Raip-water-wor Circuit Court.
Correspondence ofthe Richmond Dispatch

The Raip-water- works-rhe Circuit Court.
Correspondence ofthe Richmond Dispatch
MAY 30. 1885.
Owing to the washout" near kcs-
wick and "slide west Of Charlottes-
vile several crews Of freights had
short time Of idleness and rest here
this week. The heavens are yelled in
clouds this morning. and to one not
weatherwise it looks very much as
if the strains would descend" again,
and for some time.
Although rain was earnestly prayed
for two weeks ago, il is as earnestly
desired that clear weather may ensue.
Building, OF which there was great
deal in progress, has been interrupted,
and many workingmen are in enforced
idleness. Work on the water-works
has been suspended for the same rea-
son. Great progress has been made
already in pipe-laying, which has been
completed almost to the University.
DIR. j. S. Davis. who has been quite
i'll for some time from an attack of pa
ralysis, is slowly improving, and it is
expected that he will recover if the
present favorable conditions continue.
The Circuit Court is still in session.
Thus far it has been engaged in the trial
of railroad cases. In the case Of Banks
dale rs. The Virginia Midland Railway
ian action for damages) the jury award
ed $4,000 to the plaintiffs, which was
not satisfactory, and they asked that
the verdict be set aside. QUIP,
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Moore vs.. Greenhow.

We ought to have said yesterday that
the petition for a mandamus in such a
case as that Of Moore Us. Greenhow
ought to be presented either in
hastings court or county court. 1t
was not material to the issue that we
named only the latter court, since the
point we were endeavering to make good
was not in the least degree affected by
the omission, that point being that the
petition in the case Of Moore rS. Green
hoe ought not to have been presented
to the judge Of the Circuit Court.
Read the act Of January IA, 1882,
and then read the opinion Of the SUI
preme Court Of the United States in
the case of Moore rs. Greenhow, and
see for yourself what the remedy is to
which the Supreme Court RENTED
MOORE. According to Mr.. BLAIR,
that court has decided to turn loose on
the State all her tax-receivable cou-
pons; but according to the opinion Of
the Supreme Court itself that court has
decided that the act Of January IL,
1892. affords MOORE an adequate rem
,edy, and therefore he was RENTED"
to his said remedy.
Will anybody presume to say that
the Supreme Court RENTED MOORE toa
remedy under an unconstitutional law?
OF course no one will hazard such an
opinion. 1t is an impossibility-an I'M
thinkable proposition. AS well speak
of . square triangle as to charge the
highest court in the land with telling
sutton that he had an adequate
remedy in an unconstitutional and
invalid act Of Assembly.
What. then, is the remedy? Either
that afforded by the 4th section Of the
action of January IA, 1882, as cited by
us yesterday, or that afforded by the
Sd section. II matters not which,
Both are in full force, whatever Mr.,
BLAIR may say.
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WHAT We NEED IN A CANDI-

WHAT We NEED IN A CANDI-
pArE.-Thc Staunton Vindicator says !:
at is no. hard to say what the peo-
pie Of Virginia want. Every man who
goes to the Democratic Convention will,
II he has any perception at all, know
what nine out Of ten Of his neighbors
want. lie will know that they want Q
candidate whose record on the accept
ance and enforcement Of the Riddleber-
ger bill is without flaw and who is
kaows TO DO in earnest in enforcing the
sovereignty Of Virginia against those who
seek 10 impair its power. He knows,
too, that they want q candidate who
fivors national aid to do that which Vir-
ginia hiss tried, and poorly succeeded
In dsing-- educate the children Of the
poor--a candidate who favors and has
always favored the Blair bill. On this
subject Of schools the Democratic voters
Of Virginia are as sensitive as the Re-
publican voters. They have shown it
more decidedly than their opponents,
for they turned down their own party
and Pct the opposition in on the mere
premise that the other party would do
better By the schools. A candidates
ppeech against the Blair bill reproduced
his Jall would imperil, II not defeat.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-05-31
Indian Inspectors.

