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THE DAILY DISPATCH.
far TO AllVKKl'i»fc£iiA«**Theeireflation
or the Di!»faTC« it TMKCB turn at larw at that
of any oth»r l>ailr paper in the city of Richmond.
It u thar-'fare greatly tuperior to any other aa a
ta«-di'im of vi rrrHMng.
RICHMOND. ▼A.i
Monday Moraine, April 13, 1819.
fWELFTH OF APRIL.
We remarked laat year that the 12th of April
was celebrated as the day on which Napoleon
gained his first great victory, that of Monte
notte. It wig also famousM the day on which
the last act of our own revolution was per
formed. On that day it wa* that the great sea
fight took place in the West Indies between
Admiral Rodney and the Count De Grasse.—
Rodney utterly destroyed the French fleet. He
took the Count De Graase,the same who bad
assisted us in taking Cornwallis, prisoner. He
was the first naval officer who ever carried in
to effect the scheme of John Clerk, of Eldon—
that of cutting the enemy's line.
A prosecution had been commenced against
Rodney in the Parliament of Great Britain.—
He had been ordered hqpie to attend it. The
charge was, his having plundered the Dutch
island of St. Eustatia. He did not receive the
summons until after the battle of the 12th. He
immediately obeyed it j and carried with him
the French Admiral, in the splendid ship
which he had commanded. He brought him
self the first news of the mighty victory he had
obtained. Of course, all idea of a prosecution
was at once abandoned.
THE DECLINE OF ENGLAND.
We have heard all our lives, that England
was declining. We read of it in Mr. Jeffer
son's notes on Virginia, when we were but a
child. These notes were written during the
revolution. Mr. Jefferson, if we remember, ac
tually foretold her early destruction. Yet she
went through the war of the French revolutioa
alter that.
Some writer for the New York Tribune has
found out, again, that England is on the de
cline. We subjoin his remarks :
If the partisans of liberty have utterly failed
in every thing for which they struggled in
1848, and of which they even flattered them
selves with the possession, the Revolution of
that period has yet produced effects, which in
rapid maturity and extensive compass have
never been paralleled iu the history of the
world.
Questions, which for the last fifty years have
been treated as the most difficult of problems,
are now brought to bear upon the approach
ing crisis, which hangs over the fate of Europe,
as fundamental principles of political life.—
Thus, the establishment of constitutions will
no more seriously employ any political mys
tic, nor inspire any people to actual sacrifices.
Nations, which have hitherto assumed a pri
vileged position, standing as the supreme um
pires in the struggle of other European na
tions, have been imperceptibly brought down
into the national family circle, and involved in
its common fate. England, for example, has
as good as lost her insular and arbitrating mo
nopoly, as is evident to every profound obser
ver its recent change of ministry is a proof
that it can no longer withdraw from the fate of
the Continent, —that it can no longer oppose
the monopoly of its maritime position to the
motives which determine public opinion on the
Continent.
When, after the destruction of the mediseval
hierarchy, it became the great problem to fill
up the gup which was thus made in the whole
social system of Europe, the materials for this
were already in the possession of England.
What was the service rendered by the spir
itual power in the middle ages ? It placed
limits upon the secular power—it formed what
is now called a Constitutional counterpoise?
Protestantism emancipated the individual
from the discipline and moral tyranny of the
Church—but it also freed the Princes from the
restraints of the spiritual power. It gave in
dependence to the individual by establishing
the right of private judgment—but it also
clothed the Princes with absolute authority.
Well, ail we can say is, that for a nation
4rhich has been so long in a decline, she seems
to be very hard to die.
LAMARTINE UPON JOURNALISM.
We do not profess to be great admirers of
Lamartine. In fact there is usually something
in his exaggerated sentiments and bis style of
speaking thrrn that is apt to excite our amuse
ment. The following, however, we have in
serted as a piece of genuine eloquence. It has
the advantage also of being true:
'•Journalism is the hot-house of glory. It
ripens it in a few days, and consumes it as ra
pidly. The journal haa the inconveniences of
the tribune. It makes a ioud noise, but it is
brief as day, and the night swallows it up.—
With rare exceptions, there remain of the
Journalist, as of the Orator, only a name, but
no works. It is sad. but it is just. Their own
time has no ears tor them, because they address
us passions, its opinions, and its fugitive inte
rests. The future forgets them, because thev
do not regard it enough. How should they
have the leisure to think of it? They are the
gods of the moment. Squandering their des
tiny, they et jjy vividly but briefiy. They ex
pend every thing in small change; thev are not
wise enough to lay up a treasure to be found
in their tombs.
Journalism has another disadvantage. It
deals with persons, it wounds mortally it
strikes at opinions. It constantly requires
potnls, to keeps public attention excited. It
seeks these points iu exaggerated rage—in fu
rious apostrophe—in bitter sarcasm. This is
the price it pays to make its foes weep and
bleed—and its friends smile and applaud. Ah!
unhappy temptation of the witty Journalist!
