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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-08-24
THE SOLDIERS FAITHFUL.
THE TROUBLE WITH MEXICO.
Purchase of Arms-Concentratio OF
Troops.
[By telegraph 10 the Dispateh.l

[By telegraph 10 the Dispatch.l
GALVESTON, August ga special
to the Neps from Laredo says In con-
nection with the fact that the military
authorities in Mexico have within the
last week purchased all the arms and
ammunition to be had in Laredo, it is
also fact that, in addition TO 1000
troops within q few hours march Of
Nuevo Laredo, there are at present
1000 Mexican cavalry posted along the
Rio Grande between Nuevo Laredo and
Piedras Negrss. AT the old town Of
Polofay, forty miles above here, there
is a detachment Of Mexican troops, and
they are reported TO be throwing up
Notifications pending the final decision
in the Cutting case.
Great uneasiness prevails on this part
Of the border concerning the utterly de-
fenceless condition OF the people, and
sharp criticisms on all sides are heard Of
the Presidents fishing trip TO the
Adirondacks while Mexico is pushing
her troops to the Rio Grande in order
to strike hard in the event Of war being
declared. The destruction Of private
property along the Rio Grande on the
American side before the army could
be modified would, it is alleged, be
great, and the value of the property de-
stroyed would amount to much more
than the cost Of concentration Of few
thousand troops by the Government at
the principal points along the American
border. The Mexicans say the Ameri-
cans are a nation of shopkeepers, and
won't fight.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-08-24
RICHMOND STOCK EXCHANGE.

SALEs-FIRsT BoARD.-3,+77 Virginia
new SIS at SO: sl9.ss Virginia SIS (frac-
tionaD at 90; 1000 Richmond, York River
and chesapeake first IS at Ils; 80 shares
virginia per cent. (July. 1855 at Toy
State HunuRITINa
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-08-24
gbs Isish Delegates 10 the Chicago
Convention.

BY Telegraph 10 the Dbpatcn.l
New YORK, August 23.-Messrs.
O'Brien, Redman, and Deasy, the Irish
delegates to the Chicago Convention,
arrived at the Grand Central depot at
IL A. NJ. to-day on their return from
Chicago. The delegates will sail to-
morrow at noon on the Wisconsin, Of
the Guion Line, for Queenstown. The
delegates all expressed themselves per-
fectly satisfied with the result of the
Convention. Mr.. Deasy remarked {:
1.-THE enemies Of home-rule in
England hoped that the action
of the Convention would be such
as to disrupt the Irish National
League" Those hopes have been
blasted. No doubt Lord Churchill
waited to see what shape its work
would take before moving in the matter
Of coercion. He will not now try coer-
eion. 1t will, however, come inside of
six months. l believe that the Govern
ment will be forced to introduce coer-
cion bill during the winter. 1t will be
crowded upon them by the eTaSperating
conduct OF the landlords. The story
by cable to-day about the Eweedare
eleven days evictions is shameful.
Evietions on large scale will undoubt-
eddy be carried on by the landlords, who
believe the Tories will support them.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-08-24
BALTIMORE STOCK MARKET.

BALTIMORE. MD, August 23.-virgiuis
6s. opsolidated. So: past-due coupons.
osl1: do. 10-40's, with coupon, AZ: do. new
SIS, 80. Bid to-day.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-08-24
EoRyoLK PEANUT MARKET.

NORFOLK, August 23.-The market con-
tinufs quiet and prices unchanged. Sales
Of several hundred bass OF prime at quota.
lions are reported. Prime SlSa4c. fancy.
tkc.: common 1s2c,; shelled. 2a21Sc.; fao-
losy hand. picked, 4haosc.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-08-24
Acquitted On Account Of Insanity.
fHy tofeurnph IN tina nfapa tcn.l

CHICAGO, August ga st.
Joseph MOL special says: The trial Of
Dr.. 5. A. Richmond for the killing Of
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-08-24
GRAIN AND COTTON EXCHANGE.

GRAIN AND COTTON EAJbANGE.
RICHMOND, August 20, 1859.
oFFERIHGs.
WHEAT.-Whlte, 20 bushels. Mixed
o,OO4 bushels. Red. 6,082 bushels. Total.
IL 0s6 bushels.
CoRN.-whiIe, I,15O bushels. Mixed, 500
bushela
OATs.-1, ga bushelA
RYE.-200 bushels.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-08-24
LATE WEATHER REPORT.