1t is asserted on the highest au-
thority-we know the authority is the
highest because western Republican
newspaper says it is--that the revolt
among the New Mexico Indians is due
to their disappointment and disgust at
receiving from the new Administra-
ton a " bald-headed Inspector" No
wonder the New Mexico Indians
have left their reservation and start
ed on the war-path. The gentle
savage has some rights, and the
sooner the Administration learns the
fact the better it will be. 1t is a
gross outrage to send to the Indians
inspectors upon whom they can get
no grip. How ON earth, we would like
to know, does the Administration ex-
pect the Indian to keep in subsection an
inspector that cannot be scalped. Here
is a place in which Mr.. CLEVELAND
can institute reform that will prove
very satisfactory not only to the In
dams, BUTT large number ofpale faces.
Here he has an opportunity to show
that when the good of the public SER
vice demands it he can rise superior to
party considerations. Let him see that
all Indian inspectors are Republicans,
with full and tempting shocks Of hair.
Mr.. CLEVELAND owes this much to
the Indians, and this much to his pledge
to get rid Of offensive partisans.
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MURDERED BY HIS FRIEND.
Two Miners Take aHaif.Holiday-One Kills
the Other In a Quarrel.

tut u t""'a''
A Huntingdon Pa.) special says ::
Information was received here this
morning of the murder Of John Irwin
under shocking circumstances last night
by John Laporte, at Warriors Mark,
this county. Yesterday afternoon the
Shoenberger ore-mines, five miles
distant from Tyrone, where Ir-
vim and Laporte were employed
as firemen, were not in opera
ton, and accordingly the men went to
Warriors Mark, little village four
miles away, for half-day's excursion.
While there they became intoxicated,
and on leaving the village, just before
dark, it is supposed they became in
volved in quarrel. John Burkett, a
music-teacher, who was passing by,
found Irwin lying on the roadside with
his throat cut from ear to ear and skull
beaten in, evidently by a large club
covered with blood, which lay beside
him.
Laporte was Immediately suspected
of the murder, but was nowhere to be
found. He is the son of Judge John
Laporte, of Franklinville, an cid and
respected official Of the county. Irwin
was the sole support Of his widowed
mother, and bears good record, and
no previous enmity is known to have
existed between the two men, but, on
the contrary, they were generally con-
sideTed the closest Of friends. Both
were single men, about twenty-seven
years Of age. Laporte is regarded by
his comrades as q very peculiar man
absent-minded and erratic. He has not
been captured, but was seen early this
morning in the vicinity Of Franklin
vile, before the crime was there known
to have been committed.
Several theories are advanced rela-
tive to the motives influencing Laporte
to commit the horrible deed.
1t is reported that it was the out
growth Of rivalry between the two
concerning young lady named Holmes,
of Tyrone, whom they were both in love
with. This is denied by those best &C.
quainted with the parties.
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Henry-COunty lettings.
Correspondence ofthe Richmond Dispatch
MAprrNcNIII Va Mar 90 I8Sn

Correspondence ofthe Richmond Dispatch. J
MARTINsvILLE, VA, May 90, 1885.
Judge ii. NJ. Ford received tele-
gram from Lynchburg yesterday sta
ting that his infant child was dying.
He adjourned his court and left on the
first train. This leaves so much I'M
finished business that special term
will be necessary.
The election passed off quietly yes
terday. In the municipal election ii.
G. Mullins was made mayor. He is a
Democrat Of the deepest dye, and his
opponent a Straightout Republican.
The Council stands four Democrats to
two Republicans. In the county cleo
ton the Democrats swept everything
before them, electing every supervisor.
This will tend greatly towards securing
Democratic success this fall.
COLFAX.
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Disqualified.

In recent interview with a New
York Herald reporter, Mr.. BLAIR, the
Attorney General Of Virginia, upon
whom the State has relied to protect her
interests in the coupon suits, testified as
follows:
"What will be the effect Of the cou-
pon decisions on the revenues OF the
State 2" asked your correspondent.
1.-THE effect must be- replied Mr..
Blair to turn loose on the State all of
her tax-receiyable, selfcxecuting cou-
pons. and thus prevent taxes being paid
in money into the State Treasury. The
large and even small taxpayers will
use the coupons in payment OF these
taxes IL they cam"
"From a political standpoint what
will be the effect of those decisions In
Virginia"
.sThey condemn the Democratic
party to inevitable defeat in Noyem-
her,"
OF course it will never do to entrust
the conduct Of any cases arising under
the Democratic legislation Of 1884 to
Mr.. BLAIR, who in the same interview
quotes from Mr.. ROYALL, the bond
holders attorney. and endorses kim as
follows:
"This shows conclusively that the
Democratic legislation Of last year is
the cause Of all our present debt
troubles"
Mr.. BLAIR thus makes haste to de-
nouncc the Democratic laws Of 1884. as
General MALONE did in his recent let
ter to Senator MILLER, Of New York.
The Democrats are not at all afraid to
60 into the fall campaign on their re-
cord of 1884. The results of the cleo
tons Of Thursday last constitute
straw. yet it is a straw which shows
which way the wind blows.
What, in Mr.. BLAIR's opinion, has
become Of Coupon-Killer No. |? How
is it that the law is no longer in force?
Is that law any less constitutional than
it was two years ago. Will he give it
as his opinion as lawyer that the act
of January IA, 1882, adjudged by the
Supreme Court Of the United States, in
Antoni rs. GreenhOw, to be valid and
constitutional law, has became invalid
and unconstitutional by reason Of the
passage Of the laws Of February and
March, 1884?
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PRINCE EDWARD.
The Observation-Disclosures Democrats.