Pen in hand, he lets it run—an odious or ridi
culous portrait of aome feature is drawn—a
aame is wounded—a man is dead. To-mor
row the Journalist repents—it is too late. He
stifles the cry of remorse that he may hear only
the voice of self-love. He constantly redoubles
jus efforts—be is never sure that-iie has struck
hard enough, unless his foe groans or cries un
der the lash. He is kind, but he seems cruel,
tie wished to laugh, and he has slain! Aris
tophanes did so m Athens. Mairast, bV na
ture, was superior to Aristophanes. His irony
—offspring of his talent, and not of his heart—
was but the sparkle of bis spirit. His raille
rtes were professional, his repentance was of
bis heart. I have been sometimes their ob
jaet, but I harbored no rancor. His goodness
always punished the overflow of his sprightli-
MM.
American Example Abroad.
There was a grand debate in the British
House of Commons on the 26th March, rela
tive to the extension of the right of suffrage.—
From this debate, which is too long for publi
cation in this paper, it is evident that, in spite
■of themselve*, republican ideas an advancing
very rapidly with our cousins across the her.
fPf pond.
Nssv Paper. —The popular New York Sun
6m commenced issuing an infantile evening
edition. The juvenile certainly does not take
after iu daddy in good looks, for it certainly
hw tlur mora handsome tid much cleaner
Ac«,
The Temperance Law in Maine.
The Mew York Tribune says :
Look « Mainil-lii the recent Tnwa Bk*.
tEom of Maine, to far at we hare returnt, the V oice
ot the People it at follow*:
For the Temperanet Law, aixtr rnr* townt, hairing
a population in 1850 0f................. 178.881
Against it, rirTKKN townt, Population.... 91,663
Majority for the Law....... 155,199
or about xioht to one! .Beat this, Connecticut I
Patent Schhapp#.-—A divition of the tem
perance order in Harrisonburg, Rockingham
county, comes out in the following strong
language against the uae of implicating li
quors in the form of patent medicines.
Ist. Resolved, That no member of this sec
tion be allowed the use of a certain noxious
humbug, recently brought into notice, under
the name of " Wofe's Scheidam Aromatic
Schnapps," put up by Northern drug store
sweeps or Quack Doctors, under;the garb of a
patent medicine, the first, last, and only ingre
dient of which is pure Holland gin, as the pro
prietor himself acknowledges.
4th. Resolved, That we consider the drink
ing of ardent spirits publicly, as degrading as
it is, more honorable than secretly swallowing
the liquid fire under the garb of "Patent Medi
cines."
Forrest. —On Thursday night last Forrest
completed the 50th night ot his engagement at
the Broadway Theatre, New York. The house
was filled to its utmost capacity, presenting a
brilliant appearance from the number of well
dressed ladies who were present. In front
of the theatre was a large transparency, having
inscribed on it the motto,
'•Thestage supported by the pure and great,
Becomca the pride and boast ot every State."
I. O. O. F.—The Grand Lodge of the South
ern District of New York contemplate found
ing an asylum for the indigent members of the
order. The means proposed to support the
asylum is by levying a weekly contribution of
one cent per member of each lodge which shall
elect to unite in the enterprize.
Remarkable.—The telegraph between New
York and New Orleans was at work Friday
evening last for the first time, with one single
unbroken wire.
Natal.—Lieutenant Francis B. Renshaw
has been ordered to the frigate Cumberland,
and Lieut. Washington Gwathmey detached
from the receiving vessel North Carolina and
ordered to the steamer Princeton.
The schooner which the steamer City of
Richmond reported sunk at Cape Island,
proves to be the Rainbow, Captain Williams,
of Cape May—all hands perished.
CONGRESS—Friday.
Senate.—The private calendar, on motion
of Mr. Hunter, was postponed, and the bill
making appropriations for the extension of the
Capitol was taken up.
A long debate ensued.
An amendment was offered by Mr. Brod
head, appropriating $20,000 to restore the
grounds to their original state, and abandon the
work. —
This, after debate, was rejected—yeas 11,
nays 30.
Mr. I)odge,of lowa, moved to reduce the ap
propriation to 250,000, and the debate wa s re
sumed.
House of Representatives After some
preliminary business, of no general impor
tance,
The House resolved itself into Committee on
the bill for the relief of the legal representa
tives of Gen. James C. Watson, late of the
State of Georgia. It involved an appropria
tion of $14,600 for certain slaves purchased by
the deceased. Debate ensued.
A Missionary meeting at Boston, on Monday
night, was gratified with the announcement
that his youthful serenity, the Shah of Persia,
has proclaimed liberty of conscience, and tole
ration to all religions, within the limits of his
kingdom. The concession is reported to be
vouchsafed at the pressing instance of Mr.
Shiel, the British Envoy at the Court of Tehe
ran, supported warmly by Mr. Stevens, the
British Consul,
A young lady, of Albany, recently received
from a relative in California, in a letter, a gold
watch and two gold chains. Thepackage did
not weigh an ounce and a half. The watch is
a perfect gem. It is a Geneva lever, full jew
eled, is not much larger than a dime, and keej s
admirable time. One of the chains was of gold
and agate, very beautiful,and the other was of
the finest California gold, and about eighteen
inches in length. Such a letter is worth the
postage, at least.
It appears that the whole number of Indians
within the bounds of the United States is 400,-
000. More than one-half of these, from their
wandering habits and from other causes, are
in circumstances which, for the present, dis
courage and repel the efforts of missionaries in
their behalf. Our different Societies, however,
have their eye upon them constantly ; and as
soon as a door is fairly opened, they are ready
to enter.
