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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-04-22
The COuDOn Cases.

The telegraph announced yesterday
that the Supreme Court of the United
States has decided the Virginia coupon
cases, which were argued before it re-
Gently, in favor of the bondholders and
against the State. This was very un-
expected, for, after the able manner in
which Judge Staples presented the cases,
the general opinion was that the court
would sustain the State.
OF course it will be useless to argue
against the decision of the court, but Of
one thing there can be no doubt, the
people of Virginia have determined that
they will not recognize the funding bill
of 1871 or the coupons issued under it..
There can be no denying the fact that
its passage was procured by corruption,
and that the Legislature then in office,
being composed Of men who were Sc
lected because Of their ability to take
the iron-clad oath, did not represent the
real sentiments Of the people Of Vir-
ginia, and we fear the whole Of the debt
which has not yet been funded into
Riddleberger bonds will be repudiated.
Our readers may ask how can this be
done? Well, there are several ways
by which it can be accomplished. In
the first place, the bonds are not re-
ceivable for taxes and other demands Of
the State, hence a simple act OF the
Legislature refusing to pay them will
settle the bonds, and the coupons can
be gotten rid of by destroying the mar
ket for them.
There can be no doubt but that, with
both parties Of the State opposed to
paying the coupons, they will not be
paid.
Our position on the debt question is
well known. We have been in favor Of
paying the debt, but we yielded to the
inevitable, and when it became evident
that the large majority of the people Of
Virginia were opposed to it we did not
propose to keep up the fight alone.
We were in hopes the Supreme Court
would be guided by the article in the
Constitution Of the United States which
forbids State to be sued, and would
dismiss the suit; but the tendency Of
the times is to override the principle Of
State rights and to elevate capital.
We fear the debt question may be
lugged in again as disturbing ele-
ment in our State politics. -Portsmouti
| Enterprise.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-04-22

|| .|| a .
Londcn advcss received upso TINS
writing dissipate al hope Of apeacefaa'
solution Of the Anglo-Russian compi'-
cation. In fact, mono need be surprised
IL the next forty-eight hours bring the
news of q declaration Of war from
England. The relations Of the two great
Powers are strained TO tension at which
further reliance upon diplomacy seems
cut Of the question. The only policy
that now appears possible for England
| to pursue is bold, aggressive one. In
refusing to enter into distinct and
definite obligation not TO advance be-
yond the Afghan boundary line that
may be settled by the joint commission,
Russia has thrown off even the thin
disguise under which she had
previously tried to- veil her de-
signs. This declination is tanta-
mount to an acknowledgement that
she will make no agreement that will
prevent her from advancing on Herat
whenever she may be ready. Itthrows
down the gauntlet TO England, and we
cannot think that England willfail to take
it up. Every indication is that England
is not only prepared, but determined
TO do SO. In the House Of Lords yes
terday Earl GRANVILLE stated that
the Government had come to the con-
clusion that the position Of affairs
justified putting the army and the navy
and the whole Of the auxiliary forces
in A condition Of immediate readiness
for service il required. Such language
is significant; but still more significant
were the utterances ofMr. GLADSTONE
in the House of Commons. These are
capable Of but one reasonable construc-
ton, and that is that the Government
has decided upon decisive measures.
II is hard TO conceive that his admission
as to the gravity of the issue between
Sir PETER LUMsDEN and General KoM-
ARoFF, and his promise to lay the
whole matter before the House to-day,
can be anything else than forerunners
of an announcement that diplomacy has
reached the end OF its tether and that
England must fight. Nor is this al!
that gives color to the supposition that
Mr.. GLADSTONE contemplates some
startling declaration. Aside from the
fact that he has recently given very
strong evidence that he would be equal
to the crisis when it came, for him to
weaken--indeed, for him to make a
false step-in the present state of public
feeling would be to court the fate Of
ABERDEEN. The English people may
not be as enthusiastic for war as they
were when they hurled ABERDEEN
from power, but they are none the less
determined upon war rather than hui
initiation.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-04-22
A Ray of Hope.


