Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-09
MAY GO TO MANILA.
A RUMOR THAT wADE's CORPS
WILL BE SENT THERE.
THE NICARAGUA CANAL.
Its Great Advantages TO Our Coun-
try Are Discusscd-A Virginia Sol
der Involved I'm Cutting scrape
In Washington.

cial.)-There Is n report to-day which.
however. lacks confirmation. TO the effect
that the eighteen regiments composing
Major-General Wade's Corps, which had
been destined for Porto Rico, will now
be sent to Manila. Regarding this, an
authority said to-day:
IL will be remembered that General
Merritt has not recedcd from his asser-
ton that he would need 5000 men to
hold the islands.
Should peace come this week. the ne
cessity OF reinforcing General Miles will
be removed-if it ever existed.
Meantime, returned transports from
the Philippines and such vessels as can
be secured on the Pacific coast will be got
ten ready, and 1900 or 1000 men added
to the strength OF Americas arms at
Manila
The department did not hear officially
from Manila to-day. So far as known,
the situation there remains unchanged,
though news Of some decisive movement
is anxiOusly awaited
One theory is that the administration
has instructed Admiral Dewey and Gene
raj Merritt to proceed cautiously. pend
ing peace negotiations. They are re-
moved from direct cable communication
with Washington, and President McKin-
ley would deplore bloodshed after the
PRONUNCIATION Of an armistice.
Sergeant Alvin Scruggs, of Company
l.. Third Virginia Regiment, became In
volved in a difficulty in a shooting gal
lery in this city Saturday night. and cut
a man on the arm. He was arrested
and released until this morning on his
personal bond. In court to-day the man
who had been wounded declined to prose-
cute, and Sergeant Scruggs was fined $50
for carrying a pistol concealed on his
person. He was permitted TO give his
personal security for the amount. and
returned TO camp to-day. accompanying
the captain OF his company
Assistant-Attorney- General Boyd has
ordered the release Of the ship Manobia,
which was captured by the Dixie, while
bound from Martinique to Sagua. Cuba
on the ground that the latter port was
not blockaded.
THE NICARAGUA CANAL.
4 writer in the Post of to-day says Of
the Nicaragua canal:
The advantage which will accrue to our
people through the use of this great
waterway are numerous, we Will be
able to establish lines of American-built
steamers, manned by Americans, to run
UP and down the Pacific coast OF South
America, TO Australia, TO the East In
dies. the surrounding countries. and the
islands lying intermediate, thus increas-
ing the shipping owned by Americans, and
flying our flag, by which we will be able
to ship our goods in the same bottoms
from our Eastern and Southern States,
without delay or extra handing, ana
place them in those countries at de-
creased rate for freight and Insurance
not counting the great saving in time
which is essential TO all commercial trans
actions. and we will thus build up such a
commerce as our resources demand, and
provide an outlet for our productions
which will naturally increase and multi
ply. This one item Of advantage is a
sufficient reason for taking up and COM
pIeting the canal under the guarantee of
our country.
OF OUR COMMERCE.
one of the greatest sources Of our
wealth as a nation lies in the enlargement
OF our commercial relations with other
parts Of the world, and nothing can so
greatly conduce TO that end as the in
crease of facilities for that purpose by
the use and operation Of this canal.
With increased possessions and trade
a corresponding augmentation of our
navy will necessarily follow, but the
rapidity with which squadrons. or even
single vessels of war in the service on
either of our oceans, can be concentrated
at any given point by means Of this great
canal will diminish the number of YES
sells required, and consequently the cost
Of maintaining them. This item alone
would reimburse the cost of the canal I'm
a comparatively short time.
We need not consider the benefits which
will accrue to our sister countries Mica
ragua and Costa Rico, by reason of this
canal only In the light Of the development
Of these countries which will naturally
follow, and in which much Of the surplus
capital of our people can be profitably
employed and protected by the bond of
good faith resulting from the connection
between the countries through this canal.
POSTAL.
Mr.. William w. Baugh has been ap-
pointed a fourth-class postmaster at
Spring Grove, Surry county, Va, vice
Cora II. Drewry, removed.
After a long and somewhat spirited
contest, II is now almost definitely set
tied that Mr.. William III. Snow will be
appointed postmaster at High Point, n.
G. This a presidential office, and the
opposition to Mr. Snow was not local,
but came from some persons in Connec-
ticut, whom he had defeated in law
suit.
Superintendent Terrell Of the Railway