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WEDNESDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY 9.
THE RKrUBLICAl{S, who until the popular
demand for a reduction in the annual sur?
plus of revenue became so great that it
could no longer ho unheeded, were, ardent
advocates of the tobacco tax, because most
of it is collected in tho South, now that
something must be done to reduce the taxa?
tion by which the uncalled for and unneces?
sary surplus referred to is mnintairjed and
increased, lbp over, and urge tho removal
of tho tobacco, or "war tax," as they call it
now, as strenuously as they formerly advo?
cated its continuance. They hope that the
redaction of internal reve.uie may be so
great, that that reduction, together with im?
mense expenditures for unnecessary coast
defences and war ships,tnay prolong the ne?
cessity for tho maintenance of the existing
high InrifTon Northern manufactures. Hut
it is hoped the democrats in Congress may
bsat least as wise as birds, in the sight of
which it is vain to set a trap.
THE REMOVAL of Mr. Porch from his po?
sition as consul-goneral at Mexico, should
be denounced right and left, and by men of
all parties. The removal was for no cause
except tho report Mr. Porch uuule, as bis
regard for his country compelled him to
make, of the gross misbehavior of Secreta?
ry .Bayard'-f pit, Sedgwick. who di.-giaced
himself ami his country while acting as
special envoy to Mexico last year. In mak?
ing that report Mr. Porch'waa sustained at
tho time by tho deliberate notion of n pub?
lic meeting of the American colony in the
City of Mexico. To show that tho adminis?
tration was aware that its outrageous action
would be suljVct to deserved reprcaeh, it
merely sent in the name of the new consul
general toMexico, without saying anything at
all about the removal of Mr. Porch, whom it
had previously appointed, apparently with
the vain hope that the fact of the removal
would he overlooked.
judge A'Ikinsox, of Richmond, in the
boycott case in that city, says, ' I consider
it well established that any conspiracy
formed and intended directly or indirectly
to prevent the carrying on of any lawful
business, or to injure the business of any one.
by wrongfully preventing those who would
be customers from buying anything from, or
employing, the representative of said busi?
ness by threats, intimidation, or other forci
b!e means, is unlawful, is unjust, illegal aud
criminal." Judge Well ford, of the same
city, in reference to a similar case, says the
boycott is a coersive measure to compel peo
pie to acquiesce in tho demands of others
and is therefore an indictable ofletise. And
iu both these opinions all v. i-e and good cit?
izens must agree.
gen. MahOKE is the professed friend of
tho negrors,and those in Virginia follow him
n'most to ft man, acting as if ihey were
Hbouling, as Mr. Wise did, "Master.Iead on,
we'll follow thee !" Hut when the vote on
the cor.tinnatioc of one of their race to a
lucrative position in Washington was taken
in the V. S. St?nate, of the bare three ropub
licans who voted iu tho aflirmative, Gen.
Mahone was not one. He voted iu the neg?
ative, and Mr. Riddleberger did not vote at
all. But almost every uegro in Virginia
will vote the republicuu ticket next fall all
the same, and would do so utterly irrespect?
ive of any adverse action of the republican
party or any of its representatives in Con?
gress. Politically,the ne:io. is joined to his
idol, the ro; ublican party.
A GENTLEMAN, in talking with the Piesi
dent a day or two ago about the vumor ro
specting Mr. Pendleton*s call to the Treasu?
ry Department, alluded t? the fact of Mr.
Pendleton's pronounced Greenback ideas
ten or twelve years ago. "That don't mat?
ter now," was the President's answer, "the
greenback questiou is not row in politics,
so it can make no difference." And yet the
same Mr. Cleveland revoked the commis?
sion of Mr. Blackburn as collector of inter?
nal revenue because that g.^utlemau, when a
boy, tweuty-tive years ago, wrote an ex
travagantly phrased Southern letter, though
what h? wrote about "is not now in
politics, aud cm make no difference." How
circumstauces do alter cases with civil service
reformers! _
The Secretary of War, whom uo body
e very heard of until Mr. Cleveland discov?
ered hiiu in Massachusetts, which State,
always republican to mauifest its apprecia?
tion of the appropriateness of his appoint
ment, showed a democratic loss of nearly
forty thousand votes?this Mr. Endicott
has at last, when half of the only term he
will ever ha\^ has expired, received the im- I
presMon that it would look a little better if
a few democrats were in the War Depart?
ment, ami is thetefore talking about remov?
ing some inefficient and disobedient repub?
licans in order to make places for them.
It is hoped that the question discussed at
the farmers' meeting here yesterday:
"Which are the most numerous and profita?
ble in this section of th^p State, dogs or;
sheep?" may be discussed also ia the Vir?
ginia Legislature next winter, and that a
iaw may be passed that will redound to the
advantage of the sheep, and therefore, ne?
cessarily, to the disadvantage of the dogs.
Wheat crops are not profitable in Virginia
now, hut raising sheep is, provided the
flocks be protected from the ravages of the
dogs.
So complex an>l iuuumeruhie und expen?
sive are the Bults in which the State has
become involved l>, her vain efforts to set
at defiance the mandates of the IT. P. Su?
preme Court, that by the time she is clear
of them she will h? very much in the condi?
tion of the parrot after it* memorable light
with tb<- monkey. And the worst of it is
that the monkey will no! lo?o much if any
of it:; hair.