Our staff correspondent in Washing
ton had the good fortune on Monday
last to find a stenographer, and to Sc
cure his services in taking down the
opinion of the court unknown to that
tribunal, of course,) in one of the
cases decided that day. In that
opinion, which he sent to us yesterday,
we find the following language. Read
it carefully, and see if the court does
not adhere to its opinion of 1888 that
Virginia has the right to require the
coupons to be proved to be genuine.
The court said
"At the time Of the passage Of the
act of March 30, 1871, there existed a
remedy by mandamus in case the tax
collector refused to receive the coupons
in payment Of taxes, compelling him
specifically to do so. In the case OF
Carter against Greenhow, and in other
cases, it is stated to have been the prac-
tice of the appeal court of Virginia to
entertain suits for similar relief. BY
the act of January 2Sth that was
modified so as to require the tax
payer TO pay his taxes in money,
and another proceeding was required to
be taken to ascertain their validity, at
the conclusion of which the money pre-
viously paid was refunded. The va
lidity Of this act came in question in
the case of Antoni rs. Greenhow, and
ii was affirmed on the ground that the
specific right and new remedy was SUBJ
stantially equivalent TO the old one ;
that it was a suit against State in
which the remedy could be modified or
taken away at pleasure, and it left un-
touched the coupon-holder. The ques-
ton before us is not as to the right,
but as to the remedy, the holder has to
the enforcement when rendered.
1.-The Chief Justice in delivering the
opinion we are now considering is not
discussing the question whether IF
GENUINE and rendered and refused
the treasurer can proceed to collect the
tax by such force as the law allows
without making himself personally re-
sponsible for any trespass he may COM
nit, but whether the act of 1882 vio-
lates the entire obligation Of the State
in respect to the remedies that may be
employed for the enforcement of the
contract if the collector refuses to take
the coupon. That was case in which
it was said that mandamus specifically
enforced the rights Of the bondhold-
er by affirmative action, and CON-
PEELED the collector to actually
receive the coupon rendered for satisfac.
ton Of taxes. 1t left the right Of the
coupon-holder, after the tender had
been refused, under his contract by law
to prevent any personal force. In the
former he was seeking affirmative relie
to compel the specific performance o.
his contract; in the latter he is the de-
fendart, passively resting on his rights
and resisting only demands and actions
sought to be enforced against them il
denial Of them.
"As wehave seen, the coupon-holdel
WHO HAS RENDERED GENUINE
COUPONS and has been refused, stand
on the same basis in this respect as i
he had rendered gold coin with lik
result"
1t does seem to us that this opinion
which was delivered by Mr.. STANLE,
MATTHEWS, emphasizes the fac
Though the Italics and Caps are ours
that THE COUPONS MUST Ri
GENUINE.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-04-22
Rest Treatmsnt for Diphtherla.

The patient absolutely requires ex-
trsordinary nutrition and gentle stimu-
lation to resist and overbalance the
slow fever that consumes the strength,
and also to counteract the deadly
growth Of fatal fungus in the vital
passages. Immediate use Of DUFFY's
PURE MALT WHIsREY fills these
grand essentials, and will produce won
derfnlly magical results when faithfully
prescribed. No case Of failure has ever
been known. Protect the patient from
exposure and harmful excitement, but
stick tenaciously to the remedy until
recovery is complete. All reliable gro
GERS and druggists will supply it for IL
per large bottle.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-04-22
{" WHEAT And WAR;
The French and German Demand-yiews OF
Colonel Harrison.

The French and German Demand-views OF
Colonel Harrison.
To the Editor Of the Dispatch:
Under this heading you quote in your
paper Of this morning the Philadelphia
Times, as follows:
"As American wheat is almost GER
tain to be shut out Of France and Ger
many by the high duties which have
been established by those countries"
&c.
Permit me to say that think this
- shutting out" is a "non-seguitur."
| agree with the Times and the New
York Herald in the conclusions arrived
at, that the speculative fever" in this
country works great mischief; that
high prices (here) discourage exporta-
ton and offer inducements for rival
wheat-growing countries to increase
their production" But the premise
the starting point-that the effect Of
the high duties in France and Germany
will be TO shut out American wheat, ~,
cannot be maintained. True, the duty
might be so high as to be prohibitory,
but the effect of the rate now establish
ed in France--about 20c. per bushel-
Il do not know what it is in Germany
will not be, was not designed to be,
prohibitory. 1t was a concession to
the clamors of the farmers, who are
numerically very strong in France and
Germany, and who demanded protec-
ton to enable them to compete with
the cheap lands of other countries.
British farmers, too, claimed protec-
ton, but could not get it, because
A" cheap bread" is necessity in that
hive Of manufacturing industry.
The effect Of the "high duties now
established" in France and Germany
will, of course, be to increase the price
of bread in those countries, but will
probably not diminish the consumption
to an appreciable degree. Nor is it
likely that the increased price Of wheat
will stimulate production there to any
considerable extent. There are no vir-
gin lands to resort to-the field of cul-
tiyation is fully occupied, and the con-
sumption of wheat is increasing yearly,
because the laboring classes are being
better fed, wheat taking the place of
cheaper grain.
In fine, | think that American wheat
will go to Europe much as before the
duties were established. the movement
being more hindered and hampered by
wildcat speculation than by the tariff.
Our farmers need all the encourage
ment they can get. Therefore ] ask
you to let me contribute my mite.
Very respectfully yours,
RANDOLPH HARRISON,
Commissioner of Agriculture.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-04-22
Death Of . Man wao saved the Life
of Mazzint.

