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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-11-03
these are ont on furloughs. and about
fifty In the hospital.
HIS FXCELIT%CY'S TALK


After greeting the Executive the IN
mates Of the home seated themselves
around the room. and Governor OForraH
delivered a short address lie said ne
hoped Il Was unnecessary Cor him 20 state
that 80 always save him pleasure T. be
present ~ q gathering of Confederate
veterans. lie was roioicol ,hat Nirgiria
had provided such q house for her Con-
icdcva;e soldier. who had been wound
cd in the great ftrugg.c and had con.
trdctcd disease since. I'VE ere al Nir-
GIu.ans." said the Governor. "and proud
OF the fact that we ere Nrcinians for
10 Ns there g. no lana So sacred. there
is no land so holy. there IS no land SO
bright. 70 land so sublime. az this grand
aud glorious Commonwealth of ours"
Continuing he said: eve are here this
evening to make an inspection OF this
splendid charity this splendid Confode-
fetc nome. Nou have q riaht TO be here
Your state is bouud IN duty % take care
ol YOU iu your dependent condition"
Tho Governor said that he only wished
Virginia was I'm condition 10 make q
larger appropriation for hcr soldiers. and
That as FAR as was IN her power to do SO.
his voice would always be raised 10 aid
in increasing ia. When the Governor
had finished his address the veterans
applaudcd heartily and some old sol
dicrs called out for "thrcc cheers for
our Governor" and The rebel yell was
given with vim. though as ono old griz-
zled fellow expressed himself afterwards
not as good as We used Co do
THE HOSPITAL AND COTTAGES
The inspecting party under the diicc-
ton of Colonel e.. p. Bigger then visited
the hospital which is located at the let
of Fleming Hall The first room at
which the Governor auI his staff stopped
was that OF General Colston. The Gene
ral has Il most comfortable little nook.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-11-03
CITY Ni.xion's Annual Meeting.

The annual meeting OF the city Mis-
sion TO elect officers and reorganize for
work viii be held Monday, November
9Th at O'Clock Z. ~. ia the Young MEMS
Christian Association rooms. All in
terested are earnestly requested to at
tend. -... -.
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= I'''I-''I u y Vt" @I7l13' 1'-37|
N7eby Cottage. by y. G.. Babcock; New
York Cottage. by W. II. Appleton Nir-
pina Cottage. by Mark DoNnoy; Union
Cottage, br W. ~. COrcoran. StonewaH
Cottage by Lewis Ginter and Smith Cot
taec. bv the children ot eX-Goyernor
smith. The rooms I'm these cottages were
very easily furnished. and iD each a
cheerful a,c WAS burning. The chapel. 10
the e.tromc right end Of the grounds.
rrar Grove road. was The iast place
vtsIce. The building SIS q neat frame
structure. of ornamental design and in-
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rho Womrn's Ciub Literary vro-
.s..ft fiIple.

,rhe N,oman's club VIII have semi
monthly literary entertainments during
the winter. Tie hrst of these occurs 20
'.o,,'o,., aftfrnooa az $50 O'Clock. when
ny Necaw wil deliver 4 lecture. The
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-11-03
r,bbi caIisch In Pe,cr,burr

Rev. Dr. T. y. CalIsoh has been called
10 ofliciate az thf funeral Of Mrs. D.
Oestrelcher mee kronheiml. In Peters
meet his clnsses.
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front OF IL large electric star. The
cloak-room. 10 be In charge OF Miss Bay
Ior. will be an annex To this booth.
The Methodist booth Is built in an oc-
taconal shape. and will be presided over
by Mrs. ]. II. Barton. Its decorations
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-11-03

