The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-08-30

| goes to Aberdeen, we shall send telegram mes
| sage for reporting machine.
THE SEASON August has been the rainy and
| cloudy month of the year. Rains have been fire.
| quent-sunshne almost stranger. Friday night
we had very heavy rain, and on Saturday, alter
nately and in rapid succe ssion, showers and sun
| shine all day. Yesterday was clear, COOL and
pleasant reminding us of the approach of Fall. In
| truth, the Summer is past After to morrow, we
| arrive at another Of the prominent landmarks of
| time-Fall The Spring, inhospitable for vegeta-
| ton, was succeeded by Summer never more IA
| vorable to the farmer and the gardener. Rarely
have we seen our fields and gardens more heavily
| laden with the fruits Of the earth. Our pasture
fields, too, often at the close of Summer parched
and dried up, are still covered with green and
luxurant growth. Our beautiful public square
still has on its gayest Spring and Summer attire;
and even the open fields around our city are al
fording fine pasture for the numerous herds
which roam over them. The season has been Pc
cularly favorable for both man and beast. We
are certainly favored people.
The delightful temperature of the weather yes
terday, clear blue sky, bright sunshine, clearly
| washed streets, shade trees and pavements free of
dust, and everything looking bright and clean as
new pin, gave to our city very attractive ap-
peara1ce. Everybody seemed to enjoy the enliv-
ening aspect after the long wet and cloudy season,
and general turnout was made to the churches
1nclernen. weather is necessary to make us appre-
cate and enjoy the good.
A flood in James River (there being at present
rise of about six feet) indicates that the recent
rai,,, how hao
tanned that the crops on the low grounds have sut
fered.
PosTscRIpT-GREAr FLOOD IN JAMES RIVER
Since the above written, the river has con-
tinued rapidly to rise. At o'clock last night, it
was about % feet above its ordinary level The
| islands opposite the city generally under water;
the lower sores of the mills of Messrs Haxall are
| submerged and merchants were busy last night
in removing goods from cellars on Main street. in
the lower part of the city, to guard against the in
| roads of the water. The ship locks in course of
construction at the mouth of the Dock, are threat.
ened with serious danger, and the most fearful ap.
prehensons entertained for the safety of the vaua.
| be corn and other crops on James River
HE UMBRELLA TRADE-August has been "a
vorable season for the umbrella trade-raining from
| the first to the last. Many an umbrella "has
changed hands" in this month and it would be dit
| icult to determine who has done the most active
busness-merchants pilferers. The writer of
this has been relieved of three during the month, by
| those who had no: the good manners to say. "bv
your leave, SIR In truth, the umbrellas were
stolen In this progressive age, the morality of
some persons-and persons, too who make preten.
sons to honesty and to the characteristics Of gen.
tlemen-perrnits them to seize upon and appropri.
ate to their own use, umbrellas, knives &c. where
yer they can lay their hands upon them, and SUP.
pose they can do SO with any kind of IMMUNITY
Now, we unable to divine in what code of
morals such system of thieving is justified. We
can see no difference between the feonious ab
stractien OF apocket-book, and the theft of an UNI
brelia The laws OF the land recognize no differ.
ence In either case you are robbed directly or
indirectly OF your money. t is time this fashion
able robbery should be stopped and we should be
gratihed to see an example made of some of the
rogues who indulge in it. A few arraigned 10
Court OF Justice with due publicity in the police
ports, might serve as check upon the practice
now SO freely INDUCED in.
MEETING.--On Thursday evening, notwithstand
ing the heavy rain, some two hundred members of
the different Wing clubs of the city, with music and
.ransparencies, proceeded in the evening Peters
burg train OF cars to the Wing mee ting in Peters
burg. Governor Jones and General Cullom of
tennessee, and Messrs. Marmaduke Johnson and
iraVers DaAiel Of Richmond addres sed the LARGE
s'semolage composed of the Wings of Petersburg
and their Invited guests.
DauSK-Wiliiam Connolly, resident Of Flu.
wanna county was found by the watch Friday
evening. insensibly drunk on Main street and CON.
veyed to the cage. Saturday tha Mayor DISCHARGED
him with an admonihon
Unconstitutional Nelson slave to L. %. Cren.
shaw, on Saturday, was ordered IS lashes by the
Mayor for using insolant language towards jams.
u. Conway.