A. S. Pelligrini, banker, of Trieste,
France, who had come to this country
in hope of benefting his health, died
in New York Friday aged eighty-three
years. He was at one time man OF
immense wealth, but much Of his pro-
perty had been lost in Improbable in
yestments. A document left by Mr..
Pelligrini gives an account of how he
saved the life of Mazzini in Rome
81 was in my house in Place San
Francisco in Civita Yecchia, in Septem-
Der, ls49, when some enc knocked at
my door. Three persons came in. They
were Frederick Campsnella, Lawyer
Camponi, and another. Camponi said !:
Here is Mazzini. Save him. A price
is put upon his head, either dead or
alive had known Mazzini for many
years, and recognized him. Campsnella
and Carnponi left. Mazzini remained
with me for three days. Some Of
the time he lay on my bed, and
some times was concealed under it.
brought him food myself, as could
not trust any one else to do it. On
the third day steamer from Sicily
bound for Marseilles arrived. sent
Accursi (ex-director Of police in Rome,
expelled, but with passport Of exile) to
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-04-22
How 1t Was Obtained.


How did it happen that a majority
of exactly one on the Supreme bench
rendered the decisions of Monday last !?
Read from the New York Times the
following:
"Mr. Matthews, in his concurring
opinion lin 1881, held that there was a
violation OF contract, but that there
was no remedy for it, as the State
could not be sued, and suit against
an officer of the State was suit against
the State itself"
This was the same Mr.. MATTHEWS
who last Monday decided that a suit
which may bankrupt Virginia is not a
suit against the State. The Times
further says:
1.-THE dissenting judges take the po-
sition held by Mr.. Matthews two years
sgo--that there was a contract, that its
obligation has been impaired, but that
there is no remedy for it, inasmuch as
the Federal courts have no jurisdiction
in a suit against State, and suit
against the officer of State is a suit
against the State ITSELF"
Notwithstanding hr. Matthews's
opinion Of two years ago, the decision
which he delivered yesterday declares
that the suit against collector Of taxes
is not suit against the State, and that
he cannot substitute the State in his
place or justify his action by its au-
thority for the reason that the law under
which he has assumed to act is void.''
In what light do these facts present
Mr.. STANLEY MATTHEWS before the
publics OF all men, he who, when
appointed, was charged with being q
tool Of JAY GoULD's, appointed by
GoULD's influence, ought to keep his
record clear.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-04-22

Colonel MCCLURE telegraphs from
Washington to his paper, the Philadel-
phia Times, that Cabinet officer told
him that there were not recommends
tons or names on file in the depart
ments for half the offices now vacant.
What has become Of the legions Of
hungry Democrats the organs have
been telling us about?
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-04-22

The RIGHTS OF THE STATES
We are glad to End the following in
the Washington Post:
"While, therefore, as touching the
merits Of the cases themselves, the de-
cision may be intrinsically correct, it
loses force and dignity in being over
Swallowed by an opinion, certainly en-
titled to weighty consideration, that
the rights Of the State have been inn
properly invaded, and its sovereignty
as to the control Of its own affairs ig-
nored by an alien and centralized
power"
Yes, ii " loses force /" the moment II
is contrAsted with the righteous opinion
Of the four dissenting justices. The
rights Of the States hare been Sim
properly invaded" Thank Heaven,
GROVER CLEVELAND will Oil oil the
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-04-22
Horsford's Acid Phosphate,

