The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-02-02
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LOCAL 1EA1EHR9.
.Lrcruax a ras Axns1 ~ n A1hmsan,
VAS filed % overlooking on Saturday evening with
highly respectable audience Of ladies' and genfle-
M, convened iolIesr lecsurs delivered by Judge
no6ertson The lecture ruom il neeay 6tted op,
and presents very attractive sppesrance. We
were grained to zee the inaguratory proccednssof
this institution graced with the delightful pres
ence Of youthful female beauty-intellectual ard
Hebe like. The larger proportion OF the audi.
ence were young men and Indies, crafty
ing evidence of the literary taste of the sons
and daughters" Of Richmond The subject of the
lecture was The value of knowledge to man" For
an hour and half the lecturer occupied the atten-
ton of the audience in elaborate and well written
exposition of his theme. After abiding to the pre-
sent high position and increasing prosperity OF Rich
mond and the generous spirit she had manifested In
establishing the Atheneum, Mr.. r. proceeded to
draw contrast between knowledge and ignorance,
showing very clearly the superiority of educated
and civilized nations and individuals those that
were savage and uneducated. He earnestly expatia-
ted upon the benefits of knowledge, and its intimate
connection with virtue, closing his address with
reverental tribute of respect to the great Author OF
all intellect and wisdom. Itwould have afforded US
much pleasure to have laid before our readers an
extended report of the lecture, but very crowded
seat precluded notetaking. Professor Guyot lee
| lures this evening.
TEMPERANCE CoNvENTIoN-The Southern Era,
of last week, proposes mass meeting In the city OF
Richmond of citizens from different portions OF the
State to consider and act upon the great principles
involved in the subject of Temperance; and invites
the attendance of every man without reference 10
his having pledge of abstinence 1t desires that 1t
should be meeting to which the liquor seller and
drinker may COME together with those in favor OF
total abstinence and there discuss the question as to
whether the sale and of Intoxicating beye-
RACES should not be utterly prescribed dis
custom it considers viii be earnest and anima-
ted and elicit facts which will astonish many. The
article in which the idea of this meeting is broached
concludes with an earnest appeal to the press of the
State to unite in inviting the people to visit cur
CITY. and spend few days in celebrating this
subject
The Cry OF NEW YoRK-The growth of Amc-
rcan cities has almost ceased to astonish; but re
cent account of the increase uf New York, given in
a lecture, delivered by DR.. King, of Columbia Col
lege, exhibits some attractive points In 1901 there
was no city, northward, beyond what is now called
Anthony street. Now that street is two miles
downtown" Broadway ended there, and mea-
dows hills and ponds stretched beyond. Now,
Broadway merges into Fourth Avenue, which ex
tends mile further, thickly built 1t appears, like
magic, when saunteling along Broadway about
Niblos to reflect that fifty years since, where beaut
full edifices adorn the town, there was an abun.
dance of game and pasturage, skating and fishing
During those fifty years, the dead have been moved
from one dwelling to another; the power of steam
grown, from the Kissing of the kettle to the SOW
ereignty of land and ocean. 1t has brought riches
to the city, as the Genius OF the Lamp brought all
that Aladdin desired. From village, inhabited bya
quiet and unambihous people, New York has grown
to the giant might of the leading commercial city of
this immense country. Commerce and Literature;
Trade aud Fine Arts flourish where few years ago,
only the hunters gun was heard in the deep woods.
This improvements New York leads us naturally
to look at own loved city. She, also, has gded
on to eAinence, and she, too, can be proud of her
improvements. The increase of the suburbs of the
city has been watched by all with prize and sasfac
ton, and the growth of Richmond in the past ten
years. will compare favoraby with that of any city
III our VIDE Union
NEGRO observation-disclosures slave to Green g.
Walker, examined before the Mayor ON Satur-
day on charge of stealing bags belonging to the
Fredericksburg g. Potomac Railroad. From the evil
dence it appeared, however, that George had been
entrusted with the bags by Mr.. Naylor, for the pur
pose of carrying feed, and that Mr. n had received
them, full of feed, from Mr. Baker, who himself had
lawfully obtained them from the Railroad Company.
The charge therefore, being entirely groundless the
negro was dismissed.
Mary Scott was brought up on Saturday for want
of free papers, but on promising to procure them at
the next term of the Hastings Court was dis
charged.
The continued case OF jackson, who was arrested
for want of register was taken up by the Mayor
on Saturday, and Jackson producing his papers, he
was discharged.
FINED.-Mr. John Engby was fined s5 for allow.
ing locomotive and tender to remain in Water
street, near Rockets, contrary to law He was in
formed that he would be fined $40 on every day that
it was left in its present position.
The continued case Of the Fredericksburg g. Po-
tomac Railroad Company, reported for leaving rail
way iron in the street. was taken up by the Mayor
on Saturday, and after consultation with Mr. Shep-
herd, Clerk of the Council, the Mayor decided that
authority had been given the Company to keep the
iron where it lay, until the turnout was COM
pleted.
READINGS OF SHAKsPEARE-Miss Upton
young lady of considerable TASTE requirements and
reputation, will give her first reading of Shakespeare
to night, at the Universalist Church The play cho-
for the first exhibition is Hamlet the production
which, ofall others by the author seems to re-
quire the greatest degree of skill in the rendition
As the entertainment promised is of very high in
teilectua order, and the lady who is to furnish it