The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-09-27
Tie DAILY DISPATCH.

j. MisTAKE IN THE DAsK.-A o,;.,.I. :,
me recital OF which many NAV i.mrL
"n,ch was productive Of serions cor.ss.,s WV
10 one of The parties involved in !, ss.S4.
lew nights ago at the residence Of NJ A
IN the upper part Of the First nis,r;c,. ~
a" mas been a widow for fifteen Years .nd
having been left nothing but tbree cb;ls.s,. ano
her dear deceased husband, she has hean ia.y oy
ing during that period for their suppors ana
establishment in life. Like most women wha
have to struggle unaided in this jostling world
she soon found il necessary TO put on the bra.
zen armor and assume the boIdEess of man.
For this she has had to sustain the reproach
OF being masculine in manner and rude in
speech; and the severity with which she
has controlled her servants has served to
strengthen this unfair impression of her char
acter. Mrs. A" owns negro boy named
Sam, who has the reputation Of being SOM
nambuist as he has been frequently caught by
his mistress walking about her house at late
hours Of the night. On these occasions she
has bestowed upon him fagellations which
have had salu.ary effect upon his supposed
malady.
DR.. r., bachelor of forty five, who has
long since abandoned the practice of his pro.
feseiOn and lives upon a small but for him
sufficient income, rents apartments in the house
of Mrs. A. and is much respected by her;
quired great experience in business matters,
has afforded to Mrs. A much valuable adj
vice. They have often sat and chatled to-.
gether for hours, and the servants have given
currency to a rumor that Mrs. A-may soon
become Mrs. R; but there has been no sure
indication of such a consummatioD, unless it
be IN the fact that they have iatterly manfes-
ted towards one another an affectaton of diff.
dence and studied courtesy. In young peo.
MI nh oL,,, a L.
evldencing disposition to unite; but in wild
ow of forty, it is no bad indication of mat
rimony. An alarm of fire is the only event
which can excite Doctor. He is ever ON the
lookout Tor conflagratOns, and is constantly
advising caution in the use of all combustibie
matter
The house Of Mrs. Ais at the corner of
C-and H-streets, and the apartments oc-
cupied by her, on the first floor, and those of
the Doctor Immediately over them, front on
C-street. The parior is on the first floor,
and fronts on H-street.
On Thursday night last about half past IL
clock, DIR. R-heard waschman's rattle,
and, as he imag ined in his dreamy condition, a
cry of fire. He started from his bed, threw up
his window, and looked out into C-s,reei;
out all was quiet there. Still the watchman
sprung his rultle, and there appeared to be some
confusion in H--srreet. The Doctor deter
| mined to walk down stairs to the parlor, and
ascertain to a certainty if there was fire in
house was dark, and all appeared to be asleep
bur himself He did not, therefore, think II
necessary to cucumber himself with much
clothing, and slowly groped his way down
stairs in his night gear. Passing Mrs. As
room TO reach the parlOr, his step was heard
by that ever wakeful lady, and seizing cow
hide, she said to herself, 'there is that con-
founded Sam, walking about again-but I'll
give him jesse" She daIted out into the pas
sage, and could just see, through the darkness,
the form of mar about to enter the parIor,
| couple of yards from where she stood. IL wac
| impossible to distinguish the color ola PERSONS
skin in such gloom, and Mrs A. walked up
quietly, but noiseless. TO the Doctor, and be-
fore he was aware of her presence, a vigorous
blow of the cowhide descended upon his un.
protected person.
The Doctor turned short round and rushed
| towards his room, and Mrs. A-becoming
convinced by this NOV ement that he was Sam,
determined to pursue him TO the garret Up
| the stairs plunged the Doctor, and close by
his heels ran Mrs. A, stimulating his exer
tions to get forward by a more severe lashing
than he ever received, even when stumbling
under the eye Of a harsh pedagogue) over the
declensions and conjugations of Latin gram
iner. The Doctor reached his room almost
exhausted and smariing with pain, and having
obtained safe retreat behind his bed he
groaned, "Mrs. A., are you mad 7" That
lady now, for the first time, discovered her mis-
take in the dark and ran back 10 her room
ashamed and dismayed. How she reasoned
herself into sufficient Iorttude 10 meet the
Doctor next morning and have an explanation
is known only to herself; but this we know,
from the Doctor, that he preferred walking his
room during The balance OF the night. TO either
sitting or lying, and that he went to an apolhe-
cary's store as soon as day oppeared.-N. U.
Picagune.
II was announced the other day, among
s,lndry items of European news, that three
Englishmen. who had undertaken, on a wa
ger, to sail from London TO Constantin0pie in
an open boat, had arrived at some port IN
Germany. We now hear that they have got
as far as Vienna, on the way down the Danube
to The Black Sea. Their boat is three feet wide
by twenty-one long, and weighs seventy -four
pounds. For crossing the British channel
this was ra,her dangerous convey ance, but
the terms OF The wager left them no choice;
accordingly, they remained in the boat for
The entire passage, but took care 10 have il
hoisted upon the deck of a steamer before
leaving London. A similar devise will proba-
bly, give security TO their navigation from the
mouth of the Danube TO Constantinople
"UscLE Tom AS He ls."-We saw, on
Saturday, gentleman from Western Virginia
"a former resident,of this yieinity-who was
on his way home accompanied by slave who
ran away about two years since, bat had, on
meeting his masieriin Rochester, begged the
privilege of returning. he was an active'
Intelligent appearing "boy," about 20 years
old.-Bufalo Courier.
Survey OF THE CHINA SEAs.-This sers
vice II ia said is to be performed by the U. >.
steamer Alleg hany, now fitting out al the Navy
Yard at Norfolk. The Allegheny was orgi-
naIIy built with Hunte, s submerged wheels,
but side wheels have now been substituted,
and she hus undergone extensive repairs and
alterations, with view TO increased effis
cheney, aud wild be despatched us soon as these
ufe completed.