ONE OF THE BEST TONES.
DR.. A. Atkinson, Professor Materia
Medica and Dermatology in College OF
Physician and Surgeons, Baltimore,
Nd, says: :" 1t makes a pleasant
drink. and is one of our best tonics in
the shape of the phosphates in soluble
form"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-04-22

kssklssore viii ses vish srsss csaten
Il convened h extra session. The Coy
amor. we are sure. will not be IL : huf-
~ 10 convene that body. lie willawa't
with patience the publication Of the full
opinion Of the court. All OF our
lawyers will study that opinion and
the powerful dissenting opinion; and it
will be strange IL they cannot extricate
the Commonwealth from the perils
which seem 10 environ her. The way
10 pointed out by Chief-Justice WAITE
and his three associates who respected
the Constitution in rendering their de-
cisioD, though it was ovcrruled. Read
these strong words Of those able law
ycrs. They say that . State cannot be
sued directly or indirectly without its
consent, and then add that the eleventh
amendment was "exacted by sovereign
States for the purpose Of preserving and
indicating their sovereign right to deal
with their creditors and others pro-
pounding claims against them according
TO the own views Of what may be re-
quired by public faith and the necessi-
ties Of the body polite"
A few years ago the legal-tender de-
cision was reversed. So the truths set
forth in the dissenting opinion in these
Virginia cases ought to serve as leaveu
to leaven the whole bench Of justices,
and should in due time produce a deci-
sion calculated to perpetuate union OF
indostructible States--not a union OF
States such as STANLEY MATTHEWS
would have--mere corporations to be
controlled by corporation lawyers.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-04-22
CITY TAXES.
OFFIcE CITY COLLECTOR, !
1rcuNpNu Va AnFil 1855.

p"
OFFIcE CRY COLLECTOR
RICHMOND, VA, April /, 1855. !
DY AN ORDINANCE OF THE
ID CITY IT IL REQUIRED that notice
shall be given in all the daily newspaper
under the direction OF the Committee on
Finance. that the
LIST OF DELINQUENT TAXES ON
REAL ESTATE
for the preceding year will be published In
one or more Of the daily papers. and Also
the time aud place OF sale Of said delinquent
real estate. .,.
In accordance with the above. notice IS
hereby given that said list Will be published
In The State on
SATURDAY THE 18TH DAY oF APRIL
aud on
SATURDAY THE 30 DAY OF MAY.
The sale will take place In front OF the
CIV Hall. on Broad street between Nlnih
and Tenth streets. between tho hours OF -
o'clock NJ. and 1 o'clock y. NJ, ON
MONDAY THE arm DAY on MAY l9so'
All uarties who DO not want their pro-
nerty advertised and sold must pay on o'
before the 18th OF April.
A. IL woODSoN, Collector
All daily papers VIII copy
APP l-tMy3l
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-04-22

We had read before our Lexington
correspondent sent it to us the article
which recently appeared in the Lexing-
ton Gasefte discussing the question Of
General LAwToN's disabilities. II is
q conclusive argument. But as it Is
now claimed that general LAYTON did
not take the disqualifying oath when he
entered the army, there is nothing lefl
to dispute about until this question Of
fact shall have been settled.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-04-22

An exchange says: Sir PETER
LUMsDEN makes the retort courteous
to General KoMARoFF." Well, ere
tort courteous " will do very well for
fine point, but what PETER really said
was that KoMy had been guilty Of the
offence for which ANANIAs was sum-
marily punished.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-04-22
EU r O p Z (!
no! FOR EUROPE.

Representing all hrst-class ocean steam
ship lines. We are prepared to get the best
accommodations on the most reasonable
Berths secured by telegraph and AL ar
engagements made for parties before starting.
Railroad and steamship tic kets 10 all points
I'm the United states and Europe.
EEpING- AND PARIOR-CAR ACCOM-
MoDATIONS RESERVED.
Passengers and baggage called forat hotels
and priyate residences for all trains ana
81 steamboats, leaving the city.
baggage checked 70 destination.
Agents on all trains TO attend passen gers
and their baggage. Information cheerfully
gwen by letter or otherwise,
A. w. CARRIER.
Proprietor Richmond Transfer Company
and General Railroad ana Steamsnip
Ticket Office. 1000 Main street.
ap 5-Su. wSF3m
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-04-22