Iby telegraph 70 tue DIsPsVousI
WASHINGTON, August 24-l A.
K.-For Virginia, fair heather, east
erly rinds, and no decided change in
temperature.
For North Carolina, South Carolina.
and Georgia, local rains, northeastsrly
~inds, nearly stationary Temperature.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-08-24
NORTH CAROLINA.
PREPARING FOR THE STATE DEMO.
CRATIC CONVENTION.
speculations = KILLED by lightning :
Crushed by an Engine Or. Motifs
Letter Sensational Case.
Especial telegram to the Dispatch.I

Especial telegram TO the Dispatch.l
RALEIGH, N. c., August 23.--The
State Democratic Central Committee
meets here tomorrow, and will, it is
expected, map out some work for the
Convention to attend to Wednesday.
There is moro interest manifested in the
Convention than is generally known.
The western counties will push NJ. Il.
Garter, Of Buncombe, for justice OF the
Supreme Court, while the Piedmont
counties will 60 for Judges Anery and
Graves. In this section OF the State
George Y. Strong will be pushed, and
in the extreme eastern counties W. ID.
Pruden is urged as suitable. These
gentlemen are all pushed by people who
are opposed to Justices Smith and
Asbe. OF the present court. There IS no
opposition to Justice Merrimon. There
are all sorts Of opinions IS to the result
Of the Convention, some persons saying
the old court will be renominsted as it
stands others saying that Merrimon
will be nominated for Chief Justics,
with two new associate justices. Very
earnest efforts are to be made to in
crease the number OF justices from three
to five, as it used to be before the
adoption OF the present Constitution.
There are 900 delegates to the Conven.
ton. Probably half of these will at
tend in person.
+. NJ. Simmons. chairman Of the
Democratic Executive Committee Of the
Second judicial district, has called a
convention at Weldon, September ID,
TO nominate a candidate for solicitor to
run against George II. White, negro,
who was nominated by the Republicans
last Friday.
The wife Of Miller, the noted gam
bier Of Raleigh, who has been recently
sentenced to pay a fine ofs2,000 and be
confined thirty days in Jail, and who is
now in Jail here, is resident of Will
son, and works in 8 cOtton-factory at
that place. She is refined and Guilt
waited, and deports herself in a most
excellent and prsiseworthy manner, the
superintendent of the factory says.
THE TABERNACLE MEETING.
Reports from the Tabernacle meeting
at Rutherford College are that about
twenty-five preachers are present, and
that over 1000 people attended special
services yesterday. Another excursion
goes there next Friday.
Williams A. Sawyer attempted to
move his steam-sngine from Little-Pine
creek TO another place in Madison cOun-
~. II turned over and killed one OF the
men instantly.
A little son of Mrs. Leroy, near Co
lumbis, Terrell county, WAS killed by
lightning last evening. lie was sitting
near an open door rocking cradle, in
which an infant lay. The baby was not
harmed.
Near Columbia as Mr.. Arthur Spruill
attempted to shut door during the
storm he was struck by lightning and
knocked seuseless,
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-08-24
Saratoga HAces.

By telegraph 10 tne DlspaIcn,l
SARATOGA, August 23.--First
race-for non-winners, three quarters
of q mile-Bessie won PatrocleS Sec
ond, Telis Doe third. Time, l:l6.
Second rscs--for non-winners, ono
and three sixtseths miles--Burch won !;
Nettls second, Saltpetre third. Time,
2:05.
Third rsce--for maiden two-year-
olds, five eighths Of a mile-Gladstone
won; Valiant second, Village Boy
third. Time, LOAF.
Fourth rsce-for non-winners, three
quarters Of mile-Brait won; Car
rissima second, Duke Of Connaught
third. Time, l:l7.
Fifth race--one and quarter miles
over FIVE hurdles Burr Oak won !;
Glenarm second, Joe Shelby third.
Time, 2:06.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-08-24
Gladstone Says the Irish Question
uuss DO BatfIea-


10y Analo-Ameriean cable 10 the Dispatch.l
LONDON, August23.-Mr. Gladstone,
in the course Of an address at Chisel-
hurst on Saturday, said: 1.-THE snthu.
siasm Of the British friends Of the homo
rule idea is an incentive TO me to never
be beaten in it, but to continue the
struggle for the happiness Of Ireland.
Although there may have been preju-
dices between Great Britain and Ire
land, the fact that in the recent
electoral contest 100000 English
men and Scotchmsn polled votes IN
behalf Of Ireland shows that that pre-.
JUDGE Is fast disappearing. Let men
consult any book or nation in the world,
and they viii not flnd one which does
not say that the relations between Eng
land and Ireland during the union have
been miserable for Ireland and dishon-
orsbls to England. II the country de-
sires to redeem her honor and enable
her Parliament to attend to Its pressing
business Of imperial legislation, tho
Irish question must be settled"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-08-24