The next aud last court held under
the old regime assembled at II O'Clock
saturday April |. 1855. there being pres
ent an the preceding justices, with thS
addition OF Elijah Baker, OF Premium Bit,
ters fame. The only order entered on thix
occasion reads rs follows:
The cour, having again met, pursuant
% their adjournment. 10 further considet
the ----' ut is presumed that the ius.
tices. having heard Of an impending cm
tastrophr. incontinently lerl 10 attend IT,
home anairsJ
The next court assembled on August 7,
ls65, and was composed OF persons elected
by orders or the commander OF District
No. !, and commissioned by his EN,
celiency. y. n. Pierpoint. Governor OF
the Commonwealth Of Virginia" The
court was a quarterly one. and consisted
Of George ID. Peasants. William +. Far
rar James l.. Marsh William +. Wade,
ana John Nettles. Farrar and Marsh were
negroes, and the former afterwards re-
ceiyed the contract for rebuilding the
burned coure-house.
The fisiowing entries were made AZ a
court held on the fth day Of July. Is67.
James j. Phillips. who stands charged
upon the certificate OF John Nettles. a
Justice Of this county. dated on the 2fth
day ol June, 1851. with felony, by him
committed, In the county OF Henrico.
ana withln the jurisdiction Of this court.
in this, that h.. the said James J. Phillips
on the - day Of February. 1861. in the
said county, ielOniously, wlfully, and OF
MS malice aforethought, did Kill and MUIR
der one Mary Emily Phillips, was INF.
day again set TO the bar, in custody of
the Sheriff of this county"
And az his point the following order
was received Oy the court:
HEAp''t AEIERS. FIRST DISTRICT,
STATE OF VIRGINIA.
RICHMOND. VA. July 4. 1857
ienrco:
Sirs,-To-day being the nlnety-drs, an.
nlVersary OF the independence OF the
ohlted states, and certain witnesses sum
moned before your court, having ex-
pressed desire 10 avail themselves os
the privilege OF celebrating the day. the
maJor-general commanding directs thar
you a1Journ your court over till to-mor-
row, the 5th utimo
am, slrs, very respectfully.
Your obedient servant
). l.. RATHBONE. y
4. A. Adjutant-Gen
Whereupon, IL is ordered that the fur-
fher hearing Of the charge against sali
James j. Philips be adjourned IN to-
morrow and the said accused ia re-
mandei 10 jail
The above incident in the trial OF Jetcr
philips YVES not the most noted one
winch characterized the proceedings taken
against him
HIS various trials lasted about tare,
years. ani were concluded by his being
sentenced to be hanged some time IN July.
le'v. me sentence was passed In the Han
or the House or Delegates nv Tt,sge
Joseph Christian. then Circuit Judge.
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are all in red, and the whole IS crowned
by an electric crescent
L IL A

The decorations Of the Episcopal booth
will be entirely Of white. with electric
lights literally covering the whole. Miss
Mary Greenhow will be in charge there,
and will have two annexes-one foun-
tain, where mineral waters will be dis
pensed, and the other a fairy barge for
children.
The tobacco booth has been erected be
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-18

serve in the treasury The situation
is now so plain that we should think
a man least informed in financial
affairs could not fail to understand
it. AS long as the greenbacks and
the Sherman notes are outstanding.
they can be used to pull out of the
treasury as many millions of gold
each day as any one pleaSeS. Who
ever finds it to his interest, either
politically or pecuniarily, to embart
rass the treasury and to throw dis
credit upon our entire financial sys-
tenn has but to go into the business
Oh presenting this paper money and
demanding its redemption. That
there are those animated by one mo-
i've or the other, or both, who stand
ready to do this, seems to be Sutti-
GENTLY proved. Nor is there, nor can
there be any remedy except the With
draWal from our circulation of the
dangerous element of paper money
redeemable on demand in gold. AS
compared with this important neces-
sity, if we are to maintain our credit
and to retain the use of both money
metals in our circulation, the silver
question and all others connected
with the finances are trifes. The
first efforts, not only of those who
hold sound views on finance, but of
those who love their country and de-
sire to restore and continue its pros
perity, should be given to the
strengthening Of this fatal weakness
in our monetary system.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-18
THE STORY OF THE CENSUS.