A perriwig maker, in the town of Lewes, had
a sign painted in front of his shop, represent
ing the rebellious son of David hanging in the
oak, by the hair of the head, with this whimsi
cal couplet below :
"Oh I Absalom ! unhappy sprig !
Thou should'st have worn a perriwig."
Death from Swallowing Pins.—The
Loudon Lancet records the death of a trrdes
man's wife from eating pine. Upon a post mor"
tem examination, the stomach was found to
contain in its lower half, nine ounces of pins of
a purple black color, not corroded, all bent or
broken, many very pointed. The contents of
pie stomach were much thickened. The intes
tines contained a mass of pins, very tightly
packed, of various shapes, similar to those
found in the stomach, and wholly obstructing
the tube. Their weight was about a pound.
Suffering in London.—lt is stated in the
Loudon limed, that upon an average one per
son out of twenty of the inhabitants of this
luxurious metropolis is every day destitute of
food and employment, and every night with
out place for shelter or repose. It is a lamen
table fact that in this very town of London
alone, the centre and core of British civiliza
tion, one hundred thousand persons are every
day destitute of food, save it be the precarious
produce of a passing job or crime.
A Princely Consul.—lt was stated in the
foreign news the other day that Prince Pierre
Bonaparte was to be sent to the United States
wi , thasalar y of 15 .°°0 francs, or
•boot $6,000. It appears that it is the port of
Charleston, S. C., to which he is to be sent.
P® 18 * cousin of the Prince President of
trance,is an ex-Representative, ex-Montaean
oist, &c., and succeeds Count Choiseul mthe
consulate.
rv • . Baltimore, April 9.
u j an "/ Ae past two weeks upwards of 4,000
tobacco have been sold a, thisporion
French account, nearlv all of which WM from
Ohio, amounting m value to over $200,000.
. iy James Merriwether Jones, from Virgia
ia, employed u bar keeper of a hotel at Niwh
and Green streets, Philadelphia, attempted
suicide on Thursday evening by catting his
throat, and now lies io a critical situation at the
hospital.
— —■ —
Virginia Legislature.
Saturday, April 10,
fIMH ef Delegates. *
The following bill# were reported:
A bill fixing the terms of the District Courts,
and the place* of holding said Courts ;
A bill to facilitate the building and repaira
of County Bridges;
A bill regulating thejunsdiction of the Dis
trict Courts and Court of Appeals;
A bill to increase the capital stock or the
Central Railroad, by private subscription, for
the purpose of building a Depot, dtc;
A'bill concerning the practice on
write of error and supersedere in the District
Courts and the Court of Appeals;
A bill from the Senate, entitled an act to
amend an act incorporating the Morgan and
Frederick Turnpike Company, was taken up,
read a third time—and lost on its passage, the
ayes and noes being ayea 74, noes 24 (not a
constitutional majority.) ,
Mr. Marts offered the following resolution :
Resolved, by the General Assembly, That
hereafter, whenever any member absents him
self from the business of either House for more
than three days at any one time, without his
absence is occasioned by sickness, shall, when
he applies to the Clerk for a certificate of his
per diem, slate the number of days he has ab
sented himself, and the Clerk shall deduct the
per diem for every day he was absent over
three days.
Upon "motion, and after a somewhat spicy
discussion, it was determined to lay the reso
lution on the table—Ayes 62, noes 49.
The Committee for Courts of Justice, to
whom had been referred the opinions of the
Judges of the Supieme Court of the United
States in the cast* of the State oi Pennsylvania
against the Wheeling and Belmont Bridge
Company and others, mnde a report. The
Committee deem the Bridge a work of great
importance to the people of Virginia—a work
erected without any apprehension that the
Supreme Court would deem it illegal; and,
therefore recommend that the House udopt the
following resolutions :
Resolved, By the General Assembly, That
the Senators in Congress from this State be
instructed, and the Representatives requested,
to propose and support such proper measures
within the constitutional power of Congress as
may serve to maintain the Bridge over the
Ohio river at the city of Wheeling, as the same
has been constructed.
2. The Attorney General of this Common
wealth is instructed to move the said Court
that its decree in relation to said Bridge be sus
pended until there may be legislation on the
subject.
3. TheGenerul Assembly cannot forbear
to nark the prosecution of the said controver
sy in the igime and by the authority of the
State of Pennsylvania as the exhibition of an
unjust and unfriendly spirit towards our citi
zens.
The resolutions were laid on the table, and
ordered to be printed.
The Speaker laid before the House a com
munication from the First Auditor, submitting,
in obedience to a resolution of the House, an
estimate of the receipts and disbursements at
the Treasury during the fiscal years 1853-3
and 1853-4. The Auditor estimates the value
of the real and personal property of the Com
monwealth, which will be subject to direct
taxes, under the system of taxation prescribed
bv the constitution, to be $465,542,189 70.—
The ordinary sources of revenue, which will
not probably be affected by the action of the
Legislature, from lands and other subjects of
taxation, in the fiscal year 1852-3, at $1,600,-
942 92, and in the fiscal year 1853-4, at $1,-
615,151 32.