FKOM WASHINGTON.
[Special Corro-pondoneo of the Alesa. Gazette.]
Washington. D. C, Feb. 9,1S87.
It has long been known that the personal
relation-,once so close between tbe two Vir?
ginia Senators, do not now exist ,and that not?
withstanding that famous embrace aud kiss
on the stand of the State republican conven?
tion, tbe two gentlemen referred to now en?
tertain for each other anything else than
friendly feelings. Hut it was not known
until recently that other matters than those
relating solely to parly affairs had anything
to do with engendering the unfriend?
ly feelings referrod to. Such, how?
ever, it appeals, is the case, for
when ex-collector Craig, now a prac
ticing lawyer in Mr. RidrJeberger's country,
was hero recently, he was employed by Gen.
Mahone to bring suit on certain of Mr. Rid
dle-berger's notes held by the General, on a
designated date, provided Mr. Riddieberger
sball not settle them before that timo.
Persons who were at the White House to?
day say the President seemed to be evident
ly worrit d about something, and conducted
himself more like he used to do earlier in
bis lerm, and before the echo of the murmur
of disaffection iu bis party had reached him
and induced him to give his democratic call?
ers a more courteous hearing than ho biub
previously been doing. A greut man, with all
the meaus at bis disposal for executing bis
wishes, is never worried, because those
means, if wisely used, are sufficient to pre?
vent the occurrence of any tbiug that should
cause worry. Tho fuct that General Mc
Clellau was freauently worried about mat?
ters ut his headquarters soon taught observ?
ing people that he was not a great general.
Representatives Barbour aud Tucker, of
Virginia, and Allen, Mississippi called upon
tbe President this morning, tho former for
the first time since his return from Europe,
to recommend the appointment of Col. Al?
fred Rives, lately of the Virginia Midland
Railroad, but now of Mississippi, for the po
Bition of chief of tho coast suivey, which
lias been vacant for a long time. The Pres
idenf received them politely nnd promised
to give (!of, Kivt s's a]iplication due consider?
ation. He made no reference to Mr. Bar
bour's infrequent visits.
Representative Daniel, when asked to
day if his hopes of tbe passage of the Blair
bill bad been entirely dissipated, replied
that be feared they had, as well as those ol
several other bills in which Virginia is iu
ttrested. It is never well to have sanguine
hopes of any thing to which Congress is a
party.
Ex Senator Johnston, of Virginia, iu talk?
ing with the GAZETTE'S correspondent this
morning about the recent conference of Gov?
ernor Lee and some other Virginian?, with
the democratic members of the Virginia
congressional de! veal ion.as first published in
tbe GAZETTE, said that if Governor Lee
should call an extra ses>iou of the Legisla?
ture of bis State be would give the State to
tbe republicans and r.t once close his politi?
cal life.
It is raid at the White House to-day that
tho names of tbe commissioners to be ap?
pointed under tbe inter state commerce bill
will not be announced certainly until next
week. Among tbo.se- whom the President
has in view in connection with those plactB
isGov. Ireland, of Texas.
The entire time of the Sonate to day was con?
sumed in listening to eulogies upon the late Sen?
ator Logan. Up to two o'clock Senators Collum,
Morgan and Mandcnoo lud spoken.
Rev. Dr. Bullock, formerly of Alexandria, ex
chaplain of the Senate, opened the House with
prayer this morning.
Sirs. Shields, daughter of Representative J. R.
Tucker, of Virginia, is so ill at Natchez, Mifs.,
where sbo went from her home in Louisiana for
treatment, that her mother has been sent for. aud
left on last night's train.
The Senate yesterday passed the House bill ap?
propriating $10,000 for the improvment of the
lend from Danville to the Union cemetery therek
so that that bill now only requires tbe President's
signature to becomo a law.
\EW8 OF THE DAY.
It is stated that the Abyssinians lost f?,0O0
men in tbe recent battles with the Italian
forc? s near Mussowab.
Tbe fuel famine still continues ut Fort
Benton. Coal is $00 a ton, and is extremely
difficult to obtain even at that figure.
A strong; Mormon lobby left Salt Lake
City, I"tab, Monday for Washington, to
work against the Edmunds Tucker bill.
The Philadelphia clothing manufacturers
have agreed to take back none of the lock
ed out cutters until they withdraw from the
Knights of Labor.
"Marechale" Booth, daughter of Gt-n.
Booth, of tho Salvation Army, \v;;s married
in London yesterday to Col. Clushorn, also
an oflicer iu the "army".
Rev. Samuel V. Berry, a colored priest of
(he Frotestaut Episcopal Church, aud who
for a number of years was connected with
the diocese of North Carolina, died iu New
York yesterday in tbe seventy-fourth year
of his age.
There was a heavy suow-storrn Sunday
night ex'ending through northern Moutana,
from north of Fort Assinnboiue to Fort
Shaw. From four to eight inches fell, mak?
ing from fourteen to twenty four inches now
on a level. The cattle are Suffering terri?
bly.
Tbe House of Representatives yesterday
passed a bill appropriating S147.1IS to in?
demnify eertaiu subjects of the Chinese em
j pire for losses sustained from a mob in
Wyoming Territory iu lSSr>. Also the
[Senate bill probibitinc the importation of
opium into the Doited States by any subject
of the Emperor of China.