The Eitctton-Apathetic Democrats
Correspondence ofthe Richmond Dispatch. ]
HAMPDEN-SIDNEY, May 29.
Hampton DiStrjct.-At the election
held yere on yesterday the following
ticket was voted for by the Democrats :;
For Supervisor, John NJ. Venable.
For Justices Of the Peace-W. p.
Dupuy, j. T. McCraw, George L.
Hughes for Constable, j. +. Jones
for 0yerseer OF the Poor, Smith Evans
negro.
The other ticket. which was elected
by the negro vote, was as follows ::
For Supervisor, Frank Redd; JUS
tices-Samuel Burke, j. 7. McCraw,
and George r. Hughes /; Constable, j.
F. Jones; Oyersecr Of the Poor, Albert
Hines Ia negro.
1t will be seen from the above that
Redd Republican, was elected over
Venable Oemocrat and Burke (Repub-
lican) over Dupuy tDemocrat). This
result was greatly to the regret of the
white people. 1t is said that Burke
was elected over Dupuy by only twelve
votes, and that there were as many as
sixty Democrats who did not come out
to vote, and who might have TUNED the
scale in favor Of Dupuy, and so secured
an intelligent magistrate. l..
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-05-31

GROWING ABOUT SILvER.-Well,
here is one Republican paper, the Post,
direct from the seat Of the University
of West Virginia, talking to its Repub-
lican associates as follows:
$50 long as the congressman DO
what they know to be for the good Of
the country, and the people, we expect
to hear such growls as the above from
the rich capitalists, monopoliSts, and
money sharks, and their satellites in
the 'money centres of the country.
Let Congress abolish the silver certif-
Gates, and then the daddy dollars >
will go out among the people, where
they belong, and we will have no trou-
bic with the overlooking Of the vaults
of the national Treasury"
That suggestion doesn't strike us as
very good one. Certificates are more
convenient than silver. Nevertheless,
the Post is no doubt right as to what
would result from the discontinuance OF
the issue Of silver certificates.
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virginia News Notes.

Several days ago Constable A. e.
Green, of Rappahannock, was seriously
cut by negro he the cOnstable) was
trying to arrest.
The Woodstock Virg6iaR says :
The locust bloom is out in profusion,
and not only presents beautiful APP
pesrance, but also diffuses the air with
an exquisite aroma. The abundance of
the bloom is said to be a sign Of good
corn CROP"
The Page Courier says; We learn
from the farmers that the wheat pros
pect has been wonderfully improved by
the recent rains, and that corn was
never known to come up better.
There was a lady in Luray on Mon
day, says the Courier, who has lived for
the last forty-nine years within eight
miles Of the town, and that visit was
her first visit to the place. Who can
say now that curiosity is the besetting
weakness Of all ladies'?
The roof Of double tobacco-barn on
the farm Of Mr.. Ben. Burford, three
miles from Amherst Courthouse, was
blown off during the storm the other
evening. Jane Richardson, colored
woman. who was in the barn stripping
tobacco at the time, was cut on the head
and had one arm hurt.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-05-31
ROINOkE.

Democratic Victory rhe Tobacco Business.
correspondence OF the Richmond Dispatch
MAY 90, 1885.
Our municipal election passed off
quietly, resulting in Democratic vic
tory in each ward-two councilmen
from each ward and one constable for
the city being elected by handsome ma
jorities. The new Council will be
composed Of nine Democrats and three
Republicans.
We have had continuous rainy sea-
son for the past ten days, and it is still
raining. Have had large tobacco breaks
and good prices for all grades. The
farmers are now complaining Of too
much wet weather.
The Crozier furnace is again in full
blast, after being idle for two months
for repairs, and is turning out about
one hundred tons of pig day.
Our tobacco-factOries are now all
working their full complement Of hands.
ROANOKE.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-05-31

any true viryinisn can be induced u
handle this destructive instrument.
These brokers knew that II our tax
payers refiise to touch IL, no power,
nothing whatever, can prevent this old
State from being sovereign in her own
affairs, and hence the articles used in
trying to coax them into buying these
coupons.
Let them alone. cay we, II you would
avoid trouble for yourself and destruc-
ton for your State. And we are glad
to see that many sections of the State
are taking public action in this matter,
and even bankers, as will be seen in
another column, have declared their in
tention to pay taxes only in money.
This is the simplest and surest way
out Of any trouble that may menace US,
and if our citizens will not take sdvan-
tage Of it. they can only blame them
selves when disaster comes. No true
friend Of Virginia will ever pay a dol
lars tax in coupons.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-05-31