The communication was laid on tbe table,
and ordered to be printed.
A bill, "districting the State for Commis
sioners of the Board of Public Works, provid
ing for their election, and the time and place
of their first meeting," was taken up for con
sideration. Before final action en it, the House
adjourned.
Fearful Steam boat Explosion Buf
falo Republican has some additional particu
lars of the explosion of the steamer Glencoe,
at St. Louis. It says:
"A later despatch informs us that not less
than one hundred and fifty lives have been lost
by this awful calamity. The scene is described
as heart rendering in the extreme. When it took
place, the boat was completely rent asunder,
and human bodies, mangled and whole, and
pieces of the wreck, flew up a great height
into the air.
"Numbers were seen struggling in the water
for a few instants, whose wounds were such
that they soon sunk to rise no more.
"The passengers and crews on the other
boats at tbe landing crowded to the sides of
their vessels in order to see the arrival of the
ill fated Glencoe. Many of them were killed,
and a great number terribly injured. Tbe
shrieks and wailings of the wounded—the red
glare of the fire, and the consternation of the
surrounding crowd, beggar description. It
was an awful scene.
"The names of the passengers on the Glen
coe, or those on the other boats who were kill
ed and wounded, are not yet ascertained.
Several are reported killed on boats lying
alongside the Glencoe at the time of the ex
plosion."
Washington, April B.—The joint committee
of the two Houses on printing have decided
that the contractor has failed to fulfil his con
tract as authorised, and have therefore given
the Senate printing to the Republic, and the
House printing to the Union newspaper.—
Messrs. Gorman, Stanton, ofKy., Haven,and
Truman Smith, voted in favor, and Hamlin
and Borland against the new contract.
Capital Punishment.—ln the Pennsylva
nia Legislature, the bill for the abolishment of
the death penalty, and substituting imprison
ment of not less than fifteen or more than fifty
years in lieu therefor, passed finally in the
House, on Thursday—yeas 46, nays 42.
OR. E. C. FiSHRR tenders his
•v-Sk services to the public in the various
branches of his proiession.
Office in the basement of his dwelling, on 4tk
street, between Broad and Marshall streets, 2nd
door from the corner. no 27—6m #
DR. PAR &ER having removed to
•vja Franklin street, a few doors below the
Exchange, and opposite to Trinity Church, bis
former office (corncr of Main and 15th streets) is
for rent. It has been occupied as a physician's of
fice for ten or twelve years past ap s—lm
HAWJSS R. SUTTON, NOTARY
PUBLlC—Particular attention paid te
writing DEEDS and other legal instruments,
COLLECTING CLAIMS of all kinds. Office in
the Law Building, Richmond, Va
I will pay the market price for Bounty Laid
Warrants. fe 27
MORE TESTIMONY.—We hare
just learned from a lady in this city, who
haa been afflicted witn Dyspeptia Tor several years,
that by the advice of a friend she was induced to try
Baker** Celebrated Premium Bitten, al
ter baring used a number of other prescriptions
without any effect, and that four bottles of it haa per
fectly cured her of the disease, and abe ia now aa
healthy as abe ererwaa in ber life. Thia la but an
addition to the tbouaanda of testimonials in the
hands of the proprietor, showing conclusively that
it ia the beat anti-dyspeptic tonic bow ia use. For
cbolica, low of appetite, weak and disordered
stomach, and such other diseases aa ariae from in
digestion, these Bitters have no equal, while for
ague and fwrer and biliousness, il t .Men according
to directions, they are a sure cure. Aa a spring
medicine far children, these Bitters are unrivaUe<C
and every housekeeper should keep them on hand
SCg&SJ
Cir* Cotrwctt —The Aldermen and Coundl
men recently elected met on Saturday at IS M., in ■
the Chamberlain's olkse, City H*!l. On motion
Wm. C. Allen wu appointed Chairman, and Wo.
P. Sheppard Secretary of the meeting. The poll
book* and certificate* of the Superintendent* of the
City Election mm kkid before the meeting—
Whereupon Messrs. Haskins, Myers and Saun
ders, were appointed • committee to emuaiae the
poil-bookr and certificates of the election and re
port thereupon.
The said Committee retired and after being ab
sent a brief period returned and reported that they
found, according to the certificates of the Svperin
tendents, that the persons certified were daly eleo
ted. The following entry was then made apon the
journal with respect to tile vote on thacharten
The persons who under the third section of the
aet passed the 29th March, 16S1, to amend the
Charter of the City of Richmond, and for other
purposes, were appointed daring the present
year for each ward—having, pursuant to the 36th
section of the act passed the 30:h day of March,
1852, entitled an act revising and reducing into one
aet the provisions of the Charter of the City of
Richmond, certified the number of votes given for
end the number of votes given against the revised
Charter—the Council upon receiving said certifi
cate with the polls, have ascertained the result of
the polls, and do now enter upon their journal that
the aggregate vote for the revised Charter is 1,396,
and the aggregate vcte against the revised Charter
is 148, whereby it appears that a majority of 1,160
of the votes cast is for the revised Charter.
The meeting then proceeded according to the
provisions of the charter to the election of the Alder
men, and the designation of the Councilman of the
three several wards. On motion, James Evans was
elected senior Aldet man. The following gentleman
were then elected Aldermen i
For Jefferson Ward.—Thomas Cowles, Hugh Ri'
leigh, Alfred Inloes, and Edwin Farrar.