Elves years after the federal census
of 1890 was begun, we are informed
|, by its superintendent that the end is
in sight. The total cost of the work
UP to the end of last July was over
| $10,5G0,000. The completed census re-
| ports will be contained in twenty
| five volumes, numbering %, 900 pages.
Only nine of these volumes have as
| yet been issued and distributed. Of
! the compendium of the census, which
| is supposed to be the summary that
busy people use most, but two vol
umes out of three are yet published.
There is a vast mass of detail, some
of it including those portions of the
! census work that are most interest
ing to the public, which is still I'M
der way. 1t thus appears that, after
half of the decennial period between
one census and the next has elapsed,
the work, as far as the public is con-
cerned with it, is not yet half fin
ished. While it will not take five
years more to finish it, it has taken
five years in which to get half the
results into the hands of the people,
1t is extraordinary that country
as progressive as ours, one so anX-
ious to ascertain the facts of ma
terial progress, and 50 determined
to have its information fresh and
ready to the occasion, should permit
its most important statistical invest
| igation to be drawn out in this way
until it's results are practically
worthless.
There is no denying the fact that
|, the United States census reports are,
to all intents and purposes, waste
matter. We do not refer to the sta
tistics of population and the other.
information that is given out in the
form of bulletins during the first
year after the actual taking of the
census, but to the bulky volumes
that are issued from the government
printing office only after long years
| have passed. For the most part
they are not opened, except OCCASION
ally by some specialist in search of
frecondite matter for his particular
research. They are piled up in dark
cellars at Washington, they are dis
| tributed by congressman 20 uninter-
ested constituents, they crowd the
unwilling shelves of public libraries,
they are carted off to lumber rooms
and become the property of junk
| shops. OF this vast amount of mon
ey, aggregating over $4,000, 600, which
the people spend on their census,
three-fourths is actually wasted
This is not due to the incompetence
of those in charge Of the work, or
to any deliberate extravaganza, but
is a consequence of the improper
method which we have adopted for
census taking.
There are two branches of this
which ought to be kept entirely dis
tinct.. One of these is the enumera-
ton of population This ought to be
made, in. the United States, as it is III
Great Britain. distinct and sep
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-18
THE VULNERABLE POINT.

No one need want any more evil
dence than the gold movement of the
last ten days has supplied of the ex-
istence of weak point in our finan-
cial system. All interest in the
amount Of the gold reserve in the
treasury subsidized after the syndicate
made its purchase of bonds, until
the same were delivered and paid
for. 1t was known that these would
place the treasury reserve above the
500, 900 mark, and the street was
quiet. The moment, however, that
the transaction was completed spec
ulators began to consider whether
they might not make another raid
on the reserve. While it had been
stated that the bond syndicate would
hold itself morally bound to protect
the reserve until the expiration of
its contract on Oct. 1, there were
those who believed that it either
could not or would not keep foreign
exchange below the gold Shipping
point. Consequently another sally
was made a week ago, and several
millions Of gold were sent abroad;
enough, if not counterbalanced, to
| reduce the reserve to the figure
which has been considered for many
years the minimum of safety. The
syndicate thereuDOn prOmDtIy sent IN
the treasury an amount OF gold in eX-
change for legal tenders sufficient to
cover any further expectations for
week to come The moment that
it thus gave notice Of its intention
to carry out its implied bargain, gold
shipments dropped. AS there has
been, as yet, no movement of gold
in the opposite direction to pay for
crops that are not harvested, it seems
reasonably clear that a part, at least,
Of this gold movement was artificial.
Events in the last two years have
shown that the gold reserve is the
essentially weak point of our sys-
tenn, ana there are plenty ready to
take advantage Yf il. This is Il de-
feet which can never be remedied
in any way except by removing the
necessity for maintaining a gold re-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-18
MILLIONS MORE IN LOANS.
Their Great Increase, Notsyith-
standing Apparent DuIlness.