Monday night train-wreckers removed a
rail on the Carolina Central Railroad,
twelve miles east of Charlotte, N. C, which
resulted in precipitating the engine and
tender of the east bound passenger train
down an embankment twelve feet. Engi?
neer Messenheimer and Fireman Alexander j
were dangerously if not fatally injured.
Minister Depretis announced to the Ital- j
ian Chamber of Deputies yesterday that the j
entire cabinet had resigned. King Humbert j
has accepted the resignations, but pending J
the appointment of their successors, all the
ministers will continue to peiform tbe du?
ties of their respective departments. The
ministers resigned because ol their doubt?
ful position in Parliament.
Miss Annie Randall, tue daughter of Hon.
Saml. J. Randall, of Pennsylvania, wss mar?
ried yesterday to Chai. Calvert Lancaster, a j
lawyer of Wasbingtou, at the residencoof the
brides father in Washington. Bishop Spauld
ing performing the ceremony. Thebtide wore
a bridal costume of white satiu, lace veil
and orange blossoms. Atter the ceremony
there was a reception, and then Mr. and
Mrs. Lancaster went at once to their new
residence, on Q street. Tbe bride is a j
young lady in her twenties and bear3 a
striking resemblance to her father.
Mr. Georee W Mantr; of St. Pan'. Minn..,
has sent to Governor L*e a small coin which :
he claims is 2,000 years old, and which he
states came from the ruins of Pompeii. i
! Judge Ilutrhes's Opinion on J lie Con- '
pon-Deposit Order.
The following is the opinion of Judge j
Hughes, referred to hy him in his letter to
Messrs. Ayers and Royall. published yester?
day :
I nried States Circuit- Court at Richmond,
February 7,1887? Cwnrioa of Judge Hut/hen
on a motion to repeal a Rule of this Court.
At the trial of the case of Middlelon vs.
Edmunds, Treasurer, et als., in this court on
the -Oth of December last, a witness was put.
on the stand by the defence for the purpose
of proving generally that spurious coupons
purporting to be interest certificates issued
by Virginia were in existence, and that some
of them could he seen in one of the odices in
tho basement story of the Capitol at Rich?
mond. Plaintiff's counsel moved to reject
this evidence as irrelevant, and tho court
did rule it out, but held that it would be
competent for the defence to prove affirma?
tively tnat the coupons which bad been ten?
dered by Middleton were spurious. It was
compluined, on behalf of the defence, that
these coupons were not iu court, aud the
plaintiff had not been required to have them
there. The Judge said that this evil could
bo obviated in future by a rule of practice
requiring the tiling of coupons that had been
tendered for taxe3 with the clerk before trial
in all cases like that under trial. No objec?
tion was then made to this treatment of the
subject; and, on the next day, the court ex
niero motu entered the following rule of
court :
"Ordered, That the following special rule
of practice be adopted : In all actions of
trespass or trespass ou the case hereafter
brought against any treasurer or other col?
lector of taxes, debts, dues, and demands
due the State of Virginia for levying upon
and selling the property after a tender of
the State's coupons receivable for such taxes,
debts, dues, and demands no proces? shall
be issued in such action until the plaintiff
shall tile with the clerk of this court the
coupons and money which were tendered iu
payment of the tax, debt, due, or demand
for which the levy and sale was made, as
recited in this declaration.? And the clerk
shall at once deposit the said coupons and
money iu the First National Bank of Rich?
mond for safekeeping, so that tho samel
may be forthcoming to be used as evidence
upon tho trial, and to be thereafter disposed
of as the court may direct."
Motion i3 now pending for a repeal of this
rule, and I will state the reasons why I think
the motion should be denied.
A tax-payer of Virginia may pay his taxes
due the State with coupons issued under the
funding act of 1S71 hikI the laws amending
that act authorizing tho like use of coupons.
Thereis no law upon the statute-books of
Virginia authotizing tho reissuing of cou
pons which have been once used for the
payment of dues to the State. Therefore,
when once thus used, the coupon becomes
absolutely and forever functus officio in this
respect, the coupon is unlike ordinary mo?
ney in circulation which is the subject of
ordinary tender.
When the coupon is tendered in payment
of a tax, if the officer refuse to receive it,
then the tax-payer has one of two courses
to pursue : (1) He may stand upon his ten?
der, in which case the coupon has performed
its function and ceases to be available for
the payment of any other tax ; or (2) he
may elect to treat his tax as not paid, in
which event, he is at liberty to hold or tlis
pose of the coupon as he may think pro
per.
If he stand upon his tender, and the offi?
cer make levy upon his property for the
purpose of thus collecting the tax, the officer
commits a trer-pass, and an action will be
eutertained in this court for the damage to
which the taxpayer may have been subject
ed. The plaintiff stands npon his tender,
and the court treating the tax as haviug
been paid by the tender of the coupons, sus?
tains the action fordamages. Both the plain
till aud the court proceed upon the princi?
ple that the tax has been paid hy the ten?
der of the coupon. They both proceed
upon the principle that the coupon has been
used in discharge of The tax, and by haviug
been so used, has become functus officio. If
the tax-payer, after tendering coupons,
treats it as still valid for uses for which it
has been available before the tender, and
uses it or allows it to be u?ed in tender for
other taxes, he abaudons his original tender,
or else he lends himself to fraud upon the
Treasury of the Commonwealth. All that
has been said results from the fact that un?
der the law3 of Virginia relating to coupons,
aud from the nature of the case, the coupon
can be honestly used but onco in the pay?
ment of taxes.