For Madison Ward.—George Fiaher, James K.
Caskie, Peter D. Bernard; the fourth alderman
was James Evans, already elected senior Alder
man.
For Monroe Ward.—L. W. filaaebrook, James
Bray, J. C. Wing field; S. P. Puliiam, Recorder'
filled the remaining office.
The conncilmen were then designated for etch
ward as iollows:
For Jeffertjn Ward.—R O. Haakina, S. Gallon,
N. B. Hill, J. M. Talbot, J.M. Carrington.
For Madman Ward.—G. ,H. Myers, C. S. Mill*,
C. Robir.aoa, L. W. Chamberlayne, 11. W. Fry.
For Monroe Ward.—C. Diinmock, J. R. Ander
son, S. D. Denoon, D. J. Saunders, W. C. Alien.—
The sixteenth, or surplus Councilman constituted
under the city charter of 29th March 1851, was J.
L. Tate, who declined serving either m Comasilaian
or Alderman.
The Aldermen and Coundlmen were then qual
ified before Richard A. Carrington, Magistrate of
Heniico county.
On motion, G. A. Myers was elected President of
tbe Council, and W. P. Sheppard clerk of the Coun
cil, and Chamberlain, of the city.:
On motion, a committee was appointed to exam
ine the returns of the officers elected, Mayor, R*.
corder, Sic., and report who were elected under the
existing chaiter. This committee was composed
of Messrs. Dimmoak, Cullen, and Allen, and will
meet at 10 o'clock this morning, and probably re
port at the regnlar monthly meeting th!s evening.
Until they do report, the old officers will remain
in office; and when the report Is presented, their
successors will be qualified. On motion the Coun
cil adjourned.
A Brilliant Done ation Entmtaiwmbnt.—
The Shakespeare Literary Association, on Satur.
day evening, gave their promised exhibition, at the
Exchange Concert Room, in the p esence of
seven hundred persons—some fifty at wham were
females; and of their sayings rnd doings en that
memorable occasion we propose to give an outline>
for the benefit of other audiences in other place*
whom they may favor with their legerdemain per
formances. During the past week the placard ad
vertising 200 gold and silver articles, besides seve
ral hundred fancy articles, te be distributed among
six hundred holders of 50 cent tickets, had created
considerable excitement among our ei lie eat aad a
very strong suspicion that somebody would be mM*
nevertheless, from motives of curiosity and a hope
that under tbe auspices of the " elite and fashion of
New York, Boston and Philadelphia," there would
be an approximation to fifty cents in the value of
the entertainment, and that if one in three did not
get a curiously worked piece of gold or silver, one
in a dozen might, a crowded auditory convened on
Saturday evening. No one knew the order or cha
racter of the evening's exercises beyond the adver
tised distribution, and curiosity beamed from tbe
visage of every visitant At half past 7 o'clock, to
the amazement of the audience, a short hooked
nose, curly haired individual, whom we understood
to be ealled Josephs, and a cast off " supe" of our
Theatre, paraded on the platform, seised a gilt
edged copy of Shakespeare's plays, and commenced
reading, in a penny trumpet vctce, some passages
from " Othello and Richard." A short hearing
enabled the audience to appreciate fully the pecu
liar beauty of Joseph's readings; and by the time !
he delivered the words " Now is the winter of our
discontent," Sic., the discontent and dissatisfaction
of hii hearers was very palpably manifested in
hisses, groans, stampings and miscellaneous cat
calls. Nevertheless our hero read on, very coolly,
until a perfect thunder-gust of discordant sounds
extinguished his pipings. He then announced that
the distribution would take place, and a committee
from the audience was appointed to superintend it.
The retirement of the committee examine prizes
was the signal for a renewed aproar; for, singular
to relate, those who came with a strong impression
upon their minds that somebody would be hum
bugged, demurred excessively when they began to
apprehend, somewhat distinctly, that they were to
be included in the list. The organ of the commit
tee, amid the crashing of benches, the shrieks of
frightened women, and the din and confusion of
the told, yet " unterrified," anaoanced that he had
seen " one gold watph and some pieces of jewelry,"
and that each ticket ho'der, is,he passed oat of the
door, would be entitled to a box containing a gift;
and if the gifts gave out, the ticket holders could
receive their money by calling on Mr. Josephs, at
tie City Hotel Thereupon a general stampede tor
the door of men, women and children took place.
Torn dresses and coats, yells, crushed corns and
tiles, and curses, varied and innumerable, together
with sundry broken benches and windows,
the performances in the Concert room. Ever aad
anon tome extra muscular biped, with a very red
face and disordered dress, would emerge from the
tambling mob, holding triumphantly aloft a two
« ait cake of amp or doll baby, or some skin-pow
der and candies. And these constituted the much
coveted prize*. Out of marly a hundred boxes,
which a friend of ours saw opened, came forth sot
gold watches, rings or jewelry—but hard soap, car
aways aad "Lilly white." It was quite ludicrous
to so* the lengthened array of Unk face* long
draws out—but the disappointments t-f each seem
ed to be merged in the ridicule which they uni
formly cast upon their equally fortunate friends.