The Portsmouth Enterprise, whose
editor is a member of the Legislature,
says that the State can repudiate every
dollar of her bonds because the SUI
preme Court claims no right nor power
to compel a State to pay her bonds.
Only her coupons Now, isn't that
decision of Monday rendered Sidicu-
lousy inconsistent and illogical by this
mere statement Of Mr.. PORTER's?
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-04-22

The Supreme Court Of the United
States has decided that no polygamist
can sit as a juryman. The court evil
IDENTIFY considered that no man was a
competent juror who was afflicted with
diversity Of opinion.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-04-22

The extract we give from Mr.. STAN
LEY MATTHEws's opinion of Monday,
in which he speaks twice of ''genuine ="
coupons, came to hand after we had
written all the other editorials on that
subject which appear in to-day's issue
Of the Dispatch.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-04-22

We have the Virginia Medical
Monthly for April, LANDON B. Ed
WARDS, NJ. D., and WILLIAM II.
COGGEsHALL, NJ. D., editors and pro-
prietors, Richmond.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-04-22

" The desire for office is serious
malady, from the effects Of which no
sufferer ever entirely RECEIVERS" Think
of the long suffering that is before the
Republican party.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-04-22

The Philadelphia Times says: !" What
this town wants is freedom from all
strikes for number ofmonths tocome."
Well, you made start when you
bounced the sluggers.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-04-22

Mr.. Morrison, the Democratic candi-
date for senator in Illinois, is in the city
to-day. He says the Administration
couldn't help him il it would, end
wouldn't II ii could Washington lsi-
fer--Aiexandria Gazette.
Why notf
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-04-22

Oh, yes, the court says that the col
lecting officers must not levy upon the
property of taxpayers who have ten
dered coupons in payment of their
taxes. But it is fair to presume and
assume that the court spoke of genu-
inc coupons. 1t surely did not mean
to say that tender Of counterfeit cou-
pons would divest the officer Of his
right to levy. What would genuine
coupons be worth to the bondholders
or anybody else if the genuine and the
counterfeit are on the same footing
Nothing whatever.
We conclude. then, that it is at least
possible that wherever the court speaks
of the obligation to receive coupons 1t
means genuine ones, and, so meaning,
will never decide that the State cannot
provide a proper method of proving
coupons to be genuine.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-04-22

Ifthcre is one thing that some north
ern papers know less about than they
do about other things that thing is the
Virginia debt question.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-04-22
MARRIAGES..

BROWN-ARbfISTEA II. Married, Tues
day, April 2lst, st the library OF First Bap-
fist church, by the Rev. j.. Holmes, L. ROSS
BROWN and SARAH J. ARMlSTEAD, both
OF this city.
Baltimore papers please COPY,
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-04-22
CaRpEis. MArr,NGs. &c.

CARPETS AND MATTlNGS.-
~ White, Red-C Checked. and Fancy Mat
tings In all grades al the lowest prices. oh-
Gains shades. hollands lace Curtains,
Coriice and Poles. Rugs. Mats, and Drug
gels: Piper Hanging Ia all grades. Work
Done In town or country. All orders prompt
Ia attended TO. A. JENNINGS.
1911 Main street.
anoi.om Richmond. Va.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-04-22
CAvED HER LIFE.
Rrpar. McINrosH oerrrY a.

Or. J. Brodfefd; Dear Sir,--f have take,
several botties OF your Female Regulate,
Tor diseases Of sixteen-ycars' standing. ana
Treoiiy believe IAN cured entirely. for which
please accept my heartfelt thanks and mo.,
profound gratitude. know your medicine
saved my life. 20 you Gee cannot SPEAK ,oo
highly In itsfavor. ! have recommended /,
TO several OF my friends who are suffering
~ was. Yours very respectfully.
MRS. w. n. STEBBTNs.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-04-22
DEATHS.

COALFIELD.-Died. suddenly, at the
residence OF his mother. In Powhatan
county. Va, April 81, 1885. ALEXANDER
COALF IELD, In the sixteenth year OF his
age.
remains will arrive at the DanyIlle
depot at 4:2s o'clock THIS AFTER
NOON and be taken to st. Peters Cathe-
dral, where the funeral services will be
held. Friends and acquaintance are in
yited to attend.