The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-03-19
THE DAILY DISPATCH
THE BOSTON rosT's LAST.

q THE BOSTON PoSI LAST
cad Ior;c.-.Brudder Bones, can you
III ~. Ia adherence twene dieing and dieting?"
SWhy. Oh course can, Lemuei. Wnen you
d;et YOU lib or nofiin. and when you a,e you
h.h aoffa to lib on" "Nell, OATS oiHeren'
f. n ma, tor, itwus. tort il wus race
.,wene de doctorin stuff and starvation' to see
which wood kill fust."
Loss.-"Why don't you send your ooy 70
echoolim asked a neighbor of MIR NJ, OF Old,
eur aWhai.s the use ont ehl returned
The nss,ly old chap. 81 gave my hrst BOY a
VIZ ~ s;a.,,on and as soon as he got IL he died;
and 40 ,hs, ere was time and money thro"h
away"
i Init short time since we heard queer
man lnmenting the death oil ms TWO sons
t.two stout, hearty 5yees,' SAID ne, and died
lust afore hay time II eeneymost ohdio me.
Wbv has shoemaker more reason to .
proud OF his occurauoni'han any other NOR
s.aIf BECAUSE he has Bishop Berkeley 8 author-
~ for saving that Times modest offspring
is the last"
PATENT CRADLE-Mr. Alexander Ed
moods, CT Mt. Pulsski, Logan county. ILL.,, has
lust obtained patent upon most ingenious
and beautiful Observation-Disclosures Cradle'
which will! particularly recommens Itself
IN mothers. The cradle is a handsome piece
of furniture. and moves between two uprig ht
columns, placed upon q movable base, upon
the principle of the pendulum of the clock
IL runs by means Of weight in one of the col
umns, and when wound up will run q hours,
or as much shorter time as the nurse may de-
sire. All who have seen it pronounce it to be
a most beautiful specimen of American iBgs-
uitv. The inventor will exhibit it at the
Worlds Fair. The cost of the cradle is from
six to one hundred dollars, according to style
and workmanship -Dem. Press.
FIEsDIsH MorIvE.-rwo men were recent
" convicted in Allegheny county, N. Y, Of
placing distractions on railroad. A paper
of that vicinity assigns the following as their
motive for the act:
Strange as it may seem, the facts ELECTED by
the ev dence showed cenclusively that there
was ne luminosity existing on the part OF the
two individuals against the Company or that
there was the least cause of complaint against
the Company; but that it was preconcerted
plan to throw the Express" train from the
track for the purpose of robbins the passen-
gers! in the general melee. This was proved
on the Trial.
Barnum's Hotel, in Baltimore, is undergoing
thorough Innovation.
Brazil is said to he more prosperous and
Heurishing now han il has been at any time
since lis independence.
The announcement of nearly three millions
arrived, aud on its way from California, is cal
cuiated TO impagi confidence, as we observe the
yield is increasing and will probably con.
Iinue.
Ice is so scarce in Paris that the ice cream
confectionsrs have formed an association to send
to Sweden and Norway twenty ships, to be
loaded with this useful and much wanted arti
Gle.
PORCELAIN Clay IN MIssoURI.--We learn
says the ST. Louis ln,eIIigencer' that in WASH
ington county, IN this State, recent Develop
ments have shown the existence of superior
qualify of porcelain clay in large quantities.
The Senate are known to be pretty luxuri-
Gus in some of their expenses, but there is
one of these items extra extravugant. To de-
fray the expenses Of Senate Select Committees
$lS.0U0 were asked for, in one of the aprro.
pration bills; $4,000 of which were for the
Mexican Investigating Committee, of which
Dir. Soule was Chairman.
The Augusta Chronicle g. Sentinel learns
that murder was committed about one O'Clock
on Monday, near the Quaker Springs, in Rich.
mOnd County, Ga, about seven miles above
Augusta, BY Francis Tompkins on the person
of Gami! Flanagan. The Chronicle did not
hear any particulars, except that Tompkins
rode up to the door with his gun, aiighted and
shot him through the head and then made his
escape.
1t is said that the husband of Mrs. Stowe
called on Jewett, the Boston publisher, on bust
ness. During the visit, Jewett inquired of
Stowe-how it was his lady came out in favor
ofcolonization in the last chapter of her book!
81 should have supposed" said Jeweu, "she
couldn't rant to-" "She didn't" said Stowe,
but she couldn't find any place else to come out
at"
ANEW Sort OF "SpIRir OF THE PRESS - Some.
body has sent our neishbor of the Petersburg Ex-
pres, bottle of "Schiedam schnapps"-which it
styles The Spir. Of the Press" We suppose we
are to have this Spirit Expressed we hope, how
ever, it will not be snappish spirit.
u The citizens OF Concord, N. H., recent.
ly voted TO adopt city charter.
gUNHE SOLE RHEUMATIC SPECIFIC
l. KNOWN NTOrlims re3s Rheumatic