The latest decision Of the Federal
courts in the Virginia coupon cases af-
fords additional reasons why the Legis-
lature, when it shall meet next fall,
shall try to affect some satisfactory
compromise with those who have in
vested their money in Virginia coupon
securities.-Alerandria Gazette. The
compromise which the people Of Vir-
ginia are willing to make with the credi-
tors is embodied in the Riddleberger
bill. That is their last word.--Char-
lottesrine Chronicle.
Let BOND and HUGHES do their
utmost. The people have the matter in
their own hands. Nobody can compel
them to buy coupons. Whoever uses
coupons takes sn undue advantage Of
the poor men who cannot use them
" Undue" because if every Taxpayer
were to use them the taxes would have
TO be increased.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-05-31

~ vhola ticket. for th6 pecpie would
set down chat party as 4 fraud which,
pretending 20 know the men y recon-
mcnded 10 them, should present even
one who was opposed to the platform i
adopted
We do not know that any one OF the
gentlemen whose names are prominent
in connection with the Democratic nom
nation for Governor has made aspeech
anywhere or at any time against the
BLAIR bill; but the extract quoted
above is another argument in favor Of
the policy Of making all the nominating
speeches on the Goth Of July and then
adjourning the Convention to the next
day.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-05-31

The telegraph informs us that " five
Americans connected with the Uniyer-
sity of Toxic are to be decorated with the
Rising Sum-" We suppose they intend
either to make night Of it or catch an
early morning train.
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DEATHS.


DRAKE.-Died, at his residence, I'm New
Kent county. Va, at half-past O'Clock.
May IS, 1855, Mr.. WILLIAM NJ. DRAKE.
after n long and painful Illness, which he
bore with great patience; aged tifty-two
years. He leaves a wife, four children, aud
q sister to mourn their loss.
Asleep in Jesus! Blessed sleep.
From which none ever wake TO weep.
lie shall sleep. but not forever;
There will he glorious dawn.
We shall meet to part, no. never,
on the resurrection morn,
SISTER.
EVANS.-Died. AZ his residence, No. 500
south laurel street, at IL VI. May 80, 1855.
BENJAMIN EVANS; aged seventy years.
lie leaves a wife and two children TO
mourn their loss.
Asleep In Jesus.
His funeral will take place from Pine
Street Baptist church MONDAY EVENING,
June LIST, at ) clock, at which his relatives
and friends are invited to he present.
WALL.-Died, OH the 90th OF May. 1885,
MAMIE WALL. youngest daughter OF Al-
exander and Jennie +. Wall, In the ninth
year other age.
The funeral will take place To- DAY sun
dayl, 3lst, at I o'clock. at st. Patrlcks
church, Twenty fifth street.
baltimore papers Will please copy.
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bsation Of the Urion Literary Society.
oFAtions and awarding Of medals.
Wednesday, juno 10, IL M.-Ad-
dress before the two literary societies
by Rev. John Harmon, ID. d., Of
Lynchburg, Va; 8 p. M.--Celebration
Of the Philanthropic Literary Society,
orations, and awarding Of medals.
Thursday. June IL, III A. NJ
Commencement day, salutatory, phil
osophic Grafton, valedictory aud other
addresses by members Of the gradual
ing class; announcement Of honors and
degrees; delivery Of diplomas to
graduates.
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The Macon Telegraph says: "The
glass snake is one Of the wonders Of the
age. You may smash him into ten
thousand pieces, and he will put himself
together like a Chinese puzzle and get
to work again." Macon is not a pro-
hibition city, and buys its whiskey in
E.otvcty
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-05-31

There have recently been made in st.
Petersburg some experiments with
pyronaphtha, an illumination which
Beilstein, the celebrated Russian chem
list, thinks will supersede kerosene. 1t
is said to be wholly free from danger OF
fire, and burning kerosene is easily ex-
tinguished by it. Pyronaphtha itself
can be readily put out by water. 1t
burns with bright light, and gives off
no smoke or vapor, while the fact that
it is residual product Of the Baku
distillation of petroleum makes its cost
in Russia less than kerosene.