The general law of tender is in harmony
with tho law Applicable to coupons. Neither
at common law, nor in equity nor in ad?
miralty, can n plea of tender avail unless
the defendant phca the court in possession
of the money which he protests that he has
tendered. The Supreme Court of the
United States had no thought of abolishing
this well-settled rule of tender when it
said, in Oreenhow vs. Poindexler, 114 United
States 27?-1SS0, ISSI.aud ISSl", "after a
tender of such coupons by a tax-payer in
payment of taxes, and a refusal by a lax
collector to receive them, the situation and
rights of the tax payer and coupon-holder
are precisely what they would be if he had
made a like tender in gold coin, and it had
been refused."
Let us see, therefore, what that situation
would be. If the tax-payer bad tendered
gold, and the State had refused to receive
it, and proceeded by suit against him to re?
cover the tax, then in his plea of tender he
would have to aver that "bo has always
been ready to pay the tax, and, before tho
commencement of the action, tendered the
amount of it in gold coin to the plaintiff;
and noic brings the money into court ready to
be paid to the jdauitiif:' No plea of tender
is gocd in an uction at law unless it contains
these averments, and unless the money be
actually brought into court.
zEquitas sequitur legem, A chancery
court would cease to be a court of equity if
after a party's acknowledging a debt* by a
tender it should not "follow the law" and
require the money tendered to be made
available to the creditor in such manner as
the court, in view of all the circumstances,
may direct. It would cease to be a court of
I equity if it should hold arbitrary that mere
j tender is absolute payment. Therefore this
j court, in every coupon case that is brought
I on its equity side, inserts a clause in its de
| cree requiring the complaiuact tax-payer ;
j who is protected from levy by its injunction
to deliver to its clerk the coupons that were 1
tendered in the poyment of taxes, to be de?
posited by the clerk in a national deposito ;
ry, with leave to the State to withdraw
them at iis pleasure. Why should we es- j
tablish a different rule for cases brought ou
the common law side of the court? The '
proceeding on the equity side is to enjoin a '
tortious levy after tender, while that on the '
common law side is to obtain redress for | 1
the torticus levy after it has been actually
made. The proceedings are essentially the I!
same in object, and the ssme rule should be 1
applied in both.
In admiralty the like practice obtains. (
We have a iu!e of court providing that "a j t
tender inter parte* sbail be of no avaii od i
defence, or in discharge of costs, unless on I
suit brought, and before answer, plea, or
claim filed the same tender- is deposited in c
court to abide the order or decree to be'1
made in the matter. In short, no court will I
hold that the refusal ot the tender forfeits I r
the debt. 1 i
The rule, which i--- now sought to he re?
voked was entered, a-? * matter of course,
without argument, r.s being iu accordance
with the settled practice of !'"? court alike
in causes at law, in equity, and in admiralty.
It is uot only a matter of settled practice,
but. i? also one of essential justice. It is uot
unreasonable to suppose that spurious cou
puns may by possibility -be used in lender
for taxes. The repeal of the rule under
consideration would tend to encourage the
counterfeiting of tbem. In view of such a
contingency tbe State has a right in any of
these trespass suit to disprove if she can the
genuineness of the particular coupons ten?
dered by the plaintifl in any particular suit.
True, the onws is upon her to do this, but
she ought to be allowed the opportunity of
disproving that if she can, and 1 think also
to prove that the identical coupons have
been tendered for other taxes. The rule
which we are now asked to revoke requires
only that the coupons shall be deposited
with the t'leik. It goes no further If we
should revoke tbe rule and grant Ibis
tion we should encourage the wrong to the
State of using the same coupons as tender
for an indefinite number of different tax*
Tbe rule cannot interfere with tbe legal and
honest 11*0 of coupon?. The repeal of it
would encourage Bud facilitate au illegal
and dishonest use of them.
Tbe suggestion that the tix-payor suing iu
trespass for damage from a levy dues not sue t.>
recover debt paid wrongfully but for a tort, ami
that when suit is commenced, the State.his all
its taxes paid by a sale of his property, ami th
coupons arc set free is merely technical and but a
statement of but half oCthe csso. If the sue
made to pay bark tho money made by t lie levy iu
damages she i3 left without the i?\ and without
the equivalent coupons if this rule is repealed
The suit iu trespass ag:.in;t her is for the lull
value of the plaintiff's property levied on.for
ami for damage? at the pleasure <d' a jury; all on
tho theoiy that the t^x has been paid. Iftb
coupons are not iu court in proof that tho tax wa
paid by a tender of them, and that the plaintiff
stands upon his tender, then it is not judicially
certain that the tax was diseharged by the tender,
for moh constat that a tender of what purported to
be coupons was of coupons in fact. No injustice
is ]>nt upon tho plaintiff by the rule, and 1 repeat
that the rule requiring the presence of the cou?
pons in cooTt csnnot intcrforo with any honest
! use of them. The effect of repealing the rule
I would be to permit the repeated use of tbe same
coupons for paying different taxes. Suppose ecu
pons of certain numbers and dates bad been ten?