NEW YORK, Aug. 1.-THE New
York Financier says this week: 1.-The
statement of the associated banks Of
this city for the week ending Aug.
II reflects in part the gold export
movement and the operations of the
bond syndicate which were cOnclud-
ed the week previous. That there is
no Immediate prospect of firmer
money rates is evidenced in the in
crease of $2,326, 100 in the volume of
idle cash now lying in the vaults OF
the New York city banks, making
the total excess reserve Sal, 266, S25.
The banks gained $3,546,0G0 in de-
posts during the week, and the in
crease in legal tenders was $3,003,-
900 The distribution of the large
percentage of money due the banks
by the bond syndicate of course
operated adversely on the call loan
market, but aside from this it's effect
was not noticed. Despite the APP
parent duIlness it is interesting to
note that the banks are now carry
ing $25, 900, 900 more loans than at
this time last year. Deposits, not
withstanding an increase og $1,000
600 last week, are $1,000, goo less than
for the same week in August, 1894,
and the reserve is between $26, OO0,'
900 and $27, 900 600 less"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-18

ness and value of human life. About
that central idea will be grouped the
improvements of its age. For us it
may be enough that we are work
be conscious of that tendency. To
devise a machine that will turn out
two pairs of shoes or two articles
of any sort at the cost of one, to
lessen the labor expense put into
work anywhere, is to recognize and
establish the value of a life.
We see this broadly when we con-
trast two civilizations, one alert on
the material side, the other salts
fed with it's slumberous past and
unambitious present. Set them side
by side, and the difference in wealth,
in comfort, in arts and sciences, in
the face of the earth and the busting
activity of great cities, is less marked
In one, he is the accident and sport
of fate. In the other he becomes,
sooner or later, consciously or I'M
consciously, the center of it's indus
trial system. The agitation for bet
ter conditions of labor, for shorter
hours and a higher wage, for the
assignment to the worker of his full
share of the gains of material prog
ress, is not mere justice, it is the
demand and condition of high civ
ilization. That works through mate
rial agencies and by the increased
accumulation of wealth toward the
ultimate recognition of the value OF
human life. This is the main thing.
was made for the cultivation and de-
velopment of the man himself; that
all our curious invention and eager
peering into natures secrets are
only that we may spare man the Sc
verest tasks which cut him off from
opportunity; that the human being,
standing erect and feeling for the
light, may be the central figure
about which the vast conplexity of
Industrial and political systems re-
volve as their center-this is the
sign of departure of the civilized
from the uncivilized, of the higher
from the lower civilization. That
it is natures own law, by which ma
tions stand or fall, has proof enough
in the decline and fall of every peo-
pie where the sacredness of life and
it's opportunities, as the one thing to
be sought for, protected and set on
high at any sacrifice, has been for
gotten or denied. By that test will
the future of our own nation and our
own civilization be put to the final
issue of it's fate.
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arate affair. The people should be
counted within a few days, having
the country divided into small dis
tr1ctS and the reports forwarded and
calculated without delay. Then all
the other work which is grouped
under the census department should
be systematized, and each branch
OF it taken UP by specialists and car
r1ed to completion gradually, and not
OF necessity within any particular
period Of years.
Of course this is possible only bv
having a permanent census bureau
at Washington. There has ALWAYS
been resistance to this, but our pres
ent system works out, in fact. into
d permanent census work, less we'll
ordered and less efficient in it's re-
suits. Since each census is not fin
lshed until from five to eight wears
dIter 1t has been begun, and conse-
quently within a short time of the
beginning of the next, the census
WORK IS practically a continuing one
now Our practice has all the dis
advantages and none of the merits
OF maintaining a permanent bureau
we get together a great number
OF experts and subordinate EMPLOYEES
spend several years in training them
Tor their specially, discharge them
all just as they have become famil-
larlzed with the details of their work
and then begin, two or three wears
later, to assemble, educate and dis
c1phne another force. No more
Wasteful or ineffective process could
be imagined or devised. The result
VI II is to expend millions of the
peoples money uselessly, and what
Is, perhaps, as great an evil. to 81
embarrass the census bureau by
throwing upon it mass of work
impossible to be done at one time
that all of its results are unsatis-
factory. The system of census TAX
ing now in vogue in the United
states is unworthy of an intelligent
people. The time has come when
Ii should be reorganized, and our
census made, in fact, what it now is
scarcely IN theory, an undertaking
planned and carried out by the sci
entif1c method.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-18
CLIMATE AND ATHLETICS.