COTTON REPORT.
Market dull.
QUOTATIONS..
Coon BIDDLING.-sAo.
MIDDLTHG.-eHc.
Low MIDDLING.-S1ko.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-08-24
The Second Contest Postponed.
lBy taleQra nh IN the Dtanatchl

NEW YORK, August 23.-After
nearly five hours slow sailing in smooth
water and with light summer breeze,
the second trial contest between the
SLOPPY achts Mayhowsr, Puritan, At.
lantic, and Priscilla to-day WAS post.
ponsd by the judges, ex-Oommodore
James ID. Smith and Fleet Captain
Krebs. When the signal was given At
4:43 p. II. the yachts were about
eighteen miles southeast of the Highlands
Of Navesink, with the outer mark fully
six miles to windward. Not more thans
four-knot breeze was blowing. The
Puritan had windward position, and,
with fresh breeze, would have been
an almost sure winner. The Mayfow-
held the second place, the Priscilla
third, and the Atlantic fourth. A mile
separated the first three, and the At
lantic, who had lost her topmast early
in the contest, was far to the leeward.
The yachts were towed back to Bay
Ridge, arriving there between 9 and 10
o'clock.
The Atlantic will be fitted with .
new topmast, and the race will be re-
sailed Wednesday over course fifteen
miles in length, instead Of twenty, the
believing fair test can be
had in that distance.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-08-24
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
NxW voRx sroCg MARxEr.

NEW YORK. August 23.-The majority OF
Operators we're absent from the 6oard 70.
day, which caused n dull and featureless
market The general aspect Of sffain was
not 30 favors BILE a. In the attei part OF last
week. The political disturbance OF Europs
caused some selling by foreign houses here.
aud In response 10 the higher rates for mo-
ney prevailing IN London, there was an
advance In sterling exchange rates, which
brings them slightly above the gold-import.
Ing point. The action OF the Pennsyiyanla
railroad In refisirx to vote on the PROPOSE
ton 10 give the Baltimore and ohio per-
cehtage had had effect. wsich was
aided by rumors that tickets were
being sold over the Baltimore and OHIO
at cut rates There was very little
feature throughout the day. tue nuotua-
lions being confined within narrow range
and business exceedingly dun. The nrst
prices this morning were down a., Tue
latter decline being recorded I'm Lake Shore.
Kansas and Texas, Western Union. and
Union Pacific. The market was duli except
for l4sckawapDa Prices declined nom the
opening easy, but for only small fractions
There was q somewhat better feeling IN the
afternoon but without special movement
until the last hour. when prices were old mp
by room traders, the market closing steady.
Sales. 1873, 500 shares: the Lackawanis
being the only active siook. The net re-
suit OF The days business Is that everything
NoOa.- stocks dull and heavy. Money
6kso per cent. Exchange-Long, 4slkass2
short. 4s35<a4st. Governments dull.
Etentsg. Exchange. 4sSa<s5. Money. "a
g per cent. ub-Treasury baances-Gcid,
si2T,e47 900; currency, s27.704 600. Gov
ernments dull: 4 per cents. l26L; per
cents. 1907 bid. state bonds dull.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-08-24
u.v.,. A. Couv,c,. on shIpboard.

tBy Anglo American cable TO the Dispatch
PARIS, August 2S.--The transport
0rns sailed from Toulon Saturday for
Martinique loaded with convicts. She
returned yesterday, and reported that
the convicss had revolted and tried to
gain possession of the ship. Two cam
mons loaded with grape had been fired
st the mutinssss and many Of them lad
been killed.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-08-24

they say ended an intolersble situation.
The Bulgarians are persuaded that
Russia will now assist them to consum-
mate the union which they think it is
Turkeys design to, Illustrate. Prince
Alexander was taken completely by
surprise. He was astounded OF the
sudden bursting Of the plot upon him.
Ksrsyelof had managed the whole
affair with such secrecy that the only
indication Of the coming storm
was the mutinous spirit noticeable
among the troops. Prince Alexander
had ordered to be stopped the circula-
ton Of papers among them which open
ly declared that he alone was the only
obstacle TO the union; but his orders
in this regard were not obeyed. The
affection Of the common people for
Prince Alexander personally remains
undiminished.
A telegram from Bucharest says the
RoumAnians are very much excited over
the Bulgarian crisis.
King Charles is personally presiding
over . special meeting Of the Cabinet,
hastily summoned. and Premier Bra
tisno Is returning from Goudra with ell
possible speed.
THE RUssIAH PRESS ON THE sfrUA-
TON.
ST.. PETERSBURG, August 23.--The
Russian press was less surprised at the
deposition Of Prince Alexander than It
was whom Roumslis revoltsd in 1885,
the newspapers here generally for some
time past having believed that political
tension IN Bulgaria forsshadowsd cs-
tastrophs.
/ The viedomosti saws /" Russia must
NOW speak hsr wsighty words II she
does not wish to lose control Of the
Bulgarian dsstiniss.''
The Nesosk ssys that Il 4 highly
The Labor enquirer., 1886-02-27