dered by John Doe iu payment of taxos, and 011
tho. county treasurer refusing them they had been
tendered by Richard Roe iu payment of his taxes
of like amount. Certainly the tender for Doe's
taxes had been abandoned. Certainly Doe can no
longer stand on his tender, which is vitiated by
the subsequent use of the same coupons in tender
for Boo's taxis. Suppose further that the treas?
urer levies upon Doe's property. Can Doe sue iu
trespass on the ground thnt his taxes had been
paid : Is he in condition to stand upon his ten?
der .' If lie sues on the contention that his tavea
lud been paid by the mere tender, is be not con?
tradicted by tbe fact that Roe's taxes were piid
by tender of tho same coupons, and by the '?? igal
fact that tho coupons were invalid for the tender
of nioro than one set of taxesV Is Ins suii not
b so l upon a falsehood'.' Is he not suggesting a
falsehood to the court? Is uot his suit itself es?
sentially a swindle in which ho scats to make the
court a confederate ?
Let not the court encourage or lend itself to such
practices. I repeat that I do not bcc that any
honest use of coupons can be interfc id with by a
rule requiring coupons that have been tendered
for taxes to be tiled with the clerk in all cases
where actious of trcspsss arc brought for levies
upon tiie property made after tender.
Tor these reasons I am of ths opinion thai the
motion to repeal tlic rule in question should be
denied.
Tin' Fisheries Dispute.
Tho President yesterday sent to the
House copies of correspondence which has
taken place between the D?partrneut ol*
State and the Government of Great Britain.
By this correspondence it is: shown that the
Canadian Government apologized lo the
United Stales for lowering the Ibig of
the United States on tbe Marien Grimes,
whilst under detention in the harbor of
Shelburne, N. S., on October 11 last.
Governor-General Laosdowue excuses tho
seizure of the Everitt Steele by saying that
the msster of the vessel did nobexplaiu his
action at the time of detention and that bis
Vissel was released as soon he had done so.
In the case of the Pearl Nelson, tbe Govern?
or General says that her crew were allowed
to go a-hore before her master bad reported
to the custom-house He says, Mint the state?
ment of the master that bis offence was an
inadvertency was accepetd, and the lice im?
posed remitted.
In a letter to Minister Phelps from ti e
Karl of Iddesleigh, dated November 80 hut.
it is stated that Her Majesty's government
earnestly desires some eqitable settlement
of the controversy. The communication al
so submits tbe desire of the British govern?
ment to leave points of technical detail in
the treaties and fishery laws for the consid?
eration of a commission properly constituted
to examine then .
On January 26 Minister Phelps wrote to
Lord Salisbury r.s follows; "U seems now
very important that before the commence'
meat of another Gsbing season a distinct
understanding should be bed between
the United St?:?s government und that of
her Majesty relative to the course to le
pursued by the Canadian authorities toward
American vessels, tt seems apparent, that
the cases in qtie.-tion present no points
upon which the decisions of the courts of
Neva Scotia need to be awaited or would ba
material. It is therefore to 'nor M*js.-tv'.
government alone that the United States
government can look for consideration and
redress. It cannot consent to become, di?
rectly or indiiectly. a party to the proceed
iugs complained of nor to await their term?
ination before the question iuvolved be?
tween the two governments have been dealt
with.
PKEPAr.lKO KOtt War.?Tho French
Chamber of Deputies yesterday passed
without debate or scrutiny tbe extra budgets
asked for the War and Navy Departments.
The credits amount to 86.000,000 francs for
the army and 30,000,000 francs for the navy.
The Belgian government has introduced
?1 bill into the Chamber of Deputies for ex
tra budget appropriation's amounting to
lri.000.iKH) francs, of which 19,000,000 francs
\re asked for pressing military measures.
A newspaper correspondent who has re
:ently visited Strasburg writes from Berne
hat the German government is taking ;>d
irantage of war alarms for election purpo 1 .
He says there has been no increase of troops
n Alsace Lorraine, excel I slight reinforce
nents at some of th** garrisons.
The German minister at Tangier has been
tummooed to Berlin. It is understood thai
le is called home in connection with the re
?ort that the French minister to Morocco
las secured an important change 1 : the AI
;erian frontier. The Sultan of Morocco is;
organizing an expedition to proceed '.? tl ?
Llgetian frontier, in consequence 11"? ertsio
novemeots that have been observed thei j,
Reports received from various directioi ? b
eassert that troops are being concentrated 3l
n southern Russia 1 "<
I am iTRsnof Catarrh and deafness by Ely's '. j.t;
'resm Balm. My aunt was dtaf in one cur. At '.'
er asing the Balm a few times her bearing was ,n
e:::ored.?F. D. Mor.?K Insurance Broker, fclizi- !"
?th, N. J. Not a liquid or snuff. j 00
We BXCOHMXirn Kly's Cream Balm where a
ure for Catarrh is railed for. and consider that
re are doing the public a service by uiakiug i->
irtucs known to those afflicted with this loath- V.
jme disjsse, for which it i? inmost instances a ag
erfectcure. PxCK Laos., Druggists,GrandBap- li:
is, Mkh. Price 50 cents. See adv. | mi
ORGINIA NEWS.
Captain Hall, keeper of the Hog Island [
light house, has committed suicide by jump- |
ing overboard.
John Triplet!, aged about ninety years, of
Koanoke county, was run over by a train
on tho Norfolk and Western road Monday
and iustantly killed.
