The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-10-19
rHE DAILY DISPATCH
Correspondence of the Disralcb.

OH the U1gDalch.
NEW YoRK, Oct. 16.
MY DEAR DIsrArcH :-Congrs,uI.,s me
upon being nearer Heaven than is nv wont
am, assure you, very considerably exal,ea--
occupying, a do, the attic of m. aA,,o.
House. seem TO dwell among the stars. ana
am of opinion that hear some sua,cbes of
the music which the spheres are said to make
sometimes. am certain l heard a colloouy
last night between some of the planets it was
not in very friendly vein. and am now look.
ing out for storm. Talking of music, am
very much annoyed by some very Indifferent,
that is uttered BY brass band that is blowing
away its breath at an enormous rate from the
gallery in front of BaTnum's Museum. wish
they would stop it. They sit near the grea,
daub Of painting Of the anacoDdas, done with
a white-wash brush, am sure. look through
my bulls eye window at the group Of musi.
clans and the painting, and consider the whole
so execrable, that it would do me infinite plea.
sure to shoot at them through the loop hole of
my sky bedroom. a.
Your editor wondered, some time ago, where
the people came from that filled this city all
the time. The same inquiry suggests itself to
me whenever I come here. The Hotels are
always full, and the streets are always so
or DIVIDED that locomotiou is thing to be
maintained only by the exercise of considerable
vigilance and tact. nave, to-day, seen Broad
way twice blocked up, for nearly mile at a
time, and it was long before the tangled line
Of omnibuses, and vehicles of every kind,
could be put in motion meantime, the occu.
pants of the carriages and omnibuses-the lat
ter being entirely full--kept their places with
admirable composure. Here, humanity is Z
great nuisance, and ought to be abated.
Well, it is too bad that should be, in this
way, forced up to the attic. l must 60 and
ring for that boy, and make him walk up
stairs. There is some consolation in that. l
am not so elevated as to be beyond communi-
cation with the world below. That precious
belLrope is my telegraph to the lower regions.
l have but to touch it, and up comes a smart
Irishman, ready to do whatever is wanting
When he seems so obliging, repent me of
having imposed upon him the penalty Of as
cending to where am. have been re,enged
now, ond shall only ring when lam obliged.
shall however, console myself by feeling that
am neither entirely isolated nor without au-
thority in, my upper realm for, you see, can
call spirits from the vasty deep, and they will
come, too! ..! .a's Sol
In my route thither, stopped a day in Bal.
timore, sojourning at my favorite old Hotel,
Barnum's. found everything as comfortable
and cosy as usual. / was startled in my sleep,
at night, by considerable noise in the pas.
sage. Some young fellows had been drinking,
pretty freely. and one Of them, maddened by the
exciting stimulant, rushed out into the pas
sage, and cut some very rare capers, utteriDg
some ordinations, at the same time, which
shrill voice, and whooped with all his might
suppose it was in reply to some remon-
STRANGE against this noise, that he cried out,
equally loud, II don't care damn" adding,
hooraw for hell" These, and other exclana.
ti0ns, he repeated several times. When Capt.
SLIDELL MACKENZIE hung young Spencer
and his comrades, as their dead bodies dangled
in the air, he ordered three cheers for Heaveni
and three more II beleye) for Jesus Christi
The young Bachanalian at Barnum's reversed
this style ofcheering. Now, ! always consid-
cred the cheering of Heaven very ridiculous
thing in the Captain, suggested by a peculiar
mania which seemed to have gotten possession
of his mind. have no sort of federation for
eithe of these exclamations-Heayen we can
not exalt, and we should not desire to lift He'll
any higher if wecould; for we are already saf.
fciently near that place Of torment, and are
quite enough familiar with ats ruling spirits.
The attaches of the Hotel showed q tact, for
which they deserve great credit, in soon quis
etiag the young man Of whom have spoken
above, in doing which they employed the
"soothing system" altogether. could not
help, however, feeling some regret that he
could moi have been treated to q straightjack-
ct, and a shower-baih of ice-wafer. Such 4
course would have very much altered his tone
and manner. -.. f-.a -es
In Baltimore visited the Fair at the Ne
chanic's Institute, and was greatly interested
with the display Of ingenuity and taste in both
useful and fancy articles. saw some very ex-
quisite specimens of cabinet WORK, among
which was sideboard with most elaborate
carvings upon it. There were great varieties
of newly patented machines exh'bited-pIn
making machines, sewing machines, &c. Ihe
grand feature in the department OF eonfect'ohs
was mammoth cake weighing 42O0 pounds
The dissection of this tremendous cake is
looked forward to with great deal OF interest
bv the bows and girls. II contains several gold |
rings. and the insertion of the knife will fill |
all present with excitement.
The asst building in which this Fair is heid' |
ia the result of the enterprise Ct the Mechanics
Institute of Baltimore, and is proof to every |
stranger of the intelligence and public spirit
Of the mechanics of that fourishing city. The
great hall Of the edifce ia the largest room
ever saw, and question whether il is not the
largest in the United States. The entire base,