The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-07-11
SPIRIT oF THE PRESS.


five Democratic Office holders in the Post OF
fice Department proper-and that the present
administration had removed thirty out Of the
thirty.six Wings. This, il ironically ex-
claims. is beautiful commentary on that sen.
timent Of Gen. Pierce, that sthe hour OF tri-
umph should be the hour Of magnanimiiy."
The Mail has an article on State pride,
which, while il admits that Virginians have
their share Of that sort of pride, sets up very
sufficient apology for any excess they may in.
dulge, in the excelling glories that cluster
around the fame of the ancient Dominion. Ii
has just definition and eulogy Of State pride
in the general.
The Enquirer has an article TO prove that
the Barnburners of the North stole their free~
soiism from the Wings.
The Wing comments upon the remark that
the Federalists were the ancestry Of the
Wings. 1t considers the Federalists to have
been much more Republican than are the
Democrats, who, it contends, are for consoli.
dating power in the hands of one man, while
| the Federalists were for preserving the powers
of the coordinate branches of the government.
The Wing has several other political arti.
Giles.
THE AFFRAY IN PoCAHoNTAs ON THE
| FoURTH.-We learn from the Petersburg Ex.
press that O'Day, who was stabbed by Angus
tine B. Lipscomb on Monday last, at Pocahon-
tas, Immediately opposite Petersburg, died
Friday about one o'clock. The Mayor imme.
diately telegraphed to this city to have Lips,
| comb arrested. L. had been, as we before
| stated, bailed. A post m0rtem examination OF
the body of O'Day disclosed the fact that a
portion of the blade of the knife with which
| he was stabbed, was deeply embedded in his
shoulder. Of this the physicians were not
aware at the time of the examination of Lips.
comb, when they assured the Mayor of Peters
burg that the deceased was in no danger, and
would certainly recover.
The three persons, James Powers. Dillon
Mccormick and Patrick Longhnam mot Nc.
laughing who had been imprisoned in default
of bail, were on Friday discharged, they CIV
ing the required bail for their future good be-
haviour.
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by officer Tyler Friday afternoon, and he has
been delivered TO the proper authorities in Pc.
tersburg.
| CoMMENCEMENTs.-The commencement ex-
ercises of Washington College, Lexington,
took place on the 3Qth ult., in presence of a
large audience. Several addresses were des
livered by graduates, and the exercises were
| concluded by an address from President Jun.
kin in comforting degrees.
The Commencement of the Virginia Militia
| ny Institute took place on the 4th of July, and
excited great deal Of Interest," large num-
Der OF citizens being attracted to Lexington,
| to be present on the occasion. Several adj
dresses were delivered by members of the gra-
duating class. The certificate Of graduation
| was conferred on the graduating class, con-
sisting of twenty-sir, by Col. F. H. Smith,
The exercises were closed by an address to
the graduates, by Mr.. James Barbour, jr., of
| Culpeper, one of the Board of Visitors to the
| Institute.
In both the above exhibitions, the graduates
acquitted themselves with credit to their alma
matters.
u The jury Of inquest upon the body of
the young lady who was SO badly burned at
the Hippodrome, iu New York, expressed the
opinion that the accident was owing to care.
lessness in the manner of lighting the place.
The accidents had become SO numerous at the
Hippodrome, as to occasion much comment,
and jH 1icial inquiry. into its interior arrange.
msnt and hazards was suggested. At the
| Hippodrome in Boston, a serious accident &C.
Cured to young lady who was riding hur-
| die race. Her horse turned complete sum-
merset over her body.
~ w. Swanson, student of the Floyd
Institute, and grandson of Vincent Witcher of
Pittsylvania, was accidenuy drowned on the
Sd inst. He was an expert swimmer, but was
drowned In an effort to save fellow pupil whc
could not swim, from drowning. 1t is su?pos
ed he became strangled, and sunk. His com
panion was saved but as he could swim, no
fears were felt for him, and his danger was not
discovered until he was missed, and had sunk
to rise no more.
ToBACCo.-Owing to the drought, and the
consequent short crop of tobacco in Maryland,
planters have instructed their agents in Balti.
more to hold for an expected advance. So says
| a Baltimore letter.
az A visitor to Petersburg has exhibited
| specimen of North Carolina copper TO the
editor of the Petersburg Intelligencer which
he pronounces very rich. The lntelligeneer
thinks that copper will be greater source of
wealth to North Carolina than her gold mines.
The specimen above alluded - came from the
county OF Mecklenburg. Il.
v Henry III. Western, lawyer of dis
tinction and one Of the Oldest members of the
New York bar, died in that city Wednesday
last. aee
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, of New York,
lost two sons, on the 4th of July, by scarlet
fever. They were twins, and quite young.
The friends of prohibitory liquor law in
Philadelphia have nominated candidates of
their own to be voted for at the next election.