Munford W. Radford, a wealthy farmer
und former member of the House of Dele?
gates, died suddenly Monday of apoplexy at
bis residence in Bedford county.
The Lexington Gazette states that the
story about the ghost of Stonewall Jackson
having been seen at the V. M. I. has no
foundation in fact.
By the breaking of an axle six cars of a
freight train on the Norfolk and Western
Railroad were thrown from tho track and
wrecked near Petersburg yesterday.
Richard S. Mosley, formerly cashier of
the City National Bank of Louisville, Ky.,
died in that city Saturday of pneumonia,
lie was a native of King George county.
Mrs. Matilda Clark, one of the oldest res?
idents of Charlottesville, died on Monday.
Slie was a pensioner ou account of the ser
?. ic s of her lute husband in the war of 1S12.
The reported systematic desecration of
the tomb of Jefferson by relic huuters is in
correct. A thoughtless tourist sometimes
breaks od a small fragment, but otherwise
there has been no desecration.
R. P. Thomas, for a number ofyears Clerk
of the Court of Madison county, died last
Thursday. He had been for a great num
r-cr of years very prominent iu the politics
of that and the adjoining county.
Mary Waller aud Jeunie Boggs, the col?
ored girls who were convicted and sentenced
to three years in tho penitentiary at the last
term of the Spolsylvacia Court, have been
granted a new trial by Judge Barton.
During the fire at Danville, noticed iu
3 esterday's Gazette, the oil ran from one
of the buildings into the canal in the rear in
full blaze, which drove the firemau back,
and at ouo time threatened great destruc?
tion of property.
W. R. Smith, late chief clerk of the Au?
ditor of Public Accounts, who has been con?
noted of embezzlement of State funds, and
confined in jail for two years, will be sent to
the penitentiary to day for two years. He
is represented to bo a complete physical
wreck.
Messrs. S.BIairMorrisaudD.N. Walker, jr.,
two well-known business men of Richmond,
were bet?re the Police Court of that city
yesterday, charged with intending to fight a
duel, A slight difference between these
gentlemen gave ri^e to the report. They
wero both discharged.
In the United States Circuit Court at Nor
folk yesterday, in the matter of the recent
sale of the Hygeia Hotel, the court entered
an order dissolving the order restraining
the defendant from proceedings in the
County Court of Elizabeth City County, aud
reserves its judgment upon the other ques
tions raised until to morrow.
Saturday evening, while a number of
hands were at work removing the iron of
the burned cars at Bannister's bridge, in
Pittsylvania county, the guy of the derrick
broke and struck Mr. Angler, one of the
bands, on the head aud back, producing a
very painful wound, aud also broke a color
cd man's leg and injured another workman,
but not seriously.
.Judge Hancock, in granting a charter to
the Petersburg Crystal Ice Company, insert?
ed in the order the following: "And this
charier is granted upon the express condi
lion that said company or corporation shall
pay all taxes, dues and demands due the
State of Virginia, or that may be assigned
igainst it, in lawful money of the United
States, and not in coupons."
During last week three cases were tried
in Aceoraac County Court for violation of
he local option law, the result being a huDg
ury in every case. Since the law went into
itTect last May, a considerable number of
;ases have been tried, some of them as many
is three times, but every trial has resulted
n a bung jury. In consequence of this, the
sourt has caused a nolle prosequi to be enter?
ed in all such cases.
The Coupon Difficulties.?It is under?
stood from Richmond that the truce recent
y agreed upon between the representatives
if tlii-State and the counsel for the bond
lolders to suspend all prosecutions in the
icense tax coupon cases, pending the ap
leals before the United States Supreme
'ourt, is probably at an end. growing out
>f the publication ot a card by Mr. Royall,
n which he says that his understanding of
ho compact is that it was to apply only to
[rummers. The State officials, on the other
land, regarded it as app'ying to all persons
vho stood upon their tender of coupons for
icense taxes.
The grand jury of the Hustings Court of
tichmond yesterday indicted Mr. W. L.
loyall, for barratry in four different cases.
Jr. Royall demurred to these indictments
n many grounds. He claims that the bar
>arratry law is unconstitutional, and there
ore the court has no jurisdiction. Judge
Ltkins took until to-day to consider the
emurror.
Commonwealth's Attorney S. R. Witt announced
hat he would last night prepare an information
Kiinst Mr. Bnyall for intimidating the graini
try.
-Mr. Royall stated that h.- would, as toon aa tb<
apors could be prepared, institute suit against
lie grriid jury lor $10,000 iu cacti indictment
rought in against birn, and would take a similar
ction in all case- in the future. ,
Court of Appeals Yesterday.- Stovall
gainst Commonwealth, for, Ac. Writ of
rror and supersedeas awarded to a judg
lent rendered by the Corporation Court of
bo town of Danville on the 22d of January,
SS7. Woodson's executor against Leyborn
;m als. Further argued by'Otho G. Kean
nd Jackson Guy, esqs., for appellants, and
udge A. K. I.eake and W. W. Henry, esq.,
>r appellees.
Ti'e tumors, rupture and fistula.*, radical
? cured by improved methods. Book, 10
jnts in stamps. World's Dispensary Med
il Association, Bud'alo, N. V.
A bill has been ordered to a third read
ig in the New Jersey Assembly making
to l< cal rate of interest 5 per ceut.
Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup has norivals. l'*>
MltS.
I contracted some weeks agon severe cold
i:h pain in my side and shoulder. I gave
hir Salvation Oil a trial, and it relieved
6 at once.
_ Charles S. Gilbert, Baltimore, Md.
ADVICE TO MOTHERS.
Mats. WrvsLow's BoOTHUro Syecp, for chil
en teething, is the prescription of one of the
st female nurses and physicians in tho United '
atos, and has been used for forty years with i
vi r failing 'sure.--.-, by millioni of mothers for I m
eir children. During the proofs* of teething w
i valuo is incalculable. It relieves the child d?
>m pain, cures dysentery and diarrho?*, griping M
the bowels, and wind-colic By giving health ' *(
tho child il rast? the mother. Price 25 citnts a !
Ulo. m -c.-, -I j-tM,was
?? iE?.
February 9th, 1SS7, after a short illne?
ILBNTINE BAKER, in the ?wth x??r or his
s fBK" Funeral from his late rr--M?Mieo, "Wcl
gtoo," at 10 a. ni., February 13. 1887. Inter
nt at Oak Hill < ar.ictcry. Georgetown, D. C.
Farmers' Assembly, &c?The thin] annns]
session of the Farmers' Assembly of Virginia n
in the Capitol at Ri. hmond last night, Robsrt
Beverley, President, in the chair. The istembl;
was congratulated that the establishment o ,;
agricultural department of thu goveromcui
assured. Forty two new farmers' i labs h
organized since the last meeting.
Mr. Beverley, who has beeil president
assembly for two years, rcsignoi the pla< e n.
count of objection, as he was also pr< di at f
Virginia Agricultural Society, but the as*
refused 1.1 accept the resignation, and Mi l.,
ley resumed the chair.
Eoutine bus'ncss occupied the time of i
sion.
A now executive committee?two men
from each of the ten districts of the State *>
elected, and twelve delegates to the national .
gress, which meets in Chicago in Nov.
chosen.
The committee appointed at the last s
ported a bill to establish a bureau of a.-:,
which will be considered to-day. Ihe tw
important subjects other than this to be i
ered are railroad discrimination and the plat I
The Jersey cattle raiscis of the State
meeting in the evening and formed the V
Jersey Cattle Association and elected i
Wm. Miller, of Cbailfctte, was made pies
Many of the biecders of fine cattle ol ? . .
were in attendance.
"Oh ! I wouldn't bother about all
Cure your neuralgia with Salvation Oil!
Price 25 cents.
Lovers of honey will be gratified to iearn
that Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup is a m
sweeter article and much better for a coiigli.
Price 25 cents.
MONETARY AND CO.M.MKi;> iA!.
New York, Fel>. 9?11 a. m.?The ?teck
market again opened stiong this morn u
prices showing advances over last even
ngurt< of from to :L| per cent., the 1st
Richmond and West Point. The genet i
.juiet to dull. The market was strong and pi ..
advanced moderately, the gains in the .
list being from to %. The market tbeu be?
came steady at the advance. Bicbmond an 1 \\,-.\
Point, after a drop of ^ per cent., rc
the opening price. At 11 o'clock the in irl
moderately active and Qrm. Money i --. :.;
Baltimore, Feb. 9.?Virginia 6a coos
?; past-due coupons ?; 10-40a with
? : new .'is G51.. bid to-?i y.
WHOLESALE PRICES OF PROD?t E FJ
Flour, fine. $3 00 ftf 3 l>5
Super?no. '5 25
Extra. 4(?> f.y 4 '25
Family. 4 SO (d) 5 00
Fancy brande. ?"> 25 @ 5 7"i
Wheat, Longborry. 0*0 (a) a:-',
Fultz. . 08 t <a 092
Mixed. 0 85 fU> 003
Fair Wheat. OSO (? OAT,
Damp an-! tough. 0 70 @ 080
Corn, white. 0 4!? fa! 0 ?1
Yellow. 0 17 (at Of.O
Corn Meal. 0 49 (x 0 53
Homiuy, per barrel. 3 00 (5 OOfi
Bye.....".. 051 (g 0 53
Oats. 0 35 (<? 0 3H
Matter, Virginia prime. 0 '2.1 Q 0 25
Common to middling... 0 1") (?& 010
Eggs.: 0 18 ft 0 20
Turkeys, live. <> '?> (a) 0 In
" dressed, drawn. (?11 @ 0'12
Dressed Chickens. 0 9 (d) 010
Veil Calves. 0 5 0? i> ii
Dressed Pork. 0 _5'? @ 0
Irish Potatoes per bushel. . 0 7"> <.i ? b ?
Sweet Potatoes per barrel.. 2 25 (5 2 50
Apples per barrel . 2.00 t* 11 00
tlnions per bushol. 1 <>(> (<$ 1
'? Peaches, peeled. 0 7 (a, O H
" " uupceiod_ *> -l (oi 0 ii
" Cherries. 0 8 (ui 0 0'
Dried Apples. O 3 Cr, 0:1
Itacon?Hams, country. 012 (a) () l~\s
/Jest sugar cured Hams. i> 12 (a) OJ..':..
Butchers' Hams. 0 12 (a) 0J21..
Breakfast Bacon. 0 8% (a, 0 8 .