A high class without duties to do is
like tree planted on a precipice, from
the roots of which all the earth has been
crumbling. Nature owns no man who
is not a martyr withal. Is there man
who pretends to live luxuriously housed
up, screened from all work, from want,
danger, hardships, the victory of which
is what we name work; he himself to
sit serene amid downY holsters and ap-
pliances. and have all his work and bat
tling done by other men2 And such
man calls himself NOBLE man! His
fathers worked for him, he saws; or sue
cessfullY gambled for him here he sits
processes, not in. sorrow but in pride,
that he and his have done no work,
time out of mind. 1t is the law Of the
land, and'is thought to be the law of the
universe, that he, alone of recorded
men, shall have no task laid on him, ex-
cept that of eating his cooked victuals,
and not finging himself out of win
dow. Once more I will say, there was
no stranger spectacle shown under the
sun.-Thomas Carlyle.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-02-27

It is not cooperation where few per-
SONS join for the purpose of making a
profit by which only portion of them
benefit. Cooperation is where the
whole of the produce is divided. What
is wanted is that the whole working
class shall partake of the profits of
labor. OF all the agencies which are at
work to elevate those who labor with
their bands, IN physical condition. in
social dignity, and in those moral and
intellectual qualities on which so much
is dependent. there is none so promising
Is cooperation John Stuart Mill.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-02-27

. Moderation is grand thing in its own
place, but when it takes the form of
standing still, varied by going backwards,
IN progressive movement it becomes
nuisapce, and should be dealt with in
the usual manner of dealing with nus
sances-if worth the while.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-02-27

The needle has slain more than the
sword. The sewing machine has added
to the stab of the needle, the crush Of
the wheel, and mnltitudes of women,
The Labor enquirer., 1886-02-27
Apherism on Social Law and Order.

Apherism on Social Law and Order.
DR.. Pollery. of Oxford University, says
ont the present social conditions :
"Think of flock of pigeons in a
cornfeld. Ninety-nine pigeons, instead
of pecking away Justify, take for them
selves only the straw and waste, but
gather the corn in big pile, only des-
tined for single pigeon, often the weak
est and meanest of all, which, surfeited,
struts about chuckling, trampling and
wasting, while the industrious pigeons
sit around in circle good-naturedly
looking on. All of sudden one of the
ninety nine pigeons, perhaps more
courageous, perhaps hungrier than her
sisters, ventures to snatch single ker-
mel. Now the others, out of blind obe-
dience, plunge down upon the criminal
pul. out her feathers. deprive her of
what she STOLE and expel her from 80
ciety. If you behold this picture, then
you will undoubtedly find that it would
not occur in nature, but that it repeats
itself hundreds of times day after day
among men possessing reason. But the
inference is ambiguous, you infer; for
that man with reason is placed above
the animal, but l tell you man can learn
of animals, in spite of his reason.
History demonstrates that every ma
tion or essence of society deviating
from the path of strict justice, and re-
living upon injustice as its support, fell
into decay and dissolution, and this is
our sole consolation In these times of
extravaganza and misery, of Ignorance
and degradation, of brute force and
slavery, that we can with certainty come
to the conclusion, relying upon what the
past has taught us, that as long as even
one man can die of starvation on the
threshold of a palace filled with all i'm
aginable treasures, there can be no sta
bility in any institutions"
The Labor enquirer., 1886-02-27