We think tint Urate who wmm that doMted,
however, wifl have teamed » leuoa U» the art of
: M| that w»y perbepa, in the&me.mke then
t a Hale more koca. W* hareonly 0 we
er, we should certainly havegiven ear reader* time
ly warning; as it is, a bo* of sMa-powd-r alone
remains to comfort us in the Jtime of tribulation,
ferwa cobfew to botaf
there*. N
In conclusion; we wonld exeulpate Mr. Hyman
from any connection with this disgraceful affair.
He never saw tta authors until Tbnraday last, cad
•old them *ome 930 worth of jewelry, exhibiting
the article# in tola window as a matter of faror to
the purchasers. Having been bitten, the only re.
aonrce left i» to ahow op the Bhakspearenns for the
benefit of otfaera, and we treat that ioaepha and h!a
eolleaguea, wherever they may aeek to practiee
their game of hnmbag in the future, will meetwidt
a warm and befitting reception.
Anm Chafil.—-The singularly marked
and successful revival which we briefly no
ticed aa in profreaf at thia church a few day*
since, still contiauea. Up to thia time up*
wards of eighty persona have professed con
versions, and the anxious seat is nightly filled
with mourners. We had the pleasure of lis
tening to a most fervent and moving di scourso
delivered there Friday night, from the first four
verses of the fith chapter of Isaiah. The nu
meroas late additions to the present full mem
bership, fills the church, upon occasions of di
vine service, to overflowing, so as to render it
necessary to go early to secure even a crowd
ed seat. In view of this flourishing and aug
menting condition of the membership, we un
derstand that the trustees of the church intend
commencing an effort shortly for the purpose
of securing a larger and commodious edifice
commensurate with the religious wants of the
growing congregation, and the rapidly increas
ing and populous neighborhood. We wish
them full success in their undertaking.
Destructive Fire.—This morning about
one o'clock a fire broke out in the new to
bacco factory situated on Main street, betweeen
25th and 26th streets, owned and occupied by
Mr. Washington B. Ross, consuming the en
tire building, together with the stock and fix
tures. The building, we learn, was insured to
the amount of $6000 in the Virginia Fire and
Maripe Insurance Company, but there was no
insurance on the contents. Loss between $6000
and $8000. The factory was a beautiful struc
ture, erected the past winter.
New Publications.—The Milliner and the Mil-
UonaArt, by Mrs. Dr. Hicks of Virginia.—This is a
novel o( decided spirit and pungency. It com
mends itself particularly to the patronage of Vir
ginians, the plot being laid in the Old Dominion,
where its author is a highly respected resident.—
There are some very naive hit i at the F. F. Vs.-,
and the style of the work throrghout is lively and
natural. The work is published by Lippiocott,
Crambo St Co., Philadelphia, and for sale by
Messrs. Nash St Woodhouse, 139 Main street.
The Southern Planter.—We have received the
April number of this valuable Agricultural journal.
The able address of Mr. F G. Ruffin before the
State Agricultural Convention is in this number.—
The farmers of Virginia should give this auxiliary
of their interests a warm and generous support.
I. O. O. P.—The Grand Lodge of the Indepen
dent Order of Odd Fellows will hold their annual
meeting in Odd Fellows' Hall this day,'commencing
at 10 o'clock, A. M. We understand that to mor
row, the several Lodges of the Order .and visiting
brethren from other parts of the State will parade
through our street en matte; after which, an appro
priate address will be be delivered—the exercises
of the eelebratien to conclude with a sumptuous
dinner.
Fntxo.—Mr. Weinholct was reported to the
Mayor, on Saturday, by officer Page, for employing
his wagon without a license. Weinholdt plead ig
norance of the English larguageas an excuse for
not anderstanding the law, and the Mayor com
muted his fine to f 5 and costs.
Officer Yarrington reported J. F. Tanner for leav
ing obstructions in the street. Fined according to
law.
Rbsmtin*.—A free negro, named Madison Coy,
was arrested Friday evening, for want of pass.—
Whoa arrested he resisted watchman Carter, and
•adertook to make his escape. On Saturday the
Mayor entered him 25 lash as.
SvzALtH*'.—A slave, named William, stole from
his employers, Messrs. E. Wortham St Co., on Fri
day evening, several sperm candles and 35 pounds
of sugar; for which offence, on Saturday his Honor
sentenced him to receive 39 lathes.
Issolknt.—Anson, slave to Goode St All' n, when
arrested with an irregular pass, by the watch, Fri
day evening, treated them in a very insolent man
ner—and, on Saturday, he was punished with 25
lashes.
DIED,
After a long and most painful illness, which she
bore with the moat Christian fortitude and resigna
tion, on Saturday evening last, Mrs. MARY COOP-
F.R, wile of Col Robert B. C jrbia, of Caroline,
and daughter of Nicholas Mills, Esq., of this city,
In the 3-rth year of her age. The trienda and ac
quaintances of the iamily are invited to attend her
funeral, which will take place from the residence
of her father, oa Leigh street, This Morning, at 11
o'eiock. *
DR. WM. V. PAKRAR offers hie
Professional services to the citizens ot
Richmond and its vicinity. Office over A. Bode
ker's Apothecary Store, on Market bridge. Main st.
ap 12—dim
j NOTICE.—The 37th anniversary ol
the African Baptist Missionary Society
will be held THIS DAY, (Monday,) at the First At
rican Church, at 11 o'clock.