3ugar-cured Shoulders. 0 7^ (a) 0 7\
Bulk shoalders. 0 G1., fa 0 G1
" lg. el. sides. (i 71-, (a O ~ \
- fat backs. 0 7], (a) O 7Lj
" hollies. 0 7%fS 0 7'i
3acon Shoulders. 0 7 (uj ('7
" Sides. 0 7:1., (oj 0
Lard. 0 6% 6? 0 7'..
smoked Beef.. ??14 (a) 0 1.'.,
sugars?Brown. 0 4(Ui 0 r>
Off A. 0 5% @ i?
Conf.Standsrd A..... <? 6", (ai 0 '. .
Granulated. 0 6% @ 0 ?
7offeca?Bio. 014 fx OJb"
LaGauyra. 014 f("u OH
Java. <?17 fin 0 22
tfolasso3 B. S. . 015 (a) Olti
" C. B. 0 3 7 @ Ob
jugarSyrups. d l"1 @ "
Jerring, Eastern, pei !?'?!... 3 50 (<j) 4 50
PotomacNo.l.. 4 50 (? 500
ilaekerel, small,per bbi. 0 00 ft 000
No. 3, medium... 10 OO ft 1050
No. 3, large fat... 12 00 @ L4 00
No. 2. 15 00 ft 18 00
Clover Seed. -i ?_"'"> ft '. 15
Timothy . 2 J5 ft 2 25
blaster, ground,per ton. 4 75 ft 5 00
Ground In bag?....?...~. 5 75 ? COO
Lump. 3 50 ft 3 75
Wt?-OA. (Liverpool).7.... 0 75 ([p 0S0
Fine. 1 20 ft 1
Turk's Islam!. 1 15 & 1 '2 i
Vool? Long unwaBin i (?22 it 024
Washed. 0 ."{0 4f (>::_
Moriuo, nuwashed. 0 20 ()'-'?
Do. Washod. 0 30 (g 0 .t-'
lomac. 0 70 C$ 0 75
lay.t. 11 00 fj 13 ( 0
Cut do. 1^ (Kl (o> 3!? '
Vhoat Brau ton ^ car.. 17 7'- ? 180-(
{rowu Middlings " 18 7"> ? 19 2
Vhite Middlings " 19 5Q (a 20 20
lominy Chop " 1!? 00 fVj 2000
'otton Seed Meal 22 50 (? 2::
Thern are no new features to note in Fl? u
ono of the markets is still easy, bnt millets
oilers of stocks are rather larclet* abi lit
ny Int common and fair grade-. Wheat ;
ud without material chance: futun contino
luggish and in favor of buyers, caasrd by tie
err large visible supply (about sixty-two mil
ion bushels being now in sight) and the light
ign demand, while futures and fair and
Cheats are weak; sweet, r..tind flinty --
bow but little chauge. Com is Hrm. Byeand
>ats are steady? Produce is fairly actii
trong.
Baltimore, Feb. '.'.?Cotton dull; middling
l4. Flour nominally steady and quiet h ?
treet and Western super $2 00a3 00; - axtni
3 15a3 00 : do family $4 i5s 4 75 city M -
rper (250a3 00; do extra ft 1.":?:{:?<? '
rands $4 G2a4S7 ; Patapsco family ?5 ?'
iperlative patent $5 CO. Wheat? Sont hern low
rand dull; Western lower and dull; Southern
jd 90a!'.l: do amber 92a94 ; No 2 Westi m win
?r red spot 90^ay ; Feb 90lja901,i; Mar' b
O^aOO'j; May Q3\n93hi. Coni-Soutbtrn
isier and quiet; Western lower and rl . -
rn white 47a49- do vellow 47a i-. Wcstrrn
lixed spot Ki"?i47 ; Feh 4GW17: March 4 .
G1^; May 47'... bid: steamer I6a46'v Oat?
eady ; Southern 3 ! i38; Western white " *
uxed 34a3<>; IVnusylvauia 34 ?:ts. By<
; 50i58. Hay easier in tone and quiet;
> choice Western $11 a 15 Pn -. iaioi - lie! >' '
eady. Ideas Pork ?13 50*14 Bulk meats
loulders and clear rib si.ie.-, packed 7a. ',
aeon ?ah. iil-ters S; clear rib sidesSV- 1 1
2*12,v- l-,"??,? nsflneil 7 \ Bntter stea ly
Vatern packed 16a23; creamery 25a33 EgP
wer and active at 20a2L fort?.- arm :
xv? ordinary to tair 14',<il". Sugar 1
eady; A ?oft All.IG. Whisker steady !
net at $1 2:'al 21.
CntcAOO. February :?-ll a m ? Th? - :
artet* harp sll ruled weak this morning,
heat opened -s.c lower at 82"s. and fa U '
?cline?! to S2-\ Mav Corn has fallen OtTW ?"' ?
ar Oat?. 29^fa. Mar Pork $V.i 471... May Ltu I
5 -90,
N?u Vokk. Feb ft.?Cotton steady;
fc. Orleans 9 11-16; futures unit l and ?teady.
o-,ir quiet and heavy. Wheat 1v?l4<" l^w^r
rt l4a\c lower. Pork stea ty at S14 Lar!
11 at 5G 90.
IONEY, in 1-lb frames, for siie at 15c ei .
feb9 J. c. milb?e:>