Notwithstanding the reinforcement 0

Notwithstanding the reinforcement of
the sewing machine, can only make,
work hard as they will, between So and
So per week. ask, in the name of all
the past history, what toll on earth is
more severe. exhausting and tremendous
than the toll of the needle, to which
woman is subjected? The battering-
ram. the sword, the carbine. the battle
ak, have made no such havoc as the
needle. i would that the living sepul-
chres in which women for ages have
been buried might be opened and that
some resurrection trumpet might bring
us these living corpses to the fresh air
and sun.
/ hear from all this land the wall of
womanhood. Thereare 5000 sewing
girls in New York and Brooklyn. Across
the sunlight comes their death groan. 1t
is not such cry as comes from those
who are suddenly hurried out of life,
but slow. grinding, horrible wasting
away. :;
Gather them before you and look into
their faces, pinched, CHASTITY, hunger
struck Look at their fingers, needle
picked and ,blood-tippedl See the pre-
mature stoop in the shoulders! Hear
the dry, hacking, merciless cough! You
want to see Low Latimer and Ridly ap-
peared in the fire. Look at the woman
and behold more horrible martyrdom,
hotter fire, more agonizing death.
Ask that woman how much she gets for
her work, and she will tell you 6 cents
for making coarse shirts. and finds her
own thread.
/ demand that no one hedge up woman's
pathway to livelihood, l 60 still fur
ther and say woman should have equal
compensation with men. BY what prin,
ciple of justice is it that women in manv
of our cities get only two.thirds as much
pay as men, and in many cases only
half Here is the gigantic injustice.
The wheel of oppression.is rolling over
the necks of thousands of women who
are at this moment in despair about
what they are to do. Many of the larg-
est mechanical establishments are ac-
cessory to these denominations, and from
their large establishments there are
scores of'souls pitched off into death,
and their employers know it. Is there
a God? g.. ~ E s-.\ar 81
The Labor enquirer., 1886-02-27
wo.an,s ,l'readmilI.

LEEDS, England, Feb. 5.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-07-31
BosToNIAN sELF-PossEssIoN.

a lady and her son, who reside in
Commonwealth avenue, were recent
ly seated in a railway station when
their attention was drawn to a
woman who, as soon as she entered,
placed herself in front of the mirror
and with the apparent freedom of
her own room adjusted the different
parts of her dress, united and retied
her bonnet, frightened her shoe
lacings, shook and rearranged her
dolman, pushed to and fro the bout
FAINT part of her skirt, at which the
lady said to her son, soto yoce !:
"Did you ever see such prinking p
In few moments more the woman
alluded to stepped in front Of the
lady, looked her full in the face, and
asked: sand is 1T any of your bust
ness 2" To which the lady replied
slowly, without the movement of a
muscle or the slightest change of
expression: "Not the slightest
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-07-31

AN Indiana man has discovered
thirteen stone men in cave. "Gath-
cred around on the ground" says
the account, "were the forms of
twelve men, while part of thir-
teenth leaned up against the side of
the cavern. one hand outstretched
as il earnestly addressing his twelve
comrades The twelve men we're
probably members of a jury, and the
other fellow was a lawyer who had
talked them stone dead. But this is
supposition. Thirteen, however, al
ways was an unlucky number.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-07-31
A QUEER STORY.

NATION, ILL.,, July I9.-George
B. Balch, who lives in the southern
part of this county, near the old Lin
coin homestead, was great admir-
er of the first martyred President
He has made it a hobby to pick up
all stories concerning Abraham Lin
coin, and tells the following, which
he has received from Rev. DIR. Har.
sha, of Omaha:
Gen. Winfield Scott, when young
man, was stationed at Fort Smelling
at that day perhaps the remotest
military outpost in the country.
When the Black Hawk war begun
some Illinois militia companies prof
fered their services. Two Lieuten-
ants we're sent by Scott to Dixon,
Ill.,, to muster the new soldiers. One
Of the new Lieutenants was a very
fascinating young man, OF easy man
ners and affable disposition; the
other vas equally pleasant but ex'
tremely modest. On the morning
when the muster was to take place
tall gawky, homely young man
dressed in suit of blue jeans, pre-
scented himself to the Lieutenants as
the captain of the recruits, and was
duly sworn in.
ssThe homeiy young man was
Abraham Lincoln. The bashful
Lieutenant was he who afterwards
fired the first gun from Fort Stump
ter, Major Anderson. The other
Lieutenant, who administered the
oath, was in after years the Presi-
dent of the Confederate States, JEFF
ferson Davisv
DIR. Harsha was in Garter Broth,
ers' book store, in New York City,
where he CHANGED to repeat this
story to friend. An elderly gen.
tleman who was sitting near by arose
and remarked that he was happy to
be able to confirm the facts, as he
was the Chaplain at Fort Smelling
at the time and was fully able to
corroborate each statement. A by
stander then gave the additional
testimony that he had often heard
Mr.. Lincoln say that the first time
he had ever taken the oath of ALE
glance to the United States it was
administered by Jefferson Davis.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-07-31

AT THE REVIVAL - Preacher
" Young men should never go any
place where they would not take
their sisters. Is there a Christian
young man in the audience who
thinks he may safely break this wise
rule 2"
Young man in the gallery stands
up.
Preacher" And where is that place
my young friend, which you think
yourself justified in visiting and yet
to which you would not think Of
taking your sister,"
Young man" The barbcr-shop, SIR