Rev. Dr. HOWELL will preach the annual ser
mon- ap 12—It
it - * m To the Ditizeii!) of Richmond,
»■«! Stranger* Visiting the City.
It you wish to have your hair cut end dressed iu
the moat fashionable and taaty manner, an j your
whiskers changed to a beautiful black or brown,
then call at the American Hair Dressing, Sharing
and Shampooing Saloon, under the American H*.
tel.
N. B.—Hot, cold and shower BATHS at all
hours. Price 25 cents, or five ticket* for 91.
ap 12
HT Bevbrlv uick«, iumj., ut Lafayette Semi
nary, write*, from which we extract: "I hare "«H
Hampton's Vegetable Tincture for a severe attack
of chronic ioflammttory sore eyes »nd great debili
ty, with great benefit to my general health. This
Tincture has had a most happy effect in regulating
and bringing to aetion a torpid li*er, and removing
pain* ot the hips and loins." Hon. H. Ciay and
others beer testimony to the high character of Mr.
Hicks.
Extract of a Letter from Thomta H. Scott, Esq.,
of Kentucky: " 1 had two colored ehiidren much
affected «mtow eyes—l thought It a scrofulous
affection. 1 got a bottle of Hampton's Vegetable
S*** »Wch «»Te than great relief, end before
they finished the second bottle their eyes were
Huodred« of our own «Mmm benr the game te»-
omoßy. DytMptU, abwmMUm, Cough, (i antral
i Wmuummw, all throat and other Uuumq* uritia*
j. from tojwra Wood wo mM by it G*U and get 1
p*mphktgr*ti», and rwd hUturr of it.
a *?*•*" •£ «•■»>« C«w*y.
" ftOUW "' mj '
ji|lEll§§§
S&KSKswsSI
in their good effect. M «« other
Djr. Rosa's celebrated Family Pills for t«*
tion, Dyspepsia and Sour l
great.demand-price 35 c™u, »TTor bTSi?
eel), Lftdd Sl Off Adie 4i Gray f G»y fior 4 sLJS"
A Bodeker, Bennett * Beer.
8 trecker and J. Blair. jJ™' °;>
ry W.oderfnl Care if
Scrofula by Hampton's Veiet»kU ry
tare.—Thia certificate is from the pen or a
man wtoaename appears on the fanj
gress, one who iaexteiwively and favorably
"It affords me ptossnre to state thatb,
Hampton's Tincture has effected a most e&mmE?
nary «re of my slave boy Albert t£TZ2T
was three years old, and hao the Scrohua—/T.T7
therwasscrofulous ) The boy was an3££
of sores from head to foot—the upi»r ]i(i« o fT*
eves were roach swollen, and turned
exhibiting horrible mattering uleers
over the eye-balls so as to produce blindness Tr
strange, yet tree, this cbiW, tbat I felt rcsi,' ne J £
"v t.? ' « hef t fro ® • uflenn «. beei Stored
to health under the treatment of Dr. Htmr,i M
W. p. THOJtfAcSCi*
Louisville, March 20. 1851. SU *"
Call on O. A. STKECKKR and get panrohUt.
gratis. See advertisement in to day's paper
mbS—ts '
SEAYRES' CELEBRATED
•OST^LIVJfiH PI I.LS—Prepared fr<m thl U a ,,
obtained at the Rockbridge (Va ) Alum Spring?
Theae Pills are confidently reconmicoded u
baring all the virtues of the watt-r, and
many cases tbey are preferable. In denm»e
ment of the stomach and bowel*, or wantof
action in the liver, their immediate etf«ct upon ihl
liver and kidneys especially, entitle them to pub'i>
consideration. If the patient be bilious they search
out the bile and expel it from the system—un'ina
all other Pills, they may be takeu with impnirftr
(irrespective of weather,) as there is nothing &
them calculated to injure any one. In cutanei us
diseases and eruptions of the skin, of whatever
sort, thpy are a sure remedy, and particulacly effica.
cious in diseases such as females are subject to
dropsies, flatulency, <fcc.,<fcc. These Pills may
ly be styled an universal lemedy, as they are de.
cidedly the best in use for the cure of all disease
resulting from irregular habits. Alter their me
has been continued tor a time, the whole system
bt comes invigorated, and the patient is restored to
perfect health. They are care:uily prepared and
put up in vials of 100 at $1 each. A liberal discount
will be made to Druggists.
For sale by JOHN H. SEAYRE3, Columbian Ho
tel, Purcell, Laod & Co., Main street, 8. M.Zachris
son <fc Co., Druggists, Broad street, O. A. dtrecker
Druggists, Market Bridge, Richmond; James Cooke
& Co., Fredericksburg; Rusht n, Clarke & Co
New York; Dyott &. Son, Philadelphia; E. L
Stroecher & Co., Macon, Ga; F. J. Sampson, Powl
hatan Ct. House ; N. T. Watrirs, Halifax Court
House; G. H. Jones &. Co., Petersburg- VV. H.