1t is beginning to be understood
that international athletic contests,
which are now coming in vogue, are
affected seriously and possibly de-
termined by climatic conditions. AS
so much depends upon equality of
conditions between contestants it is
unfortunate that there should ap-
pear to be an advantage on one side
or the other that cannot be eliminat-
ed. It is always a slight disadvan-
tage to the principal in any athletic
or other sporting event when it takes
place at distance. Even in base
ball contests, where this difference
is reduced to a minimum, the odds
are with team that plays on home
grounds rather than in a game at a
distance. This is due no more to
the greater encouragement given by
the spectators who are in sympathy
with their own players than it is to
the effects of travel and change of
diet. There is no doubt that we have
been helped to retain the America S
cup on this side of the water by the
necessity of bringing the yacht that
contests for it across the Atlantic.
It must be built staunchly enough to
stand the sea voyage. So much de-
Ponds upon delicacy of adjustment
in the final trial that the yacht which
has not moved out of the waters
along it's own shores has the better
of it.
The conditions favoring the Amer
lean team in the international ath-
letic contest that is to occur in this
country in September are still more
important. The American oarsmen
and others interested in athletics
who have taken part in events
abroad have found this out to their
cost. The change of climate has a
pronounced effect upon physical con-
ditions. The ordinary traveller is
conscious of this. The American Wis
itor to Europe and the European Wis
itor to the United States spends the
first few weeks of their stay in get
ting acclimated. The difference be-
tween the dry atmosphere of this
country, with its nerve stimula ting
properties, and the damp and ener-
waiting air of England, is one so great
that it must necessarily affect Sc
verely any constitution. The man
who has been trained for running,
| jumping, putting the shot and other
| athletic performances is peculiarly
| sensitive to any such transition. 1t
is hardly possible that he should be
| at his best until he has become ac-
customed to the new environment
by residence. Other things being
equal, the chances are largely in ia
vor of a victory for the Americans
| in the coming international event.
We are glad of that. but could wish
that it might not be open to an ex-
| PLANTATION from the climatic cordi-
lions that necessarily play so large
| part in contests of this character.
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minister them. The disrespect that
is merely contemptuous when the
law lies dead becomes acute and
virulent when it is sought to be put
taught by all our experience in these
efforts, ancient and modern, and that
is the futility of law that is not the
expression of the dominant opinion
of the community. Lord Eldon said
that hard cases make bad law" He
meant that the appeal that was made
to the sympathy, the sentiment, of
judges by cases involving wrong or
fraud and imposition, might result
in a decision, righteous in the case
passed on, but bad as a precedent.
So sentimentalism in legislation
makes bad law. 1t makes the law
arm of the state attempt that which
appeal to the moral sentiment Of the
individual. 1t makes the state tell
men that they must not do what they
are not convinced they should not
do, and what they believe they have
a right to do, though others may
think it wrong or injurious for them
to do. Instead of convincing that it
would be better for them to refrain
from doing the forbidden thing, it in
cites them to doing it in defiance of
the prohibition, as an assertion of
their personal liberty. Some day leg
islators will learn this, and then they
will tell the sentimentalists that the
field of their labors is among men,
reasoning, persuading, convincing,
and not in the halls of legislation.