Gilman. Washington, D. C.; Walter H. Middleton
Farmville, Ta.; H. G. Archer, Danville: Coleman'
<fc Rogers, Drugeiste, Market street, Mortimer t
Mowbray, Baltimore; and Druggists generally
wholesale acd retail. ~ f e 3
Mnstaug jLiuiuieut.—LADlES—We
make you a Cheoteiticld bow, and politely call yaw
attention to the excellency of our l.imment. it has
a beautilul cream or drab color, and it free from
all impurity; it will not soil the skin or clothes and
will always relieve pain when an external applica
tion can reach it, and wiii cure broken or cakad
breast, sore nipples, neuralgia, chapped hands,and
also will remove ugly blotches, tumori or pimples,
leaving the skin soft and smoothe and will in no
case injure the skin in the slightest degree,
mh 29—eodts
iy Daguerreotypes, Improved Light,
and Increased facilities for taking Da
guerreotype Likenesses.—Parents wiU new
have no opportunity to obtain the most beautiiiil
and artistical pictures of their children. The iub
scriber's reputation in this important and difficult
braneh oi the art, being fully established, he hopes
to merit a continuance of the public patronage —
For Family Groups, and copying daguerreotype!,
&c., this light will be found very superior.
M. P SIMONS,
mh 27 No 151 Main street.
NOTi CE.—The Shakespeare Association take
this method of informing those persons who
attended the entertainment on Saturday evening
and did not receive prizes'; for their checks, by ap
plying at the City Hotel to-day, will receive 50 cents
for each check. The Association begs leave to
state, that they can prove by the committee, which
the audience did thrmselves appoint, that the cause
that there were not prizes for all checks, is that
some evil disposed person took store cards and cut
them the size of the checks and passed them upon
the committee, and received prizes for them.—
Those who have received good prizes will please
come forward and leave their names at the City
Hotel, as we wish to advertise and show the publie
that we did give all we advertised.
N. B. The gentlemen comprising the commit
tee are requested to call at the City Hotel to-day
and leave tfieir names.
SHAKSPEARE ASSOCIATION.
ap 13—It*
Firs dollars kiiWauu.—Lo*t,at toe
Exchanae Concert Room, on Saturday evening,
during the progress of the " brilliant donation en
tertainment," a black cloth OVERCOAT, lined
and wadded throughout, with velvet collar and
cuffs. The finder will receive the above reward and
tho thanks of the owner, by returning it to this of
fice. apia-ts
STOLEN FROM PRATT'S tfALLBEY,
No. 145 Main street.—A very valuable Dsguer*
rean Picture o* Dr Gibson, acd also a smalt pic
ture of a celebrated lady. Anv information wfcleh
may lead to the detection of the thief will be suit
ably rewarded. Apply to
WILLIAM A. PRATT,
At the Virginia Daguerrean Gallery, No. 145 Main
street. ap 13—eo3t
J| ATTENTION! VUUNU GUARD.—
■Parade at your Armory, on MONDAY, the 13th
I|linst,at 11 o'clock, A. M., with three rounds of
"ball cartridges, ami bright muskets. By order
of the Captain.
ap 12—It A K CRUMP, O- 8.
T FOK NJiW VOKK.—ibe
Captain Parrish, will
commence receiving freight to-day,
12 o'clock, and will continue to
receive freight up to the hour of i o'clock Tuesday,
13th,and leave at 4 P. M. ,
ap 12—2t LUDLAM A WATSON.
TK AIN »PO RTATJ ON LIN £ fOH. BAt«
TIMORE AND PHILADELPHIA.
_ . «fT*» k. The BELVIDKKK, Capt Giflord,
.MBflKfcJSCwili receive ireight tor the above
pt«ce» iw-uav, and up t3 the hour of 1 o'clock, Tues
day. LUDLAM A WATSOH.
ap 12—2t _____
;UR«. BLANK having received JR'd
Spring supply ot
■Mr-Uilliaerf, reapecUultj toiicit*
"•caiilrora her friends and tne public"" - *"
generally. Her rooms are over Hoera A Poindes
t*r*B, and two doors below Mitchell A Tyler'*, Ma*
street ap 12—lm
jST FOR KENT.—The frame tenement east
■31 side 7th, between Broad asd Main streets, re
cently repaired. Apply to
ap 12—2t* ' I.A.GODDIN. _
S EVENT Y-TWil THOLSIND
RIO* CYPRESS SHINGLES—Just received,
for sale by C. WALTHALL,
apia—it Canal street, between 6th and 7»-
IX7 ANTED— By a Young Man. who has a«j»-
» f rai knowledge of busiueta, a SITUAi iON.
Salary not so much an object as immediate em
ployment. Address "J. M.,'' Dispatch offlce
ap 14—3t*
OACKUAJH.HON BOAKBB, O-f**
JO Chess Men and Board*. Flaying Carta,
Cups, Dtce and Checker Men, in grwl wto f#r
sate by GEO. M. WK3P * BhOTHUt.
as 18 —
UOMKY! UOMI£Y!:-A Tot ot **ry u*;
MM tutiatxl Hone*, from Ihe eocßlif, rs ** :T#a
had tor tale by W. M. DADti. UmsjwA
»P 19 Ko. U. oppoc.t*' Qxi Ww**
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